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TORREY FAMILIES.
TORREY, STEPHEN 4 (William,& William,2 Angel1), b. June 30, 1732; m. Eliza-
beth Mellen of Hop., b. 1737; particulars of cer. not found. Their chn. : - NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 8, 1757; not traced.
JOHN, b. July 16, 1759; m. Mary, alias Polly -.
JOSEPH, b. Aug. 29, 1761; m. Mercy Taft, Ux., 1793; she d. 1812.
SALLY, b. Dec. 22, 1763; m. Samuel Nelson, 1783.
BETSEY, b. Aug. 14, 1766; not traced.
SUKEY, b. Oct. 11, 1768; m., 1st, Lemuel Green, 1790; 2d, Joel Hill, 1800. STEPHEN, b. June 15, 1771; not traced.
EBENEZER, b. Feb. 14, 1774; supposed to have d. March 4 ensuing.
The fr. d. Sept. 14, 1812. His wid. d. in Mendon, April 10, 1833, in her 96th yr. ; and I ministered at her funeral.
TORREY, WILLIAM, m. Margery Wyman ; cer. May 17, 1778, by Rev. Joseph Willard. I am not able to connect this William with his proper lineage. Their chn. : -
WILLIAM, b. May 25, 1779.
POLLY, b. Oct. 10, 1780.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 27, 1782; d. Jan. 12, 1783.
TORREY, JOSEPH, and wife --; cannot be sure of his connection. Their chn. : -
MELLEN W., b. Dec. 12, 1791; not traced.
OTIS, b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Nancy Parkhurst, Aug. 7, 1816.
NATHANIEL, Dea., b. June 1, 1797; m. Sabrina Daniels, May 26, 1825.
JOSEPH, b. May 20, 1799; not traced.
WARREN, b. July 30, 1802; d. Aug. 1, 1813.
I suspect that this Joseph may have been the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Mellen) Torrey. If so, the lineage would stand thus: Joseph,5 Stephen,4 Wil- liam,8 William,2 Angel.1 But I am mystified about his wife or wives, and must leave the case in some doubt.
TORREY, Capt. WILLIAM of Mendon, a descendant of Angel Torrey (but I am not master of the links), inherited the ancient homestead; m. Anna Daven- port, dr. of Seth and Chloe Davenport, b. Sept. 8, 1765; cer. Mendon, July 20, 1788, by Rev. Caleb Alexander. Their chn. :-
SAMUEL DAVENPORT, b. April 14, 1789; m. and set. Millbury; d. Dec. 23, 1877, a. 88 yrs.
JOSEPH, b. Oct. 4, 1790; not traced.
LOUISA, b. March 29, 1792; d. unm., July 10, 1874.
BENJAMIN, b. March 5, 1794; d. Oct. 20, 1797.
STEPHEN, b. March 25, 1796; d. unm., April 29, 1875.
BENJAMIN DAVENPORT, b. Dec. 19, 1803; not traced; prob. d. young.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Oct. 26, 1806; m. and set. in or near Boston.
Capt. William was the tallest man in this general vicinity, and a yeoman of marked character for his peculiarities and stanch integrity. He d. Sept. 16, 1817. His wid. survived him several years, m. a 2d lius., a Mr. Holbrook, but passed away a considerable time since.
TORREY, OTIS6 (Joseph,5 Stephen,4 William,8 William,2 Angel1), b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Nancy Parkhurst, dr. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Brown) Parkhurst,
b. Nov. 23, 1794; cer. Mil., Aug. 7, 1816, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. : - ADELIA, b. Dec. 1, 1816; d. Oct. 6, 1830.
WARREN, b. Feb., 1818; d. very young.
The mr. d. Feb. 17, 1818. Whether the fr. m. again, I am uncertain; but, however that may have been, the family has been several years extinct.
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TORREY, Dea. NATHANIEL 6 (Joseph,5 Stephen,4 William,& William,2 Angel 1),
b. June 1, 1797; m. Sabrina Daniels, dr. of Elisha and Phebe (Newton) Daniels, b. Mil., Nov. 21, 1800; cer. May 26, 1825, by Rev. D. Long. Their chu .: -
JOSEPH, said to have been b. in Wrentham, date not ascertained; res. Phila- delphia, Pa.
CHARLES, place and date of birth not ascertained; went to sea, and was drowned.
PHEBE ANN, b. Mil., Sept. 10, 1836; she has been twice m., twice bereaved of her husbands, and is now a wid. The names of her husbands, etc., I have not ascertained, nor other particulars necessary to a complete record. I have trusted chiefly, in respect to Dea. Torrey's chn., to imperfect verbal statements of a relative, who could not give the specific information I desired. Dea. Torrey and his wife were devoted and exemplary members of the Orthodox Cong. ch. She d. July 23, 1867. He d. July 3, 1872. Both d. in this town.
MISCELLANEOUS TORREYS.
TORREY, EBENEZER, of Boston, m. Susannah Torrey of Mendon, Nov. 22, 1759, by Rev. Mr. Dorr.
TORREY, JAMES, of Upton, m. wid. Mary Partridge, Nov. 27, 1755, by Rev. Mr. Frost.
TORREY, JOSIAH, with wf. Lydia, came into Mil. from Upton, and had b. to them a son, SAMUEL, Aug. 12, 1782.
TORREY, JOHN, and wf., Mary Torrey, had b. to them, POLLY, April 10, 1785, and BETSEY, Jan. 22, 1787.
TORREY, DEBORAH, m. Gershom Chapin, May 5, 1762.
TORREY, MARY, m. John Ward of Upton, Dec. 5, 1745.
I find no others on Mil, and Mendon records, but perhaps might have found some on those of Upton, had I searched them. My presentation of the Torreys is not very satisfactory to myself, but it is the best I could give with my means. I offer it, with all its defects, that if any of the race should hereafter take interest enough in their lineage to make a thorough search in quarters which I could not afford to examine, they may have the aid of my imperfect labors.
TOWER, JOSHUA, ancestry, birth-date, etc., untraced; wf. Elizabeth untraced;
cooper by trade, I think; res. for a time on So. Main St., near Eli Bowker's place. Chn. :-
MARY B., b. Sept. 6, 1826.
JOSHUA HOLLIS, b. Jan. 31, 1828.
SAMUEL WILLIAM, b. Oct. 29, 1829.
My history of this family is imperfect. Whence the parents came, I never knew, nor whether they had more chn. I find only the foregoing on our record of births. He d. in Holl., Aug. 3, 1868, as I know from my own funeral register. Concerning his wf. I am not informed. No further traced.
TOWER, WILLIAM 5 (William,4 Jason,8 Levi,2 Gideon1), and wf. Ann, are recorded to have had b. to them here, -
MARY ELIZA, b. Nov. 10, 1842.
Their stay in town was brief. No further traced.
TOWER, WILLIAM E., whose wf., Urania, was a dr. of the late Rev. Leonard Wakefield, res. a while in No. Purchase; but I have not his family record. I believe he now res. in Hop.
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TOWER, TOZER, TUCKER, TUTTLE.
TOWER, GEORGE OSCAR, son of the preceding William E., was m. by me to Ellen Maria Pierce, March 12, 1871. He then res. in town, but has since gone elsewhere. I have not his family record, and can no further trace him. If there have been other Towers here, I do not recollect them.
TOZER, Rev. WILLIAM, a Protestant Methodist clergyman, who res. for a few yrs. in the No. Purchase; wives Sarah and Ann ; had the births of the fol- lowing-named chn. placed on our records :- WILLIAM, Jun., b. Nova Scotia, Aug. 21, 1821.
ELIZABETH M., b. Nova Scotia, Oct. 1, 1819.
JOHN, b. Newfoundland, Oct. 14, 1823; d. Ang. 4, 1824.
PETER MUDGE, b. Newfoundland, June 11, 1825.
JOHN, b. Newfoundland, May 1, 1827; d. Jan. 2, 1828.
JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH, b. Newfoundland, Nov. 17, 1828.
JABEZ BANTINE, b. Newfoundland, Nov. 22, 1830.
BENJAMIN GILES, b. Newfoundland, Jan. 19, 1833; d. May 19, 1833. SARAH ANN, b. Mil., Dec. 21, 1841.
This last child is entered on record, as b. by a 2d wf. named Ann. I snp- pose Mrs. Sarah had d., and this 2d marriage taken place, before Mr. Tozer came to Mil., which was probably about 1840 or '41. He remained here only two or three yrs., and is no further traced. I had no acquaintance with him.
TUCKER has never been a frequent name on our territory.
TUCKER, JONATHAN, from Gloucester, R.I., pedigree untraced, m. Susanna Daniels, pedigree untraced; cer. July 3, 1754, by Rev. A. Frost. It appears, from Mr. Frost's record of baptisms, that the fr. joined the Cong. ch. here, July 5, 1767, and that all the then chn. of the family were bap. Sept. 7, 1767; viz., OLIVE (who m. Jonas Twitchell), SUSANNA, SARAH, SAMUEL, RACHEL, and EZRA. But I find no further mention made of them.
TUCKER, Rev. THOMAS W., ministered to the Methodists of No. Purchase in 1826 and '27.
TUCKER, GEORGE, boot-treer; and
TUCKER, WILLIAM C. R., bootmaker, res. here in 1856.
TUCKER, HENRY, marble worker.
TUCKER, WILLIAM, saloon keeper; and
TUCKER, JOHN S., carpenter, appear in Directory for 1869. -
TUCKER, HENRY F., boot-burnisher. 1872.
TUCKER, MARTIN T., boot-bottomer, appears in 1872, '75. And
TUCKER, JOHN S., at straw-shop, in 1880.
TUTTLE, AUGUSTUS SHERMAN, son of Augustus and Almira (Robbins) Tuttle, b. in Concord, July 18, 1824; m., 1st, Lucy Wheeler; no particulars given of her ptge., birth, the mge. cer., or date of her death, -prob. an unintentional omission; m., 2d, Ellen Maria Harris, dr. of Norman A. and Charlotte L. (Worcester) Harris, b. May 30, 1847; cer. Mil., June 3, 1874, by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson. No. chn. reported from either mge. I find Mr. T.'s name in our town Directory for 1856, in which he is put down as a boot- finisher. How long he had then res. here has not been given me. In the Directory of 1869, he is designated as of the firm of Judson, Sawtelle, & Co., house-furnishing goods. In the Directory of 1872, he was of the firm of Tuttle & Dean, same line of business. In that of '75, and all subsequent ones, he is put down as pursuing the same business in his own name. I think he has stated to me that he was keeping a store of some kind on his own account, when the war of the Rebellion broke out, which he had to
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leave at considerable sacrifice to enter the Union army. An appeal was made to his patriotism at that time, and a commission given him as 2d Lieut. and recruiting officer, dated July 22, 1862. Leaving his store, and, what tried him much more severely, an invalid wife, he was mustered into the U. S. service at once, and forthwith recruited and organized Co. F of the 36th Regt. Mass. Vols. He did this successfully, in spite of some formidable discouragements, marched that co. to the seat of war, and at South Moun- tain, Md., handed it over to the command of Capt. William F. Draper of Hopedale, since brig .- general. His subsequent military career may be seen as given in Chap. VIII., "The War-Record of the Rebellion." It appears that he deserved well of his country. He is a much respected business man and citizen, and, with his companion, holds a highly reputable social standing.
TWITCHELL, EPHRAIM5 (Ephraim,4 Joseph,& Benjamin of Medfield,2 Joseph of Dorchester, 16331), b. in that part of Sherborn which became Holl., Oct. 25, 1723; m., 1st, Patience Eames, dr. of Gershom and Susanna (Whitney) Eames, b. 1728; cer. Oct. 19, 1752, by Rev. J. Prentice. Issue : -
GERSHOM, bap. Oct. 5, 1755; m. Mary Johnson of Holl.
PATIENCE, bap. July 2, 1758; m. Ebenezer Nelson, March 8, 1781.
LYDIA, bap. Sept. 14, 1760; m. David French, May 21, 1778.
EPHRAIM, Jun., b. June 19, 1763; m. Eunice Chamberlain, Westmoreland, N.H., 1789.
Mrs. Patience d. June 5, 1763. The hus. m., 2d, Lydia Parkhurst, dr. of Isaac and Lydia (Bigelow) Parkhurst, b. in our Precinct, 1738; cer. April 13, 1769, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. :-
ANNA, b. Feb. 2, 1770; m. Stephen Thayer, May 15, 1787.
MERCY, b. Sept. 22, 1773; m. Caleb Albee, Aug. 28, 1791.
MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1776; m. Samuel Prentiss, Hop., Feb. 9, 1804.
OLIVE, b. March 14, 1780; m. Zuriel Hayward (Howard), Jan. 11, 1801.
Ephraim Twitchell came from Holl. He purchased what has been known as the Twitchell farm of Amos Binney and Thos. Bailey of Hull, through Rev. Amariah Frost, who had power of attorney to sell and convey the same. The deed to Twitchell bears date Aug. 2, 1748. The tract conveyed was estimated at "near a hundred acres," and said to be "the land laid out June 28, 1707, to John Peck," by the proprietors of Mendon. The deed excepted "three-quarters of an acre for a burying-place as shall be agreed upon most commodious therefor upon Nathaniel Morse line." The dwellings on the west side of School St., the high-school house, and our Town Park, occupy portions of this Peck, Binney and Bailey, Twitchell farm. Ephraim Twitchell's 1st wife, Patience, was rec'd into our Cong. ch., Sept. 28, 1755; and, in virtue thereof, her chn. were baptized. Lydia Parkhurst, the 2d wife, was also a member, and had her chn. bap. But it does not appear that the hus. and fr. ever joined the ch. He d. May 24, 1802. Death-date of Mrs. Lydia not found.
TWITCHELL, JONAS, ptge., birth-date, etc., not found; m. Olive Tucker, dr. of Jonathan and Susanna (Daniels) Tucker, bap. in our Precinct, Sept. 7, 1767; cer. April 19, 1785, by Amariah Frost, Esq. Issue :-
JOHN, b. Mil., April 28, 1785. Family no further traced. Who Jonas was, whence he came, or whither he went, I have no information.
TWITCHELL, GERSHOM6 (Ephraim,5 Ephraim,4 Joseph,8 Benjamin,2 .Joseph1), bap. Oct. 5, 1755; m. Mary Johnson of Holl., ptge., birth-date, and particu- lars of cer. not ascertained; prob. Holl. records may show. Issue :-
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TWITCHELL AND TYLER.
MARTIN, b. Jan. 18, 1779; m. Eleanor Lamb of Oxford, Jan. 25, 1807.
LEVI, b. Sept. 12, 1780; lived unm .; d. Nov. 31, 1842.
ELIHU, alias ELLA, h. May 18, 1783; lived unm .; d. See town record: I omitted to look.
BETSEY, b. Sept. 18, 1785; d. June 22, 1802.
GERSHOM, Jun., b. -; m. Abigail Hunt, May 22, 1825; he d. Jan. 30, 1860. MARY, b. -; m. Nathaniel Paine, Boston, Dec. 4, 1817.
Gershom Twitchell, sen., inherited his fr.'s farm, or at least became its pos- sessor, lived and died thereon. His wf. Mary was somewhat eccentric, and some of her chn. had marked peculiarities. But all, one after another, of the family have departed to the world of spirits. Gershom, sen., d. Aug. 15, 1824. Mrs. Mary, his wid., d. April 11, 1842, in her 87th yr. Martin never lived in town after his mge. His entire family have passed away excepting Emmons Twitchell, an enterprising boot-manufacturer of Brookfield. He is now the sole surviving descendant of Gershom, sen., that bears the name Twitchell. Neither Levi nor Elihu, nor Gershom, jun, left any.chn. Martin left Otis, who d. Aug. 31, 1871; Henry Martin, who d. April 24, 1872; and Emmons, who survives as above. It was Emmons of whom our authorities purchased the land for town park. Mrs. Mary Paine left a son and a dr., but of course they do not bear the name of Twitchell.
TWITCHELL, DILLA (perhaps originally Adelia or Delia), b. out of wedlock 1774; mr.'s maiden name Hannah McKenny; reputed fr. a Twitchell, whose given name I have not ascertained. How she passed her early childhood and youth I have never been told. She dwelt in a little home, northerly from Cedar-swamp Pond, on the st. since named after her, Dilla. She was eccentric and peculiar in her habits, conscientious and tender-hearted. She had a passionate fondness for cats, and often kept a dozen or more, all petted, fed, lodged, and treated with the most motherly care. Many anec- dotes are afloat on the waves of tradition concerning her and her feline family, but I will not presume to relate them. In her way she was certainly a remarkable woman. When she was at the age of about 15 yrs., her mr. m. Robert Wood, a foreigner, said to have been a Hessian, and whom Rer. Mr. Frost, in his record of marriages, termed "an outlandish man." This step-father and her mother lived and d. with Dilla. She herself d. March 27, 1830, a. 56 yrs. ; and was buried first in our oldest grave-yard, but now her remains repose in Vernon-grove Cemetery.
TYLER. We have had few of this name. But there was an ancient family of Tylers in Mendon, and several successive generations of them dwelt in what we call the Davenport neighborhood. Nathan and Mary had there a son, Nathan, in 1729. I suppose these two Nathan Tylers participated zealously in the setting off of our Easterly Precinct, and, for a time, in the management of its affairs. The second Nathan was m. to Abigail Maynard, Dec. 21, 1743, by Rev. Mr. Frost, and raised up a family in No. Mendon. I think he had a son Nathan there, and he another of the same name. These Tylers were influential people in their day, and much known in public affairs.
TYLER, DANIEL, pedigree untraced, was b. in Leominster, Aug. 18, 1791. He m. Thusa Polley, pedigree untraced, b. in Harvard, Aug. 22, 1797. They were m. in Leominster, Feb. 28, 1815. Issue: -
RUFUS D., b. Leominster, Sept. 10, 1816; d. Nov. 20, 1852.
ELIZABETH, b. Leominster, May 22, 1818.
RHODOLPHUS, b. Leominster, Feb. 22, 1820; d. Oct. 20, 1822.
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LYDIA ANN, b. Leominster, Jan. 15, 1822; m. Joseph Hancock, April 11, 1843.
JANE M., b. Leominster, Dec. 5, 1823; m. Ezra Hunt, April 18, 1841.
CAROLINE S., b. Leominster, Oct. 27, 1825.
ADOLPHUS, b. Leominster, Oct. 29, 1827; sole-cutter; res. No. Purchase. ABIGAIL R., b. Leominster, Sept. 17, 1829; m. James D. Bailey, June 6, 1849.
ADDISON H., b. Leominster, Nov. 30, 1831; m. Eliza Bianca Parkhurst, Oct. 21, 1857.
GEORGE H., b. Hopkinton, Feb. 21, 1834; d. Sept. 28, 1834.
ARATHUSA, b. Hopkinton, March 10, 1836.
ALVIN E., b. Hopkinton, Oct. 22, 1838.
MIRA ELIZA, b. Milford, Feb. 28, 1841; m., 1st, Almon A. Sumner; 2d, Andrew Franklin.
Daniel Tyler was an industrious carpenter and good citizen. He came into town from Hop. some 40 yrs. ago, and dwelt in the No. Purchase. He d. Feb. 21, 1874. His worthy wid. survives him in the same neighborhood. I am not completely informed as to the marriages and families of all his chn. Of his sons I have the family record of but one; viz., -
TYLER, ADDISON H., son of Daniel and Thusa, b. Leominster, Nov. 30, 1834; came with his parents to Mil., and m. Eliza Bianca Parkhurst, dr. of Oliver B. and Maria (Nelson) Parkhurst, b. in Mil., Oct. 19, 1835; cer. Oct. 21, 1857, by whom not ascertained. Their chn .: -
FRANK A. b. Mil., Dec. 2, 1858; d. Feb. 2, 1862.
ALBERT H., b. Mil., Jan. 12, 1862.
INFANT SON, b. Mil., Sept. 4, 1864; d. Sept. 9, 1864. 4
CHARLEY, b. Mil., July, 1867; d. Sept., 1868.
HARRY NELSON, b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1869.
OLIVER PARKHURST, b. Mil., July 30, 1877.
I am not informed where this promising family now res., nor of their pur- suits and circumstances.
UNDERWOOD, JOSHUA, seems to be the first of this name on our records. He was from Holl., m. for 2d wife Hannah Wheelock, res. on our territory about the time the Easterly Precinct was set off, and soon returned to Holl. His name appears among the petitioners to Gen. Court in 1741, for the new Precinct. He is referred to below.
UNDERWOOD, Gen. ORISON, came into town from Barre, in 1822, then quite a young man, and inducted himself into the boot business, which was at that time in its infancy here, - carried on in a few petty shops and tenement- roomns. He grew up to distinction with it, and has shared largely in its suc- cesses and reverses. He has acted a prominent part in the developments of our military, municipal, financial, and societary affairs. He attached him- self early to our famous Artillery Co., in which he rose from private to major. Thence he went up the ladder of promotion through the infantry till he reached the goal of brigadier-general. He finally received honor- able discharge from military duty at the end of 21 yrs. continuous service. In municipal and civil concerns he has been no less distinguished. He pre- sided as moderator through a long succession of town and other public meetings; has been many times recommissioned as justice peace; and was sent as delegate to one State Constitutional Convention, besides often serv- ing on our board of selectmen, and responsible special committees, when questions of urgent public interest required consideration. Among such
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questions, a very important one in its time was the establishment of a high school. He claims to have initiated the movement for this institution, to have persistently labored in its behalf against most discouraging opposition, and now to look back with great satisfaction on the success which finally crowned the exertions of himself and his eoadjutors. The Masonie Fra- ternity, as well as that of Odd-Fellows, is indebted largely to his personal influence for re-edifieation and expansion in town. The ancient Charity Lodge had been defunct several years, when he exerted himself to procure the removal of Montgomery Lodge from Medway to Mil .; then the removal of Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter from Medway hither; and then to establish our Commandery of Knights Templar. He was at least a vigor- ous promoter and co-operator in all these successful achievements. Such is a portion of his history in this community, as now in old age he surveys the retrospect. But he disclaims wishing to disparage the services of others in any of these works. I will now treat of his pedigree. He is of the 7th generation in deseent from, -
UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH.1 This ancestral immigrant was b. in Eng., set., 1st, at Hingham in 1637, and thence removed to Watertown in 1665. He had at Watertown a son named after himself.
UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH,2 who, by wf. Elizabeth, had several chn. One of these, -
UNDERWOOD, JOSHUA,8 set. in Sherborn, on what is now Underwood St., Holl. He m., 1st, Mercy Fairbanks; and 2d, Hannah Wheelock of our ter- ritory, in 1738. This is the Joshua & above mentioned as res. here, and being a petitioner for the new Precinct. He had numerous chn. Among them, -
UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH,4 who inherited the patrimonial homestead in Holl., m. Jemima Leland, and raised up a goodly family. Among them was, - UNDERWOOD, DAVID 5 (Joseph,4 Joshua,8 Joseph,2 Joseph 1), b. Holl., 1742; m. Bathsheba Adams, 1763, and ultimately set. in that part of Rutland which became Barre. Their chn. were JEMIMA, b. in Holl., 1764; JONAS, 1765; BATHSHEBA, 1767; DAVID in Rutland, 1769; JOSEPH, 1771; AsA, 1773; ITHAMAR, 1776; ELIPHAZ, 1779; REUBEN, BETSEY, etc., at ungiven dates. UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH6 (David,5 Joseph,4 Joshua,3 Joseph,2 Joseph 1),b. in Rut., sinee Barre, 1771; m. Chloe Guernsey of Richmond, N.H., dr. of William and Chloe (Thurber) Guernsey, b. March 21, 1776; date of cer. not given. Their ehn. : -
AURILLA, b. 1803; m. Dwight Colburn; she d. 1871.
ORISON, b. March 19, 1805; m. Hannah B. Cheney, Sept. 2, 1827.
WILLIAM GUERNSEY, b. 1806; d. 1829.
VIDA, b. 1808; d. young.
ELBRIDGE GERRY, b. 1810; traee not given.
CHLOE THURBER, b. 1813; trace not given.
ANDREW JACKSON, b. 1815; trace not given.
JAMES MONROE, b. 1818; traee not given.
Death-date of Mrs. Chloe, April 19, 1839. Her husband's not given.
UNDERWOOD, Gen. ORISON 7 (Joseph,6 David,5 Joseph,4 Joshua,8 Joseph,2 Joseph 1), b. Barre, March 19, 1805; m. Hannah Bond Cheney, dr. of Caleb and Sarah (Hunting) Cheney, b. in Mil., Jan. 31, 1804; eer. at the parental res. on Sunday evening, Sept. 2, 1827, by the writer. The officiator was also present at their opal and golden wedding celebrations. Their chn. : -
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ADIN BALLOU, b. May 19, 1828; grad. B. U., 1849; m. Jane L. Walker, June 5, 1856.
LAURINDA, b. Dec. 11, 1829 ; d. Oct. 27, 1832.
WILLIAM ORISON, b. Dec. 17, 1831; d. Oct. 7, 1832.
EDWIN ORISON, b. Nov. 25, 1833; d. March 5, 1835.
ADALINE AURILLA, b. Nov. 29, 1835; d. Sept. 25, 1843.
GEORGE DWIGHT, b. Dec. 18, 1837; m. Faustina Aurena Gove, June 1, 1859. MELVIN AUGUSTUS, b. April 17, 1844; grad. H. U., 1866; m. Clara Isabella Babbitt, 1880.
UNDERWOOD, Gen. ADIN BALLOU8 (Gen. Orison,7 Joseph, 6 David,5 Joseph,4
Joshua,8 Joseph,2 Joseph 1), b. Mil., May 19, 1828; grad. B. U., 1849; adopted the legal profession, and commenced practising Mil .; m. Jane L. Walker, dr. of Joseph and Hannah (Chapin) Walker, b. Hop., March 14, 1837; cer. in West Newton Cong. ch., June 5, 1856, by Rev. Mr. Drummond, pastor. Their chn .: -
AMY, b. Newtonville, March 28, 1857.
ANNA, b. Newtonville, May 4, 1859.
WILLIAM ORISON, b. Newtonville, May 5, 1861.
Gen. A. B. Underwood was put in process of a liberal education early in life at Mil. Academy, our public schools, and under Leander Holbrook's tuition. At fifteen he was sent to the University Grammar School, Providence, R.I., where he fitted for college. At seventeen he entered Brown University, then under the presidency of Rev. Dr. Wayland. Thence he grad., as already said, in 1849, among the foremost of his class. After a year spent in the counting- room and in travel, he betook himself to the study of law, first in the office of Hon. Charles R. Train, Framingham; then at Cambridge Law School; and then in the office of Judge B. F. Thomas, at Worcester. From Aug., 1852, to Aug., 1853, one year, he spent in Europe, - the summer months at Heidelberg, and the winter ones in Berlin, - attending lectures on jurisprudence by eminent Ger- man inasters. Meantime he spent some weeks in Italy. Thus qualified he was admitted to the bar of Worcester Co., in Nov., 1853. He commenced law prac- tice in Milford soon after this, and was for a few yrs. associated with H. B. Staples, Esq., under the firm name " Underwood & Staples." About this time he served for a while as clerk of our police ct. In 1855 or 1856 he formed a law . partnership with Hon. Charles R. Train in Boston, which continued till the war of the Rebellion broke out. Since his mge. he domiciliated mostly at Newtonville to 1865, and thereafter at Newton. The day after Fort Sumter was fired upon, he turned the key in his office-door, and never entered it again for a client. He soon enlisted, became capt. of a co. raised in Boston, and went into service with the Second Mass. Infantry under Col. George H. Gordon. What he achieved and suffered in the ensuing campaigns, how he distinguished himself and was promoted, and the honors of his subsequent career, have been indicated in Chap. VII. I need add only, that he is still at his post in the Boston Custom House, that he and his worthy wife are stanch Episcopalians, that he has been honored with responsible offices in Grace ch. at Newtonville, that he was three years on Gov. Claflin's staff as col., and that he has more recently held a position of eminent dignity as the Commander of the Department of Mass. in the Grand Army of the Republic.
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