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DAVENPORT FAMILIES.
SAMUEL DANIELS, b. Dec. 28, 1801; set. Hop .; m. twice there; fr. of Mrs. Ex-Gov. William Claflin.
JOSEPH GIBBS, b. Oct. 1, 1803; m. Mary Daniels; pts. of Edward W., Stearns G., etc.
REBECCA, b. May 9, 1814; d. June 29, 1834.
SETH TALLMAN, b. not ascertained; m. Adaline A. Barber, Dec. 23, 1838.
Seth Davenport and Mrs. Betsey, his wf., passed away in a ripe old age, he preceding her a few yrs. I have not their death-dates readily at my command. Their position, wealth, and social capabilities gave them a prominent influence. All their chn., inheriting their estate and much of their influence, have joined them in spirit-land, except one or two drs .- in-law. But a considerable number of gd. chu., etc., bear their lineal blood down the stream of generation.
DAVENPORT, BENJAMIN, Esq.3 (Seth,2 Samuel1), b. July 10, 1780; mr.'s maiden name, Chloe Daniels; m., 1st, Sophia Godfrey, dr. of our Col. Benjamin and Bethiah (Gibbs), his wf., b. in Mil., April 28, 1784; cer. here Nov. 3, 1805, by Amariah Frost, Esq. Among their chn. known to me were, -
ELIZABETH, birth-date not ascertained; m. J. D. Wheeler, and d. May 15, 1832, a. 25 yrs.
GODFREY, birth-date not ascertained; set. in the South as a planter.
SARAH, birth-date not ascertained ; m. Lyman D. Aldrich, and d. a few yrs. after.
JOHN G., birth-date not ascertained; d. Oct. 26, 1837, a. 18 yrs.
ANNA T., birth-date not ascertained; m. Milton H. Sanford, and d. Oct., 1838.
Mrs. Sophia d. Jan. 2, 1834. The hus. m., 2d, Sally Carshore, whose maiden name was Freeland; pedigree, etc., untraced; cer. at the res. of Samuel Davenport, Esq., Hop. (whose wf. was sister to the bride), Feb. 12, 1835, by the writer. Issue : -
SOPHIA, b. Mendon, 1836; m. Seth Hastings Hayward, and d. July 16, 1859, in her 24th yr., leaving 1 inft. dr. A sadly-bereaved family.
Benjamin Davenport, Esq., wives, and chn., occupied the front social rank in community. He was a merchant in Boston during his earlier manhood, returning with handsome accumulations of property to his native town, where he spent the afternoon and evening of his long life. As a citizen and financier, he wielded an honorable influence down to the winter of old age. He d. July 14, 1862, in his 83d yr. Mrs. Sally, his wid., d. Oct. 12, 1870, a. 74 yrs.
DAVENPORT, DAVID, son of David and Waity (Aldrich) Davenport; m.
Adelia E. T. Aldrich, dr. of Jabez. Both have d. within a few yrs. No chn. He was an intelligent and enterprising citizen of Mendon, at one time assistant county commissioner, and an executive civil engineer. I shall remember him for his gratuitous services in laying out Hopedale Cemetery, and other kindnesses.
DAVENPORT, CHARLES, elder bro. of the preceding; formerly in business down South. Seems to be the only survivor in this vicinity of the first Samuel's gd. chn. He is now an octogenarian of tolerable vigor, and res. in the old family neighborhood. Whether his cousin, Godfrey Davenport, down South, is still living, I have not recently heard. On the patrimonial homestead, successively inhabited by Samuel,1 Seth,2 Seth,3 and Seth T.,4 dwell the wid. of the latter, and several of her chn.
DAVENPORT, SETH TALIMAN,4 youngest son of Seth 3 and Betsey (Godfrey)
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Davenport; m. Adaline A. Barber, dr. of John and Mary (Davenport) Barber, b. Aug. 27, 1820; cer. in First Cong. Ch., Mendon, Dec. 23, 1838, by the writer. Issue : -
JOHN LOUIS, b. Mendon, Sept. 30, 1839; m. -.
AUSTIN DWIGHT, b. Mendon, Feb. 24, 1842; m. Delia W. Taft, who d. Jan. 20, 1871.
SETH TONER, b. Mendon, July 2, 1845; m. Harriet Warren; res. Upton.
JERRY EUGENE, b. Mendon, July 5, 1848; d. Sept. 9, 1851.
MARSHALL WILLIE, b. Mendon, May 23, 1850; d. Sept. 15, 1851.
MARSHALL EUGENE, b. Mendon, March 3, 1852.
ADALINE A. B., b. Mendon, Oct. 15, 1858; d. July 22, 1859.
The fr. d. April 29, 1858. His worthy wid. still survives her many bereave- ments and afflictions, calmly trusting in the divine goodness, and hoping for the immortal life.
DAVENPORT, DANIEL DAVID, son of George Longley and Harriet (Barber) Davenport, gd. son of the 2d Seth, and gt. gd. son of the 1st Seth Davenport; b. Mendon, Jan. 1, 1842; carpenter ; m. Jennie S. Cromb, dr. of George W. and Jane (Houghton) Cromb, b. in Webster, Sept., 1849; cer. Mil., Aug. 31, 1866, by Rev. William G. Leonard. Issue: -
PEARL, b. Providence, R.I., July 19, 1868.
EMMA ALICE, b. Mil., Mass., June 30, 1870.
ETTA MAYBEL, b. Cranston, R.I., May 27, 1873.
FRANKIE ERNEST, b. Providence, R.I., Jan. 11, 1875; d. Feb. 8 ensuing.
MINERVA b. Mendon, Oct. 24, 1877.
MELISSA 3 (twins), b. Mendon, Oct. 25, 1877; d. July 27, 1879.
GEORGE ALBERT, b. Hopedale, June 23, 1881.
A reputable family; res. in Hopedale between two and three yrs,
DAVIDSON, DANIEL, pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Abigail Sumner, dr. of Daniel and Beriah (Clark) Sumner; her birth-date not found; cer. May 1, 1759, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : -
MARGARET OGLESBEE, birth-date not found; m. Daniel Thompson, Dec. 8, 1782.
ABIGAIL, birth-date not found ; m. Ebenezer Thompson, March 11, 1784.
DANIEL, jun., brought up with Rev. A. Frost; m. Elizabeth Nelson, Jan. 11, 1789.
There is some obscurity in this record; and I am not certain of its absolute correctness, but leave it as derived from several sources. No further traced.
DAVIS, PHINEHAS, pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Molly Gage,
dr. of Moses and Sarah (Nelson) Gage, b. 1737; cer. Aug. 23, 1764, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
MOSES, b. April 23, 1765; m. Bethiah Beal, Sept. 2, 1790.
SARAH, b. Jan. 29, 1767; m. Silas Cheney, Nov. 29, 1792.
PHINEHAS, jun., b. Jan. 16, 1770; m. Sally Stanford, Nov. 13, 1806.
THOMAS, b. Jan. 21, 1773; d. June 21, 1776.
SOLOMON, b. Feb. 15, 1776; d. same day.
MARY, b. Aug. 6, 1780.
The parents of this family dwelt on now Highland St., also their son Moses, where, a few yrs. ago, an old stone chimney marked the remains of an abandoned site, well on the way towards Silver-hill St. Mrs. Molly d. May 20, 1819. Her hus. d. Oct. 1, 1822, a. 80 yrs.
DAVIS, SAMUEL, birth-date, pedigree, etc., untraced; m. Deborah Chapin, dr.
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of Josiah and Rachel Chapin, b. 1757; cer. Aug. 29, 1776, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chi. : -
EBENEZER, b. May 18, 1779.
SIMON, b. April 9, 1781.
SUSANNA, b. Oct. 31, 1783.
This family no further traced.
DAVIS, MOSES, son of Phinehas and Molly (Gage) Davis, b. April 23, 1765; m.
Bethiah Beal, dr. of Nathan and Bathsheba Beal, b. July 30, 1770; cer. Sept. 2, 1790, by Rev. A. Frost. Issne : -
BETIIIAH, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood; she d. Jan. 8, 1836. RHODA, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood.
MOSES, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood.
This family no further traced.
Either I have strangely overlooked our birth-records, or this family was neglected. I find little to enlighten myself or the reader. Indeed, these old Davis families exhibit on our records a broken showing. I find certain marriages, which perhaps I ought to transcribe : -
DAVIS, SUSANNAII, m. to Isaac Sanger, May 25, 1762.
DAVIS, ELLEN, m. to Daniel Hayward, jun., July 23, 1766.
DAVIS, PAUL, m. to Rachel Chapin, Nov. 27, 1783.
DAVIS, AARON, m. to Susanna Chaddock, 1783.
Other mges. incidentally mentioned above.
DAVIS, PHINEHAS, Jun., and
DAVIS, SOLOMON, appear in our oldest tax-lists; but I cannot readily place them in proper order.
Coming down to our own times, I present the following : -
DAVIS, JAMES REUEL, Esq., son of Noah and Mary (Stanley) Davis, b. Boston, Oct. 14, 1816; m. Rebecca Bacon Ambler, dr. of Colburn and Sally (Day) Ambler, b. Needham, May 29, 1819; cer. Mil., June 13, 1839, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : -
Several chn. were b. to these parents; but they all d. in early infancy, and are omitted in the return made to me. They virtually, though not legally, adopted their niece, Ida Jane Ambler, who m. Davis Herbert Bates. See the Bates families in their place.
Mr. D. came to Mil. in 1838, and has res. here ever since. His large execu- tive abilities soon commanded public attention and confidence. Accordingly, he has had ample opportunity to serve his fellow-citizens in many official posi- tions. He has been one of our most popular moderators, excelled, if at all, only by George B. Blake; has been a chief among our selectmen, and is now at the head of that Board ; represented the town in the Legislature of 1864; was assist- . ant assessor of Internal Revenue 11 yrs., and was appointed special justice of Mil. police court in 1867. He was admitted to the Worcester bar, Jan., 1870, and has since practised law successfully in partnership with Henry E. Fales, Esq.
DAVIS, ISAAC NEWTON, son of Amos and Dorothy (Keyes) Davis, b. in Whitingham, Vt., Nov. 28, 1824; m. Isabel Day, dr. of Robert and Edner (Littlefield) Day, b. in Alfred, Me., Jan 1, 1833; cer. Alfred, Me., Ang. 12, 1855, by Rev. William H. Strout. No chn. reported. Mr. D. and family have res. in Alfred, Me., Bell., Gibbon, Neb., and in Mil. some 12 yrs. or more. He was an active partner for several yrs. in the box-manufacturing firm of I. N. Davis & Co .; but latterly has officiated as superintendent of
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the Mil. Gas Co. He is a highly respected citizen, and has been honored with responsible positions of public service. Social rank of the family un- exceptionable. He has furnished me a record of his fr.'s family, which is as follows :-
DAVIS, AMOS, b. March 1, 1775; m., 1st, Dorcas Keyes, dr. of William Keyes, b. May 17, 1789; cer. Feb. 28, 1810. Issue : -
SYLVIA, b. Nov. 2, 1811; d. March 21, 1848.
Mrs. Dorcas d. July 21, 1812. The hus. m., 2d, her sister Dorothy Keyes, b. Jan. 4, 1790; cer. Dec. 1, 1812. Issue :-
AMMIEL KEYES, b. Dec. 11, 1813; m. Dec. 1, 1839, to whom not given.
LOUISA, b. April 8, 1815; m. Oct. 20, 1847, to whom not given.
URIAH HOWARD, b. June 29, 1820; m. Oct. 10, 1848, to whom not given. ABBY A., b. Jan. 30, 1823.
ISAAC NEWTON, b. Nov. 28, 1824; m. Isabel Day, Aug. 12, 1855. Amos Davis d. Oct. 21, 1851. Mrs. Dorothy d. Dec. 19, 1858.
DAVIS, ICHABOD, b. Ledyard, Ct., March 21, 1824, and wf. Mary ( Whipple) Davis, b. in the same town, came to Hopedale in Dec., 1852, became worthy members of the Community Dec. 14, 1853, and adorned their Christian pro- fession by exemplary lives during their continuance among us. Their chn : -
ELISHA, b. in Groton, Ct., Dec. 3, 1846; d. Hopedale, March 8, 1854.
HELEN THWING, b. Hopedale, March 16, 1855; d. Hopedale, May 17, 1856.
FRANKLIN HERBERT, b. Hopedale, Dec. 1, 1858; d. Hopedale, March 21, 1859.
Mrs. Mary d. in Hopedale, Aug. 13, 1876, in her 49th yr. Mr. D., soon after his bereavement, left our village, and returned to his native vicinage. There he has since m. his 2d wf.
DAVIS, ORLANDO J., son of John and Hannah Davis, b. about 1826; m. Sarah Jane Fisk, dr. of Jonathan and Gratia (Wilson) Fisk, b. Sept., 1825; cer. Hopedale, Oct. 5, 1849, by the writer. Mr. D.'s family record has not been given me, nor have I recently heard from him. But my funeral register shows that I ministered at the funeral of LUELLA FISK, his infant dr., who d. Mil., Aug. 10, 1852, a. 3 mos .; and also at Mrs. Sarah Jane's, who d. Aug. 7, 1853. Further, I am only informed that he has had successively 2 wives, and lost them ; and chn. by one, or both. He is now in the far West. DAVIS, Rev. BENJAMIN HILL, some yrs. pastor of the Universalist Society
here, and wf. Catherine A., are credited on our records with 3 chn .; viz., - ANN ELIZA, b. Cumberland, R.I., June 11, 1839.
JOHN MURRAY, b. Wrentham, March 23, 1840.
VALENA JANE, b. Attleboro', Aug. 23, 1842.
Possibly they had one or more b. here, who escaped my research.
Mr. D. was a devoted and acceptable pastor in his time, and also at the same time practised considerably as a homœopathic physician. He is still in the Universalist ministry, set. in Biddeford, Me.
OTHER DAVISES IN DIRECTORIES, ETC.
DAVIS, GAYLON, carpenter. 1856, '69, '72, '75, '78, '80. Now firm of G. Davis & Wood Bros.
DAVIS, ZEBULON, bootmaker. 1856.
DAVIS, CHARLES A., bootmaker. 1869.
DAVIS, ORLANDO J., Jun., bootmaker. 1869.
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DAVIS, WILLIAM H., carpenter. 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
DAVIS, FRANCIS L., boxmaker. 1872, '75.
DAVIS, JAMES H., boxmaker. 1872. DAVIS, ORLANDO W., carpenter. 1872, '75.
DAVIS, Miss ABBIE, boards 27 North Bow St. 1875, '78, 'S0.
DAVIS, CHARLES, farmer, near Bell. line. 1880.
DAVIS, HANNAH H., wid. 1880.
DAVIS, JOHN H., cigar-maker. 1880.
DAVIS, WALTER J., bootmaker. 1880.
DAY, MORDECAI 4 (Mordecai,3 Samnel,2 Anthony 1), b. March 28, 1728; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Wedge. I suppose Anthony 1 to be the English ances- tral immigrant. He set. at Cape Ann, where he had a wife, Susannah (King), and 9 chn. He set. there as early as 1645. Just when Mordecai 4 came to our Precinct is not told; but he m., 1st, Lydia Wiswall, dr. of Thomas and Sarah (Daniell) Wiswall, b. Oct. 7, 1737; cer. Dec. 15, 1757, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
· SAMUEL, b. March 30, 1759; d. Sept. 7, 1761.
NATHAN, b. Nov. 1, 1762; m. Sarah Bridges, Holl., 1790; set. Warren.
Mrs. Lydia d. Aug. 9, 1763, in her 28th yr. The hus. m., 2d, Tabitha Bul- lard, dr. of Benjamin and Judith (Hill) Bullard, b. Holl., Feb. 8, 1734; cer. Holl., May 8, 1766, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
LYDIA, b. Feb. 21, 1767; m. Elihu Perry, May 24, 1787.
URI, b. May 4, 1769; m. Susanna Albee, June 19, 1794; set. Royalston.
JOEL, b. Nov. 16, 1770 or 1771; m. Polly Jones, 1798; set. Mil.
Mordecai Day had his homestead north of the Cedar Swamp, where Isaac S. Claflin now dwells, on whose farm the granite quarries have been opened. Of whom he purchased the bulk of his land, I have not searched to ascertain; but in 1770 and later, he had several small parcels laid out to him from Com- mon. He must have been a hardy, industrious man, judging from the remains to be seen about the old home. So far as records and traditions indicate, he and his family maintained a good moral standing. Doubtless he had to con- tend with rattlesnakes, which abounded in that neighborhood, and which had favorite haunts on his own estate; for it was at one of them that I saw several killed in 1824, - the remnant progeny of a former multitude. The patriarch little dreamed of the noble rifts of granite to be quarried from his solid ledges, and still less of the railroad whose thundering cars now daily pass and repass his old-time garden. At length he made his will, a copy of which is before me at this writing, and left his property to his chn. He d. Dec. 1, 1815, in his 88th yr. Mrs. Tabitha had departed before him. She d. Jan. 31, 1809, in her 74th yr.
DAY, JOEL 5 (Mordecai,4 Mordecai,3 Samuel,2 Anthony 1), b. Nov. 16, 1770 or 1771; m. Polly Jones, dr. of Nathaniel Alden and Lois (Claflin) Jones, b. Framingham, date not found; cer. early in 1798, prob. in Fram .; by whom not learned. Their chn. : -
SAMUEL, b. Dec. 14, 1801; m. Evelina Eames, April 8, 1830.
LEVI FISK, b. Dec. 6, 1806; d. April 2, 1809.
DEXTER STONE, b. June 6, 1810; d. March 6, 1811.
LUCY PARKHURST, b. May 17, 1813; d. Sept. 2, 1817.
ABIGAIL FAXON, b. Dec. 13, 1818; d. May 13, 1832.
Joel and family dwelt on the patrimonial homestead. Worthy people; much bereaved. He d. Aug. 3, 1833. Mrs. Polly d. long before him, Feb. 1, 1809.
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DAY, SAMUEL 6 (Joel,5 Mordecai,4 Mordecai,3 Samuel,2 Anthony 1), b. Dec. 14, 1801; in. his cousin, Evelina Eames, dr. of Phinehas and Izanna (Jones) Eames, b. Mil., July 23, 1799; cer. April 8, 1830, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn .: -
WINSLOW, b. Feb., 1831; d. Aug. 21 ensuing.
HIRAM JONES, b. Nov. 4, 1832; d. Worcester, a. 36 yrs. ; last of the family.
Samuel inherited the old farm, but soon sold it to strangers, and built him a house in the Centre. For some reason he became discontented there, and disposed of his premises a little while before real estate took a remarkable rise. The fortunate purchaser was Rev. G. W. Stacy. Mr. Day, with dwindling prop- erty and threatening infirmities, sought his fortune elsewhere. At length, pecu- niarily and physically broken down, he d. in our asylum, June 10, 1876, little blamed and much pitied by his considerate townsmen. His wf., Mrs. Evelina, preceded him, having d. Jan. 28, 1866.
Several other Day families have for some yrs. res. in town, who must be distantly, if at all, related to the foregoing lineage. Among these are the fol- lowing : -
DAY, CHARLES S. W .; ancestry not given; son of Stephen Whitney and Elvira L. (Fiske) Day; b. Rutland, March 30, 1825; bootmaker ; m. Melancy L. Dar- ling, dr. of Zelek and Sarah Ann (Humphrey) Darling, b. Sutton, April 2, 1830; cer. Mil., Jan. 8, 1852, by Rev. George W. Stacy. Their chn. : --
CHARLES Z., b. Mil., Nov. 4, 1852; d. Aug. 4, 1853.
NETTIE ELVIRA, b. Mil., Jan. 23, 1857.
Exemplary and estimable people.
IN DIRECTORIES.
DAY, MICHAEL, res. Main St. 1856.
DAY, DAVID L., res. South St. 1856, '78, '80.
DAY, PATRICK, laborer. 1856, '72.
DAY, THOMAS O., res. Central St. 1856.
DAY, CORNELIUS T., clerk. 1869, '75, '78, '80.
DAY, GILMAN B., carpenter. 1869, '72, '75, '78.
DAY, MOSES, bootmaker. 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
DAY, ROBERT, laborer. 1869.
DAY, JOSEPH, shoemaker. 1872, '75.
DAY, CHARLES, bootmaker. 1875.
DAY, LEON G., clerk. 1875, '80.
DAY, HARRY N., clerk. 1878, '80.
DAY, EDWARD, grammar-school teacher. 1880.
DAY, LIZZIE S., clerk. 1880.
DAY, FLORENCE M., Hopedale. 1880.
DEAN. We have had few families of this name in town. The eldest and most abiding of these was that of the late Capt. Sylvester Dean. He came here in 1815, and served two or three yrs., if I mistake not, as salesman and clerk in the store of Pearley Hunt, Esq., near Charles-river Bridge. In 1818 he bought of Esq. Hunt the store-building, and perhaps goods on hand, -but certainly the building, - and about half an acre of land. There he continued his mer- cantile business for many yrs., down to old age. He was a man of reserved, quiet, and exemplary habits, altogether averse to noise and display. He was much respected by his fellow-citizens, and, besides serving as captain of militia in his younger days, held from time to time several town offices of trust and
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responsibility, among others that of town-treasurer to great public satisfaction. Meantime he m., and raised up a respectable family. I intended to ascertain his exact lineal descent, but have not found it convenient to do so. He is a descend- ant of either John or Walter Dean, two bros. b. in or near Taunton, Eng., who came to Boston in 1637, stopped a yr. in Dorchester. and then, with others, set. at Taunton, Bristol Co., -naming it, from reverential affection, after their native English Taunton. I knew Capt. Dean's parents, and several family rela- tives in Franklin. The late Dr. Oliver Dean, founder of Dean Academy in Franklin, was his elder brother. The Deans are of an ancient and honorable race, many of whose scions have distinguished themselves in the learned pro- fessions and in public positions of life.
DEAN, Capt. SYLVESTER, son of Seth and Edina (Pond) Dean, b. Franklin, April 10, 1790; merchant; m. Charlotte Cutler, dr. of Simeon and Lydia (Grant) Cutler, b. Medway, March 13, 1801; cer. in Medway, Jan. 25, 1821, by Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide; always res. Mil. Their chn. : -
MARIA E., b. Nov. 15, 1821; m. Warren Carpenter of N.Y., June 28, 1848; d. Jan. 28, 1871.
CHARLOTTE C., b. Sept. 11, 1823; m. Hon. John C. Park of Boston, Nov. 1, 1854.
OLIVER, b. Aug. 29, 1825; d. Mil., May 14, 1875.
SOPHIA L., b. Aug. 8, 1827; m. Seth Chamberlain of Boston, June 15, 1853; d. July 14, 1878.
CAROLINE S., b. Aug. 5, 1829; m. William Pettet, Nov. 7, 1850.
FRANCES L. G., b. March 8, 1831; d. Aug. 18, 1864.
WILLIAM B., b. Dec. 25, 1834; m. Eliza Rercheval of St. Louis, Mo., April 11, 1871.
LOUISA C., b. Nov. 16, 1839; m. John Bliss of Springfield, Nov. 7, 1860.
ALBERT C., b. Feb. 2, 1842; m. E. J. Bailey of Dorchester, June 6, 1872.
Mrs. Carpenter was m. by Rev. Preston Pond; res. 10 yrs. in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; had 1 son and 2 drs. there; and removed in 1858, with her family, to St. Paul, Minn. ; whence she came to her parental home in declining health, and d. Mrs. Park was m. by Rev. Dr. Chandler Robbins, res. at Newton, and has 2 sons. Oliver lived at Lowell several yrs. prior to 1850, then went to California, and passed most of his remaining days on the Pacific coast, but finally returned, and, through the misfortune of cerebral disease, was impelled to suicide. Mrs. Chamberlain was m. by Rev. James T. Woodbury; set., lived, and d. in Bos- ton, leaving with her bereaved hus. 3 sons. Mrs. Pettet was m. by Rev. Pres- ton Pond; res. in New Jersey, and has had 5 chn., of whom 3 drs. and a son survive. William B went to New York early in life; res. there till the out- break of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the 22d Regt. N. Y. Vols. for 90 ds., and marched to the front. He re-enlisted in the 127th Regt. for 3 yrs., and served till discharged. Subsequently he m. at San Francisco a lady belonging to St. Louis, Mo., and removed thither. He has since res. there. He has had 2 chn., one of whom, a son, survives. Mrs. Bliss was. m. by Rev. James T. Woodbury; res. in West Newton, and is the mother of 6 chn., -3 drs. and 3 sons. Albert was m. to his Dorchester bride by Rev. B. W. Barrows of Nepon- set; res. in Boston, and has 3 chn .; viz., Fannie L., b. April 30, 1873; Robert C., b. Sept. 25, 1875; and Franklin B., b. Feb. 9, 1877. Capt. Sylvester d. Nov. 16, 1878, in his 89th yr. Mrs. Charlotte d. April 5, 1880, in her 79th year.
DEAN, SAMUEL P., son of Nathaniel and Rebecca ; birth-date, etc., not ascer-
tained. Freight-master on the railroad; m. Delia M. Holbrook, dr. of Ben-
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jamin and Hannah Holbrook, b. Mendon, Sept. 20, 1825; cer. in Mil., Feb. 21, 1850, by the writer. She d. in this town, July 29, 1867.
I have been unable to obtain their family record in respect to chn., if any they had.
DEAN, ALBERTUS, son of James M. and Patience W. (Holbrook) Dean, b. Woonsocket, R.I., 1852; R. Rd. station agent; m. Sarah Lois Crosby, dr. of Isaac N. and Maria F. (Howard) Crosby, b. in Mil., 1854; cer. at the bride's parental home, July 16, 1878, by the writer. No chn. reported.
DEAN, OSBORN M. ; pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Callie Claf- lin, dr. of Dexter and Lucy (Stone) Claflin, b. Oct., 1852; cer. Oct. 25, 1872. He soon left his wf. a widow. I am not further informed in the case.
DEAN, Rev. OLIVER STONE, present pastor of the First Cong. Ch., son of George T. and Caroline (Hawley) Dean, b. in Patterson, Putnam Co., N.Y., Oct. 13, 1835; grew up on a farm, abundant with comforts and labors, in companionship with a favorite elder bro. and two younger sisters, and, at the age of 17 yrs., joined the Presbyterian Ch. of his native town, of which his parents were members and his fr. a deacon. His early educa- tion was in the common schools, supplemented by a few winters' training in the select school. In 1853 he and his bro., Rev. William H. Dean of East Oakland, Cal., commenced preparations for college under the tuition of Mr. H. S. Newcomb, a grad. of Dartmouth College, then in charge of the academy in Patterson. In March, 1855, both entered Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., as freshmen six months advanced. They grad. July 28, 1858, Oliver S. being the valedictorian of his class.
His subsequent career in life may be summarized thus: Professor of Mathematics in Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda, Bradford Co., Penn., one yr., and then principal of that institution for two yrs .; m. to his present wf., then in charge of the female department of the same institute, July 12, 1860; next yr., impressed with a sense of duty to preach, began his pre-requisite studies, and entered the middle class of Princeton Theo. Sem. in Sept., 1861, thence graduating in April, 1863; was a few months financial agt. of the institute at Towanda, whereof he had been principal; then called to the pastorate of the Cong. Ch., Roxbury, Ct., where he was ordained July 6, 1864; had a successful ministry, and exerted a powerful influence in behalf of his country amid the perils of the great Rebellion, by eloquent patriotic addresses to the faltering hearts of the people. At the end of four yrs. he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Cong. Ch., Kalamazoo, Mich., and entered on his duties there in Oct., 1867. In 1873 he accepted a call to Plym- outh Ch., Indianapolis, Ind. Thence he was called to his present pastorate here, where he was installed Sept. 20, 1877. Eminent success seems to have attended his active ministry, and his talents have given him a commanding place among his brethren. This has been obvious from the responsibilities they have repeatedly called him to discharge. He preached the closing sermon before the Michigan State Cong. Association in 1868, was moderator of that body at their session of 1869, and delivered the opening sermon at their meet- ing in Grand Rapids, 1870. He was elected vice-president of the Triennial Convention of Ten States assembled at Chicago in 1873, and, at their next meeting, president of that body. In the spring of 1876 he was chosen chair- man of the Board of Examiners of the Chicago Theological Seminary. All this is an ample testimony, not only to his abilities, but to the stanchness of his orthodoxy.
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