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CHAPIN, EDWARD WHITMAN, justice of the Police court of Holyoke, was born in Wll- limansett, Chicopee, August 23, 1840, and acquired his early education in Williston seminary, where he was graduated in 1859, and In Amherst college, where he gradu- ated in 1863. He then entered the ranks of the legal profession and the bench and har chapter of this work mentions him as
l'AGE, THOMAS CLARK, who settled in Hol- yoke in 1853, three years after that now prosperous city was first incorporated as a town and who removed thence to Chico- pee Falls in 1867, was boru in llollis, Maine, April 23, 1832. llis father was James l'age, of Waterborough, Maine, born in 1797, and his mother was Eliza Wood- man, born in Buxton, Malne, in 1799. In 1853 Thomas C. Page left his native state and took up his residence in Holyoke, the latter being at that time a mere hamlet, more frequently known as Ireland parish. In this town he married, November 10, 1855, Charlotte Wheeler, a daughter of Jonathan
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Wheeler, of Newton Upper Falls, Mass. Of this marriage six children were born : Fred- erlek H., born October 26. 1856, dled May 18, 1964: Edgar W., born October 25, 1858, died August 10, 1859; Adelaide F., born January 19, 1860, died August 30, 1863; Frank Il., born April 24, 1864; Edward Clark, born March 28, 1868; George K., born July 25. 1870. Charlotte Wheeler l'age died October 12, 1878. On September 3. 1879, Mr. Page married Mary E. Davis (born September 14, 1:48), of Ellsworth, Malne, daughter of James S. Davis. Of this marrlage one child was born, Katharine Hulburt Page, born March 11, 1886.
SANFORD, OSRO WATTS, of Westfield pro- prietor of the "City View" farm, a resident of Hampden county since 1861. and of in Westhelt. Walter Iloward Sanford is Westfield since 1808. was boro November a physician and now is on the medical staff 5. 1839. son of Daniel Sanford and his of Matteawan state hospital. New York. wife Lorinda Clapp. This branch of the Osro W. Sanford is engaged in agricultural Sanford family in New England is said to pursuits and makes a specialty of raising be descended from three brothers who came pure Gurnsey cattle and also in growing tobacco. 1His first purchase of land com- prised 120 acres, but now he and his son Herbert own 320 acres. For many years Mr. Sanford has been a member of Mt. Mo- riah lodge. F. & A. M .. of Westfield.
from Wales and settled in Connecticut about or before the middle of the eighteenth Halsey Sanford, a descendant of one of these brothers, was born at or near Saybrook. October 10, 1765. and at the age of 16 years he entered the service ; was wounded and made prisoner at Fort Griswoki. After the war he settled in
married Sarah Adaline Hitchcock (born in Rockingham, Vt .. May 15. 183S), daughter of Hell and Sarah (Farr) Hitchcock. both natives of Vermont. The children Osro Watts and Sarah Adaline are Edgar Herbert. born September 14. 1862, died September 10. 1863; Herbert Osro. born September 26. 1864; Addie Louise, born January 13. 1867; Mary Ellen, born July 30. 1874, died April 18. 1887; and Walter Howard, born April 30. 1875. llerbert Osro Sanford married, February 5. 1890, Grace Frances tibbs. aud they live in Westfield. Their children are Lucretia Frances. Alfred Osro and Richard llerbert Sanford. Addie Louise Sanford married June 5. 1505, James E. Martin, and lives
SCHMUCK, HENRY E., of West Spring- field. Son of llenry M. and Henrietta (Smith) Schmuck, is a native of the town just mentioned. born November 5. 1866. His father is not a native of this country. but has lived in Springfield and West
Norwich (now Iluntington, Hampshire county). and was a pioneer in that local- Ile married, In 1795, Lydia Dimock (born Sept. 30, 1766, and died March 14, Springfield since 1856. Henry E. Schmuck 1SOT. Halsoy died May 13. 1845. Dan- lel Sanford. fourth son of Halsey and Lydia, was born in Norwleh, December 27, 1801. lle was given a common school education, but at an early age entered mer- cantile pursuits, later engaging in farming. He took an active part in town affairs, was chairman of the board of selectmen of his town for many years, and onee was a can-
was educated in the West Springfield pub- lic schools and afterwards found employ- ment in the hardware store of Ilomer Foot & Co .. In Springfield, where he remained four years. lle then became clerk in the offre of the Massachusetts Mutual Life In- surance company. where he is now em- ployed. at present being an attacbe of the loan department. lo 1893 Mr. Schmuck was elected a member of the school commit- tre in West Springfield and in the next year he was elected selectman. He was re. elected three times and served in that of- fire from IS94 to 1899. excepting the year 1896: and he is sald to have been the
Ildate for the legislature. Ile married June 7. INUs. Lorinda Clapp, who was born in Orange, Vt .. May 30. 181%. Their children were Osto Watts, born November 17. 1-39: Ellen With, born January 18. 1$11 : Edgar Hubert. born September 23. 1\44. died April IS, IS##: Sarah Emily, youngest incumbent of that office In the born September 23. 1851 Daniel Sanford 1 history of the town. In 1901 Mr. Schmuck was again elected a member of the school dled December 14. 1960, and his widow now lives in Westfield. Orso Watts San- committee and still serves in that capac- ford removed to Southwick In April. 18G1. ity. Ile is a member of Springfield lodge, and there on November 2\ of that year he F. & A. M .. and of the Nayasset and West-
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field clubs. Ile also is a member of the town and its people. A glance at the civil West Springfield board of trade and is list in the town chapter will show how he treasurer of the West Springfield Co-oper- ative bank. has been a factor in its political history. In October, 1890, llenry E. Ile married M. Amanda Cooley, daughter Schmuck married Nellie, danghter of E. J. of Rodney and Sabra Cooley, and a de- l'rumelkamp, of Syracuse, N. Y. (for about fifteen years Mr. Brumelkamp was super- intendent of the extensive salt works in Syracus: ). Of the marriage just men- tioned one child has been born, Jessie Schmuck.
GILL, GEORGE CARLTON, founder and man- aging officer of the George C. Gill Paper to, the latter now a part of the vast cor- poration known as the American Writing Paper Co., was born in Hinsdale, Berkshire county, and acquired his early education in the Wesleyan academy at Wilbraham and in Carter's Commercial college at l'ittsfield. He came to llolyoke in the early part of 1882 and in that portion of our chapter re- lating to the civil, social and industrial history of that city, the reader will dis- cover how Mr. Gill has been a factor in its subsequent growth and development. On June 21, 1803, Mr. Gill married Jenta
seendant of one of llampden county's most respected old families. Fred 11. Sibley, only son of llenry A. and M. Amanda (Cooley ) Sibley, was born in West Spring- field and acquired his early education in the public schools of the town and in the West- feld high school. In 1882. when 21 years old. he went west, locating in Denver, Col., where for a little more than a year he was engaged in mercantile pursuits ; but at the end of that time he returned home and as- sisted his father in the care and manage- ment of the farm. In 1890 he was elect- ed a member of the town railroad commis- sion and was made chairman of the board. The next year, 1891, he was elected town clerk, treasurer and collector, and from that time to the present the duties of his sev- eral offices have occupied his entire atten- tion. for at each succeeding annual town meeting Mr. Sibley has been re-elected and nomination against him, Politically, Mr.
Johnson, and to them two children have generally without an opposing candidate in been born : Dorothy, born April 16, 1894, and Dorcas, born October 18. 1898. Mr. Sibley is a republican, having cast his first Gill's parents were Bartholomew Gill, born in Kenmare. County Kerry, Ireland, in 1819. and Mary Dwyer, born in the same place. They were married in 1845, at Staten Island, N. Y .. and settled in lins- dale in this state.
vote for Mr. Blaine as a presidential can- didate: yet in West Springfield since his incumbeney of the offices mentioned, he has not taken an active part in party politics. lle is a member of De Soto Lodge, No. 155, 1. 0. O. F., of West Springfield Grange, I'. of II .. of Pawcatuck Tribe, No. 177, I. O. R. M .. and of the association of the West
SIRLEY, FRED II., town clerk, collector and treasurer of the town of West Spring- field, was born July 1. 1861. a son of Springfield Co-operative bank, having been llenry A. Sibley (a native of Westfield), a its secretary in 1897 and since that time its president. On September 25, 1884, Fred 11. Sibley married Mary B., daughter of Michael and Ellen + Hayes) Whaten. Helen Marguerite, Rachel May and Fred H. Sibley. jr., are the children of this mar- riage. grandson of Elijah Sibley (born in Welling- ton, Conn.), and a great-grandson of Eze- kiel Sibley. the latter also a native of Wel- lington. Elijah Sibley removed from Con- necticut to Hampden county many years ago, settling in Westfield, where for several years he was a farmer. Later on he came ASHLEY. HENRY WOODRUFF, attorney and counsellor at law, residing and practicing in Westfield. is a native of that town, born February 16. 1855. lle acquired his early education in the Westfield public schools and was graduated from the law school of Boston university in 1882. The same year he became a member of the Hamp- den bar and at once opened an office in Westfield. where he has since practiced. to West Springfield and passed the remain der of his life on a farm in that town. llis wife was latey Lee (a native of Massachu- sotts), who bore him three children : Henry 1 .. August A. and Loretta Sibley. Henry 1. Sibley, first son of Elijah. and grandson of Ezekiel, has been a farmer in West Springfield for many years, and In addition thereto he has taken an earnest Interest in all that has pertalned to the welfare of the From 1885 to 1889, Mr. Ashley was deputy
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collector of internal revenue and in 1892 4. 1\83. Hazel E. Cooley, born May 17, and 1893 he was representative in the legis- ISST. and Thomas R. Cooley, born Novem- lature, serving on the judiciary and rail- ber 22. 1Ss. On his father's side Thomas road committees. Mr. Ashley married. J. Cooley is descended from pioneer stock March 4. 1\9G. Kezia Wright Ely, who was in Hampden county, his father, Thomas Cooley, and his grandfather. Samuel Cooley. having been born in Springfield. Thomas born November 5. 1863, in White Haven. Pa. On his father's side Henry W. Ash ley is descended from one of the oldest Cooley was born in 1813 and died In South- wick in 18Gs. His wife. Elvina Stevens Cooley, was born in Southwick in 1813, and ied in Springfield in Samuel families of the Connecticut valley region. his ancestor. Robert Ashley, the pioneer, having come from England and settled first In the Roxbury colony and thence removed Cooley. the grandfather. was born in to Springfield in 1639, three years after Springfield in 1770. and died in Southwick in 1964. Ilis wife. Ruth Ferry Cooley. was born in Springfield in 1784 and died in Agawam in 1875. If the reader will carefully peruse the history of Springfield and also the histories of nearly all the other old towns in the Connecticut valley region. it may there be seen how the repre- sentatives of the Cooley surname have been factors in local annals for more than two centuries. Thaddens Ferry, great-grand- father of Thomas J. Cooley, was a revolu- tionary soldier and a musician of some not+. Ile played at the execution of Major Andre. and his fife is now in the old South church in Boston. the Pynchon plantation was founded. From that time he was an active figure in the pioneer life of the region and he was fe- garded as one of the foremost men of his time. He took the oath of allegiance with the other Springfield inhabitants. December 31. 167%. Ile participated in the first al- lotment of the town lands in 1040-41 and was allotted house lot No. 3, eight rods wido, running back from what is now the northwest corner of Main and State streets, his lands extending to the Con- nectient on the west and thener east to what is now Spring street. He also became the owner of a large tract west of the C'on- nertient and between that and Westfeld (sometimes called Agawam) river. In a rate made May G. 1654. to raise fifty pounds for the "payment for ye Indian purchase of yo land of plantation." Robert AAshley pald fifteen shillings. In common with nearly all the planters in the colony. he was chiefly engaged in agricultural pur- shits. yet the records disclose that he fre- quently was called into the town service. notably as a juror of the courts. beginning in 1639 and continuing at frequent inter- vals until 1670. In 1653, upon the re- organization of the towu after the depar- ture of William Pynchon, Mr. Ashley was elected one of the five selectmen and was . nnual'y re-elected until 1659 : and later he served during the years 1600, 1662. 1665 and 1667.
THE FONTE FAMILY .- William Foote nn- doubtedly was the pioneer of the Foote family in Hampden county, he having set- tled in Chester at a very early day in the history of that region. The first of the family to settle in America were three brothers, who sailed from England in the brig Ann. landed at Plymonth and went at once to Guilford. Conn. The descendants from one of these brothers were Pierce. John. Nathaniel. John, William and Asa I'note. William Foote. the pioneer of the family in Chester. married Ruth Smith. Asa Poote, son of William and Ruth, was born in Chester. August 4. 1786, died May 16. 1×45. Ile married. first. Lucy Johnson of Chester, and second. Betsey E. Pierce of North Waterford, Maine. Eliza C. Foote, daughter of Asa. was born in Chester. Jan- uary 21. 1833. married Renben Noble. March 29. 1554.
CLULEY, THOMAS J., of Westfield. member of the firm of Couley Bros., clothiers and men's furnishers, was born in Southwick. MoCORKINDALE. WILLIAM. superintendent of works of the Parsons Paper company of Holyoke, was born in Greenock, Scotland. in 1451. and at the age of twelve years was apprenticed to learn the trade of papermak- July 27. 1550, and his wife Helen M. Rock well. also was born in Southwick, October 80. 1\50. They married October 30. 1872. their children were Elizabeth Rockwell Cooley, born March 7. 1875: Alice 1 .. ing with Brown. Stewart & Co., of Green- Vuoley, born February 17. 1882, died June ock. He was in the service of that firm
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from 1862 to 1868. a period of full six was born in Westfield, August 9. 1863, and was educated in Westfield high school (grad. 1880) and in the New York Trade school (grad. plumbing dept., ISS7). He engaged in business first in New York city, then in Lenox and Pittsfield. Mass .. (ISST- 93), and in 1893 was made plumbing in- spector in Westfield. In addition to his regular business pursuits he is one of the town assessors in Westfield. On August 4. 1897. Mr. Mosely married Eliza Harvey Rust years, and he became a practical. thorough paper maker. In 1868 he came to America and located first at Pittstown, N. Y .. re- maining there until 1870 and removing thence to Warsaw. Ind., where he was em- ployed from 1870 to 1873. Ile then re- moved to Dalton, Mass., remaining in that town from 1873 to 1881, when he removed to Ilolyoke, where he now lives and where, also, his efforts in business life have been rewarded with abundant success ; and what- iborn July 9, 1865; graduate of Wolfboro, N. II., high school. 1883; graduate of Mas- sachusetts Normal art school. 1892 ; super- visor of drawing in Westfield public schools, 1893-99). Their children are John Rust Mosely, born December 10, 1899. died July ever success has been achieved by Mr. Mc- Corkindale has been wholly the result of his own personal effort and industry. He married. December 10, 1873, Lillias Forsyth. and to them these children have been born : Edward James. horn in Dalton, July 30, 21. 1900, and James Mather Mosely, born 1875: Roger William, born July 3, 1884: and Ethel Lillias, born September, 1897.
JOHNSON, CHARLES WALLACE, treasurer of the Holyoke Savings bank, senior partner of the firm of ". W. Johnson & Co., general insurance agents, was born in Holyoke. May 22. 1860, son of the late Robert B. and Cornelia Maria ('lark) Johnson, his father having been for many years identified with the business, political and financial history of Holyoke, and also having been regarded as one of the most prominent and useful men of his time in the city. Charles W. Johnson was educated in the Holyoke public schools and Cheshire (Conn. ) Military academy. He married. October 14. 1890, Cora Estelle Ashley. born in Holyoke, Deto- ber 30. 1860. and educated in the city public schools, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one child. Rachel Ashley Johnson, born Sep- tember 18. 1891. On his father's side Mr. Johnson is a descendant of Edmund John- son. a settler of Winnienmsett. N. II., in 1635. His wife, whose parents were Elisha Ashley (born in West Springfield, July 18. 1832, and Ellza Volt (born in Huntington, April 26. 1835. They were married Decom- ber 7. 1557 is descended from Robert Ashley, who settled In Springfield in 1639. and John Cuit, who settled at Salem in 1630. Robert Bruce JJohnson was born in Weare, N. II . April 9. 1828 : married Octo- ber 27. 1858. Cornelia Maria Clark, born in New Haven. Conn .. August 2. 1835.
February 3. 1901. As is indicated by the family surname. Mr. Mosely is descended from old New England stock, he himself being in the ninth generation from the common ancestor, Sir John Moseley (other- wise known as Mandesley, and also Mosely ) who with his wife Cicely were among the first Dorchester colonists. Lieutenant John Moseley. second son of the settler, was the pioneer of the family in what now is Hamp- den county. as may be seen by reference to the Moseley family sketch in this work. From Lieut. John to Arthur Chauncey Mosely the line of direct descent comes through Joseph. David. Col. David, William. James and John Mather Mosely to Arthur "'. in the nineth generation from Sir John. John Mather Mosely was the sixth child and third son in a family of eleven children of James Mosely (son of William) and Sophia Martha Phelps, his wife. James was the first of the family to spell the sur- name Mosely, an example which his descend- ants have generally followed. John Mather Mosely was born Jannary 24, 1824. and died April 16. 1883. He married. Jannary 19, 1860, Julia Anna Holcomb, born May 22. 1837. daughter of Chauncey Holcomb, of Granby, Conn. Their children: Carrie Alma, born Westfield. December 23. 1561. married January 3. 1888. Godfrey Haas. and now lives in Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Arthur Chauncey. born August 3, 1×63; James Dwight, born February 23. 1868, married August 26. 1591. Grace L. Hastings of Southwick, by whom he has one child. Mar- garet Ann Mosely ; Anna Isadore, born
ARTHUR, CHAUNORY MOSELY. of Westfield, Idest son and second child of John Mather Mosely and Julia Ann Holcomb, his wife. April 13. 1575, a teacher.
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GIRARD. LEOPOLD ADOLPHE, M. D. D. o. Mary, daughter of Capt. Asa Houghton. lle Merrick. Mass., was born In Vandrenil. is active in town and county affairs; has Canada. February 25, Istf. a son of An- Served as selectman and on school commis- drew Peter and Marie Louise Girard. Dr. ter for twenty-five years (its prosent chair- Girard received a primary education in mani, and is now associate judge of the Eastern Hampden district court, which position he has held since 1806. He has been justice of peace and notary public since 1870. In 1865 Mr. MeFarland re- ceived a commission from the governor which authorized him to issue warrants, etc .. under which he worked until he was appointed special justice. lle bas been tax collector and represented his district in the legislature in 1890 and 1991. 1le is also
Vaudreuil's college and then completed his course at Bourget's college, Rigand. C'an- ada. In 1ss7 he entered Laval univer- sity. Montreal, where he studied three years, then went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he received the degree of M. D. in 1\90. After practicing medicine for four years in Powers, Mich .. Dr. Girard came to West Springfield, where he has since resided and practiced with gratifying success, In 1898. in connection with professional work. be active in elmirch work and at eighteen opened a drug store under the firm name years of age was appointed superintendent of 1. A. Girard & Co. In medical and of the Sunday school in the Congregational social circles Dr. Girard is a well known church in Holland. His wife being a Bap- and popular figure, and for many years he
tist. when he came to Wales, he became an has been town physician for West Spring- attendant of the Baptist church: was its superintendent twelve years and has tanght in the Sunday school for the past thirty- four years : and also has led the church choir thirty years. However. Mr. MeFar- land still retains his mmebership in the
field. In November, 1594. Dr. Girard mar- ried Alescina Boissert, daughter of Onesine Baissert and Celeste Davignon (M. Boissert was a wealthy merchant of the Eastern Township). Of this union there were born four children : Marie Theresa. Paul Abel, Congregational church in Holland. lle has lien a member of the republican committee
AAdolphe and Raymond Girard.
MCFARLAND, HERBERT A., was born in about thirty years, serving most of the time Sturbridge. April 14, 1840, a son of Mar- as chairman. shall and Lorinda A. (Webber) MeFarland. one of seven children : Charles M .. Mary .1 .. Herbert A .. Ursula N .. Alvira C., Emma and Ellen. When Herbert was eight years
GREEN. FRED W .. p. o. Wilbraham, Mass., was born in Wilbraham. Mass .. February 10. 1859, a son of Walter M and Julia A. ( Butler) Green, and was educated in of age his mother died and the next five the schools of his town, and Hitchcock Mr. Green served as
years he spent in the town of Holland. school in Brimfield.
where he received his education in the postmaster in Wilbraham for four years schools of that town, of Sturbridge, and and has been engaged in his present business Brimfield academy, where he graduated. At of livery and stage route for nine years. Mr. righteen he began teaching winter terms of Green is a public spirited man, serving as school and assisted his uncle on the farm assessor one year. selectman six years and in the summer. He was thus employed for is now secretary of the board. In 15%2 ten years, after which he came to Wales he married Mary M. Robbins, of Wilbra- and entered the employ of Elijah Shaw as ham: six children were born of this mar- bookkeeper and paymaster for his six mills, riage: Florence M. Walter R. Ruth l'., which position he held ten years. In 1970 Marjorie IL .. Fred W .. jr., and Harland.
GURNEY, FRANK A. D. o. Wilbraham.
the Wales Savings bank was incorporated ind Mr. MeFarland was made secretary. Mass. was born in Plainneld. Mass. Deto- In isso he was appointed secretary and ber 16. 1853. a son of William Gurney. a treasurer, which position he still holds, native of Ashfield, and Philena Torres, his Mr. MeFarland is also interested in agri- wife, a native of Plainfield. Frank A. ro- crivel a common school education and ulnutre. making a specialty of dairy farm- ing and he also condiets a large milk route. came to Wilbraham in 1ss9. where he pur- He owns and controls abont Fou acres of chased the general store of C. I .. Hubbard. land in Wales and adjoining towns on Mr Gurney served as assessor for five JJ.inary 21. 1$Gs, Mr. McFarland married years and was appointed postmaster in
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1898. In 1SS1 Mr. Gurney married Ger- trude Spalding. who died in 1894, leaving one son, Raymond F. In 1897 Mr. Gur- ney married, second, Mary Beebe
JONES, EDMUND W .. p. o .. Wilbraham, Mass., born in Wilbraham. Sep- tember 16. 1857. and now resides In the house in which
he was born, the house being about a century old. Ile was a son of Renben Jones. a native of Springfield, Mass .. and Eunice Warner, his wife. both now deceased. Edmund W. re- ceived a common school education and after leaving school engaged in farming ; he is now one of the town weighers and a member of Wilbraham Grange.
BODURTHA, HENRY E., p. o. Agawam. Mass .. was born on the Bodurtha homestead in Agawam, March 15. 1865 .. a son of Ed- ward K .. a native of the same town. repre- sentative to the legislature in 1866. and selectman of his town for ten years, and Jane E. Willard, his wife. Henry E. was educated in the schools of Agawam and Worcester Academy. He is now engaged in farming. In 1887 was elected tax col- lector of his town: in 1889 was elected selectman. and was overseer of the poor and assessor for two years, serving as chair- man of the board: in 1895 he was re- elected and has since been acting in the capacity of chairman. October 30. 1891, Mr. Bodurtha married M. Belle, daughter of Silas Cook, of Agawam, who bore him four children : Grace Mildred, who died in in- fancy : Jennette, Dudley Kent and Warren Cook (twins).
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