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(III) William Chisom, son of John Chis- om (2), was born in Maine, May 4, 1785 . He settled in Alna, Maine, near Gardiner and Pittston. He married Susan Larabee.
(IV) Samuel Chisom, son of William Chis- om (3), was born at Alna, Maine, December 31, 1821. He married Arletta Mayers, who was born at Pittston, Maine, August 16, 1827. He settled in Pittston, and was a tax- payer there in 1851. Children: I. Sanford A., mentioned below. 2. Emma, married John R. Mason, of Somerville, Massachu- setts. 3. Sarah, married J. A. Hughes, of Melrose. 4. Mary, married also John R. Ma- son, of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
(V) Sanford A. Chisom, son of Samuel Chisom (4), was born in Pittston, Maine, De- cember 30, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of his native town until he reached the age of fifteen. He learned sev- eral trades, and finally went into business for himself as proprietor of a dairy, and has re- mained in that business to the present time. Mr. Chisom is a member of the local Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of the Free Masons. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Bap- tist. He married October 20, 1886, Flora B. Pope, daughter of Holman Pope, of Wake- field, Massachusetts. They have no chil- dren. They make their home in Melrose.
John Ball, immigrant ancestor, BALL born in England, came to this country from Wiltshire before 1650; was admitted a freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1650, and was buried November I, 1655, at Concord. He lived in that part of Concord now the town of Bedford. Children : I. Nathaniel, settled in Concord and had sons Ebenezer, Eleazer, John and Nathaniel; many descendants reside in Worcester county. . 2. John, mentioned below. 3. (?) Abigail, born at Watertown, May 26, 1656.
(II) John Ball, son of John Ball (I), was born in England about 1620. Married (first) Elizabeth Peirce, daughter of John Peirce, of Watertown. (See sketch of Peirce family). His wife was insane in 1660 and soon after- ward died. He married (second), October 3, 1665, Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Thomas Fox, of Concord and Watertown. He was a tailor by trade. He sold his farm at Water- town, which he purchased of John Lawrence, and went to Lancaster where during King Philip's war, September 10, 1675, he was killed with his wife and infant son. His son John administered the estate. Children of first wife: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Mary, mentioned in will of Grandmother Peirce. 3. Esther. 4. Sarah, born 1655. 5. Abigail, born April 20, 1658, died young. Child of second wife: 6. Joseph, born March 12, 1668- 70.
(III) John Ball, son of John Ball (2), was born at Watertown in 1644. Resided in Wat- ertown, where he married Sarah Bullard, Oc- tober 17, 1665. He died there May 8, 1722. Children : I. Sarah, born July II, 1666. 2. John, June 29, 1668. 3. James, March 7, 1670. 4. Joseph, May 4, 1674. 5. Benjamin, about 1678. 6. Jonathan, March 29, 1680. 7. Daniel, August 2, 1683. 8. Abigail, October 5, 1686 ..
(IV) Benjamin Ball, son of John Ball (3), according to the history of Framingham, Mas- · sachusetts, where he settled about 1703, was born about 1678, probably at Watertown. He leased in 1703 forty-four acres of land on the north side of Stone brook, Framingham, near Colonel Buckminster's place, and January 21, 1734, took the deed of his farm. He built his house on the south side of the brook near Bullard's bridge. He sold the place March 7, 175I, to Allen Flagg, of Worcester. He married, March 29, 1704, Mary Brewer, daughter of John Brewer, of Sudbury. Chil- dren: I. Benjamin, born December 17, 1704. 2. John, born July 16, 1706, married Margaret Heminway, of Hopkinton. 3. Abraham, born
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December 29, 1707, married, January 13, 1732,
Martha Bridges and lived in Holliston. 4. Isaac, married, 1738, Rachel How, of Marl- borough ; settled in Brookfield. 5. Jacob, born May 28, 1712, married Deborah, daugh- ter of Jedediah Belknap, resided in Brook- field. 6. Thomas, born August 16, 1714, married, February 17, 1739, Hannah, daugh- ter of Edward Wright, Jr. 7. Mary, born February II, 1717, married William Wright. 8. Abigail, born February 16, 1720, married Simon Mellen, Jr. 9. Daniel, mentioned be- low.
(V) Daniel Ball, son of Benjamin Ball (4), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, De- cember 29, 1722, and made his home there. In 1752 he removed to Brookfield, Massachu- setts. He married, August 25, 1748, Patience Gleason, of Framingham. Children, born in Framingham: I. Daniel, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, March 4, 1751. Born in Brook- field : 3. Ebenezer, March 3, 1753. 4. Mar- tha, April 24, 1755. 5. Benjamin Gott, May 6, 1757, married, December 4, 1783, Huldah Hatfield, of Brookfield. 6. Mehitable, July 12, 1763, married, August 18, 1784, Stephen Spear, of Brookfield. 7. Anna, October 5, 1766, married, April 8, 1792, Enoch Cook, of Dummerston, Vermont. 8. Molly, May 5, 1770, married, December 4, 1791, Stephen Bridges.
(VI) Daniel Ball, son of Daniel Ball (5), was born in Framingham, April 9, 1749. He moved to Brookfield with his parents. He married in 1771 Elizabeth, daughter of David Prouty, of Spencer, Massachusetts, and they resided in that town. His homestead was the place lately owned by William G. Muzzy. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He was a private in Captain David Prouty's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in 1777, to reinforce the Northern army. His stature is given as five feet eight inches. He died Sep- tember 12, 1822; his wife died June 1, 1818, aged seventy-five years. Children, born in Spencer: I. David, April 19, 1772, married Betsey Savage, of Rutland, January; 1802; settled in Rutland. 2. Betsey, June 10, 1773, married Eli Muzzy; died April 1I, 1822. 3. Sally, October 22, 1774, married, August 6, 1797, Isaac Muzzy. 4. Hannah, February 22, 1778, married, Artemas Pike, of Roxbury. 5. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 6. Molly, Octo- ber 25, 1781, married, December 30, 1801, Asa Sawyer. 7. Daniel, October 6, 1783, resided in Spencer. 8. Charles, July 24, 1790.
(VII) Ebenezer Ball, son of Daniel Ball (6), was born at Spencer, December 14, 1779.
(VIII) Ralsy (Suel) Ball, son or nephew of Ebenezer Ball (7), was born about 1800, in Maine, whither his parents removed from Worcester county. He married, at Holden, April 1I, 1830, Charlotte Theresa Davis, born in Holden, May 17, 1804, daughter of James and Ruhamah (Smith) Davis. Ruhamah Smith, daughter of Elisha, Jr. and Persis Smith, was born at Worcester, March 1, 1770; married James Davis, November 26, 1801. James Davis was born June 22, 1772, son of Eleazer, Jr. and Sarah (Ward) Davis who were married July 27, 1748. (See Davis family). The marriage records of Holden are in error in stating that Charlotte Theresa Davis married Daniel Swett; possibly the full name of her husband was Daniel Swett Ball, though the birth records give his name simply Suel Ball. Children : I. Charles, born at Holden, died there February 5, 1834, aged five months. 2. Catherine Maria, born at Holden, September 7, 1830, was a school teacher for many years in Holden; married Parley Williams and had one son, Newton Williams. 3. Charles, mentioned below.
(IX) Charles Ball, son of Ralsy (Suel) Ball (8), was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 22, 1840. He received his early educa- tion in that town, and at the age of twelve was thrown upon his own resources and began to support himself. He was employed first at Holliston on a farm. For five years he worked for his board and clothes, attending the district school in the winter terms. In 1857 he came to Hopkinton and entered the employ of Dea- con Israel Adams, whose farm was situated in the eastern part of the town, and in him Mr. Ball found a friend and a second-father, who did all in his power for the orphan lad. The latter in turn was industrious and faithful, and the two became close friends and remained so as long as Deacon Adams lived. The farm was left to his only daughter, Ellen Adams, and Mr. Ball conducted the farm for her. Mr. Ball is a highly respected citizen of Hopkin- ton. He has been particularly prominent in the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. He is a kindly, generous and charit- able man, doing his utmost for others and leading an exemplary christian life. He is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Ball married Ellen Adams, April 25, 1867, but their married life was cut short February 28, 1868, by the untimely death of the young wife who left behind her an infant daughter. Ellen Adams was the daughter of Deacon Israel and Cynthia (Littlefield) Adams. Mr. Ball married (second), May 2,
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1871, Polly Stone Rockwood, of Ashland, who was born March 5, 1840. Child by the first wife: Nellie, born February 20, 1868. Child by the second wife: Walter Davis, born De- cember 6, 1875, educated in the public schools of Hopkinton ; an active member and support- er of the Congregational church, librarian of the Sunday school, associated with his father in carrying on the homestead farm.
BICKFORD The names of Bickford and Beckford are of English or- igin, and undoubtedly sprang from the same source. The first of the name found in the early New England records was John Bickford, who settled in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1647, but two years later was of Oyster River (now Durham), where he was admitted a freeman in 1671. He had three sons, John, Joseph and Thomas. Thomas, son of John, was of Oyster River (Durham), and served with credit in defending the set- tlement against a determined assault by the Indians July 18, 1694. He married Bridget, daughter of William Furber. Such in brief is an outline of the records relative to the an- cestors of the Bickfords mentioned below.
Ebenezer Bickford, descendant of John of Oyster River, was a native of New Durham. He carried on a farm in connection with which he operated a sawmill, and he was prominent in the civil and religious affairs of New Dur- ham, holding town offices. He was married, in Dover, April 21, 1776, by Dr. Belknap, to Susanna Cook, of Madbury, New Hamp- shire, and among his children were two sons, Thomas and Daniel.
Daniel Bickford, son of Ebenezer and Sus- anna (Cook) Bickford, was born in New Dur- ham, March 20, 1782. He developed into a well proportioned young man of dark com- plexion, and possessed a requisite amount of intelligence and physical energy. In 1806 he went to New London, New Hampshire, where he married, and shortly afterwards moved to Sheffield (or Grover) Vermont, but in 1813 returned and finally located on what is known as the Baker place, a farm of one hundred and sixty acres occupying a sightly eminence in the northwesterly part of the township. As a general farmer he attained prosperity, raising cattle, sheep and horses, as well as the usual products of that locality, and his residence, a large two story frame house, was a landmark in New London. After residing there some years he removed to Springfield, New Hamp- shire, settling upon a large tract of wild land from which he cleared a good farm, and he re-
mained there for the rest of his life, which terminated about the year 1860. He was a deep thinker, and although usually dignified and sedate was at times jovial and sociable, and was frequently called upon to settle ques- tions of dispute arising among his neighbors, who invariably relied upon his wisdom and sound judgment. He was noted for his re- ligious zeal as well as for his moral stability, and was a deacon of the Congregational church. In politics he supported the Whig party, and although not an aspirant for public office he consented to act as highway surveyor and presumably rendered able service in that capacity. He was first married in New Lon- don, November 27, 1806, to Patty Adams, born in Rowley, Massachusetts, February 17, 1782, daughter of John and Molly (Brocklebank) Adams, early settlers in New London. Her grandfather, also named John Adams, born in Rowley, April 12, 1721, fourth child and eld- est son of John and Sarah (Pearson) Adams, and of the fourth generation in descent from Robert Adams, of Newbury, Massachusetts, came to New London in 1780, occupying the Baker place previously referred to, and he died there September 28, 1803. He was a selectman in 1786-88, and held other town offices. He was three times married; first, to Sarah Brocklebank, who bore him four children; second to Elizabeth Kilbourn, of Rowley, May 24, 1755, who bore him five children ; and third to Mrs. Meribah Stickney, of Bradford, Massachusetts, who bore him two children. The children of his first union were: John, who will be again mentioned ; Benjamin, born February 19, 1751; Sarah, born March 23, 1753, married James Brocklebank ; Lois, born November 15, 1754, married Daniel Per- kins, of Boxford, Massachusetts. Those of his second marriage were: Elizabeth, born January 29, 1757; Jane, (?) born May 25, 1758, married John Sawyer Blaisdell, of New- bury ; Solomon, born March 4, 1759, mar- ried Molly Bancroft ; Jedediah, born January 18, 1761, died October 31, 1765; Mary, born November 13, 1763, married Silas Thurber, of Haverhill. The children of John Adams' third union were: Moses, born July 21, 1765, mar- ried Dolly Perley, of Rowley ; Jonathan, born September 27, 1767, married Phebe Brockle- bank. Five of his sons-John, Benjamin, Sol- omon, Moses and Jonathan-located in New London.
John Adams, Jr., eldest son of John and Sarah (Brocklebank) Adams, was born in Rowley, September 29, 1749. In 1783 he set- tled in New London, locating upon a farm in
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close proximity to that of his father, and his death occurred March 15, 1821. He held some of the important town offices. December 22, 1776, he was married, in Rowley, to Molly Brocklebank, possibly a sister of Captain Samuel Brocklebank ; she died July 27, 1840, aged eighty-seven years. It is quite probable that her parents were the John and Sarah Brocklebank who were buried in the village churchyard at New London beneath a single headstone. John died June I, 1795, aged sev- enty-seven, and Sarah died September 20, 1803, aged eighty-three years. They went to New London from Rowley. John, Jr., and Molly (Brocklebank) Adams were the parents of eight children : Betsey, born in Rowley, Au- gust 23, 1778; Hepzibah, born in Rowley, September 20, 1780; Patty, the date of whose birth has already been recorded; Jane, born April 8, 1784, in New London (as were all of the succeeding children), married Robert Co- burn, of Wheelock, Vermont, and had eight children; Hezekiah, born June 20, 1786, mar- ried Peggy Stinson; Irene, born January 19, 1791, Thomas, born February 25, 1796, died March 6, 1797; Polly, born May 29, 1799, be- came the wife of Seth Sargent. Patty, who became the first wife of Daniel Bickford, as previously stated, died May 29, 1822. She was the mother of six children : I. Mary, born December 13, 1808, was married in 1836 to Luke Blood, son of Ebenezer and Mary Blood. Their children are: i. Robert Allen Blood, born April 20, 1838, served as surgeon-gen- eral of Massachusetts for eight years, and at the present time (1908) is surgeon-in-chief of the Sildiers' Home in Massachusetts. He married (first), 1872, Ann Elizabeth Mlc- Cutchins, who bore him one son, Robert Mc- Cutchins Blood, born June 3, 1883, a graduate of Dartmouth College ; married (second) 1901, Mary Georgia Tate. ii. Miriam, born Oc- tober 31, 1842, married Daniel A. George, of Georges Hills, New Hampshire. iii. Morrison, born June I, 1849, married (first) Rose Davis ; (second) Flora Trussell. 2. Susan Bickford, born February 13, 18II, became the wife of Jonathan Sanborn, of Springfield, New Hamp- shire, and resided in Billerica, Massachusetts. 3. Martha, born January 15, 1813, married (first) the Rev. Asa Morrison, a traveling preacher ; (second) -, a farmer ; (third) the Rev. Mr. Grounendyke, a Methodist min- ister. 4. Hepzibah Bickford, born January 26, 1815, married Enoch Gordon, of Lempster, New Hampshire. 5. Hezekiah Cook Bick- ford, M. D., who will be again referred to. 6. Daniel Bickford, born December 25, 1819, died
May 12, 1907. He married, May I, 1849, Roxanna B. Cross, daughter of John Cross, of Hanover, New Hampshire, and had two children : Hattie May and Mattie Jane (twins), born July 26, 1857. Hattie May, who died September 14, 1886, was the wife of Daniel Truman Bickford, son of Ebenezer Bickford, who will be mentioned presently. Her children are: Florence May, born April 28, 1877; Libbie Pearl, born May 24, 1880; Frank Carroll, born May 10, 1883; Hattie May, born August 25, 1886. Mattie Jane married Frank Carroll Morse, and their chil- dren are: Sarah Helen, born July 12, 1886; Katherine, born August 25, 1890.
Daniel Bickford, Sr. married for his sec- ond wife Betsey, daughter of Simeon and Bet- sey (Youngman) Blood. It is said of her that she always wore short skirts, was very industrious, and carried her knitting-work to funerals. The children of this union are: 7. Simeon, resided in Grand Rapids, Michi- gan ; was twice married and had a large fam- ily, Truman and Algernon being among the number. 8. Ebenezer, settled in Reading, Massachusetts ; married Sarah Jane Good- ridge ; had one son and two daughters ; the son Truman, born in Norway, Maine, January 15, 1854, married (first) his cousin, Hattie May, daughter of Daniel and Roxanna (Cross) Bickford; married (second) Mattie H. Jew- ett. The daughters are: Mary Ella, married George O. Foss, 1869, and died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1871. Belle Cole, married, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Charles R. Cogs- well; they have three children : Harold, Anna and Truman. 9. Truman, killed in the Mex- ican war.
Hezekiah Cook Bickford, M. D., fifth child and eldest son of Daniel and Patty (Adams) Bickford, born in New London, New Hamp- shire, April 27, 1817, died at Woburn, Mas- sachusetts, March 26, 1878. He obtained his middle name from the family name of his grandmother. He was able to go to school very little during his childhood, owing to the want of privileges in a remote country region. He performed what work it was possible for him to do on the farm, and about a year after his mother's death, the family having removed to Springfield, New Hampshire, he "worked out," as the custom then was, and gave his earnings to his father. He left home when fifteen or sixteen years of age, and carrying his small share of worldly goods, walked to Stoneham, Massachusetts, and there found work for the summer with a family by the name of Richardson, and in the fall of that
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year he entered the employment of the Suffolk Mills at Lowell, Massachusetts, and there re- mained for about seven years. During his last year there, he obtained evening work as clerk in a store. After the work of the even- ing was done he did not idle away his time, but burned the midnight oil, and by hard study laid the foundation of his future useful- ness. He taught school when hardly twenty- one on Burpee Hill in his native town before he had finally separated himself from the Suf- folk Mills. At about the same time he taught school for one winter in Dracut, Massachu- setts. He was quick to seize the opportunities for self-culture and personal advancement.
Leaving the Suffolk Mills he came to Bos- ton with a view of going into business. His first venture was not successful, and he then entered the employment of a Mr. Parmenter on Washington street, Boston, who later es- tablished a store in Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. Parmenter's confidence in young Bickford was so great that he gave him the management of this new store. During his stay at New- port he became acquainted with Dr. Butler, and began the study of medicine. He left Mr. Parmenter's employ and studied a year with Dr. Butler, and then went to New Hampton, New Hampshire, and continued his studies with Dr. Ayer of that place. He also pursued his studies by taking one term of lectures at the medical school of Dartmouth College. He then went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and entered the Jefferson Medical College, gradu- ating from that institution, March 20, 1845. In the April following he began the practice of medicine in New London, New Hampshire, and remained there in active practice for six years. He removed June 15, 1851, to. Bill- erica, Massachusetts, and established himself as a successful practitioner. After a residence in Billerica of ten years he left and began practice in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 16, 1861. He attained high eminence and success in Charlestown, and after a prac- tice of fifteen years, in May, 1876, removed to Woburn, Massachusetts.
The years at Charlestown were filled with the incessant activity for which all his previous life of perseverance and energy had thorough- ly prepared him. He possessed a well bal- anced judgment, and his services were widely sought by his medical brethren in consultation in difficult cases. He endeared himself in the homes and hearts of a large circle by his warm sympathies in time of trial. Disease, how- ever, compelled him to relinquish his prac- tice, and he was succeeded by his nephew, Dr.
Robert A. Blood, who had been his medical student. The change of scene in Woburn, the quiet family life, the beautiful surroundings of his home all exercised a healthful influence for a time, and rest enabled him to recuperate in some measure his exhausted energies, but the weakness of his physical system eventual- ly returned, and after a long and distressing illness, which he bore with serenity, he died March 26, 1878.
He had suffered for twenty years from se- vere attacks of disease, but by his incredible energy, sheer force of will, which gave him success in his life work, he would rise superior to the circumstances of his enfeebled health. A friend in a tribute paid to his memory after his death, said that "It was his staunch Chris- tian manhood that won him so large a circle of friends, and there were many sincere tributes paid to his memory by those to whom he had been the beloved physician. His conduct was always that of a consistent Christian, and even in his busiest years he was always in his place in church on the Sabbath." His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery at Malden, Massachusetts.
Dr Bickford was admitted to the Winthrop Congregational Church of Charlestown, May 4, 1862. He was a member of Joseph Warren Lodge of Free Masons of Boston, joining Jan- uary, 1872, and also a member of Waverly Royal Arch Chapter, and of Hugh de Payens Commandery of Knights Templar of Mel- rose.
Dr. Bickford married (first), June 17, 1846, Paulina Augusta Coburn, of Dracut, Massa- chusetts, and at her death, which occurred in Charlestown, November 29, 1867, her hus- band made the following entry in the family Bible : "Died November 29, 1867, aged 49. Gone to her rest. A kind, devoted wife, an affectionate and tender mother, a faithful and consistent Christian." She was a daughter of Prescott and Dolly (Abbot) Coburn. He married (second), April 22, 1869, Maria Richardson Gray, born June 25, 1847, in Bill- erica, daughter of William and Abigail Allen (Richardson) Gray, of Billerica, Massachu- setts. She is of the sixth generation in de- scent from Robert Gray, of Andover, through Braviter (2), Braviter (3), Jonathan (4), William (5). Robert Gray, who settled at Andover in the latter part of the seventeenth century, married Hannah Holt. Their son Braviter, born in Andover, September 29, 1685, married Dorothy Abbott. Braviter Gray, Jr., son of the preceding, was born in Andover, July 19, 1717, and his name appears
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for the first time upon the assessment list of Billerica in 1738. He married, September 6, 1743, "Bethyah" Hill, of Billerica, who died January 30, 1754; he married (second), July 14, 1757, Anna, daughter of Jonathan Dan- forth, of Billerica. His second wife lived but a few days after marriage, dying August 10, 1757. He married (third), May 23, 1759, Mrs. Elizabeth Blanchard, widow of John Blanchard. His children were: Joseph, Mary, Timothy, who died in infancy; Timothy, Jon- athan and Braviter. Jonathan Gray, fourth son and fifth child of Braviter and Bethyah (Hill) Gray, was born in Billerica, January 3, 1754. He married Mary Needham, who was born in Tewksbury, March 14, 1756, daughter of John and Prudence Needham. Among their children was a son William, born in Tewksbury, August 4, 1792, died October 3, 1868: he was a shipping merchant in Bos- ton. He married, January 1, 1846, Abigail Allen Richardson, who died in Woburn, Mas- sachusetts, April 29, 1898; she was a daughter of John and Nancy (Allen) Richardson. She became the mother of two children: Maria Richardson, already referred to as the sec- ond wife of Dr. Bickford; Lucy Ann, born September 24, 1849, married William I. Clew- ley, of St. Stephens, New Brunswick.
Children of Dr. Bickford by first wife: I. George Coburn, born March 25, 1847, mar- ried, February 28, 1877, Florence Stetson, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and went to re- side in New London, New Hampshire, but later moved to Somerville, Massachusetts. Children : i. Alice Florence, born in Charles- town, Massachusetts, October 30, 1877; ii. Horace Stetson, born at Charlestown, March 3, 1880; iii. George Owen, born July 26, 1881, died August 25, 1881 ; iv. Walter How- ard, born August 4, 1884, died October 9, 1884. 2. John Truman, born April 2, 1849, died January 24, 1853. 3. Harriet Augusta, born June 20, 1853, married, May 10, 1883, the Rev. Frank Houghton Allen, a Congrega- tional minister, son of L. Houghton and Sarah R. (Fowle) Allen, of Woburn. One child : Harold Bickford Allen, born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, May 29, 1884 ; graduated from Amherst College in 1904; married, in 1906, Mabel Anderson, of Albuquerque, New Mex- ico. Children of Dr. Bickford by second wife : 4. Gertrude Maria, born in Charlestown, June 9, 1870, married, June 22, 1899, Dr. Joseph Henry Hutchings, born in Wilmot, New Hampshire, October 13, 1863. He received his academic education at Tufts College, grad- uating with the degree of Bachelor of Philos-
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