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At the age of nineteen he entered the employ of Crocker Brothers & Co. (now the Taunton Copper Company). He re- mained with this company for thirty-four years, filling the various positions of refiner, chemist, metallurgist, superintendent and general manager. In 1884, on account of ill health, he resigned his position with the company, and after spending some time in Europe, was elected mayor of Taunton, in December, 1885.
Mr. Hall was married in Norton, Janu- ary 3, 1859, to Susan Jane, daughter of James C. and Lydia T. (Packard) Drake. Of this union were three children : Henry
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Lindsey, Frederick Stanley and Edward George Hall.
Mr. Hall has been identified for many years with the various Masonic organiza- tions ; has been connected with St. Thomas Episcopal church, and one of the vestry- men for many years, still holding the rela- tion. He has been one of the board of trustees of the Bristol County Savings Bank for many years, and is one of the board of trustees of the Morton hospital.
He is serving his third term as mayor of Taunton, having been elected the present year without opposition, being nominated by both the Citizens' and Republican conventions. Previous to his first elec- tion as mayor, his only political service had been that of common councilman of Taunton, and member of the Norton school board.
Mr. Hall has exhibited many eminent qualifications for the various positions he has been called to fill, and the executive ability shown has deservedly won for him much commendation.
HALL, WILLIAM T., son of Zachariah and Hannah (Tucker) Hall, was born in Chelsea, Suffolk county, November 7, 1822.
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He was educated in the public schools of that part of Chelsea which is now Revere, and at Phillips Academy, Andover.
He chose the occupation of farmer, and is still living on the farm on which he was born. With the exception of a few years at sea in early life, he has always followed this business, dealing principally in milk and fruit. He is now quite largely inter- ested in real estate.
Mr. Hall was married in Francestown, N. H., October 4, 1854, to Betsey S., daugh- ter of Moses W. and Louisa (Lawrence) Eaton. His second marriage was in Revere, December 31, 1874, with Fannie J., daugh- ter of Cyrus and Betsey P. Goss. He has five children : William E., Arthur L., Alice L., Hannah F. and Harvey W. Hall.
Mr. Hall was elected to the office of town clerk and assessor in 1855, and held the office of town clerk for thirty consecu- tive years. He was elected town treasurer in 1865, holding this office twenty years. He is also justice of the peace.
Mr. Hall served in the House of Repre- sentatives in 1867. He issued the call for, and presided at, the first Republican meet- ing ever held in North Chelsea (1856).
He was appointed and acted as enumer- ator for taking the state census and statis- tics for the years 1855, '65 and '75.
HALLOWELL, NORWOOD PENROSE, son of Morris Longstreth and Hannah (Penrose) Hallowell, was born in Philadel- phia, Pa., April 13, 1839.
In early life he became a conforming member of the religious society of Friends, and prepared for college in the schools of that order. He was graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1861.
After graduation he connected himself with the commission house of Watts, Crane & Co., New York, subsequently with his brother Richard, forming the partnership of Hallowell Brothers, followed by another change to Hallowell, Prescott & Co.,- both in New York City. In 1869 he came to Boston and has since that time conducted the business of wool-broker in that city, without a partner.
In 1886 he was elected vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce of Boston and now holds that position.
On January 27, 1868, in New York City, he married Sarah Wharton Haydock. He has six children : Anna Norwood, Robert Haydock, Norwood Penrose, John White, Esther Fisher and Susan Morris Hallowell.
June 10, 1861, Mr. Hallowell received a commission as Ist lieutenant, 20th regi- ment, Massachusetts volunteers. He was engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff, and was promoted captain, November 26, 1861.
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He was present at the siege of Yorktown, under fire at West Point, in action at Fair Oaks and at Savage's Station, and was wounded at Glendale. Later he was pres- ent at the battle of Malvern Hill, and sub- sequently took part in a reconnoissance from Harrison's Landing to that place ; was in the third line of battle at Chantilly, and at Antietam, September 17, 1862, was severely wounded.
April 17, 1863, he was appointed lieu- tenant-colonel, 54th Massachusetts, and May 30, at the request of Governor John A. Andrew, he accepted the colonelcy of the 55th Massachusetts - the second Mas- sachusetts colored regiment brought into service-and was stationed for a brief period at Newbern, N. C. He took part in the reduction of Fort Wagner.
November 2, 1863, he was honorably dis- charged from the service for disability arising from wounds. He took up his resi- dence in Medford in 1869, where he has since resided, an active mover in all phil- anthropic and benevolent enterprises, a citizen much respected for his integrity and manly advocacy of what he considers worthy projects. A striking illustration of devotion to principle was manifest in the conduct of Colonel Hallowell and his brother, General Edward N. Hallowell, when they voluntarily offered their services in connection with the first colored regi- ments raised during the war. The preju- dice against the employment of colored troops was very strong in the North, as well as the South. Their gallant bearing, however, in the field, and loyal devotion to the Union cause, did much to reconcile the public mind to the wisdom of the move, and the heroic death of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, while leading his command in the assault upon Fort Wagner, stirred the pub- lic heart to a just appreciation of their worth and service. The Hallowell brothers are entitled to lasting honor for the cour- ageous part they took in thus espousing the cause of the once despised race. The seed sown has borne abundant fruit.
HALLOWELL, RICHARD PRICE, son of Morris Longstreth and Hannah (Penrose) Hallowell, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 16, 1835.
His early education was obtained at Haverford College, Pa. At an early age he entered at once upon the business with which he has ever since been connected, by engaging as a boy in the wool house of H. Robinson & Co., Philadelphia. He came to Boston in 1858, where he started busi- ness on his own account, forming the part-
nership of Hallowell & Howland, after- wards changed to Hallowell & Coburn, the present title.
October 26, 1859, at Philadelphia, he was married to Anna Coffin, daughter of Ed- ward M. and Maria (Mott) Davis. Her mother was the daughter of James and Lucretia Mott. His children are : Maria, Penrose (deceased), James Mott, Lucretia Mott and Frank Walton Hallowell.
Mr. Hallowell has long been identified with the leading movements for reform, and by wise counsel and energetic work has contributed not a little to popularizing what at first may have been considered ill- timed agitation of the vital questions which have done so much to enliven and regener- ate modern society. He was an abolition- ist of the Wendell Phillips-John Brown school, and since slavery was abolished has advocated the rights, without for- getting the duties, of labor. He has held official position in the New England Woman's Suffrage Association from the first day of its organization. He co-oper- ated with other free religionists in the or- ganization of the Free Religious Associa- tion of America, of which he was treasurer for many years. He has been a frequent contributor with his pen to the press, and has himself published two notable works upon the Quaker element in Massachusetts life -" The Quaker Invasion of Massachu- setts" (1883) and "The Pioneer Quakers " (1886). The two books cover an inter- esting but sad epoch in our colonial his- tory, from the time when brutality in the treatment of Quakers was a prominent factor in the orthodox religion of Massa- chusetts, to 1724, when the Friends secured exemption from the iniquitous and oppress- ive tax levied for the support of the clergy. It is greatly to his credit that he has prac- tically reversed current history upon that subject. His loyalty to the oppressed has not been, however, confined to this most honorable and successful work. At a crit- ical time in the history of another despised and down-trodden people, he was honor- ably conspicuous. During our civil war, at the time the 54th regiment of Massa- chusetts volunteers was called into the ser- vice of the United States, a rendezvous camp was opened at Readville, by Captain, afterwards General, Edward N. Hallo- well, his younger brother. A line of re- cruiting depots for colored troops was established, running from Boston to St. Louis in the West, and Fortress Monroe in the South. One cavalry and two infantry regiments, the 54th and 55th, were raised
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and their ranks kept at the maximum num- ber throughout the war, by unremitting efforts on the part of such men as Richard P. Hallowell and George L. Stearns, both residents of Medford, backed by Governor Andrew, Lewis Hayden, Amos A. Law- rence, John M. Forbes, William Endicott, Jr., and men of like calibre.
HAMILTON, JOHN WILLIAM, son of the late Rev. W. C. P. Hamilton of Ohio, and Henrietta M. (Dean) Hamilton, was born in Weston, Lewis county, Va., March 18, 1845.
He was educated in the common schools in the different towns in Eastern Ohio, where his father had been appointed as pastor, and at Mount Union College, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1865. He sub- sequently entered Boston University, and was graduated in 1871.
He was licensed to preach, June 3, 1865, and joined the Pittsburg conference of the M. E. church the following April. After his graduation and before his admission to the conference, he was appointed agent for the endowment fund of Mount Union College.
From 1866 to '68 he was pastor in New- port, one of the first settlements in Ohio ; was ordained deacon while a member of the Pittsburg conference ; was transferred to the New England conference in 1868, and appointed to the church in Maplewood, where he remained two years. At the close of this pastorate he was ordained elder, then went to Somerville for three years, and thence to Boston, becoming pastor of the First church in Temple Street, which was a union of the Grace church and the church in Hanover Street, a society hav- ing nine hundred members, and at that time the largest church of the denomina- tion in New England. After three years' pastorate he became the founder and builder of the People's Church, one of the largest and widest known enterprises in the nation. It is probable that no single church enterprise in Boston ever enlisted the sympathies and support of more peo- ple, irrespective of their denominational preferences. Here he remained nine years - until the church was completed.
Mr. Hamilton was first married in Cov- ington, Ky., December 24, 1873, to Julia Elisabeth, daughter of Rev. Gordon Bat- telle, D. D., and Maria L. (Tucker) Bat- telle. His second marriage was in Buf- falo, N. Y., December 18, 1888, with Emma Lydia Battelle, sister of his first wife. He has one child : Gordon Battelle Ham- ilton.
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He is prominently connected with the reform movements of the State ; presided in the state convention for the nomination of officers by the Temperance party, and has frequently declined the use of his name when brought forward by this party for the first place in the list of candidates for the state offices. He has been twice a member of the legislative conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. In the last session, held in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, he was leader of the party which asked for the admission of wo- men to the conference. He was a prominent candidate for the episcopacy - receiving
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more votes than any other minister from New England who has not been elected to the high office. He is at present pastor of the Saratoga Street church, East Boston.
He has been quite an extensive writer. His principal publications are : " Lives of the Bishops," "People's Church Pulpit," "Memorials of Jesse Lee and the Old Elm," and " The Hills and Homes of Somerville."
He received the degree of master of arts from the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., and the Baker Uni- versity in Kansas, in 1880, conferred upon him the degree of doctor of divinity, which he declined. In 1888, he was prof-
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fered the presidency of his alma mater in Ohio, and a committee came to Boston to urge upon him the acceptance of the office. After careful consideration, he de- clined, preferring to remain in the pastorate.
HAMILTON, SAMUEL K., son of Ben- jamin R. and Sarah (Carl) Hamilton, was born in Waterborough, York county, Maine, July 27, 1837.
He was educated in the district school, Limerick Academy, public high school, Saco, Maine, and Chandler scientific school, Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1859, and re- ceived the degree of master of science in 1869.
After his graduation he chose the pro- fession of law and pursued his legal studies in the office of Hon. Ira T. Drew at Alfred, Maine. He was admitted to the York county bar in June, 1872, and practiced in company with Mr. Drew at Alfred until 1867, when he removed to Biddeford, Maine, and remained there till 1872, when he removed to Wakefield and opened an office in Boston, where he is'still in prac- tice.
Mr. Hamilton was married in Newfield, Maine, February 13, 1867, to Annie E., daughter of Joseph B. and Harriet N. (Dam) Davis. They have no children.
Mr. Hamilton was a member of the board of aldermen, Biddeford, 1870 and '71 ; member of the Maine House of Representa- tives, 1872; member of the Wakefield school board nine years, six years of which he was chairman ; chairman of the board of select- men, 1887 and '88, and was for many years chairman of the board of trustees of the Beebe town library, which position he still holds. He has been treasurer of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston since its organi- zation.
Mr. Hamilton was delegate to the na- tional Democratic convention in 1880, from the 5th congressional district of Massa- chusetts. In 1883 when the people of Wakefield were about erecting a handsome brick school building, they voted unani- mously in open town meeting that the same should be called " Hamilton school building," in recognition of Mr. Hamilton's valuable services in behalf of the public schools.
HAMMOND, EDWARD H., son of Ed- ward and Lucy M. (Kimball) Hammond, was born in Bradford, Essex county, Sep- tember 4, 1823.
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under preceptor Benjamin Greenleaf of Bradford, and afterward fitted for college at Atkinson Academy, but was prevented from entering college by the state of his health. He first engaged in teaching in Haverhill in 1847, and permanently in 1853, and later became the first principal of the Winter Street grammar school of that city. Here he remained until 1868, when he was appointed principal of the Bennett grammar school in Brighton, which was annexed to Boston in 1874. He re-organized and consolidated that school in the present building, erected in 1873- '74, and continued in the service of the city of Boston at the head of that school until the fall of 1882, when ill health obliged him to resign.
He now lives in Groveland, retired from active duty, but still, as chairman of the school committee, maintains his interest in educational work.
Mr. Hammond was married in Haver- hill, in 1856, to Dollie A., daughter of William H. and Mary (Patten) Nichols. They have no children.
He was noble grand of Mutual Re- lief Lodge, I. O. O. F., Haverhill ; secre- tary Y. M. C. A. of Haverhill ; chairman and secretary of the Republican town com- mittee, and chairman of the school board, Groveland. He was also very influential in the establishment of the Groveland public library in 1888, and is the first president of the board of trustees. During an experience of nearly thirty years in teaching, he has had charge of only two schools, and has never been without a position.
HAMMOND, JOHN WILKES, son of John Wilkes and Maria Louisa (South- worth) Hammond, was born December 16, 1837, in that part of Rochester, Plymouth county, now called Mattapoisett.
His father died when he was five years old, and he was brought up in the village of Mattapoisett, attending the common district school. He was subsequently fit- ted for college in the academy in his na- tive village, and was graduated from Tufts College in the class of 1861.
He engaged in teaching in Stoughton, in 1861 and '62 ; in Tisbury, spring and summer of 1862, and left the school one morning in September of that year to en- list in company I, 3d regiment, Massa- chusetts volunteers (nine months' regi- ment). He returned in June, 1863; taught the high school in Wakefield and Melrose, and then choosing the profession of law, prosecuted his legal studies in the office of
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Sweetser & Gardner, Boston, and at the law school of Harvard University. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1861, practiced in Middlesex county, was ap- pointed to the bench of the superior court of Massachusetts, March 10, 1886, which position he still holds.
Judge Hammond was married in Taun- ton, August 15, 1866, to Clara Ellen, daughter of Benjamin F. and Clara (Fos- ter) Tweed. Of this union were three children : Frank Tweed, Clara Maria and John Wilkes Hammond, Jr.
Judge Hammond was a member of the House of Representatives from Cambridge, 1872 and '73 ; was city solicitor of Cam- bridge by annual elections continuously from April, 1873, to March 10, 1886, when he resigned to accept the judgeship. His residence is Cambridgeport.
Judge Hammond attributes his success in life to the careful and judicious training of a good mother. He is one of many cases which show that in this country it is possible for a boy without wealth or social distinction, by temperance, industry and perseverance, to acquire an education and win success in professional life.
HAMMOND, WATSON FREEMAN, son of John and Catherine E. (Cushing) Ham- mond, was born in Boston, May 24, 1837.
His early education was obtained in the common schools of Boston and Mashpee. He spent some years following the sea, whaling, and in the merchant service. He finally chose farming as a vocation, and settled in Mashpee, where he now resides.
Mr. Hammond was married in South Sandwich, January 22, 1860, to Rebecca C., daughter of Rev. Joseph and Abigail (Wickhams) Amos. They have seven chil- dren : Mary E., Charles H., Ellen W., Alice C., Lorenzo T., Edith L. and Carrie F. Hammond.
Mr. Hammond was representative to the General Court in 1886. He is a deacon of the Baptist church at Mashpee.
HANNUM, LEANDER MOODY, son of Alexander C. and Laura A. Hannum, was born in Northampton, Hampshire county, December 22, 1837.
He first attended school at Northamp- ton, afterward the grammar and high schools of Chicopee, and Williston Semi- nary at Easthampton.
He left Williston Seminary at the age of seventeen, and passed two years in the mining fields of California, returning in 1856. He then entered the English and classical institute, Springfield, where he
remained one year, then was two years with J. W. Hale & Company, Springfield, as salesman in the wholesale grocery busi- ness, then until 1864 with Mr. Howe, of Howe's Sewing Machine, New York City. Coming to Cambridge, he engaged in busi- ness for himself - at first in the grocery, and also in the ice business. He is now extensively engaged in real estate enter- prises.
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Mr. Hannum was married in Cambridge, December 15, 1869, to Anne H. Demain, of that city. Of this union there are no children living.
Mr. Hannum was a member of the com- mon council, Cambridge, 1873 ; alderman, 1874 and '75, and represented his city in the House of Representatives, 1876 and '77, serving in 1876 as chairman of the com- mittee on public buildings, and 1877 as chairman of the committee on street rail- ways. He was elected to the Senate, 1881 and '82, serving the last year as chairman of the committee on prisons, and state- house, also on the committee on insurance. He has served seven years as chairman of the Republican city committee, and since 1883 has been a member of the board of water commissioners. He was elected, and served for several years, as special com- missioner for Middlesex county.
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Mr. Hannum is always in the front in public matters, is a prominent and widely known member in the order of F. & A. M., a member of Amicable Lodge, Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter, and Boston Com- mandery. His church connections are with the Third Congregational church, Cam- bridge, where he has served for many years as chairman of the parish com- mittee.
HANSON, CHARLES HENRY, son of Charles and Mary Folsom (Copp) Hanson, was born in Barnston, P. Q., July 7, 1844.
His educational training was received in the common schools of Lowell.
His first connection in business was with Utley, Boynton & Pickett, wholesale pro- vision merchants, Boston, in 1862. Here he remained a number of years, and upon re- moving to Lowell, engaged in the teaming
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business. Later on he established the firm of C. H. Hanson & Co., dealers in horses, hay, straw and grain.
On the 14th of June, 1866, at Nashua, N. H., Mr. Hanson was married to Ellen Jane, daughter of Samuel and Elmina (Hadley) Smith. Of this union were three children : Charles H., Jr., Fred and Mamie Hanson -the two latter deceased.
Mr. Hanson is a member of William North Lodge of Masons, chapter and coun-
cil ; Middlesex Lodge of Perfection, Low- ell ; Joseph Cernean Lodge of Perfection, 14th degree ; De Witt Clinton Council of Princes, 16th degree ; De Witt Clinton Chapter of Rose Croix, 18th degree ; De Witt Clinton Council of Kadosh, 30th de- gree ; Grand Consistory of the State of Massachusetts, 32d degree; member of Merrimac Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Wam- esit Lodge, K. of P., and Lowell Lodge B. P. O. Elks.
In 1872 he was elected to the Lowell common council, and re-elected the follow- ing year. He was superintendent of streets in 1885 and '86, and a member of the lower branch of the state Legislature in 1888, serving as one of the committee on railroads.
HARDING, ALPHEUS, son of Rev. Alpheus and Sarah (Bridge) Harding, was born January 12, 1818, at New Salem, Franklin county. He there attended the public schools and the New Salem Acad- emy, from which institution he entered Amherst College in 1832, where he re- mained but a single year, being compelled by ill health to abandon his studies.
In the winter of 1834 he taught a district school in Warwick, and in the spring of that year entered the country store of Jonathan Haskell & Co., in New Salem, in which, and in the store of Wetherell & Hamilton, of Petersham, he remained until the spring of 1841, when he bought the store in New Salem in which he first entered, where he remained as a trader and manufacturer of palm-leaf hats until 1856. .
During the fifteen years of his mercan- tile life in New Salem, he served as post- master, town clerk and treasurer, holding, a part of the time, also, the offices of chair- man of the boards of selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor ; trustee of New Salem Academy (which he still retains). He represented the town in the Legislatures of 1851 and '53, taking an active part in the long struggle which resulted successfully in the first elcction of Charles Sumner to the United States Senate.
In August, 1856, he was appointed cash- ier of the Miller's River (now National) Bank of Athol, and removed to that place, where he still resides. In 1863 he was chosen to represent, in the Legislaturc, the 8th Worcester representative district, com- posed of the towns of Athol and Royalston, and again in 1867. During the session of 1867 he obtained a charter of the Athol Savings Bank, which commenced business in April of that year, of which institution
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he was made treasurer, which office he still retains.
He served as cashier of the Miller's River Bank eleven years, until its conversion to the Miller's River National Bank, of which he was made president, which office he still holds, having been an officer of the two institutions thirty-three years.
He was a member of the state Senate for the years 1879 and '80, and was a dele- gate to the national Republican conven- tion, at Chicago, in 1880.
He has been interested in, and connected with, two of the principal manufacturing corporations of the town, and has seen the town of his adoption double in wealth and population. He was active in forming the Second Unitarian church, and in building the beautiful edifice in which that society worships.
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