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Tucker, Jesse, is a lineal descendant of Henry Tucker, who came to this country from County Kent, England, date unknown. The time of his birth is supposed to have been either in 1619 or 1627; he died 2d month 21, 1694. The next in line was John Tucker, who was born 6th month 28, 1656, and died 7th month 2, 1751; next comes Joseph Tucker, born 9th month 7, 1696, and died 5th month 21, 1790; the next was John, born 12th month 14, 1731, died 3d month 12, 1820; James, the next in line, was born 4th month 27, 1777. died 12th month 17, 1843. He was the father of Jesse, the subject, who was born 4th month 25, 1817. Mr. Tucker was married 11th month 30, 1843, to Mary Ann, daughter of Isaac and Susannah Wilbur, and they had four children: James H., born 1st month 7, 1845; Susannah W., born 7th month 29, 1846; Isaac W. and Jesse R., twins, born 4th month 25, 1850. Isaac W. died 10th month 16, 1850. Mr. Tucker lives on land that was held by his ancestors for nearly 225 years. For the last fifty years he has been engaged in general farming and the pro- duction of milk for market. He has been a member of the Society of Friends all his life, and is one of the most respected citizens of Bristol county.
Turner, Herbert, son of William T. and Martha W. (Forbes) Turner, was born at Bridgewater, Mass., March 3, 1855, and was educated in the public schools of his na- tive village. His first business experience was as a clerk in a grocery at Brockton, conducted by Iluram Wade, in whose employ he remained for a period of two years and theu removed to Providence, R. I., to accept a position with the Providence Automatic Fire Extinguisher Company. Mr. Turner remained in the employ of this company for a period of fifteen years, and during this period became interested in the study of photography as a fine art, employing all his spare time in experiment- ing and in the study of artistic effects and posing. In 1895 he began business as a photographer in Providence, but foreseeing a better opening in Fall River, removed to that city in 1806 and established a studio, which is now taking its place among the leading galleries of Fall River. Mr. Turner makes a specialty of artistic work in crayons and colors. Ile is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Improved Order of Red Men, and has passed through the chairs of both orders. In 1881 he married Alice Linscott, now deceased, and they have one daughter Mable.
Vance, M. E., M.D., was born in Pawtucket, April 6, 1870. His father, James Vance, was a native of Ireland and came to the United States in 1848, settling in Pawtucket, R. I. Dr. Vance was educated in Berkley and Providence, graduating from the Medical University of the City of New York, May 7, 1895. He immediately began his practice in North Attleborough, and makes a specialty of surgical oper- ations. Dr. Vance is one of the progressive men of his profession, is a member of the Board of Health, medical examiner of the A. O.H., and Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, Widows & Orphans A. O. H., Catholic Knights of America, the Berkshire Life Insurance Company, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Vander Burgh, David W., homoeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in New York city, December 7, 1841. His first American ancestor came to New York early as 1693; Henry Vander Burgh, his son, was a freeholder in Dutchess county in 1714; James Vander Burgh, the great-grandfather of the doctor, was a colonel in the Revolution, and during the New York campaign both Wash- ington and Lafayette stopped at his house in Dutchess county. The father of Dr. Vander Burgh was a business mau in New York city. In 1854 he moved
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his family to Port Huron, Mich. Dr. Vander Burgh was educated at Port Hu- ron and Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then entered the medical department of the State University at Ann Arbor. During his course at the medical college he entered the Union army in 1802 as a medical cadet and soon was made assistant surgeon to the 10th Mich. Inf., joining his regiment April 80, 1863, at Nashville, Tenn. He served with the regiment during the balance of the war and shared its fortunes on Sherman's eventful march through Georgia. Just before he arrived at his regiment his brother, Lieut. Francis M. Vander Burgh, of the same regiment, while guarding a moving train with forty-six men, was mortally wounded, April 10, 1868, at Antioch Station, Tenn. He was attacked by a battalion of 250 cavalry who were lying in ambush. Dr. Vander Burgh returned to college in 1865, and received his medical degree at Ann Arbor in 1866, and for a few months thereafter was acting assistant surgeon for the 17th Regiment, U. S. Infantry. He then came east, was converted to homoeopathy and practiced with his great-uncle, Federal Vander Burgh, at Rhinebeck, N. Y., until 1868, when he moved to Ilion, N. Y., remaining there six years. In 1874 he came to Fall River where he has since continued as a successful practitioner. He is a member of the State Homoeopathic Medical Society; the American Institute of Homoeopathy; and of the Grand Army of the Republic for a period of thirty years. In 1863 he married Katherine Eltinge of New Paltz, N. Y. Their children are: John Frank, Caroline Gertrude, Edmund Eltinge and Ludlow.
Vaughan, Weston Clark, jr., undertaker, was born April 16, 1853, in Plymouth, Mass., whither his great-great-grandfather came from England. He is the son of Weston Clark Vaughan, sr., and Matilda Bradford Faunce, his wife, the latter being a daugh- ter of Rev. William Faunce (died April 17, 1898) and Matilda Bradford, both lineal descendants of Mayflower Pilgrims; she still lives at Mattapoisett. Mr. Vaughan's parents also reside at Mattapoisett. His grandfather, Elisha Vaughan, a farmer in Plymouth, had seven sons who served with Massachusetts regiments throughout the war of the Rebellion and were honorably discharged; they were Weston C .. sr., . Perez C. W., Edward N. H., Frank, Leander M., Elisha, and Ansel H. Weston C., sr., enlisted in 1861 in Co. E, 32d Mass. Vols., and during a part of his four years' service was a musician. Weston C. Vaughan, jr., attended the public schools and at the age of eleven entered the cotton mills in Plymouth, where he worked seven and a half years. He then learned the trade of cabinet maker and undertaker in his native town with Col. Charles Raymond, with whom he remained from October 16, 1871, to September, 1879, when he came to New Bedford. Here he has successfully followed the undertaking business ever since, being first located at 17 Second street, later at 140 Purchase street, and since 1891 at 321 and 333 Purchase street, where he had bought property several years previously. He is one of the leading undertakers in New Bedford, and has built up a fine and valuable establishment. Mr. Vaughan is past grand of Vesta Lodge No. 166, I. O. O. F., past chief patriarch of Annawan Encampment No. 8, and a member of Alpha Lodge, M. U. I. O. O. F., and of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Massachusetts. He is also past chancellor of Union Lodge No. 7, K. of P., and a member of New Bedford Division No. 10, Uniformed Rank, K. of P., of Sippican Tribe No. 77, 1. O. of R. M., of Acushuet Division, Sons of Temperance, of Camp No. 35, Sons of Veterans, of the Massachusetts Undertak- ers' Association, and of the New Bedford Board of Trade. He is a prominent offi-
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cial member of the Pleasant Street M. E. Church, and was the organizer and one of the first officers of the old Bristol County Undertakers' Association. In 1874 he married Nannie M. Blanchard of Plymouth, who died in 1876, leaving one son, Charles E. In 1877 he married Ella M., daughter of Edward Stephens, also of Plym- outh, and they have seven children living, viz. : Arthur S., Amy W., May W., Weston C., 2d, Julia K., Myrtilla W., and Annie E. Edward Stephens died of wounds received as a soldier in the Civil war.
Vincent, Mark Trafton, hardware dealer, is the son of Ambrose and Sarah S. (Caswell) Vincent, and was born in New Bedford, Mass., October 14, 1859. His an- cestors removed from Plymouth to Martha's Vineyard in 1042, being among the first white settlers on that island. Ambrose Vincent, son of Samuel, was born at Edgar- town, Martha's Vineyard, January 21, 1811, and in early life came to New Bedford, where he engaged in carpentering. In 1851 he went to California, but three years later returned to New Bedford, and in 1855 purchased a hardware store on the cor- ner of Union street and Acushnet avenue, which he successfully conducted for twenty-six years, selling it out on March 21, 1881, to De Wolf & Vincent. After- ward he lived a retired life until his death, August 13, 1888. He was elected State senator in 1855, served several terms as a member of the New Bedford Board of Aldermen and as a fire warden, and was always prominent in church work, being for many years a member of the official board of the old Elm Street M. E. Church and later of the County Street M. E. Church. Mark T. Vincent was educated in the New Bedford public and high schools, and in 1873 became a clerk in his father's hardware store. On March 21, 1881, in company with Alfred W. De Wolf, he purchased the business; on July 1, 1892, they also bought of Sullings, Kingman & Co. the hardware store at 149 Union street, which was established by them July 1, 1845, and where the present firm of De Wolf & Vincent has since been located, having combined the two stores. Mr. Vincent is a member of Acushnet Lodge, I.O.O.F., of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Dartmouth Club. October 29, 1883, he married Lydia S., daugh- ter of Capt. Solomon T. Perry of New Bedford, and they have two children: Marian and Perry.
Waite, Charles H., son of Capt. Crary B. and Emily C. (Hill) Waite, was born in New Bedford, March 8, 1854. His father was a successful whaling captain and a man held in high esteem in this community. He died in New Bedford, March 18, 1802, in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. White attended the schools of New Bedford and was graduated from the High School in the class of 1874, and after completing his education he went to sea with his father for a period of five years, and then be- gan to learn the machinist's trade in William Mason's machine shop at Taunton. Ilere he remained for five years and then returned to New Bedford, and for a short time conducted a silver plating business. Later he went South and for a number of years was engaged in promoting real estate and co-operative bank enterprises, and, ' at the death of his father, in 1874, he returned to New Bedford and engaged in busi- ness as a florist and real estate agent. Mr. Waite has the largest green houses in Bristol county, and is an extensive grower of hot house flowers and vegetables, the plant having a capacity of 7,000 carnations per week. He is a member and past commander of Puritan Commandery No. 231, Knights of Malta, and also a member of the Grand Commandery. He is captain of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
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Veteran Guards of New Bedford, and although Mr. Waite has never interested him- self to any great extent in politics, and in consequence has never held public office, he is thoroughly well known in New Bedford. He married, in 1879, Laura J., daugh- ter of Lysander Baker of Brockton.
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Walch, A. F., was born in Corinth, Me., August 30, 1862, a son of Edward Walch, who through life was identified in the naval interests under the United States gov- ernment. Mr. Walch was educated at Garland, Me., and was graduated from Tufts College in 1886. That same year he was ordained as minister of the Universalist church at Methuen, where he remained until 1895, and on account of failing eyesight was obliged to give up his life's work. In 1895 he established his present business, which in 1897 was changed to Walch & Horton, who are the leading clothiers and dealers in gents' furnishing goods and custom tailoring in Attleborough. In 1888 Mr. Walch married Agatha, daughter of Prof. Jerome Schneider, and they have one daughter, Gertrude. Mr. Walch is trustee of the Public Library and takes an active interest in educational and religious institutions, and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and town's people.
Waldron, Charles Dean, editor of the Fairhaven Star, was born in Fall River, February 3, 1856, a son of John and Ruth C. (Dean) Waldron. His father was a prominent citizen of Fall River for many years. During his boyhood Mr. Waldron attended the public and private schools of his native city. Upon leaving school he entered the office of the Whalemen's Shipping List in New Bedford, a journal de- voted to the whaling interest. He continued here until the New Bedford Signal was started, at which time he went to work on that paper as a compositor. In February, 1879, he became convinced that Fairhaven needed and could support a newspaper, and although lacking in means decided to make the venture, and managed to secure a small outfit of type. He set up his first number in Fairhaven and carried the forms across the bridge to New Bedford to be printed. Returning with his printed copies he distributed them, and then called upon his advertisers to collect enough money to pay the printing bill. In this way he continued to publish the Star throughout the first weeks of its existence, steadily gaining support as his efforts be- came recognized. An evidence of this is shown by the fact that he was enabled to enlarge the paper three times during the first year. The publication is now on a most substantial basis, an effect largely due to his unceasing activity, resolution and indomitable courage. The building now occupied he moved to its present location and built an addition as the growth of the paper demanded larger quarters. Mr. Waldron served for several years on the Republican Town Committee; he is also a trustee of the Riverside Cemetery Corporatior. Through his suggestion the Fair- haven Mutual Aid Corporation was formed in 1885. This is now in a flourishing condition, with an enrollment of seventy members, and he is now serving the organ- ization as president. He was also one of the originators of the Fairhaven Improve- ment Association which is accomplishing great good in the town. He was one of the charter members and a trustee of Century Lodge of New Bedford, A. O. U. W., and is a member of Concordia Lodge, F. & A. M., in which he has held several offices. Mr. Waldron was married in 1873 to Damaris, daughter of Daniel G. Urquhart of New Bedford, and they had two children, one of whom, Henry D., survives and is associated with his father in the conduct of the Star.
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Walker, William, was born in Seekonk, Bristol county, March 2, 1824, a son of William Walker, born in Taunton, and died in 1867. William Walker, the subject, was educated in the public schools and as a boy learned the miller's trade and after- wards the mason's and the jewelry business. In 1864 he established the grocery business, in which he still continues. In 1869 Mr. Walker married Lydia A., widow of John G. Bliss and daughter of Ardin Abbott. Mr. Walker takes an active inter- est in all public affairs and has ever been recognized as a man of sterling integrity whose word is as good as his bond.
Walker, William Ellery, was born in Dighton, September 11, 1844, a son of George E. and Lucinda D. (Payne) Walker. When a boy of seventeen Mr. Walker enlisted, in January, 1862, in Co. D, 7th Regiment M. V. M. He went to Washing- ton and camped for the winter and then with the Army of the Potomac went into active camp life. He was taken prisoner at North Anna River, in May, 1864, and was taken to Libby Prison, where he remained two or three weeks and was then transferred to Andersonville, Georgia, remaining there five months, was paroled and went to Annapolis, exchanged and sent home about December, 1864. He remained at home until April, 1865, and he re-enlisted, again going to Washington and reach- there in time for the Grand Review. He received his final discharge from the service in September, 1865. Mr. Walker then returned to Dighton and learned the trade of an iron moulder, moved to Taunton about 1870 and went to work for the Union Furnace Company, and later for O. G. Thomas. In 1875 he took charge of the fac- tory for Mr. Thomas and remained with him about four years. In 1880 Mr. Walker, with George E. Wilbur and C F. Baker, started the Weir Shoe Company and con - tinued as a partnership business until 1893, at which time without changing the name they incorporated it as a company, and it remains the same at the present timc. In August, 1870, Mr. Walker married Jennie Carmichael, daughter of John Carmichael of Somerset.
Ward, Elwin Walter, son of Marquise Lafayette and Julia A. (Muzzey) Ward, was born in Ashburnham, Mass., May 31, 1857, and was educated in the common schools of Ashburnham, Taunton and Dighton. Mr. Ward's father was in the lumber busi- ness and at an early age Elwin learned the same business, and in 1875 left his father and took up coasting. etc., which he followed until 1885 and then took a position with the Dighton Stove Lining Co., which place he still 'fills. In February, 1898, he re- ceived the appointment as postmaster of Dighton from President Mckinley; he had no opposition to his application and so far has made an acceptable official. Mr. Ward is a member of Pioneer Lodge, F. & A. M., of Somerset, and King Philip Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Taunton.
Waring, Henry & Son .- Henry Waring is a native of England, born in Clithero, Lancashire, May 7, 1830. He came to this country in 1842 with his parents, James and Mary (Briggs) Waring. They settled in Fall River. Henry Waring first worked in the printing works and later was employed in a nail factory. He then went into the employ of J. D. Flint & Co., with whom he remained eleven years. At the end of this time he formed a copartnership with his brother for the conduct of a furniture business, which they continued with success for nine years, building a block on Main street to accommodate their business. In 1883 they dissolved partnership and Henry Waring engaged in the undertaking business, which he has ever since continued.
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Mr. Waring is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. In 1851 he married Elizabeth Carr. They have had five children: Charles S., Annie (deceased), Mary E., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Davis, and James H. Waring, who was born in Fall River, March 27, 1807, and educated in the Fall River High School. During his business life he has been associated with his father, having been ad- mitted to partnership in the present firm of Henry Waring & Son in July, 1890. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity: the Order of Odd Fellows; the Improved Order of Red Men; and is past chancellor of his lodge of the Knights of Pythias. In June. 1894, he married Nellie H., daughter of Elihu and Mary M. Andrews of Fall River. Of this union is one son, Sumner J. Waring.
Warner, Richard Everett, was born in New Bedford, October 6, 1861, a son of Joseph B. and Lucy E. (Pierce) Warner. His early education was obtained in the Taunton public schools and Bristol Academy. In 1870 he went to work in the Digh- ton Stove Lining Co. to learn the business, remaining there until 1881, and then went to Providence, R. I., as manager for the Somerset Pottery Co. In July, 1882, he left them and returned to Taunton, where he engaged with the firm of White, Walker & Co., and when Mr. Walker retired in 1886 the firm was changed to White, Warner & Co., remaining so until February 10, 1897, when it was incorporated as the White-Warner Co., with Mr. Warner as treasurer. They manufacture stoves, ranges and furnaces. In 1894 Mr. Warner was appointed by Governor Russell to serve on the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation. He served on the Board of Aldermen in 1893 and 1894, the latter year being chairman; in 1805 he was one of the Board of License Commissioners. He is a member of King David Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Good Samaritan, I. O. O. F .; Taunton K. of P., and Lowell B. P. O. E. He was married in April, 1881, to Ida E., daughter of Horatio L. and Mary E. (Mason) Briggs of Dighton, and they have three children: Joseph E, Ella E. and Grace M.
Warner, William R., merchant, son of George G. and Jane E. R. Warner, was born in Walpole, N. H., May, 1842. His parents later moved to Westborough, Wor- cester county, Mass., where he attended the public schools. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the 13th Mass. Infantry, commanded by Col. Samuel Leonard, and participated with his regiment in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg. Chancel- lorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor and the engagements around Peters- burg, Va. The night before the battle of Gettysburg he was promoted to be second lieutenant and later to first lieutenant. He served as a valiant soldier for a term of three years, escaping wounds and capture, and was discharged at the end of his term of enlistment in August, 1864. Soon after he embarked in the mercantile busi- ness in which he has met with great success. He first began with C. D. Cobb & Co. of Boston, owners of a large grocery store, and later became associated with Cobb, Bates & Yerxa in the same business. In 1874 Mr. Warner came to Fall River and opened a branch store for the firm here; through his energy and enterprise be steadily added to the business, and eventually established in Fall River four differ- ent stores, in each of which he is manager and part owner. For several years he continued a similar store for Cobb, Bates & Yerxa in Taunton, Mass. Mr. Warner has served on the Fall River School Committee three years; has been a trustee of the Public Library fifteen years; has been many years a director in the Metacomet Bank, was one of the incorporators, and has since been a director, in the Seacounet
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Mill; one of the incorporators of the Old People's Home and was on the committee hav- ing in charge the erection of the new building for the Home. Mr. Warner is also a member of the G. A. R., and of the Loyal Legion of Massachusetts. In 1865 he married Ellen II. Ilenry of Westborough, and they have two sons: Charles H. and George M., both of whom are engaged in the electrical business in New York city.
Warren, David, unaided and solely by the exercise of his own business sense and ability, has built up a business in New Bedford which compares favorably with the best enterprises of its kind in the city. By reason of this fact the results seem all the greater. Mr. Warren is of English descent, a son of William and Mary (Cor- coran) Warren, and was born in Prince Edward's Island. His father, a miller by trade, was also a native of Prince Edward's Island, and died in the seventy-seventh year of his age, having amassed little property, but leaving behind him the record of an honest, upright man. Mr. Warren attended the schools of the neighborhood and for some years was engaged in farming. He came to this country in 1878, and . settled in New Bedford, being employed for some time as a driver. In 1888 he in- vested his earnings in a small outfit and engaged in the livery and boarding stable business at the location where he still continues, 259 State street. As the business warranted he has from time to time added to his stable until now he is enabled to compete with the foremost liverymen of the city. Although earnest in his support of the Republican party he has never aspired to public office. He married, in 1885, Minnie, daughter of John Evans of St. Johns, New Brunswick.
Washburn, Lettice Roderick, born in Acushnet, Mass., March 14, 1850, is descended from John Washburn,1 first secretary of the Council of Plymouth in England, who came to America with the Massachusetts Bay Company in the year 1629 and con- tinued to act in the same capacity for that company. Later he removed to Duxbury in the Plymouth Colony. His wife Margery and two sons, John and Philip, came over in 1635. He was one of the proprietors of Little Compton, R. I. With his son John he became the original proprietor of Bridgewater, and as early as 1665 he and Philip settled in South Bridgewater. John Washburn,' a' tailor, was active in King Philip's war, and in 1645 married Elizabeth, daughter of Experience and Jane (Cook) Mitchell of Bridgewater. He had eleven children. James,' born in 1672, married Mary Bowden, had nine children, and died in Bridgewater, June 11, 1749. Moses,‘ born in 1702, became an early settler in northern Dartmouth, married Hannah Cush- man in 1727, and had four children. Moses Washburn,' born in 1780, spent part of his life in New Bedford, served in the Revolutionary war, married Sarah Pope in 1753, and had seven children. Lettice, the eldest, was born in 1758, and died in 1844. Ile married, first, Mercy Spooner of Acushnet, and had one son, Amaziah. His second wife, Sarah Spooner, was born in 1761 and died in 1845. On the old headstones in the cemetery near Acushnet village, near which they lived, are these inscriptions: " Lettice - a soldier in the Revolution." "Sarah his wife a soldier of Jesus." Their children were James, born April 21, 1784, died October 10, 1784; John, born April 21, 1784, died March 12, 1842; William, born May 14, 1786, died November 20, 1800; Mercy, born May 18, 1789, died August 17, 1852; Susan, born October 21, 1791, died in November, 1853; Lettice, born December 6, 1793, died August 23, 1867; Elizabeth, born November 29, 1795; Israel, born November 24, 1796, died April 23, 1864; Nancy, born January 14, 1799, died in 1823; Sarah, born
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