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While residing in New Salem, on the 6th of September, 1842, he married Maria P. Taft, of Dudley, Worcester county, daugh- ter of Reuben and Prudence (Healey) Taft, by whom he had four children, two . of whom died in infancy -the others still live : Ella Maria (now wife of Col. A. L. Newman, president of the National Bank of the Commonwealth of Boston), and Wil- liam Bridge Harding, formerly teller of the Miller's River National Bank, but now a resident of Denver, Col.
HARDY, JOHN HENRY, son of John and Hannah (Farley) Hardy, was born in Hollis, Hillsborough county, N. H., Feb- ruary 2, 1847.
He attended the Hollis common schools, fitted for college at Appleton Academies at Mount Vernon, N. H., and New Ipswich, N. H. He entered Dartmouth College, 1866, and was graduated 1870, work- ing his way by teaching during vacations. He attended Harvard law school, studied law with R. M. Morse, Jr., Boston, while he was engaged in teaching in Chauncey Hall school, and was admitted to the Suf- folk bar, January, 1872.
Mr. Hardy formed a partnership with George W. Morse, the firm name being Morse & Hardy. This relation continued two years, after which he formed a partner- ship with Samuel J. Elder and Thomas W. Proctor, the firm name being Hardy, Elder & Proctor, which continued until his ele- vation to the bench, May, 1885, when he was appointed associate justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston. This position he still holds. His appoint- ment was eminently a wise one, as his mental balance better fits him for the bench than the bar.
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He enlisted at fifteen years of age in the 15th regiment, New Hampshire volun- teers, and was at the siege of Port Hudson,
Judge Hardy was married in Littleton, August 30, 1871, to Anna J. Conant, a lineal descendant of Roger Conant, who first settled at Salem, in colonial days, and who was the daughter of Levi and Anna (Whitney Mead) Conant. Of this union are two children : John H., Jr., and Horace D. Hardy.
Judge Hardy was elected to the House of Representatives from the Arlington district, 1883, and was counsel for the town of Arlington, 1873 to'85. He is a member of the New England Historic Genealog- ical Society. He worships with the Unita- rian Society.
HARLOW, RUFUS KENDRICK, son of Major Branch and Lurany (Keith) Har- low, was born March 28, 1834, in Middle- borough, Plymouth county.
He attended the public schools, and prepared for college at Pierce Academy in his native town. In 1865 he was gradu- ated from Amherst College, and in 1868
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from the theological seminary in Bangor, Maine.
He was ordained to the gospel ministry in his home church, the Central Congrega- tional, in Middleborough, October 15, 1868,
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having previously received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the St. Lawrence Street church, Portland, Me. Owing to impaired health, this call was declined, but Mr. Harlow served this church as supply for thirteen months, when continued ill health forced him to suspend his ministe- rial labors for a year.
Subsequently he supplied the First Con- gregational church in Belfast, for a year, and was invited to accept the pastorate of that church, but declined. In the latter part of 1871 Mr. Harlow was called to the pastorate of the Evangelical Congrega- tional church in Medway, as associate pastor with the Rev. David Sanford. The call was accepted, and he was installed February 13, 1872.
During his ministry the church has been blessed spiritually and materially, as evi- denced by the gain of one hundred and eighty-nine members, the remodeling of the edifice and beautifying of the grounds, and the amount of benevolent contribu- tions, the latter aggregating more than ten thousand dollars to January 1, 1889. The church celebrated its semi-centennial September 7, 1888, and published a full re- port of the exercises, edited by the pastor. Several addresses and biographical sketches and discourses delivered by Mr. Harlow have been published. The rela- tions between pastor and people have been exceptionally cordial.
HARRIS, BENJAMIN WINSLOW, son of William and Mary Winslow (Thomas) Harris, was born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth county, November 10, 1823. His father was a respected citizen, town officer, and member of the General Court four years. His mother was a lineal de- scendant of Kenelm Winslow, brother of Governor Winslow of the Plymouth Colony.
Mr. Harris received his education in the public schools of his native town, the East Bridgewater Academy, and in the classical department of Phillips Academy, Andover, where he remained about two and a half years. For several years he taught school winters, and so procured the means of pursuing his studies. In April, 1847, he entered the Harvard law school, from which he was graduated in June, 1849, when he at once entered the law office of John P. Putnam (late justice of the superior court), in Boston, where he re- mained till the 12th of April, 1850, when he was admitted to practice.
He went to East Bridgewater, June 22d of that year, and formed a law partner- ship with Hon. Welcome Young for one
year, at the close of which he opened a law office on his own account, where he remained, with the exception of a few years, till the fall of 1864, securing a good practice and acquiring a county reputation as an able advocate
On July 1, 1858, Governor Banks ap- pointed Mr. Harris district attorney for the southeastern district, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. James M. Keith, of Roxbury.
During the winter of 1863-'4 Mr. Harris opened a law office in Barristers' Hall, Court Square, Boston, and in the year fol- lowing associated himself in partnership
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with Payson E. Tucker, a learned and able lawyer, under the firm name of Harris & Tucker.
On the 20th of June, 1866, he was ap- pointed collector of internal revenue for the 2d congressional district of Massachu- setts, which office he held until the con- solidation of the districts in 1872, when he returned to East Bridgewater, where he has ever since resided.
In November, 1872, he was elected to Congress, as a Republican, to succeed Hon. Oakes Ames-and was re-elected in 1874, '76, '78 and 'So, serving ten years. During this time he was a member of important committees-and in the 47th
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Congress was chairman of the committee on naval affairs.
On retiring from Congress, March 4, 1883, he actively resumed his legal prac- tice, his son, Robert O. Harris, becoming a member of the firm of Harris & Tucker.
On the 7th of September, 1887, he was appointed by Governor Ames judge of probate and insolvency for the county of Plymouth, to succeed Hon. Jesse E. Keith, deceased, which office he now holds.
The firm of Harris & Tucker was dis- solved January 1, 1889, Mr. Harris and his son each having an office in East Bridgewater, and Mr. Tucker continuing the business alone in Boston.
Mr. Harris was married in Boston, June 4, 1850, to Julia A., daughter of Robert and Melinda (Wilbor) Orr, by whom he had four children, three of whom are now living : Robert O. Harris, of East Bridge- water, Mary M. Edson, wife of Charles H. Edson, of Whitman, Mass., and Alice M. White, wife of Hon. John D. White, of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Harris died October 5, 1872.
HARRUB, FRED MAGOUN, son of George W. and Mary Harrub, was born in Plympton, Plymouth county, July 2, 1848.
His early educational training was re- ceived in the common schools. In 1867 he began business life as a tack manufacturer. Later on he became a dealer in carriages, sleighs and harnesses.
Mr. Harrub was married in Plympton, January 14, 1868, to Juliet T., daughter of Ebenezer T. and Rebecca Dean. Of this union is one daughter, Mary L. Harrub.
Mr. Harrub was elected representative to the General Court from the 4th Plym- outh representative district in 1883 and '84, serving on the committee on manufac- tures both years, and acting as chairman the latter year. He was elected selectman and assessor in 1879, and held those offices continuously by election until 1884.
HART, THOMAS NORTON, was born on January 20, 1829, at North Reading, Middlesex county. His father was Daniel Hart, whose ancestors settled in Lynnfield. He died when the present mayor was a child, and is buried in Lynnfield. Mayor Hart's mother was Margaret Norton, a woman of exceptional refinement. Her father was Major John Norton, of Royals- ton, who fought in the revolution.
Thomas N. Hart received a modest edu- cation, such as the country schools afford- ed in the thirties. In 1842 he came to Bos- ton to earn his living, and found employ-
ment with Wheelock, Pratt & Co., dry- goods dealers. In 1844 he entered a hat store ; he became later on a partner in the firm of Philip A. Locke & Co. He after- wards founded the house of Hart, Taylor & Co., which became in its line one of the largest in the country. He retired from business some ten years ago, but soon after assumed the presidency of the Mount Vernon National Bank, which posi- tion he still holds.
Mr. Hart was married at Boston, 1850, to Elisabeth, daughter of John and Elisa- beth (Potter) Snow, of Bowdoin, Maine. They have one child : a daughter.
Mr. Hart is identified with many socie- ties. He is treasurer of the American Unitarian Association, an officer in the Church of the Unity, a member of the Algonquin Club, of the Hull Yacht Club, and of many eleemosynary institutions. His city home is at 298 Commonwealth Avenue, his summer home at Galloupe's Point, Swampscott.
In politics Mr. Hart has always been a loyal Republican. He was a member of the Boston common council in 1879, '80 and '81 ; of the Boston board of aldermen in 1882, '85 and '86. In 1886 he was nominated mayor by the Republican city convention, and received the like honor in 1887 and '88. He was elected in 1888, the official vote being Hart, 32,712 ; O'Brien, 30,836. From the outset he proclaimed the principle of equality, equal rights, and equal duties, as against government by fac- tion or for faction. He holds that the mis- sion of the Republican party is not so much to establish Republican party government as to secure good government. For this reason he believes that a Republican ad- ministration should not employ exclusively Republicans, though it should purge the public service of those who abuse the gen- erous policy of the Republican party. Mr. Hart was formally supported, in 1887 and '88, by independent conventions. He has never sought a nomination for office.
HART, WILLIAM H., son of William and Elizabeth (Bruce) Hart, was born in Lynn, Essex county, December 22, 1836.
He received his early educational train- ing in the public schools of his native city. Choosing the profession of law, he entered Boston University law school, and was graduated in the class of 1874. Previous to this he had become acquainted with business life in the shoe trade, in which he had been brought up, and in which he con- tinued up to the breaking out of the war of the rebellion.
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He enlisted as a private soldier in the Ist Massachusetts heavy artillery, March 20, 1862 ; was promoted to sergeant, Ist sergeant, and 2d lieutenant in that regi- ment. In 1864 he resigned his commission in the Ist heavy artillery, and immediately joined the 36th regiment, United States colored troops, as captain. He was pro- moted to major and lieutenant-colonel of the 36th, and was breveted colonel of
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United States volunteers by President Johnson. He commanded the 36th regi- ment for nearly two years of the three it was in service. He was for a time assis- tant adjutant-general of a brigade in the 25th army corps, and was also assistant inspector-general of the same corps. He served continuously for four years and ten months, and during the whole time was on active duty.
After his retirement from service he was a customs officer in Boston for several years. He is now in practice as attorney and counselor-at-law, with offices in Chelsea and Boston.
He has always been an active politician in the Republican ranks, and has partici- pated extensively as a campaign speaker in all the campaigns, both state and national, for many years. He has, how- ever, held no political office and has never
sought political preferment. He was com- mander of Post 35, G. A. R., Chelsea. 1878 ; since then has been aide-de-camp, judge- advocate and senior vice-commander of the department of Massachusetts, G. A. R.
At the present time he is trustee and corporation counsel of the Chelsea Day Nursery and Children's Home ; corporation counsel of the Old Ladies' Home, Chelsea, and secretary of the Chelsea Mutual Bene- fit Association. He is also senior special justice of the Chelsea police court, justice of the peace, and vice-chairman of the Chelsea school board.
Besides the campaign speaking cited, he has delivered many addresses and lectures upon various topics. He always speaks for some G. A. R. post on Memorial Day, and occasionally has spoken for three organizations on the same day, and has been compelled to decline as many more invitations to perform the same service. He has been in active practice since his admission to the bar in 1874.
Colonel Hart was married in Spring- field, February 1, 1866, to Susan J., youngest daughter of Samuel and Susan (Waterman) Harris. Of this union are two children : Lucy Humphrey and Mar- ian Lovis Hart.
Colonel Hart is a man of strong individ- uality and possessed of the necessary courage to defend his convictions.
HARTWELL, BENJAMIN HALL, son of Benjamin Franklin and Emma (Whitman) Hartwell, was born in Acton, Middlesex county, February 27, 1845.
His preparatory education was obtained in the public schools and Lawrence Acad- emy, Groton, he having been graduated from the latter institution in the class of 1865. He entered Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, and was graduated in 1868. He immediately began the prac- tice of medicine in Troy, N. H., but re- moved to Groton Junction, Ayer, in 1869, where he is still in practice.
Dr. Hartwell was married in Ayer, Sep- tember 10, 1879, to Helen E., daughter of the late Eusebius S. Clark (major of the 26th Massachusetts volunteers -killed at Winchester, Va., 1864) and Mary J. (Shat- tuck) Clark. He has no children.
Dr. Hartwell was connected with the medical department, Massachusetts volun- teer militia, 1oth regiment, on staff of Col- onel J. W. Kimball for three years; has been United States medical pension examiner since 1875 ; is a member of the Massachu- setts Medical Society, and corresponding secretary of the Massachusetts Medico-
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Legal Society ; is one of the medical examiners for Middlesex county, and presi- dent of Worcester North Medical Society at Fitchburg ; has served seventeen years on the school board -several years its chair- man; is one of the trustees of Lawrence Academy, Groton ; president of the Mid- dlesex North Savings Bank, and one of the directors of the National Bank of Ayer. He served one year in the Legislature (1888), acting on the committees on finance and expenditures.
Dr. Hartwell is a lineal descendant on the maternal side, in the fifth generation, from Governor Gardner, and on the pater- nal from William Hartwell, who settled in Concord, Mass., coming from Kent, Eng- land, in 1636.
HARTWELL, HARRIS C., son of Ben- jamin Franklin and Emma (Whitman) Hartwell, was born at Groton, Middlesex county, December 28, 1847.
He was fitted for college at Lawrence Academy, Groton ; entered Harvard Col- lege in 1865, and graduated in the class of 1869.
After graduating, he studied law with Hon. Amasa Norcross in Fitchburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1872, when he at once commenced the practice of law with him, under the firm name of Norcross & Hartwell, and still continues to practice under the same firm name.
He was city solicitor for the city of Fitchburg from 1876 to '86 ; a member of the House of Representatives in 1883, '84 and '85, and a member of the Senate in 1887 and '88, and was re-elected in 1889, receiving at the hands of his fellow-mem- bers a unanimous vote for the presidency of that body. He was chairman of the House judiciary committee in 1885, and chairman of the Senate judiciary commit- tee in 1887 and '88.
He was married in Groton, November 22, 1877, to Effie M. F., daughter of Hon. Daniel Needham, of Groton, by whom he has one child : Norcross N. Hartwell.
Mr. Hartwell has always taken a lively interest in all matters affecting the city of Fitchburg, and is an active member of the Worcester county bar.
HARVEY, EDWIN BAYARD, son of Eben and Rozella (Winslow) Harvey, was born in Deerfield, Rockingham county, N. H., April 4, 1834.
His early education was received in the common schools. Subsequently he at- tended the Military Institute, Pembroke, N. H., and the New Hampshire Conference
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Seminary, Northfield, N. H. He was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in the class of 1859. The year following he taught in Poultney Academy, Poultney, Vt. In 1860 he was elected principal of Macedon Academy, Wayne county, N. Y., which position he resigned after two years' service, to accept the professorship of natural science in Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham. In 1864 he entered the medical department of Har- vard University. After receiving the de- gree of doctor of medicine in 1866, he immediately commenced practice in West- borough, where he still resides.
In 1872 he visited the principal universi- ties in Europe in the study of his profes- sion. He is widely known as a skillful practitioner ; has a large consultation
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practice, and is recognized as the leading surgeon in his locality. For fifteen years he has been councilor of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was its anniversary chairman in 1886 ; has been censor, orator, vice-president, and president of the Wor- cester District Medical Society.
For nearly twenty years he has been a member of the school board, and at the present time is superintendent of schools. Under his management, the schools have made great progress and taken rank with
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the best in the State. He is president of the board of trustees of the public library, and a trustee of the Westborough Savings Bank.
In 1873 he was appointed trustee of the state reform school by Governor Gaston, and re-appointed by Governor Washburn, serving six years, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1884, and re- elected in 1885, serving on the committee of public charitable institutions, of which committee he was chairman during his second term.
During his first year in the Legislature he introduced the free text-book bill, and it was mainly through his persistent efforts, in the face of great opposition, that the bill became a law.
He has always taken an active part in politics, both local and state, and is favor- ably known throughout the Commonwealth.
He was married in Concord, N. H., in 1860, to Abby K., daughter of Eldad and Sarah E. (Fellows) Tenney. They have no children.
HARWOOD, JOSEPH ALFRED, son of Colonel Nahum and Sophia (Kimball) Harwood, was born in Littleton, Middle- sex county, March 26, 1827.
He obtained his school training in the public schools of his native place, and in the academies of Westford, Exeter, N. H., and Groton.
He began farming and stock-raising on the old homestead at the age of sixteen ; taught district schools, winters, from the age of seventeen to twenty-four.
In 1868 he went into partnership with his brother Nahum, under the firm name of J. A. & N. Harwood, for the manufac- ture of leather board, with factory at Leo- minster, and store in Boston. He follows the same business at present, having added the manufacture of chair-seats and chairs for public halls, etc., under the company title, " Harwood Manufacturing Co."
He is still extensively engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising on the old homestead, which has been in his family more than 150 years, and under his management has grown to be one of the finest estates in the Commonwealth.
Mr. Harwood was married in Littleton, February 11, 1852, to Lucy Maria, daughter of Hon, Jonathan and Elizabeth Briard (Walker) Hartwell. Of this union were two children : Herbert Joseph, who gradu- ated at Harvard College, 1877, and Edward Alfred Harwood, who died in infancy.
Mr. Harwood has been a member of the school board ; postmaster of Littleton twenty-one years ; first president Farmers'
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Club of Littleton ; trustee of Middlesex County Agricultural Society ; was on the staff of Governor Washburn, also of act- ing-Governor Talbot ; senator in the Legislature of 1875 and '76 ; executive councilor 1877, '78, '79, with Governors Rice and Talbot.
He is at present trustee of the Westford Academy, and Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst ; president of the Live Stock Insurance Company, Boston ; and director in the New York Mutual Reserve. Fund Insurance Company. He is a mem- ber of the Unitarian Club, the Middlesex Club, and the Home Market Club.
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He was influential in getting the United States cattle quarantine established at Littleton. When in the Senate, it was through his influence and efforts that the state prison was built at Concord.
During Colonel Harwood's second term as senator occurred the celebrations of the Lexington and Concord centennials, and he was made chairman of the joint special committee of the Legislature which had the matter in hand, including the enter- tainment of General Grant and his cabinet. General Grant afterwards wrote him an autograph letter expressing his apprecia- tion of the manner in which he and his suite had been received.
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Colonel Harwood was a prominent can- didate for lieutenant-governor in the Re- publican convention of 1882. He is of old English stock, being a descendant of Nathaniel Harwood of colonial days.
HASELTINE, PHINEAS WALTER, son of Isaiah W. and Jane S. (Hall) Haseltine, was born in Windham, Rockingham county, N. H., May 15, 1846.
His education was limited to the com- mon schools. As a boy he worked on a farm, going to Lawrence in 1865, where he was employed in the grocery business. He has remained in the same line up to date. He is a member of the firm of Dean & Haseltine, groceries and provisions.
Mr. Haseltine was married in Lawrence, June 15, 1876, to Georgiana, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Joplin) Dean. Of this union were two children : Frank Arthur and Helen Dean Haseltine.
Mr. Haseltine has held office in the fol- lowing orders : Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M .; Wanalancet Tribe, I. O. R. M., and Bay State Council, United Friends. In 1885 he was a member of the Lawrence com- mon council, and in 1889 was a member of the House of Representatives, serving on the committee on public service.
HASKELL, ANDREW L., son of Nathan and Anna (Lackey) Haskell, was born in Newbury, Essex county, August 22, 1806. His father was a descendant of William Haskell, born in England, 1643, who came to America and settled in Gloucester, where he died in August, 1693.
Mr. Haskell had the advantages of pri- vate and public school education in New- buryport. From school he at once entered his father's furniture establishment as clerk, salesman and book-keeper, and at the age of twenty conducted a branch store in Dover, N. H. Later, he became assistant in the Newburyport Chair Factory, remain- ing until 1831, when he came to Boston and began business with Moses Mellen in one of the largest furniture ware-houses then existing. He connected himself later with Joseph J. Russell in the same business.
In 1841 he became associated with Al- bert H. Brown, a large dealer, and satis- factorily settled a complicated partnership account between Mr. Brown and his former partners, which necessitated his visiting New Orleans and other places where they had opened stores. In 1843 he resumed his former position with Mr. Mellen, remaining until 1850, when he began busi- ness for himself at Nos. 8 and Io Union Street, as manufacturer and dealer in
feathers, mattresses, curled horse-hair and bedding supplies. He subsequently re- moved to Nos. 100 and 102 Hanover Street, where the same 'business is conducted under the firm name of A. L. Haskell & Son, the latter, Mr. William A. Haskell, having been admitted to partnership in 1862. This concern was distinguished for its enterprise in furnishing the government, during the civil war, with tents (Mr. Has- kell's invention), also the navy and hospi- tals with their bedding, the amount of contracts being very large during the war of the rebellion.
Mr. Haskell was married in Newbury- port, July 23, 1829, to Sarah Ann, daugh- ter of Capt. Benjamin Newman. Mrs. Haskell died in Chelsea, February 29, 1884, universally mourned for her eminent vir- tues. Of this union were the following named children : Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. George H. Wyman, Boston), deceased January 25, 1857 ; Annie, deceased Feb- ruary 27, 1837 ; and William A. Haskell, born in Chelsea, October 6, 1841.
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