Our county and its people : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. Volume 3, Part 60

Author: Copeland, Alfred M. (Alfred Minott), b. 1830, ed
Publication date: [c1902]
Publisher: Boston : Century Memorial Pub. Co
Number of Pages: 746


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West Boylston, 26. .Inne 1884.


he more towards building up West Springfield


married isabel (,, daughter of Ira W. than any other man.


and Elma M. Cook of Mendon. Mass. He LOOMIS, WILLIAM WELLINGTON, M. D., P. served the town of West Boylston as direc- 0. Merrick. Mass,, one of the well estab-


tor of the public library and secretary of lished physicians of West Springfield. the board of trade. Prof. Worcester is a very successful teacher and during his Mass., was born in Barkhamsted. Litchfield county, Conn., June 16. 1853. The the early times in the history of the coun- try and the genealogy, which is of an in- teresting nature, has been published by the


principalship of the West Springfield school Loomis family traces its ancestry back to has seen its membership and teaching force more than doubled. He was one of the chief promoters of the board of trade, serv- ing as secretary of said board for two family in book form. Its members have been of note and always identified with leading professions since the establishment of the government in the United States. Lucius Loomis. father Dr. W. W.


years ; in December. 1898, he was elected president. and at the close of the year de- clined a re-election. Ile also was one of the originators of the West Springfield Co- operative bank : was elected director of it Loomis, and grandfather of William Loomis, were both natives as well as resi- in May, 1597, and in September. 1858, was elected secretary, which office he still holds. dents of the town of Barkhamsted, the lat- lle has been an active member of the Hamp- ter being a farmer and spending his last days there. llis wife was Lydia llewett, den County Teachers' association, serving as president in 1898. Ile was one of the born in Barkhamsted. where she is still liv- origignators of the Headmasters' Club of Western Massachusetts. For several years he has served the town of West Springheld as one of its auditors.


HILL. GEO. A., West Springfield, Mass .. was born in Derry, N. IL., March 6. 1842. a son of Charles and Hannah (llanson ) Ilill. Charles llill was a native of Chester, N. 1l., and was a prosperous farmer in his day. The house where he was born was an old fort, which still stands. George A. Hill was educated at Derry, in the district schools and Pinkerton academy. After graduating from the latter institution he went to Boston and worked at carpenter- ing day times and in a drug store evenings and Sundays. On August 12. 1862. he en- listed in Company E. 39th Mass. Volunteers and was discharged at Poolesville. Md., the following year. Ile then came to Spring- field. Mass,, and entered the drug business. which he followed for twenty-five years. In 1884 he engaged in the insurance and real estate business. which he has since fol lowed : he also owns a large stock farm at Blandford, Mass. On June 15. 1869, Me. Hill married Josephine Lyon Hazleton. of DAY, HENRY R., p. o. Chester, Hampden Co .. was born August 12, 1851. a son of Asa and Amelia (Tucker ) Day. New Haven, Conn. To. Mr. and Mrs. Mill were born six children : Albert Lyon, Ar- three who had children : Charles who ell- listed the Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery and dled from ex- thur and Walter Garfield. all deceased : Geo. A., jr., Josephine and Edwin. Mr. Ilill has always been Interested in the at Newbern. N. Henry, growth of his town and has perhaps done who died at the age of four years, and


ing at the advanced age of ninety five years : her mother lived to the age of 105 years. Lucius Loomis inherited the old homestead at Barkhamsted and has since resided there, carrying on farming in a general way. Ile married Amelia Barker, a native of the town of Bristol. Hartford county, conn., and daughter of Daniel Barker, who came to this country from England : they had four children : William Wellington, Frank (died at the age of twenty-nine), Grove (died at the age of thirty) and Clifford. Dr. William Well- ington Imomis received his common school education in the schools of Winsted. IIe began the study of medicine with Dr. M. I .. Crusier of Riverton, and in 1880 en- tered the University of Vermont in Burling- ton, from which he was graduated in 1883. IIr began his practice in West Springfield. where he has since continued with inereas- ing success. In 1885 Dr. Loomis married Caroline Barton, born in Dalton, and daughter of Henry and Electa Barton. Dr. Loomis is a member of Ilampden lodge, F. & A. M .: Tekoa lodge No. 138, I. O. O. F.


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Jenry E .. now living on the old homestead 1551. a son of Peter and Mary Welch. af Dạy ville. Asa Day was a manufac


Peter lived in the town of Plymouth until turer and hold the patent on several fine 1\53, when he moved to Marblehead. where tools. llenry E. was educated in the he lived until the civil war broke out and schools of his town and was associated with then enlisted in Co. E. 63 N. Y. Vols. He was shot on the morning of the first day's battle at Gettysburg and died in the after- his father in the manufacture of shop pegs at Dayville. They manufactured about 10. ano Intshels of shoe pegs per year. They Joseph Welch received a common school education. and when fourteen years of age was apprenticed out to a farmer. and for nine years labored hard and saved bis earnings, which he used in attending Wil- also manufactured whip butts and used about 150,000 feet of lumber a year. .It the present time Mr. Day is living a retired life on the homestead. On his land is lo- rated an essence mill for the manufacture braham Academy, where he remained seven of wintergreen oil. Mr. Day's farm con- terms : later he completed his course of study in the Art Museum of Boston. When twenty-seven years of age he entered the employ of H. W. Crocker in the general mercantile business at West Granville and in 1ss5 he formed a copartnership with Mr. Cracker, which was carried on for one year. when he brought out Mr. Crocker's interest tains G50 neres, located in the town of Chester, and has standing on it 3.0000,000 feet of hemlock, maple and bass wood. The Day homestead Is situated on the middle branch of Westfield river at a little ham- let called Day ville. The Days were among the early settlers, Robert Day having emi- grated from England to America in April and has since carried on the business alone. 1634. and settled in Cambridge, Mass. hrabam 2d. the fifth descendant of Rob- rrt. settled in Chester about 1775.


From 1886 to 1596 be also carried on an extensive lumber and real estate business. At the present time he owns about 250 was engaged in farming and cleared a acres of land. In 1880 Mr. Welch married large tract of land. He died in 1797 at Laura E. ()liner) Fuller. They have four the age of 50 years. lle was sherreded children : Sarah B .. Joseph M .. Mary A. and by his son Ira, who was an extensive and Laura ES. Mr. Welch is active in town farmer and manufacturer of cloth.


ballt (1820) the house that now stands. and he died in 1\37. leaving 12 children. His second son. Asa (. Day. succeeded to the property. he being a farmer and manu- facturer. lle died March. 1879, leaving four children.


and county affairs, has served as selectman for five years, the past two serving as chairman of the board. also as school com- mltter seven years. He is the first select- man from West Granville to hold that posi- tion for many years, and at the present time represents his district in the state legislature. Mr. Welch is a liberal con- Tributor to the different church denomina- tions. being broad in his views and chari- table to the poor. Ile is a member of Mt. Moriah lodge. I. & A. M. of Westfield.


FARRELL. JOHN E .. Brimfield, Hampden Co .. was born in the town of Brimfield. May 4. 1-53. a son of Theodore and Eliza iShawo Farrell, who had six children. as follows: Arabelle, Murette, John R .. Engene. Estella and Lewis. John E. Far- IFUNTER. JOHN T., Holyoke. Hampden rell was educated in the schools of his Co., was born in Sand Bank. N. Y .. May 25. town and at the death of his father. May 16. 15$9. came into possession of the old homestead, where he has since lived and his wife.


follows general farming on May 1550%, he married Dora E. daughter of Wil- lam and Clara Hitchcock. They have one daughter, Mildred. Mr. Farrell is inter ested in all home affairs, though he has never aspired to julitical honors. At one time he was a member of the Palmer lodge. I. & A. M.


1854. a son of Thomas Hunter. a native of Huntington. Canada, and Martba Fulton. Thomas is dead and his widow is now living in Holyoke. John T. was educated al JInniington. Canada. and learned the harness maker's trade. In


IST! he came to Holyoke and started his present harness shop in 1550. Mr. Hun- ter is a member of the Odd Fellows and I'nited Order of Workmen. In 1977 he married Delia Goddard. Four children were


WHICH. Granville. llampden born to them : Charles E., Willis C .. Lella "'o, was born In Plymouth, Mass .. April 7. May and Roy J.


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SHELDON. CHRISTOPHER M .. West Spring- field. Hampden Co., was born in Fairhaven. Vermont, March 14, 1843. a son of Henry G. Sheldon, a native of Sheldon, Vt .. and who died in 1562. Christopher JI. re- ceived a common school edneation and en- gaged in the teaming business, as his father had done before him in his native


musical circles. In 1872 Mr. Whittemore was married to Carrie E .. daughter of Moses Field Colton, a native of Long- meadow. Moses Field Colton was a son of Dimon Colton and a lincal descendant of Quartermaster George Colton, who came to Longmeadow from England soon after the settlement was founded. and from whom town. After nine years, and in 1862, he are descended. so far as is known. all the went to Northampton, Mass., and engaged Coltons in this country. in the same business, also worked in a paper mill. In 186 he came to Holyoke and entered a paper mill. where he was em- ployed for eleven years. At the end of this time he engaged in his present truck- ing business.in which he has been very suc- cessful. Mr. Sheldon is a member of Holyoke lodge of odd Fellows. No. 134. Pilgrim Fathers. and has been a member of the par- ish committee of the First Congregational church of West Springfield. In 1886 Mr. Sheldon purchased the Ashley farm, which he has carried on in connection with his other business. Jannary 3, 1865, he mar- ried Lucy A .. Janghter of William Beezer. a native of England. Three children have been born of this marriage : Jesse E., man- ager of his father's business : Arthur II .. burned to death at the age of five years. and Frank E. H., bookkeeper for his father. Frank E. H. Sheldon married Annie Kendall. of Chicopee : Jesse E. mar- ried Flora M., daughter of Il. H. Hubbard of West Springfield, who has borne him two children, Arthur E. and Madaline Ruth.


ROBBINS. FREDERICK M., M. D., p. o. Mer- rick. Mass., was born at East Boston { sometimes called Noddle Island). Mass., February 12, 1855. Ilis parents were Rinaldo and Catherine B. Robbins. Dr. Robbins secured his preliminary education mainly in the schools of Boston ; his later studies were pursned at the University of Michigan and his medical course at the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he received his degree of M. D. lle began practice in Detroit and was connected with the different hospitals in the city for five years or more, including two years as as- sistant surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital and several years at Harper Hospital as house physician, etc. Shortly after leaving De- troit he settled in West Springfield, where he has successfully practiced his profession. Dr. Robbins is a member of several medical societies, is a member of Hampden Lodge, F. & A. M., Morning Star Chapter, Spring- field Council and Springfield Commandery, K. T. Though not taking more than the good citizen's interest in politics, he has served several years on the School Board,


WHITTEMORE, EDGAR ULEMENT. West Springfield. Hampden to .. a son of Ilarri- here and in Michigan, including three years son G. and Rosina (Clement) Whittemore, as chairman, and several terms on the


Board of Health. On January 24, 1874.


was born in Sturbridge. Mass .. July 23, 1851. llarrison G. came to Chicopee in Dr. Robbins was married to MI. Lizzie, 1862. where he remained twenty years. and daughter of Amasa Smith. of Gardner. Me. since then has lived in West Springfield. They have to sons: Willis A. and Frederick Edgar C. was educated in the schools of Clarence.


Chicopee and at the age of nineteen en- AHIL, MICHAEL L., Agawam. Hampden tered the home office of the Massachusetts Co., was born in East Hartford, Conn., Mutual Life Insurance Co., where he has been for thirty two years. Mr. Whitte- more was for many years active in munici- pal affairs in Springfield, and in 1885 was a member of the city council. He has also been identified with varions social organ- May 10, 1866, a son of Michael and Mar- garet (Gretchen) Ahl. both natives of Ger- many. Michael came to Agawam in 1876 and is now living in East Hartford. His wife died February 26. 1891. Michael L. Ahl, the subject, was educated in the izations, having been a member of the schools of East Hartford and Agawam. Springfield. Rod and Gun, Winthrop and Hle learned the carpenter's and mason's Camp Comfort clubs. De Soto lodge of trades and was one of the first to introduce Odd Fellows and Agawam encampment. silex in this community. lle is now carry- Hle was also for many years well known In ing on a general farming business, making


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a specialty of dairying. On January 10.


BARTON, FRANK C .. p. o. Bridgeport,


1804. Mr. All married Freida S. Schulze, Conn,, was born in Norwich, Conn., July 1. of Agawam, daughter of John Schulze. 1873. His father, Charles Barton, was a Two children have been boro of this mar- native of England and came to America. riage : Freida Marlan and Bernice Gretchen. settling in Norwich in 1872 ; one year later BECKWITH. WILLIAM M .. of Granville, he moved to Springfield, where he lived ten 3. years, lle was a stone cutter by trade


was in Granville. January


1565. son of Sherman and Jane and died in 1894. He married Frances Chad-


( Barnes ) Beckwith, who had seven wick. a native of England, and who is now children : Sarath M., Helen B .. Seymour living in Springfield. Frank ". was edn- cated in the schools of Chicopee and East


Elmer Eddie William 31. William M. Beckwith was Longmeadow. and afterward learned the educated in the common schools of his stone entter's trade. On September 22,


and Emily


town and when ten years of age entered the employ of Jacob Root.


He was with him seven years, then went to Collinsville and remained there five years, when he was married and engaged in farming in Bloomfield, Conn .. having a milk route in


Hartford. In 1900 he purchased the Gib- bons homestead in the town of Granville. where he now carries on general farming. On June 19. 1>>7. Mr. Beckwith married Clara M .. daughter of John Healey of New Hartford. Cont. They have two children : Raymond A. and Lonis M. Mr. Beckwith is actively interested in town and county affairs and is a worker in the Baptist church of Granville.


BURKE, MICHAEL F., P. D. Mittineagne, was born in Springfield. Mass .. October 19, fireman and seven years later was given 185G. a son of Florence and Ellen ( Daley) charge of an engine. He is now running the of Locomotive Firemen, and was master of that body for three years. On January 28, 1SS9, Mr. Chapin married Lottie, daughter Burke. llis father was killed on June IS, local freight to Pittsfield. Mr. Chapin is 1864. and his name is now on the honor a member of Hampden lodge. F. & A. M. : Tekoa lodge of Odd Fellows; Brotherhood rolls in the town hall vestibule. Michael F. Burke was educated in the schools of of Locomotive Engineers : also Brotherhood West Springfield and after leaving school was employed by the B. & A. R. R. as car recorder. Ile is now serving In the capacity of train dispatcher for said railroad. Mr. of John James Robertson, of Nova Scotia. Burke was appointed postmaster at Mittin- Pague under Cleveland's first administra- tlon, serving for four years. In 1599 he was elected Selectman and is now acting in the


They have two children : William An- drew Robertson and Esther Mari Anna. Mr. Robertson has been civil engineer for for the government for the county of Rich- capacity of secretary of the board. On mond for thirty years. November 19, 1870, be married Margaret CLARK, EDWARD CLINTON. Montgomery. Miss .. born in the town of T .. daughter of William Foley, of West Springfield Mrs Burke was educated in Montgomery.


the convent school in Chicopee, Mass, Mr. and Mrs Burke are the parents of seven lildrer : Floreter, who graduated from Brown University In June 1001: Edwin dlbal when bye veurs of age: Marie who died at the age of six years ; William. Ero rs1 Margaret and Francis, all living at


1597. Mr. Barton married Flora D .. dangh- ter of Edward E. Gay. a native of Belcher- town. Mass. They have one daughter, Rittle Virginia.


CHAPIN, CHARLES ANDREW, was born in Springfield, Mass .. March 4, 1855. a son of Andrew Jackson Chapin. a native of the same place, and Anna C., daughter of Moses Hoyt Howard. his wife. His father was a railroad man. being in the employ of the B. & A. for forty years. Charles A. Chapin was edneated in the public schools of Springfield and after leaving school entered the employ of the B. & A. company, and was with them eight years. His next move was as a brakeman on a passenger train for three years, and in 1884 he started in as


March 1874. son


of Francis Warren and Dellna (Chap- man Clark, who had six children as fol- lows: Elmer Stiles. Fred Laurens. Etta Josephine, Frank Day. Edward Clinton and Zonas Scott. Edward Clinton Clark, the subject, attended the public schools and remained at home on the farm until twenty- three years of age, when he entered the


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employ of James K. Axtell of Huntington. and later of Alfred I. Taylor, of New York, parents and to Holyoke in 1880, being located in lluntington. lle is now where he was educated in the com- engaged in general farming. September 26, mon


J. Doyle came to America with his


schools. Ile learned the en- 1899. Mr. Clark married Winifred Louise, graver's trade in Springfield and engaged daughter of David L. Allyn. They have one son, Faye Allyn Clark.


in his present business in 1893, under the firm style of M. I. Doyle Printing Co. Mr.


COOLEY, RICHARD L., was born ou the old Doyle was elected alderman in 1897 and Sewall White homestead in West Spring- is now serving as president of the board. He is a member of the Forester and lliber- nian societies. In 1901 he married Eliza- beth MeCoart, daughter of William Mc- Coart of Boston, Mass. field, Mass., August 26. 1834, a son of Walter and Sarah (Latham, Cooley. The Cooleys trace their descent from England. the first ancestor coming over in the May- flower. Richard L. was educated in the FLOWER, HOMER F., was born in Feeding Ilills. Mass., October 28. 1864, son of schools of West Springfield. Springfield and also in Williston seminary. After leav- Homer and Julia (lluntley ) Flower. lle is ing school he took charge of the home farm, which he is still conducting. Mr. Cooley was one of the principal factors in build- ing the Park Street church. On January 15. 1862. Mr. Cooley married Mary, daugh- ter of Daniel Ely Bliss, of West Spring- field, who was at one time engineer on a steamboat running from Springfield to Hartford, Conn. descended from baumrock (1) of Hartford. 1668. through Joseph (2). Timothy (3). Spencer (+). and Homer (5). The latter was for five years clerk of the Fourth parish of West Springfield. Spencer was a representative in the legislature two years and selectman of West Springfield six years. Timothy was a soldier of the revo- Iution. Homer F. Flower makes a specialty of growing peaches, pears and pinms, his orchard containing about a thousand trees. lle is a member of Agawam Grange, and also of the Feeding Hills M. E. church.


DEROIN, FRANCIS X., M. D., Chicopee Falls, was born in Ely, Shefford county. eastern province of Quebec, April 1, 1855. a son Francis of and Sophie GOSSELIN, AMOS C. of Agawam, was and in Charlotte, Vt., April 5. 1851, son of Octave and Arseline Cota Gosselin, both natives of Canada. In ( llameI ) Deroin. the eldest of fourteen children. all now living with the born exception of the youngest daughter. When a fifteen years of age he came with his par- ents to Rhode Island and entered the Mas- 1861 his parents came to Mittineague sachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirm- and in 1870 moved to Hudson, Mass .. ary of Boston, where he remained ten years. where they both died in 1882. Amos C. was educated in the schools Mittin millwright's trade, which he has followed ever since. Ile is now master mechanic for the Mittineague Paper Co. and has been with this firm twenty-two years. Mr. Gos- selin is a member of the Lincoln Lodge of Foresters and the French Patriots. He served his town as tax collector for six years and is now a member of the repub- lican town committee. On January 9, 1870, Mr. Gosselin married Esther Geroux of Canada, who bore him thirteen children, Edward. Clifford. Delia, Oliver and Arthur. He also attended evening school in Boston and in 1878, having passed the entrance eague and after leaving school learned the examination to Harvard university, took a course in the medical department and was graduated from there in 1883. Ile then came to Chicopee and began his practice. Ile is a member of the Harvard Alumni Association : has served on the school board hve years ; on the board of town and city physicians and on the board of health. on October 31. 1883, Dr. Deroin married Cath- erine V., daughter of Martin Lang, who bore him two sons : Frank A. and Dear- born A. Mrs. Deroln died January 7, 1897. eight now Hving : Rosanna, Wilfred, Ida, Dr. Deroin is a charter member and first president of L'l'nion Canadienne, which he was instrumental In organizing.


CAMPBELL, ARTHUR C., of Mittineague, was born In London, England, January 1,


DOYLE. M. J., Holyoke, was born in Ire- 1872, a son of William and Sarah Camp-


land. September 27. 1872. a son of bell (daughter of James Ferguson of Edin-


Thomas and Mary (Murphy ) Doyle. M. borough, Scotland, a bridge bullder). Wil-


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liam Campbell was one of


men place but water system


America, putting in = plant at


fax, Nova Scotia in 1STł. Arthur C. Fellows, the Agawam encampment, and also Campbell obtained his education in the is a member and past sachem of the schools of Buffalo. N. Y .. and in ISSI began Wachogne tribe. Improved Order of Red the study of medicine, graduating from the Men. of East Longmeadow. On June 12, University of Buffalo in 1801. in 1892 he 1STs. he married Mary E. Washburn, daugh- opened and condueted # drug store for ter of Zenas D. Washburn, of Stafford, Brown & Snyder. of Lowville. N. Y .. and in Conn.


August, 1896, came to Mittineague, where he conducted a drug store for c. E. Smith. He purchased Mr Smith's interest in May, 1000, and has since carried on the business successfully alone. On November 28, 1895. Mr. Campbell married Sarah R. daughter of John Fairbanks. of Lowville. N. Y., who bore him one daughter, Florence.


FLAGG, PASSON 1 .. M. D .. of Mittincagne. was born in Colerain. Mass .. January 22. 1-59. = san Rev. Iloratio


Flagg (born in Wilmington. Vt., Jauu ary 22. 1798), and Mary Coombs (a native of Medway, Mass.) his wife. His father was pastor of the Congregational church in Wilmington for twenty years and died in ING1. Dr. Flagg's great grand father, John Flagg. was one of the first settlers of Wilmington. the family coming from England. Dr. Flagg was educated in the schools of Colerain, was graduated from Powers Institute of Bernardston and re ceived his degree of M. D. from Jefferson College. In 1554 he began practice in Florence, where he remained ten years. then came to Mittineague and Is now en- gaged in successful practice. On Febru ary S. 1992. Dr. Flagg married Harriet. daughter of Thomas Porter of Southamp ton. Mass. Three children have been born of this marriage: Wayne MeCrillis. Eunice Porter and Kenneth Payson.


first his present general store. He has served In his town as postmaster for nine years; Is lali- a member of the Hampden lodge of Odd


WHITNEY, J. FRANK, P. o. Merrick, Mass., was born in Springfield. Mass., July 17, 1862. a son of William 11. (born In Otis, Mass.) and Mary M. Keyes, his wife (a native of Ireland). William 11. Whitney came to Springfield about 1850, and was employed for a number of years by the N. Y .. N. IT. & II railroad company. He died January 27. 1871. J. Frank Whitney was educated in the common schools of Springfield and at the age of twelve be at- tended night school and completed his edu- vation in that way. In 1874 he found employment in the blacksmith department of the Smith & Wesson factory, and re- mained there five years. His next work was as fireman on the railroad. and for the past nine years has been running between Springfield and New York city. as well as between Springfield and New Haven. Mr. Whitney has served as chief of the fire department of West Springfield. also as superintendent of fire alarm. serving in these capacities five years. lle resigned the positions in October. 1900, and re- ceived a very complimentary letter from the board of selectmen for his efficiency in his capacity as chief. On April 16. 1890, Mr. Whitney married Mary L., daughter of Jeremiah Shean, who bore him four chil- dren : William Harvey. Henry Francis, Francis James and Jerome Andrew. Mr. Whitney is a member of Hope Colony P'il- grim Fathers, Wigwam of Ousamequim Tribe. No. 14. and of the Brotherhood of Haven. He has in his possession a set of




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