History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 116

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1464

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Danvas Miles.

Wm. J. Barrus.

George Miles.

Sixth New Hampshire Regiment.

Brazia French.

Mirick Burgess.

-- Gun.

Aaron Rice.

Lysander Howard.

Drafted.

Charles A. King.

Franklin Brown.

Furnished Substitute.

Phineas S. Newton.

George S. Raymond.

Commuted on payment of $300.

Joseph Shepardson.

Andrew J. Bliss.

Caleb Stockwell.

Philip H. Bliss.

John B. Walker.

Chilsoo Bosworth, Jr.

Silas Wyman.

Wilson Carroll.

Ahijah Whitmore.

The following were either killed or died in the ser- vice:

Henry E. Knight ... .. killed in the Wilderness May 6, 1864

Chauncy Norcross ... died of w'ds at Roanoke Island Feh. 21, 1862 Joel S. Bosworth died at Andersonville

George Brown. died of wounds in North Carolina in 1862

Franklin A. Eddy. Benjamin F. Flagg. Joseph Gamen.

George L. Chase, .. died of wounds In June, 1864

Wm. H. Sprague.

Asaph M. White.

Arthur F. Peirce. died at Hartwood, Va., Nov. 19, 1862 Rollin N. White ..... died of wounds in Washington June 25, 1864 Stephen P. Wbite ...... died of wounds at Annapolis May 5, 1864 Uri C. Day died at Baton Rouge

George Browo.

Fifty-third Regiment of Infantry.

Benjamin H. Brown.

Charles E. Tenney .died at New Orleans April 26, 1863

John M. Wood. died at Baton Rouge May 15, 1863

James Townsend .. died at Harrison's Landing Ang. 2, 1862

George Miles. ... killed in battle June 15, 1862

Byron Doane.

Uri C. Day.

Samuel B. Hale .killed at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864 Joseph W. Bosworth .died July 24, 1863

Quincy A. Shepardson ..... .died at Baton Rouge July 27, 1863

Milton C. Handy died Feh. 17, 1862

W. H. Sprague.

.died May 10, 1862

Milton C. Handy.

Edwin O. Vose ... died June 25, 1862

George E. Fry killed in hattle May 2, 1863

W. D. Goddard .. killed in battle Aug. 10, 1864

In order that some idea of the prominent men in Royalston may be obtained, the following list is here inserted of those who represented the town in the General Court. The first representative was chosen May 27, 1766, and at the last town-meeting warned in the name of His Majesty. The next meeting was called " in the name of the government aud people of the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England." After 1776 no representative was chosen until 1780.

1776. Timothy Richardson. 1791.

1777.

None.

1793. None.

1778. None.

1794-95. Isaac Gregory.

George W. Wood.

Adriel C. White.

1781.

None.

1782. None.

1799.

None.

1783-85. John Fry.

1800. John Norton.

1786. Jonathan Sihley.

1801. Isaac Gregory.

1788-89. Peter Woodbury.

1790. None.

None.

Prescott Metcalf.

Levi Bosworth.

W. H. Sprague.

Thirty-second Regiment of Infantry.

1780. John Fry.

1797.

None.

1798. Philip Sweetser.

Elkanalı Paine.

James Townsend.

Thirty-sixth Regiment of Infantry. Adolphus Bussemius.

1803. Isaac Gregory.

John W. Leathe.

Reuben Pratt.

A. D. Raymond.

1792. Oliver Work.

Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infan- try.

John S. Moore.

Marcus Walker. died in North Carolina Jan. 29, 1863

Joel S. Bosworth.

Joseph Walker.

Wesley D. Goddard .killed in hattle

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1804, None.

1837. Arba Sherwin.

1805. None.

Beaoni Peck.

1806-08. Isaac Gregory.

1838.

Benjamin Fry.

1809-12. Joseph Estabrook.

1813-14. John Norton.

1839,

Arba Sherwin.

1815-17. Joseph Estabrook.

1818. None.

1840.

Benjamin Fry.

1819.

None.

Cyrus Davia.

1820-21. Rufus Bullock.

1841.

None.

1822.

None.

1842.

None.

1823. Squier Davis.

1843.

Hiram W. Albee.

1824.

None.

1844.

Barnet Bullock.

1825. Joseph Estabrook.

1845.

Benjamin Browo.

1826. Stephen Bacheller, Jr.

1846.

Hiram W. Alhee.

1827-29. Rufus Bullock.

1847.

None.

1830. Stephen Bacheller, Jr.

1848. Silas Kenney.

1831. Franklin Gregory.

1849.

Eliner Newton.

1832.

Benjamin Brown.

1850-51. Joseph Raymond.

1833.

Franklin Gregory.

1834. None.

1854.

Benjamin Fry.

1835. Arba Sherwin.

1855.

Tarrant Cntler.

Russell Morse.

185G. Jarvie Davis.

1836. Russell Morse.

1857. Joseph Estabrook.

Benoni Peck.

The twenty-first article of the amendments to the Constitution was adopted by the Legislatures of 1856 and '57, and ratified by the people in 1857. Under the provisions of the amendment the towns of Roy- alston and Athol constituted the Second Representa- tive District of Worcester County, and were repre- sented until the next apportionment as follows :

Isaac Stevens, of Athol 1858

George Whitney, of Royalston 1859

Nathaniel Richardson, of Athol 1860

Elisha F. Brown, of Royalstoo 1861

Farwell F. Fay, of Athol .. 1862

Alpheus Harding, Jr., of Athol .. 1863

Ebenezer W. Bullard, of Royalston .. 1864

Calvin Kelton, of Athol. 1865

Wm. W. Clement, of Royalstoo. 1866

Under the apportionment of 1866, based on the census of 1865, the same towns constituted the same district, and were represented until the next appor- tionment as follows :

Alphens Harding, Jr., of Athol. .1867

Jeremiah A. Rich, of Royalston, .1868

Thomas 11. Goodspeed, of Athol ... 1869

Benjamin F. Brown, of Royalston. 1870

Ozi Kendall, of Athol 1871

George H. Hoyt, of Athol. 1872

George H. Hoyt, of Athol. 1873

Jeremiah A. Rich, of Royalston 1874

Edwin Willis, of Athol 1875 Wm. W. Fish, of Athol. 1876

Under the apportionment of 1876, based on the census of 1875, the same towns constituted the Eighth Worcester District, and were represented un- til the next apportionment as follows :

Joseph Walker, of Royalston 1877

J. Sumner Parmenter, of Athol 1878

Leander B. Morse, of Athol .1879

Russell S. Horton, of Athol, 1880

Tra Y. Kendall, of Athol 1881

Henry M. Humphrey, of Athol 1882

Frank W. Adams, of Royalston,

1883

C. Frederick Richardson, of Athol 1884 Washington H. Amsden, of Athol. 1885 Beojamin W. Rich, of Royalston 1886

Under the apportionment of 1886, based on the

census of 1885, the towns of Athol, Royalston and Phillipston constituted the First Representative Dis- trict of Worcester, and have been represented as fol- lows :

Sidney P. Smith, of Athol 1887

Sidney P. Smith, of Athol .1888

John D. Holbrook, of Athol. .1889

Among those, however, who have been representa- tive men in the town, there are those who deserve more than a passing notice. Dr. Stephen Bacheller, was a native of the town, and the son of Dr. Stephen Bacheller, who was horn in Grafton, and through a long life practiced his profession in Royalston. The younger Stephen was educated at the Academies of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and New Salem, and studied medicine with his father and Dr. Henry Wells, of Montague. He hegan practice in the town of Truro, on Cape Cod, but in 1803, at the age of twenty-five, returned to his native town, where he a-sumed the business of his father, and jointly with him finally completed a career of eighty years in the medical practice. He was highly esteemed both in his profession and out ont of it. He was for many years one of the counselors of the Massachusetts Medical Society, two years its vice-president and was also one of the founders of the Worcester County Medical Association, of which he was for some years its president. In 1826 and 1830 he represented Roy- alston in the Legislature, and in many other ways was the recipient of the confidence of the community in which he lived. His death, which was sudden and unexpected, occurred on election day in Novem- ber, 1848.

Rufus Bullock, son of Hugh and Rebecca Bullock, was born in Royalston, September 23, 1779. After leaving school he was employed for several years as a teacher, and among the places in which he was engaged in this employment was Truro, where he must have been during the residence there of his

fellow-townsman, Dr. Bacheller. On the 4th of May, 1808, he married Sarah Davis, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and from school-teaching turned his attention to trade. First as a clerk, he soon began business on his own account, gradually extending it as opportunities developed and his means increased. In 1825 he became a manufacturer, and with unre- mitting industry and restraining prudence he went on from year to year increasing his store. In 1820, '21, '27, '28 and '29 he represented Royalston in the Leg- islature, and in 1831 and '32 occupied a seat in the State Senate. In 1820 and '53 he was a delegate to the State Constitutional Conventions, and was once a Presidential elector. He was town clerk in 1812 and '13, town treasurer from 1825 to '37 inclusive, and assessor six years between 1807 and '26. He died in Royalston, January 10, 1858, leaving, as a memorial of his affection for his native town, bequests described in the following clauses of his will :

Thirteenth. I give and bequeath to the First Congregational Society

Salmon Goddard.

Russell Morse.

1852-53. Hiram W. Albee.

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in the centre of the town of Royalston, being the same with which I Dow worship, the som of five thousand dollars, to be held and applied as follows: the interest of said five thousand dollars shall be forever paid and applied annually or semi-anoually for the support of preaching in said society ; and it is my will that a committee chosen by said society for said purpose shall act in concurrence with my executors in investing said sum, provided that whenever, if ever, said society shall fail to sup- port the preaching of the gospel and a regularly settled minister of the Congregational denomination for any onreasonable length of time and provide annually by tax or in some other way a sum not less than five hundred dollars for the support of preaching and the other necessary expenses of public worship io said society, then the sum of five thon- sand dollars shall revert to and be paid over to my children or to their beirs by right of representation.

Fourteenth. I give and hequeath to the Baptist Religions Society in the west part of the town of Royalston the sam of twenty-five hondred dollars, to he kept and applied as a fund the income of which shall be appropriated annually or semi-annually to the support of gospel preach- ing and public worship ini said Society, and it is my will that a Comorit- tee to be chosen by said Society for suchi purpose shall act in concur- rence with my executors in investing said som, provided that whenever said Society shall neglect to raise by subscription or otherwise a sum not less than one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for the support of preaching and poblic worship, the said sum of twenty-five linndred dol- lars shall revert to and be paid over to my children or to their heirs by right of representation.

Fifteenth. I give and beqneath to the Second Congregational Society of Royalston at South Royalston, so called, the sum of twenty-five hun- dred dollars, to be held as a fund, the income of which shall be appro- priated annually or semi-anonally to the support of Gospel preaching in said Society ; and it is my will that a Committee to be chosen by said Society for such purpose shall act in concurrence with my executors in the investing of said sum, provided that whenever, if ever, said Society shall fail to support preaching or to maintain a regularly organized So- ciety at South Royalston or whenever, if ever, that part of Royalstoo now knowo as Sooths Royalston shall he set off from said town of Royalston, then this eum of twenty-five boodred dollars shall revert to and be paid over to my children or their heirs by right of representation.

Sixteenth. I give and beqneath to the town of Royalston the sam of five thousand dollars, to be held and applied as a fund, the income of which shall be appropriated and paid over for the benefit and use of Comooo Schools in said town, the said income to be divided among the several school districts in like maoner as the school money raised by the town shall be divided ; and it is my will that a committee to be chosen by the town for such purpose shall act in concurrence with my execu- tors io investiog said eno, and that every year a committee shall be chosen by the town at a legally called town-meeting who shall have the charge and oversight of such investment and shall report annually to the town the condition and income of the same, provided, however, that whenever the said town of Royalston shall neglect to keep or canse to be kept in a good state of repair the new Cemetery now being estab- lished on the ground recently purchased of C. H. Maxham. that is to Bay shall neglect to maintain in good order and condition the said ground, fence, gate and necessary tomb therein, then this sum of five thousand dollars shall revert to and he paid over to my children aod their heirs hy right of representation.

Nor must Joseph Estabrook, in 1828 a Senator, be omitted : nor Franklin Gregory, Representative two years, town cferk fourteen years, and major-general in the militia; nor Isaac Gregory, Representative seven years, town clerk five years, and selectman eight years; nor Peter Woodbury, Representative two years, town clerk ten years, and selectman sixteen years; por Benjamin Woodbury, nor John Fry and Timothy Richardson and Sylvanus Hemenway, nor Geo. C. Rich- ardson, the eminent Boston merchant, and the writer will be pardoned for speaking with marked respect of another with whom he was personally acquainted and to whose memory he wishes to pay an affectionate tribute. Samuel Barrett was born in Royalston, August 16, 1795, and graduated at Harvard in the 87

class of 1818. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsey (Gerrish) Barrett, and through his long and faithful ministerial labors reflected honor on his native town. He was settled many years as pastor of the Twelfth Congregational Unitarian Society of Boston, and received, in 1847, the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his alma mater. He married, Septem- ber 11, 1832, Mary Susan, daughter of the eminent Dr. Greenwood, of Boston, and died in Roxbury, June 24, 1866.

The career of the most distinguished son of Royals- ton will be found portrayed in the chapter in these volumes on the bench and bar, but the writer can- not permit this sketch to pass from his hands without a tribute to the memory of one whom he honored and loved. Alexander Hamilton Bullock, son of Rufus and Sarah (Davis) Bullock, was born in Royalston, March 2, 1816. He graduated at Amherst College in 1836, and for three years taught school in Princeton, New Jersey. After studying law with Emory Wash- ham and at the Dane Law School at Cambridge, he was admitted to the bar in 1841. He began the practice of law in Worcester, and ever after resided in that town. The popular traits of his character, as well as his natural proclivities, led him into political life and drew him, step by step, to the acquisition of the highest honors of the State. In 1845, 1847 and 1848 he represented Worcester in the General Court; in 1849 had a seat in the Senate, from 1853 to 1856 was commissioner of insolvency, from 1856 to 1858 was judge of insolvency and in 1859 was mayor of his adopted city. From 1848 to 1850 he was the editor of the Worcester Egis, and in 1852 was made a trustee of Amherst College. From 1861 to 1865, inclusive, he was again a member of the House of Representatives and its Speaker during the last four years, and from 1866 to 1868, inclusive, was Governor of the Com- monwealth. In 1866 he received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard, and was for many years a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He died in Worcester January 17, 1883, and at the next meet- ing of the Historical Society Hon. Robert C. Win- throp, its president, in announcing his death, used the following language : "A graduate of Amherst College, and afterwards of our Harvard Law School, with large natural gifts, and with not a little various acquirement, he entered early on a career of usefulness and distinction. As mayor of the city in which he re- sided, as a member successively of both branches of our State Legislature, and Speaker of one of them, and finally as Governor of Massachusetts for three years after the retirement of Governor Andrew, he rendered copious and valuable service to his native Commonwealth.

"Of late years his taste for public employment seemed to have been satiated. It may be that some forebodings of the shock which has now suddenly prostrated him had warned him of the danger of en- countering longer the responsibilities and excitements

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of political life. At all events he avoided them, de- clining all candidacies, and even refusing, as is well known, the highest diplomatic appointment abroad.

"Such a withdrawal by a man of public spirit, of independent circumstances and of eminently patriotic impulses, as he certainly was, conld plainly have re- sulted from no caprice, fastidiousness or apathy, but must have been dictated by considerations of which he alone was conscious, and of which he was the only rightful judge. Meanwhile he traveled extensively in foreign lands. He delivered occasional addresses at the call of his alma mater and of others, and he was always recognized as one of our most accomplished and impressive orators. His address before the Mas- sachusetts Mechanics' Association, and his eulogy of President Lincoln at Worcester, in 1865, were es- pecially notable. His more recent effort at New York, at the unveiling of the statue of the great statesman whose name he was proud to bear, was forcible and brilliant. And the paper which he prepared and read before the American Antiquarian Society last year on the centennial anniversary of the Constitution of Mas- sachusetts was exhaustive and admirable."

Mr. Winthrop might have added that which is more pertinent to this narrative,-that he delivered in Royalston, on the 22d of August, 1865, an eloquent historical address commemorative of the hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of that town.

The anniversary celebration was conducted under the management of a committee of fifteen, chosen by the town, consisting of Rev. E. W. Bullard, Joseph Raymond, Benjamin H. Brown, Jarvis Davis, John N. Bartlett, Russell Morse, Jr., Cyrus B. Reed, Wel- lington White, Cyrus Davis, Arba Sherwin, John M. Upham, Edward Stockwell, Timothy Clark, Joseph L. Perkins and Maynard Partridge. A historical committee was also chosen, consisting of Barnett Bullock, Daniel Davis, John N. Bartlett, Joseph R. Eaton, Charles H. Newton, Luther Harrington and Horace Pierce to make researches in reference to the history of the town, with a view to their preservation and possible publication. The sum of fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated to defray the expenses of the occasion. Rev. E. W. Bullard was chosen presi- dent of the day ; Rev. A. E. P. Perkins, of Ware, chaplain ; George Whitney, of Royalston, chief mar- shal ; and Benjamin E. Perkins, of South Danvers, toastmaster. The exercises were held in a large tent, and the following gentlemen were announced by the president as vice-presidents : Samuel Lee, of Temple- ton ; Rev. Ammi Nichols, of Braintree, N. H. ; Hon. George C. Richardson, of Cambridge ; Benoni Peck, of Fitzwilliam, N. H. ; Harrison Bliss, of Worcester ; Chauncy Peck, of Boston ; Rev. Henry Cummings, of Newport, N. H. ; Rev. Sidney Holman, of Goshen ; Rev. Daniel Shepardson, of Cincinnati ; Rev. Eben- ezer Cutler, of Worcester ; Thomas Norton, of Port- land ; James Raymond, of Brooklyn ; and Hon.

Davis Goddard, of Orange. John P. Gregory, of Cambridge, and Joseph E. Raymond, of Boston, were appointed secretaries.

After a reading of Scriptures and a prayer by the chaplain the president delivered an introductory ad- dress, which was followed by the singing of a hymn, written for the occasion by Mrs. George Woodbury, of Royalston. After the delivery of Mr. Bullock's commemorative address a poem was read by Albert Bryant, and the exercises of the day closed in an- other tent, in which about eight hundred persons were seated at dinner. The speakers at the dinner were Edwin Pierce, of New York; George C. Rich- ardson, of Cambridge; Artemas Lee, of Templeton ; Rev. Mr. Marvin, of Winchendon; Mr. Gregory, of Chicago ; Rev. Mr. Perkins, of Ware; Rev. Sidney Holman, and Rev. Mr. Woodworth.

In the early years of the town the people depended almost exclusively on farming for support. Grist- mills and saw-mills and fulling-mills were located here and there, but these were rather incidental to the general occupation of the people, and were in- tended chiefly to furnish local supplies. Many of these saw-mills are still in active operation. In later years manufacturing has been introduced, and at South Royalston Colonel George Whitney is exten- sively engaged.

Col. Whitney is the son of Amos Whitney and was born in Royalston. He is emphatically a self-made man. At the time of the death of Hon. Rufus Bul- lock he was the station agent at Royalston and also engaged in some operations with lumber. Mr. Bul- lock, at the time of his death, owned and operated the woolen-mill at South Royalston. The property connected with this mill originally belonged to the "Royalston Cotton and Wool Manufacturing Com- pany," which was incorporated in 1813. This property came into the hands of Silas Coffin and Rufus Bul- lock, whose mill was burned in 1833. At that time Mr. Bullock became the sole proprietor, and in 1834 built the stone mill now standing. At the death of Mr. Bullock, George Whitney, with Daniel Day, of Royal- ston, bought the mill, and for a few years Mr. Whitney and Mr. Day carried on the manufacture of cassi- meres. After Mr. Day went out of the business Rufus S. Frost, of Boston, was associated with Mr. Whitney for a time, and after him, James Phillips, Jr., of Fitchburg. For the last three years Mr. Whitney has been alone, and with his son, George E. Whitney, has the sole ownership and management of the establishment. Contiguous to the mill was a chair factory, owned and operated by Whittemore & Bruce, and next above was a brush wood factory, owned at various times by Vose & Bartlett, Stockwell & Piper, Jonas Turner and R. Safford. These two factories are now the property of Col. Whitney, the former being still employed in the manufacture of chairs and the latter in spinning for the cassimere mill. Col. Whitney employs in the three mills about one hun-

Crankim & Gregory

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dred and seventy-five hands. He is well known, not only as an enterprising manufacturer, but as a pub- lic man. He was a member of the House of Repre- sentatives in 1859, and of the Senate in 1863 and '64. He was also a member of the Executive Council from 1873 to 1877 inclusive, and at his last election received the unusual honor of a unanimous vote.

Until four years ago Caleb W. Day was employed at South Royalston in the manufacture of brush woods,-that is to say, handles and backs and other wooden material used in the manufacture of brushes. In 1884 Mr. Day's mill was burned, and though still a resident of South Royalston, he carries on the same business on a more extensive scale in a mil! hired by him in Winchendon, near the New Hampshire line. Mr. Day is not a native of Royalston. He was born in Richmond, New Hampshire, and about the year 1843 came to Royalston and entered Mr. Bullock's mill. He afterwards was employed for a time in Win - chester, New Hampshire and Northfield, Massachu- seits, but finally returned to Royalston. Bemis & Jones, who had been carrying on the manufacture of shoe-pegs, dissolved partnership, aud Mr. Day joined Mr. Jones in the business. He afterwards bought out Mr. Jones aud began the manufacture of brush woods, which he continued until he was burned out, about four years ago.

The only other manufacturing establishment at South Royalston is that of Nelson S. Farrar, who is engaged in the manufacture of harrel covers, wooden measures and other kindred articles.

Aside from the saw-mills the establishment of Her- man M. Partridge at the central village, engaged in the manufacture of crutches and kindergarten mater- ials, completes the list of industries in the town.

South Royalston is quite an active village, lying on Miller's River, and with the establishment of Colonel Whitney and others furnishes a large share of the em- ployment enjoyed by the people of the town.

Royalston contains a Town Hall, built in 1867, in which is located the public library, and in which also are a large hall and commodious rooms for town offi- cers. The town is admirably situated, surrounded with inspiring scenery, and attractive not only to its returning sons, but also to the stranger entering within its borders. In the language of Governor Bullock, "it is symmetrical and compact, large enough and small enough, and bears a just propor- tion to the prescriptive idea of a Massachusetts township of six miles square. I would not diminish it nor enlarge it. Let other municipalities nibble around your borders, but let them nibble in vain, and you will hold fast to that which is good and which is none too much."

BIOGRAPHICAL.

FRANKLIN E. GREGORY.

The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Isaac Gregory, who lived in Royalston. His children were Jonathan, Isaac, Tilly and Franklin. The last- named child, Franklin, was born in Royalston and there educated. He went at an early age into a store in Boston, and having there laid the foundation for a business life, returned to Royalston and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a man whose honorable career won for him the love and esteem of his fellow- citizens, and whose unblemished reputation was a rich legacy to his children. He was for many years connected with the State military service, holding the rank of general, and the regiment under his com- mand, was selected to escort General Lafayette from Worcester to Royalston. He married Martha Porter Edwards, and their children were Martha P., who died young; Sarah, who married O. W. Watress, a partner of the late Thomas Douse, of Cambridgeport ; Franklin Edwards, Martha (died in infancy), John P., Isaac H., Martha Ann, wife of W. H. Ladd, now principal of the Chauncy Hall High School, of Bos- ton ; George H., Charles A. and Frederick W. The memory of Mrs. Watress is cherished with affection, not limited to her immediate family, but shared by a large circle of neighbors and friends in Cambridge, who felt the influence of her noble character, and learned from her lessons of self-sacrifice, of Christian charity and the most thorough fidelity in the perform- ance of every duty. To the Unitarian Society, of which Rev. Dr. George W. Briggs is the pastor, her death inflicted an almost irreparable loss, and no one knew better and more deeply appreciated and more gener- ously acknowledged her influence and power than the pastor himself, with whom, hand in hand, she had devotedly worked. Her untimely death prevented the consummation of a cherished plan, which was gradually maturing in her mind, to establish in Cam- bridge an old ladies' home. She was the first presi- dent of the associated charities, and an active mem- ber of it until her death.

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History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 116

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1464

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1464