Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 111

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

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ployed for the following six years by Wood- bury & Leighton, Boston contractors. In July, 1895, he started in business with his cousin Guy Loomer, under the firm name of Loomer & Allen, at Belmont. This firm was success- ful from the start, and have built residences for many of the wealthy citizens in that part of the state. Mr. Allen does much of the architectural designing for the firm, among their contracts are: Brandon Castle; the home of Mrs. George W. Ropes, at Lincoln; the residence of Walter M. Dyer, at Brook- line; of Joseph Morrell, at Dedham; of Rich- ard Olney (2nd) at Dedham; of J. A. Jones and Mr. Allen at Chestnut Hill. They are at present erecting a fine dwelling for the Waldo brothers at Chestnut Hill. Mr. Allen has large interests in real estate and has built many houses for sales and to rent.

He and his family formerly attended the Methodist Episcopal church at Watertown, but now attend the Baptist church. In politics 'he is a Republican. He is a member of the Mas- ter Builders' Association at Waltham. He married June 28, 1893, Ella Maud Crowe, born March 5, 1863, at Truro, Nova Scotia, daughter of George and Lavinia (Duff) Crowe. Children: I. Evelyn Greta, born De- cember 27, 1894. 2. Mildred Lelia, Novem- ber 15, 1896. 3. Earle Douglass, March 4, 1898. 4. Ralph Eldon, November 26, 1900.

SANDS The surname Sands is of ancient English origin, and is spelled also Sandes and Sandys. The branch of the family in London and county Hants has borne since the reign of Henry VIII this coat- of-arms: Argent a cross raguly and trunked or. Other branches of the family in Wilber- ton, Isle of Ely, South Pertherton, in county Somerset, Petersham in county Surrey, and in Westmoreland all have the following arms : Or a feese indented (another dancettée) be- tween three crosses crosslet fitchée gules. Crest : A griffin sergeant per fesse or and gules.

Two pioneers of this family came to New England before 1650. James Sands, born at Reading, Berkshire, England, 1622, settled in Taunton, Massachusetts, as early as 1658, and died in Block Island, where he finally located, March 13, 1695; married in England, Sarah Walker; children: John, Edward, of Block Island; Samuel, of Cowneck, Long Island; Sarah, married Nathaniel Niles; James, set- tled in Long Island; Mercy, married Joshua Raymond, Block Island. From these are de-

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scended a large and influential family in New York and Connecticut.

(1) Henry Sands, the other immigrant, was an early settler at Boston. He was dismissed to the gathering of a church at Rowley, No- vember 24, 1639, and was admitted a free- man October 6, 1640. He had a two-acre house lot in Rowley in 1643. He returned to Boston as early as 1646. He was a ship- owner and the records show that he assigned a quarter interest of the ship "Welcome," Jan- uary 3, 1648-49. He died in December, 1651 ; his wife Sybil survived him. Children : I. Deliverance, born 1638, baptized January 6, 1638-39, at Boston. 2. Samuel, born at Row- ley, June 20, 1640. 3. Mercy, born at Row- ley, March 24, 1642. 4. Deliverance, born August, 1644, at Rowley. 5. John, mentioned below.

(II) John Sands, son of Henry Sands (I), was born at Boston, August 28, 1646. He had a grant of land at Boxford, Massachusetts, in 1667, and doubtless lived there for a time.

(III) James Sands, according to the family tradition, came from England and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, but there is reason to believe that he was descended from Henry Sands, of Boston and Rowley. He was born about 1690 and may have been son of John Sands (2), who lived in Boxford, formerly Ipswich, John Sands (2) may have removed to England, as there is little trace of him in Massachusetts records. James Sands removed from Ipswich to Biddeford, now Saco, Maine, where he died in 1745 leaving a large estate for his day, inventoried at one thousand sixteen pounds. He married Emma

Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, married John Carter. 3. Mary, married Ephraim Stimpson. 4. Ruth, un- der eighteen in 1745. 5. Thomas, settled in Buxton, Maine. 6. Ephraim, born Jan- uary 25, 1720, at Ipswich, died January 25, 1820, aged ninety-eight years ; settled in Bux- ton, 1755; soldier in Revolution. 7. Patience, under eighteen in 1745; married Daniel Rid- lon.

(IV) James Sands, son of James Sands (3), was born about 1715 and before 1720. He resided in Buxton in 1742 and returned to Ipswich. Children, born in Ipswich : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, married Han- nah Porter, of Coxhall, Maine, May 6, 1779; was then of Topsfield, Massachusetts ; soldier in the Revolution.

(V) James Sands, son of James Sands (4), was born about 1745. He settled in Coxhall, Maine. Samuel Symonds, of Ipswich, owned

large tracts of land there, and his son Harlak- enden, born 1635, removed in 1694 to Maine to occupy the land. He sold in 1688 parts of Coxhall to Roger Haskins and thirty-five others, most of them Ipswich men. John Low, Jr. was one. James Sands was not an original purchaser, but went. there afterwards. He married Low, a sister of Judge John Low. He was in the Revolution, in Captain James Patch's company in 1775. Children : I. Betsey, born Wednesday, December 6, 1769, married Grey. 2. Polly, born Friday, October II, 1771, married Edwards. 3. Thomas, mentioned below. 4. John, born Thursday, April 9, 1778. 5. James, born Monday, April 16, 1781. 6. Nathan, born Monday, March, 1787. 7. Isaac, born Sun- day, January 20, 1793, married Dorcas

born August 3, 1798, and had eleven children.

(VI) Thomas Sands, son of James (5) and Betsy (Low) Sands, was born in Lyman, Maine, February 2, 1775, died July 10, 1824, aged forty-nine years. When a youth his uncle, Judge John Low, offered Thomas and another nephew a farm of sixty acres or a course at the Academy. Thomas chose the latter and always regretted not having had a college education. He was a merchant (coun- try store), farmer, carried on brick making, was justice of the peace, and had held every office in the gift of his county. Said Mr. Charles C. Little, of Little & Brown, to one of the sons : "Mr. Sands your father was the brightest, smartest man I ever knew." He married Eunice Goodridge, April 22, 1798, probably in Lyman, formerly Coxhall, Maine. Eight children were born to them, namely: I. Nancy, born April 9, 1799, married Samuel Swell. 2. Eliza, born December 30, 1801, married Edmund Hayes, of Limerick, Maine. 3. Harriet, born April 22, 1803, married (first) John Stone; married (second) David Stone ; resided in Buxton, Maine. 4. Hiram, born July 15, 1805, married Sally Patten. 5. Ivory, mentioned below. 6. John Low, mentioned below. 7. James, born October 8, 1818, mar- ried Eliza Ann Littlefield. 8. Orin, born May 29, 1820, died unmarried.

(VII) Ivory Sands, fifth child of Thomas (6) and Eunice (Goodridge) Sands, was born in Lyman, Maine, August 17, 1807. A slen- der lad, subject to attacks of sciatica, who when he was sixteen years of age used crutch- es for a year and had through life a slight limp. Fond of reading and study he applied himself to his books with the view to become a physician; studying Latin with his Uncle Low, and later medicine with an old nearby

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doctor. The death of his father put an end to his hopes of a professional career, and at seventeen he "took up the burden of life" and learned thoroughly the brickmaking business which he followed in summer, teaching (and studying) winters for nine years. In 1833-34 Mr. Sands came to Massachusetts and opened a brickyard in Cambridgeport, afterwards off Putnam avenue, and later at Wyeth street, near Garden street. On February 19, 1835, Ivory Sands married Eliza Dow Ward, at her home in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Six children were born to them, of whom three died in in- fancy. In the 50's Mrs. Sands' health becom- ing impaired, the family moved to Keyport, New Jersey. After a two years residence Mr. Sands sold out his business and bought a farm in and removed to Kent county, Delaware. The climate not proving beneficial to his wife's health, he returned to New Jersey and located, as he thought, permanently. After two years he became blind from paralysis of the optic nerve. A year of constant treatment proved of no avail in restoring his sight, and the fam- ily removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he died in 1878 and was laid to rest in Mt. Auburn. Mr. Sands was kind and gen- erous to a fault. He possessed a keen sense of humor which kept him young at heart and helped him to exemplify the Gospel of Cheer- fulness. 'A lover of children, he was "Uncle Ivory" to all of the children and young people of his acquaintance. First a Whig, after- wards a staunch Republican, he never missed a caucus or voting if able to go to the polls. He was loyal to his country, state and city. He was a member of the Shepard Congrega- tional church many years. A man of faith, his christian hope tided and buoyed him over many a rough sea of sorrow and trouble. Un- conscious most of the last three weeks of his life, he caught glimpses of the glory and heard, with ecstacy, the music of the world beyond.

Children of Ivory and Eliza D. (Ward) Sands, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harriet Eliza, the eldest child, remained with and cared for her parents with rare devotion. After her mother's death in 1882 she was married to Charles Francis Hicks, of Cam- pello, who died in 1901. She now resides in Brockton. Albert I., see forward. Caroline Augusta, the third child, was married in Cam- bridge, by Rev. Alexander Mckenzie, D. D., October 7, 1869, to Joseph I. W. Burgess, merchant of Wareham, where they have since lived. Children: Harry Sands and Alexina Putnam. Harry Sands married, November

14, 1898, Hattie Howard Ellis, of South Braintree, their present home.

(VII) John Low Sands, son of Thomas Sands (6), was born in Lyman, Maine, March 23, 1814, and died in Cambridge, Massachu- setts, August 19, 1880. He was thrown from his carriage and died, without recovering con- sciousness, four hours later. He was a large manufacturer of bricks at East Cambridge, Massachusetts. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Republican, and served as alder- man of Cambridge. He was a member of the Shepard Congregational Church of Old Cam- bridge, of which he was a generous supporter up to the time of his death. His pastor, Rev. Dr. Alexander Mckenzie, read at his funeral the First Psalm as the truest epitaph of the man and his life. He married, March 19, 1839, Sarah Ann Hayes, daughter of Benjamin I. Hayes. Children born in Cambridge: I. Benjamin Franklin, born March 15, 1840, died February 5, 1881 ; married April 21, 1862, Mary A. Mayberry, daughter of Elijah N. and Rebecca (Palmer) Mayberry, of Thom- aston, Maine; she died in Cambridge, March 8, 1908; children: i. Edward Irving, died young ; ii. Frank Edgar, born December 4, 1865, married, June 25, 1890, Lydia R. Phipps, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and had four children, Dorothy, Donald, Mary and Walter ; is with Sands, Taylor & Wood Company, wholesale flour merchants of Boston; iii. Frederick E., born July 1, 1866, with the Tri Mount Manufacturing Company, of Roxbury ; iv. John L., born May 12, 1873, married Jane Allen, of New York city, and resides in Cleve- land, Ohio; no children; v. Elijah M., born October 20, 1878, married Helen A. Wood- bury, of Beverly, Massachusetts, and have two children, John W. and Barbara. Benjamin F. Sands entered the employ of the firm of Henry Wood & Company, flour merchants of Boston, when a boy, and finally became a member of the firm of James F. Edmunds & Company, then Sands & Fernald, remaining until his death ; he was a member of the North Avenue Church and of Charity Lodge of Free Masons, of North Cambridge. 2. John Newton, died June 28, 1886; married, December 10, 1866, Annie M. Cofran, who died February 20, 1888; children: i. Sarah Gertrude, born Sep- tember II, 1868, died July 27, 1871 ; ii. Nellie Sophia, born November 4, 1870, died Septem- ber 27, 1872; iii. William Henry, born June 14, 1872 ; married, September 27, 1891, Emma Louise Trull; children : Ruth Clara, born Sep- tember 9, 1892; Alice Mabel, March 23, 1894 ; Newton Francis, July 22, 1897 ; Marjorie, Oc-

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tober 24, 1898; Euna Winnifred, August 17, 1900; Annie Lydia, November 9, 1902; Irene Trull, July 29, 1904; iv. Clara Louise, born July 18, 1875, married, September 12, 1899, John William Lord; v. Annie Mabel, born August 6, 1878; vi. Frank Low, born De- cember 21, 1880, married, March 5, 1902, Janet Donaldson Woodburn; children: Paul Webster, born June 29, 1906, died October 16, 1906; Philip Woodburn, born December 5, 1907. 3. Orin Edgar, born April 28, 1850, married Charlotte Bradbury, sister of his brother's wife; is president of the Sands, Tay- lor & Wood Company, flour merchants of Boston ; one child, Marion. 4. Martin Wins- low, mentioned below. 5. Sarah Eunice, born August 23, 1854, married Daniel Webster Lit- tlefield, of Kennebunk, Maine; no children. 6. Harriet Elizabeth, born December 3, 1856, married Frank E. Mason, of Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, and had one son, Howard, born May 14, 1878; resided in Brooklyn, New York ; died January 27, 1906.

(VIII) Martin Winslow Sands, son of John Low Sands (7), was born in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, August 4, 1852. He was educated in the Cambridge public schools, and then worked for his father. Later he was admitted into the firm, which was in the brick business. He continued in the firm until 1900, when he became a member of the New England Brick Company and is now the manager of the sales department, with an office at 189 Devonshire street, Boston. He is a member of the Mount Olivet Lodge Free Masons ; Cambridge Chap- ter ; Royal Arch Masons, Boston Commandery, and Mount Sinai Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Citizen's Trade Association. He is a member of the Shepard Memorial Church, Cambridge. He is a man of high principal, respected by all who know him. He married Georgianna E. Bradbury, daughter of Ezra and Arexine Elizabeth Bradbury, of Kittery, Maine. They have no children.

(VIII) Albert Ivory Sands, youngest child of Ivory (7) and Eliza Dow (Ward) Sands, enlisted in Company F, Thirty-eighth Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, two months after his seventeenth birthday. He took cold at Ship Island and had typhoid fever ; went to Port Hudson, had a relapse and was sent to St. James Hospital, New Orleans, where he was ill nine months ; was discharged and returned broken in health and constitu- tion. Later he twice entered Phillips Academy hoping to complete the course and study medi- cine, but was obliged to relinquish all thoughts

of a profession. When his health permitted he took a course at French's Commercial Col- lege, and with Mr. Brown successfully man- aged a like school at Auburn, New York. A severe illness broke up his connection with the school and he returned to Cambridge. After a time he became bookkeeper for the firm of Frederick Clapp & Sons, Mr. Clapp being an honored oldtime Boston merchant. On June 7, 1870, Mr. Sands married Annie Isidore Clapp, and resided in Cambridge until his death in 1878, four weeks after his father's death. He was a bright man, witty, versatile and original. A member of Charles River Baptist Church; bravely he faced death; knowing and trusting his Pilot, calmly he "put out to sea" and crossed the bar. Of their three children, Frederick I. and Annie Thorn- dike are dead. The youngest, Sumner R. Mason, married Julia Barnard, of Nantucket ; they have two sons, Roger Milton and John Wilson, and live on their farm at North Pem- broke, Massachusetts, as also his mother, Mrs. Albert I. Sands.

(See John Sanborn 1.) Joseph Sanborn, son of Lieu- SANBORN tenant John Sanborn (1), was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, March 13, 1659. He lived in Hampton Falls, on the farm now owned by his descendant, Miss Sarah Sanborn. He married, December 28, 1682, Mary Gove, daughter of Edward, of Hampton; he died between 1722 and 1724. His widow married Morrill, of Salis- bury, but separated and returned to live on the homestead at Hampton Falls. He was a shoemaker or cordwainer by trade. He bought twenty-five acres of land in the northwest part of Hampton of John Gove, De- cember 8, 1692. He deeded his homestead in the south parish of Hampton to his son Jo- seph Jr., June 15, 1722, and also other prop- erty. He deeded real estate to his son, Abra- ham, June 13, 1722 ; to son David his rights in Chester, New Hampshire; to son Reuben a tract in Hampton, called a double portion, be- cause he was eldest son ; to son Edward a gen- erous tract. Children : 1. Abigail, born April 1, 1686; married, October 7, 1703, Ebenezer Dearborn, of Chester, son of Deacon Thomas, of Hampton. 2. Huldah, born May 3. 1688; married, October 17, 1705, Jonathan Nason. of Hampton Falls ; died October 7. 1758. 3. Reuben, born May 18, 1692. 4. Edward, born April 7, 1695. 5. Abraham, born March IO, 1696. 6. Mary, born July 28, 1697 : married

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Samuel Prescott, son of James, of Hampton ; died May 28, 1757. 7. Joseph, mentioned be- low. 8. David, born January 16, 1702.

(III) Joseph Sanborn, son of Joseph San- born (2), was born in Hampton Falls, July 22, 1700. He was in the military service of the province, 1724, under Sergeant Jonathan Prescott, and again under Captain Weare, and rose to the rank of lieutenant. In 1746 he had a squad of men and was engaged in scouting after Indians. He was one of the original grantees of the town of Chester, New Hamp- shire. In 1743 he built on the homestead at Hampton Falls, deeded him by his father in 1722, the house now owned by his descendant, Miss Sarah Sanborn. He divided his real estate, as his father had done, before his death, instead of by will. He gave to son Abra- ham the farm in Brentwood where he was liv- ing, July 21, 1761 ; to son Joseph part of the homestead, July 21, 1761 ; to son Benjamin a farm where he was living on the road from Hampton to Exeter. Joseph married, January 18, 1722, Lucy, daughter of James Prescott, of Hampton Falls. She died March 9, 1723, and he married second, Susanna, daughter of Ben- jamin James, of Hampton Falls. She died June I, 1761, and he married third, Dorothy (Roby), widow of Benjamin Hilliard. Lieu- tenant Joseph Sanborn died January 26, 1773. Children : I. Lucy, born January 16, 1725, married John Sanborn. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born April 28, 1728; mar- ried Captain William Prescott, of Hampton Falls and Sanbornton ; captain in the Revolu- tion : son of Samuel, of Hampton Falls, and grandfather of the antiquarian, Dr. William Prescott. 4. Benjamin, born February 2, 1730. 5. Abraham, born May 25, 1732. 6. John, born 1734, died young. 7. Mary, born May 23, 1736; married Deacon Jeremiah Lane, of Hampton Falls, son of Deacon Joshua Lane. 8. John, born December 8, 1738, died June 26, 176I.

(IV) Joseph Sanborn, son of Joseph San- born (3), was born in Hampton Falls, May 14, 1726. He lived on the homestead with his father until 1769, when he sold his share and moved first to Brentwood and thence to Wake- field. His children, however, were baptized in Epping as of Brentwood as early as 1759. He died in 1812. His will, dated 1799, proved 1812, mentions all the surviving children. He married, December 6, 1750, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Lane, of Hampton Falls; second, October 17, 1768, Anna, daughter of Deacon Joseph Philbrick, and widow of Elisha Mars- ton, of Brentwood. Children of Joseph and

Sarah Sanborn: I. Elizabeth, born July 3, 1752; married Joseph Woodbury, of Epping. 2. Joseph, born April 19, 1754, died young. 3. Sarah, born October 4, 1755; married, Sep- tember II, 1777, William Graves, of Brent- wood, and died December 27, 1844 ;- he died July 17, 1827. 4. Samuel, born July 26, 1757. 5. Joseph, born July 12, 1759. 6. Reuben, born April 22, 1761. 7. Susanna, born May 2, 1763 ; married Noah Rundlett. 8. Abigail, born May 29, 1765, unmarried. 9. John; see forward. 10. Elisha, born July 10, 1770. II. James, born 1774, died 1783.

(V) John Sanborn, son of Joseph Sanborn (4), was born November 21, 1767, married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Hall, of Wake- field, New Hampshire, born May 24, 1772, died May, 1841; he died January 29, 1854. Children : I. William, born March 21, 1793, died young. 2. Daniel Hall, mentioned below. 3. Captain Joseph W., born February 22, 1799 ; married, July, 1843, Sarah Sanborn, no issue ; lived in Wakefield. 4. Sarah L., born April 29, 1801, died unmarried, 1833. 5. Susan, born January 15, 1804, died unmarried, 1840. 6. Anna, born February 19, 1806, died unmar- ried, April, 1843. 7. John Gilman, born Au- gust 4, 1809, married Dianna Young; moved to Manchester, New Hampshire. 8. Ezekiel, born October II, 1811, died young. 9. Han- nah, born February 14, 1814, died young.

(VI) Daniel Hall Sanborn, son of John Sanborn (5), was born in Wakefield, New Hampshire, May 31, 1796. He was a farmer, lived and died in his native town. He mar- ried, 1821, at Acton, Maine, Lydia Dorr, born June 16, 1796, died March 1, 1854, daughter of Joseph and Annie (Brackett) Dorr, both born in Acton, Maine. Mr. Sanborn died Sep- tember 25, 1872. Children : I. Hon. John W., born at Wakefield, January 16, 1822, one of New Hampshire's most prominent sons- president New Hampshire state senate 1875, trustee New Hampshire Agricultural College 1871-79 ; he lived at Sanbornville, New Hamp- shire, which was named for him, and died there July 9, 1903. He had honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth 1874; su- perintendent Northern Division and tempor- arily filled the position of general manager of the Boston & Maine railroad with head- quarters at Boston. He married, February .22, 1849, Almira J. Chapman, of Wakefield, born May I, 1828, died June 2, 1894 ; second, September 10, 1896, Julia A. Thurston, of Freedom, New Hampshire. Children: i. Charles W., born December 19, 1849, died January 17, 1886; he married Addie Smith ;

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he graduated from Dartmouth College, and chose the law as a profession ; ii. Ellen J., born October 10, 1857, died 1858; iii. Lillian, born May 23, 1863, married, May 23, 1888, Herbert Rogers. 2. Joshua Hall, born October 6, 1823, merchant and farmer at Kittery, Maine; mar- ried, November 22, 1849, Sarah Elizabeth Lib- by, of Kittery, born May 18, 1829, died April 5, 1886 ; he died March 21, 1871. Children : i. William M., born August 14, 1850; ii. Daniel Webster, born February 1, 1852; iii. Lydia Annette, born August 21, 1853, married B. Frank Pickering; iv. Sarah Elizabeth, died young; v. Mary Elizabeth, born March 9, 1858; married Herbert Lambert; vi. John Al- den, born November 1, 1862; vii. Arthur Lin- coln, born December 19, 1863, died 1864 (twin) ; viii. Andrew Libby (twin), born De- cember 19, 1863, died 1864; ix. Edward Ev- erett, born and died 1865 ; x. Ernest, born and died 1869. 3. Hiram A., born April 29, 1825, died 1828. 4. Hannah B., born March I, 1827, died 1828. 5. Lieutenant Enoch Evans, born September 6, 1828; married Sarah M. Sanborn, born January 7, 1829, daughter of James and Sally (Witham) Sanborn ; he died in Wakefield, April 2, 1858, leaving two sons : Joseph Taylor and Oscar, who lives in Port- land, Maine. 6. Daniel Washington, men- tioned below. 7. Lydia Sophia, born August 12, 1837; married Frank N. Dixon who died many years ago; resides in South Eliot, Maine.

(VII) Daniel Washington Sanborn, son of Daniel Hall Sanborn (6), was born in Wake- field, New Hampshire, February 27, 1834. He attended the public schools of his native town and Wakefield Academy. Between the short terms of school he worked with his father on the homestead, and besides farming learned how to make shoes. He left home at the age of twenty years to work at the ship carpenter's trade at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; left this position five years later, and May 9, 1859, began his career as a railroad man at the bottom of the ladder, doing station work on the old Portland, Saco & Portsmouth railroad, now part of the Boston & Maine system. Be- tween August, 1862, and April 4, 1864, he was brakeman in the passenger service, and from the latter date to November 15, 1879, as the Somerville Journal puts it, "His genial face became well known to travelers on the road, as he gathered up tickets in his capacity of passenger train conductor." As a conduc- tor his first regular run was between Ports- mouth and Great Falls, now Somersworth, and his train was well known by the other railroad

men of the day as the "tin kettle" train, be- cause one of its greatest uses was in carrying the workmen to and from the Kittery navy yard. This was during the civil war, and at that time so many men were employed at the navy yard that the boarding houses of Kittery and Portsmouth could not accommodate all of them and this train was chartered to carry the men to and from their work. Mr. Sanborn's next train was between Portland and Ports- mouth, and he was on that train until 1871, when the Eastern railroad leased the old Port- land, Saco & Portsmouth line and his run was then extended to Boston. In 1873, when the Eastern railroad acquired the control of the Maine Central system, his run was extended the other way through to Bangor, and for about five years he had the through trips from Boston to Bangor. During this period there was strong competition between the Eastern railroad and its rival, the Boston & Maine railroad, and in 1877 a compromise was made whereby the through trains to Bangor were discontinued on the Eastern. During the fol- lowing two years Mr. Sanborn's run was be- tween Boston and Portland. From Novem- ber 15, 1879, to December 10, 1884, he was master of transportation of the Eastern rail- road, since merged with the Boston & Maine system. He was promoted December 10, 1884, to superintendent of the Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine, a position for which his native ability, thorough knowledge of the ter- ritory and his varied experience in the busi- ness admirably fitted him. Another promo- tion due to his constant zeal, his proved abil- ity and successful record, came July 1, 1890, when he was appointed superintendent of the larger Southern Division, and again February 16 of the following year was promoted to the position of general superintendent of the Bos- ton & Maine railroad system. After nearly fifteen years in this office he resigned Septem- ber I, 1906, and retired. He was succeeded by the present general superintendent, Charles E. Lee. Mr. Sanborn had been in the railroad business for nearly fifty years. He served un- der the following presidents : Ichabod Good- win, George M. Brown, Thornton K. Loth- rop, John Woolbridge, General Samuel C. Lawrence, A. P. Rockwell, E. B. Phillips, George E. B. Jackson, Arthur Sewall, George C. Lord, Frank Jones, A. A. McLeod and Lucius Tuttle. In the same period he worked under the following general managers : Charles F. Hatch, Payson Tucker, James T. Furber, John W. Sanborn, T. A. Mackinnon and Frank Barr, the latter being the only one

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 111

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912