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Charles Howard and daughter, Carrie rented the house for a short time. The property was sold April 21, 1890, to Edwin Kingsbury, who lived here with his sister, Mrs. Clarissa Nolen. They were good old-fashioned New Englanders with hearts of gold. Mr. Kingsbury bequeathed the property to The First Con- gregational Church Society, and it was sold to Fred Batcheller in 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Batcheller came there with their children, Lincoln, Elizabeth and Phyllis. Daughter Harriet was born while they lived at this home.
In March 1913, the Batchellers sold to Mr. and Mrs. Orrin E. Smith, who lived here until Mr. Smith's death, April 14, 1935. They had a son, Ralph. Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Ruth Stockwell, shared the home for several years and died here, March 1929.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were active in the Grange and other organizations. They often were called upon to take part in local dramatics. Mr. Smith, an excellent actor, delighted his audiences in these presentations. Mrs. Smith is a former regent of the General Rufus Putnam Chapter of the D.A.R.
After her husband's death, Mrs. Smith rented the property a few years to Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Smith. Leo and Mary Bousquet had possession of the house for about a year, the ownership passing back to Mrs. Smith in 1942. John Steele and family lived here about two years. March 1943, Mrs. Smith sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shaw.
Many improvements have been made in the house and the rooms are very attractive, Mrs. Shaw favoring the early colonial type of furnishings. Mr. Shaw is a surveyor. He has been engaged in making Town Maps, showing the owner- ship of the different parcels of land in the township. Mrs. Kenneth Shaw is a graduate of the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
The house at the corner of Singletary Ave. and Cole Ave., in 1876, was the parsonage occupied by the Rev. W. A. Benedict.
The next pastor of the First Congregational Church was the Rev. Philander Thurston, who came here in 1885 with his bride, the former Susan Hammond of Pittsford, Vermont. A son Carl, born 1887, is now living in California.
In 1893, the property was sold to Henry F. Rice, who lived to be the last Civil War Veteran from Sutton. His wife was Abbie King Rice and they had one daughter Alice, born 1884, who died of scarlet fever when she was seventeen years old.
Mr. Rice manufactured the Dobby Chain, which he had invented, an important item in the weaving of cotton fabric. When he bought this house he moved his shop from Marble Village to the land on Cole Ave., at the rear of the house. He removed a part of the long ell of the house and attached it to the shop. He raised the remaining ell to two stories, added the porches and two bay windows and remodeled the whole interior, installing baths and steam heat. He also built a new barn.
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He operated the shop for several years and then sold it to Vernon S. Johnson who moved it across the street and later made it into a house. In 1893 when Cole Ave. was accepted as a public street, Mr. Rice planted the maple trees which line one side of it and today they stand in splendid beauty to commem- orate him. He was a staunch Republican and was prominent in all Town and Church affairs. He was a former State Representative, served as Selectman, on the Board of Assessors and for several years as Treasurer and as Tax Collector.
Mr. Rice married for his second wife, Mrs. Mary Bullock, who had two daughters by a former marriage. This Mrs. Rice named the house, "Glen-Avon." Some years later Mr. Rice went to Onset to live and sold the property to Miss Lola Merriman who operated a guest home until she died. She left the house to two sisters who owned it for about a year and then sold it to Silas Taft of Uxbridge. He remodeled it, making two apartments and rented to various ten- ants. At his death it was purchased by Miss Annie Hofstra, the present owner. She again remodeled it to three apartments, as it now stands.
Among the early occupants of the present apartments were Mr. and Mrs. John Pollard in 1940, Mr. and Mrs. James Higginbottom and daughter, Christie, born in 1943 and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Higginbottom and children, Jeffrey, born 1945, and Andrea, born 1949. Later came Mr. and Mrs. Edward King and son Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Young and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland E. Maynard and Mrs. Gibson.
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On June 14, 1941, Marjorie Johnson purchased land on Cole Avenue from George Herbert Johnson, which later was purchased by Stuart F. Johnson, who started in 1941 to build a home on the land. The house was completed in 1943.
Stuart married Vera Jones of Worcester in 1932 and lived in East Douglas and Manchaug before coming to Sutton Center. They had five children: Valerie Burroughs, October 10, 1932; Stuart Grant, September 8, 1933; Gale Marjorie, May 5, 1935; Jeannine Ruth, Aug. 24, 1937 and Walter Clifford, April 3, 1940.
Jeannine died in 1945 from injuries received when coming home from school for lunch; she was struck by a truck in front of Cole Avenue. (The Town voted money to construct a sidewalk on Singletary Avenue as a result of this accident but no work has been done on the project.) A memorial altar, built by Wilfred Johnson to the memory of Jeannine, is in the Sunday School room of the Congregational Church.
Valerie was graduated from Sutton High School in 1950 and went to Cali- fornia in 1951. She married Lee R. Surratt, Jr. in Yuma, Arizona on February 17, 1952. Stuart Grant was graduated from Sutton Memorial High School in the Class of 1951, the first class to be graduated from the new school. He is em- ployed by H. Jacobson & Co. of Worcester. Gale and Walter are high school students. Stuart F. Johnson is employed by the American Steel and Wire Co. in Worcester.
Marjorie Johnson married Stanley Allen Knapp of Worcester. Mr. Knapp was inducted May 25, 1942, assigned to the Air Force. He served overseas as a
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Corporal with the 532nd Bomb Squadron and as an assistant crew chief with the 381st Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. He was stationed in England two years; discharged September 14, 1945. Mrs. Knapp has been employed by the R. C. Taylor Trust of Worcester for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cole, in 1876, moved to the "Ocean House," so called, that for many years stood alone on Cole Avenue. Mr. Cole, an excellent carpenter, was kept busy, building and repairing houses in the community. Mrs. Cole was an energetic worker, a wonderful cook, the envy of her neighbors. Her mother, Lucy Parsons, died here in 1884.
Mrs. Cole's daughter, Leonora Johnson, was married to Elmer E. Gilbert of West Brookfield, Sept. 13, 1893. Their daughter, Viola Woods, born June 11, 1897, was married to Ralph Roundy of Gardner, August 8, 1914. Daughter Helen Louise, born Jan. 15, 1901, was married to Harrison Davidson of Sterling, March 21, 1923. Mr. Cole died June 12, 1899 and his wife, June 8, 1917. Mrs. Gilbert inherited the property from her mother, Sarah Jane Cole, in 1917. The Gilberts lived here until Mr. Gilbert's death in 1940. Then Mrs. Gilbert sold the home she had known for 65 years to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Beaton, and went to Gardner to live with her daughter Viola.
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This property was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Beaton in September 1940. The front and side piazzas were removed and replaced by a colonial doorway in front and a stone terrace at the ell of the house, and the circular drive was eliminated. The old barn was converted into a shop where both gummed paper
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and aluminum foil were manufactured. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beaton; Bradford Taylor, July 24, 1942 and Pamela Gage, February 23, 1945. Alfred Beaton is employed as assistant treasurer of New England High Carbon Wire Co. of Millbury.
The small house, west of the "Ocean House," once owned by William Keeler, was formerly a shop used by Henry F. Rice to manufacture dobby chains. Vernon Johnson bought it in 1919 and moved it to a site on the burned Eli King land where it was used as a shop for several years. Later Mr. Johnson divided the land and moved the building to the present location, and made it into a house.
The first tenants were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Baldwin, a principal of the High School, then Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Perkins, whose daughter Dorothy was born here. Mr. Keeler bought in 1935. Mr. and Mrs Keeler lived here with their three children, June, Elizabeth and William, Jr. It was sold in 1943 to Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Shaw, the present owners.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have one son, Bruce, who attended Worcester Junior College. He now is at the U. S. Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., studying to be a Control Tower Operator. Mrs. Shaw is Town Librarian.
Mr. Shaw is an Associate County Agricultural Agent, a position he has held for 27 years. He is also an associate agent in dairying and secretary-treasurer of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association which has six field men helping dairy- men to improve their herds.
The following extracts are from a recent article in the Worcester Sunday Telegram: "In 1948 the National County Agents' Association presented him (Mr. Shaw) its award for outstanding service to agriculture. Last summer the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Mass., Amherst, awarded him its 'Stockbridge S', an emblem for outstanding service in the same field. Thirty years ago, a youth of 23, he graduated from that school. He had intended to be a dairy farmer. Instead he became a Worcester County Extension Service employe."
He has had practical farm experience, having worked on the dairy farm of his father, S. Martin Shaw, before and after graduation from college. He knows hundreds of farm families, drives an average of 1000 miles a month all over the county to visit them.
He has been Town Moderator for 15 years, a volunteer fireman for 30 years and is president of the Sutton High School Alumni Association. He is especially interested in promoting sports for the youth of the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Leland, in 1876, owned the house at the northeast corner of Singletary and Cole Avenues, which was built by Francis F. Sibley. The Leland sons, George R. and Henry F., were business men in Worcester, Henry F., the head of a well known engraving firm. Mrs. Leland was active in church affairs and interested in the young people of the neighborhood. She died in 1896; her husband in 1901.
The house burned to the ground, Jan. 30, 1908, when Mr. and Mrs. Eli D. King lived here with their children, Marion and Henry. A new house, erected in 1930 by Vernon S. Johnson, was purchased by W. R. Wallis and sold by him to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Stockwell. Two daughters were born here, Margaret Ann in 1936 and Muriel Elizabeth in 1939. The Stockwells sold to Mr. and Mrs.
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Everett Newton. Mr. Newton died here in 1943. Mrs. Newton sold to the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards. Their son Paul attends Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute.
The old Tenney house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Obed P. Johnson in 1876, still remains in the Johnson family. Their three children were: Mary, the wife of B. Frank King; Elmore, who married Anna Ranger, and Vernon, who mar- ried Bertha Burroughs.
"Obed P. Johnson, 'Uncle Obed', so called, by everyone who knew him, died Feb. 1, 1899, at the age of 69 years. His pastor spoke of his last visit with him and said his last words were the most beautiful he had ever heard. They were, 'Dr. Harris, I shall leave here soon and the good God has given me such full measure of joy in every year of my life here, that I am content to go. My years have been so full of joy, always, that I have had a foretaste of heaven here.'" The notice of his death said he was "one of the best and kindest of men and a dear lover of this, his adopted town." His wife, Julia, lived to be ninety-one and then the house came into the possession of the younger son, Vernon S., who had lived there and whose two sons, Lester M. and Chesley H., were born there.
After his mother's death, April 14, 1926, the son divided the house into two apartments. These were occupied at different times by the families of Fred L. Batcheller, Chesley Johnson, Elmer Ridlon, Ralph Smith, Walter Shaw, Joseph Ward and George Grandchamp. The three children of Chesley Johnson were born there, Chesley, Jr., Everett V. and Myrtice-also a son to the Ralph Smiths.
George Herbert Johnson, second son of V. S. Johnson, now owns the prop- erty and lives on the second floor with his wife, his daughter Lydia and son Albert. Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Barbara, and husband, Henry Paikos, also share the home with their son Thomas.
In the first floor apartment are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Potter and their children; Dorothy, born 1932, Joan, born 1934, Richard, born 1935 and Jane, born 1937.
Beaman Woodbury's widow died in this house. Mrs. Austin Leland, mother of Francis Woodbury's first wife, lived here for a time.
Albert Johnson and Henry Paikos were in service in World War II.
Adjacent to the Obed Johnson house is the home of Vernon S. Johnson. It was said this was the first new house built on a new site by a native son.
Vernon S. Johnson, born Nov. 12, 1871 in Sutton, and Bertha Burroughs, born in Sutton, May 15, 1874, were married at Northbridge Center, Dec. 27, 1893. Vernon bought land from his parents and took the first shovel of dirt from his cellar the day his second son was born, Sept. 25, 1897. The family moved into the unfinished house in 1902.
There were eight children: Lester Morton, born Feb. 15, 1895, in grandfather Johnson's house, married Edith Fairfield of East Douglas; George Herbert, born Sept. 25, 1897, in the Hovey cottage, married Gladys Caswell of East Douglas, who died, and for his second wife, Mrs. Ruth White; Chesley Harold, born July 17, 1899, in grandfather Johnson's house, married Maybelle Caswell of East Douglas; Marjorie M., born Dec. 28, 1904, in Memorial Hospital, married Stanley Knapp of Worcester; Julia Frances, born Mar. 30, 1907, at home, married Elmer S. Ridlon of Gorham, Maine; Stuart Franklin, born Feb. 17,
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1910 at home, married Vera B. Jones of Worcester; Paul Marshall, born Aug. 5, 1911 at home, married Lois Dubey of Grafton; Wilfred Vernon, born Mar. 3, 1914, at home, married Marion Bruninghaus of Millbury and for his second wife, Ann Labor of Orleans, Vt. Paul died in 1943. Lester Johnson and G. Herbert Johnson are veterans of World War I.
Since the eight children have left the paternal home, Mr. Johnson has made a tenement of the upstairs rooms. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of East Douglas resided here until Mr. Clark's death in 1948. Then Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brickey lived here with their two children, Patricia and Laurence, and later Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams.
Mrs. Johnson is an active member of the Ladies Benevolent Society. She is fond of writing verse and is always busy with her needle. Patchwork quilts have been her great hobby. She has made more than a hundred of these quilts in many designs, such as "fans, wedding ring and grandma's garden." As she notes, "When I see a pattern new, I think I'll just have to try that, too."
Vernon Johnson early learned the carpenter's trade, working with Charles and David Searles, Builders, in Millbury. His own house was the first one he con- structed on his own. In all, he built ten dwellings in Sutton, among them those of Dr. Charles Smith, a group on Cole Avenue and one on the site of the Old Davenport House in South Sutton. At the age of 72, he erected a stone chimney, two and a half stories high, in his son Stuart's house. Now at 80, he generously volunteers his services for minor building projects in the community.
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The Loren Howard place is on the opposite side of the street from the Johnson home. It was bought by Mr. Howard, April 24, 1876, from Sumner B. King. March 26, 1912, Mr. Howard sold the property to William H. and Evelina A. Davis. It then consisted of house and barn and 27 acres of land of which 8 acres bordered on Lake Singletary.
Part of the house was Mr. Howard's shoe factory, moved from land now owned by Kenneth Shaw. Mr. Howard gave up the shoe business and enlarged the building into a residence for himself and Mrs. Howard. The barn, which joins the house, was formerly the Manchaug Meeting House. It was bought at auction by Mr. Howard and moved to its present location. H. L. Ray said Mr. Howard was "great for second-hand lumber on buildings" and would pay more for it than for new material.
Mr. Howard possessed many of the old Puritan characteristics. He was frugal, upright in all his dealings and followed a stern code of ethics.
Mrs. Howard was very fond of music. How often we have heard the Rev. Herbert E. Lombard speak of Mrs. Howard's beautiful voice and what an addi- tion it was to the singing of the choir of the First Congregational Church. For years Mrs. Howard was in a quartet with Mrs. Jennie Holbrook, Edwin Hutchin- son and Austin Leland, called upon often to sing at services and concerts. Mrs. Howard's voice had a birdlike quality, lovely as she sang alone. She radiated joy as she reached the high notes or trilled the gay passages.
Mr. Howard died in February 1913 and Mrs. Howard in May of the same year.
William H. Davis was formerly proprietor of the General Store at the Brick Block in the center of the town. In 1937 the store was sold to Frank Paine. Mr. Davis has served on the Board of Public Welfare since 1942. He has been active in many church and community projects.
The upstairs tenement in the Davis house was first, the home of our Doctor and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Smith-in fact they lived here until their new home was finished. Other tenants were: Mr. and Mrs. Ray N. Hall, a daughter Ruth, born here: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Kibby, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Freeland, The Edwin Schniers, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morey, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morey, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Arkwell and son and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newton. Mr. Newton died here in 1937; Mrs. Newton lives in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. John Freeland lived here until their deaths. Mrs. Leonice Randles is the present occupant.
The James Malhoit property, adjoining the Davis land, was purchased by his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Hicks, Mar. 5, 1908. James Malhoit died June 19, 1887, at the age of 69, Joanna O'Connors, his wife, Apr. 7, 1906, at the age of 67 years.
The house was put together in two sections, the front part being the store and bar-room taken from the old Sutton Tavern at the Centre and the back part, the old shoe shop of Thomas Beaman Woodbury. Mr. Malhoit purchased it through Adams Dodge, Apr. 18, 1888.
Mr. and Mrs. Malhoit's four children were born in this house. Edward, born in 1860, died in Whitinsville at the age of 50. He married Eugenia Bassett of Sutton, now living in Worcester. Their children were: Edward, married and
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living in Blackstone; Florence, who died in 1924; Walter, living in R. I. and Clarence, who died in Worcester.
John, the second son, was born July 4, 1864, now married and living in Pascoag, R.I. Daughter Agnes, born Oct. 15, 1868 was married to Milton Hicks. Their children were: Warren, married and living in Saugus; Ralph, married and living in Millbury and Edward, who died in 1925 at the age of 25 years. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks have died. Daughter Hannah, born Sept. 17, 1876, was un- married. She died in 1934.
After Mrs. Hicks' death the house was bought by Dodge Bros. They sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson, who live here with their son, Charles Mark, born Feb. 4, 1941.
The house next to Malhoit's, on the same side of the street, was owned, in 1876, by Mr. and Mrs. Loren C. Hoyle. They bought from I. Adams Dodge, Sept. 30, 1865, and lived here until 1879 when they sold to a Mr. Dodge and moved to a larger place on the Boston Road.
Their family, as the former History tells us, consisted of several daughters and two sons. They were: Lois Celistina, born Aug. 18, 1855, married first to Arthur Smith of Holden-five children-and to Dexter Hemingway of Shrewsbury for her second husband, later living in Sutton; Annie Mascroft, born Apr. 9, 1857, married Hiram Aldrich in 1873 and lived in Northbridge; Ruth Capitola, born Apr. 18, 1859, married and lived in Auburndale; Loren Scottie Barlow, born July 14, 1861 and died Mar. 8, 1864; Lizzie Wilson, born Sept. 23, 1863, mar- ried P. Orrin Putnam; Frank Nelson, born Apr. 28, 1866, died in Auburndale; Lucia Knapp, born Mar. 1868, married Herbert L. Ray in Nov. 1889; Eva Batcheller, born Jan. 13, 1871, died July 20, 1872; Ida May, born Sept. 14, 1873, married Hollis Richardson, Jan. 5, 1890, parents of two children, Florence and Raymond, who was killed in an accident; Lina Thompson, born Sept. 3, 1875, married E. Lake Hutchinson; Harry Herman, born Apr. 24, 1880, now living in Maine. The two youngest children are the only ones now living. Loren Hoyle died Mar. 7, 1909, and his wife, Lois, Mar. 2, 1914.
This place was sold to Mrs. Eva A. Bancroft of West Upton, Oct. 18, 1888, and she sold to Nancy Burt, Oct. 29, 1889. The next owners were Melissa Burt, Dec. 17, 1902, Henry F. Rice, Paul Hunton and Mrs. Olive S. Perry. Mrs. Perry's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Sherman, were tenants before it was sold to Herbert Low of Auburn. The present owners are George and Esther Perry, who live here with their their two sons, Gordon Clifford, born Sept. 25, 1948, Dale Nevin, May 13, 1951. George Perry was Radar Man, First Class, in the Coast Guard, World War II. He had two and a half years of intensive duty in the Pacific Area with 3 Battle Stars. The most dangerous engagement, he remembers, was at Corregidor when his ship was torpedoed.
The house now owned by James H. Colton stands on land granted to Ebenezer Dagget about 1717, who was in one of the original thirty families. The age of the house is not known. Primarily it was a "salt-box" style house, and one can still see where the flashing was applied on the chimney in the attic. Archi- tecturally it differs somewhat from many of the early houses by having a jog or projection on the west end. It faces very nearly south and sidewise to the road. People now living can remember a two-story ell, with a sloping back roof, and
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extending toward the barn. Scratched on a pane of glass in the window above the front door is the inscription, "Simon Tenney, Sutton, 1792."
Ownership of the property has been covered up to 1876 in Vol. I of the History of Sutton, at which time Mr. Asahel Newton lived here. Upon his death, Mrs. Newton went to live with a son in Grafton, and sold the place to her brothers, Calvin and Luther Wheelock. (Deed to Luther Wheelock, June 30, 1892.) At their deaths, James Stockwell was administrator of the estate and it is believed that he bought it and then sold to Randsom Richardson, reserving the field toward Sutton Center. After the Wheelocks moved out, Christopher C. Hall and family lived here for a while, as tenants, as did J. Edward Malhoit and others, during James Stockwell's ownership.
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Randsom Richardson, who acquired the property May 7, 1906, came from Rockingham, Vermont. He married Stella Gertrude Fletcher, who was the daughter of George A. and Emma (Slocum) Fletcher. They had:
I. Gertrude, who married Clifford R. Luther. Their children were, 1. Olive, married to John A. Himberg and now living in Florida. 2. Donald, married to Bertha Partridge of Webster. 3. Gertrude Louise, now living in Worcester. II. Gladys, who married Ralph Robbins. They have a son O. Randall.
Mr. Richardson died in 1934. Mrs. Richardson is now living in Millbury. She sold to the present owners, James Howe and Mary F. Colton.
Mr. Colton was born in Worcester, July 26, 1895, the son of Samuel Horton,7 Samuel Horton,6 Reuben,5 Aaron,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac2 Quartermaster George,1
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and Elizabeth Slater (Howe) Colton. He attended Worcester schools and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1916. He entered the Navy in 1917, as a seaman, and was discharged in 1919, as an Ensign. He served in World War II from Sept. 1942 to Nov. 1945, in Iceland, California, and Okinawa. He now holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander and is actively connected with the Organized Naval Reserve.
He married May 6, 1933, Mary F. Thompson, born May 4, 1902, daughter of Eben Francis and Mary Luvanne (Johnson) Thompson. They have two children, 1. James Howe, Jr., born in Worcester, March 20, 1934 and 2. Grace Elizabeth, born in Worcester, March 20, 1936.
Mrs. Colton's father lived here until his death on Dec. 2, 1939. He was born in Worcester, Jan. 29, 1859, the son of Francis Henry,8 Samuel Adams,7 Samuel,6 Timothy,5 Jabez,4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 James,1 and Fanny Hutchinson (Thomas) Thompson. He was educated in Worcester and attended Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He practised law in Worcester for over fifty years, specializing in corporation law. He compiled the Student's Kent in 1886 and after years of learning Persian, he published his complete translation of the poetical writings of Omar Khayyam in 1906. Mr. Thompson was the great-grandson of Bartholomew Hutchinson, born in Sutton, Jan. 7, 1770, and Olive Kenney, born in Sutton, March 20, 1777.
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