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CYRUS ALGER SCHOOL, SEVENTH STREET.
First Assistant, Ann E. Newell. Assist- ants, Hannah L. McGlinchey, Harriet L. Rayne, Jennie A. Mullaly, Alice W. Baker, Josephine J. Mahoney. Jani- tor. James M. Demeritt.
KINDERGARTEN. CYRUS ALGER SCHOOL, SEVENTH STREET.
Principal, Louise M. Davis ; Assistant, Ruth Perry.
Fred O. Ellis master of the Norcross school entered the service of the City of Boston in 1867 and was sub-master in
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the old Bigelow school until 1881, when he began his work in the Norcross. Be- fore coming to Boston he had charge of the high and grammar schools at Swamp- scott, Massachusetts. In 1862, obeying his country's call, he enlisted in the late war, and it is worthy of note that seven boys who had been members of his school the preceding winter enlisted at the same time and all went together to the front. The school committee of Swamp- scott held his position open, awaiting his
FRED O. ELLIS, NORCROSS SCHOOL.
return, and at the close of his faithful army service he resumed the work of teaching. In February 1865, he was commissioned by Governor John A. Andrew, war governor of Massachusetts as a captain in the state militia. Ile has the good will of his many pupils and takes a deep interest and pride in his school. He is well suited to the work of master and under his guidance the Norcross school has taken a leading position among the schools of the city.
SOUTH BOSTON SCHOOL OF ART.
The South Boston School of Art is supported by the fund left by John Hawes in 1830 for educational purposes for the benefit of South Boston people. The use of this money has been distrib- uted in many ways. From 1835 to about
1850, Miss Burrill's private school was assisted by the payment of a small sum for each pupil residing in this section. In 1837 money was appropriated for a public Sunday-school. In 1870, before the city provided evening schools, this fund maintained one. Later, in 1872, a drawing school was maintained in the South Boston Saving's Bank building. It had at its head, Walter Smith, at one time director of drawing in the city, and he was assisted by able instructors. This was the beginning from which the present art department has grown. For some time the pupils occupied the Bird school, but in 1892 the school was moved to its present location at the cor- ner of Emerson and Fourth streets. This building belonged to the fund and was formerly the Hawes Place church. The school is open from October to May, af- ternoon and evening. It includes various departments of free-hand drawing, me- chanical drafting, modeling in clay, yacht and ship designing, shorthand, vocal and physical culture, and water color painting. The summer vacation school is confined entirely to sloyd and wood- working for boys. The free-hand de- partment is under Prof. G. H. Bartlett, assisted by Annie E. Blake and Ethel G. Bartlett. Mr. John L. Frisbee has the yacht and ship designing department, William S. Brown and Daniel W. Colby the mechanical department, Miss Grace Vaughn Bail has the physical culture class, Miss Edith G. Bartlett the water color class, while the shorthand is taught by Francis H. McCarthy and Miss Har- riet Weiler. Prof. Josef Sanberg has charge of the sloyd work, and Mrs. E. A. Southard, assistant. The trustees are, Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, George E. Alden, Henry C. Mitchell, treasurer, Ed- ward A. Church and Thomas Hills.
BIGELOW SCHOOL.
The Bigelow school district was or- ganized in 1849 and. the first building was dedicated May 2, 1850. It was de- signed for girls only and when the school was opened its pupils comprised the girls who had formerly attended the Hawes school. The building was named
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OLD BIGELOW SCHOOL.
for Hon. John P. Bigelow, then mayor of Boston, who presented the school with a valuable clock. The school afterwards became a mixed school with boys and girls occupying the same room, but in September, 1866, the boys and girls were placed in separate rooms. For some years past, however, the school has been occupied entirely by boys. The first master was Frederick Crafts, formerly master at the Hawes school. He re- signed in August, 1852, and was suc- ceeded by Joseph Hale, who served until 1862 ; he was followed by C. Good- win Clark who was headmaster until 1865, when Henry C. Hardon, now mas- ter of the Shurtleff school, became prin- cipal. Mr. Hardon was succeeded by Thomas H. Barnes, now of the Gaston school, after which Frederic H. Ripley became master, and, in 1896, J. Gardner Bassett assumed charge. The sub-mas- ters have been as follows, C. Goodwin Clark, Joseph Hale, Granville B. Put- nam, Il. H. Hall, Thomas H. Barnes, Fred O. Ellis, J. Gardner Bassett, W. Lawrence Murphy, John F. McGrath and Carroll M. Austin. Among the pupils graduating from this school in the class of 1866 as Franklin medal schol- ars, the last year the Franklin medals were given in Boston grammar schools, were Albert D. Handy, Henry C. Hos- ley, the late Fred 11. Littlehale, Charles HI.
Johnson, Earl M. Cate and Charles C. Littlefield. This school has an alumni association comprising over one hundred mem- bers, with the fol- lowing officers : J. Carlton Nichols, president ; Charles C. Littlefield, sec- retary and Aaron Wolfson, treasurer. Recently the old school building, which was a brick structure of four stories cost- ing about $40,000, was taken down and replaced by the costly new Bigelow school building, which will be fully adequate for the needs of this large district.
The Hawes Hall and Simonds prim- ary school's on Broadway are also in this district. The teachers are as follows :
Master, J. Gardner Bassett. Sub- Masters, john F. McGrath, Carroll M. Austin. First Assistants, Amelia B. Coe- Ellen Coe. Assistants, Martha A. Good- rich, Eleanor M. Jordan, Angeline S. Morse, Margaret E. Roche, Sabina G.
J. GARDNER BASSETT, BIGELOW SCHOOL.
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Sweeney, Frances Z. Whalen, Mary Nichols, Alice M. Robinson, Malvena Tenney, Josephine Crockett, . Evelyn M. Howe, Katharine P. Kelley and Cath- arine H. Cook. Special Instructors, Manual Training, Sybel G. Brown, Louise H. Billings.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
HAWES-HALL SCHOOL, BROADWAY.
First Assistant, Ann J. Lyon. As- sistants, Sarah D. McKissick, Ella F. Fitzgerald, Margarette H. Price, Laura
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NEW BIGELOW SCHOOL. IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.
S. Russell, Mary L. Howard and Julia A. Rourke.
SIMONDS SCHOOL, BROADWAY.
Assistants, Annie S. McKissick, Julia G. Leary, Florence L. Spear.
J. Gardner Bassett, master of the Bigelow school, was born in Bridgewater, Mass. He obtained his early education in the schools of his native town, where he also fitted for his profession by tak- ing a four years' course at the Bridge- water State Normal School. He first commenced teaching in North Woburn, and later taught in Fall River. It was January 26, 1874, when he came to the Bigelow school as usher. In 1896 he was elected master and has served as such to the present time, and is now
completing the twenty-eighth year of his connection with the school. Through the cooperation of Dr. William J. Galli- van, president of the school board, and Mr. J. Carlton Nichols, chairman of the sixth division committee, Mr. Bassett was instrumental in having the new Bigelow school building erected. With Mr. Charles C. Littlefield, he organized the Bigelow School Alumni Association, in June, 1900. This association, of which Mr. J. Carlton Nichols is presi- dent, will take an active part in the dedi- cation of the new building when it is completed. There are in the district about 1300 pupils.
SHURTLEFF SCHOOL.
The Shurtleff school for girls, located on Dorchester street, is one of the largest and best lighted in Boston. This school is the outgrowth of the Bigelow and was founded in 1869. Be- fore this time the Bigelow school embraced the territory now in its own district in addition to that of the Shurtleff and included a part of the present Hart school. The schools were then housed in eight buildings, four of which were rented. At the completion of the Shurtleff school building, the Shurtleff then formed its own separate district, H. C. Hardon, the master, being transferred from the Bigelow school. The building, which is named for Mayor Shurtleff, is identical to that of the Lyman school of Fast Boston. Since the school was organized, thirty-one classes have been graduated, comprising about 1,500 pupils. Of late years the graduating classes have ex- ceeded the average in scholarship of those of former years, indicating that their interest in their studies is of a high order. For the past nine years the school has possessed an association of graduates, members of which are vigor- ous defenders of their alma mater. In this district there is also the Clinch primary school on F street, and also a well attended kindergarten department. The teachers of the district are as follows :
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SHURTLEFF SCHOOL.
Master, Henry C. Hardon, First Assistant, Anna M. Penniman, First Assistant, Ellen E. Morse, Assistants, Katharine A. Dwyer, Jane M. Bullard. Winnifred C. Folan, Harriet S. Howes, Mary M. Clapp, Marion W. Rundlett, Anna 1. Scallan. Ella G. Fitzgerald, Marguerite S. Clapp, Margaret L. Nolan, Margaret M. Ring. Special Instructors : Cookery, Julia T. Crowley ; Sewing, M. Lillian Dunbar.
PRIMARY SCHOOL. CLINCH SCHOOL, F STREET.
First Assistant, Lucy A. Dunham. Assistants, Alice G. Dolbeare, Mary E. Morse, Alice C. Ryan, Lillian M. Hall. Florence G. Frazer, Katherine S. Nash, Janitor, John MeLeod.
KINDERGARTEN. SHIRTLEFT SCHOOL, DORCHESTER STREET.
Principal, Frances S. Tufts, Assistant, Florence 11. Murray.
Henry C. Hardon, master of the Shurtleff school, was born in Mansfield. Mass., where he first attended school. When very young his parents moved to Virginia, where he attended private school, and later Martinsburg academy. He afterwards entered Berkley seminary. He first commenced teaching at the academy and later became a teacher of
geometry at the seminary. In early manhood he engaged in mercantile pur- suits in Massachusetts, after which he became head teacher at the farm school. His first teaching in South Boston was as usher in the Hlawes school. He after- wards became sub-master at the Mather and Lawrence schools and became master of the Bigelow in 1865. Nearly one hundred teachers have served under his long administration as master of the two districts which he has so ably served.
HENRY C. HARDON, SHURTLEFF SCHOOL.
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HISTORY OF SOUTH BOSTON.
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
This school, situated on Broadway, between I and K streets, which has grad- uated many pupils who have become prominent in business and public life, was established in 1859, and dedicated September 17 of that year, was first occu- pied by both sexes. The building, which has ever since served its purpose well, is a large four-story brick structure, and first contained fourteen school rooms and hall. The school was named for one of
school was erected, C. Goodwin Clark, then master at the Lincoln school, was transferred there and Mr. Ham, who was the sub-master, was given full charge. The present master, Mr. Maurice P. White, came to the school in 1889. The Tuckerman primary school, E. Fourth street, and the Choate Burnham primary and kindergarten school on E. Third street are in this district. The teachers in this district are as follows :
Master. Maurice P. White, Sub-Mas- ter, William E. Perry, Charles N. Bentley, First Assist- ant, Martha F. Wright. Assistants,: Josephine A. Simon- ton, Hattie E. Sargeant. Louise 1. Pieper, Florence (). Bean, Vo- disa J. Co- mey, Annie M. Mulca- hy, Ellen A. McMahon, Hannah L. Manson, Jennie M. Pray, Agnes G. Nash. Special Instructor. Manual Training. Olive I. Harris.
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LINCOLN SCHOOL.
the mayors of Boston, Frederick W. Lin- coln. In 1873 the school district was divided, the girls going to the Gaston school. Since that time this school has been occupied by boys. In 1889 the district was again divided, a portion of the pupils going to the Thomas N. llart school. At this time one of the school rooms was converted into a mas- ter's office and since, the school has con- tained thirteen working school rooms. The late Alonzo G. Ham was then mas- ter of this school, but when the Thomas N. Hart school was opened, he assumed charge there, taking with him a number of teachers, including sub-master John F. Dwight, who is now principal of the Thomas N. Hart school. Mr. Ham was one of the most popular masters in the service of the city. When the Gaston
TUCKERMAN SCHOOL.
First Assistant, Elizabeth M. Easton. Assistants, Ellen V. Courtney, Mary .1. Crosby, Ella M. Kenniff, Mary F. Lind- say, Anna E. Somes.
CHOATE BURNHAM SCHOOL.
First _ Assistant. Laura 1 .. Newhall, AIs- sistants, Kate A. Coolidge, Eleanor F. Elton, Helen M. Canning, Daisy E. Welch, Helen A. Emery, Rachel W. Washburn. Janitor, George 1 .. Dacey.
KINDERGARTEN.
CHOATE BURNHAM SCHOOL, EAST THIRD STREET
Principal, Marita M. Burdett. Alssixt- ant, Annie E. Poustand.
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HISTORY OF SOUTH BOSTON.
GASTON SCHOOL.
The Gaston school was dedicated in 1873. It took the girls of the Lincoln school, leaving that a boys' school, in charge of Alonzo G. Ham.
The building is delightfully situated on Fifth street, corner of I, street. It is one of the best lighted and best venti- lated school buildings in Boston. No account of the Gaston school would be complete without the mere mention of Charles Goodwin Clark. He was born
GASTON SCHOOL.
in Connecticut in 1826. His early life was spent on a farm. His preparation for teaching was at the state normal school at New Britain, when John D. Philbrick was principal. Before coming to Boston he was principal of a grammar school in New Haven, also at Pough- keepsie, New York, where he was super- intendent of schools. Hle came to Boston at the solicitation of John D. Philbrick. He at once took high rank among his associates in Boston. He died suddenly, lamented by his own teachers and pupils, by his brother teachers and by the com- munity in which he was so well known.
This school has a membership of 950. The teachers of the district are as fol- lows :
Master, Thomas H. Barnes; First Assistants, Juliette R. Hayward, Sarah C. Winn ; Assistants, Carrie M. King- man, Clara A. Sharp, Mary B. Barry, Carrie A. Harlow, Emogene F. Willett, Ellen R. Wyman, Emma M. Sibley, Jose- phine A. Powers, J. Adelaide Noonan, M. Isabel Harrington, Jennie G. Car- michael, Lila Huckins and. Agnes R. Leahy. Special Instructors; Cookery, Julia T. Crowley. Sew- ing, Mary E. Patterson. Janitor, Albion Elwell. Truant-officer, James Bragdon.
PILGRIM HALL SCHOOL. 732 BROADWAY.
Assistants, Mary S. Laughton, Florence E. Bryan.
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
BENJAMIN POPE SCHOOL, O STREET.
First Assistant, Ella R. John- son. Assistants, Katharine J. McMahon, Carrie W. Haydn, Mary E. Dee, Lelia R. Haydn, Isabella J. Murray, Louise E. Means and Katherine E. Goode. Janitor, Charles H1. Carr.
KINDERGARTEN.
EAST FOURTH-STREET SCHOOL.
Assistants, Grace L. Sanger, Katharine Macdonald.
Thomas H. Barnes, master of the Gaston school, was born in Waltham, Mass. The house in which he was born is on the spot where his ances- tor, Daniel Warren, son of John Warren, built in 1636. It was then a part of Water- town. He is in the sixth generation from John Warren, his grandmother marrying Samuel Barnes. His father was Thomas Barnes, and his mother was Adaline Lawrence, born in Lexington.
Ilis early life was that of the ordinary boy on the farm, attending school a few months in the winter when his services were not needed on the farm. Farm work not being congenial, he early de- cided to be a teacher if possible. He
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prepared at the Bridgewater normal school, Nicholas Tillinghast, principal.
After teaching two terms in district schools, he took charge of the Hancock grammar school, Lexington. Leaving there he became principal of the Hacker school, Salem, which he left in 1865 to be sub-master in the Bigelow school, South Boston. He was promoted to the mastership in 1869, and occupied that position until 1889, when he was trans- ferred to the Gaston school upon the death of his friend, Charles Goodwin Clark. Mr. Barnes was married at
THOMAS H. BARNES, GASTON SCHOOL.
Salem, in 1860, to Louisa J. Varney. They have had four children, only one of whom is now living, William Thomas, at present resident engineer of the Balti- more & Ohio railroad.
Mr. Barnes belongs to the Masonic order and he is a member of several beneficiary orders.
Ile is a member of the Broadway Uni- versalist Society and holds offices of hon- or and trust in the denomination at large.
THOMAS N. HART SCHOOL.
This is one of the new type of schools erected in recent years by the city of Boston, built to relieve the much crowded Lincoln school district, and was dedicated in December, 1889. The late Alonzo G. Ham, master of the Lincoln school
for many years, was chosen master of the new school where he remained until his death in 1895, when he was succeeded by John F. Dwight. When Mr. Ham assumed charge at the school he took with him as teachers, John F. Dwight, sub-master, Miss M. J. Stewart, first assistant, Miss J. F. McKissick, Miss Mary B. Powers, Miss Sarah M. Tripp, Miss Idelia Provan, Miss A. G. Hyde, and Miss Bertha Peirce. When the school was opened it was dedicated with appropriate exercises. Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, then chairman of the school committee and the late Dr. L. D. Packard chairman of the district committee, both were present and took an active part. Mayor Thomas N. Hart was also there, as was ex-Governor John D. Long, now secretary of the navy, who delivered the oration. A letter was read from ex- Mayor Lincoln. Edwin P. Seaver sup- erintendent of the Boston schools was among the guests. The musical program was in charge of H. E. Holt, now de- ceased. The average attendance here is about ninety-six per cent, which is re- markable. The Benjamin Dean school with primary and grammar grades is in this district. In all departments of the work the present master, Mr. Dwight, has the hearty cooperation and earnest support of parents as well as pupils. A large kindergarten is connected with the school. The school stands on historic ground ; and on one of the hills on which the fortifications were placed which made it necessary for General Howe to remove his army at the evacuation of Boston, The teachers at this school are :
Master, John F. Dwight. Sub-Master, John D. Philbrick. First Assistant, Margaret J. Stewart. Assistants, Jennie F. McKissick, Mary B. Powers, Emma T. Channell, Fannie G. Patten, Anastasia G. Hyde, Bertha Peirce, Florence Harlow, Carrie L. Prescott, Maud C. Tinkham, Mary E. Donnelly. Special Instructor, Manual Training, Helen F. Veasey.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THOMAS N. HART SCHOOL. Assistants, M. Edna Cherrington, Mary F. Keyes.
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CAPEN SCHOOL, CORNER OF I AND SIXTH STREETS.
First Assistant, Mary E. Powell. As- sistants, Laura J. Gerry, Mary E. Perkins, Ella M. Warner, Mary E. Farrell, S.
1750, who carried on a store there in 1777, being sent to Philadelphia, with pass from John Hancock to deliver im- portant papers to George Washington during the revolution. He purchased the old Eliot prop- erty at the corner of Essex and Wash- ington streets, where stood the "Liberty Tree" destroyed by the British during the siege of Boston. John F. Dwight took his prepara- tory studies at Phil- lips Exeter Acade- my, and after tak- ing the advanced course there, in 1867 entered Har- vard College in the sophomore class, being graduated from that college in 1870. He then took a class at the academy, Rah- way, N. J., where he continued teaching for six years. In 1876 he took the position of principal of the Cummings school at Woburn ; and, in November, 1877. be-
THOMAS N. HART SCHOOL.
Louella Sweeney. Janitor, Artemas D. Bickford.
BENJAMIN DEAN SCHOOL, CORNER OF HI. AND SIXTH STREETS.
Assistants, Evelyn M. Condon, Lura M. Power, Anna T. Mahar.
KINDERGARTEN.
BENJAMIN DEAN SCHOOL, CORNER OF H AND SIXTH STREETS.
Principal, Mary I. Hamilton. Assist- ants, Alice J. Sughrue, M. Isabel Wigley, Gertrude C. L. Vasque.
John Francis Dwight, master of the Thomas N. Hart school, was born in Plymouth, Mass., August 20, 1844. He is a son of Rev. John Dwight, born in Shirley, Mass., January 2, 1810, and Sally Ann (Hastings) Dwight, born in Boston, October 5, 1815. On the mater- nal side he is descended from Thomas Hastings, who settled in Watertown, in 1634. Ile is also a descendant of Sam- uel Hastings, born in Watertown, in
JOHN F. DWIGHT, HART SCHOOL.
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came sub-master at the Lincoln school in South Boston. After serving twelve years at the Lincoln he was transferred to the Thomas N. Hart school, December, 1889, and upon the death of Alonzo G. Ham was elected master in 1895. Mr. Dwight was for six years a resident of Thomas Park but now lives with his family in Weymouth. He was united in marriage to Miss Nellie L. Woodruf, daughter of John Woodruf of Rahway, N. J., and the union has been blessed with four children; Helen Hastings, Bernard W., Edith Marion and John Francis, Jr., the last two of whom are now living. Mr. Dwight comes of a family much interested in music, John S. Dwight, his ancestor, being the origi- nator of the symphony concerts. Mr. Dwight has always been prominent in musical circles and, during his attend- ance at Phillips Exeter, became a direc- tor of church and academy music. He was gifted with a fine baritone voice and is a lover and good judge of high class music.
JOHN A. ANDREW SCHOOL.
This grammar school at Washington Village is the only mixed grammar school in South Boston, at the present time, and it is one of the most comfortable build- ings in Boston. It was in 1878, that the present building was erected and named in honor of John A. Andrew, the famous war governor of Massachusetts. The district was founded in 1862, and the school was held in the Ticknor building located at the corner of Dorchester and Vinton streets. The present site comprises twenty-four thousand feet of land and the building in the accompanying illustration contains fifteen school- rooms and an unusually fine hall, and master's offices. In the basement of this school, in January, 1901, a branch reading room of the South Boston Public Lib- rary was established which
will be a great convenience to the people of that vicinity. Mr. Leander Waterman became master of the school July 15, 1873 and served until 1881, when he was succeeded by Joshua M. Dill. The John A. Andrew school contains, in 1901, 789 pupils. The Ticknor primary school and kindergarten at the Methodist chapel school on Vinton street are also within its boundaries. The teachers of the district are as follows :
Master, Joshua M. Dill. Sub-Master, Edgar L. Raub. First Assistant, Emma M. Cleary. Assistants, Mary L. Fitz- gerald, Alice T. Cornish, Bertha E. Miller, Olga A. F. Stegelmann, Anna M. Edmands, Sarah E. Connelly, Alice E. Dacy, Agnes M. Cochran, Annie M. Zbrosky, Mary E. Bernhard, Ellen M. Collins, Ethel A Borden, Annie L. Clapp. Special Instructors, Cookery, Julia T. Crowley. Manual Training, Louise H. Billings. Sewing, Elizabeth S. Kenna.
TICKNOR SCHOOL.
First Assistant, Mary A. Jenkins. Assistants, Sarah E. Ferry, Alice P. Howard, Sarah E. Welch, Alice L. Lit- tlefield, Grace E. Holbrook, Annie M. Driscoll, Emily F. Hodsdon, Annie C. ()'Reilly, Mary C. Gartland, Charlotte C. Hamblin.
KINDERGARTEN.
Principal, Isabel B. Trainer. Assist- ant, Effie M. Charnock.
JOHN A. ANDREW SCHOOL.
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HISTORY OF SOUTH BOSTON.
Mr. Joshua M. Dill, the master of the John A. Andrew School, was born on Cape Cod in the town of Wellfleet. After his early education was attained he taught school in his native town. He after- wards attended the state normal school at Bridgewater for two years, graduating in 1870. After teaching at Bridgewater he re-entered normal school and took the advanced course. He then resumed teaching, this time at Natick, shortly after which he was called to the Quincy
JOSHUA M. DILL, JOHN A. ANDREW SCHOOL.
school in Boston. In March, 1874, he was elected sub-master at the John A. Andrew school, and, since December, 1881, he has ably served as its prin- cipal. Mr. Dill is a thorough disciplinarian of a kindly but firm disposition, and possesses the store of knowledge acquired only by a hard and willing student. For many years he resided on Mount Vernon street, Dorchester, but recently removed with his family to Newton. He is a past master of Joseph Webb Lodge and a member of De Molay Commandery K. T., and an officer of the grand lodge F. & A. M., also president of the Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association ; one of the trustees of the Public School Teachers' Retirement Fund and was, for many years, a director of the Guardian and Homestead Co-operative banks.
CHURCHES.
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.
St. Matthews Episcopal church was in- corporated June 16, 1816. Previous to this date, the parish was organized, and on March 24, of that same year, a number of persons assembled in the house of Mr. Abraham Gould, and took steps toward holding regular services.
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