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t Some of the descendants of Capi. Daniel now spell their name Beedy. The Captain, when a resident of Industry, employed the same orthography as did the early ancestors of the race, and this form the author prefers.
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daughters, were born to Eli and Mehitable Beede. Daniel,2 one of the sons, removed to Sandwich, N. H., where he became a prominent and highly respected citizen. He was appointed Judge (probably of the probate court), represented his town several times in the State Legis- lature, and raised up a very fine family. He was the father of twelve children, among whom was a son named Daniel,3 who married Dolly Hackett. They were the parents of eight children, viz. : Elizabeth, 1 Nathan, Aaron,1 Daniel,+ Peter,+ Dolly,+ Ephraim,4 and Jeremiah.1 Nathan+ married Nellie McGaffy, and is the immediate ancestor of the Phillips, Maine, Beedes. Daniel,+ whose name stands at the head of this sketch, married, Feb. 12, 1807, Polly Eveleth, daughter of James and Betsey (Williams) Eveleth, of Industry. The date of his settlement in Industry is uncertain, but he probably came to town some years prior to his marriage. Dolly + married, March 16, 1813, Solomon Turner, of New Vineyard. Peter Beede+ married (pub. Oct. 29, 1808) Sally Gil- man, of Mt. Vernon, and settled on a lot adjoining his brother Daniel on the east.
Daniel Beede 1 settled on the Lowell Strip and partially cleared the farm now ( 1892) owned by Alburn C. Robbins. He was in command of the Industry company of militia when called out during the 1812 War. Soon after this he sold out and moved to No. 6, now a part of Phillips. His first wife died and he subsequently married Nancy Chandler. He was the father of sixteen children, twelve by his first, and four by his second marriage. When the Captain moved to No. 6 he followed a spotted line. Selecting a suitable location, he began a clearing, and by unflagging industry cleared a good farm and reared a large family to manhood and womanhood. He died 1864, aged 80. His second wife died in 1886.
Children.
i. DOLLY HACKETT, b. in Industry, Jan. S, ISO8; m. George F. Reed; spent their whole lives in Phillips; both dead; one son.
1. ii. DANIEL, b. in Industry, Nov. 23, 1809 :* m. Emily Ela; d. 1858; m. Ilelen B., dau. of John and Ruby (Strout) Coffin, of Harrington, Me. BENJAMIN, b. in Industry, July 7, IS11.
iii. FREDERIC, In. Thirza Harding; went to Wisconsin; d. leaving children. JAMES EVELETH, m. in Nova Scotia; d. leaving a smart family, who reside in Stillwater, Minn.
POLLY EVELETH.
BETSEY II., m. Joseph Sherburne, of Phillips.
JOSEPH EVELETH, m. an Irish lady al Cafais, and removed to Iowa. CAROLINE S., m. A. G. Newman, of Weld; three sons and two daughters.
* This date was copied from the town records of Industry, and the entry appears to have been made in 1812. The Farmington Chronicle, in an obituary notice of Mr. Beede, see Vol. 50, No. 31, states that he was born in 1810. From a careful comparison of dates, the author is of the opinion that the Chronicle is in error.
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EUNICE P., d.
CHARLES J., m. - Judkins, and moved to Minnesota, about 1853, . p. ABBIE IL., m. Augustus Sanborn; resides in Somerville, Mass.
LUCY ELLEN, m. George Batchelder; resided on the homestead.
LAURA F., always an invalid; d. about IS78.
EDWIN H., unmd; lives with sister Ellen.
I. DANIEL BEEDE, son of Capt. Daniel and Mary (Eveleth) Beede, married Emily Ela. When three years of age his father moved to a township, a portion of which is now in the town of Phillips. Here, engaged in the pursuits of farm life, young Beede spent his boyhood days, getting occasional glimpses of the outside world in his trips on horseback to mill, and to the then distant seaport town of Hallowell, whither all the inland settlers in this section of the State went to find a market for their produce. Diligent in his studies, he obtained a good education in the English branches by attending the town schools in his own and adjoining districts. Having manifested a decided taste for such work, he decided on becoming of age to devote his life to civil and hydraulic engineering, and accordingly prepared himself for this work. When the projectors of the Bates Mills advertised for plans, in 1854, Mr. Beede was one of several competitors ; his plans were accepted and he was employed to build Mills No. 1 and 2. He moved to Lewiston with his family, and but for the failure of the company for which he was at work would probably have spent the rest of his life in that place. In consequence of poor health he went to California in the spring of 1862. At that time there was a general depression in business in the Golden State. On his arrival Mr. Beede was met on the wharf by a gentleman, who said, " If you have come here expecting work you may as well return." He staid, however, and was soon employed to go to Mexico, build and superintend the running of a quartz-mill. At the expiration of two and one-half years he went to Oregon, where he built and operated a similar mill for the same length of time. While in Mex- ico and Oregon he contributed an able and interesting series of letters to the Franklin Patriot, published at Farmington, Me.
He was the projector and builder of the suspension bridges at Strong and Kingfield, in Franklin County. At the last mentioned place the following incident is related in regard to the newly-completed bridge. The sway of the bridge when completed caused many people unac- quainted with such structures to question its safety. To show his own confidence in the permanency and strength of the structure, Mr. Beede, in the presence of a large company of people, drove his horse across the bridge and back at full speed, and was heartily cheered on his return as he turned his horse's head toward Farmington. He was much re-
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spected by those who knew him, alike as a good citizen and an exem plary christian. His wife, by whom he had three children, one son and two daughters, died in 1858, and he married, Aug. 5, 1875, Helen B. Coffin, who survives him. He died in Farmington, where he had for many years made his home, July 29, 1889, aged 79 years.
BENSON.
BENJAMIN BENSON was among the pioneer settlers to that part of New Vineyard set off to Industry in 1844. He was born Feb. 22, 1733, and probably came from Martha's Vineyard, though nothing is positively known of his ancestry or early history. His wife, by whom he had sev- eral children, was Mary Chamberlain, born Feb. 22, 1735. Ile erected a mill, on a small stream flowing near his home, soon after immigrating to the District of Maine.
Children.
j. RHODA, b. October, 1764.
ii. GEORGE,* b. May 1, 1768.
iii. MARY, b. July 9, 1770; m. Benjamin Ditson.
IV. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 14, 1772; m. Mary Jordan, of Mt. Desert.
LUCY, b. Nov. 20, 1774; m. Sept. 11, ISO1, Robert Nichols (b. Nov. IS, 1769), son of George and Betsey (Sawyer) Nichols, of Stark. She (1. Aug. 11, 1825; several children.
vi. BARTLETT, b. May 22, 1777; m. Mary Nichols (b. June 10, 1778), dlau. of George and Betsey (Sawyer) Nichols, of Stark.
vii. HANNAH, m. Mar. 29, 1804, Ezra Vincent, + of New Vineyard.
viii. MATTHEW, b. June 3, 1782; m. Feb. 18, 1806, Mary Gott ; (b. Nov. 24, 1782). She d. and he m. Sept. 21, 1843, Mrs. Mary M. Wade, relict of C'aleb Wade. She d. April 15, ISSO. Ile came to Industry from Stark, and settled on lot No. 25, on the Lowell Strip, on the farm recently occupied by Benj. Warren Norton, Jr. He was a man of some property, kept a large apiary, and also delighted in hunting the wild honey-bee. He subsequently moved to Madison, where he d. at an advanced age. Among his chiklren were :
i. PERMELIA, b. Jan. 18, 1807; m. Dec. 5, 1826, Levi Wyman, of Milburn (now Skowhegan).
ij. JOHN, b. Feb. 10, 1808; joined Maine Methodist Conference, and was for many years an able and successful minister of that denomination; d.
* The New Vineyard Records contain this entry : " Family of George Benson (d. Nov. S, 1803) :
" i. GEORGE, 2d, b. Mar. 1, 1790;
ii. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 20 (?), 1792:
iii. PRISCILLA, b. April S, 1701:
iv. SARAH C., b. July 30, 1790;
v. THOMAS, b. Sept. 6, 1798;
vi. PEGGY, b. Aug. 1, 1801."
While there are no means of identifying this family with that of Benjamin Benson, circum stances lead the author to believe them to have been father and son. But how George, son of George Benson, could be George, 20, the writer is unable to say. Undoubtedly it should be George, Jr.
t This name was quite commonly spelled Vinson.
# She was a sister of John Gott, who m. a dau. of Abner Norton, q. v.
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iii. MARY .1., b. Dec. 7, 1800.
CHARLES, m. (pub. Oct. 28, 1808) Love Pinkham, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Chesley) Pinkham, q. v. Ile d. a young man, leaving two children. His widow m. John Daggett for her second husband.
LYDIA .*
BOARDMAN.
HERBERT BOARDMAN,5 one of the earliest settlers in that part of New Vineyard annexed to Industry in 1844, was a descendant from William and Frances Boardman, who immigrated to this country in 1638. Wil- liam Boardman was a tailor by trade and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Of the nine children born to William and Frances Boardman, the fourth was Aaron.2 To him was born, by his wife, Mary, seven children. Moses,3 the second, was born Feb. 17, 1675-6. He married, June 25, 1700, Abigail, daughter of Dea. Walter Hastings. His son, Andrew Boardman,4. was a graduate of Harvard College and a clergyman of the Congregational denomination. He married Katharine Allen, daughter of Sylvanus and Jane ( Homes) Allen, and was for some time pastor of the church at Chilmark, Mass. He died of small-pox at Chilmark, Nov. 19, 1776.
Children.
i. ANDREW, b. July 16, 1748.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. April 9, 1750; m. Dea. Nathan Mayhew.
iii. KATHARINE. b. Mar. 19, 1752; m. Nathaniel Bassett.
iv. WILLIAM, D. Nov. 16, 1753; unmd.
V. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 25, 1755; m. Peter Austin.
vi. SYLVANUS, b. Sept. 15, 1757; m. April 12, 1790, Phebe Dana, dau. of George and Margaret (Clark) Dana, of Stow and Ashburnham, Mass. He was a Baptist minister, and eventually settled in New Sharon. He frequently preached in Industry, where he was well known and highly esteemed. He d. in New Sharon, Mar. 16, IS45, aged 87 yrs. Ilis wife d. in Bloomfield, Sept. 23, 1860, aged 91 yrs., 10 mos .; eight children.
vii. WALTER, b. July 12, 1761; m. Jane Hillman.
viii. HERBERT, b. April 11, 1764; m. Dec. 4, 1788, Mary Merry, dau. of David and Eunice (Chase) Merry, q. v.
ix. JANE, b. Aug. 14, 1767; m. Sarson Chase.
1. HERBERT BOARDMAN,5 as will be seen, was the eighth child of Andrew and Katharine. His birthplace was undoubtedly the town of Chilmark, on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. He came to the Dis- trict of Maine with others in April, 1792, sailing from the Vineyard and up the Kennebec River in the schooner "Snubbet," Capt. Sarson Butler, master.t It is probable that he made a brief residence in Farmington
* The author is nol certain as to the order of birth of those whose birth-date is wanting.
t As the schooner made the mouth of the Kennebec River she encountered a terrible north- east snowstorm, and the passengers and crew were in great peril. To lighten the vessel, Captain Butler ordered the deck load to be thrown overboard. Mr. Boardman had fifteen sheep on the
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before settling in New Vineyard. In 1795, he purchased of Tristram Daggett one hundred acres of land lying at the base of the mountain which now bears his name, for which he paid forty pounds, English money. The deed is recorded in the Lincoln County Registry and bears the date of Sept. 15, 1795. This instrument was acknowledged before Moses Starling, Justice of the Peace, and Samuel and Rebecca Daggett wrote their names as witnesses to grantor's signature. In this deed Mr. Boardman's residence is given as New Vineyard, and it is pos- sible that he may have lived for a short time in the western part of the township prior to making his purchase of Mr. Daggett. The author has been unable to fix to his own satisfaction the date of Mr. Boardman's removal to his newly purchased farm .* This farm under the judicious management of Esq. Boardman became one of the largest and best in that part of the town. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and transacted a considerable business as a magistrate. Though in some re- spects a little eccentric, he was noted for his generous hospitality. He was a blacksmith by trade, but it is believed he did but little at the business during the latter years of his life. His wife was noted for her industry, intelligence and piety. Esq. William Allen says of her : " No one in town was more respected as long as she lived and her memory is held in kind remembrance." Both Esq. Boardman and his wife were consistent and worthy members of the Methodist Church. On the night of Jan. 22, 1824. their well-furnished house, with its contents, was destroyed by fire. He built another house soon after, in which the remainder of his life was spent. He died July 31, 1838, aged 74 years, 3 months and 14 days. His wife died Aug. 1, 1843, aged 76 years, 4 months and 23 days.
Children.
i. CATHARINE, b. Oct. 5, 1789; d. Oct. 10, 1789.
ANDREW, b. 1790; d. at Hallowell, in 1807.
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iii. LEONARD, b. Sept. 29, 1792; m. (pub. Dec. 2, 1814) Abigail Hobbs, dau. of Stephen and Abigail (Varney) Hobbs, of Berwick, Me.
quarter-deck, for which he besought mercy. He made a personal appeal to Captain Butler, say- ing " that he was going into a new country, where these sheep would be of inestimable value to him." Irritated and annoyed no doubt by this impassioned appeal, Captain Butler shouted in stentorian tones, " Mate, cut the lines and let Boardman's sheep go to h-1."
* Esq. W'm. Allen says (sec History of Industry, p. 14): " A new road being cut out from Daniel Collins's to Herbert Boardman's, Mr. B. moved his family from the river settlement in December, 1795, with his furniture on an ox-sled, being the first ox-team that passed over this road to the north of Mr. Collins's." This agrees with the date of Esq. Boardman's deed, Sept. 15, 1795, for it would be but reasonable to assume that he moved his family to their new home at the first available opportunity after its purchase. But Esq. Allen further relates that he and a younger brother overtook Esq. Boardman, with his team and goods, as they were on their way with a package for the relief of James Manter, who was very ill of a disease which terminated his life a few days later. We learn from the stone marking Mr. Manter's grave that he d. Dec. 20, 1700. This disagreement of dates the author has sought in vain to harmonize. Evidently Mr. Allen must be in error as to dates.
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2. iv. LEANDER, b. April 11, 1795; m. Mar. 25, 1819, Ilannah Jones, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary ( Ballister) Jones, of Farmington.
v. MENZIR, b. in New Vineyard, July 4, 1797: m. Oct. 16, 1821, Sarah Davis, dau. of Wendell and Mary (Smith ) Davis, q. z.
vi. MARY, b. in New Vineyard, May 22, 1799; m. June 14, 1821, Francis Remick, son of John and Elizabeth (Nevens) Remick, 7. 7.
vii CATHARINE, b. in New Vineyard. Mar. 4, 1801; m. Sept. 22, 1844, Rich- ard Fassett, son of Richard. He d. at West's Mills, Mar. 16, 1874, aged 67 years. She d. Jan. 8, 18So, s. p.
I. LEONARD BOARDMAN,6 son of Herbert and Mary ( Merry ) Board- man, married Abigail Hobbs. He settled on the John Marshall farm re- cently occupied by Thomas Stevens. He was a young man of much promise and had served as captain of the militia. He died Jan. 6. 1822 .* His widow subsequently married (pub. Jan. 24, 1826). James Davis, Jr., son of James and Betsey ( Look ) Davis, q. 7.
Children.
i. ANDREW, b. May 26, 1817; m. Naomi Savage, of Lexington, Me. She d. and he in. for his second wife, Augusta Savage, also of Lexington, a sister of his first wife. He is now dead. One son by first and three by second marriage, viz. : Leonard, Fred, Leander and Jesse.
ii. GEORGE HOBBS, b. Jan. 10, 1820; m. Sept. 15, 1846, Ruhamah Frizzell (b. Feb. 4. 1821), dau. of John, Jr. and Tamar Frizzell, of Mercer; (l. in Oakland, Me .; one son, 11. Edwin.
iii. TEMPERANCE STANLEY, b. June 16, 1822; m. Henry Williamson, son of Stephen, Jr., and Betsey (Greenleaf ) Williamson, of Stark. She d. in Stark, Jan. 11, 1866. Four children.
2. LEANDER BOARDMAN,6 son of Hebert and Mary ( Merry ) Board- man, married Hannah Jones. His early life was spent on his father's farm. After his marriage he settled in New Portland and in 1834 re- moved to Farmington, where the remainder of his life was spent. He settled on a farm in the northeast part of the town. After a residence of two years he exchanged his real estate for a stock of goods, and soon became one of the leading merchants at the Centre Village. Having acquired a competency, he retired from mercantile life in 1853. When the Sandy River Bank was established he was elected one of its direc- tors and was also postmaster in 1841. His death occurred Oct. 19, 1866, at the age of 71 years. 6 months and 8 days. His wife, Hannah. born Jan. 30, 1802. died Nov. 14, 1887.
Children.
i. MARY, b. Jan. 15, IS20; m. Aug. 19, 1545, Hiram B. Stoyell, son of Dr. Aaron and Abigail D. (Belcher) Stoyell, of Farmington. She d. in Farmington, June 10, 1886. Six children.
ii. ADELINE, b. Aug. 2, 1821; d. Sept. 29, ISS1; unmd.
iii. LEONARD, b. July 23, 1825: d. Feb. 20, IS39.
iv. JOHN LEANDER STOYELL, b. Feb. 14, 1836; d. Feb. 20, 1837.
* This date was copied from Captain Boardman's gravestone. A copy of the record from the old family Bible gives it Jan. 23, IS22.
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3. MENZIR BOARDMAN.6 son of Herbert and Mary (Merry) Board- man, married Sarah Davis. He settled on the homestead, with the intention of caring for his parents in their declining years. After their home was burned, in 1824, father and son each built a house. He died after a brief illness, May 17, 1838. aged 38 years and to months. His widow subsequently married, Jan. 30, 1840, Benjamin C. Norton, q. 7. A few years after Mr. Norton's death she married Elijah Manter. of Industry. She died Feb. 11, 1867.
Children.
i. HARRIET, b. 1826; d. May 4, 1840.
ii. SARAHI; m. May 28, 1867, Hiram Ramsdell, son of Abner, Jr., and Han- nah (Corbett) Ramsdell; resides in Farmington Centre Village.
BOYDEN.
ASAPH BOYDEN, youngest son of Isaac and Jemima C. Boyden. was born in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., Mass., Dec. 7, 1802. When only five years of age his mother died and one year later the father was laid by her side. After the death of his parents an elder brother took charge of the father's affairs and provided a home for the family at the okl homestead. While he lived in Greenwich young Boyden constantly attended school, and from the first made rapid progress in his studies. Even at this early age he frequently won high encomiums from the superintending committee and his teachers for his aptitude and ability in attaining knowledge. When nine years old. Calvin Newcomb, a sil- versmith, took the subject of this sketch to his home in Malone, N. Y., with the intention of teaching him the trade when he became of suitable age. He remained with Mr. Newcomb three years. and attended the Malone Academy a large portion of this time. His master treated him with kindness and consideration, but Mrs. Newcomb was harsh and cruel and Asaph frequently staid away from home all night to escape her flagellations. While living at Malone the War of 1812 occurred. Young as he then was, Asaph was an expert performer on the tenor drum. The barracks where the troops were rendezvoused were near Mr. New- comb's house, and young Boyden was engaged as their drummer. He was dressed in full uniform and every morning beat the roll to summons the soldiers to their drill. At one time it was rumored that a British raiding party was coming through from Canada to pillage and burn French's Mills, a small settlement about fifteen miles from Malone. A party was detailed to repel the invaders, and among them was Boyden. the drummer-boy. They were just in season to thwart the designs of the enemy, who beat a precipitous retreat on learning that their plot had been discovered.
Cesulle Boydery
Engraved by GEO. E. JOHNSON, Boston. From a photograph made in ISS5 by Z. D. Ingalls, Madison, Me.
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After three years, owing to domestic infelicity, Mr. Newcomb re- turned to Greenwich and Asaph to his brother's home. Here he at- tended school until he was fifteen years of age. About that time his brother went to Albany, N. Y., and engaged in the grocery business. leaving his family at Greenwich. After getting well established he sent for Asaph to assist him in the store. This journey of more than 100 miles he performed in company with a peddler named Luther Fuller. After he had been with his brother a short time, being desirons of a trade that he might earn his own living, he apprenticed to Philip Burnop, a baker in Albany. Mr. Burnop was an Englishman by birth, and pos- sessed an ungovernable temper. One day after whipping his apprentice severely for an act committed by one of his own children, young Boy- den ran away. Packing his worldly possessions in a pocket handkerchief he went down to the wharves in search of a vessel bound for New York City. He succeeded in finding a sloop, commanded by a Captain Bull. just ready to sail for the great city. On the voyage down the Hudson River the sloop encountered a severe squall. Captain Bull roughly ordered his passenger to assist in securing sail or he would throw him overboard, to which young Boyden pluckily retorted, "Throw if you want to, I can swim ashore." He arrived in the city with only a New York shilling in his pocket, which he gave to his landlady for a night's lodging. The next morning, breakfastless, friendless and a stranger in the great me- tropolis of the new world, he started out in search of work. He at length found a lad about his own age who owned a jolly-boat, in which he carried passengers to and from vessels lying at anchor in the harbor ; by assisting him he was able to earn enough to provide himself with food from day to day. During this time he frequently slept under the up- turned jolly-boat. He also slept a portion of the time in the main-sail of an abandoned vessel, which afforded him very comfortable quarters, and one night was spent in an old market house. After he had been in New York some weeks he fell in with Capt. Allen Chase of the sloop "Sally," who asked young Boyden " if he would not like to go coasting." When the interview ended he had engaged to ship with Captain Chase as cook. His first trip was to Newburn, N. C. While on the way the vessel came near being stranded on a sand-bar.
One day in getting dinner, while at Newburn, the cook accidentally upset the "slush-bucket," which happened to be sitting near the door of his galley. The weather being hot the oily contents spread over a considerable portion of the surrounding deck. Going to the long-boat, which was hanging on the davits over the side of the ship, he was busily engaged in procuring some oakum to clean up the greasy deck, which
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he could just reach by leaning over the taffrail ; while thus engaged, Captain Chase came on deck, dressed in his Sunday best to go on shore. As he crossed the deck he inadvertently stepped upon that portion cov- ered with the contents of the slush-bucket, when he slipped and fell. rolling over and over in the unctuous mass. Rising to his feet in a towering passion his eye caught sight of the cook's bended form reach- ing for the oakum. Seizing him by the nape of the neck, before he had time to regain an upright position, the angry captain beat him unmerci- fully with a heavy piece of tarred rigging. Shocked at his cruelty, the mate remonstrated, and young Boyden, more dead than alive, was liber- ated from his uncomfortable position. Notwithstanding this unpleasant episode Captain Chase ever afterward treated his cook with kindness and consideration. Returning to New York, the next voyage made was to Richmond, Va., from which place they shipped a cargo of flour and started on their return to New York. A mulatto was engaged to pilot them down the James River. His incompetency was soon apparent, for before going far, he ran the vessel aground. It was raining hard at the time, and in the exposure, which the accident necessitated, young Boyden contracted a serious illness. During his protracted convales- cence he was kindly cared for by the captain's family. At the age of seventeen he apprenticed to a cabinet-maker named Ebenezer Howard, with whom he remained nearly four years. After leaving Mr. Howard, who was an inferior workman, he went to work for Harvey Dresser, of Charlton, Mass., who carried on an extensive business in the cabinet line. Here he became acquainted and worked with a very skillful jour- neyman named Charles Burnett. This gentleman learned his trade in England, and from him Mr. Boyden learned many valuable things per- taining to the trade, and under whose instruction he became an excel- lent workman. After working with Mr. Dresser for a time he returned to his native town and worked for Warren P. Wing, engaged in manu- facturing carding-machines. In the fall of 1827 he visited his uncle, Dr. Joseph Boyden, of Tamworth, N. H. While there he formed the ac- (quaintance of Esq. Samuel Shaw, who had moved from Tamworth to Industry and was engaged in trade at West's Mills. Esq. Shaw wanted a competent book-keeper and clerk, and Mr. Boyden having been recommended, was employed. He rode from Tamworth to Industry in a gig with Esq. Shaw and arrived at West's Mills Dec. 27. 1827. He remained in the employ of Esq. Shaw about fifteen months, after which he built a shop and resumed his trade of cabinet-maker. In this direc- tion he did a good business, making furniture for many families in Indus- try and adjoining towns. March 26. 1829, he married Mrs. Susan ( But-
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