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2. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 23, 1800; m. Esther Bancroft; res. W .; 4 chn.
3. Unnamed, b. 1802; d. 1809.
4. MARCUS, b. July 20, 1804; unm .; d. March 30, 1834 ?.
5. EMERSON, b. June 19, 1806; m. Nancy Hartwell; res. Fg .; d. March 1, 1854. § unm .; d. Sept. 4, 1833 ?.
6. JOSEPH, b. June 10, 1811; ( twins; 1 m. Charles How; res. Fg .; 4 chn .; dec'd.
7. MARY, b. June 10, 1811; S
8. AMOS, b. Sept. 21, 1813; m. wid. of Benj .; res. W .; 2 chn.
9. NANCY, b. July 4, ISIS; m. Curtis Knights and went West.
[2.] LEWIS, BENJAMIN, S. of the last, was pub. to Esther Bancroft, Fg., March 5, 1827. He d. July 26, 1835, and his wid. m. (2) his bro. Amos. Chn. :
IO. ADALINE. II. ELBRIDGE. 12. ROXANNA. 13. NELSON.
[S.] LEWIS, AMOS, bro. of the last, m., as stated, his wid. and had 2 chn. He d. July 21, 1869, a. 55. Issue : 14. WASHBURN. 15. JOHN.
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16. LEWIS, JOHN, S. of Jacob of Templeton, was b. March 24, 1799. He m. May 30, 1825, Anna, dau. of Oliver and Eliza- beth (Gay) Hamilton of Pelham, and, coming to W. the same year, bought of Asa C. Everett the place now owned by Charles Eaton, which he at once occupied. In the little shop on the premises he began the manufacture of chairs, one of the first to carry on the business in town. His w. dying May 6, 1836, he m. (2) Sophronia, dau. of Arna and Betsey (Sawin) Bacon, Jan. 24, 1837, and not long after rem. to her f.'s home on Bacon St., where he ever afterward resided. He d. Jan. 13, 1885, a. 85. His wid. d. 1891. Chn. :
17. JOSIAH F., b. June 7, 1826; m. Ann Steele; res. Minn .; 6 chn .; living.
IS. MARY E., b. March 16, 1828; m. Philander S. Colman; res. Athol; I chd .; d. May 6, 1852.
19. ANN A., b. Nov. 11, 1829; m. Joseph R. Torrey; res. Worc .; 2 chn .; d. Aug. 31, 1869.
20. CYRUS O., b. Sept. 16, 1831; m. Tryphena Harrydean; res. Prov .; 2 chn .; d. ISSS.
21. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 13, 1833; d. Aug. 20, 1834.
22. GEORGE C., b. Sept. 13, 1835; d. April 8, 1836.
23. MARTHA S., b. July 24, 1843; m. Luke Divoll and Chas. H. Smith; res. W.
Josiah F. Lewis (17), the oldest of the above family, first set. in Tenn., but ab. 1861 rem. to Minn., where he has held important public offices. A s., John H., grad. State Univ. of Minn. in 1878, and has since been Supt. of Schools in the city of Hastings.
24. LEWIS, WILLIAM, place and date of birth, ptge., etc., unascertained, was b. July 13, 1787, and coming to W. m. in Dec., 1824, Polly, dau. of Thomas Bemis, and the wid. of Henry Dunster. They set. near the old red schoolhouse, on the south side of the turnpike, where the cellar of their residence, well, etc., are still visible. (See A. H. No. 45.) Mr. Lewis is said to have been on the Chesapeake in the memorable but disastrous battle between that war vessel and the British frigate Shannon, waged June 1, 1813, where he was terribly mangled by the weapons of the enemy. He d. June 16, 1838, a. 51. His wid. d. May 16, 1845, a. ab. 53. Chn. :
25. WILLIAM B., b. Dec. 12, 1826; d. May 18, 1852.
26. PEARSON B., b. May 17, 1829. 27. MARY ANN, b. June 12, 1831.
28. LUCY G., b. Sept. 19, 1833. 29. LYDIA M., b. April 5, 1836.
30. LEWIS, CROSBY, s. of Levi and Abigail (Ballard) Lewis of Lanc., was b. April 24, 1825. He was formerly engaged in mercantile business, but by reason of failing health or otherwise retired from more active pursuits some yrs. since. He came to W. for a permanent settlement in 1877, though he had been here previously as a temporary resident. He m. June 9, 1853, Martha Abba, dau. of Chedorlaomer and Martha (Fox) Marshall of Fg., and gd.dau. of Dr. Benjamin Marshall, a physician in this tn. during the early years of the century. She is an intel- ligent, cultivated, public-spirited woman, much interested in charity work, being at present an active member of the board of lady managers of the Baldwinsville Cottage Hospital. Chn. :
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31. MARTHA A., b. March 27. 1854; in Normal Art School, Boston.
32. CHARLOTTE A., b. Nov. 8, 1856; d. Sept. 7, 1875.
33. ANNA WARE, b. March 8, 1872; res. W .; unm.
I. LINCOLN, HEMAN, s. of Jeremiah of Hingham, and, no doubt, a descendant of Daniel, an early settler there, came to town near the close of the last century, and located on lot No. 83, 2d Div., in the Whitman River valley, recently known as the Tottingham place, first improved and occupied by Thaddeus Smith. He had a w., Elizabeth, and chn. as follows: Heman, Elizabeth, Pyam (Percy?), Mary, Hannah, Sally, Emma, Lucy Lane, all b. prob. before coming here. He d. early in 1803, his will having been dated Feb. 3, and probated April 5 of that year. The 5 younger chn. were minors at the time, and had guardian appointed. The family removed to Boston not long afterward, where the oldest s. was already residing. The home- stead was sold in 1810.
2. LINCOLN, DANIEL, nephew (?) of the last, m. Chloe, dau. of Stephen and Mercy (Beal) Marsh of Hingham, and had at least 2 chn., Caleb and Daniel, b. in that town. March 27, 1801, he purchased lot No. 84, 2d Div., lying directly east of that men- tioned above, and set. upon it. It was originally the Ephraim Wetherbee place, which figured so largely in the celebrated "Malden lawsuit," recently occupied by John Borie. Mr. Lin- coln and family remained here some 18 or 20 yrs., and then, it is understood, went back to Hingham. Meanwhile he had a dau. b. here, while one of his sons m., as stated below. The name of the dau. was:
3. HANNAH BEAL, b. June 27, 1802.
4. LINCOLN, DANIEL, s. of the last, m. Martha Robbins, Westford (pub. April 28), 1816. He lived, perhaps, on the Heman Lincoln place, which his f. purchased in 1810. He left town with the rest of the family after having 1 chd .:
5. ISAAC LORENZO, b. April 5, 1818.
6. LINCOLN, REV. VARNUM, was s. of Abel and Phebe (Griffin) Lincoln, b. Chelmsford, Sept. 25, 1819. He was edu- cated in the schools of Lowell, and in his early manhood devoted himself for a time to the work of teaching. He studied for the Universalist ministry under the direction of Rev. Thomas B. Thayer, D. D., of Lowell, and was ordained to his chosen cal- ling in 1843 at Billerica, where he served as pastor 3 years, coming to this town in 1846, and remaining 4 yrs. His subse- quent settlements were at W. Townsend, Andover, Abington, Yarmouthport, and W. Haverhill. He is now living at Ando- ver, having retired for the most part from the active duties of his profession. Mr. Lincoln has ever been hospitable to new truth, and much interested in questions of moral and social reform, for which he has suffered at times more or less indignity
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and reproach. He has of late yrs. been an acceptable and hon- ored contributor to the literature of the Chn. denomination with which his name is identified, and' has occupied an influential position in the councils of the Prohibitory political party. On the 17th of May, 1844, Mr. L. m. Emmeline Sprague of Hud- son, N. H., by whom he has had 5 chn. :
7. EDWIN HALE, b. W., Jan. 2, 1848.
8. CHARLES T., b. Oct. 24, 1849; d. June 14, 1879.
9. ALFRED V., b. Aug. 25, 1852. IO. EMMA J., b. Sept. 26, 1854.
11. HENRY C., b. July 21, 1857; d. May 13, 1859.
12. LINCOLN, DR. HENRY M., s. of Leavitt Lincoln of Win- chendon, was b. ab. 1827, and having studied medicine, came here in 1852 for the practice of his profession, as successor of Dr. John White. But his time of service here was brief. He was stricken down with a fatal disease, which terminated his life Aug. 5, the following year. He was a young man of urbane manners, of much medical skill, and of unusual promise as a physician, and is pleasantly remembered by those now liv- ing who were privileged to make his acquaintance, profession- ally or otherwise.
I. LIVERPOOL, JOSHUA, of unkn. descent, a quasi resident of W. for some dozen yrs., owned and occupied occasionally the John Heywood farm, lots Nos. 71 and 72, in the south part of the tn. He clainied to be an "Indian Physician." had an office in Boston, and a somewhat extensive practice as a special- ist. Had w. and sev. chn., 2 of whom, according to the record, were b. here:
2. COVAL, b. Oct. 5, 1880. 3. HENRY J., b. Oct. 9, 1884.
LOCKE.
William Locke1, s. of William and Elizabeth of Stepney, London, was b. Dec. 13. 1628. When 6 yrs. of a. he came to this country with one Nicholas Davis, presumably a relative, in the ship Planter. He prob. lived with Mr. Davis at Charlestown during his minority, afterward settling at Woburn, where he became a man of property and distinction -holding large landed estates and filling important offices in the town and church. He m. Mary Clarke in 1655, and had a s. James2, the f. of Jonathan8, whose w. was Phebe Pierce. Another Jonathan4 in the next generation had by his w., Mary Frost, a third Jonathan5, in regular succession, who m. Mary Tufts, residing in Charlestown, now a part of Somerville, till 1813, when he moved to Lanc .. where he d. Jan. 26, 1839, a. 61. He held the position of Major in the Mass. militia, and is reputed to have dispensed a generous hospitality among his friends, kinsfolk, etc.
I. LOCKE, THEODORE PRESCOTT6, s. of Maj. Jonathan5, was b. in Charlestown, now Somerville, March 22, 1800. He m. Oct. 31, 1820, Amy, dau. of Amos and Sybil (Brown) Heald. In the year 1845 he came to W. as a journeyman baker and entered into partnership with Alfred Wyman for the purpose
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of manufacturing bread, which was the beginning of that line of business in town. The company soon dissolved, but Mr. L. remained here many years as foreman of the shop, going hence to Athol, where he d. a few yrs. since. He was well known in the community as a strong Anti-Slavery man of the Garrison school, and a radical reformer in other particulars,-Temper- ance, Peace, Woman's Suffrage, etc. He was a severe critic of both Church and State, refusing allegiance to both,-what was called a "Come-outer" in those days-holding his opinions tenaciously and expressing and defending them without fear or favor. He was an intelligent observer of current events, a con- siderable reader and thinker, and a free and ready talker both in private and on public occasions. Though much of an icono- clast, and disposed to rigid and sweeping denunciation of popu- lar wrongs and fashionable wrong-doers, he yet was of genial, happy temperament, fond of companionship and of the pleas- ures of social life, not wholly void of a desire for popularity and the good opinion of his fellow-men. His wife was of a more quiet nature, and especially domestic in her tastes and habits. Chn .:
2. ASA D.7, b. Sept. 7, 1824.
3. THEODORE7, b. Aug. 21, 1826; d. Oct. 8, 1849.
4. EMMA H.7, b. March 21, 1828; m. C. R. B. Claflin; res. Worc .; sev. chn .; 1.
5. AMOS H.7, b. July 4, 1830; d. Aug., 1832.
6. JANE E.7, b. July 6, 1832; m. Frederick Allen; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. Nov. 15, 1859.
7. ABBY M.7, b. Sept. 6, 1834; m. - Stuart; res. Chelsea; no chn.
8. AMOS H.7, b. Aug. 29, 1837; m. and res. Athol; d. some years since.
LOCKE, EDWARD JEWETT, ptge., etc., not traced, was pub. to Rhoda, dau. of James and Anna (Danforth) Laws, March 21, 1801. He set. in extreme no. part of the tn. and had a black- smith shop on the corner opp. "the Lord's barn." He went from here to Peterboro', N. H., where he permanently res. Chn .:
9. RHODA, b. W., July 27, 1801. IO. EDWARD, b. P., March 5, 1803.
11. HORACE F., b. P., March 6, 1805.
12. PAULINA, b. P., Feb. 8, 1807.
LOMBARD.
Among the early settlers of Springfield, which is one of the oldest towns in Mass., was John Lombard1, living there in 1646. Little has been learned of him or of his immediate descendants. Through his s. David2 he had a gd.s., John3, who became a resident of Brimfield. Joseph4, s. of John3, was f. of Abner5, who emigrated to Vt. and set. in the town of Paulet.
I. LOMBARD, FRANKLIN6, was s. of this Abner5, b. March 25, 1815. When a young man he went to Leominster and learned the art of comb-making, then the leading industry of the place. In 1839 he came to W. and, locating at Scrabble Hollow, es- tablished that business and carried it on in a small way awhile, when he abandoned it for chair making, the principal occupa- tion of his later years. He has the honor of being the oldest
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living chair manufacturer in town. He is a quiet, unpretending man, but conscientious, upright, and exemplary in his private character, and in all the relations of life. He m. (1) Ellen E., dau. Thomas Damon of Fg., Jan. 24, 1839, by whom he had I chd. Soon after its birth the mother d., and he m. (2) Aug. 13, 1840, Eunice, dau. of Smyrna and Ruth (Whitney) Whitney. The date of his first wife's d. was Dec. 5, 1839. His second w. passed away in 1891. Chn. :
2. ELLEN E.7, b. Nov. 26, 1839; m. John N. Harrington; res. Fg .; 8 chn.
3. CHARLES F.7, b. Ang. 25, 1842; m. Harriet E. Spofford; res. W.
4. JULIA W.7, b. Aug. 7, 1844; m. Samuel L. Noyes; res. Leom .; I chd .; living.
5. GEORGE W.7, b. July 25, 1848; unm .; living.
6. EUNICE W.7, b. Feb. 27, 1852; {
7. EDWARD P.7, b. Feb. 27, 1852; S twins; Sd. Ang. 7, 1853.
m. Adalaide E. Forbush; res. Ash .;
I chd .; living.
8. FRANCILIA7, b. May 12, 1850; m. James D. Cogswell; res. Leom .; I chd .; I.
9. MARY S.7, b. Aug. 23, 1862; m. Fred. W. Mossman; res. W.
[3.] LOMBARD, CHARLES F.", s. of the last, m. Harriet E., dau. John T. and Submit Spofford, Peterboro', N. H., Nov. 6, 1866, and set. near his parents. He d. Jan. 28, 1885, leaving 2 chn. :
IO. ARTHUR C.8, b. June 27, 1868; m. Lillian E. Holden; res. Ash.
II. FRANK W.8, b. June 5, 1871.
I. LORD, WALTER E., s. of Ira and Angelina (Young) Lord, formerly of Orange, was b. Otter River, Temp., April 13, 1852. He m. Helen M., dau. Nahum and Phebe (Perley) Howe, Fitz- william, N. H. He came to W. in 1881, as Station agent in the service of the Fg. R. R., and remained in that position till his d., May 18, 1890. For several years he held the office of P. M., but was relieved of the position on account of the treach- ery of a substitute whom the R. R. Co. furnished to fill his place during a temporary absence. No chn.
I. LOVEWELL, AMASA, S. of Isaac and Eliza (Moulton) Love- well, was b. Hub., Oct. 22, 1826. He m. (1) Harriet A., dau. Josiah and Harriet (Graves) Conant, Gr., May 25, 1848. She d. May 16, 1881, but whether she left chn. or not he does not report. He m. (2) Ida J. (Whitney), wid. of Oscar E. Whit- more, Oct. 3, 1884. A blacksmith. They have I chd .:
2. ERNEST A., b. April 15, 1882 ?.
3. LOVEWELL, JOHN H., s. of Leonard and Louisa, was b. Gr., Aug. 7, 1831. He m. Dec. 16, 1863, Eliza C., dau. John and Caroline (Phillips) Foskett, and res. in Gr. ab. 16 yrs., when they rem. to W. Chn. :
4. CORA L., b. Dec. 23, 1864; d. June 4, 1865.
CHESTER J., b. June 4, 1866; d. April 6, 1872.
ம்ம் EMMA J., b. June 28, 1870; d. Aug. 27, 1870.
7. HELEN D., b. July 17, 1878.
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I. LUCAS, HENRY1, a native of Manchester, Eng., was b. Feb. 14, 1818. In the early days of the paper-making industry here, he came to town and located at Wachusettville, where he res. till a recent date. His w. was Jane, dau. Thomas and Sarah Henderson, also of English birth. She d. June 23, 1875, a. 49. Chn. :
2. HENRY A.2, b. Dec. 15, 1844; killed in paper mill, Jan. 9, 1863.
3. GEORGE W.2, b. Aug. 16, 1846; d. July 18, 1849.
4. ALLEN E.2, b. Dec. 2, 1847; d. July 12, 1849.
5. CHARLES A.2, b. Sept. 12, 1849; m. Ida May Leland; res. Bristol, N. H .; 2 chn.
6. GEORGE W.2, b. Jan. 1, 1852; m. Cora Leland; res. W .; I chd.
7 JANE E.2, b. July 20, 1857; m. F. Abbot Curtis; res. W .; 4 chn.
S. ALICE S.2, b. Dec. 21, 1863; d. April 27, 1874.
9. FRED H.2, b. July 15, 1865.
LYNDE.
Thomas Lynde1 was b. in Eng. in 1593-4. and emigrated to this country when 40 yrs. of age : set. first at Wollaston (Quincy) and later in Charlestown, where he was made freeman in 1634-5 and d. in 1671. He was a public- spirited man, held many offices in the town, and was Dea. of the chh. His s. Thomas2, distinguished by the title of "Ensign." located in Malden and had a s. Joseph3, whose descendants have lived in W. during both the earlier and later periods of its history. as noted below.
I. LYNDE, JOSEPH+, s. of the last named and his w. Eliza- beth, was b. Malden, Sept. 2, 1690. He was one of the first proprietors of Nar. No. 2., though not a Grantee, and a res. in 1741. He was the owner of lot No. 9, the N. E. corner of which was near the site of the present dwelling of Reuben P. Merriam. He built a house on the W. side of the road leading to the Damon place, not far from the So. W. crossing, some in- dications of the cellar of which may still be recognized. (See A. H. No. 65.) He was not in town many years, but received a bounty for improving and settling his claim, "having 20 acres cleared" in 1751, and "a good house," then occupied by Robert Sever. He returned to Malden where he d. in 1763. In his will, dated April 11, 1757, he ordered his lands in this town- ship, which were considerable in extent, to be divided among 6 of his chn., one other, wid. Elizabeth Green5, being deceased, and a second, Nathan5, having been previously provided for. This Nathan5 was prob. f. of William6, one of the first settlers of Gr. The youngest dau. of Joseph4, Lydia5, m. Na- than Howard, and received, as her portion of the paternal estate, lot No. 54, the late Thomas Merriam place, on which they subsequently located. Mr. Lynde m. Mary Sprague, Oct. 21, 1714, and had 8 chn. One of his sons, Joseph5, was f. of Benjamin6, who owned lands in this town on Bragg Hill, de- rived from the estate of his gd.f. Benjamin erected a house there and was an occasional resident on the premises, but prob. not a voting citizen.
2. LYNDE, BENJAMIN7, s. of the last, b. 1784, came to W. after arriving at mature age, and took possession of a portion
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of the lands just mentioned. These included lot No. 51, 2d. Div., and contiguous territory-90 a. in all. A dwelling was on the premises in 1796, when the tn. voted "to place a Sch. Ho. 30 or 40 rods W. of Mr. Loynds house." It was occupied two yrs. later, when the U. S. tax lists were made out, by Abel Mos- man. (See A. H. No. 14.) Benjamin Lynde7, the permanent settler, m. Nancy, dau. Samuel and Hannah Larrabee of Mal- den, who 6 yrs. after her husband's decease, Oct. 3, 1826, m. John Jackson. By her first husband she had 4 chn., but none by the second. She d. Feb. 8, 1869, a. 84. Chn. of Benj. and Nancy :
3. EDWIN"; no date of birth found; went West and d. some years since.
4. ALONZO8; same as Edwin.
5. JOHN8, b. Oct. 26, 1823; m. Lucy Kendall; res. W.
6. NANCY8; b. date unkn .; m. Jonas N. Whitney; res. W .; 2 chn .; dec'd.
[5.] LYNDE, JOHN8, s. of the last, m. Lucy, dau. Edward W. and Lydia (Hoar) Kendall, April 7, 1847. He is both farmer and chair maker, res. on the original Dea. Thurston place, more recently owned by Almond Derby. Chn. :
7. ELLEN M.9, b. July 1, 1849; m. Irwin Platts; res. Ash.
8. ADA E.9, b. April 4, 1852; m. Albert Lane; res. W .; no chn.
9. EDWARD B.9, b. Dec. 7, 1853; m. Florence A. Barron; res. W.
10. L. EMMA9, b. Sept. 17, 1856; m. Charles L. Mansur; 4 chn .; res. W.
IT. JENNIE L.9, b. May 15, 1859; m. Wm. S. Rice; res. W .; 1 chd.
12. CHESTER E.9, b. April 12, 1873; res. W.
[9.] LYNDE, EDWARD B.9, s. of the last, is a butcher and market man, living on the former Jonas Cutting place, corner Main and Bacon sts. He m. Jan. 27, 1875, Florence A., dau. Wm. B. and Phebe D. (Estey) Barron, and has 3 chn. :
13. LESTER E.10, b. Jan. 7, 1879.
1 5. ELWIN B.10, b. July 20, 1887.
14. GRACE F.19, b. Nov. 2, 1883.
MANN.
On the 15th of Jan., 1644, Richard Man1 (as the name was then and for some time afterward spelled) took the oath of fidelity in the plantation of Satuit (now Scituate) in this state. He occupied a pleasant swell of land sloping to the sea, known still by the name derived from him - Mann Hill- the seat of several elegant summer residences. He came into possession of a large estate, which he distributed to his several chn. by a will still pre- served in the Plymouth Co. Prob. Off. His death occurred prematurely, by the breaking of the ice on Musquascut Pond, near his home, as he was cross- ing it, Feb., 1655. He had a s. Richard2, f. of Nathaniel®, whose s. John4 was an early res. of Hebron, Conn. There was a John5 in the next genera- tion, who m. Lydia Porter, also of Hebron, and went with her on horseback through the wilderness to Orford, N. H., becoming the first permanent set- tler in that town, and raising a fam. of 15 chn.
I. MANN, CYRUS6, s. of John5 and Lydia, was b. April 3, 1785. The following sketch of him is furnished by his son, Cyrus S. Mann, M. D. :
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"Cyrus Mann grad. at D. C. in 1806. Immediately after, he became Princi- pal of Gilmanton, N. H., Academy and continued in that position 2 yrs. He then took charge of a High School in Troy, N. Y., and at the same time com- menced the reading of law. At the end of a year, so industrious had been his occupation of time, he was offered a partnership with a lawyer of the place. who was doing a large and lucrative business. But Providence had other designs for him. In 1809 he was appointed tutor in his Alma Mater, an office which he accepted and held for 5 yrs. While there he determined to devote his life to the Gospel Ministry, and. in connection with the discharge of the duties of his position, pursued the study of theology under the guid- ance of Prof. Shurtleff. Soon after leaving Hanover he was set. in W. as a colleague with Rev. Asaph Rice. who had been the minister of the town for half a century, and here he remained as a pastor for more than 26 years. After leaving W. he was never installed, but preached for the Robinson Chh., Plymouth, 3 yrs., and for the Cong. Chh., No. Falmouth, 4 yrs.
"At W. by his personal efforts an Academy was founded and sustained, which was of great service to the cause of education in Worc. Co. He was one of the earliest and most active laborers in the Temperance Reform, and no man in his vicinity did better service in that noble work of philanthropy. One of the books which he wrote was a 'History of the Temperance Refor- mation.' Of delicate health from early youth, he struggled on with a perse- verance, industry, and application worthy of honor, and which never forsook him, even in the later yrs. of his life, during the last nine of which disease of the throat and lungs had so enfeebled him that few men would have considered themselves capable of any labor. He was a deeply religi- ous, earnest man, seeking, not only in the pulpit, but in all the affairs of life, what he believed to be the best welfare of the community. Although of dignified aud quiet manner, he had a warm heart and a quick apprecia- tion of humor or wit. He was at first a Whig in politics, and a great admirer of Daniel Webster, and afterward an earnest Republican. A kind Provi- dence spared him the pain of living to see the country, which he loved with a pure patriotism, torn by civil war. Mr. Mann d. at Stoughton, Mass., Feb. 9, 1859, and was buried at Leom."
Mr. Mann, it may be furthermore said, was a minister of the old school, holding fast to the stern features of the Calvinistic faith in which he thoroughly believed, and which he preached with commendable fidelity and zeal. He was a man of sound scholarship and studious habits, interested in the public schools of the town as well as in the Academy, of which he was practically the founder, serving for several years in their be- half as a member of the School Committee. Besides the work already named, he was the author of " A Treatise upon Trig- onometry " ; a volume upon "The Sabbath"; and one upon "The Evidences of Christianity." He prepared a " Memoir of Myra W. Allen," which was published, and several of his ser- mons were given to the press.
Rev. Mr. Mann m. April 17, 1817, Nancy, dau. of Joseph and Persis (Miles) Sweetser of Athol, who was b. Christmas day, I790. Of excellent parentage and good natural endowments enriched by culture and consecrated by deep religious feeling, Mrs. Mann was well fitted for the responsible duties of her position as the wife of a clergyman, and acquitted herself with credit and honor. Interested in all good works and active in the church and Sabbath school, she did much to aid her hus-
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band in his professional labors, and to promote the moral and spiritual welfare of the community and town. She d. Aug 9, 1871. The chn. of Rev. Cyrus and Nancy S. Mann were:
2. CYRUS S.F, b. April 12, 1820; m. Harriet P. Field, Boston; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.
3 . ANN MARIA7, b. March 2, 1823; m. Rev. J. F. Norton; res. Natick; I chd .; 1. 4. ADELIA P.7, b. Jan. 2, 1826; m. J. Q. A. Johnson; res. Washington, etc .; I chd .; d. Nov., 1892.
Cyrus S. Mann (2) was educated in the common schools and Academy of W. and at Amherst Coll. He studied medicine at Harvard, graduating in 1843. He has practiced his profession in Stoughton and Newton, and in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he has res. for many years. He was surgeon of the 31st Regt., M. V., during the war of the Rebellion. He m. Harriet P. Field of Boston, and has 3 chn .: Edward Cyrus, M. D., Justin, and Henry F.
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