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"Witness my hand and seal this eleventh day of January, one thousand seven hun- dred and ninety-three.
"NATHAN BUCKNAM.
"Signed, sealed and publicly declared by the said Nathan Bucknam, to be a Codicil to his last will and testament, in presence of us
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"Abijah Richardson. Timothy Hamant, Joseph Partridge.
"True copy on file in the Probate Office of the County of Norfolk.
" SAMUEL HAVEN, Regr."
REV. AMOS BULLARD, A. M.
AMOS BULLARD, son of Amos and Abigail (Adams) Bullard, was born July 13, 1807, in Medway. He pursued his studies in Leicester and Hadley academies, graduated in 1833 from Amherst College, and in 1839 from the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. He was a tutor in Amherst College, from 1835 to 1837. Associate principal of Leicester Academy in 1840-'42, preached in Ware, Brimfield, and Fall River, Mass., in 1842-'43. He was ordained and installed Oct. 26, 1843, pastor of the Congregational Church in Barre, Mass., where he died Aug. 21, 1850. The Rev. Mr. Bul- lard married Dec. 30, 1839, Mary Ann Durant, daughter of William Du- rant, Esq., of Andover, Mass. There were four children.
REV. MALACHI BULLARD.
MALACHI BULLARD. son of Malachi and Dolly (Littlefield) Bullard, was born Nov. 4, 1816, in West Medway. He pursued his preparatory studies in Franklin Academy under the Rev. Mortimer Blake, D. D., and in 1837 entered Amherst College, Amherst. Mass. After two years he went to Dart- mouth College, Hanover, N. H., where he graduated in 18441. In 1842 he was preceptor of the academy in Atkinson, N. H. He studied theology with the Rev. Jacob Ide, D. D., and was ordained Nov. 19, 1846, pastor of
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the Congregational Church in Winchendon, Mass. He died May 10, 1849. The Rev. Mr. Bullard married Nov. 11, 1846, Sabrina Bullard, daughter of Nathan and Nancy (Russell) Bullard. There was one child, Harriet Ellen Bullard, born March 19, IS48. The Rev. Mr. Bullard published a sermon on "Sinful Amusements."
REV. HENRY LEWIS BULLEN.
HENRY LEWIS BULLEN, son of Lewis and Esther (Grout) Bullen, was born Aug. 17, 1820, in Medway, now Millis, Mass. He graduated in 1842 from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. From that time to IS46 he en- gaged in teaching in Sherborn and West Newbury, Mass. ; in Eatonton and Macon, Ga. He then was a student in the Theological Seminary, An- dover, Mass., for a year or more, and afterwards taught two years in Hol- liston, Mass. He was ordained, and installed May 7, 1850, pastor of the Congregational Church in Byron, Ill., but very soon was called to the Pro- fessorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Iowa College. This position he filled for eight years, and resigned in IS58. In 1860 he was in- stalled pastor of the Congregational Church in Durant, Ia., where he minis- tered for seven years. In IS71 he removed to Moline, Ill., where, in 1885, he resided. Vid. THE GENEALOGIES.
WILLIAM OSCAR BURDON, ESQ.
WILLIAM OSCAR BURDON, ( Estes", Aaron', Jonathan', John", John',) son of Estes and Abba A. (Warfield) Burdon. was born Aug. 30, 18440, in Slatersville, R. I. His great ancestor. John Burdon. immigant, son of John
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Burdon, was born in 1685 in Durham City, England, and when a lad of fifteen years, in 1700, was impressed on board a man-of-war, and in 1704 was at the capture of Gibraltar. Subsequently he landed in America and settled in Danvers, Mass. He married Abigail Moulton of that town and was by occupation a tailor. Mr. Burdon's mother, Abba A. Warfield, ( Thurber", John5, Elihu", Elihu3, John", John1,) daughter of Thurber War- field, was born Nov. 25, 1815, and was descended from Dea. John Warfield, of Medfield, Mass. Mr. Burdon was educated at the academy in New London, N. H. In the fall of IS6S he was elected master of the High and Grammar School in East Medway. He was a successful and popular teacher for several years, but in the spring of 1874 he resigned and devoted himself to agriculture, and upon the decease of his father, he became the proprietor of the homestead farm in Blackstone, Mass.
WILLIAM HIRAM CARY, ESQ.
WILLIAM HIRAM CARY, son of Barnabas and Phebe (Danforth) Cary, was born March 29, 1805, in Attleboro, Mass. In ISII his father removed with his family to Rindge, N. H., and in ISIS they came to Medway, where his parents died at an advanced age. The family consisted of eleven chil- dren : four sons and seven daughters, of whom Mr. Cary and one sister, Mrs. Mary (Cary) Whitney, widow of Charles B. Whitney, are the only survivors.
Mr. Cary received his education in the public schools, and in Leicester Academy. He commenced his business career in the counting-room of the Messrs. William Felt & Co., manufacturers of cotton goods in Medway, and continued in their employment until the age of twenty, when he began trade in the Village store with the Hon. James W. Clark, now of Framingham, Mass., and continued with him for three years. He was afterwards in part- nership with Mr. Charles S. Cheever, now of Cincinnati, O. Next he was appointed agent of Messrs. William Felt & Co., in the manufacture of satinet, whom he succeeded by purchase in 1837, and continued in business in the same mill until it was consumed by fire in 1854. Subsequently he bought of Mr. George Barber a mill property in Bellingham, which had been owned and operated by Mr. William White, which he rebuilt and enlarged, and erected three dwelling-houses on the premises. The Civil War depressed the cotton goods manufacture, and he sold the property in 1864 to Mr. F. B. Ray at a large sacrifice. Out of respect to the enterprise of Mr. Cary a post-office was established, and the village has ever since been known as Caryville. In 1866-7 he erected a brick mill on the site of the Eagle Mill in Wrentham, and afterward, in 1869, he purchased the Rockville Mills in East Medway, now Millis, making thread, yarn, and sheetings, and in 1871 he sold out to Messrs. Thayer and Jenkins, who manufactured cotton bat- ting.
During sixty years of his active business life he was a leading manufac- turer of various fabrics in this town and vicinity, and for more than thirty years to the value of from $75.000 to $100,000 per annum. He has held and managed a larger mill property and real estate for himself and as trustee for the Barber estate and others, than any other man in the community, and has
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been identified in promoting the industrial and other interests of the town. He was chairman of the committee charged with grading the famous Air Line Railroad from Dover, Mass., to Woonsocket, R. I. To this enterprise he devoted much time, and as a stockholder used his means freely. . He was an active and liberal supporter of the Government in putting down the Rebellion, giving much aid to the Union soldiers and their families. In 1861-2 he represented his district in the General Court of Massachusetts, and was called to serve on the important committees on banks and banking and manufactures. His experience and practical knowledge made him a wise and useful legislator.
He is justly entitled to the credit of suggesting the test by which the great question of drainages, considered for more than fifty years in the Leg- islature, and claimed for the flowage of the Sudbury Meadows by the Bil- lerica Dam, was settled in favor of the dam owners. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace, and served for twenty-five years. and has been a vice-president and trustee of the Medway Savings Bank from its establish- ment to the present time. In his later life he served the town in various municipal offices with great fidelity and acceptance. In his religious sen- timents he was unsectarian, and a warm friend and liberal supporter of the religious institutions of the town. At the age of eighty years he is sprightly in body and mind, and has the high respect of all with whom he has done business or with whom he has been associated.
PROF. GEORGE LOVELL CARY.
GEORGE LOVELL CARY, eldest child of William H. and Lydia D. (Lovell) Cary, was born May 10, 1830, in Medway. His earlier education was ob- tained in the schools, both public and private, of his native town. At the age of eighteen he entered Harvard College. his principal preparation having been made at Leicester Academy and Williston Seminary. Graduating in 1852, he spent the next two or three years in business, in company with his father, with a view to securing improved health by a temporary discontin- uance of study. During a part of this time, he was a member of the school committee of the town. In the autumn of 1856 he was appointed to the Professorship of Greek, in Antioch College, Ohio, then under the Presidency of the Hon. Horace Mann. The next year the chairs of Latin and Greek were united, and from that time to the suspension of the college in IS62, he had charge of both these departments. While meditating a residence at Cam- bridge, with a view to a more complete preparation for the Christian minis- try, he was offered and accepted the chair of New Testament Literature in the Meadville Theological School, located in northwestern Pennsylvania. To this position were also attached the duties of instructor in metaphysics and some other academic branches. He has been constantly devoted to this work until the present time, with the exception of one year spent in Europe for the restoration of impaired health. He married March 12, 1854, Mary Isabella Harding, daughter of David and Mary M. (Daniels) Harding. She was born Dec. 27, 1834, in East Medway. They have one child, a daughter, Margaret Lovell Cary.
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CAPT. JOHN COLE.
JOIIN COLE was born in Westmoreland, N. H. He was the fifth of a family of ten children. His father died when he was young and he was at a very early age obliged to work for his own support. A few winter terms in the district school was all the opportunity given him for an education. When eighteen years of age he went to Boston in search of employment, and after a few months, shipped in a merchant vessel sailing from that port. Before his return from a short voyage, he decided to follow the seas as a permanent business, and devoted himself to it with great energy. After a few voyages, he was promoted and before he was thirty years old, was in command of a fine whaling ship, with the reputation of being a superior navigator. His voyages were uniformly successful, and made without loss or accident, giving him, in a few years, a comfortable fortune. He studied navigation, and de- voted a great deal of his time to general reading, so that, although deprived in early life of school privileges, he became in this way well informed in works of science and literature. On the sixth of March, IS3S, he was married to Elizabeth Shaw, of Westmoreland, through whose faithful counsel and the study of the Bible, he had been brought to a serious consideration of his ob- ligations to God, resulting in his conversion on a previous voyage. After taking one long voyage, he was strongly inclined to retire from the sea, and after a few months at Hartford and Boston, he moved to Medway, and made his home in the cottage under the hill, where he was to spend so many years of his life. Here he lived a few happy months with his family, before start- ing upon what he meant should be his last voyage. Soon after he sailed, his wife began to fail in health, gradually fading away with consumption, until her death, April 13, 1843. Mrs. Cole's sweet Christian spirit, her fortitude and serenity under the trying circumstances of her condition were wonderful, and her death triumphant.
There were three children ; one little girl, Anna, died a single week before the mother, and was buried with her, leaving a twin sister, Ella A. Cole, and a brother, John Adams Cole, who are still living.
This affliction was deeply felt by the husband, when more than fifteen months after the sad event he received the tidings by the way of a passing vessel, while sailing the northern Pacific. Letters written to his pastor at this time show the depth of his grief and also the wonderful support he found in the Christian faith. He was through life an earnest student of the Bible. In IS45 he married Mary E. Wells and for the next ten years of his life resided most of the time in Walpole, N. H., where he had extensive interests and where he took an active part in the church, in temperance, and political affairs. He was a member of the convention that nominated Martin Van Buren as the Presidential candidate of the new Free Soil Party in IS48, and was always an ardent advocate of freedom. Many colored fugitives found a helper in him, when on their way to Canada. In 1854 he made another voyage accompanied by his wife. sailing around the Cape to San Francisco, suffering shipwreck off Cape Hatteras on his return the following year. Soon after, he returned to his old home in Medway, where he lived, until two or three years preceding his death which took place Jan. 6, 1875.
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MICHAEL HENRY COLLINS, ESQ.
MICHAEL HENRY COLLINS became a resident, in 1874, of Medway, now Millis, Mass. . His residence on Orchard Street overlooks a beauti- ful sheet of water fed by the living flow of the ancient Boggastow Brook. His estate embraces lands once owned by Joseph Daniell and afterward by
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THE RESIDENCE OF MICHAEL HENRY COLLINS, ESQ.
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his son, Joseph Daniell. The preceding picture shows the site of the origi- nal Hinsdell Mill, which was burned by the Indians. The whole locality is full of historic interest. Mr. Collins, an Englishman by birth, has been identified with some of the most useful inventions.
He, in connection with another party, was the originator and inventor of the process of manufacturing what is known as granulated sugar ; the author of the drawings of the Chase lozenge machine, from which large fortunes have been made by others ; the inventor of a quartz-crushing machine which was of vast service in mining operations many years ago, and many of which were sold for $3,000 each, considered a fabulous sum in those days ; the in- ventor of a system for the ventilation of buildings and which even now is widely used ; the inventor of what has revolutionized our method of illumi- nation, namely, the lamp " sun burner "; the inventor of a violin, or what is called the echolin. Perhaps his most valuable invention is the sun burner for the use of kerosene illumination.
At the time of the first use of kerosene, efforts were made by various sci- entific men, as well as inventors, to make a lamp burner which would avoid heating the chimneys to such a degree that they could not be handled, which would lessen the danger of explosion, and at the same time give the best illu- minating power. Many of these men tried it and failed. Mr. Collins, with that originality which has always characterized him and his inventions, struck out into an entirely new field, and after years of experimenting upon and perfecting lamp-burners. produced the device known as the sun bur- ner. It was patented in 1865, but as is usual with good things, his patent was immediately infringed upon, and although Mr. Collins has realized large amounts of money from the sale of his burner, yet the defending of his patent and the prosecution of the infringers thereon, has necessitated also the ex- penditure of large sums. An effort is being made to have the patent ex- tended that he may yet reap some still more reasonable compensation for conferring so great a public blessing upon the world. Mr. Collins' latest perfected invention, after many years of experimenting, is the echolin, a musical instrument similar to a violin, which for depth of volume and ex- quisite richness of tone is a marvel. Several of these echolins have been tested by professional violinists who express themselves as being satis-
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fied that they are, as is claimed for them by the inventor, the richest and purest toned instruments known to the musical profession. Mr. Collins has a most beautifully situated residence, the doors of which are always opened with a cordial and generous hospitality.
JOHN ADAMS COLE, EsQ.
JOHN ADAMS COLE, son of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Shaw) Cole, was born Dec. 16, 1838, in Westmoreland, N. H. He received his academic education in Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., studied his profession of civil engineering in Boston, Mass., where he practiced it for two years. From 1862 to 1865 he was Field Agent of the Christian Commission, and afterward Financial Agent of Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mr. Cole married, Dec. 15, 1870, Julia M. Alvord. For some years he has been a civil engineer and land surveyor in the city of Chicago, Ill.
ARTHUR WELLS COLE, ESQ.
ARTHUR WELLS COLE, son of Capt. John and Mary E. (Wells) Cole, was born March 2, 1856, in Westmoreland, N. H. He was a student in Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for three years, and graduated in 1873. He then entered Yale College, Conn., from which he graduated in 1877. In IS78 he was a member of the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., and the next year, 1879, was in a law office, and later went to California, where he remained until ISSI, when he returned and became associated with his older brother in the study, and afterward in the practice of civil engineer- ing, their office being Room 69, Ashland Block, Chicago, Ill.
JOHN MARTIN CRANE, ESQ.
JOHN MARTIN CRANE, son of the Rev. Dr. Silas A. and Mary E. (Martin) Crane, was born May 24, 1829, in Providence, R. I. He was educated in the schools of Greenwich, R. I., and in St. Paul College, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. For several years he was a manufacturer of flour and lumber, being the proprietor of mills in Brainbridge, Ind., and in Davenport, Ia. In 1868 he returned to New England and settled upon a farm in East Medway, now Millis, where he still resides. Mr. Crane mar- ried Miss Laura Henshaw. She was a descendant of Joshua Henshaw, who was born in Lancashire, England, and who when a mere lad of ten years, in 1653, came to America and was brought up in the family of the Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Laura Crane died, and Mr. Crane mar- ried Miss Caroline S. Cogswell. She was a daughter of the late Rev. Prof. William Cogswell, D. D., of Dartmouth College and afterward President of the Theological Seminary, Gilmanton, N. H.
REV. PATRICK CUDDIHY.
PATRICK CUDDINY was born March 17, ISog, in Clonmel, Tipperary County, Ireland. He was educated in the College of St. Isadore, Rome, at- tended lectures at the Roman University, and was ordained, in 1832, by Cardinal Zula. He spent twenty years in clerical labor in Waterford, Ireland, where he built a fine church. In this country he has built four churches.
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He came to Milford in 1857, at which time he presided over the Catholic parishes of Milford, Hopkinton, Medway, Holliston, Ashland, Upton, and Westboro. During his stay there he built St. Mary's, a handsome granite church, and a fine residence adjoining, the grounds being tastefully laid out. He established a parochial school which has been a success.
Father Cuddihy was the first pastor of St. Joseph Church in Medway, and his ministry continued from 1857 to 1870. He has been thus described : "Father Cuddihy, in his splendid masculine quality, was a man sure to win strong affection. No one, who knew him at all, could know him in a luke- warm manner. His active life-memories ran through sixty years of stirring history. And he was never a dreamer or an idler. He was always deeply interested in the public movements, both of this country and Ireland. A patriot who was of man's estate before his co-religionists were entrusted with the franchise. He worked heartily with O'Connell in the repeal movement. He was a leader among the priests in Ireland forty years ago. He applied his experience, and his large natural ability, in judging of all the later Irish movements as they arose. When he differed from the earnest men who struggled, he always spoke his opinion, but he was never hasty to condemn. And defeat could not sap his hope and confidence. His sympathies were warm for the Land League. 'In Ireland,' he said, 'I upheld agitation and liberty, as I now uphold them in America. And in my love for liberty I yield to no young American.' Father Cuddihy represents the grand old school of Irish priests of the early part of the century, men who were famous in all countries for learning, courtesy, and hospitality." On the fiftieth an- niversary of his ordination, celebrated Dec. 28, 1882, there was not one of his many guests more erect and vigorous than he who so well knew the duty of a host. On this interesting occasion the Rt. Rev. P. T. O'Reilly preached a most eloquent and appropriate sermon.
Allusion was made to the work of Father Cuddihy in America, his zeal in the missions of Western Massachusetts, churches built, sacraments admin- istered, religion upheld. Milford was appealed to as an evidence of his la- bors, the beautiful churches and especially the parochial school which the preacher regarded as his crowning work by which true education would be instilled into the hearts of the youth. The Bishop closed with a most elo- quent address to Father Cuddihy in which he said : "Old Man, we have no triumphal car in which to carry you in triumph through the streets, there are no triumphal arches in your honor, there is no crown of laurel with which to deck your brow, but we crown you with the wreath of our love and best wishes for many more years of life to be useful to the Church and the people." Father Cuddihy rose as the Bishop addressed him and the scene was most impressive.
REV. CALVIN CUTLER.
CALVIN6 CUTLER, ( Amos," Calvin ," Jonathan,3. Jonathan," Jonathan,1) son of Amos and Saralı (Topliff') Cutler, was born Feb. 19, IS33, in Holliston, Mass. He pursued his preparatory studies at the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and graduated in 1856 from Dartmouth College. Hanover, N. H. For two years he was the principal of the academy in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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He graduated in 1861 from the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. While in the seminary he was invited to become a tutor in Dartmouth Col -- lege, but declined the appointment. He was licensed to preach Jan. 29, 1861, by the Norfolk Association in Randolph, Mass. Mr. Cutler was or- dained, and installed, March 12, 1862, pastor of the Congregational Church in New Ipswich, N. H. He resigned, and was installed, May 9, 1867, pas- tor of the Auburndale Congregational Church in Newton, Mass., where he now resides. He was for several years one of the trustees of the Appleton Academy in New Ipswich ; and for three years a member of the school com- mittee of Newton. He published an article in the Bibliotheca Sacra for October, 1869, on "The Brethren of our Lord"; a sermon, "The Chris- tian's Appeal"; and other sermons and articles in newspapers. He mar- ried into the family of the Rev. David Sanford, of Medway.
DANIEL D. CURTIS, ESQ.
DANIEL D. CURTIS, son of Bracey and Eliza (Day) Curtis, was born Jan. 19, 1830, in Kennebunk, Me. At the age of twenty-one he left his home and went out into the broad world to look out for himself. He was for two years at work on a farm in Billerica, Mass. In IS53 he became an apprentice in the manufacture of straw goods of Mr. Walter Jones, of Medfield, Mass. After three years Mr. Jones took him into partnership, which continued for twelve years, when Mr. Jones died. From a very small beginning the business had grown so that in 1865 the concern manu- factured some three thousand cases. Mr. Curtis, after the death of his part- ner, found a copartnership with Messrs. H. A. Searle and G. F. Dailey, of New York City, and managed the manufacture of the straw goods while his partners in New York conducted the sale of the same. It was the rule of this firm to do business only to the extent of their capital, and to avail them- selves of all improved and labor-saving machinery. The business was profit- able, and gradually extended until they employed some two hundred men and nearly a thousand women, and manufactured some two hundred thou- sand dozens of hats and bonnets annually. Mr. Curtis resided in Medfield, but in 1884 purchased the straw works in Medway in addition to his large factory in Medfield. Mr. Curtis died very suddenly of paralysis of the brain, on Monday, Dec. 7, ISS5. The event was widely felt, and the whole com- munity mourned the loss of a respectable citizen and a man of eminent busi- ness ability and success. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. J. J. Twiss, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 9, ISS5, in the First Parish Church, and the burial took place in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Medfield, Mass.
REV. SAMUEL CHENERY DAMON, D. D.
SAMUEL CHENERY DAMON, son of Samuel and Alony (Chenery) Da- mon, was born Feb. 15, 1815, in Holden. Mass. His grandmother was Abi- gail Penniman, a daughter of James and Abigail (Clark) Penniman, of East Medway. He graduated in 1836 front Amherst College, Mass., and in IS41 from the Theological Seminary in Andover, Mass. He was ordained Sept. 15, 1841, and sailed as Chaplain of the Seaman's Friend Society to Honolulu,
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