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(V) Phineas (3) Smith, eldest child of Phineas (2) Smith, was born about 1752. He was also a soldier of the Revolution. He was a member of his father's company in Colonel Howe's (Fourth Hampshire County) regi- ment, and was drawn with others for the reinforcement of the Continental Army, list dated May 28, 1777. He was a sergeant in his father's company of Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment, and served four days on the Ben- nington Alarm.
(VI) Medad Smith, son of Phineas (3) Smith, was born about 1780, in Granby, where he followed agricultural pursuits, and toward the close of the- War of 1812 was one of a company which reported for military duty. On ac- count of the cessation of hostilities their services were not required. He mar- ried Pamela Dickinson, and they were the parents of Edmund H., of whom further.
(VII) Edmund H. Smith, son of Medad Smith, was born February 2, 1813, in Granby, and removed in boyhood with his parents to Chicopee, Mass- achusetts. He was employed in the cotton mills as overseer until 1845, when he returned to Granby. He remained there but one year, however, and in 1846 settled at Holyoke, Massachusetts. Two years later he removed to Wind- sor Locks, Connecticut, where he continued five years, and was subsequently engaged in farming in Franklin county, New York, until 1858, when he re- turned to Windsor Locks as overseer in a thread mill, where he remained un- til 1865. In that year he removed to Holyoke, and was overseer there in the Lyman Mills, later in the Beebe & Webber Woolen Mill, from which position he retired to a small farm. He died September 8, 1891, in Willimansett, op- posite Holyoke. He married Lucy Blanchard, daughter of Josiah Blanchard,
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and a granddaughter of Moses Clement, of Revolutionary fame. Their chil- dren were: George Herbert, of whom further; Annette L., who married James L. Hodge, of Holyoke, and is now deceased; Adella A., widow of Dr. E. A. Stebbins, a dentist, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, who died in 1896.
(VIII) Dr. George Herbert Smith, eldest child of Edmund H. and Lucy (Blanchard) Smith, was born July 4, 1840, in Chicopee Falls, Massachu- setts, and was educated in the schools of that town and South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. For some time he was a student at the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1861. Hav- ing determined to adopt the profession of medicine, he began its study with Dr. R. T. Chaffee, of Windsor, Connecticut, where he remained one year at the beginning of hostilities between the North and South in the Civil War, he decided to go to the defense of his country, and enlisted September 1, 1862, becoming a member of Company C, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Vol- unteers. The regiment was immediately ordered to the department of the gulf under General Nathaniel P. Banks, and participated in the expedition which resulted in the capture of Port Hudson. Mr. Smith entered the army as a private, and in March, 1863, he was appointed to the surgical staff of his regi- ment, filling that position until he was mustered out of service. After the close of hostilities he resumed his medical studies with his former preceptor, and later attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York City, from which he was graduated in March, 1865. He located in the village of Tariff- ville, in the town of Simsbury, Connecticut, where he remained in practice one year, when failing health compelled him to seek a change of climate, and he went to Sycamore, Illinois. There he continued two years, and in 1868 located at Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he continued in practice with much success until his death, which occurred August 16, 1907. He specialized in the dis- eases of women and children, in which he was eminently successful, being cel- ebrated throughout this section as one of the first and foremost physicians in this specialty. He was on the staff of the Holyoke City Hospital for many years, also a member, and one of the examiners, of the pension board. He was a man of high literary sense, a lover of the best books, and an admirer of Dickens, whose works he had repeatedly read. In religion he was an Epis- copalian, and took a great interest in this church. A man of much energy, and of broad and sympathetic character, Dr. Smith was eagerly sought as a par- ticipant in the regulation of public affairs. He was an earnest supporter of Republican principles, and early took an active part in the councils of his party. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Common Council of Holyoke, was reelected in 1876, and afterwards became president of the Council. In 1877- 78 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1881 he became a member of the School Committee, and with the exception of two years was continu- ously a member for a quarter of a century. He was a member of the Board of Park Commissioners and Board of Health, and was chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the sinking fund. In 1897 he was elected mayor of Hol-
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yoke, under the first city charter. Dr Smith was interested in several busi- ness enterprises of Holyoke. For a time he officiated as a director of the Hol- yoke & Westfield railroad. He owned a one-third interest in the Excelsior Paper Company, was one of the organizers of the Ford Bit Company, and a director ; director of the Keating Wheel Company; trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, and at one time its auditor, and in addition to these was at one time a partner of Smith, White & Sears Company, merchants. He was a mem- ber of the Connecticut Valley Medical Association, of which he served as vice- president. He was appointed by President Harrison and served for some years as a member of the National Pension Board. He was also affiliated with various philanthropic and benevolent organizations. He attained an eminent position in the great Masonic fraternity, being a member of all the bodies in both the York and Scottish Rites. Originally a member of St. Mark's Lodge, in Tariffville, Connecticut, where he joined in 1865, he took a demit to Mt. Tom Lodge of Holyoke. He was a member of Mt. Holyoke Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Holyoke Council, Royal and Select Masters; Springfield Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and Evening Star Lodge of Perfection; Massa- soit Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Mt. Olivet Rose Croix Chapter of Boston; and the Massachusetts Consistory, attaining the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He was a member of Holyoke Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Tuscarora Encampment of the same order, being a past grand of the lodge and district deputy grand master of the district; a member of Connecticut Valley Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in which he held the office of chancellor, and was also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of Kilpatrick Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he had taken an active part, serving as commander, and was favorably known in this connection, having made many addresses for this body.
He married, June 8, 1869, at Sycamore, Illinois, Ada M. Babcock, daugh- ter of Dr. C. W. Babcock, formerly of Medina, Ohio. She died January 15, 19II. They were the parents of three children: Edmund Herbert, died in in- fancy; Abbie May; Lucy C., widow of Edwin Burgin. The home life of Mr. Smith was an ideal one, and his memory is cherished by not only his family, by whom he was so greatly beloved, but by a vast circle of friends, not only in Holyoke, but throughout all the surrounding county.
Henry Homard Tremorgy
O NE of the best known business men of the city of Holyoke, a useful, trusted and honored citizen, was the late Henry How- ard Treworgy. He was a shrewd, capable and successful man of affairs, a self-made man, starting with no advantages and fighting his own way to fortune. He was descended from a race of seafaring men. His ancestors came early to the Maine coast, and though the Treworgy name has never been numer- ous, the men who bore it have been distinguished for their industry, courage and persistence in the face of great difficulties. The surname Treworgy is a variation in the spelling of Trueworthy or Treworthy, and in the early rec- ords all three spellings were used in connection with the same family.
(I) James Treworgy, said to be of Welsh (Cornish) descent, bought land in Kittery, Maine, in 1635. He married at Kingsweare, England, March 16, 1616, Katharine Shapleigh, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh. He died in 1650, and his widow married Edward Hilton, of Exeter, New Hampshire. Alexander Shapleigh was a merchant in England, agent of the Maine estate of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. He deeded all his estate at Kittery to his son-in- law, James Treworgy, May 26, 1642, and probably returned to England be- fore July 6, 1650, when his estate was settled at York, Maine. Besides Kath- arine, Mr. Shapleigh had a daughter Joan, who married John Meredith; daughter Elizabeth, married John Gilman; and daughter Lucy, married Thomas Wills. Children of James and Katharine Treworgy: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Joan, married John Meredith. 3. Samuel, born 1628, married Dorcas Walton. 4. Lucy, born 1632, married (first) Humphrey Chadbourne (not Scammon, as given in the Kittery history) ; married (sec- ond) Thomas Wills; and (third) Elias Stillman. 5. Elizabeth, born 1639, married, June 3, 1657, the Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, died September 8, 1719.
(II) John Treworgy, son of James Treworgy, was born at Kingsweare, England, and baptized December 30, 1618. He came to this country as the agent of John Winter before 1639, and was afterward agent of Alexander Shapleigh, his grandfather. From 1640 to 1649 he was a resident of Kittery, and thence went to Newfoundland, where he died before 1660. He was one of the Newfoundland commissioners, April 8, 1651. He married, January 15, 1646, Penelope Spencer, daughter of Thomas and Penelope (Filiall) Spencer, and Spencer has been used in the family in every generation since this mar- riage as a given name. Thomas Spencer, her father, married in England (license dated September 24, 1623) Penelope Filiall; he died in 1648; his will was dated June 22 and proved August 23, in that year. Thomas Spencer had
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a brother, John Spencer, who died at Salem in 1637. Thomas Spencer men- tions in his will brother Nicholas Kidwell and children: John Spencer, who settled in New England; Penelope, who married John Treworgy, mentioned above; Thomas and Rachel, who had the lease of Waddam in Chertsey, Eng- land; daughter-in-law, Anna Fyllial; mentioning wages due him for service of the king. Children of John Treworgy: John, born August 12, 1649; James, mentioned below.
(III) James (2) Treworgy, son of John Treworgy, was born about 1660. He was mentioned in the will of Katharine Hilton, his aunt, in 1676. In 1696 he was a tanner in the employ of Sir William Pepperell. He mar- ried (first), July 16, 1693, Mary Ferguson, daughter of John Ferguson. An interesting record is the deposition made many years afterward by Abigail Hodsdon and Elizabeth Gowen stating that they were "bridemaids" at this wedding. His wife died July 19, 1696. He married (second) Sarah Bradley, widow of John Bradley. He married (third) in 1702, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Ruth Kirk, daughter of Henry Kirk. His third wife owned the covenant in the church at the time her son was baptized. He lived in Ports- mouth in 1701-02, but most of his life in Kittery. Children by first wife: Penelope, born June 1, 1694, married Joseph Kilgore; John, mentioned below. By second wife: Samuel, born August 20, 1698, died October 9 (record in Boston). By third wife: James, baptized at Portsmouth, April 11, 1714.
(IV) John (2) Treworgy, son of James (2) Treworgy, was born at Kittery, Maine, June 1, 1696, and died before 1748. He married, in April, 1731, Mary Bracey, daughter of William and Mary (Marston) Bracey, of York, Maine. She was born in June, 1707. He lived at Biddeford, Maine. Children: I. James, mentioned below. 2. Spencer, baptized June 19, 1743; married Judith Townsend, of Little Falls, September 21, 1769, when he was of Biddeford; he was lost at sea with his brothers, December 12, 1776, and she married (second) John Stewart, and (third) Ebenezer Jordan; her daughter, Betsey Townsend Treworgy, married his son, Solomon Jordan, in 1803. 3. Jacob, married, December 9, 1756, lost at sea with his brothers. 4. Daniel, married Betsey Townsend. 5. Mark. 6. Daughter, married, June 26, 1753, John Davis.
(V) James (3) Treworgy, son of John (2) Treworgy, was born in 1732. He was a sea captain and was lost at sea with Captain Haslam, Spencer and Jacob Treworgy, his brothers, and a sailor named Seavy, on their way from Union River (Surry), Maine, to Boston, December 12, 1776. He was ad- mitted to the Biddeford church, June 27, 1762, and came to Surry about 1770. He married, December 9, 1756, at Biddeford, Catherine Libby. Children: James; Nathaniel, mentioned below; Jacob, born July 10, 1771, died March 5, 1848, married Hannah Jackson; lived at Unity, Maine.
(VI) Nathaniel Treworgy, son of James (3) Treworgy, according to the best obtainable evidence, was born about 1770 in Surry, Maine. He had a farm at Treworgy Cove in his native town. He was tall and dignified, and
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to the end of his life wore a tall hat. He died in Surry. He married there Huldah Townsend. Children, born in Surry: Nathaniel, William G., men- tioned below; Charles, Levi, Newell, Archibald, Betsey, Judith, Jordan.
(VII) Captain William G. Treworgy, son of Nathaniel Treworgy, was born in Surry, Maine, November 8, 1813, and died in August, 1871, lost at sea. He followed the sea all his active life and was a master mariner and ship owner. He married, August 18, 1840, Nancy Jarvis, of Surry, born De- cember 26, 1819, died January 1, 1908. Children, born at Surry: Annie J., Edward, Elizabeth, Caroline, William Harris, a prominent lumber dealer of Boston; Henry Howard, mentioned below.
(VIII) Henry Howard Treworgy, son of Captain William G. Treworgy, was born at Surry, Maine, September 28, 1858, and died at Holyoke, Massa- chusetts, January 22, 1902. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, and during his youth, like other sons of farmers and mari- ners, he devoted a good part of his time to helping his father. At the age of nineteen he left home and came to Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he found employment as clerk in the Dickinson Ninety-nine Cent Store. Subsequently he was a clerk in the employ of Philander Moore, the veteran grocer. In the .course of time he was admitted to partnership, and the firm continued pros- perously. The store was located at 223 High street in the center of the re- tail district. As the city grew the partners kept pace with its growth and with the progress in their special line of business. In 1890 Mr. Moore, the senior partner, withdrew and Mr. Treworgy became the sole owner. He continued the business successfully until it was purchased by the Mohican Company, and remained as manager for the new owners for a short time. From time to time Mr. Treworgy had made substantial investments in Holyoke real estate, and after he retired from the grocery business he devoted his time chiefly to the care and development of his property. In partnership with Charles E. Ball, he built the business block at the corner of High and Dwight streets, complet- ed in 1898; now one of the most important buildings of its kind in the city. He possessed an accurate knowledge of real estate values, and his judgment was taken in many cases where the value of property was sought. He took a keen interest in public affairs, though he declined to accept office. In poli- tics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Holyoke Business Men's Association, of the local council of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Second Baptist Church.
He married, November 27, 1888, Mary E. Brooks, of Fairfield, Connec- ticut. Children, born at Holyoke: Harry Howard, August 11, 1890; Ethel Mae, August 14, 1891; Rachel Lillian, December 30, 1893; Alice Louise, June I, 1895; Grace Luella, February II, 1897; Ruth Brooks, August 27, 1901.
Donald Mackintosh
T HE name Donald Mackintosh was one well known in business life in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in Holyoke, Massachusetts, through a long term of years. Donald Mackintosh, the father, was a merchant of Edinburgh, Scotland; Donald Mackintosh, the son, a manufacturer of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was president of D. Mackintosh Sons Company. The sterling vir- tues of the father were transmitted to the son, and in the fuller, freer business opportunities of the New World bore full fruit. Don- ald Mackintosh, the younger, was a man of twenty-four years when he came to the United States, and soon after located in Holyoke. From the expert dyer, he rose to a commanding position as head of one of that city's most important industrial enterprises, notwithstanding the fact that the hand of misfortune was heavily upon him more than once, and the crises he passed through would have daunted a less courageous soul. He died in Holyoke, after a successful business career. In the east transept of St. Paul's Protes- tant Episcopal Church in Holyoke, of which Donald Mackintosh was one of the founders, is a beautiful memorial window, a splendid example of the opal- escent glass art, placed there as a monument to his memory.
Donald Mackintosh, the father, was born in Killen, Perthshire, Scotland, died in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was for many years a merchant in his na- tive city, later moving to Edinburgh, where he continued in mercantile life un- til his death.
Donald (2) Mackintosh, son of Donald ( I) and Mary Mackintosh, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1819, died in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 27, 1902. His only brother, James Mackintosh, died in 1871. After com- pleting his studies in Edinburgh, Donald Mackintosh served an apprentice- ship of five years at the dyer's trade in one of the best mills in Paisley, Scot- land, and became an expert in blending colors and dyeing cloth. He delved deep into the mysteries of his art, and was as much the deep student of the chemistry of colors and dyes as he was the practical dyer for a purely com- mercial result. From Paisley, he went to Leeds, England, where for two years he was in charge of a dyeing plant, going from Leeds to Kiddermins- ter as superintendent of the dyeing department of the famous carpet manu- facturing plant of J. & G. Humphries. He remained superintendent of that department of the justly famed Kidderminster Carpet Works until 1843, when he met a representative from the Hartford Carpet Company of Connecticut, United States of America, who had sent him abroad to secure the services of a high-class dyer to place in charge of their dyeing department. The repre- sentative finally succeeded in making satisfactory arrangements with Mr.
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Mackintosh, and he came to the United States. He continued in the employ of the Hartford Carpet Company, in charge of their dyeing department, for eight years, when their entire plant was destroyed by fire. Mr. Mackintosh then returned to England, but was soon importuned by the Hartford Carpet Company to again come to the United States to take charge of a new plant they intended to erect. He yielded to their very liberal offer and came to the United States, but the company was unable to forward its plans for reor- ganization and rebuilding, consequently had no occasion for the services of the Scotch expert. While sorely disappointed, Mr. Mackintosh swallowed his chagrin and was soon in receipt of an offer from the Hampden Mills at Holyoke, Massachusetts, to take charge of their dyeing department. He ac- cepted this offer and in 1854 assumed the duties of his position. For twelve years he continued as manager of the dye plant at the Hampden Mills, then began business in a small way under his own name. He succeeded, and as he prospered he enlarged his plant and was meeting with success when his an- cient enemy, fire, swept his plant away and with it all his accumulated wealth. Then his Scotch determination and courage came to his rescue, and ignoring the defeat he had sustained, he quickly began preparations to retrieve his fallen fortunes. He made his second start as a manufacturer in Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, but ere long he returned to Holyoke, beginning business on Bigelow street. There he rapidly improved his position, the demon of ill- fortune seemingly having been appeased. Five years later the failure of the Hampden Mills brought that property into the market, and Mr. Mackintosh became the purchaser of the mill in which he had formerly been employed. To finance and operate so large a plant he formed the D. Mackintosh Sons Company, his partners, Colonel John G. Mackintosh and Charles E. Mackin- tosh, his sons.
Under the capable Mackintosh management the Hampden Mills pros- pered as never before, and there many of the present methods of dyeing and manufacturing were first introduced. An expert in his own particular realm, dyeing, Mr. Mackintosh, Sr., combined with that knowledge an intimate ac- quaintance with the best Scotch, English and American methods of manu- facture, and with the aid of his capable partners the mills ran without fric- tion and the best results were obtained. Dyeing raw cotton in bulk was first practiced at the Hampden Mills by Mr. Mackintosh, and many other improve- ments in the dyeing of cotton materials in time placed the plant among the largest cotton dyeing mills of the country. The founder continued at the head of D. Mackintosh Sons Company until his death, and in all the realm of tex- tile manufacturing he had no superior.
He was one of the founders of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Holyoke, and was one of its wardens and ever a strong pillar of support. He was of deeply domestic nature, his home being the center of his happiness. He was highly esteemed, and his upright, rugged honesty and purpose was apparent to even the most casual acquaintance. He was in the van of improvement and
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progress in his own business, and left that business far in advance of what he found it. He was a true pioneer and blazed the way for his successors.
Mr. Mackintosh married, in March, 1843, Hannah Underwood, born 1818, died 1892, daughter of Benjamin Underwood, of Kidderminster, England. They were the parents of four children: Colonel John G., deceased; Jamies, deceased; Charles E. and Henrietta, of Holyoke. Charles E. Mackintosh, born September 14, 1857, is president and treasurer of D. Mackintosh Sons Company, vice-president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, director of the Springfield Safe Deposit Company, president of the Nonotuck Hotel Com- pany, and interested in other Holyoke enterprises. He married, in 1882, Car- rie Chase, daughter of Nathan Berkely and Sarah (Branscombe) Chase, her father born in 1813, died in 1888, her mother born in 1825, died in 1910. Re- cently there was unveiled in the western transept of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a beautiful memorial window in memory of the long years of devoted service Mr. and Mrs. Chase had given to that church. The window, a com- panion work of art for the Mackintosh window in the east transept of the church, is a gift from Mrs. Carrie (Chase) Mackintosh and her sister, Jes- sie Sarah Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mackintosh are the parents of the following children: i. Donald Chase, born September 19, 1885, general man- ager of D. Mackintosh Sons Company; married, October 15, 1910, Helen Louise Cook, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, daughter of Charles W. and Emma (Still) Cook; children: Janet, born March 12, 1914, and Donald, born Sep- tember 9, 1915. ii. Helen, became the wife of Paul Stursburg, deceased. iii. Malcolm E. iv. Jessie C. v. Henrietta.
Robert Alonzo Houston
T HE branch of the Houston family residing in Holyoke and vi- cinity trace their ancestry to Samuel Houston, a native of Londonderry, Province of Ulster, Ireland, a descendant of a Scotch ancestry, zealous Presbyterians in religion. He came to this country in 1718 or soon afterward with the Scotch- Irish who were invited to locate in New England by Governor Shute, of Massachusetts. Samuel Houston's lot was laid out in Nutfield (as Londonderry was originally named on account of its great for- ests) in the year 1720, in what was called the English Range, and was duly recorded April 6, 1725. It contained sixty acres and bordered on Beaver Pond. To this farm he added one hundred and forty-four acres, June 25, 1729, recorded January 24, 1730, in what was called the High Range, border- ing on Bear Meadow in Londonderry. He was a well-to-do farmer, a man of good habits, exemplary character and unquestioned integrity. Among his children was Rev. John, mentioned below.
(II) Rev. John Houston, son of Samuel Houston, was born in London- derry, New Hampshire, April 4, 1732, the third boy born to the Scotch-Irish settlers there. After completing a preparatory course in the schools of his section, he studied for the ministry under the instruction of the Rev. David MacGregor, the famous minister of the Londonderry Presbyterian Church, and later entered Princeton College, from which he was graduated in 1753. After a few years of preaching in various localities, he was called, August 5, 1756, to the pastorate of the church at Bedford, New Hampshire, a town founded by the Londonderry pioneers, and was ordained there, September 28, 1757. He received the lands set aside for the first settled minister of the town, and a salary of forty pounds, but it was stipulated that he was to preach only at such times as the town by vote requested him. A great portion of his time was spent in itinerary preaching in adjacent towns where there were no Presbyterian churches. He remained in cordial relations with his parish until the Revolutionary War, but not being in sympathy with the action of the colonies, he remained loyal to the mother country. When his attitude became known, the town by formal vote restrained him from further preach- ing, June 15, 1776. He then turned his attention to teaching private pupils, from time to time, and to agricultural pursuits. He was an able preacher and a good pastor, had a high reputation for classical learning, and is described as a "tall, solemn, stern and dignified man." He married Anna Peebles, daugh- ter of Robert and Sarah Peebles, who were also Scotch-Irish pioneers of New Hampshire. Children: Samuel, who served in the Revolutionary War; Rob- ert; John, mentioned below; Anna, became the wife of Hugh Riddle; Sarah,
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