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SELISSA, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Sept. 21, 1789; m. Asa Hall.
ABIGAIL, b. Scott Hill, Bell., March 18, 1791; d. April 19, 1809.
LAVINA, b. Scott Hill, Bell., March 27, 1793; m. Martin Chilson of Bell.
RILA, b. Scott Hill, Bell., April 4, 1795; m. Sarah S. Paine of now E. Black- stone.
AXALANA, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Feb. 16, 1797; unm.
EMORY, b. Scott Hill, Bell., May 24, 1799; m. Waity Jillson; he d. 1868. WILLARD, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Nov. 14, 1801; m. Sarah Amanda Taggard.
SAUL BARTON, b. Scott Hill, Bell., July 5, 1804; m. Susan Daniels; both surviving in Franklin.
JEFFERSON, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Aug. 3, 1806; m. Elsie Worrall; removed to Cal., I think.
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Saul Scott, the fr., d. April 22, 1834. His venerable wid., Selah (Ballou) Scott, d. April 15, 1854. Their posterity, through the above-named chn., is too numerous to introduce into these pages; so I come directly to -
SCOTT, RILA 6 (Saul," Dea. Samuel,4 Joseph,8 Sylvanus,2 John 1), b. April 4, 1795; m. Sarah S. Paine, dr. of James and Lydia (Aldrich) Paine, b. Smith- field, R.I., Oct. 9, 1798; cer. Mendon, Feb. 28, 1819, by whom not given. Their chn .:-
MALVINA F., b. April 15, 1821; d. Oct. 17, 1831.
OLNEY W., b. March 31, 1824; d. same day.
SARAH ADELAIDE, b. July 13, 1829; m. Zelotes Gleason, Dec. 20, 1855. HENRY CLINTON, b. Sept. 5, 1833; m. Laura Adelaide Hunt, Oct. 17, 1855. AUGUSTUS ELWIN, b. Aug. 18, 1837; an intelligent lawyer in Boston.
The fr. was fatally injured by the sudden movement of a large stone which he was at work trying to sink by digging, on one of his estates in Douglas, and d. there, Nov. 8, 1855. Mrs. Sarah, his wid., d. in Mil., Sept. 12, 1876. In all the qualities that constitute intelligence, enterprise, moral worth, and social respectability, this whole family, of earlier and later generations, graduate high. SCOTT, HENRY CLINTON7 (Rila,6 Saul,5 Dea. Samuel,4 Joseph,8 Sylvanus,2
John 1), b. now E. Blackstone, Sept. 5, 1833; merchant; m. Laura Ade- laide Hunt, dr. of Hiram and Laura Ann (Adams) Hunt, b. Mil., Jan. 25, 1836; cer. Mil., Oct. 17, 1855, by Rev. James Riley Johnson. Their chn. :- CLINTON RILA, b. Mil., April 13, 1856; m. Ida Florence Witherell, Oct. 11, 1877.
HIRAM LANDON, b. Mil., Dec. 1, 1857; d. Aug. 14, 1858.
FRANK ELWIN, b. Mil., Aug. 29, 1862.
Mr. Scott has been too long known as a merchant, and a holder of respon- sible positions in town, to need special characterization; likewise his estimable wf. in her eminent worth and social standing. But at the moment of this writing she lies at the point of death, a long distressed yet patient sufferer from that dreadful disease, cancer. She is the last of 9 chn. in her father's family, 8 of them and her parents having preceded her to the immortal realm. Several months after the foregoing was penned she d., March 13, 1881, in the 46th yr. of her age; and her memorial was blessed.
SCOTT, CLINTON RILA 8 (Henry C.,7 Rila,6 Saul,5 Dea. Samuel,4 Joseph,& Sylva- nus,2 John 1), b. April 13, 1856; clerk in his fr.'s store, etc. ; m. Ida Flor- ence Witherell, dr. of Charles F. and Mary A. (Oliver) Witherell, b. Mil., 1855; cer. Oct. 11, 1877, by the writer. They have 1 child.
Among the transient Scotts, properly mentionable, were, -
SCOTT, DAVID, and his wf. Lodensa, from Cuba, N.Y., who res. Hopedale a few mos. between 1849 and 1853. They had 3 chn; viz., -
CORA L. V., birth-date unknown to me. She became the celebrated trance- speaking Spiritualist, now Cora L. V. Richmond of Chicago, Ill.
EDWIN, birth-date unknown to me. He res. in Hopedale some time after his parents left.
EMMA, birth-date unknown to me; left with her parents.
The fr. d. at the West; and his wid. had a brief second sojourn in Hope- dale with her chn. of perhaps a yr. or thereabouts, ending in 1853 or 1854.
Then we had at Hopedale, for a few yrs., -
SCOTT, WILLIAM,7 and wf. Sarah ( Snow), from So. Bellingham, the "Scott Hill" neighborhood. I think he was a son of William,6 the son of Samuel,5 the son of Dea. Samnel,4 the son of Joseph,8 the son of Sylvanus,2 the son of John.1 They bad 3 chn. ; viz., -
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MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 13, 1836; m. William Tebb, now a wealthy mer- chant, London, Eng.
CAROLINE FRANCES, b. June 22, 1838; m. Welcome Ballou, near Woon- socket, R.I.
EMMA, b. June 13, 1847; m. Eugene Judson Eames; res. Providence, R.I.
What other transient dwellers of this name I might have found on our records, I know not, having omitted further research. I notice, however, in our Directory for 1880, -
SCOTT, ALFRED E., boot-finisher.
SCOTT, JOHN H., boot-burnisher.
SCRIBNER, CHARLES K., and wf. Ann, residents in town a while ago, are credited on our records with 1 birth, - WILLIAM JAMES, b. Oct. 14, 1843.
SHEFFIELD, Lieut. WILLIAM 4 (William,3 William,2 William 1), b. Holl., Feb.
28, 1699; clothier; mr.'s maiden name Hannah Bullard; m. Mary -, in Holl. Their clin. : -
MARY, b. Holl., Sept. 7, 1722.
HANNAH, b. Holl., Feb. 28, 1723-4; m. Nehemiah Nelson, Oct. 29, 1742.
DEBORAH, b. Holl., Sept. 3, 1726; m. Josiah Ward, Mendon, Sept. 1, 1748.
ABIGAIL, b. Holl., July 21, 1729; m., 1st, Oliver Brown, Hartford Ct., Oct. 17, 1750; 2d, Daniel Chapin.
RACHEL, b. Mendon, Feb. 20, 1731; d. March 31 ensuing.
Lieut. Wm.+ was gt. grd. son of William,1 who first dwelt in Braintree, but in 1673 set. in the westerly part of Sherborn, now Holliston. His gd. father, William,2 had an ample homestead, that included what, in our time, has been known as the John Claflin, sen., place. His gd. dr., Mary Sheffield, became the wf. of John Claflin, sen. She was niece to Lieut. Wm.+ Wm.,8 fr. of Lieut. William, probably inherited a portion of the patrimonial est .; and I presume Lieut. William was b. thereon. He was brought up to the trade of a clothier, and in 1731, Aug. 4, purchased David Howe's well-equipped clothier establishment on Mill River, in what is now the south-westerly part of Mil., the famous ancient Benjamin Albee corn-mill privilege, rebuilt, enlarged, and greatly improved. Lewis B. Gaskill now owns the oldest portion of the premises. The price paid Howe was £500. Lieut. William was one of the original members of our Cong. ch. formed in 1741, and served as its scribe for some yrs. From various recorded incidents in his career, I infer that he was a man of considerable natural ability, shrewd insight into common affairs, ample combativeness, and a determined will. Mrs. Mary, his 1st wf., d., date not found; and he m., 2d, wid. Lydia Rawson of Holl., Sept. 25, 1776. No chn. I have not made critical research to ascertain just when or where he d. It is certain, however, that his corn-mill and clothier's establishment passed into the possession of Jeremiah Kelley & Sons, a little time before the incorporation of Milford, in 1780.
SHEFFIELD, ISAAC+ (William,8 William,2 William 1), b. in Holl., March 3,
1697; m. Martha Albee of Mendon, dr. of James and Mary (Thayer) Albee,
b. May 6, 1714 ; cer. Feb. 16, 1737-8. Their chn. : -
ELIZABETH, b. in Holl., March 25, 1741; d. April 2 following.
ISAAC, b. in Holl., Jan. 2, 1748-9; m. Abigail Wood of Upton.
MARY, b. in Holl., March 12, 1752; m. John Claflin, sen.
I cannot trace Isaac and Martha further. Presume they lived and d. on the John Claflin, sen., place, Holl.
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In 1784, when our original four school-districts were arranged into eight, an Isaac Sheffield res. on what is now Silver-hill St., and is mentioned as a frontier dweller on the southern line of the eighth. I have taken some pains to find out who this Isaac Sheffield was, and to learn his family record, but without success. Neither Mendon records, nor our own, give me the desired information. I have had intimations, and strongly suspect, that he mvd. over into Upton not long after 1784. Perhaps if I had consulted Upton records, I should have got his family history; but this I omitted to do. If I were to guess, I should incline to think him the son of Isaac,4 b. in Holl., Jan. 2, 1748-9, who m. Abigail Wood of Upton.
SHEFFIELD, JOHN, pedigree not traced, res. for several yrs. on or near Silver- hill St. I am told that he came into town from Hop., and returned thither to dwell. He and wf. Emeline are credited on our birth-records with the following-named chn. :-
FRANCES MINERVA, b. Jan. 21, 1833.
JANE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 18, 1834.
GEORGE VALENTINE, b. March 29, 1836.
JOHN AUSTIN, b. Dec. 29, 1837.
CHARLES MADISON, b. July 11, 1840.
EMELINE BRIDGES, b. Jan. 12, 1842.
I have no personal knowledge of this family, and must leave the parents and chn. to be traced further by those sufficiently interested. Doubtless some interesting facts and incidents would thus be brought to light.
SHELDON, THOMAS J., pedigree, birth-date, and antecedents not ascertained by me; m. Catherine E. Sumner, dr. of Ellis and Rhoda (Loring) Sumner, b. Mil., March 29, 1820; cer. May 15, 1844; further particulars not given. Issue : -
BRADFORD S., b. May 26, 1845; no information obtained.
THEODORE, b. July 26, 1846; no information obtained.
CORA, b. Aug. 18, 1848; no information obtained.
HERBERT, b. March 1, 1850; no information obtained.
S. ELDORA, b. Jan. 28, 1852; public-school teacher.
ANNIE E., b. July 6, 1854; public-school teacher.
I hoped to have seen or heard from Mr. S., with a view to obtaining a more complete family record, but have not. I see him mentioned in our Directories 1869 to 1880, as the proprietor of a fish-market in the Exchange, and having his home on Franklin St. near Grove. An intelligent and respectable family. SHELDON, NEHEMIAH R., and wf., Martha Ann, had, -
ABBY ANN, b. July 3, 1843. Family no further traced.
SHELDON, Mrs. ARNOLD, appears in all our Directories 1872 to 1880. SHELDON, CHARLES H., boardmatcher, appears 1872; as baker, 1875. SHELDON, EMMA F., clerk, appears in 1878.
SHEPHERDSON, AMOS, pedigree untraced; m. Hannah Norcross, dr. of Peter and Joanna (Morse) Norcross, b. Sept. 8, 1754; cer. Oct. 1, 1778, by Rev. A. Frost. They dwelt in No. Purchase a while, and then left town.
SHERMAN, MORTIMER, is the only one of this name who has condescended to give in his family record. He was the son of Clinton and Lavila (Green), b. Canterbury, Ct., Aug. 23, 1839; m. Adeline S. Brown, dr. of John G. and Julia Ann (Snow) Brown, b. in Mattapoisett, Mass., June 17, 1840; cer. in Tannton, April 11, 1866, by Rev. Robert C. Rogers, rector of St. Thomas Ch., Taunton. No issue reported. They came to Hopedale in
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1869, and remained here about 11 yrs., during which Mr. S. was employed by the Drapers as one of their trusted travelling agents, not only in this country, but for a considerable term in England. Mrs. S. accompanied her hus. to Eng., and spent several months there. A very kind-hearted, genial pair. Since leaving Hopedale, in 1880, they have res. in Bozrahville, Ct., and later in the Southern States.
SHERMAN, JOHN, whose wf. was Laura Taft of Mendon, sister of our well- known jobber, Frank Taft, res. on Silver Hill some yrs. ago. Mrs. Laura d. there, March 18, 1841, a. 43 yrs. They were the parents of Mrs. Homer T. Ball, and of a son, George Sherman, who m. Fanny Phipps in 1848. He d. March 24, 1865, a. about 37 yrs. He left Mrs. Fanny a wid., but whether. any chn. I do not recollect. Indeed, my limited information enables me to give only this imperfect ontline of the family record. Death-date of Mr. John unknown to me.
SHERMAN, WILLIAM M., stonecutter, appears in Directory 1869, "72, '75, '78, '80.
SHERMAN, JAMES S., stonecutter, Directory 1872, '75, '78, '80.
SHERMAN, JOHN H., carpenter, Directory 1872.
SHERMAN, THEODORE N., stonecutter, Directory 1872, '75, '78, '80.
SHERMAN, ADRASTUS, stonecutter, Directory 1875, "78, '80.
SHERMAN, GEORGE, stonecutter, Directory 1875, '78.
SHIPPEE, CHARLES WILLIAM, son of Freeman and Elizabeth S. (Daniels) Shippee, b. Thompson, Ct., March 4, 1845, whence his parents removed with him, the same yr., to a farm in Holl .; m. Carrie M. Clapp, dr. of Joseph and Susan (Adlington) Clapp, birth-place and date not given; cer. Weymouth, Aug. 25, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson. Issue : - CARL CLAPP, b. Mil., April 5, 1879.
An intelligent, worthy, and promising family. Mr. S. has res. in Mil. since Jan., 1865, engaged in manufacturing boots with John P. Daniels. He has been successful in business, and is becoming an influential citizen. He stands high in the Masonic Fraternity; having officiated as High Priest of Mount Lebanon R. A. Chapter, and being now Generalissimo of Milford Commandery of Knights Templar. He is a charter member, director, and the secretary of our new and auspicious Water co. His future seems bright and hopeful.
SIMONS, QUAM, formerly an African slave; m. Jenny Hagar, formerly an African slave in Dr. John Scammell's family; cer. July 17, 1785, by Rev. A. Frost. No records, that have come under my eye, reveal the issue or sub- sequent history of these emancipated slaves, nor of the others previously mentioned, except the Dewner family.
SKINNER, HENRY CLINTON, son of Nathan and Narcissa (Nash) Skinner; ancestry no further traced; b. in Plainfield, Vt., Nov. 24, 1824; m. Adelia Lawrence, dr. of Cephas and Betsey (Sumner) Lawrence, b. in Hop., Feb. 3, 1832; cer. at Hopedale, June 28, 1848, by Rev. Daniel S. Whitney. Issue : -
BETTIE MELVINA, b. Jan. 13, 1850; m. Edgar Pines Willard, May 1, 1872.
CEPHAS CLINTON, b. Oct. 24, 1852; m. Mary Barbary Kolb, July 4, 1878.
ADA ALMIDA, b. Sept. 7, 1855; one of our public-school teachers.
One gd. child, Florence Ethel Willard, dr. of E. P. and Bettie M. (Law- rence) Willard, b. Nov. 3, 1874.
Mr. S. is a skilful boot-cutter. He has res. in town ever since early in 1848. He is a man of distinction and official trust in the Masonic Fraternity, an infin-
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ential member of the Universalist Society, and a highly respected citizen. He has served with fidelity in the front rank of our fire-department, represented his fellow-citizens in the Legislature of 1872, and otherwise enjoyed deserved public confidence. His wife and family worthily share his good standing in society.
SLOPER, AMBROSE, pedigree untraced, was several yrs. a citizen of Mil., m, his 1st wf. here, and had 4 chn. b. in town. He m. Martha Cushman, dr. of Matthew S. and Cynthia Cushman; cer. Sept. 4, 1825, by the writer. Issue here : -
CORDELIA MARIA, b. April 16, 1826; d. July 1, 1828.
ALBERT THURSTON, b. May 26, 1827.
SARAH JANE, b. March 17, 1829; d. Feb. 11, 1832.
ADELINE, b. Sept. 3, 1830; m. Spencer Sweet; res. San Francisco, Cal.
Mr. S. was employed, while res. here, in the boot business. He removed hence with his family to Boston or vicinity, perhaps in 1834. Other chn. were b. to him there, one of whom, Mrs. Dea. Samuel W. Walker, now res. in town. Mrs. Martha d .; and the hus. subsequently m. successively two wives, by whom he had several additional chn. I understand he d. some yrs. ago. I am not well enough informed to be more specific concerning the family history.
SMITH. The Smiths seem to be ubiquitous and numberless. Yet this town has had comparatively few families of the name. Such of these, whose family records have come to my knowledge, are noticed below.
SMITH, OLIVER, ptge., etc., not ascertained, but said to be of Holl., m. Try-
phena Cheney, dr. of Caleb and Mary (Wheelock) Cheney, b. Nov. 13, 1758; cer. Sept. 24, 1778, by Rev. A. Frost. The 1st vol. of our town records says that he and his wf. and child, Simeon, came from Westminster to res. in Mil., Dec. 15, 1781, but make no further mention of them.
SMITH, GAIUS, wf. Olive, and chn., Gaius, Mary, and Sarah, are stated in the 1st vol. of our records to have "come from Mendon, taken in by Oba- diah Wheelock," and no more told concerning the family.
SMITH, Capt. HORATIO NELSON, son of Shubael and Grace (White) Smith, b. in Newton, Aug. 9, 1801. His fr. was b. in Sandwich, Sept. 6, 1761; his mr. in Watertown, Sept. 10, 1767. I cannot trace their ancestry. They had several chn., but neither their names nor number have reached my knowledge. The fr. d. in Newton, leaving Horatio, a lad of 10 or 12 yrs. old. His mr. was poor, and obliged to seek homes for her orphans where she could. One day Ebenezer Sumner, father of Ellis, Clark, etc., on one of his marketing trips to and from Boston, was accosted in Newton by young Horatio with the inquiry, if he knew of any farmer up his way who would like to take a boy into his service. Mr. Sumner was much inter- ested in the intelligent-looking inquirer, and sought an interview with his widowed mother. The result was, that he took Horatio home with him, and became a kind of foster father to him. But, not needing his services for himself, he procured him employment in other families. He lived some yrs. with Zebediah Flagg, and, when older, hired himself out to such em- ployers as wanted help, - first at farming business, and later at boot-work. In process of time he found a worthy bridal companion in the person of Elizabeth Hayward, dr. of Jason Hayward of Hop., but who was brought up as an adopted dr. in the family of the foremeutioned Ebenezer Sumner. I have not traced her lineage, but presume she was a descendant of one of our Mil. Jonathan Haywards. They were m. at Ebenezer Sumner's, April 5, 1827, by the writer. They res. for several yrs. as tenants in the house of
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Otis Parkhurst on Purchase St., but later bought a part of the ancient Nathaniel Parkhurst place, and dwelt there. They had no chn., but became so greatly attached to Marion Parkhurst, dr. of Otis aud Sarah J. Parkhurst, that they virtually adopted her as their own; and the relation- ship proved a very sacred one to them and Marion. She m. James A. Stoddard, May 17, 1853. They now res. in Chicago, Ill.
Capt. Smith was naturally of a very ardent and generous temperament. He passed through so many severe trials and hardships in early life, that he was especially sympathetic and kind toward those growing up in similar circum- stances, as he was to the poor and needy generally. He was a democratic patriot from core to rind, and alive all over with martial instincts. He took much interest and pride in the Mil. Artillery Co., into whose ranks he was early inducted, and of which he rose, grade after grade, to be capt. in 1835. He must have been lieut. and capt. in it for as many as 10 yrs. He was always a stanch and zealous politician in town, state, and national affairs, without reaching any important official attainment. His wf. was one of the best of women in her own domestic and social sphere. He d. July 3, 1854. Mrs. Elizabeth d. with her foster dr., Mrs. Stoddard, in Chicago, Feb. 27, 1876. But her remains were brought here for burial.
SMITH, CHARLES, ptge., ancestry, and particulars of mge. not ascertained,
and wf., Drusilla, are recorded to have had the following-named chn. : - DEXTER, b. May 2, 1822.
HANNAH, b. Oct. 15, 1824.
LOVICA, b. Jan. 11, 1827.
SYBIL, b. May 13, 1829.
WILLIS, b. June 10, 1832.
GEORGE, b. Sept. 19, 1837.
FIRILLA
b. Nov. 25, 1842.
DRUSILLA (twins), b. Nov. 25, 1842.
Mrs. Drusilla d. Nov. 25, 1842, in child-bed, at the birth of her twins. The family no further traced.
SMITH, CHARLES HENDERSON 4 (Charles Aldrich,8 Moses,2 Col. Calvin1), b. Mendon, Nov. 2, 1820; mr.'s maiden name Betsey Taft, dr. of Japhet; m. Vincy Ann Alexander, dr. of John W. and Elizabeth (Thurber) Alexander, b. in Wrentham, May 25, 1830; cer. Mendon, Jan. 17, 1849, by Rev. Charles Chamberlain. Issue :-
EMMA ELIZABETH, b. Mendon, July 20, 1850; m. George E. Mowry, July 5, 1870.
JENNY LIND, b. Mendon, March 12, 1852; res. with parents.
EVELYN TAFT, b. Mendon, Dec. 26, 1853; res. with parents.
FRANK DAVENPORT, b. Mendon, Nov. 12, 1855; boot-maker in Worcester.
MARTHA MARIA, b. Mil., 1858; d. Aug., 1859, a. 14 mos.
ELMER ELLSWORTH, b. Mil., May 10, 1861; student high school, etc. NAMELESS INFANT, b. Mil., 1863; stillborn.
Mr. Smith's gt. gd. fr., Calvin Smith, was of Mendon, b. in Eng., and lieut .- col. in the Revolutionary war. He d. in 1802. Mr. S. has res. in Mil. 20 yrs. He was formerly a foreman boot-sider in Capt. Elbridge Mann's manufactory, but has latterly officiated acceptably as sexton of the orthodox Cong. parish. SMITH, MOSES,4 bro. of the preceding (Charles A.,8 Moses,2 Col. Calvin 1), b.
in Mendon, Sept. 23, 1823; leather-cutter; m. Harriet Reed Schofield, dr. of John and Mary Emily ( Amermon) Schofield, b. in Pleasant Valley, N.Y. June 17, 1824; cer. Mil., Aug. 21, 1845, by Rev. Benj. H. Davis. Issue :-
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AMANDA BETSEY, b. Mil., Aug. 1, 1845; m. Henry H. Bellows, Holl., Feb. 7, 1869; she d. Nov. 9, 1879.
EDGAR MOSES, b. Mil., Nov. 10, 1850; m. Mary A. Clark, Medway, Feb. 12, 1874.
ANNIE PEYTON DAVENPORT, b. Mil., Dec. 25, 1854; m. Albert B. Barton, Medway, April, 1878.
Grandchn. : -
Annie Louisa Bellows, Holl., b. Sept. 18, 1877.
Maud Granger Barton, b. Jan. 17, 1879.
Bessie Amanda Smith, b. Jan. 11, 1880.
Mr. Smith and wf. have long res. in Mil. They have had their troubles, but are struggling onward with uncertain steps.
SMITH, JOHN L., son of Stephen and Matilda (Kenney) Smith, gd. son of Ben- jamin and Betsey, and twin bro. of James L. Smith, who res. in Spring- field, b. Aug. 12, 1832, Washington, N.H .; m. Mary Miner, dr. of Daniel and Mary (Youngman) Miner, b. in Lempster, N.H., March 2, 1835; cer. Lynn, Mass., May 15, 1856. Issue: -
ALTA MARIAN, b. Unity, N.H., Dec. 16, 1859.
LILLIAN, b. Mil., Mass., July 6, 1862.
Mr. Smith came to res. in town June 1, 1851, and has remained continu- ously here ever since. He has employed himself successfully as a pedler of tin ware and kindred articles. An intelligent, orderly, and worthy family.
SMITH, IRA A.4 (Ira,8 Dr. Amos,2 David 1), b. Sandisfield, Dec. 19, 1840; mr.'s maiden name Lovina Hubbard; m. Sarah Sumner Cook, dr. of Amos and Sarah Davis (Hammond) Cook, b. Mil., July 17, 1842; cer. in Providence, R.I., Jan. 14, 1869, by Rev. Mr. Parker. Their chn .: -
MARY BROWN, b. Dixon, Ill., Nov. 28, 1870; an adopted dr.
WELD IRA, b. Mil., May 16, 1878.
Orpha Brown, sister of Mary, the adopted dr., b. Feb. 20, 1860, lives in Mr. Smith's family, not as an adopted, but as a foster, dr. Mary and Orpha are chn. of Mr. Smith's sister. Mr. S. has res. transiently in Mich. and Ohio, but in this town mostly for the last 7 or 8 yrs. His occupation has been that of a bookseller. He is a zealous and devoted orthodox Congregationalist, and late rumor represents him as inclined to enter the ministry. Of this last I have no authority to speak definitely. He has a worthy wf. and family, who, I pre- sume, are in cordial religious, as well as domestic, sympathy with him. His gt. gd. fr., David Smith, was the fourth settler in Sandisfield. His gd. fr., Amos Smith, M.D., was long a leading physician in Sandisfield. In his day the Presby- terian minister of Sandisfield owned a slave, the only one in town. Dr. Amos Smith was the first to oppose his minister's holding that slave. In doing so, he stood alone a few yrs., but at length won over to his side every man in the parish except the slave-holding parson. Those parishioners unanimously voted for the slave's liberation, but their clergyman obstinately held on to his human chattel!
SMITH, FREDERICK EDGAR, son of Lewis and Eliza (Wilson) Smith, b. in Dover, Feb. 9, 1847; clerk and salesman; later manager of livery, etc., at Hopedale; m. Ida Delmotte Albee, dr. of Stephen and Harriet Newell (Scott) Albee, b. So. Mil., Oct. 10, 1848; cer. Hopedale, under the parental roof, May 28, 1872, by the writer. Issue: -
STEPHEN FREDERICK, b. Hopedale, July 30, 1873.
HENRY LEWIS, b. Hopedale, May 15, 1878.
Res. Hopedale. An intelligent, enterprising, and exemplary family.
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SMITH, SNELL, SOULE, SOUTHWICK.
SMITH, Rev. JOSEPH, ptge., ancestry, etc., not given, b. in Hampstead, N.H., Jan. 31, 1808; only a transient res. here; m. Abigail Mellen Parkhurst, dr. of Otis and Sarah (Jones) Parkhurst, b. Mil., Jan. 10, 1819; cer. in Provi- dence, R.I., April 6, 1843, by Rev. Francis Wayland, D.D. Issue :-
FRANK L., b. Newport, R.I., Jan. 18, 1844; m. Ruth B. Wilmarth of No. Oxford.
ALBERT H., b. Newport, R.I., Sept. 22, 1845.
MARTHA A., b. Newport, R.I., Feb. 19, 1849.
HARRIS C., b. Grafton, Mass., Oct. 28, 1855.
GEORGE P., b. Worcester, Jan. 24, 1858.
Rev. Mr. Smith was successively pastor of Baptist churches in Newport, R.I., Woonsocket, Grafton, Mass., Worcester, and No. Oxford. Hed. in No. Oxford, April 26, 1866. Mrs. Abbie, his wid., has res. much in Mil. since his decease. A most reputable family. Frank L., the eldest son, did valiant ser- vice in the late war during two terms of enlistment. Under his 1st enlist- ment, he rose, by promotion, from a private to be 1st lieut. He re-enlisted Jan. 2, 1864, and was honorably discharged in July, 1865, at the close of the war. He fought at Roanoke Island, N.C., Newbern, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', Port Walthall, Arrowfield, and in several other battles. He was principal of Mil. North Grammar School 5 yrs., and has since held the same position for the same length of time in the Bowditch Grammar School, in the city of Salem.
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