Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 54

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 704

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It should be said at this point that, notwith- standing the similarity of names, the Stoneham family is not related to the family from which Elbridge Gerry, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, sprang. Elbridge Gerry, governor of Massachusetts, vice-president of the United States and one of the leading men of his day in Massachusetts and the nation, was born in Marblehead, July 17, 1744, and died November 23, 1814, son of Thomas Gerry, who was born at Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England, March 15, 1702, and died in Marble- head, whither he came when a young man; he was captain of a trading vessel; he mar- ried Elizabeth Greenleaf, daughter of Russell and Rebecca (Elbridge) Greenleaf. Elbridge was named for his mother's family. The grandfather of Elbridge was Daniel Gerry, of Newton Abbot.

(V). Captain David Gerry, son of David Gerry (4), was born in Stoneham, September 3, 1751. Married (first), December 31, 1772, Elizabeth Damon, of Reading ; (second), 1777, Anna Bucknam, born July 3, 1757, daughter of John and Anna Bucknam, of Stoneham, and sister of Nathan Bucknam ; he married (third), Sarah Richardson, a descendant of Samuel Richardson, one of the founders of Woburn. (See Richardson sketch). Her lineage is: Sarah (6), Caleb (5), Reuben (4), Joseph (3), Joseph (2), Samuel (I). Captain David died in Stoneham, September 16, 1807, He was a soldier in the Revolution, a drummer in Captain Samuel Sprague's company at the Lexington Call, April 19, 1775; private in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in 1777, at Point Judith in the Rhode Island campaign ; private in Captain Edward Richardson's company, Colonel Thomas Poor's regiment, in 1778 and

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1779, serving at North river, King's Ferry and elsewhere in New York; private in 1780 in Captain William Green's company, Colonel Cyprian How's regiment. It is possible that some of this service should be credited to David Gerry, his father. The word Jr. is applied carelessly. One record makes him in Captain Abraham Gould's company in 1778, and calls him Junior. He attained the rank of captain after the Revolution. His wife was admitted to the church in Stoneham, April 6, 1787. He was a leading citizen of the town many years. He died May 17, 1807, aged fifty-six years. His widow, Sarah, died thirty-two years after- ward, January 14, 1839, aged seventy.

Child of Captain David and Elizabeth (Da- mon) Gerry: 1. David, born March 26, 1773, deacon of the Stoneham church; died there January 4, 1853, at an advanced age. Children of Captain David and Anna (Bucknam) Gerry. 2 .- Anna, born December 29, 1777, married Rufus Richardson. 3. Abner. 4. Betsey. 5. Thomas. 6. Zaccheus. Children of Captain David and Sarah (Richardson) Gerry : 7. Reuben, born November 1I, 1791, married (published September 28, 1816,) Sarah Green, who died December 12, 1832; married (sec- ond) Elizabeth Baker, widow, of Ipswich; he died 1840, a noted trader at Stoneham and South Reading, Massachusetts, and Alton, Il- linois. Children: i. Sarah, born February 10, 1818; ii. Reuben, Jr., born April 20, 1820; iii. Elizabeth Andrews, born March 13, 1823 ; , iv. Ellen, died young ; v. Lyman, born Decem- ber 12, 1832, married Bonny, Oxford, Maine. 8. Elbridge, born August 20, 1793, mentioned below. 9. Joshua, born October 12, 1795, died August 13, 1796. 10. Sarah, born May 21, 1797, married, December 29, 1814, Captain William Willey, who was born April 5, 1790, son of Phineas and Susanna (Green) Willey ; she died August 16, 1835 ; he died August 11, 1831; children : i. Sarah Willey, born August 3, 1816, died August 5, 1836; ii. William Willey, born February 22, 1818, married, May 14, 1841, Mary Allen ; he died January 28, 1846; iii. Eliza Willey, born June 10, 1821, married, December 18, 1845, Lyman Dike (See sketch) ; iv. Mary Jane, born May 14, 1828, married John Pike. II. Caleb, born August 9, 1799, died Septem- ber 27, 1801. 12. Eliza, born July 5, 1801, married, June 5, 1823, Joseph Leeds ; she died January 19, 1824. 13. Arad, born February 28, 1804, died March 23, 1833 ; married, Janu- ary 22, 1826, Sally Lynde, born May 24, 1802; resided at Stoneham; she married (second),

September 24, 1835, Peter Green. 14. Ira, born June 29, 1806, mentioned below.

(VI) Colonel Elbridge Gerry, son of David Gerry (5), was born in Stoneham, August 20, 1793, and died there December 18, 1868. He was a noted sportsman, a citizen of wealth and distinction ; colonel of his regiment in the state militia and prominent in town affairs. He married (first), January 16, 1817, Betsey Cowdrey, daughter of Captain George Cow- drey. She was born July 2, 1794, and died April 20, 1826. He married (sec- ond) Minerva Griffin, daughter of Dan- iel Griffin, of Andover. She was born October 10, 1805. He married (third) Catherine Bryant Gilson, daughter of

Leonard and Sally Gilson, of Stoneham, Octo- ber 30, 1830. Children of Colonel Elbridge and Betsey Gerry: I. Mary Stevens, born September 2, 1818, married Alfred Johnson Rhoades, a trader in Stoneham; child, Mary Louise Rhoades. 2. Elbridge, born June 17, 1825, mentioned below.

(VI) Ira Gerry, son of Captain David Gerry (5), was born in Stoneham, June 29, 1806. Losing his father when he was nine months old he had the good fortune to grow up under the influence of astrong-minded and affectionate mother. His early advantages were limited, and he obtained only the meagre education afforded by the schools of his native town, and yet in after-life he became a man of large information, sound judgment, and possessed a well-trained mind. He had barely reached the age of majority when, in company with his brother Arad, he opened a store and commenced the manufacture of children's shoes, remaining with him, however, only a few years on account of his brother's failing health, after which he continued for some years alone, till 1844, when his own physical weak- ness compelled him to close up his business and engage in pursuits which required less con- finement and application. About this time "Square" Peter Hay, as he was called, died. Mr. Hay for many years had been the principal conveyancer of the town, and after his death Mr. Gerry took his place, and gradually ab- sorbed almost all the business of this character. The deeds and wills and contracts that he wrote during the remainder of his life would have afforded a lucrative office practice to a well-established lawyer. In addition to his occupation as a conveyancer and a considerable probate business, he engaged in fire insurance and became a sound and prosperous financier. He was repeatedly called to fill almost every

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office within the gift of the town, and at the age of thirty was elected a representative to the general court.

When the Stoneham Five Cents Savings Bank was organized, he became its first presi- dent, and in 1862 its treasurer, which office he held for eleven years, and under his able and conservative management the deposits in- creased from $9,000 to a quarter of a million. In financial matters and business Mr. Gerry was a man of rare judgment and sound sense. He was a safe counselor and trusty friend. But few men in any community ever enjoyed a more universal confidence of his townsmen, which prompted them constantly to seek his advice and entrust to him the settlement of their estates. While not inclined to large pub- lic benefactions, or to much display, he was a man of scrupulous honesty and a lover of jus- tice. In politics he was a Democrat, though a firm believer in equal rights. In the bitter anti- slavery agitation of 1837, notwithstanding his politics, he demanded for all parties the right of free speech. He was a large owner and dealer in real estate, inheriting from his father land which afterwards became some of the most valuable in town. Like his brother, Col- onel Elbridge, he was an ardent sportsman, and from his gun and dog derived through life the greater part of his recreation. Thoroughly conscientious, he combined great natural cour- age with gentleness, and possessed feelings as sensitive as those of a woman. He was reared a Congregationalist Orthodox, but in mature life became liberal in his faith, and tol- erant of the views of others. When first in business, like most of their contemporaries, he and his brother kept a stock of liquor among their goods, but becoming convinced of the evils of intemperance, and the dangers attend- ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, they closed them out and determined to have no further connection with such traffic. He died Novem- ber 23, 1875, in his seventieth year. He mar- ried, in 1832, Paulina Gerry, daughter of Rob- ert Gerry. They lived together for forty-four years. They had no children.

(VII) Elbridge Gerry, son of Colonel Gerry (6), was born in Stoneham, June 17, 1825. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and in Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of seventeen he became a clerk in his father's grocery store. He also assisted his father in the management of the farm. But most of Mr. Gerry's life has been spent in the care and improvement of the family estates and investments. He in- herited from his father and grandfather a fond-

ness for fishing and hunting, and until his age prevented him followed these sports with great zest and delight. He traveled much and dur- ing his rambles in various parts of the world, especially in this country, he gathered an in- teresting collection of souvenirs and antiques. As a traveler he observed as well as enjoyed the novelties of new scenes and new faces, and he has a wonderful cosmopolitan knowledge of American history, manners and customs. He takes much pleasure in showing his trophies to friends and visitors who are in turn enter- tained by the many unique and interesting ob- jects in his possession. Mr. Gerry has always been interested in the public affairs of his native town where he has always made his home, although never caring for public honors and responsibilities. At the age of eighty-two he retains a good measure of health with fac- ulties unimpaired, and enjoys the fullest re- spect and confidence of his townsmen.

He married (first), 1846, Catherine Gilson, who was born in Stoneham in 1828. He mar- ried (second) Susan Scarlett, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The only child of Elbridge and Susan (Scarlett) Gerry was : Elbridge, Jr., born April 3, 1866, who married Sarah Long- more ; no issue.

(For early generations see Thomas (3).)

(IV) Nathaniel Gerry, son of

GERRY Thomas Gerry (3), grandson of Thomas (2), and great-grandson of the immigrant, Thomas 'Gery or Gary, of Stoneham, was born in Stoneham in 1733 and died in his fifty-ninth year at Harvard, Massa- chusetts, January 29, 1791 (gravestone). He resided in Stoneham, Reading, Charlestown and Harvard. He was a soldier from Reading in the Revolution, a private in Captain John Walton's company, Colonel David Green, on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775. This was a train-band. He was a cordwainer (shoemak- er) by trade; also a farmer. He was on the valuation list of Charlestown in 1771, and was taxed there in 1773. His home may have been in Stoneham, however, until he removed to Harvard. He bought his farm at Harvard, September 10, 1783, of John and Ruth Hill, of Stoneham, but he was in Harvard before 1778, when he took a mortgage on this place, then owned by Martha Rider, Widow, of Plym- outh, Massachusetts. The Gerry homestead was northwest of the meeting house; had two dwelling houses and a barn; was bounded by the land of Samuel and Benjamin Barnard, Elijah Cole and Jonathan Wetherbee ; it com-

ARAD GERRY

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prised forty-eight acres. The mortgage was made payable to his sons John and Peter as well as himself, and was of date April 3, 1778. Nathaniel Gerry, his son, was a licensed inn- holder in Harvard in 1796. His will was dated January 15, 1791, and proved May 17 follow- ing. He married Susanna Children : I. Nathaniel, Jr., married, October 24, 1784, Betty Farnsworth at Harvard ; settled in Wat- erford, Maine. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Peter, removed to Waterford about 1786. 4. Susannah, married Whitney. 5. Abi- gail. A child of Nathaniel, not one of these, died April 29, 1791 ; perhaps child of Nathan- iel, Jr.

(V) John Gerry, son of Nathaniel Gerry (4), was born in Stoneham about 1775; re- moved to Harvard with his father's family when about three years old. He joined his mother, the Widow Susannah, his brothers Nathaniel and Peter of Waterford, Maine, in deeding the homestead mentioned above to Jonathan Symonds, of Harvard, January 22, 1800. He married, August 4, 1795, Sarah (Sally) Merriam. He was one of the founders of the Second Universalist Church, March 29, 1830. Children: I. George, born June 14, 1799, captain, assessor 1833, 1846-49, 1851-53; selectman 1830-32; died January 3, 1854, at Harvard; married Sabra 2. Fanny, born May 5, 1802; married Lewis ; children : William A. Lewis, of East Saginaw, Michigan ; Mrs. N. L. Miller, of Mount Clem- ens, Saginaw, Michigan; George F. Lewis. 3. Ward Safford, born June 6, 1804, died at Har- vard, January 10, 1881. 4. John, born March, 1806, died 1847 ; married Rebecca - -; left children : Mrs. George Chase, of Harvard, and Nellie, wife of W. O. Willard, of Harvard. 5. Mrs. S. P. M. Kittridge, of Peabody, Mas- sachusetts. 6. Caleb S., died at Harvard, April 23, 1885; widow Sarah, died February 6, 1894; only child Mary N. ; he was selectman in 1852-63-75. 7. Atalanta A., married George Tuttle, of Littleton. 8. Gustavus Adolphus, born June 22, 1831, mentioned below.

(VI) Gustavus Adolphus Gerry, son of John Gerry (5), was born at Harvard, June 22, 1831, and died at Lowell, Massachusetts, October 24, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of Harvard. He worked on his father's farm until he left home to learn the profession of dentistry in a dentist's office at Clinton. In 1857 he went to Lowell and began the practice of his profession. After the Bos- ton Dental College was established he took the course of study and received his diploma, July 4, 1874. He followed his profession with

marked success until the time of his death. He was prominent in his profession, not only in the city of his home, but throughout that sec- tion of the state. He was for many years a member of the board of examiners of the Bos- ton Dental College, member of the Academy of Dental Science of Massachusetts, member of the Dental Society of Massachusetts and of the New England Dental Society. He was prom- inent also in public life. A Republican in poli- tics, he was a member of the Lowell city coun- cil in 1865-66-67, and of the board of alder- men in 1872. He was a prudent, careful and useful city officer. He was a valued member of the school committee and was chairman of the committee on training and teachers. He was a well known Free Mason, a member of · Pentucket Lodge of Lowell, of Royal Arch Masons and of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a member also of the Odd Fellows. He was an active and faithful mem- ber of the Unitarian church of Lowell, being specially interested in the Sunday school, serving on important committees.

He married, January 29, 1861, Frances Ade- line Crowell. Children: 1. George Henry, born May 20, 1862, graduate of the Harvard Den- tal School; practicing in New York City. 2. Arthur Crowell, born November 3, 1863, graduate of the Harvard Dental School; prac- ticing in Lowell; married Florence Churchill, of Montpelier, Vermont; child, Churchill, born March 14, 1895.

(For early generations see David (5).)

(VI) Arad Gerry, son of David GERRY Gerry (5), was born in Stone- ham, Massachusetts, February 28, 1804, died March 23, 1833. He married, January 22, 1824, Sally Lynde, born May 24, 1802. She married (second) Peter Green. Children : Arad, mentioned below ; Sarah and Betsy.

(VII) Arad Gerry, son of Arad Gerry (6), was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 9, 1828. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and Phillips And- over Academy. His first employment was as clerk in a store, after which he was engaged in the manufacture of shoes, and later for nine years was engaged in the leather business in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then retired from active pursuits, and returned to Stoneham, where his death occurred December 22, 1904. He was a meber of the investing committee of the Stoneham Five Cent Savings. Bank, also a trustee. He was a Republican in politics. He

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married Eliza Jane Gerry, born in Melrose, Massachusetts, daughter of Robert Gerry, a distant relative. She died September 17, 1897. Children : I. Arad Winthrop, born April 19, 1854, died April 25, 1856. 2. Alice May, mar- ried Frederick Kimball Daggett, of Malden, and has two daughters, Pauline G. and Marion P. 3. Arad, born August 15, 1859, mentioned below.

(VIII) Arad Gerry, son of Arad Gerry (7), was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 15, 1859. He received his education in the public and high schools of his native town and at Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Boston, Mas- sachusetts. He was employed as a shipper in a leather business for a number of years, but retired from active pursuits, and has since lived quietly at his handsome home in Stone- ham. In politics Mr. Gerry is a Republican. He attends the Unitarian church. He married Mrs. Anna B. Phillips, April 22, 1905.

NORTON There were several early set- tlers bearing the surname Norton. George Norton, of Ipswich, Salem and elsewhere, came from London early; took the oath of freeman in 1634 and died in 1659, leaving a widow who married Philip Fowler, and ten children, but no son Joseph. Mr. William Norton, born 1610 in England, came in the "Hopewell" in 1635, was admitted a freeman in 1635-36; brother of Rev. John Norton; left son John, ancestor of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard; son Bonus who settled in Hamp- ton, and no others mentioned in will; daugh- ter Elizabeth.

Rev. John Norton was born at Stortford in Hertfordshire, May 6, 1606, a godly man and preacher in England, came with his fam- ily to the invitation of Governor Edward Winslow in the autumn of 1635, preached at Plymouth, but settled at Ipswich; removed to Boston as teacher of the first church; died April 5, 1663; mentions brothers William and Thomas Norton; left no sons.

Nicholas Norton settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1635-40, removed to Martha's Vineyard and had son Joseph born 1652, too young to be Joseph (I) mentioned below. George Norton, a carpenter, settled in Salem in 1629; admitted freeman May 14, 1634, re- moved to Gloucester, removed to Wenham; no son Joseph in list of children attached to inventory of estate in 1659. Francis Norton of London was in Charlestown as early as 1630; had charge of the armory at Boston;

had interests at Salem, Massachusetts. There were several others from England before 1650.

(I) Joseph Norton, born about 1640, may have been nephew of some of the immigrants named above, though no actual proof of re- lationship has been found. He settled in Sal- isbury, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of which the Nortons named above settled. He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity in 1677; was a soldier against the Indians in 1697. He died November 16, 1721, at Salisbury. He married, March 10, 1662, Susanna Getchell, who died, his widow, August 19, 1724. Chil- dren, born at Salisbury: I. Son, born 1662, died young. 2. Samuel, born October II, 1663, a soldier to Wells, Maine, in 1696. 3. Joseph, born August 14, 1665, mentioned be- low. 4. Priscilla, born December 16, 1667, married John Ring, son of Robert (I). 5. Solomon, born January 31, 1669-70, died May 2, 1721. 6. Benjamin, born March 24, 1671- 72, died October, 1693. 7. Caleb, born June 25, 1675, married, March 6, 1699-1700, Su- sanna Frame; was soldier in 1697-98; re- moved to Brunswick, Maine. 8. Flower (daughter), born November 21, 1677. 9. Joshua, born October 13, 1680, died January 22, 1692-93.

(II) Joseph Norton, son of Joseph Norton (I), was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, August 14, 1665. He married, November 16, 1699, Elizabeth Brown, and made his home in Salisbury. He was a soldier against the Indians in 1697. Children, born in Salisbury : I. Joshua, born February 18, 1700-01, men- tioned below. 2. Mary, born February 28, 1702-03, died May 7, 1703. 3. Judith, born March 3, 1703-04, baptized, an adult, April 28, I723.

(III) Joshua Norton, son of Joseph Norton (2), was born in Salisbury, February 18, 1700- OI. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts. He was one of the signers of the petition dated March 9, 1762, presented to the town of Newbury stating that a company had been formed to care for the fire engine and asking that members be relieved from certain other minor public duties while serving as firemen. The road known as Elbow Lane is mentioned in the Newbury records as running between his house and that of Samuel Swazey and this lane had been in use, though not accepted as a public way, for fully thirty years. It is now within the limits of the city of Newburyport and extends from Market square to Liberty street. In 1763 it probably extended through what is now Center street to New Lane, now

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Middle street. Children: I. Benjamin, men- tioned below. 2. Bishop, a prominent citizen of Newburyport. 3. William.

(IV) Benjamin Norton, son of Joshua Norton (3), was born in Newbury in 1747; married, November 18, 1775, Sarah Wyatt. He was a private on the brigantine "Freedom," Captain John Clouston, in June, 1776. Chil- dren: I. Benjamin, born July 21, 1777. 2. Joshua, born December 18, 1778, died Febru- ary 7, 1786. 3. Sarah, born November 9, 1780. 4. Hannah, born August 11, 1782. 5. Caty, born February 27, 1784. 6. Joshua, born January 5, 1786, mentioned below. 7. Stephen, born January 8, 1788. 8. Mary Brown, born October 3, 1790. 9. William, born January 28, 1792. 10. Elizabeth, born February 18, 1794. II. Daniel, born Febru- ary 18, 1796. 12. Charles, born May 4, 1798.

(V) Joshua Norton, son of Benjamin Nor- ton (4), was born at Newburyport, Massachu- setts, January 5, 1786. He was educated in the district schools of his native town, and learned the trade of sailmaker which he fol- lowed in after years. He had a sail loft at Newburyport and fitted out vessels sailing from that port. In later years he had a simi- lar business in Boston. He was very energetic, systematic and orderly in his affairs; proud, dignified and rather austere in his bearing; tall, spare and always well-groomed. He was liberal in his religious views. He was a Whig in politics, and an ardent Abolitionist. He married Sarah Remick, who was born in Newburyport, daughter of Samuel Remick, a Revolutionary soldier. He enlisted at George- town, Massachusetts ; he died at Derry, New Hampshire, where his remains were interred. It is stated that her father was called upon to make the coffin in which Major Andre was buried. Children of Joshua and Sarah Nor- ton: I. Joshua, Jr., born in Newburyport, December 3, 1811, mentioned below. 2. Gor- ham N., born about 1812, was lost or died at sea about 1646. 3. Alfred (twin), born January 23, 1815, mentioned below. 4. Albert (twin), born January 23, 1815, married Mary Ann Moore; their daughter Fanny married Rev. Albert Moore and resides in Lynn, Massachu- setts. 5. Charles Stephen, born 1821, died December 1, 1833.

(VI) Joshua Norton, son of Joshua Nor- ton (5), was born at Newburyport, December 3, 1811, died March 29, 1894. Married, Sep- tember 27, 1833, Elizabeth Woodman, daugh- ter of David and Elizabeth (Truesdale) Wood- man, of Newburyport. Children : I. Charles Stephen N., born November 28, 1834, died

January 15, 1881 ; married, 1864, Nancy Pren- tice. 2. Joshua 3d, born July 24, 1836, died February 29, 1907; married, 1864, Margaret Mitchell, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; she died in 1868 and he married (second), May 13, 1869, Harriet Downe, of Michigan. 3. David Woodman, born January 31, 1838, killed June 3, 1865. 4. John Homans, born June 9, 1839, married, November 26, 1867, Nellie M. Leavitt. 5. Elizabeth Woodman, born December 21, 1841, married, October I, 1863, John B. Young. 6. Anna Jane, born April 15, 1843. 7. Sarah Remick, born May 15, 1844, died April 7, 1895. 8. Charlotte Hovey, born July 31, 1848, married, July 29, 1875, Robert Hendrig McGloshan. 9. Wal- ter F., born August 8, 1852, married, 1875, Ammi Bartlett. Three other children died in infancy unnamed.

(VI) Colonel Alfred Norton, son of Joshua Norton (5), was born in Newburyport, Janu- ary 23, 1815. At an early age he removed with his parents to Boston, and was edu- cated in the public schools of that city and at the Boston Latin School, then located on School street on the present site of the Parker House. He entered Harvard College, but left before graduation. His first business venture was in the manufacture of paper at Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he owned mills, having his offices in State street, Boston. In 1837 Colonel Norton was appointed deputy naval officer of the Boston custom house, at the time that George Ban- croft, the historian, was collector of the port. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and when young he went to South Carolina for his health, but was sent home by the citizens there who resented his taking the part of an abused slave. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he offered his services and was appoint- ed commissary of subsistence in the Federal army. At the battle of Fredericksburg, Mary- land, he won his promotion to the rank of major, being the first officer to cross the pon- toon bridge into the city. He was one of the last of the volunteers to be mustered out at the close of the war. He was occupied for some time in closing up the business of the commissary department in New Hampshire, then he returned to the custom house and continued in faithful service, until his death.

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 54

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 704

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 704