History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 75

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328

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COKER, THOMAS, came into town, and was taxed here 1810 to 1815.

COKER, WILLIAM, bro. to Thomas, came at the same time, and was taxed till

1814. They came from Newbury, and, I suppose, were bros. to Mary Coker, who became the 2d wf. of Artemas Thayer. Whether they had families I am not clearly informed, and so can give no record. They were ingenious mechanics, and carried on two kinds of business while here; viz., wire- drawing, and the building of bellows-top chaises. William left town in 1814, and Thomas in 1816, or not far from those dates.

COLBURN. Not many of this name have been numbered among our inhabitants. The first mentioned on our records were Samuel Colburn and his wf. Mercy. Nothing more is told of this couple than their deaths in old age. . Whence they came, or where they dwelt, is not indicated. Mercy, the wf., d. Oct. 13, 1801; and Rev. Mr. Long, in his memoranda of deaths, notes that she d. in the act of milking, -of course, very suddenly, -a. 75 yrs. Samuel, her hus., d. Oct. 18, 1804, in his 91st yr. I conjecture that these may have been the parents of Richard Colburn, who then dwelt on the Ira Cleveland place, so called; but I have found no means of verifying this. Richard bought the aforesaid place of Dea. Enoch Adams, between 1798 and 1800. Adams had it of Dea. Ebenezer Read. Colburn sold it to Ira Cleveland, in 1806. He is said to have been fond of good cheer and lively times, and to have rendered his home a resort for sportive company. I am told that he was the fr. of Warren Colburn, the celebrated arithmetical author, who was a half-grown lad when the family left Mil., in 1806. If Richard was the father of Warren, he came from Ded- ham, and probably returned thither. He, and his wf., Joanna, had numerons chn .; but I find only one on record as b. here; viz., -

LEONARD, b. Dec. 31, 1801.

COLBURN, WESTON, son of Alvah and Milly (Wood) Colburn, was b. in Tun- bridge, Vt., 1779. His mr. was a sister of Rev. Benjamin Wood of Upton. She was of Hartford, Vt. At 21 yrs. of age, Weston came to live with his uncle Wood, in Upton. He m., 1st, Anna Gage, dr. of Moses and Mary (Boynton) Gage, b. in our precinct, March 29, 1779; cer. in Mil., July 19, 1804, by Rev. David Long. Their chn : -

DAVID GAGE, b. Franklin, May 25, 1805; m., 1st, Calista Adams; 2d, Lucy W. Taft.

ELIZA A., b. Upton, Aug. 26, 1807; m. Joseph T. McFarland, Nov. 10, 1835; 3 chn.

BENJAMIN WOOD, b. Mil., Jan. 12, 1810; m. Asenath M. Maynard, in Holl., June 4, 1838; 1 dr.

PATIENCE BOWKER, b. Mil., July 31, 1812; m. Seth Gassett, Hop .; moved to Memphis, Tenn., and both d. there; 1 son.

AMORY HUNTING, b. June 27, 1814; unm .; d. suddenly in California, 1876. ABIGAIL MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1817; m. Thomas Fay, Westboro'; he d. 1856.

JANE MARIA WOOD, b. Sept. 20, 1821; m. William S. Rathbon, Albany, N.Y., March 7, 1847.

Mrs. Anna d. in Westboro', Jan. 16, 1846, of a grievous cancer in the nose, a. 67 yrs. She had been somewhat famous, in her younger days, as a school-

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teacher, belonged to the Cong. ch., and composed religious verses on the death of her sister, Patience (Gage) Bowker, and on Elijah Bowker's calamitous decease. These were printed, and much thought of by numerous friends. The hus. m. a 2d wf., in Nashua, N.H., name and other particulars not given. No chn. Weston Colburn was a carpenter by trade, a member of the Cong. ch., a great lover of music, and a good singer. He was never sick till just before his death. He seems to have dwelt in many different localities : first in his native town of Tunbridge, Vt., till 21 yrs. of age; then with his uncle, in Upton, a while; then, after mge., 1 yr. in Franklin; then on the old Gage farm in Mil. till 1822; then in Hop. 2 yrs; then in Holl. for a short time; then in Westboro', till the death of his 1st wf., in 1846; and last in Nashua, N.H., where he m. his 2d wf. There he d., March 5, 1854, a. 75 yrs.

COLBURN, DAVID GAGE 3 (Weston,2 Alvah 1), b. Franklin, May 25, 1805; mr.'s maiden name Anna Gage; m., 1st, Calista Adams, dr. of Moses and Ruth (Perry) Adams, b. Holl., 1806; cer. Holl., March 20, 1826, by Rev. Mr. Wheaton. Issue :-

NANCY E., b. Hop., Oct. 9, 1827; m. Clement Meserve, Esq., Hop., Jan. 4, 1854; 5 chn.

AUGUSTIN A., b. Hop., Nov. 17, 1828; m. Mary Waldron of Maine; 1 son, gone West.

MOSES G., b. Hop., June 30, 1830; m. Amelia Engley, Attleboro', July 12, 1831; 1 son.

MARY LOUISA, b. Hop., April 19, 1832; d. Westboro', Feb. 5, 1843, a. 11 yrs. JAMES S., b. Hop., May 25, 1834; burnt to death by clothes taking fire, May 28, 1841.

MARANDA JANE, b. Hop., Nov. 30, 1835; m. William Patterson, April 3, 1855; she d. Norwood, 1868; 2 chn.

FRANCIS A., b. Hop., Sept. 10, 1837; d. in a fit, Aug. 1, 1838, very suddenly. MARCUS MORTON, b. Hop. Aug. 12, 1840; d. April 4, 1842, a. 19 mos.

HENRIETTA, b. Hop., Sept. 27, 1842; m. Charles Millard, Springfield, Nov. 7, 1857; 2 chn.

JOHN M., b. Hop., March 27, 1844; m. Abbie Comey, May 20, 1874; 2 chn.

Mrs. Calista d. Feb. 9, 1857. The hus. m., 2d, Lucy W. Taft, dr. of Sam- uel Taft of Woodville; cer. March 20, 1858. No chn. Mrs. Lucy d. Aug. 24, 1880. Mr. D. G. Colburn is a carpenter, learned his trade of Capt. Josiah Bigelow, and has spent all his manhood yrs. in Hop. He has earned for him- self the reputation of a substantial citizen, and the paternal head of a worthy family. He has been at the pains to collect and furnish me a large mass of information relating to the Gages, Colburns, and their posterity. I have em- bodied as much of it as I decently could, under the various family names and records, but felt obliged to omit many details, as external to the scope of this work. And I may have misunderstood his documentary data in respect to some families.

COLBURN, SAMUEL, from Dedham, baker, and wf., Barbara B. (Mowry)

Colburn, were among the original members of the community at Hopedale. His ancestry remains untraced. His wf., Mrs. Barbara, d. very suddenly, in Dedham, at the res. of Israel Mowry, her fr., June 20, 1843. This Sam- uel Colburn was b. in Dedham, July 20, 1818. He m., 2d, Mary Jackman of Newbury, b. Oct. 8, 1811; cer. at Hopedale, June 23, 1844, by the writer. No chn. They now res. in the vicinity of Anoka, Minn. Mrs. C. has won somewhat of celebrity by her literary genius in poetry, and public addresses on reformatory themes.

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COLBURN, DWIGHT, son of Jonathan and Betsey (Bacon) Colburn, b. in

Dedham, March 9, 1798; manufacturer; m. Aurilla Underwood, dr. of Joseph and Chloe (Guernsey) Underwood, b. in Barre, 1803; cer. in Barre, Nov. 18, 1827. Their chn : -

GEORGE DWIGHT, b. Aug. 9, 1829; m. Anna Frances Clement, June 8, 1854. ANGELINE AURILLA, b. Feb. 18, 1831; m. Charles Dewing, March 4, 1849.

JANE AUGUSTA, b. Dec. 10, 1832; m. James H. Putnam, April 12, 1876. CHARLES HENRY, b. Aug. 16, 1835; m. Fannie Eudora Draper, Feb. 20, 1868. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. May 15, 1837; m. Benjamin Franklin, Jan. 1, 1862.

The gd. chn. of this family number 12, and all are living but 1. Of these, 4 were chn. of George Dwight ; 4 of Angeline Aurilla; 2 of Charles Henry ; and 2 of Harriet Elizabeth.

Mrs. Aurilla (Underwood) Colburn d. in Bell., April 1, 1871. Mr. Dwight Colburn, the hus. and fr., d. in No. Attleboro', July 27, 1874. Worthy family throughout.

COLBURN, GEORGE DWIGHT3, (Dwight2, Jonathan1; no further traced); mr.'s maiden name Aurilla Underwood; b. in Holl., Aug. 6, 1829; boot- manufacturer; m. Anna Frances Clement, dr. of Jesse and Elizabeth (Ayer) Clement, b. Haverhill, Aug. 2, 1835; cer. Haverhill, June 8, 1854, by Rev. Charles Tenney. They have res. in Mil. and Newton. Their clin. :- MARY ELIZABETH, b. Mil., June 3. 1855; d. young.

CLARA ERSKINE, b. Mil., May 31, 1856.

MARY, b. Newton, Jan. 10, 1858.

GEORGE CLEMENT, b. Newton, March 24, 1874.

Mr. C. is a very enterprising and successful boot and shoe manufacturer, running one of our largest establishments in connection with the firm of Clement, Colburn, & Co., besides carrying on business extensively elsewhere.

COLBURN, CHARLES HENRY, bro. of the preceding, b. Holl., Aug. 16, 1835; boot-manufacturer ; m. Fannie Eudora Draper, dr. of George and Hannah B. (Thwing) Draper, b. in Ware, July 26, 1847; cer. at the bride's parental res., Hopedale, Feb. 20, 1868, by the writer. Their chn. : -

HELEN LOUISE, b. Hopedale, Nov. 9, 1868.

ALICE DRAPER, b. Mil., Jan. 7, 1875.

A little family of eminent social standing, auspicious promise, and enter- prising aspirations in the pathway of life.

All these Colburn families are said to have descended from two brothers who originally set. in Dedham.

COMSTOCK. Samuel Comstock is said to have set. in Providence, R.I., in 1662, and to have in. a sister of Benedict Arnold, first gov. of R. I. under the charter of King Charles II. He had a son Hezekiah, who is supposed to have had a son of the same name. The 2d Hezekiah is believed to have been fr. of Anthony, who had an only son Anthony. Anthony, sen., d. in Feb., 1763, a. 40 yrs. ANTHONY, jun., was b. soon after his fr.'s death, March 26, 1763. He m. Hannah Southwick, dr. of Edward and Elizabeth Southwick, b. in Dighton, Oct. 4, 1773; cer. Dec., 1790. Their chn. :-

WILLIAM, b. March 25, 1791; m. Abidab Hill, Jan. 15, 1815.

PHEBE, b. Feb: 7, 1793; m. Abel Aldrich; she d. 1879.

ANTHONY, b. Oct. 7, 1795; drowned in Blackstone River, June 2, 1818. HANNAH, b. July 15, 1797; m. - Wood; still living.

MARTHA, b. Nov. 17, 1798; m. Leonard Taft; she d. May 4, 1853.

EZRA, b. Nov. 1, 1800; still living in Upton.

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OLIVE b. March 25, 1806; m. Millins Taft; some time d.

ELIZA (twins), b. March 25, 1806; d. June, 1841.

All these were b. on "the island," so called, near the present village of Black- stone. The fr. d. there, Oct. 23, 1809. His wid. subsequently became the wf. of Samnel Gaskill, Mendon. She d. Sept., 1862.

COMSTOCK, WILLIAM6 (Anthony,6 Anthony,4 Hezekiah,8 Hezekiah,2 Sam- uel1), b., as above, March 25, 1791; m. Abidah Hill, dr. of Daniel and Mercy (Hayward) Hill, b. Oct. 9, 1785; cer. Jan. 15, 1815. Issue: -

The birth-dates of the older chn. not given. Of these I knew 3; viz., MERCY,

DAN, and GILBERT.

WILLIAM GIBBS, b. now Blackstone, Feb. 3, 1827; m. Elma Ann Cook, Oct. 17, 1849.

The fr. d. July 22, 1830. Mrs. Abidah d. March 13, 1868.

COMSTOCK, WILLIAM GIBBS7 (William,6 Anthony,5 Anthony,4 Hezekiah,8 Hezekiah,2 Samuel1), b., as above, Feb. 3, 1827; mr.'s maiden name Abidah Hill; m. Elma Ann Cook, dr. of Joseph B. and Thankful (Benson) Cook, b. in then Mendon, now Blackstone, Jan. 29, 1827; cer. Uxbridge, Oct. 17, 1849, by Rev. Willard Holbrook. Issue :-

ALICE ARDELL, b. Hopedale, Dec. 10, 1850; music teacher; m. Sanford Phipps, Oct. 11, 1873; 2 chn. ; res Somerville.

FANNIE AMANDA, b. Hopedale, July 4, 1854; public-school teacher.

Mr. C. and wf. took a lively interest in all the great reforms of the age. They came to Hopedale soon after their mge., became members of the Commu- nlty, -faithful, devoted, and exemplary ones, - and dwelt on our domain from 1850 to 1869, some 18 yrs. Here they spent a memorable portion of their lives, nurtured their chn. to intelligence and virtue, and gathered lessons of wisdom. Mrs. Alma d. in Upton, Jan. 13, 1870. Her remains rest in our humble ceme- tery among our honored dead; but she and they are not there, -they have "risen." Mr. C. res. with his m. dr., Mrs. Phipps, in Somerville. He has em- ployed himself many yrs. chiefly as a pedestrian peddler of various small articles of domestic convenience and utility.

COMSTOCK, WILLIAM HENRY, mostly of Mendon, but at one time of Mil.,

belongs to another branch of the same general stock. I am not furnished with the authentic data of his family record; but, from partial personal knowledge, I may simply state that he was a son of Henry Comstock, b. in Smithfield, R.I., and m., for his 1st wf., Chloe M. Barber of So. Bell., dr. of Calvin Barber. They had several chn .; viz., CHLOE MARIA, who. d. in infancy, Dec. 29, 1838, a. 19 mos .; WILLIAM HENRY, jun., m. Melissa M. Perry, Jan. 10, 1856; and DE WITT C. BARBER, who m. Lizzie Ann Tib- betts, Nov. 4, 1870. I think he had one or two other chn., of whom I have no certain information. Mrs. Chloe d. in Mendon, Aug. 5, 1872, in her 59th yr. The hus. has been twice m. since, but I am not in command of names and dates.

COOK. We have several lineages of Cooks in our present population, the most numerous of which is traceable to Walter Cook fromn Weymouth, one of the original Mendon proprietors and settlers. He came to Mendon town-seat about 1663 or 1664, with three sons, and two other Cooks, Gregory and Stephen, sup- posed to have been his bros. However this may have been, these two remained in Mendon only a few years, and then set. in the neighborhood of Cambridge, afterwards Newton. I have taken considerable pains to trace the ancestry of Walter Cook, but failed. The name Cook, having been derived from the office,

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or calling, of chief-victualler in the households of ancient feudal lords, is very numerous all over Europe, and especially in England. Hence the old immi- grants of this name at Plymouth and Boston may, or may not, have been related by family ties. They were among the earliest in both localities. I must there- fore leave it to some sinarter expert to ascertain their genealogies. The first I learn of Walter Cook is, that he was of Weymouth, in 1643, and admitted free- man 1653. He next appears among the original proprietors of Quinshipang Plantation, afterwards Mendon, where he set. certainly as early as 1664. His family then consisted of his wf. Catherine, and 5 chn .; viz., John, Hannah, Samuel, Nicholas, and Experience. Concerning these, and their descendants, I have incidentally gathered many interesting facts, which I am obliged to leave unmentioned in this work, as, perhaps, not strictly snited to its scope and limits. Walter Cook dwelt very nearly on the spot in Mendon where the late Aaron C. Cook died. He had an original 40-acre lot, with all its rights to future divisions of common, in virtne of which he and his sons became large landholders in vari- ous portions of the town, especially in the south-easterly ones adjacent to Belling- ham, Wrentham, and the Rhode-island line. At that time the R. I. line was far- ther south than as afterwards settled; so that Mendon claimed what is now the northerly border of Cumberland, Woonsocket, No. Smithfield, etc. But within onr limits the Cooks took np only small pieces of land. Walter d. at an ad- vanced age, Jan. 5, 1696, surviving his wf. Catherine only 2 days. He left a will, which I found recorded in Suffolk Registry of Probate, B. 8, p. 88, and dated Jan. 16, 1694. It made his eldest son, John, executor. This eldest son appears to have set. in Uxbridge, and to have left but one son. I have not ascertained the extent of his progeny, but infer that it was comparatively small. Samuel set. in the south-easterly part of what is now Blackstone, and had lands now partly in Woonsocket, R.I. His posterity was more numerous. Nicholas set. a little more to the eastward, and extended his possessions into Bellingliam for a considerable distance, even, perhaps, to the edge of Cumber- land, R.I. His posterity was much more numerons than either Samuel's or John's. Most of our Milford Cooks are his descendants, as are those of Men- don, Blackstone, Bellingham, Wrentham, Cumberland, R.I., and Woonsocket. Peter Cook was the first of this name that became a permanent inhabitant of Mil. He came into town about the yr. 1808, as he then first appears on our tax-list. He had been of Mendon, So. Parish, now Blackstone, and had m. Amy, dr. of Darius Sumner, in 1805. Subsequently, in 1816, he purchased of Col. Samnel Nelson his large farm in what we now call South Hopedale. This included much of the ancient Nelson real estate, once owned by Capt. Seth Chapin, then by Josiah Wood, and then by the first Gershom Nelson and his descendants. I will therefore commence my family tabulations with, -

COOK, PETER 6 (Stephen,5 Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,8 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. in

Mendon, So. Parish, now Blackstone, Jan., 1778; m. Amy Sumner, dr. of Darins and Anna (Daniels) Sumner, b. Mil., Nov. 16, 1784; cer. Oct., 1805, place and solemnizer not ascertained. The Dea. Nicholas above named was the first dea. of the Baptist ch. in Bell., one of the oldest of that denomi- nation in New England. Chn. of Peter and Amy, -

CAROLINE, b. April 1, 1807; m. Stephen Sweet, Aug. 30, 1823.

STEPHEN, b. Nov. 23, 1808; m. Diana Hunt, Oct. 15, 1835.

AMOS, b. Feb. 19, 1811; m. Sarah Davis Hammond, Oct. 24, 1839.

PETER, jun., b. Feb. 22, 1813; d. March 25, ensuing.

AMY SUMNER, b. April 7, 1815; m. Carolus G. Jewell, July 25, 1842; res. Galva, Ill.

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WILLIAM, b. June 10, 1818; m. Adalaide M. Pease, April 19, 1863; res. Provi- dence, R.I.

LLOYD HALSEY, b. Jan. 2, 1820; m. Abby A. Rockwood, Dec. 13, 1849.

FIRILLA SUMNER, b. May 6, 1822; m. Samuel W. Gilbert, 1845; res. Aurora, Ill.

Mrs. Amy d. Dec. 18, 1825. The hus. m., 2d, Hannah Fisher of Pawtucket, R.I., in 1831 ; ptge. and other particulars not ascertained. Issue, 1 son, GEORGE, birth-date not found; d. at the age of about 20 yrs.

Mr. C.'s mental faculties became partially deranged, even before his first wf.'s death, and waxed more so to the end of his life. He d. in the family of his son Amos, at the ancient Abijah French place, later Elibu Perry's, Oct. 5, 1856, a. 78.

COOK, STEPHEN 7 (Peter,6 Stepben,5 Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Wal- ter1), b. Nov. 23, 1808; mr.'s maiden name Amy Sumner; farmer and trader; m. Diana Hunt, dr. of Pearley and Chloe (Albee) Hunt, b. March

16, 1817; cer. in the brick ch., Oct. 17, 1835, by the writer. Their chn. :- CHLOE HUNT, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Edward Walker, Nov. 29, 1855.

STEPHEN ALONZO, b. Jan. 24, 1839; m. Ellen Maria Nelson, Jan. 24, 1872. SOLON SUMNER, b. July 16, 1840; m. Sarah Ellen Richardson, Sept. 13, 1862. EDWIN HUNT, b. June 4, 1843; d. unm., May 11, 1875, a. almost 32 yrs. ANGELIA, Ist, b. July 28, 1845; d. a. 1 week.

HALSEY LLOYD, b. May 10, 1847; remains as yet unm .; one of the firm of Cook Bros.

ANOELIA, 2d, b. Nov. 6, 1849; m. Edwin Bliss Taft, Nov. 25, 1875.

ADIN AUGUSTUS BALLOU, b. April 24, 1852; he was b. in Milwaukee, Wis. ; a reg. grad. accountant.

A very worthy family. The hus. and fr. d. rather suddenly in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 18, 1852, a. almost 44 yrs. He had removed to Milwaukee, in 1851, for improvement of health and business, but soon closed his earthly career in the midst of its meridian activities. The faithful wf. and mr. returned with her 7 chn., watchfully reared them to maturity; and they all proved blessings to her by filial affection and dutifulness. One lamented son passed over the river, and the rest survive with her to be the solace of her declining yrs.

COOK, AMOS 7 (Peter,6 Stephen,5 Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,8 Nicholas,2 Walter 1),

b. Feb. 19, 1811; mr.'s maiden name as above; farmer and trader; m. Sarah Davis Hammond, dr. of Uriel and Sally (Holt) Hammond, b. in Hampton, Conn., June 13, 1816; cer. at said Hampton, Oct. 24, 1839, by Rev. Mr. Sprague. They res. 3 yrs. in Mil., 6 in Hampton, Conn., and thenceforth in Mil. Their chn .: -

HENRY HAMMOND, b. Mil, Oct. 18, 1840; m. Sarah J. Ayres, 1864; res. Al- bany, N.Y.

SARAH SUMNER, b. Mil., July 17, 1842; m. Ira Smith, Jan. 14, 1869.

ALFRED AMOS, b. Hampton, Conn., Aug. 11, 1847; m. Rachel Olive Stingley, Jan., 1876; res. Williamsburg, Kan.

MARY WELD, b. Hampton, Conu., Aug. 12, 1857; d. young.

A kind hus. and fr., a strictly pious wf. and mr., and chn. of corresponding worth. The fr. d. Dec. 8, 1857. His wid. still survives, vigorous and active.

There are 2 living gd. chn. H. H. Cook has 1 dr., and Mrs. Smith 1 son.

COOK, WILLIAM7 (Peter,6 Stephen,5 Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,3 Nicholas,2 Wal- ter1), b. June 10, 1818; broker in Providence, R.I .; res. at one time in Cali- fornia; a successful business man, enterprising and respected ; m. Adalaide

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M. Pease, dr. of Thomas M. and Lydia A. (Vincent) Pease, b. Edgartown, April 12, 1842; cer. in Providence, R.I., April 19, 1863, by Rev. Mr. McKen- zie. Their chn. : -

ALBERT B., b. Edgartown, Feb. 10, 1864.

WILLIAM G., b. New Bedford, May 25, 1865.

NELLIE H., b. Providence, R.I., May 15, 1868.

ADALAIDE L., b. Providence, R.I., Aug. 10, 1870; d. April 28, 1872.

MADALEINE M., b. Providence, R.I., May 16, 1873.

COOK, LLOYD HALSEY 7 (Peter,6 Stephen,5 Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,8 Nicholas,2

Walter1), b. Jan. 2, 1820; real-estate agent, justice of the peace, etc. ; m. Abby A. Rockwood, dr. of Joseph and Ann (Chilson) Rockwood, b. in Bell., May 30, 1826; cer. in Boston, Dec. 13, 1849, by Rev. Alonzo A. Miner. Their chn. :

ELWOOD HARVEY, b. May 11, 1855; d. of cerebral disease by suicide, Dec. 23, 1874.

PERCY WALTON, b. Oct. 19, 1858; d. Sept. 23, 1863.

CLIFFORD ASHTON, b. Sept. 3, 1860.

A highly-esteemed but much afflicted family, hoping for the life eternal In the immortal world.

COOK, STEPHEN ALONZO 8 (Stephen,7 Peter,6 Stephen," Peter,4 Dea. Nicho- las,3 Nicholas,2 Walter 1), b. Jan. 24, 1839; provision merchant, head of the respected firm, "Cook Bros,"; mr.'s maiden name, Diana Hunt; m. Ellen Maria Nelson, dr. of Otis T. and Hannah H. (Taft) Nelson, b. June 19, 1847; cer. Jan. 24, 1872, by the writer. No chn. yet.

COOK, SOLON SUMNER 8 (Stephen,7 Peter," Stephen," Peter,4 Dea. Nicholas,8 Nicholas,2 Walter1), b. July 16, 1840; mr.'s maiden name, Diana Hunt; an enterprising livery-stable keeper and master hackman; m. Sarah Ellen Richardson, dr. of John Strobridge and Sarah Ann (Johnson) Richardson;

cer. in Cumberland, R.I., Sept. 13, 1862, by David H. Ela. Their chn .:- ADELLA F., b. June 27, 1864.

SOLON S., b. March 9, 1866; d. March 12 ensulng.

INFANT SON, b. July 15, 1867; scarcely lived.

LILLIAN S., b. Nov. 11, 1868; d. Feb. 14, 1869.

WALTER R., b. Jan. 2, 1870; d. Feb. 14, 1876.

HERBERT S., b. Aug. 7, 1872; d. Feb. 18, 1876.

ILARRY O., b. May 26, 1874.

INFANT SON, b. Ang. 28, 1876; scarcely lived.

INFANT SON, b. July 21, 1877; scarcely lived.

JOHN CLINTON, b. Aug. 4, 1878.

INFANT DE., b. March 1, 1880; scarcely lived. Another son, 1881.

What a numerous yet death-desolated family ! What a group of innocents transplanted to "the kingdom of heaven," of which Jesus said, "such are" ! Sadder conclusion still, - Mrs. Sarah d. very suddenly of heart disease, April 10, 1881, a. 38 yrs. 1 mo. 7 ds., deeply lamented.

COOK, WILLIAM WALKER7 (Joseph B.,6 Pascho,5 Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,8 Sam-

uel,2 Walter1), b. In Uxbridge, March 21, 1820, son of Joseph Bartlett and Thankful (Benson) Cook; florist; m., 1st, Abigail Draper, dr. of Ira and Abigail (Richards) Draper, b. Oct. 24, 1819; cer. in Saugus, Feb. 2, 1842, by Benjamin Franklin Newhall, Esq. One son :-

EDWIN, b. Uxbridge, May, 1844; d. In Ux., canker rash, June 9, 1846, a. 2 yrs. 1 mo.

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Mrs. Abigail d. at Hopedale, July 27, 1847. The hus. m., 2d, Nancy Maria Draper, a niece of his 1st wf., dr. of Ira Draper, jun., and his wf. Nancy (Bul- lard) Draper, birth-date and place not given; cer. in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1849, by Rev. G. W. Montgomery. One son : -

EDWIN LAURIE, b. Hopedale, March 29, 1857; m. Mrs. Elizabeth Maria Hooker of Charlton, Nov. 26, 1879.

William W. Cook was a devoted and valuable member of Fraternal Com- munity No. 1, -an original one, - and afterwards permanently so of the Hope- dale Community under its changed title. Both his wives were worthily in Community membership with him. Change of circumstances induced change of residence. He reports these changes of res. thus: "6 mos. in Milford, 6 in Millville, 2 yrs. in Smithfield, Woonsocket Falls, R.I., 3 yrs. in Uxbridge, 18 yrs. in Milford, 12 yrs. in Worcester, 2 yrs. in Paxton, and last yr. in Worces- ter." He is an experienced and excellent florist.

COOK, CYRUS 6 (Davis,5 Dea. Ariel,4 Eld. Nathaniel,8 Dea. Nicholas,2 Wal- ter1), b. Cumberland, R.I., Sept. 8, 1819; mother's maiden name, Abigail Ballon, half-sister of the writer; never m .; farmer; a conscientious moral reformer; joined our Community at Hopedale in 1846, remained a few yrs., resigned his membership, and returned to his native place, where he now res. A still, thoughtful, sober, upright man. Eld. Nathaniel Cook, his gt. gd. fr., was an early preacher to the ancient Six-principle Baptist Ch. in the northerly part of Cumberland, R.I., the writer's native neighbor- hood. He was the second pastor of that ch.

COOK, ALONZO ARIEL 7 (Ariel,6 Ezekiel,6 Ezekiel,4 Dea. Nicholas.3 Nicholas,2 Walter 1), b. in Mendon, Nov. 17, 1824; mr.'s maiden name, Joanna Cass; m. Louisa Harrison Thayer, dr. of Samuel and Keziah (Turner) Thayer, b. March 7, 1829; a very estimable woman; cer. in Blackstone, Oct. 15, 1850, by Rev. Michael Burdett. Their chin .:-

ALTON ALONZO, b. Hopedale, Aug. 25, 1855; educated at Worcester Co. Free Iost. of Industrial Science.

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History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 75

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co. Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328