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Besides the newspapers here mentioned may be noted The Westfield Standard, a Democratic journal, which, first issued in 1845, was owned by a stock company, and edited success- ively until December, 1848, by Hiram A. Beebe, J. D. Bates, and Wm. W. Whitman. At the last-mentioned date, James MI. Ely bought it, but sold it to Gilbert W. Cobb in 1852. Mr. Cobb edited it two years, when it was discontinued. Shortly after his retirement from The News-Letter, Mr. Sher- man Adams began the issue of a small paper called The West- field Advertiser, and this he still continues. It may be well to note that the newspapers herein mentioned were all weekly journals.
SOCIETIES, ORDERS, Erc.
MASONIC.
Mount Moriah Lodge, F. and A. M., was instituted Febru- ary, 1856, and chartered Dec. 3, 1856. It has now (1878) 220 members, and officers as follows: John M. Moscly, W. M .; Geo. W. Houghton, S. W. ; W. B. Cornwell, J. W. ; Merrit Van Deusen, Treas. ; Jas. R. Gladwin, Sec. ; Jos. G. Noble, Marshal; J. A. Lakin, S. D .; A. E. Gibbs, J. D .; J. R. Johnson, Chaplain ; W. H. Russell, S. S. ; Lester Campbell, J. S .; Stephen B. Cook, Tyler.
Evening Star R. A. Chapter .- The officers of the chapter are Isaac N. Weston, II. P .; M. Van Deusen, K. ; H. W. Clapp, S .; H. Loomis, Treas .; S. S. Conner, Sec. ; D. N. Goff, Chaplain ; L. W. Phelps, C. H .; Phineas Solomon, P. S. ; E. Crowson, R. A. C. ; J. H. Dudley, M. 3 V. ; Win. H. Holmes, M. 2 V. ; W. B. Cornwell, M. 1 V.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWS.
Wildey Encampment, No. 47 .- This encampment has officers as follows: J. B. Goodrich, C. P. ; Jacob Conner, H. P .; J. W. Alstrom, S. W .; Beebe Smith, J. W. ; A. N. Brass, Treas. ; L. E. Noble, Scribe.
Westfield Lodge, No. 152, has the following officers : War- ren Cole, N. G. ; A. A. Atwater, V. G. ; A. M. Latham, R. S. ; H. H. Lee, Treas. ; D. R. Rising, P. S.
Woronoco Lodge, No. 74, has the following officers : A. W. Ilolton, N. G .; J. G. Warren, V. G .; Geo. C. Webb, P. S .; L. E. Noble, Treas. ; Arthur Sackett, W. ; G. A. Sackett, R. S.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Harmony Lodge, No. 328, was organized July 21, 1876, with 12 members, and has now 47 members, and officers as follows : Henry Mullen, Dictator ; II. Harris, Vice-Dictator ; G. M. Clapp, Assistant Dictator ; E. P. Tinker, Reporter ; D. R. Rising, Financial Reporter ; Herbert Lyman, Sec.
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TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
There are in Westfield six societies devoted to the further- ance of the cause of temperance, and their labors, it is worthy of especial note, have been devotedly and assiduously pur- sued, with most excellent results.
The societies are named The Westfield Temperance Union, chartered February, 1878; Young Men's Fraternity ; West- field Women's Christian Temperance Union ; Woronoeo Re- form Club; Temple of Honor; and Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .*
Lyon Post, No. 41, had in 1878 the following officers : W. J. Mixter, P. C .; J. C. Barthe, S. V. C .; Adam Swan, J. V. C. ; Frank Snow, Adj. ; G. W. Houghton, Q. ; Wm. Provin, Jr., Chaplain ; J. II. Todd, O. D.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS.
No. 50 was organized Feb. 19, 1873, and has officers as fol- lows : C. O. Donovan, President; J. C. Costain, Vice-Pres. ; John Ingoldsby, Sec. ; Patrick Coleman, Treas.
THE WESTERN HAMPDEN POULTRY ASSOCIATION
was organized in March, 1878, for the purpose of encouraging the breeding of superior poultry, and although yet an experi- ment, the association has achieved good work, and gives as- surance that its field of usefulness will be occupied perma- nently, to the valuable and material advancement of the object it has undertaken. The last exhibition held at Westfield, January, 1879, was a notable success, and, according to pur- pose, similar exhibitions will be held annually. The president of the association is J. A. Lakin, and the number of mem- bers, 35.
THE FOREST AND STREAM CLUB,
with a present membership of 35, was organized in 1875, by a company of Westfield gentlemen, with a view to securing exclusive fishing-grounds, and for the purpose of promoting the breeding of valuable fish. To this end they leased of the State Hazzard's pond in Russell, and stocked it with black bass and land-locked salmon. The interests of the club at the pond are carefully guarded, and thither each year the club members repair for a season of excellent angling sport.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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The other societies in the town are The Westfield Firemen's Mutual Relief Association, whose officers are Wm. Provin, Jr., President ; H. T. Snow, Vice-President ; G. C. Parker, Sec. ; and W. J. Mixter, Treas. The Aurora Literary Asso- ciation, organized in 1876, for the purpose of promoting liter- ary culture, and having officers as follows: J. P. Martin, President ; Mary E. Sullivan, Vice-President ; Julia Murphy, Sec. ; J. C. Costain, Treas. The Young Men's Christian Broth- erhood, whose members are members of the various West- field churches, and whose object is the furtherance, through the means of public meeting, of the cause of religion. The Town Improvement Association, composed of the leading citizens of Westfield, who contribute much, with their own means, toward the improvement of the thoroughfares. The Western Hampden Agricultural Society, organized in 1854, has since that time held annual agricultural fairs on the society's grounds, at Westfield, and on these yearly occasions the town has always donned its holiday attire to honor the display of its rich possessions as a farming region. The West- field Club, a social organization, dates its existence from the year 1875, and bears upon its membership roll the names of 60 of the best-known citizens of the town. The club occupies handsomely furnished quarters in the post-office building. C. K. Lamson is the president, and Isaac N. Weston secre- tary and treasurer. There are also the Westfield Musical As-
sociation, and two bands known respectively as Greene's Serenade Band and the Westfield Cornet Band.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Westfield has an efficient fire department, which, as often demonstrated, has performed valuable service, and that result has in no small measure been assisted by the excellent system of water-works provided by the town. The department was organized in 1848, and includes now in its stock of appa- ratus four hose-carts, two extinguishers, one hand-engine, one hook-and-ladder truck, and one steam fire-engine. The department numbers 64 members, divided as follows: Hose No. 1, II. T. Snow, foreman, 12 men; IIose No. 2, Gen. C. Parker, foreman, 12 men; Hose No. 3, John Warren, fore- man, 12 men ; Extinguisber No. 1, Geo. Miller, foreman, 7 men ; Extinguisher No. 2, Carlos Pember, foreman, 8 men ; Hook-and-Ladder No. 1, Geo. Bowers, foreman, 13 men. For the year ending Feb. 1, 1879, there were 20 fires, involving a loss of $64,815. For the same period the expenses of the department were $4314.32. The officers of the department, chosen May, 1878, were C. M. Whipple, Chief Engineer ; O. C. Towle, First Assistant ; J. G. Noble, Second Assistant.
POST-OFFICES.
The post-office at Westfield village is a distributing point whence several adjoining towns receive their mails. Sixteen mails are received, and seventeen forwarded each day. The receipts of the office for postage during the three months ending Sept. 30, 1878, reached $2854.68. For the month of October, 1878, the money-order department of the office paid 240 orders, aggregating $4394.71, and issued 259 orders, amounting to $2968.31. The present postmaster (1879) is lIon. Thomas Kneil.
MILITARY.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
A conspicuous feature in the embellishments of the village is the soldiers' monument, which stands at the junction of Court, Elm, and Broad Streets. The base, composed of gran- ite, is 10 feet in height, and surmounting it is the bronze figure-8 feet high-of an American soldier " on guard." The four faces of the die forming part of the base are adorned, one with the dedicatory inscription,-
" Westfield honors hier sons, fallen in the defense of liberty, union, and inde- pendence."
A second, with the coat-of-arms of Massachusetts; a third, with the coat-of-arms of the United States ; and a fourth with a list of the names of the 66 soldiers who lost their lives in the struggle. The names are-
Marshall Barden, Lawrence Day, James Denneen, Joseph Gaddis, Carl Kal- fiur, Jolin Littlefield, James B. Lay, Ephraim T. Moore, Samuel Sprague, John Trainor, Albert Snow, Pliny Wood, Chas. Egleston, F. Heinesouth, Proctor Wood- worth, Emerson Cowles, Lyman Andrus, John Dorflin, Hiram W. Weiser, Elisha J. Griggs, Wm. K. Flagg, Seth Liswell, Henry Searle, Le Roy S. Oakes, Lorenzo D. Gibson, Jas. II. Gaylord, Thomas J. Brown, Henry C. Cooley, Dwight Chap- man, John E. Dickson, William Foos, Amos Gaylord, Joseph K. Gibbons, John H. Gootz, Frank Hayden, Win. HI. Keuny, Thomas Wagner, Henry Whitman, Richard Smy, John J. Warner, James O'Brien, Oscar F. Spelman, Alfred HI. Smith, Lysander Miller, Henry Ramsdale, Albert Brewer, Patrick Hogan, Peter MeRedman, Zachariah Longley, Frank Miller, John Shay, Granville E. Holton, Henry G. Lay, Joseph P. Shepard, Norman Egleston, Patrick Nagle, Charles T. Hanchett, Norman Clark, Jere. Sullivan, Cornelius Toumey, Joseph J. Starr, Nicholas Finn, L. F. Hull, A. T. Williams, Francis C. Carroll, Thomas Kelley.
The monument was dedicated May 31, 1871, and in the ex- ercises of the day a large concourse of citizens from neighbor- ing towns took part with the inhabitants of Westfield. There was a military procession in the morning, an out-door banquet at noon, whereat 1000 persons sat down, and the unveiling of the monument in the afternoon, incidental to which Hon. E. B. Gillett delivered an address, the Rev. Henry Hopkins read an original poem written by Mrs. A. V. Rand, and Gen. Kilpatrick delivered an oration. An open-air coneert and a dress parade of the military terminated the day's cele-
* This organization gave up its charter April 1, 1879.
I Harrison
Prominently identified with the interests of his native town and county was the honored subject of this sketch. Hiram Harrison was born in the east mountain district of the town of Westfield, March, {807. His parents were Reuben Harrison and Naney Baldwin, both of whom were descendants of very early settlers. He was educated at the district schools of his native town, and there laid the foundation for his subsequent successful business career. His father was a farmer, and the son also followed that honorable calling until he became twenty- one years of age. It was at this time, while on the old home- stead, that he commenced the whip and cigar business in company with Boardman Noble. The whips and cigars were all made by hand. Mr. Noble made the articles, and Mr. Harrison traversed the country selling them, little dreaming, doubtless, of the future gigantic development of the business. It required but little time, however, for the keen eye of Har- rison to discern that with the growth of our country the de- mand for these articles would increase, and he soon after removed to West Springfield, and, although purchasing a farm, continued the manufacture of cigars and whips.
The small town of West Springfield could not, however, long retain the active and ambitious young manufacturer, who now saw the future rapid growth of the business, and after re- maining here a time he removed to the village of Westfield, and purchased what is now known as the " Harrison Place," on the corner of Main and Cross Streets. He at once entered largely into the manufacture of whips and cigars, and the rapid increase of the business only confirmed his predictions of years previously, and not many years elapsed ere his estab- lishment was the largest of the kind in this country. He continued the business a number of years, having various persons from time to time associated with him, when with other firms in the town he organized the American Whip Company, and he was chosen its president. This was then, and is now, the largest concern of the kind in the world, having its salesrooms in every large city in the United States. Mr. Harrison remained president of this company until 1868, when he retired from active business.
At the age of twenty-one, while he was still making whips
and cigars by hand on the old homestead in the east mountain distriet, he was married to Martha, daughter of Samuel Lee, of Westfield. Their family consisted of the following, viz. : Juliette (deceased), wife of C. I. Snow, of Westfield ; Martha Ann, married Capt. Lucius F. Thayer, a prominent citizen, and resides in Westfield ; Izetta, married J. H. Waterman, M.D., a practicing physician in Westfield, and died in 1874; Hiram, the fourth child, died in infancy.
Hiram.Harrison was a self-made man.
" Honor and fame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
He was a consistent Christian, and, in the language of one who had known him well for years, " If there ever lived in this country a man who was possessed of the Christian graces, that man was Hiram Harrison." His charities were almost boundless ; they were both great and small. The poor man will not soon forget how his heart was gladdened on Thanks- giving mornings by the turkey left at his door by Mr. Har- rison in person ; and the eitizens of Westfield will ever cherish his memory for the interest he manifested in all matters con- cerning the public welfare, and for the fine library-building which, during the last years of his life, he erected and donated to the village. Politically he was originally a Democrat, but finally a Republican. He manifested an interest in political matters so far as they affected the welfare of the people, and represented his town in the Legislature. In religious and educational matters he also manifested the same general interest, and was ever found leading in all movements having for their aim the good of the community wherein he resided. He was formerly a Methodist, and subsequently a member of the Congregational Church.
His was an active, and in many respects an eventful, career. Death at last laid his hand upon the strong man, and in Janu- ary, 1869, he passed away.
" The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
RESIDENCE OF L F. THAYER . WESTFIELD. MASS.
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monies. The statue was designed by Mr. Mossman, of Chico- pee, and cast by the Ames Manufacturing Company of that place.
Lucius B. Walkley, 10th Mass. David M. Chase, 10th Mass. Edwin F. Johnson, 10th Mass. Nelson 11. Gardner, 10th Mass. Terry S. Noble, 10th Mass. Iliram Freed, 10th Mass. Adam Swan, loth Mass. Ilenry G. Jones, 10th Mass. Edward T. Lewis, 10th Mass. Willis M. Clarke, 10th Mass. George F. Anfort, 10th Mass. George A. Atkins, 10th Muss. Ifenry Anthony, 10th Mass. lIenry C. Bates, 10th Mass. George Brooks, 10th Mass. Hiram K. Cnswell, 10th Mass. Lewis C. Carter, 10th Mass. Joseph Clemmer, 10th Mass. Albert H. Cook, 10th Mass. Henry I. Copely, 10th Mass. Iliram H. Copely, 10th Mass. Lawrence Day, 10th Mass. James Deinnen, 10th Mass. Sherman J. Fowler, 10th Mass. Moses W. Evans, 10th Mass. Ilenry II. Furrow, 10th Mass. George F. Furrow, 10th Mass. James II. Gaylord (2d), 10th Mass. Joseph Gaddis, 10th Mass. Ilorace Il. Gorham, 10th Mass. Manuel Gonzales, 10th Mass. Carl Hock, 10th Mass. John Hubbard, 10th Mass. A. W. llunter, 10th Mass. Thomas Jerold, 10th Mass. Carl Kalfner, 10th Mass. Charles Knight, 10th Mass. William G. Lay, 10th Mass. John Littlefield, 10th Mass. Ephraim Moore, 10th Mass. William J. Morse, 10th Mass. Albert Newhouse, 10th Mass. James M. Noble, 10th Mass. Henry E. Perkins, 10th Mass. Joseph l'eehles, 10th Mass. Edward Reed, 10thi Mass. Alphoozo Rochan, 10th Mass. Cornelins Sackett, 10th Mass. George D. Smith, 10th Mass. Albert Snow, 10th Mass. Samuel Sprague, 10th Mass. Charles 11. Styles, 10th Mass. Joseph Tinkham, 10th Mass. John Trainer, 10th Mass. Rufus Wood, 10th Mass. lfomer S. Wheeler, 10th Mass. John B. Young, 10th Mass. Henry Solomon, 10th Mass. Mark H. Plaisted, 10th Mass. Philaoder O. Dibble, 10th Mass. John W. Whittaker, 10th Mass. Marshall Barden, 10th Mass. Elijah H. Drake. Isaac Sim.
Fred. R. Peckham, 27th Mass. Plioy Wood, 27th Mass. Jolia W. Moore, 27th Mass. Milton T. Cowles, 27th Mass. Edwin L. Peck, 27th Mass. James 11. Fowler, 27th Mass. Luman Andrews, 27th Mass. James C. Baker, 27th Mass. La Roy Bosworth, 27th Mass.
Edward Burns, 27th Mass. Alfred C. Crocker, 27th Mass. Timothy Cooney, 27th Mass. Edwin V. Cowles, 27th Mass. Emerson Cowles, 27th Mass. John Dorflin, 27th Mass. Hiram G. Everton, 27th Mass. Charles T. Egleston, 27th Mass. Charles C. Fowler, 27th Mass. William K. Flagg, 27th Mass. Cornelius Field, 27th Mass. Lorenzo Gibson, 27th Mass. Charles V. Hazzard, 27th Mass. Lester D. Hlanchett, 27th Mass. Timothy Malonay, 27th Mass.
Jobn W. Madison, 27th Mass. Addison Noble, 27th Mass. David Noble, 27th Mass. Nathan B. Pomeroy, 27th Mass. W. A. Richardson, 27th Mass. John Smith, 27th Mass. Robert Steele, 27th Mass. George M. Searle, 27th Mass.
Martin Whitney, 27th Mass. A. J. Cadwell, 27th Mass.
Frank W. Madison, 27th Mass. Walter R. Madison, 27th Mass.
George W. Jones, 27th Mass. Charles Fowler (2d), 27th Mass.
William Sackett.
Charles Sackett. Elijah l'arks, 27th Mass. William HI. Everton, 27th Mass.
Roderick Pomeroy, Jr., 27th Mass.
Normand Clarke.
Frank W. Chamberlain, 27th Mass.
Richard Miller, 27th Mass.
Hiram Worden, 27th Mass. Lucius F. Thayer, 27th Mass.
Chauncey R. Chauncey, 34th Mass.
Jerry Horton, 34th Mass.
William Foss, 34th Mass. Otis R. Reed, 34th Mass. Edwin B. Smith, 34th Mass.
Charles H. Merrill, 34th Mass.
John Davis, 34th Mass.
John T. Smith, 34th Mass. Gersher Manhein, 34th Mass.
John I. Warner, 34th Mass. William M. Kierney, 34th Mass.
Joseph M. Ellis, 34th Mass. George B. King, 34th Mass. John E. Grant, 34th Mass.
George T. Moody, 34th Mass. James H. Atwater, 34th Mass. Thomas 1. Brown, 34th Mass. John Boyle, 34th Mass. Charles C. Barnes, 34th Mass. Heory L. Cooley, 34th Mass. Edmund Cooper, 34th Mass. Charles II. Case, 34th Muss. Henry O. Clarke, 34th Mass.
Dwight Chapman, 34th Mass. John E. Dickson, 34th Mass. D. L. Dickinson, 34th Mass. James H. Elliott, 34th Mass. Samuel D. Ely, 34th Mass. Charles E. Everton, 34th Mass. Homer F. Fox, 34th Mass. Lucius G. Fox, 34th Mass. F. W. B. Fleming, 34th Mass. George Gandy, 34th Mass, Jos, II. Gibbons, 34th Mass. John 1I. Goetz, 34th Mass. S. L. Giddings, 34th Mass. Amos Gaylord, 34th Mass. Frank Hayden, 34th Mass. Moses B. Loomis, 34th Mass. Wor. H. Moshier, 34th Mass. Julius Miller, 34th Mass. Wesley Mixter, 34th Mass. James Morse, 34th Mass, Thomas Meadon, 34th Mass.
Bernard Marth, 34th Mass. Patrick O'Brien, 34th Mass. Roland Rising, 34th Mass. Homer Russell, 34th Mass. Morton D. Sperry, 34th Mass. Wm. R. Stocking, 34th Mass. Alfred A. Sibley, 34th Mass. Richard Smy, 34th Mass. Morris A. Toomey, 34th Mass.
Charles C. Trask, 34th Mass. Daniel C. Wishart, 34th Mass. Henry Wells, 34th Mass. Thomas Wagner, 34th Mass. Simeon Ward, 34th Mass. Leroy Andrus, 21st Mass. John Roach, 21st Mass.
Charles Furrow.
- McNeill, 11th Mass.
A. J. Bingham, 10th Mass. Albert N. Cowles, 31st Mass.
Ethan Il. Cowles, 31st Mass. Henry Spear, 31st Mass.
Henry Hanchet, 31st Mass.
Henry Tinkhao, 3Ist Mass.
William M. Thomas, 31st Mass. Edmund Parks, 31st Mass. Sammel 11. Caswell, 31st Mass.
Israel S. Fox, 31st Mass. Nevins S. Morse, 31st Mass. Jerre. Randall, 20th Mass. Noah Day, 3Ist Mass. Lutber Gorman, 31st Mass. George E. Searl, Ist Cav. James Holland, 1st Cav. Curtis E. Munn, Ist Cav. De Witt Clark, 1st Cav.
Ralph Easton, Ist Cav. Eli P. Carter, 31st Mass. Walter Ring, 3Ist Mass. Robert R. Smith, 31st Mass. Norman Clark, 31st Mass.
Henry L. Stearns, 3Ist Mass. Jesse Willard, 31st Mass. William Moore, 3Ist Mass. Henry B. Scarls, 27th Mass. Fred. E. Spellman, 27th Mass. Timothy Callahan, 27th Mass. William A. Moody, 27th Mass. Iliratı A. Wiser, 27th Mass.
Charles D. Lamson, 34th Mass. George Bowler, 46th Mass. Andrew Campbell (2d), 46th Mass.
Joseph G. Noble, 46th Mass. Joseph T. Spear, 46th Mass. George W. Turner, 46th Mass. William W. Shepard, 46th Mass. H. L. Wilkinson, 46th Mass.
Virgil Bates, 46th Mass. Leon Costar, 46th Mass. Rodney C. Cowles, 46th Mass. Theodore Hess, 46th Mass. Ilenry C. Chapman, 46th Mass. Elbert L. Noble, 46th Mass. Frank Miller, 46th Mass. Albert W. Lewis, 46th Mass. James W. Roberts, 46th Mass. John T. Harris, 46th Mass. W. F. Johnson, 46th Mass. Albert Harrison, 46th Mass. Lucius O. Judson, 46th Mass. Dexter Avery, 46th Mass. Curtis D. Bush, 46th Mass. William 1I. Baker, 46th Mass. George Bowers, 46th Mass. Samuel Brass, 46th Mass. Henry P. Brown, 46th Mass. Albert N. Brass, 46th Mass. Joseph C. Barthe, 46th Mass. Amos L. Barnes, 46th Mass. Lyman L. Bush, 46th Mass. John W. Beckwith, 46th Mass. Charles C. Cone, 46th Mass. Charles Clark, 46th Mass.
Jasper H. Munroe, 10th Mass. Fred. M. Parkham. Henry V. Searle. John Solomon, 10th Mass.
Richard W. Sparks. Bernard Schettio. William 11. Fuller. Andrew Hazeltin. - Watson, 10th Mass. - Crane.
WESTFIELD'S WAR RECORD.
Here will be found a list of the names of the citizens of Westfield who served in the war of the Rebellion :
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Ifenry L. Cram, 46th Mass. Grove If. Cowles, 46th Mass. Harvey Cooper, 46th Mass. Lowell Coffin, 46th Mass. Newton HI. Drake, 46th Mass. Jerome S. Drake, 46th Mass. Nicholas Deizer, 46th Mass. John Edgar, 46th Mass. Joseph F. Fields, 46th Mass. Horace P. Furrow, 46th Mass. Peter Fischer, 46th Mass. Timothy Falvey, 46th Mass. Albert W. Furrow, 46th Mass. Henry Ghele, 46th Mass. John Grant, 46th Mass. G. Hubbard, 46th Mass.
Julius Ilallenstein, 46th Mass. Erle Hamilton, 46th Mass. Job G. Hazzard, 46th Mass. Samuel W. Knight, 46th Mass. Ezra F. King, 46th Mass. Lorenzo Knox, 46th Mass. James N. Long, 46th Mass. Charles II. Loomis, 46th Mass. Marvin Loomis, 46th Mass. Andrew Legerveer, 46th Mass. J. W. Meacham, 46th Mass. Edward May, 46th Mass.
Robert Mitchell, Jr., 46th Mass.
Ed. H. Wells, 46th M988.
Willard Morgan, 46th Mass. George Maxwell, 46th Mass.
John W. Weising, 46th Mass. Lewis A. Warner, 46th Mass. John Avery, 46th Mass. Samuel K. Bingham, 46th Mass. Albert A. Rising, 46th Mass.
Orsamins Maxwell, 46th Mass. William McElroy, 46th Mass. George E. Noble, 46th Mass. Alexander L. Noble, 46th Mass. Leonard E. Noble, 46th Mass, Ed. M. Pomeroy, 46th Mass. William H. Phelps, 46th Mass.
John C. Schmidt, 46th Mass. David Thompson, 46th Mass. Charles Whitman, 46th Mass. Amos L. Rising, 46tl Mass. John A. Ifull, 46th Mass. George W. Ives, 46th Mass.
Charles A. Phelps, 46th Mass. Reuben Palmer, 46th Mass.
Henry C. Reid, 46th Mass. Perry Roten, Jr., 46th Mass. Edmund E. Stiles, 46th Mass.
John Shay, 46th Mass.
Oscar Spellman, 46th Mass.
Alfred H. Smith, 46th Mass. Ed. S. Spellman, 46th Mass. Henry Shepard, 46th Mass. Frank A. Snow, 46th Mass.
11. M. Shattuck, 46th Mass. Seymour Sibley, 46th Mass. Austin D. Sackett, 46th Mass. Chapman Williams, 46th Mass.
Proctor Woodruff, 46th Mass,
Henry W. Williams, 46th Mass.
Benjamin Lyvett, 46th Mass. Franz Kurst, 46th Mass. C. N. Worthington, 46th Mass. George B. Bowler, 46th Mass. Judson L. Bosworth, 46th Mass. William L. Chamberlain, 46th Mass. Patrick Hogan, 46th Mass. Eli Johnson, Jr., 46th Mass. Daniel Kelly, 46th Mass. Thomas Little, 46th Mass. Charles Murphy, 46th Mass. William O. Barlow, 46th Mass.
Shepard Provin, 46th Mass. Lyman Pendleton, Jr., 46th Mass. James L. Root, 46th Mass.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HON. WM. GELSTON BATES,
oldest child of Elijah Bates, was born at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 17, 1803. At an early age he attended the academy, then a flourishing institution, in his native town. He graduated at Y'ale College, class of 1825, and commenced the study of law in his father's office, at Westfield, and after a short time attended
graduated at Yale College, in the class of 1794, and established himself in the practice of law in Westfield.
He was, for many years, one of the only two lawyers in that town. His mother was Hannah Church, who died at Granville, Nov. 29, 1840, at the age of ninety-one. His father was Capt. Nathaniel Bates. Elijah Bates married Mary Ash-
HON. WM. GELSTON BATES.
the law-school of Hon. Elijah H. Mills and Judge Howe, at Northampton, Mass. During his residence there he was a student in the office of Hon. John II. Ashmun and Mr. Mills. He was duly admitted to the Bar of Hampden County, in August, 1828, and began practice in Westfield, succeeding to the business of his father, who retired to his farm.
His father, Elijah Bates, was born in Granville, Mass. ; was
ley, the oldest daughter of Dr. Israel Ashley, a graduate of Yale, of the class of 1767.
Wm. G. Bates married Jane P. Ashley, only child of Maj. Wm. Ashley, of Ashley Falls, Sheffield, Mass., Oct. 20, 1830. They lost five children in infancy, and three survive. One is the wife of James C. Greenough, of Providence; one the wife of Edward E. Hardy, of Boston ; and one is unmarried.
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