History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 216

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1818

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There is a parochial school for each congregation, and a commercial college taught by laymen on Bas- sett Street. The English and French languages are equally taught in the schools, the convents, and the college. A large percentage of French children, however, attend the public schools.

In 1883 the college on Bassett Street, the convent of Notre Dame, and the orphanage connected with it were organized under the State laws as the Corpora- tion Notre Dame. -

P. J. B. Bedard, who was the promoter of these in- stitutions, has conveyed to the new corporation a large parcel of land and valuable buildings on the same in trust for religious, charitable, and educa- tional purposes. He intends to build a large hos- pital for the sick, the aged, and the infirm on the land of this corporation.

A new organ of the French Canadian population of Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton, Le Castor, is published in the first named city. It was started in 1882, and is owned by H. Boisseau. It is edited in a very clever manner by a small circle of contrib- utors. The title, Le Castor, means "the beaver," which is one of the national emblems of the French Canadians. The term "beaver" was given by the English to the French in Canada as an injurious epithet. But the French, considering it a compliment to be called beavers on account of their industry, have always looked upon it as representing one of their national traits, and hence made it an emblem of their own. The other national emblem of the French Canadians is the maple-leaf. This represents the quality of the wood coming from the maple-tree, which compares in its durability with the enduring characteristics of the French Canadian nationality.

In 1876, the centennial year, the French Canadians took a prominent part in the celebration of the Fourth of July. A fine allegorical car, over which floated the tri-color by the side of the stars and stripes, was

filled with personages attired in the traditional garb of the early French settlers, discoverers, and Gov- ernors of Canada. But it was on June 24, 1878, that the most important demonstration of the French people took place.

The local press pronounced the festivities and pro- cession on that day as most complete, and reflecting great credit upon the French people. On such occa- sions the French have orators who speak to the as- sembled multitude in their own tongue. And if Americans needed that any of their adopted citizens should teach them the true love of country and of republican institutions, they could learn a lesson from the spontaneous outbursts of impassioned elo- quence flowing from the lips of these descendants of Lafayette and Rochambeau.

And while the French Canadian is thoroughly possessed of that never-dying sentiment which binds one to his native land, yet he finds in the American republic so much to the credit of his ancestors and such generous hospitality, that he always shares freely his amor patrice between the land of his birth and that of his adoption.

The French Canadians are naturally conservative, yet quick to learn. In the mills they are well liked by the manufacturers, and during the last four or five years some have been placed in positions of trust. There are some twelve French Canadian overseers, and about one hundred assistant overseers (called second-hands), in the mills of Fall River. It must be remembered that the French immigrants have never engaged in the manufactures before coming to this country. Most of them have been born and brought up on farms. Some of these farmers sell their land in Canada to purchase lots and build homes in the manufacturing cities of New England. A great many are becoming owners of real estate in Fall River. Those who come when they are ten or twelve years old can learn the English language well. The older ones do not speak it so plainly, and many never can pronounce it at all. They are fond of their lan- guage, and even those who speak English as well as French always prefer the vernacular. After a sojourn of some few years among us they naturally appre- ciate our institutions and become interested in our politics.

At various times some of their leaders have spoken to them of naturalization at meetings called for that purpose, but it was not until 1882 that a permanent society, called Le Club de Naturalisation (the Natural- ization Club), was formed for that special purpose. It has done effective work in a short time. It meets once a week over Concert Hall, on Pleasant Street. All the proceedings and speeches are in French. The members have debates on historical and literary subjects. The club has now over one hundred and fifty members, and the audiences average from two to four hundred every week.

In 1875, Frank Cote was made a constable and

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qualified to serve civil process. In 1881-82, Mr. Edward J. L' Hérault succeeded him in that capacity. In 1880, Victor Geoffrion (a brother of the Hon. F. Geoffrion, one of the leaders of the liberals in the province of Quebec, a former member of the federal cabinet at Ottawa, and of C. A. Geoffrion, Esq., a lead- ing lawyer of Montreal, province of Quebec) was elected to the Common Council in the old Ward Four. Others have been candidates for various offices.

In October, 1881, a French Canadian national con- vention was held in Music Hall, in Fall River. These conventions are composed of three delegates from every French congregation, society, or group, and meet annually in a place designated one year in ad- vance.

The subjects of debate are the various questions affecting the social and material welfare of the French Canadians in the United States. Here again French is the official language.

There are some five or six hundred French Cana- dian families in New Bedford. They have a church (Sacred Heart), whose first pastor was Rev. G. Pager, who died in 1882. He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Provost. There are some ten or fifteen French fami- lies at Westport Factory, between Fall River and New Bedford.

Within three or four years about one hundred and twenty-five French families have settled in Taunton. They have already purchased land to build a church, and have one physician, Dr. Desnoyers. Some of the most skillful workmen in a silver-plating and engrav- ing establishment are French Canadians.

County Officers .- JUDGES OF PROBATE .- Prior to the division of the county in 1746 the probate office and registry of deeds was held in Bristol, then the capital of the county, now in Rhode Island. The judges of probate were Nathaniel Byfield, 1686-93; John Saffin, 1693-1703; Nathaniel Byfield, 1703-10; Nathaniel Paine, 1710-15; Nathaniel Byfield, Jr., 1715-17 ; Nathaniel Paine, 1717-24; Nathaniel Pla- grove, 1724-44; Nathaniel Hubbard, 1744-47 ; 1 George Leonard, 1747-78; Benjamin Williams, 1778-83; 1 - George Leonard, Jr., 1783-90; Seth Padelford, 1790- 1810; Hodijah Baylies, 1810-34; Oliver Prescott, 1834-58; Edmund H. Bennett, 1858-83.

REGISTERS OF PROBATE .- In Bristol : Stephen Burton, 1686-92; John Cary, 1692-1715; Ebenezer Brenton, 1715-17; John Cary, 1717-21; Stephen Paine, 1721-49. In Taunton : George Leonard, ' 1749-83; Dr. William Baylies, 1783-1812; Francis Baylies, 1812-21; David G. W. Cobb, 1821-33;

Anselm Bassett, 1833-51; Henry Williams, 1851- town, was a descendant from Nicholas Ide, who came

53; John Daggett, 1853-64; A. S. Cushman, 1864- 69; William E. Fuller, 1869-83.

REGISTERS OF DEEDS .- The office of registrar of deeds was in Bristol, the shire town of the county, from its organization in 1685 to 1746, when a division

was made setting off Bristol to Rhode Island. The registers were Stephen Burton, 1686-93; John Cary, 1693-1721; Samuel Howland, 1721-41; Thomas Throope, Jr., 1741-47 ;2 James Williams, 1747-79; James Williams, Jr., 1779-1826; Alfred Williams, 1826-41; Joseph Wilbar, 1841-74; Joseph E. Wil- bar, 1874-83. Judge James Williams, Gen. James Williams, son, and Dr. Alfred Williams, grandson, held the office ninety-five years. Joseph Wilbar and Joseph E. Wilbar, son, have held the office forty-two years ; the latter is the present incumbent. Registers of deeds in New Bedford : Benjamin G. Congdon, Benjamin K. Sayer, Charles C. Sayer, George B. Richmond.

TREASURERS .- 1732, Samuel Howland ; 1744, Jo- seph Russell; 1746, James Williams; 1751, Robert Luscomb; 1770, George Godfrey, Taunton ; 1783, Seth Padelford, Taunton; 1784, George Godfrey, Taunton ; 1794, Apollos Leonard, Taunton; 1801, Samuel Crocker, Taunton ; 1826, James L. Hodges, Taunton; 1831, Horatio L. Danforth, Taunton ; 1843, Foster Hooper, Fall River; 1846, Richard S. S. Andros, Taunton ; 1848, James P. Ellis, Taunton ; 1854, Samuel R. Townsend, Taunton ; 1856, George M. Woodward, Taunton ; 1865, Thomas J. Lothrop, Taunton ; 1874, George F. Pratt, Taunton.

CLERKS OF COURTS .- 1702, Timothy Fales; 1746, Timothy Fales; 1774, Samuel Fales, Taunton; John Tucker, signed records of Supreme Judicial Court from October, 1797, to October, 1804; October, 1804, Nathaniel Fales, Taunton ; 1813, Nathaniel Fales, Taunton ; 1816, James Sproat, Taunton ; Oct. 17, 1822, James Sproat, son of the previous James, Taunton ; April, 1856, William A. F. Sproat, Taun- ton ; Jan. 7, 1857, John S. Brayton, Fall River; Jan. 5, 1864, Simeon Borden, Fall River.

SHERIFFS .- May 27, 1692, Nathaniel Payne; Dec. 22, 1692, to June 30, 1710, Samuel Gallop; Dec. 10, 1715, William Troop, Bristol; March 31, 1718, Seth Williams, Taunton ; April 16, 1718, to June 22, 1733, Charles Church, Dighton ; Jan. 14, 1746, to Nov. 24, 1761, Sylvester Richmond, Dighton ; 1774, Zephaniah Leonard, Raynham ; 1809, Horatio Leonard, Rayn- ham; 1812, Noah Claflin, Attleborough ; 1813, Ho- ratio Leonard, Raynham ; 1845, Horatio L. Dan- forth, Taunton ; 1852, Lyman W. Dean, Attlebor- ough ; 1853, Robert Sherman, Pawtucket; 1855, George H. Babbitt, Taunton ; 1863, Chr. B. H. Fes- senden, New Bedford; 1869, William S. Cobb, New Bedford ; 1878, Andrew R. Wright, Fall River.

Attleborough .- Rev. Jacob Ide, a native of this to this country previous to 1645, and settled in Re- hoboth, where he died. His son, Nicholas, Jr., came to Attleborough about 1696 and purchased lands here, and some of his descendants remain in town to this day.

1 Probate office in Taunton, 1747.

2 Removed to Taunton, 1747.

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Jacob, the subject of this memoir, was the son of Jacob, and was born March 29, 1785, in the south part of the town, in what is popularly called the "Read and Ide neighborhood." His father was a farmer of the New England stamp, a man of good judgment and respectable character, and a worthy citizen. His father's ancestors had been farmers ever since the landing in the country. He was robust in health in his younger days, and was employed on his father's farm, and was able to perform the hardest and most laborious work, and continued in this employment till he entered college. In early life he became anxious to obtain a liberal education to prepare him- self for the gospel ministry. His father had not the ready means of meeting the expenses of his education, or rendering him much assistance in his preparation for college. He resorted to many self-denials and laborious means to accomplish his purpose. He em- ployed every leisure moment in the intervals of farm work, and on evenings and rainy days, in the study of the languages. He traveled on foot five miles to make his recitations to Rev. Nathan Holman, who was then pastor of the second parish at East Attle- borough. He followed this course for a year, and this was his only means of preparation. At the end of this term he entered college.

But in his case this was not so great a disadvantage as it would have been to many others. He studied his tasks thoroughly by patient and laborious work ; he aimed to be accurate in everything he undertook ; the midnight oil was no offense to him. His mind was clear and vigorous ; he was devoted to the duties of the moment and persevering in his labors. Hence he became in after-life a close student, a thorough scholar, and a deep thinker.

He entered the college at Providence (which was only about eight miles from his father's house) in September, 1805, and graduated in 1809 with the highest honors of his class.

By his severe intellectual labors for the four or five years of his life before leaving college, his health at that time had become much impaired, and his natu- rally strong constitution enfeebled. It was then con- sidered doubtful whether he would ever be able to sustain the duties of a pastoral life, but after a short vacation and leisure his health somewhat improved, and he concluded to resume his studies. After spend- ing some time in the study of theology under the in- structions of Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, he entered the Andover Theological School, where he went through the regular course, and graduated there in 1812.

He was installed over the church at West Medway Nov. 2, 1814, where he finished his pastoral life, and died Jan. 5, 1880, at the age of ninety-four years and nine months. Previous to his settlement in Medway he had preached in several places, one of which was Portsmouth, N. H., where, though distrusting his own ability as a preacher and feeling discouraged

himself, he attracted the favorable notice of Daniel Webster, then residing in that city, and who heard him several Sabbaths.

He had lived a very studious life, filling his whole career with constant labor, even down to his latest years. The farm which he purchased when he settled in Medway afforded him abundance of healthful ex- ercise of the kind which his constitution needed, and which tended to prolong his life to so late a period.

In 1864 the fiftieth anniversary of his settlement in Medway was celebrated, and he delivered a historical discourse on the occasion, in which he furnishes the experiences of his pastoral life, and which was his first and only one. On that occasion there was a large attendance of clergymen in the vicinity and from different parts of the State, and other friends of the pastor, who bestowed on him the honors he had justly won by the faithful labors of an active pastor for more than fifty years. Several original poems were written for the occasion, one by Hon. Charles Thurber, and another by Rev. William M. Thayer. There was a large congregation of people during the whole day and in the evening, and he received many tributes of respect and veneration from his own peo- ple and the distinguished friends from abroad. He remained the pastor of this people for more than sixty-five years, and to the day of his death.

In some remarks which Dr. Park, of Andover, made on this anniversary, he condensed his whole character in a few lines :

" Thus does the influence of a good man diffuse itself through the community, and a faithful preacher, even if he be an invalid, is a city set upon a hill, which cannot be concealed. Dr. Ide has been an in- valid throughout his entire ministerial life, but by his example in his parish, by his judicious and thought- ful sermons, by the essays and discourses which he has published, by the volumes which he has edited, by the young men whom he has educated for the ministry he has exerted an influence which has been felt, and will continue to be felt, in distant parts of our own land and on the other side of the sea."

His funeral occurred on the 8th of January, 1880, and was attended by a large concourse of clergymen and others. A sermon was preached by Rev. John W. Harding, of Long Meadow, in which he truth- fully portrayed the character and services of the de- ceased, and his peculiar merits as a preacher and pastor. The discourse has been published.

In 1827, Brown University bestowed on him the honorary degree of S.T.D. In 1815 he married Miss Mary Emmons, youngest daughter of Dr. Emmons, of Franklin. He left several children at his death. His oldest son, Rev. Jacob Ide, Jr., graduated at Amherst, and is now the genial and acceptable pastor of the church at Mansfield, Mass. His second son, Mexis -, is now in the ministry, but has never accepted any pastoral charge. His daughter Mary was the wife of Rev. Charles Torrey, who perished

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in prison at Baltimore, Md., under sentence for aiding the escape of slaves. He left two children. He was born in Scituate, son of Mr. Charles Torrey.

During his life forty-one theological students at different times were educated for the ministry under his instructions.1

His published discourses were numerous. In the number may be counted twelve funeral sermons, ten ordination sermons, twenty-two occasional sermons and addresses, and several articles in periodicals. Besides these, lie edited and published the works of Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, in seven octavo volumes.

ATTLEBOROUGH MILITARY RECORD.2

Spaulding Il. Abbott.

George Brown.

Adam Debus.

John N. Hall.

Lowell A. Drake.

Arthur C. Hall.

Henry S. Adams.

John S. Brown.

Halsey W. Draper.

Willard E. Hall.

Sanford B. Adams.

John D. Bullock.

George L. Draper.

Alcott Hardon.

Alden H. Albro.

Henry A. Burchard.

Theodore Draper.

George Harris.

Asa Aldrich.

Joseph H. Burlingame.

Francis S. Draper.

Robert E. Harris.

Charles II. Aldrich.

George W. Burt.

William E. Dunham.

Orrin W. Harris.

James II. Aldrich.

Frederic Cabbott.

Henry G. Dunhanı.

John Harris.

Howard Alger.

William F. Cady.

Joseph Edgar.

William H. Harrison.

George Allen.

Elijah F. Callard.

William Elwin.

George Hartshorn.

Isaac Allen.

Isaac Campbell.

Nathaniel Emerson.

Albert W. Ilatton.

James C. Allen.

Frank E. Capron.

James Ennis.

William Hasslem.

Leonard Altreith.

Hugh Carney.

Benjamin E. Evans.

George S. Ilatten.

John F. Ashley.

William Carnes.

Amos W. Farnsworth.

Henry L. Hayward.

Albert Atwood.

Alden Carpenter.

Charles E. Farrar.

John Healey.

Augustus Bailey.

C. Francis Carpenter.

Andrew Farroll.

William H. Hill.

Robert H. Bailey.

Edward E. Carpenter.

William Higgens.

Varanus S. Bailey.

Joseph B. Carpenter.

Robert C. Fellows.

Henry M. Hodges.

Charles F. Baker.

John Cassiday.

S. A. Ferguson.

John Holbrook.

James Ballard.

Thomas Cassiday.

Thomas Fieley.

David E. Holmes.

Christian Ballanp.

Marshall J. Chaffee.

James I. Field.

Lloyd Hodges.

Caleb W. Ballon.

William Chapman.

Richard Field.

Joseph G. Hodgson.

James A. Ballou.

Alvah R. Chace.

William W. Fisher.

James I. Hood.

Perry A. Ballou.

Lurad H. Chadwick.

Charles E. Fisher.

Patrick Holland.

Stephen Ballon.

George A. Christy.

Ezra A. Fisher.

Charles Iloyle. George W. Horton.

Samuel G. Bassett.

George H. Claflen.

Tisdale E. Fisher.

Edwin J. Horton.

Henry Bennett.

Charles E. Clapp.

Benjamin F. Fisher.

George S. Horton.

Joseph Bigler.

George W. Clark.

Ebenezer Fiske.

Everett S. Horton.

William W. Bishop.

James Clark.

Peter Flanagan.

James Hughes.

Henry A. Blackinton.

James F. Clark.

Lawrence Flanagan.

George Hubbard.

Julius S. Blake.

Henry N. Cobb.

Thomas Flanagan.

Joseph S. Hunt.

William A. Blake.

Albert Coffin.

George H. Follette.

George H. Ide.

Joseph E. Blanding.

Frank Cole.

Franklin Foster.

Welcome A. Irons.

Everett B. Bliss.

Frank W. Cole.

Avery Forbes.

Jolin Jack. Charles Jackson.

Harlan P. Bliss.

Loring Cole.

Daniel K. Franklin.

George B. Jackson.

Sammel P. Bliss.

William A. Cole.

Herbert N. French.

Edward Jencks.

Abel R. Block.

David Collar.

George W. French.

Edward E. Jennings.

George E. Bowen.

John P. Couley.

Henry Frowley.

Jolın E. Jewett.

Thomas Bowen.

Francis Coulin.

Charles L. Fnller.

George L. Jillson.

James Boyle.

Francis Cooley.

Joseph Fuller.

Charles H. Johnson.

William Bradford.

Hugh A. Conway.

William F. Gardner.

Daniel L. Johnson.

Charles W. Bragg.

Thomas Corcoran.

James Garen.

Isaac N. Jolinson.

Edwin C. Bragg.

Lemuel Gay.

Charles E. Johnson.

John Brayshaw.

Sammel F. Gay.

Robert Jones.

Alfred A. Briggs.

George W. Cowden.

Dexter S. Jordon.

Albert E. Briggs.

William H. Cowden.

Alvin A. Joslin.

Arthur Briggs.

Edwin L. Crandall.

Isaac W. Giles.

Leonard Joslin.

Charles H. Briggs.

Oscar B. Cummings.

Joseph F. Gifford.

Walter Katon.

Edward S. Briggs.

John: C. Cummings.

George W. Giles.

Alfred Y. Keats.

Albert F. Briggs.

George Cutting.

James Giles.

James Keenan.

Charles Brigham.

Lucius P. Cutter.

George W. Brockett.

Nathan II. Darling.

Charles E. Brotherton.

Orville L. Dary.

William H. Goff.

Jacob Goetter.

James Kelley, Jr.

John H. Godfrey.

Lewis Gonyen. Peter Gormley.

Martin Kennedy. Roger Kennedy. Terrence Kennedy.

Jeffrey R. Davis.

Michael Gorman.

James Day.

Frederic Gottschalk.

James B. Day.

Charles Gourdier.

Benjamin F. Davenport.

Henry Graff. Henry Grefine.

Henry F. Davenport.

Albert D. Dean.

Peter P. Grefine. '

David S. Dean.

Edward N. Dean.

John H. Greene.

Charles F. Dean.

Charles Griffin.

Charles P. Drake.

IIenry C. Gross.

Charles B. Despardins.

John W. Gross.

George Dollery.

Henry A. Guild.

William P. Donnell.

Allen W. Guild.

Francis Doran.

Edgar Guild.

Jolın G. Doran.

Charles E. Guild.

Peter Dowd.

Mortimer A. Guild.

Michael Devier.

Charles Hackett.

James Divine.

Robert Hall.

George R. Adams.

John Brown.

1 A list of their names may be found in Dr. Blake's "History of Mendon Association."

2 Furnished by B. Porter, Jr.

Gilbert A. Goff.

Samuel N. Goff.

William Keenan. Ensign E. Kelley. Patrick Kelley.

Jolın Barker.

Albert F. Claffen.

Joel A. Fisher.

Fred. D. Bliss.

Henry W. Cole.

Michael Foy.

Alexander Corey. Adolph Coupe.

Jabes S. Gay. Sperry Gay.

John Fay.

Charles C. Greene.

MISCELLANEOUS.

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William H. Kingsley.

Christian Prozella.

John Thomas.

Manfred H. Weaver.

Edward C. Knapp.

Frank E. Read.

Thomas Thompson.

John A. Whaley. Robert E. Whipple.

Ephraim W. Knapp.

Elijah R. Read, Jr.

Samnel Thompson.

Otis H. Knapp.

Nathan H. Read.

James W. Thomas.

James B Knight.

S. Tyler Read.

Arthur W. Thornton.

Prentiss M. Whiting. Henry M. White.

Herman Krahe.

Edmund Read.

John Toban.

Otis H. White. Silas Whitney, Jr.

James Lee.

William Remlinger.

James B. Tisdale.

Horace M. Whitney. John G. White.

George A. Leddingham.

Baylies B. Richards.

John Trainor.

Horatio G. Whittier.

Benjamin Lewis.

Frank. A. Richards.

Almon H. Tucker.

John F. Wilkinson.

Benjamin F. Lincoln.

Andrew J. Richards.

Roscoe L. Tucker.

Edwin S. Williams.

Horace E. Lincoln.

Engene H. Richards.

Chester L. Turner.

Erastus F. Williams.

Frank C. Luther.

Edwin C. Richardson.

William H. Wade.

Charles F. Williams.

Ezra Lyon.

Edgar Richardson.

Benjamin W. Llufrio.

William O. Richardson. Thomas Rohn.

Edward Nelson.

James H. Roberts.

Charles O. Wallace.

A. G. Wilson.

Henry Nickerson.

George H. Robinson.

George F. Wallace.

Joseph Wilson.

Dean Nickerson.

William II. Rogers.

Elliot M. Wallace.

John O. Wilmarth.

Charles Niles.

Gershon R. Rounds.

Henderson Watson.

George H. Wilmarth.

George H. Norton.

George W. Rollins.

Jacob Weis.

John O. Wilmarth.

Patrick Welch.

William Worger.

William A. Macdonald.

Thomas G. Sandland.

John F. Makinson.

Job B. Savery.

James Mason.

Abraham B. Savery.

Henry Martin.

Charles Scuse.

Homer Metcalf.

Edward Seavey.

John Mitchell.

Charles Seidler.

David N. Mills.

Edwin G. Shepardson.

Leonidas Mock.

George W. Simmons.

Charles M. Morse.

Philip Shields.

Frank. B. Mott.

James B. Sherman.

Edgar A. Morse.

Dennis Shannon. James Short.

Royal W. Moulton.

John Slater.

Earnest Myers.

Willard E. Slade.

Barney Mullen.

Gideon C. Slade.

Thomas Murray.

John N. Smith.

Matthew Murphy.

Frank. G. Smith.

Michael McGann.

Daniel IJ. Smith.

James McDonald.

Charles Smith.

Thomas McKenna.

William II. Smith.

Barney MeTagne.

George Smith.

Joseph McNamee.

Eben S. Smitlı.

William Mckinley.

Daniel O'Brien.

Granville S. Smithi.

William O. Smith.

William O'Conner.

Alexander O'Donovan.

Charles W. Snell.

Michael O'Regan.

Thomas O'Neal.

Orinton L. Soles.

William O'Neal.

John J. Solomon.

Luther Olney.

Albert Standish.

Charles Quinn.

Frank Stanley.

Michael Quinn.

Stephen Stanley.

John E. Page.

Artemus W. Stanley.

Edward K. Paine.

Timothy A. Stanley.

Edward D. Parmenter. Augustus Patt.

Amos C. Stanton.

Wisner Park.

Henry W. Park.

John D. Peacock.

George O. Peek.

George R. Pearce.

Henry A. Streeter.

Horatio N. Perry.

William Streeter.

James A. Perry.

Michael Sullivan.

Charles H. A. Percy. Lorenzo F. Pidge. Ellis Pierce.

William Swift.

Joseph W. Pierce.

Benjamin Pierce.

· Lester A. Perkins.

Ephraim Tappan.

Engene C. Pike.

William S. Tappan.

John H. Place. Allen L. Potter. Rhodes II. Profet.

Abraham Tappan. William B. Thayer.

Abiathar II. Thayer.

Martin Walch. Abijalı T. Wales. Lewis Walker.

Henry Williams. Rounseville Williams.

George II. Willis.

William A. Nye.

Charles E. Ryonson.

Charles H. Weaver.

James Winsor.

Berkley .- Barnabass Crane (erroneously on the tombstone Bernice) was born in 1744, and was an only child, his mother a widow. He came to Berkley from Sandwich, Mass., when young. Was married to Joanna Axtel, of New Jersey. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and lived to the age of eighty-six years. Died November, 1830. Joanna, his wife, was born March 20, 1746, and died May 5, 1846, aged one hundred years, one month, and fifteen days. They had six children,-Abiathar, Benjamin, Lurana, Jemima, Barnabass, and William.

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History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 216

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1818

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1818