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Children; Born in Brookline.
1. * David D., b. Apr. 1, 1819; m. Apr. 26, 1842,Elizabeth Hut- chinson.
2. Cynthia J., b. June 16, 1820; m. Nov. 29, 1842, Levi Rockwood,
3. * Nathaniel, b. Mar. 2, 1822; m. Mar. 19, 1850, Eliza A. Shattuck.
4. * Geo. W. L., b. June 29, 1824; m. Nov. 28, 1850, Lydia M. Sawtelle.
5. Joshua J., b. Dec. 6, 1828; m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1858, Melvina Davis; m. 2nd, Dec. 11, 1867, Mary J. Baker. One ch., by first wife, George A., b. Oct. 11, 1862. Joshua J. d. Feb. 5, 1908; 1st, wife d. Sept. 28, 1863.
6. Augusta, b. Feb. 21, 1830; m. Oct. 25, 1853, Edwin W. Smith of Milford.
7. Jane, b. in 1832; m. Horace Bean.
8. Harriet, b. ; d. Sept. 13, 1839.
DAVID HOBART, JR.
June. He d. May 19, 1907.
(VI) DAVID HO- BART, Jr., first child and first son of David and Eunice (Wright) Hobart, was born in Brookline, Apr. 1, 1819. With the exception of a few years passed in Rut- land, Vt., his life was passed in his native town. He was a black- smith by trade. He was an active and energetic citizen, and held many postions of public trust in town. He was twice married; m. 1st, Apr. 26, 1842, Elizabeth Hut- chinson; she d. in 1856; m. 2nd, Marion
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Children; Born in Brookline. By First Wife.
1. Mary E., b. Jan. 26, 1843; m. Feb. 1, 1865, William J. Smith.
2. Harriett A., b. Dec. 14, 1844; m. Mar. 12, 1865, Clinton Bohonon.
3. Lucretia J., b. May 1, 1847; d. in childhood.
4. John D., b. Oct. 18, 1848; m. May 27, 1874, Mary A. Wallace.
5. Frank P., b. Mar. 12, 1854; killed by a falling tree in 1877.
(VI) NATHANIEL W. HOBART, second son and third child of David and Eunice (Wright) Hobart, was born Mar. 12, 1822, in this town, where he passed the greater part of his life. He is a blacksmith by trade and a mechanic of more than ordinary ability. He was master mechanic for the Nashua River Paper Mills, at Pepperell, Mass., for a period of 19 years. In 1908 he resigned his position in the company and retired from active life. At the present time he is living at his residence in this town; where, at the advanced age of ninety-three years, he is calmly awaiting the end. He m. Mar. 19, 1850, Eliza Ann, dau. of Alpheus and Clorinda Shattuck. She d. Dec. 16, 1894.
GEORGE W. L. HOBART
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Clarence B., b. Mar. 31, 1851; d. Mar. 28, 1853.
2. Belle C., b. Oct. 2, 1855 ; m. Mar. 27, 1881. Henry A. Hall; 1 ch., Blanche, b. Dec. 2, 1884. 3. Guy C., b. Mar. 22, 1863; d. in infancy. 4. Rubie L., b. Mar. 22, 1863; d. in infancy.
(VI) GEORGE W. L. HOBART, third son of David and Eunice ( Wright ) Hobart, was born in Brookline, June 29, 1824. He was a black-
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WILLIE A. HOBART GEORGE W. L. HOBART CLARENCE A. HOBART KENNETH A. HOBART
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smith by trade, and a citi- zen who enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens in no small degree. For a period of twenty-five years, he was the leader of the Brookline Brass Band. He m. Nov. 28, 1850, Lydia Maria, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Parker) Sawtelle. He d. Jan. 16, 1913; she d. May 12, 1896.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. George F., b. Aug. 27, 1851; m. Dec. 30, 1883, Mrs. Francenia E. Hofses; no ch .; he d. June 26, 1907; she d. Sept. 1, 1908.
2. * Willie A., b. Dec. 20, 1853; m. Apr. 29, 1881, Hattie E. Ride- out.
3. Helen M., Feb. 1, 1856; m. Oct. 29, 1879, Frank A. Cook.
4. * Harry F., b. Aug. 16, 1859; m. Dec. 25, 1885, Fannie Kimball, of Mason.
5. Celia A., b. Nov. 26, 1861; m. Apr. 9, 1885, Llewellyn S. Powers.
6. Grace D., b. July 12, 1864; m. Apr. 9, 1885, Perley A. Gould.
7. Florence N., b. Aug. 17, 1869; m. Nov. 6, 1901, Rev. George L. Perin, of Boston.
(VII) WILLIE A. HOBART, second son of George W. L. and Lydia M. (Sawtelle) Hobart, was born in Brookline, Dec. 20, 1853. He is a butcli- er by trade; retaining his citizenship in Brookline, but with a residence in Nashua, where his family make their home. He has held many offices of trust in Brookline and represented the town in the legislatures of 1893-94 and 1912-13. He m. Apr. 29, 1881, Hattie, dau. of Ebenezer J. and Emily (Hayden) Rideout.
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Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Clarence A., b. Sept. 11, 1882; m. Sept. 24, 1907 Addie P. Jean- notte, dau. of Cornelius and Rosamond Jeannotte of Nashua; 1 ch., Ken- neth A. b. Sept. 9, 1909.
2. Clayton B., b. Sept. 3, 1883; res. Brookline.
3. Harold S., b. Sept. 29, 1884 (see sketch chap. XI, ante).
4. Baby, b. Aug. 16, 1886; d. in infancy.
5. Edith H., b. July 27, 1889; res. Nashua.
(VII) HARRY FRANCIS HOBART, third son of George W. L. and Lydia M. (Sawtelle) Hobart, was born Aug. 16, 1859. He resides in Pepperell, Mass. He is a farmer, and largely engaged in the business of raising poultry. He m. Dec. 25, 1885, Fannie Kimball of Mason.
Children.
1. Mabel Ruth, b. Mar. 27, 1889; d. June 22, 1893.
2. Katharine, b. Sept. 6, 1902.
Horton.
OTIS HORTON, a son of John and Doratha (Stevens) Horton, was born in Chester, Vt., June 5, 1813. He came from Chester to Brookline in the thirties of the last century, in company with his brother, Jonas Hor- ton. The brothers settled in the north part of the town, on what is call- ed the "Horton lot", where they engaged in the business of burning char- coal. They built the first brick coal-kiln to be erected in this town. Otis, the subject of this sketch, married, in 1835, Nancy, daugliter of Samuel and Rebecca (Wright) Gilson. There was erected on the "Horton lot", in addition to the coal-kiln, or kilns, a house and barn. The house was after- wards divided and moved by Samuel Gilson, Jr., on sled runners, with sixteen yoke of oxen, to a spot on the north side of the road near the old Deacon Eleazer Gilson place, and was occupied by Mr. Gilson. The house was destroyed by fire and only the cellar-hole remains to mark the spot. Otis Horton d. in Brookline, Dec. 23, 1850; his wife d. in Pepperell, Mass., July 5, 1872. They are both buried in the South Cemetery, Brookline.
Children: Born in Brookline.
1. Joseph Stevens, b. Mar. 11, 1836; m. 1st,. Amelia A., dau. of John and Ann (Larkin) Lawrence, (b. Feb. 19, 1842), at Groton, Mass .;
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she d. Apr. 30, 1865, at Pepperell, Mass .; m. 2nd, May 3, 1870, Augusta M. (Jaquith) Nutting, dau. of Jonas W. and Mary J. (Austin) Jaquith of Hollis; Children, (1) Augustina, b. Oct. 12, 1864, at Chelsea, Mass .; m. Nov. 1, 1890, Richard S. Journeay, at Boulder, Col .; she d. Oct. 10, 1899, at Brookline. (2) William F., b. at Pepperell, Mass., Apr. 30, 1871; (3) Hattie E., b. at Hollis, Sept. 6, 1873.
2. Infant son, b. and d. in 1838.
3. Andrew J., b. Dec. 9, 1840; m. Mar. 30, 1862, Harriet A., (b. July 26, 1838), dau. of Bliss and Mary Bacon, of Barre, Mass. Resides at Barre; he is a farmer. No ch.
4. Nancy M., b. Apr. 25, 1843; m. 1863, Lafayette Dadmun of Marlboro, Mass. They now reside in Sudbury, Mass. He is a farmer and teamster. Ch., all born in Marlboro, (1) Frank H., b. May 28, 1864; (2) Willie A., b. Oct. 18, 1866; (3) Nellie M., b. Dec. 14, 1868, d. Sept. 10, 1869; (4) Archie A., b. Feb. 2, 1870; (5) James E., b. Jan. 14, 1872, d. July 28, 1875; (6) Hallie A., b. Nov. 15, 1875.
5. Susan E., b. June 21, 1845; m. 1860, David A. Weston of Pep- perell, Mass .; resides in Pepperell; he is an engineer. Ch., born in Pep- perell, (1) Anna M., b. Mar. 11, 1861; (2) David E., b. Nov. 18, 1862. 6. * James A., b. June 16, 1847; m. July 14, 1868, Lima T., (b. in Whately, Mass.) dau. of Jonathan S. and Electa E. (Marsh) Slate, of Bernardston. Ch., born in Greenfield, Mass., ; (1) Helena Louise, b. Oct. 6, 1869, d. July 22, 1870; (2) Jessie May, b. June 12, 1873, m. May 29, 1899, Arthur H. Putnam of Greenfield, Mass .; ch., Bernard Horton, b. Apr. 30, 1900, in Greenfield.
7. Calista Janette, b. Oct. 8, 1849; m. May 29, 1873, at Rockport, Mass., E. Snow W. (b. July 18, 1837), son of Eli W. and Harriet (King) Packer, of Leyden, Mass. Resides at Greenfield, Mass. No children.
JAMES A. HORTON was the sixth child of Otis and Nancy (Gil- son ) Horton. Otis Horton died in the 38th year of his age, leaving six children. The mother was unable to support and keep them all to- gether. The subject of this sketch was taken into the family of Richard Farwell, a lawyer in Marlboro, Mass., when only four or five years of age. He was brought up as a member of the family until seventeen years old, when he enlisted, in 1864, in the Fifth Massachusetts In- fantry, during one of the last calls for volunteers for one hundred days in the Civil War and served until the expiration of his enlistment. He served most of the time at Forts McHenry and Federal Hill, in Baltimore, Md., taking two trips to Harper's Ferry and doing duty guarding the polls
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Richard Farwell died in a year or two after young Horton was taken into the family. He had two sons in California and one of them, JohnM., came home, a few years following the death of his father, took an interest in the Marlboro Journal, and young Horton was taken out of school at the early age of thirteen JAMES A. HORTON years (which the law does not allow at the present time) and put into the printing office and did a full journey-man's work at an age when most boys of the present generation are attending the gram- mar schools. He left the office to enlist and after his discharge from the service, came back to Marlboro and took charge of the job printing office, conducting the business and doing the entire work (type-setting, proof- reading, press-work and even binding the town's library catalogue, which he printed entire), though only seventeen years of age. He remained in Marlboro till the office was sold and then removed to Hudson, where he was employed a short time. In order to get a more thorough knowledge of the printing business, he worked in several offices in Boston and Cam- bridge and went to Greenfield, Mass., in 1866 and entered the Gazette and Courier office, where he was employed till about the year 1902 (most of the time as foreman), when he resigned his foremanship to engage in the manufacture and sale of the "Horton Mailer," a machine for addressing newspapers, envelopes, circulars, etc., which he had invented and pat- ented, and which he had been introducing upon the market for several years. After conducting the business for about five years, Mr. Horton was obliged to relinquish it on account of poor health; but he had already established the reputation of his mailer as one of the best machines of its class, having sold between three and four thousand, introducing them in-
when the state of Mary- land voted upon the amendment to the con- stitution abolishing slav- ery.
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to every state in the Union, the Dominion of Canada and into European countries as far away as Finland. Among the concerns using them was the Curtis Publishing Company, of Philadelphia (publishers of the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, their circulation running into the millions), perhaps the largest publishing house in the country.
Outside his regular work and business, Mr. Horton has taken an en- thusiastic interest in floriculture, agriculture and horticulture from his boyhood.
In company with his brother-in-law, E. S. W. Packer, Mr. Horton bought a farm in Guilford, Vt., and conducted it for several years. He has made a speicalty of the culture of grapes, his exhibits at the agri- cultural fairs always winning first prize and being pronounced by F. C. Sears, professor of pomology in the Amherst Agricultural College in Massa- chusetts, to be the finest specimens of this fruit exhibited in New England. Many of the Brookline people will remember of having sampled the luscious fruit sent them by Mr. Horton during the seasons of the "Old Home Weeks."
A peculiar coincidence of the Horton family is the fact that Mr. Hor- ton was one of three cousins (sons of three brothers,-Lewis, Simeon and Otis Horton) who bore the same name of Augustine-Lewis Augustine, Augustine E., and James Augustine. These three cousins were all in the service during the Civil War. Lewis A. Horton was in the navy. By the premature explosion of a cannon (an old style muzzle-loader) which he was loading, both his arms were blown off, rendering amputation above the elbows necessary. Previous to this event, he won distinction as one of the volunteers to man the life-boat when part of the crew of the old Monitor (of Merrimack fame) was saved when it foundered off Cape Hatteras. Two boat-loads were rescued from the Monitor and transferred to the gunboat Rhode Island under the most perilous and disadvantage- ous conditions. Only experienced seamen of the steadiest nerves and most indomitable courage could have handled its life-boats and effected the rescue, with the tremendous waves tossing and plunging the Monitor over and under them. The rescuing boat-crew made a third attempt to save the remaining crew of the Monitor, but this historic vessel had "fought its last fight" and disappeared beneath the waves. It had now become dark, and the crew of the life-boat had become so exhausted with their super- human efforts, that they could no longer handle the boat and were washed out to sea, where they remained all night and part of the next day in a helpless condition; when they were rescued. For this act of heroism, Mr. Horton was awarded a medal of honor by the United States government.
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He is still alive, and has been employed for many years in the Boston Custom House. The duties of his office require him to do writing. This is done by placing tlie pen between his teeth, his chirography under this great disadvantage being as uniform and clean as that of an expert pen- man.
James A. Horton is a member of Greenfield Republican Lodge of Masons, curator of the Greenfield Historical Society, Trustee of the Frank- lin County Agricultural Society and a member of Edwin E. Day Post'of the Grand Army of the Republic, having served as commander. He has done a great deal of work as a member of the State Department, install- ing officers, giving Memorial Day addresses, etc., and has been a member of the National Department.
Mr. Horton was married, July 14, 1868, to Lima T. Slate, dau. of the late Jonathan and Electa E. (Marsh) Slate of Bernardston, Mass. (See genealogical record of Horton family ).
Hutchinson.
(I) NATHANIEL HUTCHINSON came from Pepperell, Mass., to Brookline in 1808. His family is supposed to have been originally of Lynn, Mass. He settled in the north part of the town on land which he purchased of Joseph Blancliard, Aug. 3, 1808. His dwelling house was lo- cated about four miles north of the village on the west side of the first highway to Milford The original house is standing at this time, (1914). He was a farmer . He was married before coming to Brookline. Name of his wife unknown. He d. Sept. 8, 1808.
Children.
1. *James, b. in Pepperell, Mass., in 1780; m. Mar. 11, 1810, Mary Leslie.
2. *William, b. in Pepperell, Mass., about 1781; m. Rebecca
3. *John, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Mar. 17, 1787; m. 1st, Jan. 19, 1812, Rebekah Shattuck; m. 2nd, Mar. 29, 1819, Polly Burnham.
4. Sarah, b. in Pepperell, Mass.
(II) JAMES HUTCHINSON, first son and first child of Nathaniel Hutchinson, was born in Pepperell, Mass., in 1780. He came from Pep- perell to Brookline with his father's family in 1808. He was a farmer liv- ing in the west part of the town. He married, Mar. 11, 1810, Mary Leslie.
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He d. May 2, 1852: she d. Nov. 27, 1849. Both are buried in the South Cemetery.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. James H., b. Sept. 22, 1810; he was a machinist; d. in Boston, Mass., Mar. 2, 1854.
2. George N., b. Sept. 3, 1812.
3. Eliza, b. May 4, 1815.
4. Clorinda, b. July 24, 1818; m. Nov. 24, 1842, Alfred A. Wood- ward, of Amherst.
5. John B., b. Aug. 29, 1820; d. July 22, 1842.
6. Samuel E., b. Sept. 26, 1822.
7. Elmira, b. Aug. 26, 1825; m. Richard H. Center.
8. Harriet, b. Sept. 2, 1827.
(II) WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, second son and second child of Nathaniel Hutchinson, Sr., was born in Pepperell, Mass. in 1781. He came with his father to Brookline in 1808. He m. about 1807, Rebecca.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Abel, b. June 13, 1808.
2. Rebecca, b. Feb. 26, 1810.
(II) JOHN HUTCHINSON, third son and third child of Nathaniel Hutchinson Sr., was born in Pepperell, Mass., Mar, 1787. He settled in Brookline in 1808. He was a farmer and resided on the old homestead farm. He was twice married; m. 1st, Jan. 19, 1812, Rebeckah, dau. of Nathaniel and Betty (Hosley) Shattuck, of Pepperell, Mass; she d. Nov. 23, 1817; m. 2nd, Mar. 29, 1819, Polly Burnham of Milford. He d. Dec. 24, 1846; she d. Feb. 8, 1861.
Children; Born in Brookline. By First Wife.
1. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1813; m. May 1, 1839, Ira Proctor of Hollis.
2. Rebekah, b. Dec. 30, 1815; m. May 1, 1839, Asa Seaver.
By Second Wife.
3. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1821; m. Apr. 26, 1842, David Hobart.
4. Lucretia, b. Sept. 18, 1822; d. Aug. 16, 1839.
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5. *John Q. A., b. Feb. 5, 1826; m. Nov. 27, 1851, Amanda Wads- worth.
6. Nathaniel B., b. Nov. 8, 1828; d. Oct. 18, 1834.
7. Hannah B., b. Jan. 26, 1836; m. Jan. 2, 1867, Levi F. Lowell.
8. *Nathaniel, B. b. May 8, 1838; m. 1st, Nov. 5, 1862, Emily T. Shedd; m. 2nd, July 23, 1865, Lizzie H. Hunter.
(III) JOHN QUINCY A. HUTCHINSON, fifth child and first son of John and Polly (Burnham) Hutchinson, was born in Brookline, Feb. 5, 1826. He was a farmer and a manufacturer of and dealer in lumber. He resided on the old Nathaniel Hutchinson farm in the west part of the town, and was an active and influential citizen. He m. Nov. 27, 1851, Amanda, dau. of Samuel and Rhoda (Phelps) Wadsworth of Milford. He d. Aug 23, 1856; she d. June 2, 1860.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Frances A., b. Oct. 25, 1853; m. Apr. 5, 1882, Charles Pressey.
2. * John F., b. Jan. 6, 1856; m. 1st, Mar. 8, 1882, Mary W. Lund m. 2nd, Mar. 3, 1879, Maria Butterfield.
JOHN FREDERICK HUTCHINSON
(IV) JOHN FRED- ERICK HUTCHIN- SON, second child and only son of John Quincy Adams and Amanda (Wadsworth) Hutchin- son, was born in Brook- line, Jan. 6, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town. In 1869, he removed from Brookline to Lexington, Mass., where he settled per- manently, and engaged in the real estate and in- surance business, and was a leading and honor- ed citizen. Throughout his entire life he retained his love and affection for
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his native town, keeping its people in close and intimate connection. He was orator of the day at Brookline's celebration of Old Home Week in 1903. He was twice married; m. 1st, Mar. 8, 1882, Mary Warner, dau. of Nathaniel W. and Caroline (Gerry) Lund, of this town; she d. Aug. 23, 1893; m. 2nd, Mar. 3, 1897, Maria Butterfield. He d. at Lexington, Mass., Jan. 2, 1904.
Children; Born in Lexington, Mass.
1. John C., b. Nov. 21, 1883; m. June 1, 1905. Lucy D. Richardson 2. Bertha M., b.
(III) NATHANIEL BURNHAM HUTCHINSON, third son and sixth child of John and Polly (Burnham) Hutchinson, was born at Brook- line, May 8, 1838. He passed the greater part of his life in Brookline, but in his latter years resided in Milford, where he died. He was a farmer but dealt extensively in real estate, of which he was a large owner. He was twice married; m. 1st, Nov. 5, 1862, Emily T. Shedd, dau. of Calvin Shedd of Brookline; she d .; m. 2nd, July 23, 1865, Lizzie H. Hunter. He d. at Milford, May 31, 1888.
Children; Born in Brookline. By Second Wife.
1. Florence L., b. Dec. 27, 1870.
2. Fred N., b. May 19, 1873; m. Jan. 29, 1896, Mary S. Heald, of Milford.
Jefts.
(I) JOSEPH JEFTS, the first of his family to settle in Brookline, came here from Mason about the year 1834. He was a son of John and Lois Jefts of Jaffrey, where he was born July 2, 1885. About 1800 his father removed from Jaffrey to Mason. For many years after coming to Brookline he lived on the old Mathew Wallace place in the west part of the town. About 1860 he moved into the village, where he continued to reside until his decease. He was a farmer and a highly respected citizen. Married in 1810, Lucinda Farwell of Groton, Mass. He d. Aug. 23, 1863; his wife d. Dec. 1, 1871.
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Children.
1. Lucinda, b. in Mason, May 3, 1811.
2. * Joseph F., b. in Mason, Apr. 17, 1813; m. in 1836, Adelaide Pendleton.
3. Louisa L., b. in Mason, May 20, 1816; m. in 1842, Philemon French.
4. *Edmund F., b. in Temple, Sept. 30, 1818; m. Mar. 31, 1839, Elizabeth Pierce.
5. George W., b. in Temple, Dec. 26, 1820; d. Oct. 10, 1846.
(II) JOSEPH FRANKLIN JEFTS, second child and first son of Joseph and Lucinda (Farwell) Jefts, was born in Mason, Apr. 17, 1813. He came to Brookline with his father's family about 1834. After his marriage, his dwelling house was located in the north part of the town on the west side of the poor-farm road, so called. In the latter part of the fifties, he moved into the village, where for several years he was landlord of the hotel. In 1862, he suddenly left town, since when he lias never been heard from. He was four times married; m. 1st, May 1, 1836, Ade- line Pendelton, of Bangor, Me .; she d. in May, 1844; m. 2nd, Dec. 31, 1844, Roxanna Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass .; she d. Sept. 15, 1851; m. 3rd, Dec. 21, 1852, Martha E. Lancey, of Brookline; she d. July 17, 1858; m. 4th, Mrs.
Children. By First Wife.
1. Abbie M., b. in Bangor, Me., May 26, 1837; m. Dec. 1, 1853, John L. Tarbell; she d. in 1907.
2. * George H., b. in Brookline, Apr. 1, 1840; m. Nov. 1, 1865, Fannie A. Mixer of Milford.
3. Albert N., b. in Brookline, May 26, 1841; d. unm. Sept. 16, 1863.
4. Annot N., b. in Brookline, May 12, 1842; m. Jan. 8, 1863, Charles G. Hutchinson of Milford.
5. Joseplı W., b. in Brookline, Sept. 25, 1843; m. Apr. 26, 1866, Lucy M. Wheeler; he d. in 1886; ch., J. Frank Jefts, res. Nashua.
By Second Wife.
6. * Asa S., b. in Brookline, Aug. 6, 1847; ın. Mar. 12, 1873, Hattie Marshall.
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By Third Wife.
7. Flora L., b. in Brookline, June 27, 1854.
8. Frank R., b. in Brookline, May 10, 1855; d. Sept. 7, 1861.
9. Lena E., b. in Brookline, Sept. 14, 1856; d. May 26, 1863.
(II) EDMUND FARWELL JEFTS, fourth child and second son of Joseph and Lucinda (Farwell) Jefts, was born in Temple, Sept. 30, 1818. About 1840, he settled in Brookline, where he resided a few years, and then moved to Holyoke, Mass. He m. Mar. 31, 1839, Elizabeth Pierce of Charlestown, Mass. He died at Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 10, 1901. She d. at Holyoke, Mass., July 6, 1876.
Children.
1. Charles E., b. in Mason, Aug. 16, 1841; d. Apr. 29, 1842.
2. Caroline L., b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Mar. 20, 1843; d. Jan. 13, 1894.
3. Emaretta D., b. in Brookline, Jan. 22, 1847; d. Sept. 1, 1849.
4. Susan Alice, b. in Brookline, Apr. 8, 1851; m. May 5, 1880; Henry H. Smith. Res. Holyoke, Mass.
(III) GEORGE HENRY JEFTS, second son and second child of Joseph F. and Adelaide (Pendleton) Jefts, was born in Brookline, Apr. 1, 1840. He was educated in the public schools of Brookline, and upon arriving to manhood learned the cooper trade. He served for Brookline as a private in the War of the Rebellion. At the close of the war he re- sided for a short time in Milford, and then passed three years in the west. Between the years 1877 and 1889, he was, at different times, a resident in Ayer, Shirley, West Boylston, Fitchburg, and Lancaster, Mass., and in New Britain, Conn. During this period he was engaged principally in work connected with town institutions.
He was for three years superintendent of the Massachusetts Home for Indigent Odd Fellows, at Worcester, Mass. He is living at the present time (1914) at Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. Jefts is a free thinker in his re- ligious views, and a Republican in his politics. He is a Free-Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of the G. A. R .; being at the present time (1913), Commander of Post 19, of Fitchburg, Mass. He is a public speaker of ability, and is frequently called upon to act in that capacity, especially so in Grand Army circles. He m. Nov. 1, 1865, Fannie A., dau. of Stephen S. and Sarah C. (Bennett) Mixer.
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Children.
1. Albert L., b. in Hannibal, Me., Oct. 20, 1867.
2. Daisy D., b. in Milford, May 14, 1872.
3. Clara B., b. in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 14, 1876.
(III) ASA S. JEFTS, son and only child of Joseph F. and Roxana (Shattuck) Jefts, was born at Brookline, Aug. 6, 1847. He is a farmer, residing in Fitchburg, Mass. He m. Mar. 12, 1873, Harriet R., dau. of Abel and Roselma (Narrowmore) Marshall, of Fitchburg, Mass.
Children; Born in Fitchburg, Mass.
1. Ruth M., b. Jan. 16, 1874.
2. Annie L., b. Mar. 5, 1875.
3. Bessie E., b. June 24, 1876.
Jepson.
JOSEPH JEPSON AND JANE.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. John, b. May 9, 1797.
2. Sally, b. Sept. 5, 1809.
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