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DR. - HOWARD succeeded Mr. Osgood in the practice of medicine, and remained here a few years.
HORACE PARKER, M. D., began the practice of medicine here in 1822. He continued in the practice of his profession about seven years, when, his health failing, he returned to Westford, his native town where, he died June 13th, 1829, aged thirty- three years.
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ALGERNON SIDNEY CARPENTER, M. D., was born in Alstead, N. II., October 16th, 1814. He received his education in the com- mon schools and at Alstead Academy. He began the study of medicine with his father, in 1834, and attended three courses of medical lectures at the Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, receiving the degree of M. D., from Middlebury College, in 1837. He commenced the practice of medicine, in 1838, in his native town. He removed to Gardner in the autumn of 1843, where he remained till the autumn of 1847, when he went to Keene, where he has since continued in the active practice of his profession.
GEORGE JEWETT, M. D., was born in Rindge, N. II., April, 28th, 1825. He received his medical education, principally, at Woodstock, Vt., and Berkshire Medical College, at Pittsfield, Mass., where he received his degree in 1846, and at Harvard Medical College, Boston. He commenced the practice of medicine at Baldwinsville, in 1847, and removed to Gardner, in 1852, from which place he removed to Fitchburg in 1858, where he has since continued in the practice of medicine, with the exception of one year spent in travel, and a little less than two years spent in the army, as surgeon of the 51st Massachusetts Regiment, with which he remained till the discharge of the regiment.
D. B. WHITTIER, M. D., commenced the practice of medicine in Gardner, in 1860, and removed to Fitchburg, in 1861, where he still resides. He received his education at the New York Homoeopathic Medical College.
Besides these, there have been other physicians who have resided here for a time, among whom were Drs. Sanborn, Har- riman, Warner, Macomber and Walcott.
DENTISTS.
WILLIAM H. H. HINDS, D. D. S., was the first settled dentist in Gardner. He was born in Milan, N. H., January 20th, 1821. When he was about six years of age, his father and
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oldest brother were murdered, while on a hunting excursion. At the age of seven, he went to Dublin, N. H., to live with a farmer. From early childhood, Dr. Hinds was taught the virtue of self-reliance. Having drifted about, from place to place, at the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, in which business he served six years, receiving, in addi- tion to his board and clothes, only two months' schooling each winter. Having, by his trade, acquired sufficient means to enable him to enjoy higher educational advantages, he entered the academy at New Ipswich, N. H. Subsequently he taught district schools, during the winter, working at his trade, as a carpenter, the rest of the year. He afterwards studied archi- tecture and architectural drawing, at Lowell, and was employed as an architect and teacher of drawing, till 1848, when he be- gan the study of dentistry, in Fitchburg, and continued it in Boston. He began the practice of dentistry in Gardner, where he had previously taught school. Here he continued several years, till he removed to Groton Junction, now Ayer. In 1872 he returned to Gardner, where he now resides. Dr. Hinds
enjoys the reputation of being a patriotic citizen. At the
breaking out of the Rebellion, he was instrumental in forming
a military company, of which he was first lieutenant. This company was attached to the 16th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, as Company C. Resigning his position, in the fall of 1861, he returned home, and raised another company, of which he was commissioned captain. This company was at-
tached to the 33d Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, as Company E. Dr. Hinds continued in this company, in active service, till after the battle of Chancellorsville, when, on ac- count of ill health, he resigned. He was appointed an agent of the United States Treasury, and directed by Secretary Chase to organize a body to collect abandoned property, which served as a supply to the rebels. This movement was originally sug- gested to Secretary Chase, by Captain Hinds, and proved of very great advantage to the government. Captain Hinds was the recipient of very flattering testimonials from Gov. Andrew
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and the officers under whom he served, for his fidelity and de- votion to duty, while in the army.
HARTWELL A. DALRYMPLE, D. D. S., was born in Heath, Mass., August 26th, 1848. He worked on a farm in Rowe, till he was twenty-one years of age, after which, he removed to Greenfield, Mass., where he was a student in the High School. He afterwards removed to Wilmington, Vt., where he entered the dental office of Dr. Pike, as an apprentice. In 1870 he attended a course of lectures in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgeons, at Philadelphia. The same year he opened a dental office in Gardner. In 1873, he returned to Philadelphia, where, having continued his studies, in the above named college, he received his diploma, in the spring of 1874. He then re- turned to Gardner, where he has since continued in his profes- sion, in which, his aim is constant growth.
DR. FOSKETT practiced dentistry here for several years, and afterwards removed to Winchendon, where he died in 1876.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
Till within a few years Gardner has never furnished an invit- ing field for lawyers. The first resident lawyer was the HON. C. H. B. SNow, who came to Gardner in 1847, and continued here about one year. Following him, was C. W. CARTER, EsQ., who commenced the practice of his profession here, in 1852 and continued until 1861.
EPHRAIM D. HOWE was born in Marlboro', Mass., April 4th, 1842. His father was a farmer, and his early life was spent in working on the farm and in attending school. He fitted for college at the Marlboro' High School, under the instruction of Hon. O. W. Albee, a famous teacher, and at that time princi- pal of this school. He was admitted to Tufts College in July, 1862, but did not enter upon his collegiate course at that time, as, in a few days, he enlisted, as a private with the nine months men, in Company 1, 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers.
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His regiment saw active service and participated in several en- gagements. July 2d, 1863, he was discharged by reason of the expiration of his term of service. Upon his return from the army, he entered Tufts College, from which institution he graduated in July, 1867. He taught school during the winter vacations, and in this way earned the money, in part, to defray his college expenses. After his graduation from college, he com- menced the study of law, in the office of J. M. Baker, Esq., in Marlboro', Mass. Having been appointed principal of an evening school in Boston, he moved to that city and continued the study of law in the office of Hon. Charles Robinson, Jr. Mr. Howe was admitted to the bar, at East Cambridge, Mass., June 22d, 1870, and opened an office in this town, August 23d, same year. He has continued in the successful practice of the law in this town, to the present time. September 8th, 1870, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace by Gov. Claflin, and was reappointed in September, 1877, by Gov. Rice. July 7th, 1874, he was appointed a Notary Public by Lieut. Governor Talbot. September 3d, 1873, he married Miss Clara E. Allen, daughter of John Allen of this town. Mr. Howe enjoys the reputation of being thoroughly versed in his profession, and is a successful practitioner.
THATCHER B. DUNN, was born in Ludlow, Vt., December 5th, 1844. He was educated at Black River Academy, in his native town. He commenced the study of law, at the age of twenty- one, with Sewall Fullam, Esq., of Ludlow, and continued with him and with Messrs. Barrett and Atherton of Nashua, N. H., for over three years, when he entered the law school at Albany, N. Y. Mr. Dunn was admitted to the bar, July 27th, 1869, and commenced the practice of his profession at Lathrop, Clin- ton County, Missouri, where he remained over four years. In October, 1873, he removed to Gardner, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Dunn is well versed in the law and is a man whose honor, and integrity, inspire confidence, in his clients. He is a good citizen, to whom, his
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fellow townsmen have accorded the honor of making him a mem- ber of the school board, and in whom the elements are so mixed,
" That Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, this is a man."
GRADUATES.
ABNER KNEELAND was born within the limits of what is now Gardner, in 1774. The place of his birth is about a mile and a half west of the Centre, in what was then the town of Win- chendon. Being a young man of strong mind and great resolu- tion, in the face of great disadvantages, he obtained a good edu- cation, and was employed, for some time, as a school teacher. In 1802, he published a spelling book, of two hundred pages, entitled the " American Definition Spelling Book." In 1805, he was ordained as a Baptist minister, in Langdon, N. H., and for several years, was a member of that denomination. Subse- quently, he became a preacher in the Universalist denomination. Finally, he became a deist. From 1821 to 1823 he was editor of a Universalist periodical, in Philadelphia. In 1828, he was edi- tor of the Olive Branch, New York. In 1832, he founded the Investigator, at Boston and in 1836, was tried before the supreme court at Boston, on a charge of blasphemy. He died at Salu- bria, Ind., August 27th, 1844. He was the author of the follow- ing works : "The Deist," " Lectures on Universal Salvation," " A Translation of the New Testament," "A Review of the Evidences of Christianity," and other works.
ASAPH MERRIAM, son of Nathan Merriam, born March 20th, 1792; studied for the ministry, and without receiving a colle- giate education, became a preacher in the Baptist denomination.
JACOB H. MERRIAM, son of Jonathan Merriam, was born Jan- uary 22d, 1799. He received a collegiate education, at Bruns- wick, Maine, and studied theology at Bangor, and became a preacher of the gospel.
HENRY H. WYMAN was born in Westminster. In early boy- hood, he came to reside in Gardner, with his step-father, Mr.
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Amasa Bancroft. He early discovered a great fondness for books. Having prepared for college, in the High School of this town, he entered Amherst College in the fall of 1868, where he continued till sometime in the first term of his sophomore year, when he left Amherst and entered the junior class of Brown University, where he graduated in 1871. In Sep- tember, of the same year, he was employed as teacher of Eng- lish, in St. Louis Catholic College, New York City. Jannary 8th, 1872, he entered the novitiate of the Congregation of Mis- sionary Priests, of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City. He became a professed member of this religious community, Sep- tember 7th, 1875. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, March 8th, 1876. Since that time he has been occupied in giving Catholic missions, in different parts of the United States. Father Wyman is a fine scholar, a diligent stu- dent and enthusiastically devoted to the propagation of the Catholic faith.
W. C. BOYDEN, M. D., was born in Gardner, December 5th, 1794, and is the son of Dr. Joseph Boyden, who moved from Gardner to Tamworth, N. H., in 1796, where he died in 1832, at the age of sixty-three. Dr. Boyden's mother, was Mary Heywood, daughter of Seth Heywood. He pursued his pre- paratory studies under Rev. Samuel Hidden, of Tamworth, N. H., and at Fryeburg, Me. He entered Dartmouth College in 1815, where he graduated in 1819. He pursued his medical studies with his father, and at the Medical School, at Hanover, N. H., where he graduated in 1825. The same year he settled in Beverly, where he continued, in the regular practice of his profession until 1876.
JONATHAN W. D. OSGOOD, M. D., is a son of Rev. Jonathan Osgood, the first minister of this town. He was born in Gard- ner, July 29th, 1802. He entered the New Salem Academy in the Autumn of 1817, where he prepared for college. He en- tered Williams College in 1819. Here he continued until De- cember, 1821, when he went to Dartmouth, where he graduated
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in 1823. He entered the Medical department of Dartmouth, where he took his degree, in 1826. The same year he went to Philadelphia, where he spent several months in attending lec- tures, at the Pennsylvania University, and in hospital practice, in that city. He commenced the practice of medicine in Tem- pleton in 1827, continuing in that town till 1858, when he removed to Greenfield, where he now resides and continues the practice of his profession. Dr. Osgood is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, in which he has held various offices, and of which he was once Vice President. Dr. Osgood has always enjoyed the reputation of being a sound and skillful physician. As a medical practitioner, he is widely and favor- ably known, and in the success which he has achieved, reflects honor upon this, his native town.
CHARLES COOLIDGE, M. D., son of James Coolidge, was born in Gardner, August 23d, 1809. Without further education, than what he received in the schools of this town, he commenced, while quite young, the teaching of common schools, during the winter seasons, while in the summer he worked at farming. After attaining his majority, he attended school in Greenwich, N. Y., two years, when he commenced the study of medicine, and attended lectures in New York City. After completing his medical studies he went to Waterloo, Missouri, where he com- menced the practice of medicine. In 1841 he moved to War- saw, Ill., where he followed his profession until the breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861. He entered the service of the government as a surgeon and remained until the close of the war, the last two years of which, he was stationed at Quincy, Ill., as examining surgeon. While in the service, he contracted a disease of the heart, which finally resulted in his death, No- vember 25th, 1870.
EBENEZER L. LEARNED, M. D., was born in Gardner, July 19th, 1812. His father was a blacksmith and farmer. Having enjoyed the advantages of the common schools of his native town, Dr. Learned, at the age of sixteen, made choice of the
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medical profession as his vocation for life. With this end in view, he pursued his preparatory studies, for two years, with Rev. Josiah D. Crosby, Congregational clergyman of Ashburn- ham, Mass. At the end of this period, during which he worked more or less in the chair factory, in that town, he entered the Harvard Medical School, where he spent a year in the study of medicine, attending lectures and witnessing practical surgery. Afterwards he attended a course of medical lectures, under Dr. Muzzey of Dartmouth Medical College, where, having made diligent improvement of his time and opportunities, during one course, he was able to pass the necessary examinations, and to receive a diploma. He afterwards returned to Boston, where he completed the course of medical instruction, and was regu- larly graduated from the Harvard Medical School, in 1837. In 1838, he commenced the practice of medicine in North Wey- mouth, where he remained about eight years. His health then failing, he removed to Philadelphia, and connected himself with the Jefferson Medical School, attending lectures and securing the advantages of hospital visitation. At the expiration of six months, he returned to Massachusetts, and settled in Fall River, where he has since resided, and has always enjoyed the high esteem of the citizens. His practice has continually increased, from year to year, till at the present time, it has reached an almost burdensome extent, while his genial qualities have won for him, a warm place in the affections of his patrons, both old and young. Aside from the immediate duties of his profession, he has served upon the school board, both in Weymouth and Fall River. He was, for two years, president of the Bristol South District Medical Society, and in 1877, was chosen coun- cillor of the Massachusetts State Medical Society, for three years, from that district.
JESSE P. BANCROFT, M. D., was born April 17, 1815. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and Leices- ter, Mass. He entered Dartmouth College in 1837, and gradu- ated in 1841. He immediately entered Dartmouth Medical
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College, where he enjoyed the instructions of Profs. Peaslee, Crosby and Phelps, and graduated in 1844. Ile afterwards pursued his medical studies in the schools and hospitals of Philadelphia. He began the general practice of medicine in St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he continued until July, 1857, when he removed to Concord, N. H., having been appointed Superin- tendant and Treasurer of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. This position he has held to the present time, with the exception of eighteen months, spent in travel and observation, in Europe.
NATHAN S. LINCOLN, M. D., was born in this town. He graduated, at Dartmouth College, in 1850. He studied medicine in Baltimore, Md. After graduating, he commenced the prac- tice of medicine at Washington, D. C., where, at the present time, he enjoys the reputation of great eminence, as a physician.
JAMES P. LYNDE, M. D., is the son of William S. and Chris- tiana Comee Lynde, and was born in Gardner, March 19th, 1828. He was educated in the common and private schools of this town and at Lawrence Academy, in Groton, Mass. He be- gan the study of medicine in Gardner, with Dr. Harriman, and continued with Dr. Ira Russell of Winchendon. He attended medical lectures at Hanover, N. H., and at the medical depart- ment of Harvard University, at Boston, where he graduated March 3d, 1852. He commenced the practice of medicine, at Hardwick, Mass., in 1852, where he remained until 1856, when he removed to Athol, Mass., where he now resides, in the active practice of his profession. As a physician, Dr. Lynde cherishes an exalted opinion of his profession, which is, to him, a con- stant incentive to the attainment of still greater excellence therein. As a citizen, he is interested in the affairs of the town in which he resides, and has, for several years, been honored, by a position, on its school board. He is a faithful and pro- gressive physician, and is an honor to the town that gave him birth.
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ALBERT A. KENDALL, M. D., was the son of Hubbard Ken- dall, of this town. He was born in Middlebury, Vt., March 3d, 1828. He came to Gardner in his early boyhood. He at- tended school at the academy in Shelburne Falls, Mass. In 1852, he graduated at the New York Medical College, and soon after commenced the practice of medicine, in New Braintree, where he remained three years. In 1855; he settled in Newton Lower Falls, where he remained seven years, greatly beloved and respected, as physician, friend, citizen and neighbor. May 1st, 1862, he entered the United States service, as assistant surgeon to the 12th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers, then serving in Virginia. While connected with this regiment, he did bold, faithful and kindly service, to the soldiers under his care. He was killed at Antietam, while engaged in the active discharge of his professional duties. He died, at the age of thirty-four years and six months. He was a Free Mason and had a very high appreciation of that Order.
JAMES H. NOYES, M. D., was born in this town, July 20th, 1835. At the age of fourteen, he entered Burr Seminary, Vt., where he remained three years and a half ; also a season at Ap- pleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. He then commenced the study of medicine and surgery, with Dr. I. G. Graves of Nashua, N. H., graduating four years later, in 1860, at Colum- bia College, New York. At the breaking out of the Rebel- lion, he entered the United States service, as assistant surgeon, and was soon after promoted to the position of surgeon. Since the close of the war, he has been actively engaged in the prac- tice of his profession, in Ogden, Boone County, Ia.
FRANCIS BRICK, M. D., was born in Gardner. He received his preliminary education, in the common schools of the town. He also spent one year at Castleton Seminary, Vt. He commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. E. J. Sawyer, of Gardner, and continued, with Dr. J. C. Freeland, of Fitchburg, Mass. He attended two courses of medical lectures at the Homeopathic Medical College, at Cleve-
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land, Ohio, where he graduated in 1861. He located at Win- chester, N. H., in 1862, where he remained till the summer of 1864, when he removed to Keene, N. H., where he continued the practice of medicine until January, 1875. He spent one winter, in Philadelphia, in attendance upon lectures and clinical study, in hospitals. In January, 1875, he established himself in Worcester, where he now resides. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy and Secretary of the Wor- cester County Homoeopathic Medical Society.
LEVI HEYWOOD, son of Seth and Mary (Temple) Heywood, was born June 25th, 1783. He graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege, in 1808. Commenced the study of law with Hon. Nathan- iel Paine of Worcester, and finished with the Hon. Elijah Mills of Northampton. He was admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced practice, in Worcester, the same year. In October, 1818, he removed to Pickneyville, Louisiana, where he engaged in teaching school. Subsequently, for a time, he was principal of the Academy in Hackensack, New Jersey. He resumed the practice of law, in New York, where he died in 1832.
ORLANDO PARTRIDGE, son of Seneca Partridge, was born De- cember 12th, 1854. He attended the High School in Gardner, and afterwards entered the Academy, at Franklin, Mass., from which he graduated in September, 1875. At the present time, he is engaged in the study of law, with Milo Wilson, Esq., at Seranton, Pa., and is expecting soon to be admitted to the bar.
EUGENE B. COLLESTER, son of Thorley Collester, was born in Gardner, Dec. 20th, 1847. He prepared for college at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. He entered Amherst College, in 1869, and graduated, with honor, in 1873. Mr. Col- lester has, since his graduation, followed the profession of a teacher, and is, at the present time, successfully pursuing. his vocation, as principal of Bulkley High School, New London, Connecticut.
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Frank M. COLLESTER, son of Thorley Collester, was born in Gardner, September 21st, 1855. He prepared for college, at the Amherst High School, at which he graduated in 1873. En- tering Amherst College, the same year, he graduated in 1877. Mr. Collester is now teaching the High School in Gardner, with very general acceptance.
HORACE G. HOWE, oldest son of George Howe, was born in Gardner, April 2d, 1845. He obtained such education, as the schools of his native town, at that time, afforded. He was dis- tinguished, among his schoolmates, as a good scholar, and had a strong desire for a higher education. The death of his father compelled him to work, in the chair shops of Gardner, from the age of fifteen until he was twenty-two. In 1867, he went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to attend a commercial school, after which he taught school for a time, and then entered the New York State Normal School, at Albany, where he graduated, with honor, in 1869. After leaving Albany, he was one year principal of the Union School, at Cooperstown, N. Y. He was six years the principal of a graded school at Orange, New Jersey, where he labored with marked success. In 1876, he was invit- ed to become the principal of one of the largest ward schools, in the city of Troy, N. Y. In this position, he is at present engaged. Mr. Howe ranks among teachers, as a man of ability, and has worked earnestly, to elevate the condition of the schools, and to give dignity and character, to the teacher's profession.
JONATHAN PRESCOTT, son of Jonathan Prescott, was born in Gardner, in January, 1798. He received his education, at West Point, where he graduated in 1822, with the diplomas of Pro- fessor of Enginery and Chemistry, and Lieutenant in the United States Army. After graduation, he remained three years, as a professor of chemistry. After leaving West Point, most of his time was spent, in the service of the government, superin- tending its works in the various harbors of the United States.
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MYRON W. HOWE was born in Gardner, November 5th, 1851. He attended the public schools of his native town, till the age of fifteen, where he showed much aptness, as a scholar. He afterwards worked three years, in the chair shops of Gardner. In 1869, the Hon. William B. Washburn, then representing the Ninth Congressional District of Massachusetts, in Congress, offered a cadetship, at West Point, to the young man, who should pass a successful competitive examination, for this position. Young Howe, receiving intelligence of this examination, while at work in the shop, on the afternoon previous to its occurrence, too late to allow him to reach Greenfield that night, by cars, secured a horse and carriage and rode nearly all night, in order to be present at the examination the next morning. In the examination, in which many competed, he proved to be the suc- cessful competitor. He entered at West Point, June, 1870, and graduated June, 1875. He was immediately commissioned 2d Lieutenant, in the 4th United States Artillery. He was stationed, with his company, at San Francisco, Cal., a little less than a year, when he was ordered to Sitka, Alaska. After remaining there about a year, he was ordered to Oregon, in the summer of 1877, to join Gen. O. O. Howard, in his campaign, against the Nez Perces Indians. In this campaign, he distinguished him- self by his gallantry and bravery.
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