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his poems that one after another took the literary world by storm, his contributions to the leading magazines of the world, his editions of the poems of Keats, Words- worth, Shelley and Marvell, in the " British Poets " series, and in his extensive foreign travels.
The works of the "poet laureate " are too well known to require scheduled cita- tion. His name is too familiar, and his public record too thoroughly engrafted into the national life to need other than a brief mention.
In 1844 Mr. Lowell was married to Maria, daughter of Abijah and Anna Maria (Howard) White. Her death, at Cambridge, elicited one of Longfellow's most exquisite compositions -" Two Angels." In 1857 he was married to his second wife, Frances Dunlap, niece of Ex-Governor Dunlap of Portland, Maine. She died in England, February, 1885. Of the four children by the first marriage, only one survives: Mabel (wife of Edward Burnett).
In 1877 Mr. Lowell was appointed by President Hayes to represent the national government at the court of Spain, from which in 1880 he was transferred to the court of St. James. His administration of the delicate and responsible duties of his high mission in London was characterized by tact, marked ability, and was a most pronounced diplomatic and social success. During his residence in England he was chosen rector of the university of St. Andrew's.
LOWELL, JOHN, son of John Amory and Susan Cabot (Lowell) Lowell, was born in Boston, October 18, 1824. His mother was the daughter of Francis C. Lowell, who was prominent among those who introduced the cotton manufacture into the United States, and for whom the city of Lowell was named. His great grandfather, Judge John Lowell, was the first judge of the district court for the Massachusetts district, appointed by Presi- dent George Washington, September 26, 1789. In 1801 he was promoted by Presi- dent John Adams to be Chief Judge of the circuit court as then existing for the first circuit. He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of Massachusetts in 1780, and procured the insertion and adoption of the first article of the bill of rights, for the pur- pose, as he declared, of preventing slavery from being thereafter possible in the State. His son, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was an eminent lawyer, who exercised a powerful influ-
ence in moulding public opinion in Massa- chusetts.
Judge Lowell was fitted for college in the private school of D. G. Ingraham, in Boston, entered Harvard College in 1839, and was graduated in the class of 1843, delivering an English oration. He was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practiced until 1865, when, upon the resignation of Judge Sprague, he was appointed judge of the district court of the Massachusetts dis- trict by President Lincoln, this being the last judicial appointment made by him. He was appointed judge of the circuit court for the first circuit by President Hayes, December 16, 1878, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Shepley.
Judge Lowell was married in 1853 to Lucy B., daughter of George B. Emerson, LL. D., and Olivia (Buckminster) Emerson.
Judge Lowell is in the truest sense a jurist. Learned and versatile in all the departments of the law, in the department relating to bankruptcy he is the most dis- tinguished judge in the United States. His decisions are regarded as the leading authority in the country, and his rank in the field of commercial law in its general application is scarcely less high.
LYMAN, EDWARD E., the son of Hor- ace and Elvira (Hubbard) Lyman, of Sun- derland, was born at Sunderland, Franklin county, December 13, 1834. His paternal ancestors came over from England in 1630.
Mr. Lyman received his early educa- tion in the public schools of Sunderland, and afterwards in Shelburne Falls Academy and Williston Seminary, Easthampton. He acted as clerk in the office of the sec- retary of the Commonwealth for one year, after which he became principal of an academy in St. Clair, Michigan.
He then studied law with Davis & Allen in Greenfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. In 1866 he was elected clerk of courts for Franklin county, which position he still holds. He was a member of the school committee of Greenfield from 1874 to 1885.
He was married in 1871 to Martha L., daughter of William W. and Lucy (Bartram) Branch, of Madison, Ohio, by whom he has four children : Edward Branch, Ethel, Henry William, and Helen Lyman.
LYMAN, ROBERT WORTHINGTON, son of Ahira and Theresa Lyman, was born at Park Hill, Northampton, Hampshire county, March 27, 1850.
He received a common and high school education in the schools of Northampton
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and Easthampton. November 20, 1867, he entered the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, from which institution he was graduated B. S., July 19, 1871. During the latter part of his senior year, and a portion of the year following, he was engaged with a party of engineers in locat- ing the line of the Massachusetts Central
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R. R., and also did some land surveying and city engineering until August, 1872. The four years following, until 1876, his occupation was varied, divided between sur-
veying, civil-engineering, teaching, clerking and working on a farm.
In 1876 Mr. Lyman began the study of law in the office of Bond Bros. & Bottum, of Northampton, and continued as a law student there until admitted to the Hamp- shire county bar, June 27, 1878. While pursuing his law studies he taught in the evening schools, and engaged in engineer- ing, surveying, and farm work -any hon- orable labor by which he could raise funds with which to pursue his studies. In 1878 he entered the Boston University law school, and was graduated June 4, 1879, LL. B. He has since practiced law in Belchertown. May 31, 1882, he received from Governor Long a commission as special justice of the district court of Hampshire, which office he still holds. In 1882 he was appointed lecturer on rural law in the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Mr. Lyman was married in Belchertown, June 8, 1882, to a daughter of Capt. Ros- well Allen, late of Belchertown, and has one child : Paul B. Lyman.
Mr. Lyman has served his town in vari- ous offices, as census enumerator in 1880 and '85 ; chairman of the Republican town committee for several years ; chairman of the board of trustees of the Calvin Bridg- man school and library fund, etc.
He is a prominent Free Mason. His church connections are with the Congrega- tional church and society of Belchertown.
Aside from the payment of his tuition while in college, Mr. Lyman has never re- ceived any pecuniary assistance in the way of pursuing the studies that have fitted him for his life work, but has depended upon his own earnings. He is a represen- tative self-made man.
MACCABE, JOSEPH B., son of James D. and Hannah (Jackson) Maccabe, was born in Manchester, Hillsborough county, N. H., November 19, 1857.
He received his educational training in the Boston schools. When eighteen years of age he edited the " National Baseball Gazette," and was also a constant contribu- tor to other papers. In 1880 he purchased the " East Boston Argus." In June, 1886, he purchased the "East Boston Advo- cate," and on the 19th of that month is- sued the " Argus-Advocate." This is the largest weekly newspaper in New England.
Mr. Maccabe was married October 17, 1880, to Emma C., daughter of J. Albert and Mary Boynton (Lister) Plummer, whose grandparents were among the early settlers of Boston, but, being royalists, fled during the revolution to St. John. They have one child: Beatrice Plummer Maccabe.
Mr. Maccabe was the first commander of the Massachusetts division of Sons of Vet- erans ; president of the Noddle Island Antiquarian Association ; first vice-presi- dent of the National Editorial Association of the United States ; secretary of the Republican Club ; vice-president of the
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Jeffries Winter Club ; vice-president of the Red Men's Social Club ; a member of the executive committee of the Young Men's Republican Club (18So); secretary of the Republican ward and city committee ; a member of the board of examiners for the
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state agricultural college ; vice-president of the New England Press Association ; and is one of the three honorary members of the Independent Boston Fusileers (Vet- erans). In 1888 he represented ward I in the Boston city government ; was alternate to the national Republican convention, Chicago, that nominated Benjamin Harri- son for president.
His father served in the Union army dur- ing the war of the rebellion, while his mother served her country as a nurse at the front, during the same struggle for the Union.
MACK, ALVIN E., son of Ebenezer and Sophronia (Harding) Mack, was born at Lyme, New London county, Conn., April 13, 1839.
His educational training was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and at the Essex Seminary, Essex, Conn.
He was for a time engaged in school- teaching in Connecticut, afterwards enter- ing the insurance business, and removing to Lawrence, engaged in the insurance and real estate business and the care of estates.
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November 14, 1871, at Lawrence, Mr. Mack was married to Emma F. Durrell, a teacher in the public schools of Lawrence.
Mr. Mack is a member of the Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Royal Ar- canum. In December, 1887, he was elected mayor of the city of Lawrence and re- elected in 1888. He has never sought political office, and it was only at the earnest solicitation of the leading business men of Lawrence that he consented to allow his name to be presented as a candi- date for mayor. His administration has been marked by the same careful, consci- entious work that has ever characterized his business career, and his almost unani- mous re-election is proof positive that the citizens of Lawrence are fully satisfied with him as their chief executive. Many reforms have been instituted during his administra- tion, all of which have resulted in great benefit to the city. As a business man, he enjoys the confidence of the community, and has won the respect and esteem of the best men of both political parties.
MACKINTOSH, JAMES, son of Ebene- zer W. and Hannah P. Mackintosh, was born in Needham, Norfolk county, April 9, 1838.
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He was educated in the common schools of the town, attending the usual time al- lowed to farm boys of those days.
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He began farming and market-garden- ing in a small way, by purchasing eleven acres of cheap land, for which he paid six hundred dollars. He improved the land, added thereto from time to time, until his farm now embraces two hundred acres and several houses, and the annual value of the crops is six thousand dollars a year. He is a successful Massachusetts farmer.
Mr. Mackintosh has been four times called to serve as selectman of the town ; has represented the 9th Norfolk district in the House of Representatives for three years (1876, '77 and '81), and in 1877 was chairman of the committee on agriculture.
Mr. Mackintosh was married in Boston, August 23, 1868, to Lizzie H., daughter of John B. and Rachel W. Hall. Of this union are two children : Herbert B. and Wendell P. Mackintosh. Mrs. Mackintosh died October 1, 1885. He married for his sec- ond wife, at Newton, October 11, 1888, Mary E., daughter of Edward and Phebe G. Wales.
MALLALIEU, WILLARD FRANCIS, son of John and Lydia (Emerson) Mallalieu, was born in Sutton, Worcester county, De- cember 11, 1828. When a year old his parents removed to the neighboring town of Millbury, where they died at an ad- Vanced age.
After a preparatory course of study at East Greenwich, R. I., and at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, he entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., from which he was graduated in the class of 1857.
His first and only contribution to politi- cal life was in his junior year in college, when he stumped the state of Connecticut for " Fremont and Jessie," in the famous campaign of that year.
In 1858 he joined the New England conference, Methodist Episcopal church, and was subsequently stationed (1858-'9) at Grafton ; (1860-'1) Bellingham Street, Chelsea ; (1862-'3) Common Street, Lynn; (1864) Union Church, Charlestown; (1865- '7) Bromfield Street, Boston ; (1868-'70) Walnut Street, Chelsea ; (1871) Trinity Church, Worcester ; (1872-'4) Broadway, Boston ; (1875) Walnut Street, Chelsea ; (1876-'8) Bromfield Street, Boston ; and (1879-'81) Walnut Street, Chelsea. In April, 1882, he was appointed presiding elder of the Boston district, which position he held until elected to the episcopacy.
In 1867 he was elected president of Central Tennessee College, Nashville, which he declined ; in 1868 he was a mem- ber of the New England Historic Genealog-
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ical Society ; in 1874 he received the degree of D. D. from East Tennessee Wesleyan University, now Grant Memorial University ; in 1875 he traveled in Europe; he was a delegate to the general confer- ence, Methodist Episcopal church, in 1872, '80 and '84. In the last election he re- ceived the highest number of votes ever cast for a delegate by the members of the conference. At the general conference of 1884, May 15, he was. elected to the bish- opric. His discharge of the duties of this exalted position has demonstrated the wis- dom of the church in his selection. He is not only one of the most popular, but one of the most influential, members of the
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board of bishops. His Episcopal residence was fixed in 1884 and again in 1888, by his own choice, at New Orleans, La., and the work of his church in the South has found in him a faithful interpreter and a powerful leader.
On October 13, 1858, at Sandwich, he married Eliza Frances, daughter of George and Paulina (Freeman) Atkins. Of this union were two children : Willard Emer- son, born August 8, 1863, and Ellen Brom- field Mallalieu, born September 11, 1865, who died March 17, 1874.
On his father's side Bishop Mallalieu came of exiled Huguenot stock, who first
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fled from France to Holland and thence to England, and on his mother's side, through the Emersons and Davenports, descended from Richard Davenport, who came to Salem in 1638. His wife is descended from Edmund Freeman, who came from England in 1630, first settled in Lynn, and then led the company that settled the town of Sandwich.
Inheriting intellectual vigor and fine moral qualities from Puritan and Hugue- not ancestors, he sought the best gifts of culture, and uniting consecration and energy with eloquence and enthusiasm, he has become a recognized power for good in every community he has served. He is not only effective in the pulpit and on the platform, but is a frequent and welcome contributor to the periodicals of the church of his choice.
MANN, THOMAS HENRY, son of Levi and Lydia L. (Ware) Mann, was born in Wrentham, Norfolk county, April 8, 1843.
The district school and the high school of Walpole fitted him for college, but as he was upon the point of entering, the civil war broke out, and he went from the farm to the front, with the old militia company of Wrentham, attached to the 18th regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, March 1, 1863. He was promoted to the rank of corporal, and served with the company and regiment in every march and engagement till May 5, 1864, when he was taken prisoner in the battle of the Wil- derness, after having participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hano- ver Court House, the Seven Days' Battle in front of Richmond, the Second Bull Run, Antietam, Sharpsburg, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He was twice severely wound- ed, but not disabled. He was held a pris- oner from May, 1864, to March, 1865, and discharged from service May 7, 1865.
In the fall of that year he entered the medical department of Union College, and graduated three years later, afterwards taking a post-graduate course of one year at the Bellevue Medical College, New York City.
For two years he was resident physician in charge of the Albany City Dispensary, and he commenced private practice in Willimantic, Conn., in 1871. Two years later he moved to Block Island, where he remained the only physician on the island for four years. In the fall of 1876, com- pletely restored in health by his life on the island, be removed to Woonsocket, R. 1., where he practiced successfully for
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ten years. He was a member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Rhode Island, a member of the New York and Connecticut Homœopathic Medical socie- ties, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. His health failing again, however, he was obliged to relinquish practice, and became manager of the "Woonsocket Patriot" and the Patriot Printing Company. Two years later he moved to Milford, and established the " Milford Daily News," with W. D. Leahy as partner.
In March, 1869, Dr. Mann married Julia Backus of Ashford, Conn. Their children are : Mary Isadore, Josephine Caroline, Henry Levi, and Philip James Mann.
Dr. Mann is an active veteran of the G. A. R., and historian of the 18th regi- ment, Massachusetts volunteers.
MANSFIELD, JOSEPH HENRY, son of Erlonzo L. and Melinda (Simons) Mans- field, was born in Whitehall, Washington county, N. Y., November 25, 1837.
The common district schools of those days gave him his early educational train- ing, and having during the winter months learned somewhat of the higher English branches and some Latin, he left home and fitted for college at the Troy Confer- ence Academy, Vermont.
With a small loan from a friend to snp- plement what he could earn by teaching in vacations and a portion of the winter seasons, he was enabled to enter Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and was graduated in the class of 1865.
He joined the New England conference in 1866, after having preached one year at Chicopee Falls, and was returned to the same church for another year. In the spring of 1867 he was stationed at North- ampton, remaining two years. Subse- quently his appointments were Springfield (1869-'71), Leominster (1872-'73), Lowell (1874-'76), Boston, Monument Square (1877- '79), Boston, Broadway (1880-'82), Malden (1883-'85), and in 1886, at the close of his pastorate at Malden, Bishop Henry W. Warren appointed him presiding elder of the Lynn district, in the New England conference, which position he still holds, having his residence at Malden.
Mr. Mansfield was elected delegate to the general conference in New York, May, 1888. Hle has also served as clerk of the Methodist Ministers' Relief Association since its organization in 1878. He was given the degree of D. D. by the Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, June, 1886. The same degree was also conferred
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the same year by the New Orleans Uni- versity. The Wesleyan University gave him the degree of master of arts. In 1888 he with a company of clergymen visited Europe and the Orient in an ex- tended tour.
Mr. Mansfield was married in Poultney, \'t., September 6, 1865, to Pamelia S., daughter of Eli B. and Sarah (Hyde) Murray. Of this union were five children: Mabel S. (deceased), Frederick Joseph Hallett, George Whitney, Eliza Chamber- lain, and Grace Murray Mansfield.
MARBLE, ALBERT PRESCOTT, son of John and Emeline (Prescott) Marble, was born in Vassalborough, Kennebec county, Me., May 21, 1836.
His early education was that received in the common schools of the town, supple- mented by his father's instruction, and at- tendance at the academies at Vassalbor- ough, China, Waterville and Yarmouth. He was graduated from Waterville College (now Colby University) in the class of 1861, from which he received the degree of Ph. D. in 1881.
After his graduation he sought the edu- cational field for his life work, and has held the following honorable positions as an educator : professor of mathematics, Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wis. ; principal of Boynton High School, East- port, Me. ; of Berkshire Family School, Stockbridge, -Mass., and of Worcester Academy, Worcester. He has held the position of superintendent of schools, Wor- cester, from 1868 to the present time.
Mr. Marble was married in Waterville, Me., to Louise Wells, daughter of Joseph and Cynthia (Wedge) Marston. Of this union are two children : Margaret and Katharine Marble.
He has been president of Worcester County Teachers' Association, of the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, of the National Educational Association, 1888 and '89, and of the Department of Superin- tendence, 1881 ; trustee of the Worcester Academy; and one of the board of visitors to Wellesley College.
Mr. Marble is a veteran in the educa- tional field, a man always found in the ad- vance guard of the progressive forces ; and he is not chary of tongue or pen when the live educational issues of the hour need intelligent exposition.
MARBLE, JEROME, son of John P. and Ruth A. (Rider) Marble, was born in Charlton, Worcester county, September 10, 1824.
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His early education was received in the public schools, Dudley and Leicester acad- emies.
He began the grocery business in 1849, in Charlton, after clerking two years in a paint and oil store in Boston. He contin- ued in Charlton until 1853. He then went to Worcester and entered the wholesale and retail drug, oil, dye-stuff and chemical business with C. A. Harrington, under the firm name of C. A. Harrington & Co., un- til 1863. He then bought Mr. Harrington's interest, changing the firm name to Jerome Marble & Co., in which business he is still engaged. He is also interested in the Worcester Excursion Car Company, of which he is president.
Mr. Marble was married in Charlton, on March 30, 1849, to Susan E., daughter of WV. B. and Susan B. (Boomer) Blanchard. They have two children : Nella and L. Olive Marble. His second marriage, Au- gust 22, 1882, was with Mrs. Abbie E. Clough, daughter of John and Abigail Redding.
Mr. Marble was a member of the board of aldermen, 1866. He was elected direct- or of the Quinsigamond Bank, 1886, which position he still holds. He was the origi- nator of the excursion-car business as a specialty, and designed the first car built.
In connection with the Worcester store, he has a branch store in the city of Boston.
MARBLE, JOHN OLIVER, son of John and Emeline (Prescott) Marble, was born in Vassalborough, Kennebec county, Me., April 26, 1839.
His foundation educational training was secured in the district schools of his native town, Vassalborough Academy and Oak Grove Seminary. He fitted for college at Waterville Academy, and was graduated from Waterville College (now Colby Uni- versity) in the class of 1863. He received his A. M. from the same institution, 1866.
During the years 1864 to '66 he was clerk in the war department, Washington, D. C., then in the treasury department till 1869.
He studied medicine, and attended lectures at the medical department of Georgetown University in Washington, 1864 to '68, where he was graduated M. D. In 1869-'70, Dr. Marble took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
In March, 1870, he began the practice of medicine in Worcester, where he has since resided in the possession of an ever- growing and lucrative practice.
Dr. Marble was married in Worcester, April 8, 1873, to Helen M., daughter of
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Ethan and Sarah E. (Murray) Allen. Of this union are three children : Allen, Pres- cott, and Murray Marble.
Dr. Marble has been physician to Wor- cester City Hospital from 1871 to the present time. He is one of the board of directors of the free public library of Wor- cester, elected in 1886 for six years. He has been surgeon to the Worcester Con- tinentals since 1886.
He was the originator of the Massachu- setts Cremation Society, and has written extensively upon the subject of the dis- posal of the dead. His paper on this sub- ject was read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, at its annual meeting in Boston, in 1885, and awakened much in- terest in the subject. His pamphlet en- titled "Cremation in its Sanitary Aspects," published by the Worcester Cremation Society, has been extensively circulated, and has drawn the attention of the press of the country.
Dr. Marble has made a study of health resorts, and has long advocated a change of climate as a valuable remedy in many chronic diseases. In 1880 he visited the various countries of Europe with this sub- ject in view. In 1887 he went to Bermuda on the same mission, and in 1888 he visited the Bahamas, and has written at length, describing their advantages to invalids.
MARCH, DANIEL, son of Samuel and Zoa (Park) March, was born in Mill- bury, Worcester county, July 21, 1816.
His preparatory studies were pursued in Millbury Academy. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1840. Choosing to follow a call to the ministry, he passed the usual course in Yale theo- logical seminary, and was ordained pastor of the First church, Nashua, N. H., 1849. He was subsequently called to the Clinton Street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, where he remained until 1876, when he accepted the pastorate of the First church, Woburn, where he is now settled.
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