History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 28

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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He was married on the 20th of July, 1832, to Francis Ifelena, daughter of Amariah Thwing, of Conway, by whom he has had five children,-four daughters and ene sun.

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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

1313 .- Ebenezer Childs, Solomon Follows, Giles Lyman. 1814 .- William Wells, Amos Allen, John Fellows. 1815 .- William Wells, Amos Allen, Robert Birdwell. 1816 .- Solomon Fellows, Amos Allen, Giles Lyman. 1817 .- William Wells, James Dickinson, Israel Childs. 1818 .- William Wells, Salah Severance, Isaac Dole. 1819 .- William Wells, Parker Dole, Israel Childs. 1820 .- William Wells, Elihu Smead, Ira Arms. 1821 .- William Wells, Rufus Fisk, .Inel Nims. 1822 .- William Wells, Elihu Smead, Jos. Merrill. 1823 .- Daniel Fisk, Giles Lyman, Joel Bardwell. 1821 .- William Wells, Jos. Merrill, Davil Long, Jr. 1825 .- William Wells, Thaddens Merrill, David Long, Jr. 1826 .- William Wells, Thaddeus Merrill, Joel Bardwell. 1527 .- William Wells, Thaddeus Merrill, Oliver Smead. 1828 .- William Wells, Ira Arms, Joel Bardwell. 1829-30 .- William Long, Jr., Ira Arms, Joel Bardwell. 1831 .- William Long, Jr., David Wells, Joel Bardwell. 1832 .- William Long, Jr., Asa Severance, Joel Bardwell. 1833-34 .- William Wells, Wm. Long, Jr., Apollos Barnard. 1835 .- 1ra Arms, Gad Townsley, Gurdon Jones. 1836 .- David Wells, Abuer Peck, Jr., John II. Morse. 1837 .- David Wells, Asa Severance, William E. Bardwell. 1×38 .- David Wells, David Fisk (21), Joseph Anderson. 1839,-David Wells, David Fisk (21), Abram Wilcox. 1840 .- Jacob P. Kellogg, James Bishop, Joseph Merrill, Jr. 1841 .- J. P. Kellogg, James Anderson, J. Merrill, Jr. 1842 .- William Long, Jr., Jaines Bishop, Apollos Barnard. 1843 .- Joel Bardwell, James Bishop, Stephen Fellows. 1444 .- J. B. Bardwell, Joseph Sweet, David Wells. 1×45 .- Asa Severance, Renbeu Nims, D. Wells. 1846-47 .- Asa Severance, Joho Hardy, D. Wells. 1848 .- Zera Hawks, J. B. Whitney, Abner Peck. 1849 .- Ebenezer Bardwell, J. B. Whitney, Abner Peck. 1850 .- Isaac J. Ilawks, Zera Hawks, Stephen Fellows. 1×51 .- Isaac J. Hawks, S. L. Bardwell, Heury Wells. 1852 .- Stephen Fellows, Joseph Merrill, Ruel Severance. 1853,-Joseph Merrill, Ira W. Barnard, Rodolphus White. 1854 .- William Long, Jr., Nathaniel Lamson, Joseph Sweet. 1555,-Nathaniel Lamson, Joseph Sweet, O. O. Bardwell. 1856,-Nathaniel Lamson, O. O. Bardwell, S. M. Long. 1857-59 .- J. B. Whitney, O. O. Bardwell, Ahner Peck. 1860 .- E. M. Whitney, Henry Wells, Amasa Bardwell. 1861 .- E. M. Whitney, Pliny Fisk, 1. W. Barnard. 1862-63 .- Pliny Fisk, R. B. Bardwell, I. W. Barnard. 1864 .- Pliny Fisk, R. B. Bardwell, J. A. Anderson. 1865-66 .- Pliny Fisk, R. B. Bardwell, Amasa Bardwell. 1867-68 .- Pliny Fisk, G. A. Bates, Amasa Bardwell . 1869,-Stephen M. Long, H. S. Swan, William H. Long. 1870,-Amasa Bardwell, George A. Bates, H. S. Swan. 1871 .- Pliny Fisk, Ebenezer Maynard, George E. Tyler. 1872 .- Amasa Bardwell, George A. Bates, R. Streeter. 1873-74 .- Amasa Bardwell, Joel Tbayer, George G. Merrill. 1875 .- Edwin Stratton, N. O. Newhall, George E. Tyler. 1876 .- Amasa Bardwell, R. Streeter, L. T. Covell. 1877 .- Amasa Bardwell, R. S. Streeter, Ebenezer Nims. 1878-79 .- Amasa Bardwell, J. K. Patch, Ebenezer Nims.

TOWN CLERKS.

John Wells, 1768-73; Moses Hawks, 1773-75; Aaron Skinner, 1775-88 ; Jared Skinner, 1788-96; John Wells, Jr., 1796-1800; Robert L. MeLallen, 1800 ; John Merrill, 1801-10; Joseph Severance, 1810-27; Elam Kellogg, 1827-33; Solomon Smead, 1833-37; Elam Kellogg, 1837; Ira W. Barnard, 1838-41; Charles M. Duncan, 1841-63; Jas. Anderson, 1863; C. M. Duncan, 1864-66; E. P. Conant, 1866; A. K. Hawkes, 1867-70; George W. Mirick, 1870; A. K. Hawks, 1871-76 ; George W. Mirick, 1876-79.

REPRESENTATIVES AT THE GENERAL COURT.

From 1776 to 1857, when Shelburne became a part of the First Representative District, the town was represented by the following persons :

David Wells, Robert Wilson, Dr. John Long, John Burdick, Benjamin Nash, John Wells, Jr., Aaron Skinner, J. A. Kellogg, William Wells, John Fellows, Theophilus Packard, Ira Arms, Cyrus Alden, Jacob P. Kellogg, John 11. Morse, Asa Severance, Nathaniel Lamson, E. G. Lamson, J. B. Whitney, Milo Wilson, Samuel T. Fiekl.

VILLAGES.

Of the two villages in the town, Shelburne Falls and Shel- burne Centre, the latter is the oldest, and dates its existence with the erection of the first meeting-house in Shelburne,- ' 1769. It is now but a small rural settlement, containing a score of houses, a chair-factory, a church, and a public hall, where town-meetings are held half of the time. It occupies a picturesque location and is a charming retreat, but in business

it has given way to its more prosperous neighbor, Shelburne Falls.

The latter-first settled by the Shakers in 1782-is a thriving manufacturing village, numbering 1500 inhabitants, located upon both sides of Deerfield River, and connected by an iron bridge. The Shelburne side of the village contains about 1000 people, and is the chief business portion of the place. Many handsome residences border its finely-shaded avenues, and upon its main business thoroughfare-Bridge Street-are several substantial and imposing brick blocks. The Shelburne Falls House, a stone structure, was at one time the finest and most costly hotel in Franklin County.

There are also in this portion of the village the Shelburne Falls Academy, two banks, three churches, two public halls, numerous stores, Gardner's cutlery-works, a silk-twist manu- factory, a harmonica manufactory, a bracc-bit factory, a tan- nery, and other minor industries.

The Shelburne side of the village derives considerable business support and population from the employés of the Lamson & Goodnow Cutlery Company, whose works are on the Buckland side of the river.

Shelburne Falls possesses a naturally attractive location, and, resting upon the sinuous and swiftly-flowing Deerfield, within the shadows of gigantic hills which tower aloft upon the east and west, it presents to the eye of the passing traveler a picture upon which it may rest with more than ordinary pleasure.

CHURCHIES.

Previous to the incorporation of Shelburne its inhabitants were compelled to go to Deerfield or adjoining towns to enjoy publie religious worship. At the district's incorporation a committee was appointed to provide preaching, and £20 voted. Rev. Robert Abercrombie was doubtless the first preacher Shel- burne had. In March, 1769, John Taylor was chosen " to git us a minister to preach next summer, " and it was resolved to build " a round-log meeting-house." Previous to this, ser- vices had been held at the house of Daniel Nims. This house was erected soon afterward, and stood on a hill about a half- mile north of the present church at Shelburne Centre. In 1770 it needed repairs, but the people declined to mend it, although in that year they appropriated £60 for preaching. In this year a Congregational Church was organized, and Revs. John Marrett and John Wyeth were the preachers. The refusal to repair the log meeting-house may have been based upon a desire for a new house of worship, about the building of which there was now some talk. The old one kept growing worse, however, and in 1771 it was resolved to plaster up the cracks with mortar, to make a door and three windows, and to build a pulpit.

Shortly afterward efforts were renewed, and toward the end of the year it was agreed to raise for the building of a meeting- house a sufficient sum; each man to furnish his proportion in wheat, rye, Indian corn, or fleece. In this year Rev. Jonathan Bird preached for the people.

After reflection it was resolved, in 1772, to do nothing about building a meeting-house, and the log cabin continued to do duty. In this year Rev. Caleb Hotchkiss occupied the pulpit, and was promised a settlement of £125, to be paid in three years, although, for some unknown reason, he was not settled.

In 1772 it was voted " to call Mr. Hubbard back to preach, and to be in preparation to build a meeting-house." This was the Rev. Robert Hubbard who had been preaching for them before, and upon his return they concluded to give him a call to settle; with an offer of £133 6s. 8d. as a settlement, to be paid in two years, and a salary of £60 annually for the first two years, to be raised yearly 50s. until it reached £70, to- gether with an annual supply of firewood. Mr. Hubbard was not settled, however, until 1773, in which year the new frame meeting-house was built near where the log house stood, and was covered, so the records say, by " a gift."

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HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.

In 1779 the house needed a new floor, and, to provide nails for the work, £80 were appropriated (wellnigh a pound of money for a pound of nails) ; but, as Continental money rated at $72 for $1 in hard money, the £80 would not buy many nails. As another example, it was at this time voted that, in- stead of paying Mr. Hubbard a salary of £1000, old tenor, he should receive £70.

In 1786 a conch-shell was provided as a means to call people fo Sabbath worship, and this method served until 1805, when the church-steeple was furnished with a bell. The first death for which the bell tolled was that of Lawrence Kemp.

The meeting-house, although begun in 1773, was not entirely finished until 1785. In 1813 its tower was supplied with a clock.

Mr. Hubbard remained the pastor until his death, in 1788, which occurred while visiting his old home at Middletown, Conn. He was buried at Middletown, although a monument erected to his memory by Shelburne stands in the latter town, at the centre. Upon it an inscription reads :

"This monument is erected by the town of Shellmrne in memory of Rev. Robert Ilubbard, first pastor of the Church of ( 'hrist in this place, who died at Middletown Nov. 2, 1788, aged forty-five, much lamented by his surviving friends and people of bis charge, who enjoyed in him a pattern of family piety and order, an affable, courteous neighbor, and in human view a zealous, faithful minister, who was an example of faith, conversation, and doctrine. 'Go thon and do likewise.'"

Revs. Hendrick Dow and Sylvester Sage supplied until 1792, when Rev. Jesse Townsend was ordained as the second pastor. Mr. Townsend was dismissed in 1797, and, after be- ing supplied by Revs. Micah Stone and Abraham Barfield, the church received, in 1799, as its third pastor, Rev. Theo- philus Packard, D.D. Dr. Packard retained his pastoral connection with the church until his death, although his ac- tive pastorate ceased in 1842, four years after which he removed to South Deerfield. His son, Theophilus, Jr., was ordained as his colleague in 1828, and occupied the pulpit un- til 1853, when he was dismissed at his own request.

In 1832 a new meeting-house, built upon the site of the present church at Shelburne Centre, replaced the old one; and this new one, after enduring until 1845, was in March of that year destroyed by an accidental fire while the people were assembled for Sabbath worship. Its successor stands upon the same spot, and was built in 1845. A commodious vestry, used also for town-meetings and other public assemblages, was erected opposite the church building in 1847.

Mr. Packard's successor (Rev. R. S. Billings) preached about fifteen years, and was succeeded by Revs. A. F. Marsh and George L. Clark,-the latter being pastor in 1879. The church is highly prosperous, and the congregation averages 200.

THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

was organized at Shelburne Falls, March, 1850, with 44 mem- bers. They worshiped in a public hall until 1851, when they built a church edifice at the Falls,-the one now in use. Un- til 1851 Revs. Marshal B. Angier and George F. Bronson supplied them. In that year Mr. Bronson was ordained as the first settled pastor, but retired after a brief pastorate of two years. The church was without a settled pastor until 1856, when Rev. Wilbur F. Loomis was installed. Mr. Loomis entered the army as chaplain, and died at Nashville in 1864. His successor, and the third pastor of the church, was Rev. Pliny S. Boyd, who was ordained in 1865. Other and subsequent pastors were Revs. E. E. Lamb and Cyrus B. Whiteomb, the latter, who was the latest settled pastor, hav- ing been dismissed in 1877. The church, having in 1879 a membership of 162, depends at present upon stated supplies.

THE BAPTISTS OF SHELBURNE

organized in 1792, with the Baptists of Deerfield, a church, which was called the Baptist Church of Deerfield and Shel- burne, and worshiped alternately in Deerfield and Shelburne.

Elder David Long preached for them from 1792 until his death, in 1831. 1n 1832 it was voted to divide the church into two bodies, called the Deerfield Baptist Church and the Shel- burne Baptist Church. The latter organization worshiped in a meeting-house built in the south part of the town, about 1812, until 1839, when the church was dissolved, and shortly 'afterward the church building was taken down.

The Second Baptist Church at Shelburne Falls was organ- ized November, 1833, with 19 members, and in less than twenty years these 19 had grown to 240. Preachers have served the church since 1835 as follows : Revs. John Allen, William Heath, Cyrus Smith, Edgar H. Gray, William H. Parmlee, A. J. Sage, J. A. Goodhue, and P. S. Evans, since whose dismissal the church has had no settled pastor. The membership is 275.

The first church edifice was erected at the Falls in 1836, and the second, now in use and which cost $9000, in 1852. It has in its tower a town clock, furnished by private subscriptions, and maintained hy the church.

A UNITARIAN SOCIETY

was organized in 1828, and a church in 1841, with 17 mem- bers. Worship was held in halls and other convenient places during the existence of the church, which became extinct shortly after 1860. Among the preachers who have supplied them were Revs. Daniel Huntington, Winthrop Bailey, Ilenry Colman, Samuel Willard, Luther Wilson, Crawford Nightingale, and George F. Clark.

THE METHODIST CHURCH OF SHELBURNE

was organized in October, 1842, with 12 members. Their house of worship stands in the Buckland portion of the village of Shel- burne Falls. The pastors of this church have included Revs. G. W. Green, H. Clark, A. A. Cooke, W. Ward, Mr. Taylor, S. Cushman, A. G. Bowles, S. W. Johnson, William Butler, John Burke, and Mr. Hemenway. Rev. W. S. Jagger was the pastor in 1879.

A UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

was organized at Shelburne Falls in February, 1853, and this was followed, in 1864, by the organization of a church. A house of worship, costing $12,000, inclusive of furniture, organ, etc., was completed in 1870. The pastors of the church and society have been Revs. J. H. Willis, Judson Fisher, George HI. Deere, B. V. Stephenson, H. B. Howell, and S. G. Davis. The latter pastor was dismissed in 1879, since which event the church has depended upon supplies. The church has now a membership of 64.

A SOCIETY OF SHAKERS

located in Shelburne at the Falls in 1782, and there built a house of worship. A Mr. Wood was a leading spirit among them, and for a brief period Ann Lee was with them. In 1785 they removed to New Lebanon, N. Y.

SCHOOLS.

The first attempt to provide schools seems to have been made in 1770, when it was voted to divide the place into four parts, and to have school one month in each part. Watson Freeman taught school in Shelburne about this time, and he was probably the first school-teacher in these parts.

In 1771, £15 were raised for schooling, and, five school dis- tricts being created, each district was permitted to draw £3 for school support, but, the district failing to keep school, was to forfeit all claim upon the £3.

In 1777 the districts were still five, but the annual appro- priation amounted to £30.

During his ministry, Rev. Theophilus Packard, pastor of the First Congregational Church, prepared many pupils for college, and thirty-one for the ministry. Among the teachers of select schools were Augustus Pomeroy, Elizabeth Smith,

NATHAN O. NEWHALL was born in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., March 17, 1815. He is the grand- son of Samnel Newhall, who re- moved from Leicester, Mass., about 1765, and settled in Conway, lo- cating on the farm now owned by Joseph A. Newhall. His father, whose name was also Nathan, re- moved to Shelburne in 1809, and on the 31st of December, in that year, married Greaty, daughter of Chester Bardwell, who was the son of Enoch Bardwell, one of the first settlers in Shelburne. By this union he had eleven children,-nine sons and two danghters. Some of these died in infancy, and at the present time (Feb- ruary, 1879) only five are living.

Nathan O., the subject of this notice, is the third son. He re- mained at home working on the farm with his father, attending the dis- triet school a part of each year, and one term at Deacon Clary's select school in Conway, until he reached his eighteenth year. At this time, possessing considerable mechanical ability, and having an carnest desire to become a carpenter, he was ap- prenticed to Ira Barnard, of Shel- hurne, to learn that trade. He received the munificent (?) sum of $30 per year, and when he reached his majority his entire capital, in money, consisted of $4. Ile com- menced working at his trade in his native town, and, by close application to business and thorough execution, he soon became acknowledged as the leading carpenter and joiner in that locality, and during the forty years in which he thus lahored he retained the confidence and patronage of his first employers. By his suggestions and advice improvements were effected in the style of building,"Shelburne now being one of the hest-huilt farming-towns in the county.

Photo, by Popkins.

Nathan, O, howhall

When twenty-eight years of age he purchased what was known as the Olin Bardwell place, and in tho same year (May 4, 1843) was married to Dolly I., daughter of John Andrews, formerly of North Conway. She was born in Shelburne, May 2, 1821. They have a family of five children (named alphabetically), Alfred A., Byron N., Carilla J., Dmoont O., and Ellen M.

At various times he has added to his farm until it now contains one hundred and twenty-five acres. By industry, punctuality, and economy he has earned a competency, and by a life of integrity has won the confidence and respect of his asso- ciates.

Ia polities he is a Republican, and a staunch supporter of the prin- ciples of that party. He has been a member of the board of selectmen, assessor, and surveyor, and is now justice of the peace. lle was the prime mover in the organization of the Shelburne Mutual Fire Iosur- ance Company, of which he has been president from its organization to the present time. In 1876. his health being somewhat impaired by constant labor, he took a journey across the continent to Sao Francisco. From there he traveled over the mountains by stage to San Diego, journeyed up the Pacific coast by steamer to San Francisco, and re- turned home hy the way of Washing- ton, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, traveling in all over nine thousand miles, and visiting twenty different States and Territories ; seeing many beautiful places, but finding ao spot so pleasant to him as his own New England home, where he hopes to

1 spend the remainder of his days,-not in idleness, but in the leisure he has earned by years of incessant labor.

VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST

RESIDENCE OF N. O. NEWHALL, SHELBURNE, MASS.

D.R. Bandwel.

DANIEL R. BARDWELL was born May 25, 1831, in the town of Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., on the place where he now resides. His father, Ebenezer Bardwell, was born on the same place, Jan. 16, 1799, and here also his grandfather, Zenas Bardwell, was born, June 30, 1777. His great-grandfather, E. Bardwell, was one of the early settlers of Shelburne. He was born Sept. 2, 1746.

Clarinda D. Rice, mother of Daniel R. Bardwell, was born in Conway, March 12, 1805. His parents were married June 19, 1828, and had five children, -Baxter E., Daniel R., Zenas D., John K., and Mary N. His mother died Feb. 24, 1844. Eben- ezer Bardwell, his father, married, for his second wife, Mrs. Mercy Hammond. The subject of this biography received his education in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen began to teach school. He followed this occupation during the winter, and the remainder of the year worked upon his father's farm. This he continued five years, and

after his father's death, Jan. 16, 1873, he purchased the estate by paying off the other heirs. He is en- gaged in farming and stock-raising, and has been moderately successful.

In politics he is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant for office. He has been assessor for two years, and is a member of the Agricultural Societies of Franklin County and Deerfield Valley.

Mr. Bardwell has been connected with the Con- gregational Church since 1858, and now holds the office of deacon. He is an earnest laborer in the Sunday-school, in which he has been a teacher for more than twenty years. He is ever ready to pro- mote the interests of his town so far as lies in his power, be they religious, charitable, or educational.

He was married, June 1, 1854, to Sarah Ann New- hall, who was born in Shelburne, March 23, 1832.

They have three children,-Mary A., wife of F. A. Alvord, of Greenfield, born Oct. 18, 1856 ; Addie C., born June 10, 1862; and Ormand N., born July 23, 1864.

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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Caroline Webster, Marion Packard, S. W. Kellogg, Pliny Fisk, and Rowland Howes.

Of Stephen Taylor, who was a tavern-keeper and teamster as well as a school-teacher in the long-ago, it is told that he was very fond of his pipe, and used invariably to smoke it while listening to the recitations of his pupils.

In 1793 the town proposed to found an academy, and agreed to raise £200 for the purpose, conditioned upon the Legisla- ture's extending some aid toward the project, but the Legis- lature declined to encourage the enterprise, and it was there- fore at that time abandoned; but in 1833 local public spirit proved equal to the emergency, and the academy was incorpo- rated in that year as the Franklin Academy, and re-chartered in 1847 as the Shelburne Falls Academy.

This institution of learning, known as the Shelburne Falls Academy, was founded upon a fund of $5000, raised by indi- vidual subscriptions, and of that fund $1500 were devoted to the erection of the academy building, and upon the income of the $3500 residue, the academy has since been maintained. The school took high rank from the outset, and was exceed- ingly prosperous until the introduction of high schools nar- rowed its sphere of usefulness. It is now a free school to all children in the town, and is still maintained by the original fund, which is somewhat shorn of its proportions, but promises speedily to be increased by the friends of the enterprise.

The Arms Academy, for whose endowment Ira Arms be- queathed, upon his death, in 1859, a fund of $18,000, will be erected during the year 1879, upon a handsome piece of ground of about two acres in area, and located in the eastern portion of Shelburne Falls village: The Arms Academy fund had reached, in March, 1879, upward of $40,000, and of that sum it was proposed to invest $10,000 in an academy building, and to apply $10,000 to the furnishing of the school and the en- gagement of a corps of teachers. $20,000 of the sum is to remain, under the conditions of the will, upon permanent in- vestment, the income of which is to be devoted to the support of the academy.

Among the college graduates natives of Shelburne were Lewis Long, Robert Ilubbard, Jr., Amariah Chandler, Ezra and Pliny Fisk, Samuel I. Wells, William Wells, George Bull, Theophilus Packard, Jr., Levi Pratt, Joseph Anderson, Giles Lyman, Alvan S. Anderson, Pliny Fisk (2d), Daniel T. Fisk, S. W. Kellogg, J. F. Severance, Samuel Fisk, W. W. Ladden, D. W. Wilcox, Asa S. Fisk, and Asa S. Hardy.

The report of the school committee in 1878 stated that for the scholastic year of 1877 and 1878 there were eleven schools in the town, including primary, grammar, interme- diate, and high sehools, for which the expenditures were $3700, and at which the average attendance was 207.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Arms Library, founded upon an endowment of $5000 bequeathed in 1859 for its perpetual use, is free to the inhabi- tants of the town, and is a highly-valued privilege. A social library which had flourished for several years previous to 1858 was, upon the creation of the Arms library, merged in the latter. The library rooms are conveniently located in Bank block, at Shelburne Falls village, and contained in March, 1879, upward of 4800 volumes, at which time the Arms fund amounted to $5400.

THIE ARMS BEQUESTS.

Shelburne has good reason to remember Ira Arms, one of its most worthy citizens, who returned to the town, for its use and adornment, the greater part of the fortune which he ac- quired during his existence in Shelburne. During his life he donated to the First Congregational Church $300 and a silver communion service, and to the town the piece of land at the Falls known as the Arms Cemetery. By his will he lett to each of the two Congregational Churches of the town $500

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 28

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896