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Mr. Knowlton married Miss Elizabeth J. Burks, and with a family of three chil- dren, Harold W., Marion E. and E. Mil- dred, resides on Hancock Street, Auburn- dale.
JAMES WESLEY KIMBALL, sixth mayor of Newton, was born in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 7, 1836, and was the son of James M. and Sylvia (Mayo) Kimball.
He was educated in the public schools and at Leicester Academy. He came to
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Boston when a young man and secured a position in the Exchange Bank, working his way up to receiving teller. After leav- ing the bank he became senior member of the firm of Kimball, Lindsay & Peck. During the last eight or ten years of his life he had been connected with the leather clothing firm of Holmes & Kimball.
Mr. Kimball made Newtonville his home for about thirty years. He took an active interest in its public affairs and in 1877 was elected a member of the com- mon council. After serving three years in this body he was elected to the office of alderman for four consecutive years. As a candidate for mayor on the citizens' ticket, he was elected in 1884, and was successively re-elected, serving five terms.
He was a member of the Newton, Mayors' and Massachusetts clubs, and the Central Congregational Church.
Mr. Kimball married Miss Joanna Longworth, and they have had one daugh- ter, Edith, the wife of Dr. Karl Schmidt.
Mr. Kimball died Nov. 16, 1902.
EDWIN WHITNEY GAY was born at Boston, Mass., June 5, 1845, the
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EDWIN W. GAY.
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REV. GEORGE W. SHINN.
son of Aaron R. and Mary J. (Whitney) Gay.
He removed to Newton with his father in 1850, completing his education in New- ton public schools. He then entered his father's store in Boston, and has always been closely identified with the stationery business.
He represented his ward in the com- mon council in 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883, being president of that body part of the time.
Mr. Gay was an active member of the Newton Methodist Church and a mem- ber of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, a Knight Templar and a member of Charles Ward Post, G. A. R.
He married Miss Maria M. Ricker, and resided on Waverley Avenue until his death on Sept. 24, 1902.
GEORGE WOLFE SHINN, D. D., rector of the Grace Church since 1875, is a Philadelphian by birth (Dec. 14, 1839), the son of William H. and Sarah Wolfe Shinn.
He began to prepare for the ministry at the old Virginia Seminary near Alexan-
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dria, but returned to Philadelphia on the outbreak of the Civil War, and completed his studies in the Divinity School of that city. He was ordained in 1862 in order to enter the army as chaplain. He was deemed too young for that service by the government officials and became assistant minister at St. Paul's Church, Philadel- phia. His first independent charge was the Church of our Saviour of the same city, where he served three years. His health obliging him to leave the city, he organized Trinity parish at Shamokin,
ker's Series of Lesson Quarterlies for teachers and scholars in the Episcopal Church. He is also the author of several books.
Dr. Shinn served on the Newton school committee for twelve years, and was one of the founders of the Newton Hospital. He has been connected with a number of organizations, such as the Natural History Society, the Tuesday Club, the Eastern Convocation, the Church Congress, and is the president of the Newton Ministers' Union, the School of Expression, the Bos-
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RESIDENCE, A. B. TURNER, WAVERLEY AVENUE.
Pa., but at the end of a year was called to Lock Haven, Pa., serving as rector of St. Paul's parish for four years, during which he was one of the founders of the Central Normal School and president of the Public Library. He was then called to St. Luke's, Troy, N. Y., then to the head mastership of St. Paul's School in the same city, and on Jan. 1, 1875, became rector of the Grace Church in this city.
Dr. Shinn was the editor for some years of the missionary paper of the diocese, and for over twenty years has edited Whitta-
ton chapter of the Actors' Church Alli- ance and the Society for the Entertain- ment of the Shut-ins.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by William and Mary College.
Dr. Shinn married Miss Elizabeth Mills, and they have had six children, three of whom, George M., Lizzie, and Elsie, are deceased. The living children are Isabel, the wife of J. L. Hough ; Josephine, the wife of George C. Stevens ; and Francis A. Shinn.
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RESIDENCE, ALBERT METCALF, HIGHLAND STREET.
ROBERT WARDEN WILLIAM- SON was born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1861, and came to West Newton about 1894.
He is a member of the firm of William- son & Sleeper, manufacturers of straw and felt hats, of Boston and New York.
Mr. Williamson married Miss Elizabeth
Freeman Metcalf, daughter of Mr. Albert Metcalf of West Newton, and resides on West Newton hill.
He is a member of the Neighborhood, Brae-Burn Golf and of the Newton Boat clubs.
His family consists of two daughters, Margaret and Clara R. Williamson.
RESIDENCE, ROBERT W. WILLIAMSON, HIGHLAND STREET.
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REV. HENRY J. PATRICK.
HENRY JOHNSON PATRICK, D. D., pastor emeritus of the Second Congregational Church of West Newton, was born at Warren, Mass., Sept. 20, 1827. His parents were Joseph H. and Mary Patrick.
Dr. Patrick was educated at Amherst Academy, Amherst College, graduating in 1848 ; Union Theological Seminary, New York ; Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, graduating in 1853.
He was ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church at Bedford, Mass., Nov. 16, 1854, and during his pastorate he represented the town in the General Court in 1857.
In 1860 he accepted a call to the Second Congregational Church at West Newton and was installed on Sept. 26 of that year.
Dr. Patrick had a long and honorable career as pastor of this church, and when his eyesight failed in 1894 he was chosen its pastor emeritus.
In 1865 Dr. Patrick was a delegate to the Christian Commission at City Point, Va., and in 1891 he received the honor- ary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Amherst College.
He married Miss Martha Loomis, and they have five children, Sarah L., Mary I .. , Augusta L., Arthur 1 .. and Henry B. Patrick.
Dr. Patrick resides on Washington Street, Newtonville.
DENNIS JOSEPH WHOLEY, one of the most popular Catholic priests in the city, was born in Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 8, 1853, his parents being John and Catherine T. Wholey.
He received his education in the Quincy grammar school of Boston, the Lawrence grammar and high schools of Lawrence, St. Charles College, near Ellicott City, Md., and completed his theological stud- ies in the Grand Seminary at Montreal, P. Q.
Father Wholey was ordained a priest Dec. 22, 1877, and was assistant at St. Joseph's Church, Chambers Street, Bos- ton, for thirteen years. When the Catho- lic society at Newton Centre was organ- ized, Father Wholey was appointed to take charge, and assumed his duties Dec. 6, 1890. The first mass was celebrated in Associates' Hall Dec. 7, 1890, and such
REV. DENNIS J. WHOLEY.
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energy was shown by Father Wholey that ground was broken for a new church on Centre Street on Aug. 5, 1891. Mass was celebrated in the basement of the new church on Christmas Day of that year. In April, 1897, the church was enlarged, increasing its seating capacity by three hundred sittings, and in July, 1898, work was begun on finishing the interior of the upper church. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 1899, the Church of the Sacred Heart was sol- emnly dedicated by Most Rev. John J. Williams, Archbishop of Boston, and the first mass was celebrated on that day in the upper church.
Father Wholey is justly popular, and has had the satisfaction of seeing his par- ish grow in numbers and enthusiasm.
SAMUEL MURDOCK JACK- SON, a principal assessor for many years, was born at Newton Lower Falls March 7, 1823, his parents being Ephraim and Beulah (Murdock) Jackson, both being members of some of the oldest families in the town.
He was educated in the schools of Newton and at first engaged in the meat
business. He then commenced his pres- ent business as a farmer, and has resided in his present home on Jackson Street, Newton Centre, for nearly fifty years.
Mr. Jackson was elected an assessor in 1874 and has filled the office continu- ously ever since, completing thirty years with the close of 1902. He has been a trustee of the Newton Savings Bank for fifteen years and a member of its board of investment for the last eight years.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the First Congregational Church of Newton Centre.
He married Miss Hannah Allen Brackett, daughter of William and Ann Brackett, and they have had two children, Annie Frances and Ella Beulah Jackson, both deceased.
SAMUEL WEBSTER TUCKER, deputy sheriff of Middlesex County, was born in Boston May 5, 1852, being the son of Henry and Elizabeth C. (Hews) Tucker. He received his education in the public schools of Boston and was then for seventeen years connected with the law office of Brooks & Ball. In 1884 Mr. Tucker was appointed a deputy sheriff for
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Middlesex County, a position which he continues to hold.
Mr. Tucker is also a notary public, a justice of the peace and a member of New- ton Lodge of Odd Fellows. He attends the Eliot Congregational Church.
Mr. Tucker married Miss Harriet E. Morrill, and with one daughter, Miss Elsie V., a student at Boston University, resides on Church Street, Newton.
WILLIAM FREDERICK KIM- BALL was born at New Haven, Conn., July 18, 1857, his parents being George F. and Lucretia ( Morton ) Kimball.
He received his education in the New- ton High School and was for fifteen years the head of Kimball Bros. Company, car- riage manufacturers. He then entered the Fayette Shaw Leather Company as treasurer, serving for eight years and until the company was absorbed by the United States Leather Company. He is now the treasurer of the Tanners' Leather Com- pany of Boston, treasurer of the Hideite Leather Company of Boston, treasurer of the American Bauxite Company of New York, and treasurer of the American
WILLIAM F. KIMBALL.
JOSEPH B. SIMPSON.
Heat, Light and Power Company, also of New York.
Mr. Kimball attends the Universalist Church at Newtonville, and is a member of Gethsemane Commandery, K. T .; of the Country Club, Brookline ; of the Bos- ton Athletic Association and of the New- ton Club. He is also a director in the Newtonville Trust Company.
He married Miss Sillinda Mason Shaw, and with two children, Morton Shaw and Katherine Kimball, resides on Harvard Street, Newtonville.
JOSEPH BRAGDON SIMPSON was born at Sullivan, Me., March 15, 1851, and is the son of Captain Amos B. and Amelia (McKay) Simpson.
He received his education in the East- ern Maine Normal School, and then en- tered the concrete paving business with his brothers of the Simpson Brothers. In 1885 he became the western representa- tive of the firm, with headquarters at Chi- cago, and he remained in that city until 1897, when he returned to Boston to be- come the vice-president of the Simpson Brothers corporation.
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He is an attendant at Channing Church and a member of the Newton and Hunne- well clubs.
Mr. Simpson married Miss Georgianna Lainhart, and with one daughter, Doro- thy, resides on Hunnewell Avenue, New- ton.
FRANK MORTIMER FORBUSH, a prominent lawyer of Boston and a resi- dent of Newton Centre, was born in Natick, Mass., Sept. 20, 1858, and is the son of James E. and Elizabeth W. (Goddard) Forbush.
He was educated in the common schools, the Boston English High School and the Law School of Boston University. He was admitted to the bar of Middlesex County in 1882, and has since been en- gaged in general practice at Boston.
Mr. Forbush is a Congregationalist, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Royal Arcanum and Home Circle, and is the secretary of the Middlesex Bar Asso- ciation. Mr. Forbush also served on the school committee of Natick from 1894 to 1898. He was president of the Natick Young&Men's Christian Association for
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two years, and grand secretary of the Massachusetts Home Circle for three years.
Mr. Forbush is a Prohibitionist in poli- tics and has been repeatedly honored with the nominations of that party, including that for representative from Natick, for member of Congress, for district attorney for Middlesex County and for attorney general. He has also been chairman of the Prohibition state committee (1896- 1897) and a member of the national com- mittee since 1896.
Mr. Forbush married Miss Annie L. Mead of Natick, Nov. 1, 1882, and they have two children, Walter A. and Robert L. Forbush.
DANIEL FLETCHER BARBER has been a resident of Newton for over thirty years, casting his first vote in 1877, and has voted in Newton every year since that time.
Born in Antrim, N. H., Aug. 9, 1855, the son of Rev. Daniel Webster and Ade- line (Haven) Barber. His father being a Methodist preacher, he received his school- ing in many New Hamsphire towns, among
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SYDNEY HARWOOD.
the latest being at Tilton, N. H., and Gosport, Isles of Shoals.
He began his business life at fourteen years of age in Boston with the hardware firm of A. M. Gardner & Co., later Gard- ner & Chandler, with whom he remained for twenty years. In 1888 he formed the firm of Chandler & Barber, wholesale and retail hardware, located first at 15 Eliot Street and now at 124 Summer Street, Boston.
Mr. Barber is a member and treasurer of the Newton Methodist Church, was president for two years of the Newton Young Men's Christian Association, presi- dent for two years and at present a direc- tor in the New England Hardware Dealers' Association, and a member of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons.
He has served on the Republican ward and city committee, was chairman of the Ward I committee, and is serving his second term as ward alderman.
Mr. Barber married Miss Artena Olivia Mansfield, and with three children, Ralph F., Florence M. and Ruth M. Barber, re- sides on Summit Street, Mt. Ida.
SYDNEY HARWOOD was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 3, 1860, and is the son of George S. and Ellen A. Harwood.
His parents came to Newton when he was young and he received his education in the Newton schools.
He started in business Nov. 10, 1879, in the employ of Harwood & Quincy, the well-known firm of builders of spe- cialties in woollen machinery, which was founded by his father in 1860. The firm name was changed to George S. Har- wood & Son in 1887, and Mr. Harwood has been the head of the concern since his father's death in 1894.
Mr. Harwood is also president of Le- wando's French Dyeing and Cleansing Company ; president of the American Napping Machine Company ; treasurer of the Harwood & Quincy Machine Com- pany of Worcester ; and a director in the Newtonville Trust Company, Milford, Holliston & Framingham Street Railway Company, Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway Company, Newton Street Rail- way Company, Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway Company, Wellesley & Boston Street Railway Company, Newton & Boston Street Railway Company, Lex- ington & Boston Street Railway Company ; a trustee of the Boston Suburban Electric Companies and a trustee in the Napa, New Idria & Atna Quicksilver Mining Companies.
Mr. Harwood was chairman of the building committee during the construc- tion of the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company, and its president until its absorption by the Boston Suburban Electric Companies.
Mr. Harwood is a member of the Bos- ton Athletic Association, the Newton Boat and the Newton Golf clubs.
Mr. Harwood married Miss Mabel Lancaster, and with his family, consisting of Gretchen, Bartlett and Rosalind Har- wood, resides on Waverley Avenue, New- ton.
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JOHN T. LANGFORD.
JOHN THOMPSON LANG- FORD was born at Fall River, Mass., Feb. 8, 1842, the sixth son of William and Sarah Langford.
He fitted for college, but on account of his health abandoned collegiate life and engaged in business, devoting his time mainly to outdoor pursuits. For the past quarter of a century he has been a contracting engineer and builder of water- works. He has built in whole or in part the waterworks in forty cities and towns in the New England states, besides many systems of fire protection for manufactur- ing corporations. Mr. Langford has re- sided in Newton during the last twenty- eight years and has always taken a deep interest in public improvements within this city and the metropolitan district, also in all things pertaining to the welfare of the city, including a deep interest in politics, and has served for several years as a member of the Republican city com- mittee and as a representative in the Gen- eral Court during the years 1899 and 1900.
He is a member of Grace Episcopal Church, a thirty-second degree Mason,
a member of Winslow Lewis Lodge and of the Newton Club.
Mr. Langford married Nov. 20, 1867, Mrs. Ellen Marean Priest-Kingsbury, and they have had two children, Ellen Mabel Langford, who married George Wesley Priest, Oct. 16, 1900, and William Priest Langford, who passed to the higher life July 15, 1881.
Mr. Langford resides at 90 Waban Park, Newton.
WALTER LINCOLN SANBORN was born at Newton Centre March 28, 1871, his parents being John H. and Agnes E. (McJanet) Sanborn. His father served three years as representative to the General Court, and was a resident of New- ton Centre for many years.
Mr. Sanborn was educated in the gram- mar and high schools of Newton (Newton High School, 1889) and at Harvard Uni- versity, receiving the degree of A. B. from the latter institution in 1893.
Upon his graduation from college he entered the editorial department of the publishing house of Silver, Burdett & Co., but in 1898 became a partner in the firm
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RESIDENCE, JOSEPH B. SIMPSON, HUNNEWELL AVENUE.
of H. H. Mathews & Co., quarriers and dealers in roofing slate and slate material. At present Mr. Sanborn, in connection with other interests, is secretary and treas- urer of the Ouray Smelting Company.
Mr. Sanborn has always taken a deep interest in the militia, and enlisted in Bat- tery A, Light Artillery, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia, in April, 1895, was com-
missioned as captain on the staff of the Ist Brigade in February, 1902, and in January, 1903, was appointed assistant adjutant gen- eral, with rank of lieutenant colonel, on the staff of the Ist Brigade.
He is a member of the Newton Centre Baptist Church, of the Newton, Exchange, Algonquin, Country, Misery Island, Ward 6 Republican, Newton Centre Golf, Home
RESIDENCE, JAMES C. MELVIN, HIGHLAND STREET.
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RESIDENCE, HERBERT A. WILDER, FAIRMONT AVENUE.
Market clubs and of the Sons of the Revo- lution. He is also a member of the Re- publican ward and city committee.
Mr. Sanborn is unmarried and resides with his step-mother on Chase Street, Newton Centre.
WALLACE D. LOVELL, a well- known figure in street railway matters, was born at Weymouth, Mass., Feb. 3, 1854, the son of Daniel and Emily T. Lovell. He was educated in the public schools.
Mr. Lovell is heavily interested in street
railway construction and organization, and is a director in many street railway com- panies operating in New Hampshire.
Mr. Lovell attends the West Newton Unitarian Church and is a member of the Newton, Derryfield, Belarney and Brae- Burn clubs and of the Massachusetts Street Railway Association.
He married Miss Caroline N. Whitten, and resides with his family, consisting of Florence H., Madge C., Walter, Endicott R., Philip G. and Faith Lovell, on Lenox Street, West Newton.
RESIDENCE, F. F. RAYMOND, 2D, OTIS STREET.
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GEORGE E. BRIDGES.
GEORGE EGBERT BRIDGES was born at Watertown, Mass., July 11, 1827, and is of Welsh ancestry.
He was educated in the schools of Watertown and Newton, and at eighteen years of age entered a dry goods store at Newton Upper Falls. Later he bought a store at Newton Centre. In 1852 he went to New York and engaged in the railway supply business with Bridges & Bro. Returning to Boston he continued in the same business in the firm of Holt, Bridges & Co. He then organized the firm of Bridges & Long, which was suc- ceeded by Whitney & Bridges and later by Whitney, Bridges & Stearns. This firm was dissolved in 1876, and Mr. Bridges has been engaged in no active business since.
He took an active interest in the gov- ernment of the town of Newton and was a selectman for four years from 1868, and has been an engineer of the fire depart- ment, a surveyor of highways and an over- seer of the poor. He also represented the town in the General Court in 1868. He was appointed chairman of the board of registrars of voters upon its organiza-
tion in 1884 and served until failing health compelled him to decline a reappointment in 1900.
He is a charter member of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, a past high priest of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, a member of Gethsemane Commandery, K. T., of Massachusetts Lodge of Perfection, and a thirty-second degree Mason. He is also a trustee of the Newtonville Methodist Church.
Mr. Bridges married Miss Abbie F. Smith, and with one son, George M. Bridges, resides on Walnut Street, New- tonville.
JULIAN CLIFFORD JAYNES, pastor of the First Unitarian Church at West Newton, was born at Drainsville, Va., Jan. 18, 1854, his parents being Charles L. and Martha Jaynes.
He received his academic education at the University of Wisconson and his pro- fessional education at the Harvard Divin- ity School.
In 1885 he was ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor over his present church at West Newton.
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JOHN LOWELL.
Rev. Mr. Jaynes is widely known in the denomination, and has few equals as a speaker, his large and flourishing parish being a tribute to his work and popularity.
He married Miss Helen Neil Haynes, and with one daughter, Ethel M. Jaynes, resides on Prince Street, West Newton.
JOHN LOWELL, one of the sinking fund commissioners of the city, is a son of Judge John Lowell, and was born at Bos- ton May 23, 1856.
His education was received in private schools of Boston, Harvard College (1877) and Harvard Law School.
He has practised his profession as a lawyer in Boston, being associated with his father from 1883 to 1897, when he became the senior member of the law firm of Lowell, Smith & Lowell.
Mr. Lowell is treasurer of the Harvard Loan Fund, a trustee of the Employers' Liability Assurance Company of London, and a member of the Sinking Fund Com- mission of Newton.
He attends the Episcopal Church at Chestnut Hill, and is a member of the Union, Tavern, Country clubs and of the
Reform, Harvard and Adirondack League clubs of New York.
Mr. Lowell married Miss Mary Emlen Hale, and they have five children, Mary Emlen, John, Ralph, James Hale and Olivia Lowell.
JAMES ARNOLD LOWELL was born at Chestnut Hill Feb. 5, 1869, and is the son of John and Lucy B. Lowell. His father was judge of the United States District and Circuit courts for many years.
He was educated at Hopkinson's pri- vate school in Boston, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Since 1894 Mr. Lowell has practised his profession as a lawyer in Boston and is associated with his brother in the law firm of Lowell, Smith & Lowell.
In 1897 Mr. Lowell represented his ward in the common council, and was a member of the board of aldermen in 1898, 1899 and 1900.
He attends the Unitarian Church at Chestnut Hill and is a member of the Union, Country and Chestnut Hill clubs.
Mr. Lowell married Miss Mary Whar-
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ton Churchman, and they have one son, James Arnold Lowell, Jr.
The family reside on the Lowell es- tate at Chestnut Hill, where Mr. Lowell has a beautiful home overlooking Ham- mond's Pond.
WILLIAM EDMUND SHEDD is a native of Cambridge, Mass., where he was born Nov. 30, 1840, his parents be- ing Alonzo F. and Sally (Brown) Shedd.
He entered the employ of Jordan, Marsh & Co. in 1861, but enlisted in 1862 in Company K, 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, and served for two years.
In 1863, while caring for some wounded prisoners, he was captured and confined in Libby prison for a short time before an ex- change was effected.
On returning from the war he again entered the employ of Jordan, Marsh & Co. and served in various positions until the incorporation of the firm, when he was elected to his present position as treas- urer of the company.
In 1870 Mr. Shedd removed to Somer- ville, where he resided until 1895, and was a founder and active member of the Day
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HENRY H. HUNT.
Street Church. He moved to Newton Centre in 1895 and united with the First Congregational Church, serving as a dea- con, as a member of the standing and prudential committees and as treasurer of its building committee. While a resident of Somerville Mr. Shedd was elected a mem- ber of the common council in 1880-81.
Mr. Shedd has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Eunice P. Balch, by whom he has one daughter, Annie L., the wife of Augustus O. Clark of Newtonville. His second wife was Miss Alice M. Jones of Somerville, and their children are Will- iam E., Jr., Margaret S. and Arthur F. Shedd.
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