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JOHN HAILE and Eunice his wife, came from Chesterfield and spent their last years on the J. Harper farm. They were the parents of William Haile, ex-governor of New Hampshire; and grandparents of William Haile, the present Lieut-Governor of Massachusetts.
RUSSELL B. HALL, a carpenter, lives at West Swanzey.
REV. JEREMIAH HALL, D.D., son of Arad and Hannah (Bailey) Hall, was born in this town May 21, 1805; studied at Brattleboro' Academy and Newton Theological Seminary ; pastor at Fairfax, West- field and Bennington, Vt., Granville, Ohio, and other places ; founded several institutions of learning ; was principal of Norwalk Academy, Ohio, and president of Denison University, Ohio. Died at Port Hu- ron, Mich., May 30, 1881.
JOSIAH HAMBLET, son of Josiah, spent most of his life where his father settled, in the northwest corner of the town, but he lived his last years at the Mrs. Wellington place in West Swanzey.
DEA. JOHN A. HAMBLET, a farmer, lived on D. B. C. Hill place, then in Keene and now resides in West Swanzey.
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PHINEAS HAMBLET located on the B. Nadow farm from which place his son Benjamin and his family removed to Keene.
In the annals of Swanzey no name has been more prominent or oftener named than that of HAMMOND. Nathaniel Hammond was the moderator of the first proprietors' meeting and the acknowledged leader in every good enterprise in the infant settlement. He built the first house standing where Mrs. Woodcock now lives. Of his sons, Dea. Jonathan located on Sylvander Stone place ; Dea. Thomas near where Geo. W. Eastman now lives, and Col. Joseph on A. B. Cook farm. Of the next generation, Jonathan retained the homestead of his father; Aaron removed to Gilsum; Dr. Nathaniel lived on W. C. Belding farm ; Isaac on Mrs. E. Hill place ; Joseph on Robert Hovey place, and Benjamin on D. B. C. Hill farm. Coming down to the next generation we find Aaron in Gilsum, Josiah on A. B. Cook farm, Dea. Joseph on D. B. C. Hill place and Benjamin on Pine Hill above the Nadow farm. Still another remove places Joseph S. in Maine, Col. Allen on A. B. Cook farm, Horace in Waltham, Mass., Willard and Hiram in Iowa, Capt. Joseph, Joel and Aaron in West Swanzey and Elliot in West Swanzey and Westport. The Hammonds were mostly' farmers, strong, athletic men. Nathaniel Hammond and four of his sons at one time owned about 3000 acres of land in Swanzey. In all these generations they filled important public positions, civil, mil- itary and ecclesiastical. Capt. Joseph Hammond, in addition to the various town offices he has held, was a noted school teacher for many years, has been a justice of the peace forty-eight years and a land surveyor for a large part of his life. Joel was station agent at West Swanzey seventeen years. Lowell W. Hammond has been freight agent at Keene more than twenty years. Loron U. Hammond is a merchant in Worcester, Mass., Joseph B., a clerk in Fitchburg, Mass., and Orville H., a clerk in Gardner, Mass.
LORON P. HAMMOND, an ex-sea captain, lived at West Swanzey.
MARTIN and JOSEPHUS HANDY, farmers, came from Richmond. James E. resides at West Swanzey, an employé in the mills and se- lectman in 1891. Frank E. resides at Framingham, Mass.
The HANRAHANS, HARDYS and PATRICK HARE are all farmers at West Swanzey, except Martin Hanrahan who is a weaver in the mills.
The HARRIS families lived in Swanzey and Richmond near where David W. now resides ; all farmers.
The HARVEYS were thriving farmers and lived in that part of Swanzey which was set off to Marlborough.
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O. L. HASKELL came from Troy, is a painter, and with his two sons, Andrew J. and George H., resides at Factory Village.
GARINTER HASTINGS, a shoemaker, lived at West Swanzey.
ALLEN B. HAYWARD lost an arm in the war of the Rebellion and for many years after he was employed in the Pension office at Washing- ton.
EDWARD HAZEN, a farmer, lived on J. W. Ballou place.
DAVIS HEALEY lived on a now abandoned farm a little east of Vol- ney A. Marcy's.
ASA HEALEY, the present postmaster, lived many years on A. S. Blake farm. His son, Daniel, is a lawyer in Keene and has been county solicitor and county treasurer. C. Wallace is a manufacturer in Con- necticut.
JAMES HEATON was one of the original grantees of the town, and he and his sons were large land owners.
The HEFFRONS were early settlers in District No. 8.
JAMES HENRY and James Henry, jr., were prominent men living on R. and M. Henry place. John P. Henry, a farmer, on L. and E. Crouch farm.
BENJAMIN HEWES lived on Mrs. C. Holbrook farm; Samuel on a farm now abandoned, south of N. Collier's, the house on which was burned many years ago. William3 Hewes built the house now occu- pied by Mrs. A. Fuller having previously lived at several other places. Lorenzo N. is a farmer; Franklin N. and Walter R. are engineers.
ARZA A. HIGGINS is a teamster in Westport.
The early HILL families were farmers and laborers. George and Joseph lived near Westport ; Jonathan on B. andI L. Hill place ; David in various localities in West Swanzey. Of their children, Joseph lives in Keene; John P. at West Swanzey ; Bradley on his father's home- stead ; Henry, a farmer, near Swanzey Centre; D. B. C. is proprie- tor of a hotel in Surry ; David, a machinist, in Massachusetts ; George, son of David, is conductor on Boston and Maine railroad from Keene.
DAVID A. HILL lives in New York and is reported to be quite wealthy.
SAMUEL HILLS was one of the founders of the church and a very prominent man in town ; located where Geo. W. Draper now lives.
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Dea. Samuel Hills lived on Mrs. D. Twitchell place. Ebenezer Hills was the second child born in Swanzey, and lived when a man on Vol- ney A. Marcy place. Samuel Hills, son of Nathaniel, lived on Wil- lard I. Ballou farm. Nathaniel3 Hills lived on a farm east of V. A. Marcy place. Dea. William Hills located in Richmond. Moses and his son, Elijah, carpenters, lived on W. B. Hills place. Asa Hills lived in Shrewsbury, Vt. Calvin Hills and his son, Charles N., lived on V. A. Marcy place. Charles N. removed to B. F. Mead place, and was a prominent auctioneer in Cheshire county. Ebenezer3 Hills, a clothier, lived at the outlet of Swanzey pond. Reuben Hills was a prominent school teacher.
JOHN HILLS, a farmer, stone-cutter and miller, lived on W. I. Bal- lou farm, and afterwards built the house where his son, Geo. H., now resides. Geo. H. is a butcher.
CALVIN E. HILLS is a farmer and carpenter.
CAPT. PETER6 HOLBROOK, a farmer and mason, settled where Ozro T. Thompson now resides, and his brother, Sethi, on the Mrs. C. Holbrook place. Seth was a farmer, drover and nail maker.
HELON HOLBROOK was a merchant at East Swanzey, and Chiron, a farmer and butcher, where his widow now lives.
CLARK B. HOLBROOK, a farmer and carpenter, came with his father, Capt. Peter, from Bellingham, Mass. After liis marriage he settled on the farm which has since remained in the Holbrook family, and there reared his large family of children, most of whom became emi- nently successful. Mellen R. was a student two years at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and one year at the academy in Keene; studied medicine with Dr. Hosea Pierce, of Wincliester, and after- wards with Dr. Childs, of Pittsfield, Mass., and Dr. Palmer, of Wood- stock, Vt., and graduated at the Vermont Medical College June 19, 1850. He practised his profession about ten years at Fulton, N. Y., and nearly twice that time at Poughkeepsie. He was studious, indus- trious, and deserving of the success he gained. Lyman lived on the Frank E. Ballou farm ; afterwards went to Springfield, Mass., and engaged in the meat and provision business, from which he retired a few years since. Charles attended Mt. Cæsar Seminary two years, and at the age of fifteen went to Springfield, Mass., where he attended the public school two years, and then learned the trade of machinist. In the spring of 1850, with other adventurers, he went to California, via Isthmus route, and worked in the mines for eighteen
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months. In the summer of 1853 Mr. Holbrook engaged in the lum- ber business in El Dorado county, since which he has been in the mercantile business, first at Sacramento and later at San Francisco. Though fire and flood have at several times made havoc with his property, Mr. Holbrook has surmounted every obstacle and steadily pressed his way onward and npward. He is president of the incor- porated company of Holbrook, Merrill and Stetson, and its financial manager ; lie is owner of the block where their business is carried on, corner of Market and Beale streets, one of the most substantial and finest buildings on the Pacific coast. He lias just completed an elegant residence in San Francisco, and has a pretty, country, summer resi- dence at Menlo Park, abont thirty miles south of the city. Until the trouble in Kansas Mr. Holbrook was a Democrat, but then became an advocate of the doctrine that no more slave states should be added to tlie American Union. In the war of the Rebellion his influence was exerted to the utmost to induce California to stand by the flag and the government. While doing business in Sacramento, a branchi house was operated in Austin, Nevada, and Mr. Holbrook was its manager for two years. While in Austin, such was his popularity, that he was chosen the first mayor of the city, although his political party was largely in the minority. It was during his election can- vass for mayor that the exciting incident occurred of selling the Grid- ley sack of flour over and over from town to town for the benefit of tlie government sanitary commission until more than $100,000 were realized, a detailed account of which sale can be seen in Harper's Magazine for June, 1866. "Mr. Holbrook's success from a poor boy to a leading merchant of the United States is due to a few rnles adopted by him in early life, viz. : to be strictly temperate, of good habits, industrious, performing every duty faithfully, always striving to do his part in every station in life, economical, yet helping liber- ally the charitable, religious and public work of every community where he lias resided." Clark B. is the owner of the old homestead wliere he was born, and which lie delights to visit when he can get away from his business in Springfield, Mass. He is also owner of exten- sive real estate in his adopted city, where he has been a prominent meat and provision dealer for many years.
ISAAC W. HOLBROOK lived on the small farm east of G. W. Stan- ley's, from which he removed to Marlborough.
JOHN HOLBROOK, of Uxbridge, located where C. H. Holbrook now lives. Of his sons, Aaron and Joshua were successful farmers on the
Charles Holbrook.
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same farm. The latter, by his eccentricities, furnished one of the names and characters for Denman Thompson in his celebrated play of the "Old Homestead." John, a carpenter and farmer, reared his family on G. B. Holbrook farm. Daniel H., a farmer and lumber- man, lived on B. F. Lombard place till his removal to Keene in 1865. His son, John J., was a graduate of New London L. & S. Institution, Brown University and Newton, Mass., Theological Institute. He fitted for a Baptist minister, but preached only occasionally, devoting his last years to civil engineering and surveying. He died March 24, 1884.
PETER2 HOLBROOK lived on Sylvanus M. Cram place, succeeded by his son, Samuel, who later in life went to Westport, where his son, Henry. now lives. The place now occupied by Mrs. L. W. Holbrook and her son, Abijah, was formerly the residence of Peter3 and Leon- ard W. Holbrook. Peter was a hatter by trade.
JONATHAN HOLBROOK lived on H. O. Bolles place, as did also his son, Samuel, and grandsons, Leonard W. and Edward. The latter removed to Winchester and died there.
JONATHAN2 HOLBROOK lived on the hill east of West Swanzey vil- lage.
HENRY HOLBROOK lived where his son, Frank, now resides. Sim- eon H. has lived at various places in West Swanzey and Westport.
DAVID HOLBROOK, from Rhode Island, and his son, Virgil A., were farmers on W. C. Belding place. Virgil A. and Lorenzo R. removed to West Swanzey, where they died. Millins Holbrook lived on P. P. Carlton place, and his son, H. D., on G. B. Holbrook place. G. B. Holbrook is a wealthy paper manufacturer in Holyoke, Mass.
ALVIN HOLMAN was a mechanic at Westport and Ashuelot. His brother, Franklin, was a woodenware manufacturer at Westport, Factory Village, and Wisconsin.
AMOS HOUGHTON Was a cooper. Curtis E. and Clark H. are resi- dents of the old homestead.
R. HOVEY was a farmer, first on C. Whitcomb place and then on the farm where he died April 13, 1891. His four sons died in early manhood.
GEORGE HOWE was a noted blacksmith at Factory Village. His son, Geo. W. Howe, a hotel-keeper at Swanzey Centre, and Albert N. at Factory Village.
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CAPT. AHAZ HOWARD, a farmer and carpenter, on Webster D. Derby place.
MOSES HOWARD, a prominent farmer, business man, overseer of poor, road and bridge builder, lived on L. & E. Crouch place and A. G. Bennett farm. Of his sons, Charles H. was station agent at West Swanzey ; Daniel C., train dispatcher at Keene, on the Fitchburg R. R. ; Oscar J. is furniture dealer in Keene. Both Daniel C. and Oscar have been aldermen and members of the city council in Keene. Julius F., a railroad conductor.
JOHN, O. HOWARD has been clerk in the stores of S. H. Fox and Frank L. Snow.
SAMUEL E. HOWARD was a carpenter at West Swanzey.
SIMEON HOWES was a cooper, living on E. O. Whitcomb place ; Nicholas, a farmer, on Geo. W. Oliver place; Luther and Silas, farmers on E. O. Whitcomb place. Enoch was a successful shoe- maker nearly the whole of his life at Swanzey Centre, and Lyman N. a prominent farmer on Mrs. S. Davis place, and where he now resides.
HENRY C. HOWES is in business near Boston, and Charles L. is box manufacturer at Spragueville.
MANNING HUNT was a blacksmith and lived at the foot of Swanzey Pond, and afterwards at East Swanzey.
CHARLES G. HUNT is a farmer in Vermont; Norman, a paper , hanger and decorator, lives at Springfield, Mass., and Lemuel O. in the same business in Omaha, Neb.
J. T. G. HUNTLY was a resident of Marlow, Richmond, and Jerome place in Swanzey. Jonathan G. has been financially success- ful as a travelling salesman.
JONATHAN JACKSON, a farmer, lived on Talbot place, and Asa on C. S. Whitcomb place. William S., a laborer, has lived both in Swanzey and Winchester ; George H., a butcher, in Keene, and now a resident in Walpole, and Charles D. has been an agent in various kinds of business in Swanzey and Winchester.
CYRENE JOHNSON lived where his widow now resides.
HON. ASA S. KENDALL was born in Burlington, Mass., April 27, 1814. In early life he taught school and learned the tanner and cur- rier's trade. In 1840, with his brother Joel, he moved to Groton,
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Mass., and pursued his avocations there till 1848, when he went to Medford, Mass., to superintend a large establishment ; remained there till 1851, when he came to Fitzwilliam and carried on an extensive business in tanning and currying till 1867, when his property was destroyed by fire. In November of the same year he removed to West Swanzey, and with persistent zeal fitted up another establish- ment and successfully continued his business there till 1882, when there was a general revulsion in the tanning business in New Eng- land and it ceased to be profitable. The remainder of his life, after this, was spent in farming. Mr. Kendall was an active temperance man, and was several times the prohibition candidate for governor of New Hampshire, and also for representative to congress.
MOSES KINNEY was a blacksmith at West Swanzey.
H. L. KIBLIN is a painter in West Swanzey.
JOHN F. KIDDER was a farmer and laborer in the southwest part of the town.
JETHRO KIMBALL, and his son, Joseph Kimball, lived on A. S. Blake farm. Benjamin Kimball was a lawyer. Daniel Kimball was owner of the Underwood hotel at Factory Village.
DR. SAMUEL D. KING lived at Congregational parsonage. Re- moved to Lunenburg, Mass.
SHEPLEY W. KNIGHT lived in District No. 5.
WILLIAM H. KNIGHT is a farmer and employe in pail shops.
ASAPH LANE lived on the road east of E. and L. Stone's.
ELKANAH LANE, the ancestor, lived on C. L. Lane place, which has ever since been the home of some of the family. His son, Elkanah, lived on E. Lane place by Bridge brook, and Samuel on the old homestead. Here also lived Elijah with his brothers Elisha and Ezekiel as neighbors on the north. Ezekiel built the house where E. Wilcox now lives, having previously lived on the old road a little west of this place. Dr. Samuel Lane practised his profession a short time at Swanzey Centre, with brilliant prospects before him. but he died in early manhood. In 1811, while travelling on horseback in the wools, on the road between Troy and Fitzwilliam, he had a savage encounter with a robber named Ryan, who snapped his pistol at him and rushed upon him with a dirk. Dr. Lane was stabbed in the shoulder but threw the robber and held him until help arrived. Elkanah went to Maine and Alziny to Massachusetts.
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Passing to the next generation we find Luther S. with his family at Swanzey Centre, Lowell, Mass., and on the old homestead, a manu- facturer and farmer. Elliot W. married Eleanor, daughter of John Stratton, and died about 1862. Ebenezer F., a farmer at East Swan- zey.
CAPT. SAMUEL LANE had his home in Northfield, Mass. He was for many years employed in the whale fishery, becoming commander of the vessel. Ephraim removed to New Haven. Elkanalı and Fred- eric A. have been in various employments ; now residents of Cleve- land, O.
FARNUM F. LANE fitted for college at Hancock and New Ipswich Academies, but was obliged to give up a collegiate education. He studied law with T. M. Edwards, of Keene ; was admitted to the bar in 1843, practised law in Winchester from '43 to '46, in Walpole from '46 to '49, and in Keene the remainder of his life. He was a mem- ber of the state legislature in '47, '48, '62 and '63. He was county treasurer one year and county solicitor ten years. He was twice offered the position of justice of the supreme court of New Hamp- shire, but declined to accept. He was not a fluent speaker, but as a judge of law he probably had no superior in the state. As an illus- tration, he was referee in an important lumber case, in the northern part of the state, which lasted a month, and in which such men as Gilman Marston, Harry Bingham, Henry W. Blair, Ossian Ray and H. W. Parker were engaged as counsel. Twenty-two exceptions to Mr. Lane's rulings upon points of law were carried up to the full bench, and he was sustained upon every one, a record, it is said, without a parallel in New Hampshire.
GEO. F. LANE & SONS, pail and bucket makers, as already stated. Geo. E. died in 1888. Alonzo F. and Alpheus located in Vineland, N. J. Elisha F. has lived in Marlborough and Keene, engaged in vari- ous occupations and been successful in nearly all. He has one of the finest farms in Keene, and probably owns more land in Swanzey than any one else. He has been sheriff of the county and is a prom- inent bank director in Keene. Solon H. and Henry C. reside in Syracuse, N. Y. Martin L., since leaving Swanzey, has been a merchant in Ware, Mass. Hubert E. has been engaged in manufac- turing buckets at the Graves' mills. Ezekiel F. is in California and Ezra in Missouri.
NATHANIEL LAWRENCE was a cattle drover living near Westport. His son, Solomon R., was a successful butcher in Palmer, Mass.
BENJAMIN F. LOMBARD,
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JUSTIN LAWRENCE and Paddock, his son, lived on a now abandoned farm west of Everett Holbrook place.
JOSIAH LEACH, a farmer on D. B. C. Hill place.
LYMAN LEACH lived on Mrs. S. Seaver place. Lyndall W. is a farmer and peddler.
JOHN LEBOURVEAU and Aaron were farmers on M. Pluff place. Ellery lives at East Swanzey.
GEORGE LEONARD lived on D. B. C. Hill place. Henry W. is a farmer and horse tamer. George A. lives in Winchester.
ALONZO LEONARD died when a young man. Robert P., formerly of Westport, is a clock repairer, and a decidedly inventive genius. His poetical effusions have interested many persons. He is truly loyal in caring for his unfortunate brother, Welcome.
LEVI LEWIS, for many years a shoemaker in town, removed to Vermont.
HERMAN L. LINCOLN is an employé in the mills at East Swanzey. His sons, Fred C. and Frank L., are in the same employment at West Swanzey.
AARON LOMBARD, a farmer and blacksmith, in middle life on H. Holbrook place in Westport, and later on T. Naylon place. His son, Benjamin F., a farmer, carpenter and millwright, was honored by his townsmen with most of the town offices. Flavius F. was asso- ciated awhile with his father in the mill; has lived at other times in various localities.
THOMAS LONERGAN is an operative in the West Swanzey mills.
CAPTAIN JOHN LONG in early manhood lived at West Swanzey, was afterwards a boatman on Connecticut river, and a farmer in North- field, Mass. His brother, Joseph, was a farmer in various places in town. He built the house where P. E. Gay resides.
J. E. LONG is a farmer and carpenter.
GEORGE LORD was a shoemaker at East Swanzey.
BEMSLEY LORD, a hotel keeper at Factory Village.
MAJ. CHESTER LYMAN lived at East Swanzey on J. C. Bourn place. When the Whig party disbanded in 1855 and merged itself into the American or Republican party, be cast a solitary vote for his old party, and was proud of the distinction to vote the ticket on
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which was inscribed the motto "Don't give up the ship." He was a level-headed, well-read man. His son, Leonard, went to Grand Rapids, Mich., and is a pail maker.
REV. SULLIVAN HOLMAN M'COLLISTER, D.D., though a native and now a resident of Marlborough, has been for many years of his life closely identified with the people and interests of Swanzey ; a student and teacher in her seminary, a supervisor of her schools, a minister and consoler to scores of her people in the hour of bereavement, being highly esteemed as a preacher by those of his own denomina- tion, and, as a citizen, by all. He was born December 18, 1826; graduated 1851 from Vermont University, and completed a course in the divinity school of Harvard University, 1853. He taught two years in the Academy at Walpole; four years was principal of Mt. Cæsar Seminary ; school commissioner of Cheshire county three years, and president of the State Board of Education for the same time ; was in charge of Westbrook Seminary (Me.) eight years, and president of Buchtel College (Ohio) six years. He has preached in Swanzey, Westmoreland, Nashua, Dover, Bellows Falls, Vt., and in Ohio ; has visited Europe five times, sailed round the globe once, and spent more than four years in foreign lands. He has been an exten- sive correspondent for religious, educational and local papers, and is the author of several works on foreign travel. Mr. M'Collister mar- ried Miss Sophia F. Knight, of Dummerston, Vt. Of their four children only one survives, Rev. Lee S. M'Collister, a prominent Universalist clergyman ; settled in Detroit, Mich.
EDWARD A. MCFARLAND is associated with his father-in-law, H. Denman Thompson, in the management of the "Old Homestead." His home is in Philadelphia, Pa.
ERASMUS MARBLE, a blacksmith, lived and died on the J. O. Gary place. Dea. Alfred Marble, also a blacksmith, lived awhile with his Uncle Erasmus, then on the A. S. Whitcomb place, from which he re- moved to Winchester, and afterwards to Hinsdale.
SILAS R. MARCY, a farmer at West Swanzey.
VOLNEY A. MARCY came to town about 1868 ; died in 1891.
GEORGE MARSH lived in 1848 on the A. A. Ware place. He was soon after killed on the railroad in Keene.
CHARLES MARSH, a farmer near picnic grounds, by Swanzey Pond. AMASA A. and WALTER E. MARSH are associated with their father,
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James Marsh, of Keene, in the pail and mercantile business at West- port.
JONATHAN MARTIN was a miller at Factory Village. His son Jona- than moved to Springfield, Vt., and operated a factory there. Laton was a veteran teamster to Boston in ante-railroad times. For many years past he has won success in a livery stable in Keene. James M. was also a teamster.
DAVID R. MARSHALL was a stave manufacturer at Sprague's pond.
BENJAMIN MARVIN was a manufacturer at Westport and West Swan- zey.
ELIEZER MASON lived on the Oscar Farr and Virgil Woodcock places. His son Hale was a carpenter and lived in a house that stood nearly opposite L. Talbot's place. Martin was a miller employed at sundry places. Benjamin lived his last years on C. Britton place at Factory Village. Frank M. lives at Cambridge, Mass., and Martin M., a carpenter, at West Swanzey.
FRANK E. MASON is a successful carpenter and stair builder at Providence, R. I.
HERBERT W. MASON was a pail manufacturer at East Swanzey but now runs a boarding house at Glens' Falls, N. Y.
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