Narrative history of South Scituate-Norwell, Massachusetts, Part 3

Author: Merritt, Joseph Foster
Publication date: 1938
Publisher: Rockland, Mass., Printed by Rockland Standard Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 296


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Bartholomew, George, Navy; 39th Regt.


Brown, William F., 45th Regt.


Bowker, Frank L., 3rd H. A. Curtis, Fred H., Navy


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Curtis, George, 3rd unattached


Chamberlain, J. W. Jr., 1st H. A. Coleman, Elisha, 7th Regt. Clapp, Stephen, 18th Regt.


Curtis, Joseph H., 43rd Regt.


Curtis, George W., 43rd Regt.


Clapp, Caleb N., 39th Regt.


Clapp, George H., 18th Regt.


Chapman, Timothy, 39th Regt.


Corthell, John, 39th Regt.


Crosby, Joshua Jr., 3rd unattached


Carey, William, Navy, (substitute) Carson, M. F. Cronan, Dennis


Colbert, Thomas, (substitute)


Cooper, John, 2nd Cavalry.


Conners, Patrick, 13th Lt. Bat.


Cameau, John, Navy


Childs, William H., Navy


Damon, Freeman, 45th Regt.


Damon, Ensign B., 45th Regt.


Damon, John W., 18th Regt.


Dover, Edward, 18th Regt.


Drake, Beza W., 2nd H. A.


DeCoster, Albert, 11th Bat. Cavalry


Dyer, Franklin, 3rd unattached Dunn, Michael Decatur, A. H., Cav. Frontier service.


Ewell, Daniel R., 39th Regt.


Fairbanks, George O., 24th unattached


Foster, Charles A., 3rd Art.


Foster, Walter 2nd, 11th Regt.


Farrar, Henry A., 18th Regt.


. Farrar, Henry R., 3rd R. I., H. A. Farrar, Charles H., 45th Regt. Freeman, Lemuel, 45th Regt.


French, Benjamin W., 39th Regt.


Freeman, Warren F., 54th Regt.


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Reproduced from original plate. left of center door, and of trees.


MEMORIAL DAY, ASSINIPPI, ABOUT 1878 South Scituate and Hanover G. A. R. Posts. The old camera was excellent, but the plate was slow.


Note blurred outline of flag to (Photo by James H. Williams)


SOUTH SCITUATE IN THE CIVIL WAR


Freeman, William H., 54th Regt.


Gardner, John D., 18th Regt.


Gardner, Henry H., 18th Regt. Gardner, Charles N., 18th Regt.


Groce, John D.


Groce, Charles, 43rd Regt.


Groce, Henry A.


Groce, Dexter


Griggs, R. Augustus


Gayton, Charles, Navy


Gurtland, Daniel, Navy


Gorlic, Charles H., Navy


Gardner, Nathaniel, Navy


Gardner, Lorenzo T., 3rd H. A.


Gerrish, Daniel, Vet. Res.


Gleason, Michael, Frontier Service


Grady, Jeremiah


Goodrich, George A., 3rd unattached


Goodrich, Joseph B., 18th Regt.


Hatch, George A., 43rd Regt.


Henderson, Lloyd G.


Hayden, George B., 18th Regt.


Harvey, Joseph, 18th Regt.


Henderson, Samuel A., 18th Regt.


Hanson, Frank K., 39th Regt.


Hatch, Jonathan


Harrison, John, 1st H. A. Heber, Charles


Hopkinson, James, Navy


Hepworth, Cephus, Navy


Henley, Patrick, Navy


Hawley, Charles H., 35th Regt.


Hunt, James L,. 35th Regt. Hurley, E., Frontier service Herbert, Alix, Frontier service


Howard, William A., 2nd Regt.


Hoyt, Charles H., Navy


Holmes, Charles W., Navy


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Hopkins, Nathan, Navy


Iverson, John D., Navy


Ingalls, Charles, Navy Inman, Andrew S., 15th Regt.


Jacobs, Elisha A., 44th Regt.


Jacobs, A.


Jacobs, Gustavus, 44th Regt.


Jenkins, Henry T., 43rd Regt.


Jenkins, Riley E., 14 Regt.


Jackman, George M., 18th Regt.


Kilburn, Thomas R., 45th Regt.


Kirk, James T., 15th Regt.


Kimball, Henry, 16th unattached


Knight, R. G., Cav. Frontier service


Litchfield, William C., 1st H. A.


Litchfield, Henry B., Navy


Lewis, John W., 43rd Regt. Lewis, John, 18th Regt.


Litchfield, Liba W., 43rd Regt.


Lawrence, Thomas R., 43rd Regt.


Lapham, Elisha W., 18th Regt.


Litchfield, Alfred B., 45th Regt.


Litchfield, Edwin M., 45th Regt.


Leroy, Charles, 39th Regt.


Leavitt, Charles M. Jr., 2nd Cav.


Lee, Benjamin F., 54th Regt.


Mee, Thomas, 13th Lt. Bat.


Monahan, Patrick


Marshall, William H., 1st Bat. Cav.


Merritt, George H., Navy


Michliniske, 28th Cav.


Murphy, Patrick (substitute)


Nichols, Elias O.


Nichols, Addison F., 45th Regt. Nichols, Wilbur


Newhall, Francis A., Frontier service, Cav.


Paris, Octave, Cav. Frontier service


Potter, William E., 3rd unattached


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Prouty, Orlando C., 18th Regt.


Prouty, Oliver C.


Prouty, John H., 39th Regt.


Prouty, William Jr., 39th Regt.


Prouty, Isaac, 39th Regt.


Penniman, John W., 39th Regt. Pratt, Elias E., 43rd Regt.


Payne, Reuben H., 45th Regt.


Prouty, Benjamin W., 39th Regt.


Powell, James, Frontier service


Powell, N. B., 58th Regt.


Prince, Jason, 54th Regt.


Patterson, James, 2nd Cav.


Raymond, Thomas A., 43rd Regt.


Robinson, David P., 7th Regt.


Robinson, David W., 2nd H. A. Riggs, Charles Ring, Joseph, Navy


Sanborn, Ira B., 1st H. A.


Sparrell, James N., 18th Regt.


Sparrell, Charles W., 43rd Regt.


Sylvester, William T., 18th Regt.


Southworth, Edward, 18th Regt. Stetson, Abner L., 18th Regt.


Stetson, George F., 18th Regt.


Sherman, Calvin F., 39th Regt.


Sawyer, Albert, 3rd R. I. H. A.


Stoddard, James E., 18th, R. I., H. A.


Stoddard, Charles L., 18th, R. I., H. A. Spencer, John H., 43rd R. I., H. A.


Stevens, Horace P., 44th, R. I., H. A.


Stevens, George, 45th, R. I., H. A.


Simmons, Joseph, 39th R. I., H. A.


Studley, George Studley, Willard


Stokes, John


Sawyer, Elbridge, H. A.


Torrey, George O., 18th Regt.


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Torrey, Henry A., 18th Regt. Tolman, Edward P., 18th Regt.


Tolman, Charles, 18th Regt. Talbot, Robert J., Navy


Thomas, Alpheus, 39th Regt.


Thomas, William O., 39th Regt.


Tolman, George T., 43rd Regt.


Turner, Henry A., 43rd Regt.


Totman, John F., 45th Regt.


Thompson, James, 5th Cav.


Twist, Charles H., 1st Cav.


Turner, William, Contraband


Vose, Clifton H., 45th Regt.


Vinal, Seth H., 43rd Regt.


Vinal, Amos F., 43rd Regt.


Wentworth, George O., 2nd Cav.


Wentworth, Henry T., 2nd Cav.


Warner, James W. Whitcomb, William H., 7th Regt.


Winslow, Nathaniel W., 18th Regt.


Whiting, George W., 39th Regt.


Waterman, Rhodolphus Winslow, Albert, 45th Regt.


Winslow, Richard S., 54th Regt.


Winslow, Henry T., 54th Regt.


Wilton, W. B., 1st Cav.


Wilson, Thomas, 4th Cav.


Walls, John W., Contraband


Wood, William H., Navy


Young, Charles C., 39th Regt.


Among those who enlisted from other towns or cities, but later, at the close of the war, became residents of this town were:


Frank Alger Charles D. Barnard


Seth O. Fitts


Thomas O. Hayden


William O. Merritt, Jr.


Edward W. Humphrey Howard F. Mann


Edwin R. Studley


George A. Hatch Capt. Augustus Hatch


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POST 112, G. A. R. IN 1925


Standing-George A. Hatch, Frank Alger, Benjamin W. French. Sitting-Alfred B. Litchfield, John H. Prouty, Edwin R. Studley, Howard F. Mann. Cut made through courtesy of Norwell Post 192, American Legion (Photograph by Jared Gardner)


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John W. Chadwick


Jacob B. Sulham


Samuel Keene


Charles W. Reed


Benjamin Stetson


Samuel A. Lester


Jarius N. Healey, Navy


James H. Williams


Charles Humphrey


William H. Rand


The following item appeared in one of the Boston papers July 11, 1863 :


MILITARY :- "Arrival of sick Soldiers-The steamer Convoy arrived yesterday morning with upward of three hundred sick and convalescent soldiers from Newbern, principally of the 43rd, 48th, 46th and 51st Regiments. About nine o'clock Thursday evening the Convoy struck off Scituate beach a short distance from shore.


One hundred and forty-nine men were landed early in the morning in charge of Assistant Surgeon Marcey and First Lieut. George H. Nickerson of the 43rd Regiment, were hospitably received, came to the city by railroad and were taken to the Beach Street, barracks.


The Convoy got off at high water and came up to Bat- tery Wharf, without injury yesterday."


The paper did not mention the fact that many of the men who lived in the neighborhood, and in South Scituate, left the vessel and immediately repaired to their respec- tive homes. Among them were Charles W. Sparrell of the 43rd and Henry T. Jenkins, so we have been told.


In 1864 the town fitted the Town Hall as an armory and the returned soldiers whose time was out were formed into a reserve company. The company was disbanded in 1866.


Post 112 was organized in 1869.


From the early days of the Grand Army of the Republic it was the custom for the South Scituate and Hanover posts to meet at the Assinippi Church on Memorial Day, march to the Assinippi Cemetery and decorate the graves of their comrades.


This custom has continued through the years until


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there are none of them left. It is now being carried on by the Sons of Veterans.


An old photograph taken by James H. Williams, the leading photographer of those times, in this section, shows them drawn up in line before the church.


This photograph was probably taken about 1880, or a little earlier and their numbers will be a revelation to the present generation, who have been accustomed to see a. mere handful of the old veterans in line on Memorial Day, and for the past two years, none at all.


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CHAPTER IV THE OLD SOUTH SCITUATE TOWN HALL


THE story of the old town hall that served the Town of Scituate for many years and echoed to the thunder of Hon. John Bryant Turner's rulings as moderator, at the stormy meetings of those times and later, after 1849, wit- nessed the equally stormy meetings of the qualified vot- ers of South Scituate who fought a bitter fight over its location and for its continued existence, which lasted without any interruption, until it was destroyed by fire in 1884 is rather interesting. It was in this hall, which was located at the time of the Civil War where the Sold- ier's Monument now stands, in Norwell Village, that the war meetings were held. Here it was that the men vol- unteered and were enlisted. Here the ladies of the town met to sew for the outfitting of the soldiers and make bandages, and scrape lint. Later as the war progressed, it was turned into an armory with musket racks along the sides to accommodate the equipment of a company, and drills were held.


It was in this building that the meetings of Post 112, G. A. R. were held from its organization until the hall was destroyed and also the meetings of the South Scitu- ate Brass Band from 1874.


The members of the post were all comparatively young men, as were likewise the members of the band, and their camp-fire meetings, fairs, and dances were all held here. The hall was famous for its dances and social affairs for miles around.


Now that the actors of these days have nearly all pass- ed on and so few are living that can remember the old times, the arguments between the contending factions and


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the spouting of the regular orators at town meetings of a day before advisory boards and other modern innova- tions had taken the pep and interest out of town meeting, and certain voters felt it their duty to question every item of expenditure, and every new project, it is safe to tell the story of the hall and what a struggle it had to exist.


When the Act was passed separating the westerly por- tion of the Town of Scituate from the rest of the town and incorporating it under the name of South Scituate one of the most difficult matters to settle was the division of the town property.


During the year 1849 the new town held several meet- ings in Mr. Stetson's Church, at all of which the question of a town hall was discussed. The committee chosen to divide the real estate between the two towns, after much backing and filling, with a like committee representing the Town of Scituate, finally arranged for the Town of South Scituate to purchase the town hall, the almshouse, the town flats and all of the real estate owned by Scituate at the time of the division. At its meeting May 14, 1849, the town voted to place the town house on the westerly part of the common on which the South Meeting House stands, and the selectmen were chosen a committee to re- move the hall, from its location near Sherman's corner, in Scituate, to its new location.


From this day contention began between the East and West wards that continued for over 35 years, with the people of the South ward, for the most part, siding with the East ward.


June 25, 1849, a meeting called to reconsider the above vote and locate the town house farther westerly and give it a more central location for all parts of the town was dissolved without action.


On July 16, 1849, at another meeting containing the same article, with the Hon. William James acting as mo- derator, it was voted not to change the location. Yes 138, No 169.


Again, on Dec. 1, 1849, Mr. James presided at a meeting


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called for the same purpose, but no action was taken other than some minor alterations authorized in gallery and on speakers desk and platform. Other changes were author- ized January 28, 1850.


April 1, 1850, Nathaniel Clapp was chosen a committee to sell the old town house lot in Scituate and give title.


In 1853 the committee chosen to ascertain the center of the town reported, and it was voted to place a stone monument on the spot. This committee, by the way, was instructed to employ an out of town surveyor to do the job.


At the annual meeting March 6, 1852 there was an ar- ticle in the warrant to close the town hall against balls and exhibitions, but no action was taken.


At a meeting March 1, 1858, Nathaniel B. Clapp, moder- ator, it was voted to move the town hall to a spot as near the center of the town as convenient and chose Ansel Grose, Benjamin Jacobs, John K. Nash, Thomas Jones and Nathaniel B. Clapp, a committee to move the town hall. It was also voted to allow the use of it for Sunday services.


April 24, 1858, Elijah Barstow moderator, a special meeting, containing several articles all relating to the re- moval of the town hall to the center of the town, was held, but no action was taken.


On Nov. 9, 1859, Samuel Tolman, moderator, it was vot- ed to open the hall free for all meetings where no admis- sion was charged and to heat and light it if necessary ; and on March 4, 1861 he presided at a meeting containing an article in the warrant to build an additional town hall in the West Ward and also one in the South Ward.


April 8, 1861, voted not to open Sachem and Assinippi hall free for moral religious and intellectual improvement and to open the hall only when pay is required of the solicitor.


May 6, 1861: Voted to allow the town hall to be opened free for the ladies to sew on the soldiers' clothing and for the soldiers' to drill, also Sachem and Assinippi halls for the same purposes.


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(Just what authority the town had over Sachem and Assinippi Halls we cannot understand. Probably the vot- ers meant that the town would pay for the use of these halls.)


March 5, 1866: Voted repairs on hall and to fix price for use.


April 5, 1869: Voted to sell the town pound for $8 and old hearse house and to pass over articles to move town hall.


March 6, 1871: Samuel Tolman Jr., moderator. Voted that a committee be chosen with full power and authority to remove the Town House across the highway upon land now belonging to Israel Nash at an expense to the town not exceeding $300. Provided arrangements can be made with said Nash as to land, expense etc., satisfactory to said committee. The Selectmen, Ebenezer T. Fogg and Elisha Jacobs were chosen as a committee to carry the above vote into effect. The selectmen were Edward Stowell, Thomas B. Waterman and Charles A. Litchfield. The attempt to place a basement under the hall was de- feated. This removal was carried out without any great opposition. The work being done by Seth Sprague of Hingham.


May 2, 1871: Voted the free use of Town Hall to Post 112, G. A. R. for regular meetings.


March 2, 1874: Voted that selectmen be authorized to hire Mr. Barnard to have charge of hall if they deem it advisable .


April 20: Voted free use of hall to South Scituate Brass Band.


April 3, 1876: Voted to build a new town hall in the center to be so constructed as to accommodate the High school. Chose B. M. Young, Peleg Curtis, Charles Litch- field, C. A. Litchfield, Willard Torrey, Samuel Turner and D. B. Ford as a committee with instructions to ascertain the whole facts relative to establishing a high school in the center of the town, also building a town hall to ac- commodate the high school, and to furnish the town with


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SOUTH SCITUATE SAVINGS BANK Built in 1885 as combined store and bank building. Entirely remodeled in 1936


DEDICATION IN 1922 OF MEMORIAL TREE AT RIDGE HILL SCHOOL Comrades Howard Mann, Benjamin W. French, Henry F. Ford and John H. Prouty of Post 112, G. A. R. (Photograph by Mrs. Minnie Farrar)


THE OLD SOUTH SCITUATE TOWN HALL


the information of the probable cost when finished. To report at a subsequent meeting.


May 1, 1876: Voted to accept the report of committee on Town Hall and High school. Chose Willard Torrey, George H. Torrey, Ezekiel T. Vinal, Richard P. Briggs and Franklin Jacobs as a committee to build a new Town Hall to accommodate a high school, also, as near the center of the town as land can be procured. Voted to expend a sum not to exceed $6500 for new town hall. Voted to build a basement to accommodate horses. Voted that the treasurer be authorized to hire $6500, for the building of the hall.


May 29, 1876 : The East ward evidently got busy for it was voted to discharge committee on new town hall and to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to authorize the treasurer to hire $6500 to build same. Voted that selectmen be a committee to settle with the contractor for the building of the hall and to take charge of all the prop- erty on new town house lot.


July 27, 1876: An attempt to bring up the matter was defeated, and again on August 8, still another attempt to secure a new hall on the lot already purchased of William P. Brooks was voted down. Yes 51, No. 141, and it was voted to sell all material purchased for the new building within ten days at public auction.


Still another attempt was unsuccessful October 2, 1876.


Still again on April 11, 1881, Joseph T. Hartt, modera- tor, there were several articles in regard to moving town hall, but they were all passed over.


March 6, 1882: A new floor, new windows and other repairs were authorized.


One morning early in 1884, smoke was discovered com- ing out of the building. The writer was attending the District No. 5 Grammar school just across the street, at the time, and remembers the alarm being given and the teacher, Miss Mary E. Sparrell, telling the larger boys that they might go. It was the usual story. The fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to put it out


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and the building soon burned. The Grand Army lost their records and equipment and the school boys were busy for the next few days in fishing musket barrels and dress swords, bayonets and belt hooks out of the ruins, which articles many of them kept as souvenirs.


On June 16, 1884: A meeting was held at Jones' fac- tory, with Alpheus Thomas, moderator, and it was voted that all future meetings until a new hall was built be held at John H. Jones' factory. This factory was located nearly opposite Louis Ogden's place on Main street.


Voted to appropriate $400 for hall and Richard Briggs was to procure and lay foundation with full power relating to basement of hall. The plans of J. Williams Beal were accepted and a committee consisting of Frederick H. Cur- tis, George H. Torrey and David W. Turner was chosen as a building committee.


Leander Sherman of Marshfield received the contract to build the hall to be finished on or before November 1, 1884, and on January 19, 1885, Sylvanus Clapp presided at a meeting to hear and act on the report of the build- ing committee and to provide for heating, lighting and furnishing the new building. February 28, 1885, Alpheus Thomas was moderator of a meeting to arrange for dedi- cating the new hall. The selectmen were this committee and were authorized to appoint what assistants they needed. Thus after thirty-five years of constant bicker- ing the town hall was located in the geographical center of the town and the contentions of the past generation are now forgotten. In 1896 the High school was moved into the new town hall building and in 1922 a new high school building was attached to it. So the dreams of the men of 1876 at last came true.


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CHAPTER V CHANGE OF NAME


D URING the fall and winter of 1886 there was a wave of dissatisfaction spreading among the people in regard to the name of the town. It was claimed by many that much of the mail went to South Scituate, Rhode Island, others argued that the town would never prosper under its old name and that it was better to get away from the old associations with the mother town of Scituate and the majority of the inhabitants become hysterical in their desire for a change.


A small minority of the older people and those who cherished the old traditions vainly tried to stem the tide, but the propaganda had done its work and it was futile to resist.


A petition of nearly three hundred names was filed and at the annual meeting in March 1887, the following vote was passed:


"Chose the Selectmen a committee to petition the Leg- islature to change the name of the Town. Any person ยท desiring a name to send their wish to the Selectmen, they to select six to present to the Legislature."


In response to this petition the Legislature of 1888 au- thorized "the Town of South Scituate to take the name of Norwell, Standish, Deane, Cushing or Hatherly," and at the annual meeting March 5, 1888, the town chose the name of Norwell by the following vote : Norwell 215, Cush- ing 2, Standish 2, Hatherly 2.


Mr. Henry Norwell for whom the town was named was a summer resident and a member of the firm of Shepard Norwell & Co. of Boston. He was greatly interested in the welfare of his town and for ten years subscribed $2,500 each year toward the upkeep of the roads.


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Mr. Norwell always retained his interest in the town He was for two years President of the South Scituate Sav- ings Bank and when he died at his winter home in Florida, in February 1903, the news was received with regret by his fellow townspeople and friends.


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HENRY NORWELL


Boston merchant, who lived here. on Norwell Avenue, for many years. The town took his name in 1888, and he initiated a general improvement of the highways.


CHAPTER VI GAFFIELD PARK


ITHE following letter was received by the selectmen back in 1895:


Norwell, August 28, 1895 To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell :- Gentlemen :


I have purchased the land lying between River street, Forest avenue and Forest street, and desire to present it to the Town of Norwell for a Children's Park, with the condition that the wood shall be forever preserved and the grounds maintain in good condition for the use of the children of the town for a picnic and playground. I will send a deed whenever you notify me that my proposition is agreeable to your Board and the people of the Town.


Yours truly, THOMAS GAFFIELD


At the annual meeting, March 2, 1896, the town voted to accept the above gift on the conditions stated and a vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Gaffield. It was also voted that on Arbor Day the townspeople meet at the park with all necessary tools and that the ladies of the town be invited to serve a spread. Also voted to name the place "Gaffield Park" and that Mr. Gaffield be invited to superintend the work on Arbor Day.


A good number gathered and much work was done in clearing and burning underbrush. Mr. Gaffield had caus- ed a dance board to be built and dancing and other games were enjoyed. After which the gathering adjourned to Fogg's hall where a lunch and speaking were the order of the day.


Several concerts were afterwards given at the park and it was used the day of the coaching parade July 5,


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1897, but it has been used very little for the purpose that the donor had in mind when he gave it to the town. This is probably due to the fact that the children of the town are so widely scattered and to the changed conditions and manner of living. Were it located in the heart of a city instead of a country town it would be better appreciated. It has always been kept in fair condition, a small appropri- ation being made each year for this purpose. Much work was done here by the Civil Works Administration in 1933-4.


Thomas Gaffield, the donor, was a very prominent man. He was a native of Boston and was for years associated with the firm of Tuttle Gaffield and Co., manufacturers of window glass. He was considered one of the best author- ities on that subject in the country. He studied at the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard, visited Europe to study the methods in those countries. He was a member of many prominent scientific bodies. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Natural History So- ciety, The Commercial Club and at one time served on the Board of Aldermen and in the Common Council of Boston. He was a member of the American Unitarian Association. He gave his library on glass and porcelain to the Institute of Technology. Many valuable books to the Boston Public Library, and his Theological Library of the Liberal Faith to the James Library at Norwell. He married for his second wife, Miss Maria W. Turner of Nor- well and on retiring from active business they spent much of their time at the old Turner homestead in this town. Mr. Gaffield took great pride in the village and was al- ways doing something for the public good.




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