Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 120

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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born March 9, 1727, school teacher, residing at Deacon Balch's, where she died May 31, 1814; fifty years and more after her death one of the chambers of her house where she died was furnished with the things she had pre- pared for her wedding in her youth, her en- gagement being broken before the wedding.

(IV) Ebenezer Bailey, son of Richard Bail- ey (3), was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, April 16, 1719. Married Sarah Palmer, who was born at Bradford, July 5, 1722, died May 1813, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Palmer. He settled on the street northeast of the house of his brother Richard. He died there November 17, 1815. Children, born in Bradford: I. Ebenezer, born July 13, 1740, married, October 21, 1762, Mehita- ble Eaton; settled in Weare, New Hamp- shire. 2. Samuel, born November 3, 1745, married Hannah Clark, of Hampstead, New Hampshire; settled in Weare. 3. Daniel, born January 26, 1748, settled in Weare; mar- ried, November 29, 1774, Sarah Mudgett; re- moved to Fletcher, Vermont, in 1795; he died September 6, 1832. 4. Jonathan, born March 29, 1750, died in 1761. 5. Jesse, born March 26, 1752, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, born July 21, 1755, married, May 4, 1780, Joseph Webster. 7. Nathan, born May 2, 1758, died in the Revolutionary service. 8. Su- sanna, born March 31, 1761, married, Novem- ber 3, 1778, Joshua Webster, and settled in West Haverhill. 9. Jonathan, born February 27. 1764, married, October 18, 1787, Eliza- beth Emerson; died March 25, 1843; he mar- ried (second) Joanna, widow of Benjamin Gage, daughter of Day Emerson.

(V) Jesse Bailey, son of Ebenezer Bailey (4), was born in Bradford. March 26, 1752. Married, September 3, 1776, Sarah Philbrick, born August 12, 1760, died December 17, 1845, daughter of Samuel Philbrick, of Sea- brook, New Hampshire. He was a farmer at Weare, New Hampshire. Children: I. Phebe, born June 25, 1777, married Jesse Bailey, son of Ebenezer, her uncle. 2. Samuel Phil- brick, born February 27. 1780, married Bet- sey Balch, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. 3. Bradbury, born May 20, 1782, married, March 2. 1809, Agnes Marshall. 4. Jesse, born September 29, 1784, married, March, 1807. Polly Barnard. 5. Ebenezer, born June 26. 1786, mentioned below. 6. David H .. born January 10, 1790, married, July 2, 1820. Sabra Philbrick; lawyer; graduate Mid- dlebury: lived in Unity. Rochester and Os- wego. New York, and Weare. New Hamp- shire. 7. Jonathan, born January 9, 1792,

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married Sarah Marshall; resided in Unity and removed to Raymondsville, Wisconsin. 8. Sarah, born August 13,, 1794, married Major Christopher Cross; settled in Lowell, Massa- chusetts. 9. Gilman, born 1797, died in 1800. IO. Ira, born in 1800, died 1802. II. Solomon Sanborn, born September 16, 1803, married, November 7, 1833, Elvira Manahan, and lived in Francestown, New Hampshire.

(VI) Ebenezer Bailey, son of Jesse Bailey (5), was born in Weare, New Hampshire, June 26, 1786. Married, October 8, 1806, Miriam Barnard, sister to Jesse Bailey's wife, daughter of John Barnard, of Weare. They resided one year at Ludlow, Massachusetts; at Unity for five years and then settled on his father's homestead in the southwest part of Weare. Children: I. Surena, born 1807, married John Bartlett, and resided on the Bartlett homestead. 2. Eliza, born 1808, married Gorham P. Kendrick. 3. John Bar- nard, born 1815, mentioned below. 4. Sarah Philbrick, born 1826, married Daniel Hoyt and William Thayer.

(VII) John Barnard Bailey, son of Ebenez- er Bailey (6), was born in Weare, New Hamp- shire, in 1815. Married Frances Woodbury Patterson, daughter of John Patterson, of Billerica, Massachusetts, and New Boston, New Hampshire. She was born in 1818. He kept a general store in Manchester, New Hampshire. Children: I. John Mason, born 1840, mentioned below. 2. Mary Fran- ces, born 1841, married Charles Bartlett, of Boston; children: Edward Mason Bartlett, Grace Bartlett. 3. Emma.

(VIII) Dr. John Mason Bailey, son of John Bernard Bailey (7), born in Weare, 1840, died September 8, 1898. During his early life he went to Milford, Massachusetts. He fitted for Dartmouth College by attendance at pub- lic schools, and later was a student at a Vir- ginia college, graduating from the law de- partment thereof. He was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts, and in 1890 came to Boston and practiced law for a number of years, after which he removed to Kentucky and was there engaged in an extensive lum- ber trade. Later he took up his residence in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he prac- ticed dentistry for three years, and where he was an important factor in politics. In 1887 he came to Billerica, Massachusetts, and practiced dentistry for several years, achiev- ing success in his profession. After traveling extensively he finally located in the southern portion of the United States, and immediately became interested in the construction of rail-

roads, and under his supervision and direction various railroads were built, including the At- lantic & Danville, the Bristol & Tennessee. Dr. Bailey was also of a mechanical turn of mind, and had many patents pertaining to the production of cheaper gas and also devices of electrical importance which were looked upon by experts as being important to both the tel- ephone company and the public, as they would reduce cost of production, thus reduc- ing the rates to the advantage of the public. He was the author of numerous articles on both the gas and electric subjects, and thus gained national reputation and recognition from people interested along these lines. In 1881 he published "The Book of Ensilage"

(Orange Judd Company), which is a masterly production, he being the founder and the first to introduce ensilage, and also the founder and introducer of silo, which is of such great importance to the farmers of the present day. He is also the author of numerous other works, among which was "Transportation." He was a Unitarian in religion, and a Repub- lican in politics.

Dr. Bailey married, August 20, 1877, Phebe Jane Gaskill, born October 12, 1855, daughter of Libbeus and Mary A. (Law) Gas- kill. Libbeus Gaskill was born in Cumber- land, Rhode Island, July 23, 1802, of an old Rhode Island family. He went to Pelham, New Hampshire, in early manhood, thence to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he en- gaged in the real estate business, and there died January 21, 1868. He married. at Smithfield, October 19, 1841, Philena S. Saw- yer, of Smithfield; he married (second), April IO, 1848, at Cumberland, Mary A. Law. Chil- dren of Dr. John M. and Phebe J. Bailey : I.

Florence Ethel, born June 3, 1878, graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1900, after which she was a teacher in California; she married, November 7, 1907, W. J. Wilson, of Los Angeles, California, a mine owner, one of the wealthy residents of that city. 2. Alice, born March 6, 1880, resides at home in Biller- ica with her mother. 3. John G., born July IO, 1881, married, 1906, Marion Dutton, of Billerica; resides at Billerica. 4. Helen J., born April 2, 1883, died in 1885.

(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)

(I) James Bailey, brother of

BAILEY Richard Bailey, was born in England, 1612, appeared in Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts, before 1640; married Lydia -, and had four children.

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(II) John Bailey, the eldest son of James, the immigrant, and Lydia Bailey, was born in Rowley in 1642. He was married June 16, 1668, to Mary Maghill, and they had six chil- dren. John Bailey died in Rowley, Novem- ber 19, 1690.

(III) Jonathan Bailey, eldest son of John and Mary (Maghill) Bailey, was born in Row- ley, August 31, 1670, and his first wife was Hannah Walker.

(IV) Jonathan Bailey, Jr., the eldest son of Captain Jonathan Bailey by his first wife, Hannah Bailey, was born in Rowley, Febru- ary I, 1695, and was married March 28, 1735, to Bridget Boynton, by whom he had four children.

Moores and Abiah (Dunstan) Bailey, par- ents of Thomas Dunstan Bailey, lived and died in Salem, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, and had the following children all born in Salem, New Hampshire: Moores, Ruthena, Thomas Dunstan, David, Abiah and John Bailey.

Thomas Dunstan Bailey, son of Moores and Abiah (Dunstan) Bailey, was born Octo- ber 14, 1830. He removed to Lowell, Mid- dlesex county, Massachusetts, in 1844, where he attended school and learned the trade of mason and builder. He was also an interior decorator and plasterer, and having consid- erable inventive genius devised and patented several ingenious articles of practical use in- cluding a bootjack that came to be adopted by boot and shoe makers in their business. He was married April II, 1843, to Ruth Folsom Good- hue, of Hebron, Grafton county, New Hamp- shire, where she was born November 14, 1816. The children of this union were: Stephen Goodhue, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 23, 1845 ; Clara Emerson, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, October 5, 1847, Persis May- nard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, August 5, 1849, died April 2, 1850. Ruth, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, September 7, 1851. Martha Kitredge, born March 25, 1854.

Stephen Goodhue Bailey, son of Thomas Dunstan and Ruth Folsom (Goodhue) Bail- ey, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 23, 1845. He was married to Ella P., daughter of Sidney Pray, of Lowell, and their children were: Sidney Pray, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, June 23, 1876. Thomas Dun- stan, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, July 25, 1878. Phillip Goodhue, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 7, 1880. Paul, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, July 1, 1884. Ruth M., born in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1896.

Clara Emerson Bailey, daughter of Thom-

as Dunstan and Ruth Folsom (Goodhue) Bailey, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, October 5, 1847. She was married (first) to Alonzo Douglas, and by this mariage had one son, Walter Douglas. She married (second) Sheldon W. Churchill, of Lowell, and her children by her second husband were: Elea- nor M., Clara Louise and Daniel Everett Churchill.

Thomas Dunstan Bailey, Sr., continued the business of mason and builder during his ac- tive life. He was a Whig and Republican in party affiliations, but held no office. He was with his family a regular attendant of the Ad- vent Christian Church on Grand street, Low- ell, and his home was made pleasant in his de- clining years by the presence of both children and grandchildren.

GROVER The Grovers of New Eng- land are descendants from Thomas Grover who came from England in 1642 and settled in Charles- town, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His son, Thomas Grover, married Sarah Cheswick. Their son Andrew, married Mary

their son James married Sarah Austin, and their son James married Sarah Wellman. James and Sarah (Wellman) Grover were the parents of John Grover, a Revolutionary sol- dier, who married Jerusha Miley, and their grandson was Cuvier Grover (1829-1885), a division commander in the Federal army dur- ing the Civil war and won brevets of briga- dier and major-general United States Am -· erica for gallant services throughout the war. His kinsman, Henry Grover, married Henri- etta, daughter of David Higgins, who came from Barnstable county, Massachusetts, and they had eleven children, all born in Wards- boro, Vermont, and named in the order of their birth: I. Oscar A., 2. Eunice Ann. 3. Henry M., who married Jane Wilson, and with his wife and two children lived in Cam- bridge street, Winchester, Middlesex county. 4. Amanda F. 5. Edward Augustus. 6. Horace N. 7. Mason D. 8. Marcia H. 9. Noah F. 10. Lyman, who served in the First United States Sharpshooters, Colonel Hiram Burden, in the Civil war, and served all through the war, and was twice wounded. He married and had one son and two daughters, and lives in Cuba, Missouri. II. Ella, died young. Henry Grover (father) died in 1852.

Horace N. Grover, son of Henry and Hen- rietta (Higgins) Grover, was born in Wards- boro, Vermont, June 4, 1834, and lived at

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that place up to 1851, when he went to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, arriving in that city De- cember 26 of that year. He engaged in truck- ing for a dry goods store, 1852-53, and then entered a dry goods store as clerk, remaining about two years. In 1871 he started in busi- ness for himself, jobbing in fruits, buying and selling foreign fruits; he remained about four years at No. 108 State street, Boston; the following four years was located at Chatham street, and the subsequent fourteen years was with W. L. Hooper, after which he retired from active pursuits. He was a fireman in the Boston volunteer department, joining in 1852; was a member of the Knights of Honor; an attendant of the Congregational church in Somerville, and was a voting mem- ber of the Republican party, but not an office seeker or office holder. He was married August 17, 1859, to Eleanor J. Holt, of Temple, New Hampshire, who died August 26, 1904. The children of Horace N. and Eleanor J. (Holt) Grover, were: I. Frederick, born December 25, 1861, died August 14, 1862. 2. Ella Susan, born March 26, 1865, died December 3, 1869. 3. Flora Belle, born June 2, 1867. 4. Nelson H., born March 15, 1872, married Emily Gifford, and she died January 1, 1906. Mr. Grover makes his home at 26 Oxford street, Somerville.

: For ancestry see Thomas Smith 3).

(IV) John Smith, son of Deacon SMITH Thomas Smith (3), was born at New Boston, May 14, 1796. He was educated there in the common schools. He married, December 1, 1819, Nancy, daugh- ter of David Tewksbury. Children : I. Thomas, born March 20, 1821; married Sarah Ann Greenleaf ; resided at Nashua, New Hampshire; he died March 2, 1852. 2. Ezra D., born January 18, 1823, married Mary C. Jennis ; resided in Providence, Rhode Island ; died December 10, 1900. 3. John B., born November 6, 1824, married Rebecca W. Richards ; resided in Manchester, New Hamp- shire. 4. Charles B., born January 6, 1827, died in Hartford, Connecticut, January 17, 1847. 5. David T., born January 8, 1829, died in California, March 8, 1861, 6. Amos T., see forward. 7. Ivers, born December 2, 1832, died June 21, 1894. 8. Sarah T., born December 1, 1834, died November 21, 1901. 9. Clarinda (I), born August 11, 1836, died August 17, 1837. 10. Almos, born February 22, 1838, married Martha A. Jackson. II. Ethan A., see forward. 12. Clarinda (2), born June 25, 1842, married Procter C. Lull ;

died January 7, 1877. 13. James P., born March 14, 1845, died 1849.

(V) Amos T. Smith, son of John Smith (4), was born in New Boston, New Hamp- shire, February 20, 1831. He was educated there in the common schools, and upon reach- ing his majority went to California during the early fifties in the height of the gold ex- citement. He was very successful in his min- ing ventures there and he remained in the west until .1869, when he returned east and associated himself with his brother, Ethan Al- len Smith, in the concrete business in Lowell. This business developed into a very profitable and successful industry, and Mr. Smith re- mained in active business until January, 1907, when ill health caused him to retire from ac- tive business. He was a man of great energy and industry in his active years ; he devoted himself unreservedly to his business and he took solid satisfaction in maintaining the high reputation of the firm by substantial and sat- isfactory work. He stood among the highest rank of business men in Lowell. On Septem- ber 13, 1907, he died of paralysis. In politics Mr. Smith was a Republican. He was a mem- ber of the Free Masons and Odd Fellows. He married, December 14, 1871, Luella L. Cross, who died in 1873, daughter of John Cross, of Weare, New Hampshire. Their only child is Emma L. Smith, who married Frank E. Harris, and they have one child, Chauncey Everett Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Harris reside in Lowell.

(V) Ethan Allen Smith, son of John Smith (4), was born in New Boston, New Hamp- shire, March 31, 1840. He attended the schools of his native town. In 1865 he went to Concord, New Hampshire, where he en- gaged in the concrete business with his brother Ezra, afterwards going to Manchester, re- maining there two years. In 1869 he removed to Lowell, where he engaged in real estate and concreting. In 1871 his brother Amos T. Smith, mentioned above, went into part- nership with him under the firm name of E. A. & A. T. Smith. Their business became the most extensive and profitable of any in their line of work in that section of the coun- try. The firm is known for its excellent and reliable work all through this section. Mr. Smith is one of the leading business men of the city. He has invested extensively in Low- ell real estate, and his interests and those of the city are identical. He has faithfully sup- ported every movement intended to promote the welfare and growth of the city of Lowell, and has rejoiced in its great development. He

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is a director of the Middlesex Trust Com- pany, and his judgment is respected in finan- cial circles. His residence at 84 Marlborough street is said to be one of the finest in the city.

Mr. Smith is an active and earnest member of the Republican party, support- ing its candidates and principles to the extent of his ability and contributing freely to the support of its campaigns. He has declined, however, to accept public' office himself. In religion he is a Universalist. He is well and favorably known in Ma- sonic circles, a member of William North Lodge of Free Masons ; Royal and Select Mas- ters; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar and of the various bodies of Masonry to the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows, Lowell. He belongs to the Yorick Club and the Highland Club. Mr. Smith is a very active, popular, influential and useful citi- zen.

He married, March 19, 1863, Maria E. Burtt, daughter of Jacob Burtt, of Benning- ton, New Hampshire. Children : I. Alice G., married Horace P. Beals, and they have one son, E. Alfred Beals. 2. Mabel, died in in- fancy.

William Comstock, immi-

COMSTOCK grant ancestor, came from England with his wife Elizabeth and settled first in Wethersfield, Con-

necticut. He subsequently removed to New

London. Children : I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. William, Jr. 3. Daniel, died in New London in 1683, aged about fifty-three. 4. Probably Christopher, of Fairfield, 1661.

(II) Samuel Comstock, son of William Comstock (I), born probably in England, died about 1660. He married Ann who married second, John Smith, a stone mason. She died after 1661. His name appears fre- quently on the court records both as plain- tiff and defendant. He removed to Provi- dence, Rhode Island, and March 1, 1654, bought of John Smith, who afterwards be- came Ann Comstock's second husband, his house and lot, comprising four acres of land, in the north part of Providence. Children : I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, born May, 1655.

(III) Captain Samuel Comstock, son of Samuel Comstock (2), born 1654, died May 27, 1727. He resided in Providence, Rhode Island. He was deputy to the general court in 1699, 1702-7-8-II; appointed May 6, 1702,

on a committee by assembly to audit the gen- eral treasurer's accounts and other colony debts. He deposed March 22, 1717, that he was sixty-three years old. His will was dated December 21, 1726, and proved Septem- ber 18, 1727, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth his negro woman Effie and all the rest of mov- able estate for life, at her death to be given to children. He married, November 22, 1878, Elizabeth Arnold, died October 20, 1747, daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Parkhurst)

Arnold. Children : I. Samuel, born April 16, 1679; died April 1, 1727; married Anne Inman. 2. Hazadiah, born April 16, 1682; died February 21, 1764; married first, Cath- erine Pray ; second, August 10, 1730, Martha Balsom. 3. Thomas, born November 7, 1684; died 1761; married, July 9, 1713, Mercy Jenckes. 4. Daniel, born July 9, 1686; died De- cember 22, 1768; married first ; sec- ond, August 2, 1750, Elizabeth Buffum. 5. Elizabeth, born December 18, 1690; married December 1, 1717, John Sayles. 6. John, mentioned below. 7. Ichabod, born June 9, 1696; died January 26, 1775; married first, September 13, 1722, Zibiah Wilkinson; sec- ond, March 26, 1747, Elizabeth Boyce. 8. Job, born April 4, 1699; married first, Phebe Jenckes; second, November 22, 1735, Phebe Balcom.

(IV) John Comstock, son of Samuel Com- stock (3), born March 26, 1693, died Janu- ary 12, 1750. He resided in Providence, was a blacksmith, and was a very wealthy man for his day. He deeded much of his property to his sons before he died-to son Samuel thirty acres, dwelling house and barn; to son Joseph seventeen acres and dwelling house; to son Jeremiah one hundred and fifty acres ; to son John, a quarter of forge adjoining to corn mill, etc .; to sons John, Jonathan, James, Nathan and Ichabod "my homestead farm and dwelling house in which I now dwell, about 170 acres, and also land in the neck I bought of Sam, an Indian, and other lots." Admin- istration of his estate was granted to his sons Samuel and John, February 12, 1750, and the inventory was 1,968 pounds two shillings. He was buried in the North burial ground. He married first, Esther, daughter of William and Patience (Sprague) Jenckes; second, Sarah Dexter, born June 27, 1698, died 1773, daughter of John and Alice (Smith) Dexter. Children : I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Joseph. 3. Jeremiah. 4. John. 5. Jonathan. 6. James. 7. Nathan. 8. Ichabod.

(V) Samuel Comstock, son of John Comstock (4), was born about 1738 in Rhode

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Island. He married Hannah Dwinnell. They settled in Douglas district, later called Dudley, Massachusetts, near the Rhode Island line. The births of their children are recorded at Douglas. He was a cordwainer by trade. Samuel Comstock sold land in Douglas No- vember 14, 1751, to Josiah Humes, a minor son of Samuel Humes ; in southeast part of Douglas, May 10, 1773, to Nathaniel Emer- son ; also seventy-three acres to Samuel Humes April 7, 1781 ; also February 14, 1783, to John Bates, of Killingly, Connecticut, land in Dud- ley. He bought land December 7, 1770, of Solomon Jepherson of Douglas district, thirty- eight acres ; of Peter Lewis, land in Douglas district, April 7, 1772; of Susanna Warren, of Dudley, May 22, 1777; also of Samuel Humes, of Dudley, 104 acres April 7, 1781. He subsequently settled in Vershire, Vermont. Although most of the family were Quakers, he was a soldier in the Revolution, in Captain Edward Seagrave's company, Colonel Joseph Read's regiment (20th) in 1775. Children, recorded in Douglas, born in Douglas district, now Dudley : I. John, born December 10, 1760; soldier in the Revolution. 2. Mickel or Michael, born December 2, 1762; soldier in the Revolution from Douglas. 3. Israel, born September 4, 1764, mentioned below. 4. Luce or Lucy, born May 6, 1766. 5. Samuel, Jr., born April 2, 1768. 6. Dwinnell, born April 26, 1771. 7. Hannah, born June 15, 1773.

(VI) Israel Comstock, son of Samuel Com- stock (5), was born in Dudley, September 4, 1764. He settled in Lyme, New Hampshire, and Vershire, Vermont. He married Mary McLane, of Lyme, New Hampshire. Among his children was Israel, mentioned below.

(VII) Israel Comstock, son of Israel Com- stock (6), was born about 1800. He married Wealthy McIntyre. Child, Hiram McIntyre, mentioned below.

(VIII) Hiram McIntyre Comstock, son of Israel Comstock (7), was born at Stratford, October 19, 1833. He was educated in the district schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen he came to Boston, and a few years later engaged in business with Charles S. Gove, under the firm name of Comstock & Gove, manufacturers of soda water. The bus- iness prospered, and Mr. Comstock remained in the firm at the head of the extensive busi- ness that had grown up until his death March 22, 1883. He was a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he made his home and where his widow now resides. He was a prominent Free Ma- son, a member of the lodge ; Cambridge Chap- iv-47

ter, Royal Arch Masons; Boston Command- ery, Knights Templar; and other Masonic bodies, having taken the thirty-second degree of Masonry. Mr. Comstock married, January I, 1857, Betsey J. Richardson, born in Corinth, Vermont, daughter of Henry and Charlotte ( Batchelder) Richardson. (See the Richard- son family ). Mr. and Mrs. Comstock had one child, died in infancy. Mrs. Comstock was from early life a lover of art, and when quite young developed a talent for painting. After the death of her husband she pursued her art studies under some of the best masters in this country and in Europe, attaining a creditable rank among contemporary artists. The gift has been consecrated to charity. The proceeds of the sale of her pictures are devoted to some worthy cause. Mrs. Comstock is a New Eng- land woman of the best type, but among her many sterling qualities most conspicuous are courage, cheerfulness and charity. She is a member of the Shepard Memorial Church, Cambridge; of Hannah Winthrop Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution ; and of the Society of the Founders and Patriots of America.

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 120

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