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Dedham church, with his wife Hannah, April 13, 1673. She was admitted to the Dedham church February 5, 1664. They were in Charlestown in 1667, when their first child was born. Kent was tithingman at Charles- town in 1679. He married, at Dedham, May 21, 1662, Hannah Griswold, who was born at Cambridge, March 4, 1644-5, and died at Charlestown, January 9, 1690-1, the daughter of Francis and Mary Griswold (or Grissell). of Charlestown, who resided on the north side of Kirtland street. On December 5, 1636, "there is granted unto Francis Greshold, the Drummer, two acres of land lying at the end of Barnabe Lambson's pole toward Charles- towne, in regard of his services amongst the soldiers upon all occasions, as long as he stay- eth." He died at Charlestown, October 2, 1652. No record of the death of John Kent has been found, but he was living at Charles- town as late as 1707, when he conveyed land. The children of John and Hannah (Griswold) Kent: I. Hannah, born July 2, 1667; married Joseph Cahoon. 2. Maria, born February 3, 1669. 3. John Jr., born 1670; married first Sarah Smith, December 22, 1692; second Elizabeth -; he removed to Scituate in 1698, to Mansfield, Connecticut, in 1709, and died there in 1753; representative in 1724. 4. Joshua, born June 15, 1672; died June 20, 1672. 5. Joshua, born July 4, 1674; married Agnes Okeman, November 4, 1697; resided in Boston. 6. Joseph, born October 13, 1675; mentioned below. 7. Samuel, born March 23, 1678; died March 16, 1702-3. 8. Ebenezer, born August 18, 1680; died at Hingham, Massachusetts, February 16, 1752; married, December 8, 1703, Hannah Gannett; ances- tor of the Kents of Leicester, and of Daniel Kent, register of deeds, Worcester. 9. Lydia born July 16, 1683; married, 1714, Ebenezer Simmons, of Scituate. 10. Mary, born May 12, 1686, married, 1710, Joseph Barber, of Hingham. II. Susannah, born August 13, 1689.
(II) Joseph Kent, son of John Kent (1), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 13, 1675; married, November 26, 1702, Rebecca Chittenden, of Scituate, Massachu- setts. She died April 2, 1762, aged eighty, and is buried in the old Phipps street burying ground, Charlestown. Kent was admitted to the Charlestown church in 1703, and in 1753- 4 a negro woman Jane belonging to him was admitted to this church. He was taxed in Charlestown from 1727 to 1737, and from 1741 to 1748. His will is dated May 28, 1753, two days before his death. He bequeathed
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several negro slaves: Peggy to his daughter, Mehitable; Venus to daughter Rebecca; Jenny to son Benjamin and Violet to son, Stephen. He gave to his son Samuel sixteen acres east of the orchard he bought of N. Hayward, near Winter Hill (now Somerville), also other lots. Children, born at Charles- town: I. Joseph, born March 5, 1703-4; died 1757, unmarried. 2. Stephen, born June 14, 1706; resided at Chelsea and Roxbury, Massa- chusetts. 3. Benjamin, born 1708; chaplain at Brunswick in 1731; pastor of Marlbor- ough, Massachusetts, 1733 to 1735; in Boston 1747 to 1755; in Worcester county 1757 to 1767; at Halifax and Windsor, Nova Scotia; died 1788. 4. Mehitable, born August 26, 17II; married Jotham Tuttle. 5. Samuel, born July 18, 1714; mentioned below. 6. Jonathan, born March 29, 1717; graduate of Harvard College, 1739; buried at Copps Hill, Boston. 7. David, born June 1, 1719; lived at Charlestown, Scituate, and Boston; also Philadelphia. 8. John, born September 24, 1722. 9. Rebecca, born May 6, 1725; mar- ried Ebenezer Rockwell.
(III) Samuel Kent, son of Joseph Kent (2), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, July 18, 1714, and died there in 1773. He married November 27, 1740, Rebecca Adams, born September 12, 1720, daughter of Joseph Adams. She was admitted to the church at Cambridge May 20, 1739; to the precinct church at West Cambridge (now Arlington) September 9, 1739. Kent resided in Cam- bridge and Charlestown, now Arlington and Somerville, Massachusetts. His house in Somerville was the low hip-roofed house still standing at the corner of Garden street. He was a blacksmith by trade, and in early life was also a school master. He was a teacher in West Cambridge in 1768. He was select- man of Charlestown in 1767-70-71. His es- tate was partly burned by the British, June 17, 1775, at the battle of Bunker Hill. Ap- parently the house was saved, for his report of losses showed five pounds damage to house, eighty pounds ten shillings to trees, land and fences. He was a soldier in the French War, a private in Captain John Cod- man's company in 1748. In 1760 he appears as one of the managers of a public lottery, then very popular and authorized by the law. He was a taxpayer in 1736-37, 1741 to 1770 inclusive. Children, born at Charlestown: I. Samuel, born September 16, 1741; died De- cember 23, 1741. 2. Rachel, born March 17, 1742; married May 22, 1765, Rev. Thomas Prentice. 3. Rebecca, born December 17,
1746; married February 12, 1788, Timothy Tufts. 4. Lucy, born February II, 1748, died young. 5. Lucy, born January 31, 1750; married September 6, 1770, Joseph Adams. 6. Sarah, born 1753; married March 5, 1778 or 1781, Colonel Nathaniel Hawkins, of South Kingston, Rhode Island. 7. Samuel, born November 21, 1760; mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth, born October 19, 1764.
(IV) Samuel Kent, son of Samuel Kent (3) was born in Charlestown, November 21, 1760. He was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain Stephen Dana's company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment, in 1776; first lieutenant on the brigantine "Massachusetts." He re- sided in what is now Arlington and Somer- ville, Massachusetts, was constable of Charles- town in 1789; was admitted to the West Cam- bridge church March 9, 1783. He married Rhoda, daughter of Abraham Hill, June 20, 1782. She was born January 1, 1764, bap- tized January 8, 1764; died January I, 1841, aged seventy-seven years. Children: I. Sam- uel, born January 7, 1783; married Lucy Johnson. 2. Joseph, married (intentions dated February 2, 1812,) Martha Boardman. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. William. 5. Benjamin, probably died in 1794. 6. David. 7. Sarah. 8. Rebecca, married Nathaniel Monro.
(V) John Kent, son of Samuel Kent (4), was born about 1790, in West Cambridge or Charlestown, Massachusetts. He and his wife Mary were dismissed to the church at East Sudbury in 1832. In 1815 he bought land in Framingham, Massachusetts, and built a house there. He was a carriage maker by trade. Owing to deafness he sold out, and in 1832 removed to Wayland (east Sudbury) Massachusetts, where he died March 27, 1852. He married Mary Goddard, of Cambridge, in May, 1816. Children: I. John, born Octo- ber 17, 1817; drowned July 26, 1825. 2. Mary, born October 29, 1819. 3. Harriet, born 1821. 4. Thomas S., (twin), died young. 5. Samuel D. (twin), mentioned below. 6. Thomas Goddard, born December 12, 1829; graduate of Yale College, 1851; studied law at Winchendon, Massachusetts, in the office of Judge Edward Mellen; was admitted to the bar and began to practice at Milford, Massa- chusetts; appointed justice of the peace; was representative to the general court, 1868-69; married Anne E. Snyder, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Freeland) Snyder, of Claverack, New York; she died in 1863, and he married second, August 21, 1866, Charlotte Elizabeth Woodbury, born November 3, 1846, died
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June 21, 1877, daughter of Rev. James T. and Augusta (Porter) Woodbury; no children; married (third) Lucy Flagg, of Worcester; for many years has lived in Worcester; senior partner of the law firm of Kent & Dewey. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Sarah.
(VI) Samuel Davies Kent, son of John Kent (5), was born in Framingham, Massa- chusetts in 1827. He removed to Wayland with his parents, and was educated in the pub- lic schools. He learned the trade of book binder in the town of Concord. He married Eliza Bigelow, who was born at Concord, daughter of Hartwell and Lavina Jones Bige- low, of Lincoln. She died, and he mar- ried (second) Lavina Clark, born Decem- ber 28, 1829, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Davis) Clark. Children of the first wife, born in Concord: I. Edward Lamson, died in infancy. 2. Henry Davies, died in infancy. 3. Charlie Goddard, born June 6, 1864, men- tioned below.
(VII) Charlie Goddard Kent, son of Sam- uel Davies Kent (6), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, June 6th, 1864. He attended the public schools, and was a student in the Concord high school two years. He began his business career as bookkeeper, for eight years worked in the counting-room of Jones, McDuffie & Stratton, of Boston. He was then a shipping clerk for the firm of Cobb, Bates & Yerza, wholesale grocers, Boston, for four years. Then he bought an interest in the business of George W. & C. H. Towle, and started under the firm name of Towle & Kent, in March, 1895, his present business, which has been very successful. He is a member of Corinthian Lodge of Free Ma- sons, of which he is at present the junior steward. He attends the Concord Congrega- tional church, and is a Republican in politics. He married June II, 1889, Grace Edwards Wood, born February 7, 1864, daughter of Albert Edward and Ellen (Shattuck) Wood. She graduated from the Concord high school in 1880, and before her marriage was book- keeper for her uncle, in Union Stone Com- pany of Boston. Children of Charlie God- dard and Grace Edwards (Wood) Kent: Ber- tha Bigelow, born September 9, 1890; Sam- uel Goddard, born February 6, 1895.
(For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Ebenezer Kent, son of John KENT Kent (I), born August 18, 1680, was baptized in Charlestown, Au- gust 22, 1680. He removed to Hingham, Massachusetts, about 1700 and before 1703.
He built there on Beechwood street the first dwelling house erected on the west side of the Cohasset river. He was a yeoman. He was a member of the Second Church (Cohas- set) ; constable in 1727 and 1736, and owned land in several towns. His will is dated June 16, 1748, and proved May 29, 1752. He mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Joseph Gannett, of Scituate, born there in 1684, died in Hingham, March 27, 1767. He died February 16, 1752 (gravestone). Children : I. Abigail, born Oc- tober 12, 1706; died March 12, 1709. 2. Han- nah, born 1707; married, January 16, 1727-8, Israel Whitcomb. 3. Mercy, born July 31, 1709; married Stephen Stoddard. 4. Eliz- abeth, born September 6, 1710; married (first) May 7, 1735, Eliakim Mayo; and (second), Pitcher. 5. Susanna, born 1711, died April 23, 1715. 6. Isaac, born September 27, 1712; mentioned below. 7. Mary, born 1715; mar- ried, August 31, 1743, Joseph Blake. 8. Ebe- nezer, Jr., born April 18, 1717, settled in Lei- cester, Massachusetts. 9. Seth, born April 3, 1721. 10. Abigail, born March 29, 1723 ; mar- ried, October 22, 1744, Joseph Souther. II. Lydia, born April 24, 1725 ; married December 22, 1743, Noah Ripley, settled at Barre, Mas- sachusetts. 12. Abel, born August 7, 1730.
(III) Isaac Kent, son of Ebenezer Kent (2), born September 27, 1712, in Conihasset, near Hingham, Massachusetts ; married (first) October 25, 1739, Rachel Beal, daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Bates) Beal. She was born in Hingham, August 25, 1719. They re- moved to Mendon, Massachusetts (now Mil- ford), and were received in the church there April 11, 1746, by letter from Second Church of Hingham. Their home in Milford was in the southeastern part of the Bear Hill district. He was a selectman 1750 to 1760. He is said to have removed to Bellingham, but in 1770 was dismissed to the church in Anapolis Gran- ville. Rachel Kent died May 15, 1805, aged eighty-six. Children : I. Rachel, born July 28, 1740, in Hingham; died 1746. 2. Isaac, born June 9, 1742 ; mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born July 30, 1744; died May 2, 1751. 4. Elizabeth, born August 15, 1746; died March 13, 1749. 5. Rebecca, born August II, 1748-9; died June 9. 1791. 6. Anna, born July 25, 1750; died June 9, 1791. 7. Abigail, born March I, 1752. 8. Arach (twin), born Octo- ber 4, 1754. 9. Zarah (twin), born October 4, 1754. 10. John, born January 31, 1757. IT. Caleb (twin), born April 15, 1759. 12. Joshua (twin), born April 15, 1759. 13. Hannah, born September 12, 1764; died April 4, 1796. (IV) Isaac Kent, son of Isaac Kent (3),
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born in Mendon, Massachusetts, June 9, 1742; married first, (by Rev. Mr. Willard), May 17, 1770, Sarah Wheelock, in Mendon. She died November 13, 1779, aged twenty-eight. He married (second) August 17, 1780, Sarah Way, who died August 20, 1790. He married (third) April 21, 1791, Sarah Holbrook, of Grafton, who died February 27, 1813, aged fifty-nine. He married (fourth) October 26, 1814, at Wethersfield, Vermont, Rhoda Kenny, widow. He died January 1, 1835, aged ninety- three. He and his brother John petitioned for the incorporation of a religious society in Alstead. Isaac is said to have had a brother Benjamin who settled in New York. Isaac lived in Warwick, Massachusetts, until 1776, when he removed to Alstead. Several of his family, including his brother Zarah, were loy- alists in the Revolution, and removed to Nova Scotia, probably refugees. Isaac was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Reuben Butterfield's company, Twentieth Regiment, in 1776 (Colonel Thatcher). He enlisted in the Continental army July 5, 1777, and served un- til January 1, 1778, in Captain Joshua Parker's company, Colonel Robinson's regiment. He may also have been in Captain Moses Barnes' company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Pierce's regiment, in 1779. At the time of his death Rev. Mr. Gerould said: "He was a valuable member of society, always punctual to all en- gagements, and peculiarly so in his attendance on public worship." In his last illness "Prayer was proposed, and a moment after the pastor commenced, the spirit took its flight, we trust to mansions of rest." Children of Isaac and Sarah Kent: I. Israel, born May 28, 1773; died December 29, 1831. 2. Amariah, born March 4, 1775 ; died June 16, 1825. 3. Anna, born January 16, died February 6, 1777. 4. Rebecca, born January 13, 1778; died Novem- ber 10, 1783. 5. Benjamin, born November 13, 1779. Children of Isaac and Sarah (Hol- brook) Kent : 6. Sally, born August 17, 1792; died October 12, 1858. 7. Asa, born February 28, 1794; remained on the homestead; died 1882, aged eighty-eight. 8. Arad, born Octo- ber 10, 1795 ; died August 4, 1831, in Marion, Ohio. 9. Stephen, born May 27, 1797; died August 10, 1834, leaving a son, a lawyer in Ohio.
(V) Benjamin Kent, son of Isaac Kent (4), was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, No- vember 13, 1779.
(VI) Abel Willard Kent, son of Benjamin Kent (5), was born in Alstead, New Hamp- shire, about 1800. He was brought up on the farm of Frank Phelps, in Alstead, and received
his education in the district schools there. He then learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed most of his active life, and also did farming and teaming in Alstead. When he was about thirty-three years of age he decided to go west. He located at Casapolis, Michi- gan, and after a time sent for his family, but before they arrived he was stricken with fever, died, and was buried at his new home. He was a Congregationalist in religion and a Whig in politics. He belonged to the state militia in Alstead. He married Lucinda Gould, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Clark) Gould. Her father was a blacksmith ; settled near Alstead ; served in the war of 1812. Children: I. Re- becca, born at Alstead; died at Wilton, New Hampshire ; married at Nashua, George Love- joy, of that town. 2. Adeline, born at Alstead ; married William K. Ritchie, of Northumber- land, New Hampshire; children: Marion, Sarah, Addie. 3. Frank Phelps, mentioned below. 4. Pliny Payson.
(VII) Frank Phelps Kent, son of Abel Wil- lard Kent (6), was born at Alstead, September 8, 1835. When he was only three years old he went with his mother to Casapolis, Michi- gan, but on account of the death of his father before they joined him, returned to Alstead. Two years later they removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he attended the public schools. When he was nine years old they re- moved to Pelham, New Hampshire, where he worked until he was seventeen for David Cut- ter, attending the public school in winter. He returned to Nashua, and for the next three years was clerk in the grocery store of John G. Blunt, and later worked in the meat market of James Mooney. At the age of twenty-one he removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and for two years was clerk with James Eggerton in the Quincy Market. Then he went into busi- ness on his own account as proprietor of a restaurant at 83 Hanover street, Boston, con- ducting it successfully and selling it to advan- tage at the end of a year. He opened a restau- rant at Milford, New Hampshire, selling it after he had carried it on three years and a half to Daniel Sargent, of Milford, and re- moving to Wilton, New Hampshire. He bought a restaurant at Wilton of Wells Dunck- lee, and also engaged in the livery stable busi- ness and conducted a meat market. He sold his store about 1886 to James Shea. His stable was destroyed by fire afterward, and he then sold his restaurant to Frank Hutchinson, and in May, 1887, removed to West Medford, Massachusetts, where he purchased a meat
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and grocery business of Burroughs Brothers. The store was near the railroad station. He conducted it six years, removing then to the Usher Block, where he was in business ten years. In 1902 he built his present block, into which he moved in January, 1903. He also built the stable, with accommodations for five horses and about twenty vehicles. Mr. Kent is a very popular and prosperous grocer and provision merchant, enjoying a large trade, and owns a large business block at Wilton, New Hampshire. He is of retired habits, do- mestic in his tastes, devoting himself wholly to his home and business. He resides in apart- ments in his block. He attends the Unitarian Church at West Medford. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Mount Vernon Lodge of Odd Fellows, West Medford.
He married, August 15, 1863, Mary Eliza- beth Blanchard, of Milford, New Hampshire, born at Concord, Massachusetts, February 16, 1843, daughter of Bradley and Mary (Bow- ers) Blanchard, of Milford. Her father was a carpenter and cabinet maker. Children: I. Minnie Bowers, born at Milford, November 20, 1864; died July 13, 1873. 2. Edward Frank, born at Wilton, October 23, 1868; mar- ried, January 14, 1897, Harriet Havilah Gates, of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, daughter of Edwin and Horatia Nelson (Ryerson) Gates; chil- dren : i. Marjorie, born July 26, 1898, died July 26; ii. Katherine Havilah, born Novem- ber 4, 1902. 3. Jessie Blanchard, born at Wil- ton, September 24, 1870; married, September 28, 1892, John H. Chute of Annapolis, Nova Scotia ; child : Edward Kent Chute, born Au- gust 24, 1894, died August 26, 1894. 4. Bessie Lovejoy, born at Wilton, February 15, 1872. 5. Kittie, born at Wilton, June 10, 1875 ; mar- ried March 4, 1903, Albert H. Fisher, of Wal. tham, Massachusetts ; no children.
The family of Beard or Baird is BEARD found in England, Ireland and Scotland. The Irish branch is of Protestant Scotch origin, and belongs to that ancient branch of the Baird family found earlier than A. D. 1200 in Lanarkshire, Ayr- shire and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Bairds went to Ireland at the time James I. sent the English and Scotch Protestants to settle the province of Ulster, about 1620. The family is located at present near the orig- inal place of settlement in the counties of An- trim and Down, Province of Ulster. Curious- ly enough, the progenitor of the family at New Boston, New Hampshire, a Scotch
Irishman, born in Antrim, Ireland, in 1710, had the same name, Andrew Beard, as the progenitor of the family given in this sketch, who was doubtless from England and of an earlier generation. The similarity of the names suggests that the Irish branch may have been related in some way.
(I) Andrew Beard, according to family tra- dition, was born in England, coming to America with two brothers, both of whom lo- cated in Canada. The first American record of him was at Menotomy, (West Cambridge, now Arlington) Massachusetts, where he was elected a hogreeve in 1692. He moved to Shawshin (Billerica) as early as 1713, and set- tled in that part of the town which was an- nexed to Wilmington in 1737. He died there January 8, 1717, leaving minor children, for whom the court record shows that guardians were appointed. His widow Mary married second, James Frost. Children of Andrew and Mary Beard: I. John, born about 1695, had a son David. 2. Simon, born about 1700; mentioned below. 3. Ebenezer, born Janu- ary I, 1701-2. 4. Jacob, born December 26, 1709. 5. Martha, born August 21, 1714, mar- ried Jacob Manning. 6. Nathan, had a guar- dian appointed in 1719.
(II) Simon Beard, son of Andrew Beard (I), was born about 1700, at Arlington, then Menotomy. He married, at Billerica, June 2, 1725, Sarah Hopkins, daughter of William Hopkins. She was born May 26, 1703, of a famous family. They settled first in Woburn, where two children were born, then removed to the vicinity of what is now Pelham, New Hampshire, where Simon was living as late as 1754. Thomas Beard, of Woburn, was per- haps a brother of his father. Children of Si- mon and Sarah Beard: I. Sarah, born at Wo- burn, May 14, 1726. 2. William, see forward. 3. Simon Jr., born in vicinity of Haverhill, Massachusetts, near Pelham, New Hamp- shire, about 1730. He served in the French and Indian war under Colonel Joseph Blanch- ard, under the immediate command of John Goffe, Esq., and also in the Revolution as a private in Captain James Aiken's company, in a regiment of militia under Colonel Thomas Bartlett, in 1780. He signed the petition of inhabitants of Pelham for the division of the state into counties in 1769.
(III) William Beard, son of Simon Beard (2), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, March 13, 1728.
(IV) Simon Beard, son of William Beard (3), was born in Pelham, New Hampshire, July 17, 1762. He was educated there. He
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finally settled in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he followed the occupation of farming. He married (first), December 13, 1781, at Pelham, Mary Kent, who bore him the fol- lowing children: I. Anna, born April 17, 1783, died December 27, 1871, unmarried. 2. David, born January 16, 1785, died October, 1864, aged seventy-nine years, at Pelham. 3. William, see forward. 4. Rachel, born June 4, 1792. He married (second), June 28, 1804, at Pelham, Hannah Wyman, widow.
(V) William Beard, son of Simon Beard (4), was born at Lebanon, New Hampshire, July 14, 1788, died there September 27, 1864. He married, and had children: I. Mary E., born June 19, 1813, married Jedediah A. Blackwell, of Waterville, Maine, September 9, 1848, at Nashua, and died February 18, 1873. 2. William H., born October 2, 1815, died January 9, 1873. 3. Israel H., born Au- gust 31, 1818, married Miss Flanders. 4. George, born July 5, 1821, see forward. 5.
Marie, born October II, 1823, died October 9, 1900. 6. Simon Andrew, born June 15, 1826. 7. Arthur L., born September 21, 1827, resides at Dover, New Hampshire. 8. Charles W., born April 25, 1830, died Octo- ber 9, 1852. 9. Betsey, born October 25, 1835, died October II, 1895.
(VI) George Beard, son of William Beard (5), was born at Lebanon, New Hampshire, July 5, 1821, and died at Natick, Massachu- setts, August 14, 1883. He was educated in the district schools of his native town. He left home at the age of eighteen years and worked at various occupations in Concord, New Hampshire, and vicinity. He opened a gen- eral store at White River Junction, Vermont; was prosperous, and after several years sold out to good advantage. He then went to Pembroke, New Hampshire, and thence to Biddeford, Maine, where he was unforunate in business and lost his savings. He had de- voted all his leisure time since leaving school to the study of medicine. In 1850 he left Biddeford and located at Dover. Here he made a reputation in his chosen profession by treating successfully certain cases pro- nounced incurable by well known physicians. After that he devoted himself entirely to the practice of medicine in Dover until 1854, when he removed to Natick, Massachusetts, and opened an office. He supplemented his study and practice with a course in the Eclec- tic College of Medicine at Worcester, gradu- ating about 1858 with high honors. In addi- tion to his office at his residence, on West Central street, Natick, Dr. Beard had an of-
fice on Concord street, South Framingham. His practice was large and successful. Pa- tients came to him from all over New Eng- land. He died August 14, 1883. He was originally a Congregationalist, but later in life attended the Universalist church at Na- tick. He was a Democrat. He was a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Framing- ham; of various Masonic bodies, Meridian Lodge, Parker Royal Arch Chapter and Na- tick Commandery, Knights Templar; and a charter member of Natick Council, Royal Arcanum. He was a member of the Boston Lancers in his younger days, and in 1876 was surgeon. He was engineer of the Natick fire department for a number of years. In 1882 he was elected president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Association of Natick. He mar- ried at Concord, New Hampshire, November 14, 1844, Eliza Ann McCauley, born Novem- ber 27, 1820, at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, daughter of James and Betsey (Bailey) Mc- Cauley of Dunbarton. See sketch. Children: I. Charles Franklin, born October 9, 1845, mentioned below. 2. Adelia. 3. George Oliver, unmarried.
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