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(X) Philip Brett, son of Abel Hargrave Sawyer, was born at Farmington, Maine, July 13. 1875. He attended the public schools of Portland until he was twelve years old. when his parents removed to Boston. Ile fitted for college at the Roxbury Latin School and en- tered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1808. After an extensive European tour he entered the bank- ing house of E. H. Rollins & Son of Boston, representing the firm throughout New York state. In 1904 he engaged in business as junior partner of the firm of Crocker & Saw- yer. dealers in bonds and investment securi- ties. Elmira, New York. In 1906 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Sawyer became a rep- resentative of the firm of Baker, Avling & Company, bankers, of Boston. In 1908 Mr. Stafford D. Noble joined him in partnership. under the firm name of Sawyer, Noble & Co., making a specialty of high grade bonds for investment and dealing in local se- curities, with offices in Elmira. This firm is also a representative of Baker, Ayling &
Company of Boston. Mr. Sawyer is a direc- tor in the Curtis Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York. From May 12. Igoo, to May 12, 1905, he was a member of the First Corps of Cadets, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia of Boston, a military body of the highest reputation, which from colonial days had acted as body-guard to the gover- nor. Mr. Sawyer is a member of the Sons of the Revolution, the Harvard Club of New York, the Elmira City Club, the Elmira Coun- try Club and the Town and Gown Club of Ithaca. He and his family attend the Protest- ant Episcopal church.
He married, February 16, 1909. Helen Rogers Preston, of Baltimore, Maryland. daughter of Cecil A. and Leila ( Rogers) Preston. Children: 1. Phippy, born Janu- ary 12, 1910, died in infancy. 2. Helen Eliza- beth, born June 17. 19II.
(The Belcher Line).
The Belcher family is probably of Norman descent, but persons of that name have lived in England from an early time. During the reign of King Henry VIII. there was an Ed- mund Belcher in Guilsborough. Northampton- shire, and his son, Alexander Belcher, gentle- man, received a grant of Northoft, a hamlet of nineteen houses. There were four immi- grants to America, but no relationship has been found between them. They were: Jere- miah, of Ipswich; Edward, freeman, May 18. 1631. of Boston ; Andrew, ancestor of Gover- nor Belcher : Gregory, mentioned below.
(I) Gregory Belcher, immigrant ancestor. was born about 1606, according to his own deposition. He was in New England as early as 1637. when he was a farmer in Braintree, Massachusetts, and a proprietor of the town. On December 30, 1639, he was granted a lot of fifty-two acres on Mount Wollaston ( Brain- tree) where he settled. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640, and served as select- man in 1646. In 1664 he purchased land in Milton which he gave to his son John at his marriage. In 1657-58 he leased the Salter farm in Braintree from the estate of William Tyng, of Boston, and with others in 1666-67 he bought the place, his interest being one- eighth. With his son-in-law. Alexander Marsh, he bought the iron works with two hundred acres of land in Braintree. He died November 25. 1674. He married Katherine , who survived him and died in the
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spring of 1680. Her will, dated September 3. 1679, was proved July 20, 1680. Children : Elizabeth, married Thomas Gilbert ; Josiah, mentioned below : John, born about 1633; Samuel, August 24, 1637 ; Mary, July 8, 1639, married. December 19, 1655, Alexander Marsh ; Joseph, December 25, 1641.
(II) Josiah, son of Gregory Belcher, was born in 1631, died April 3, 1683. He seems to have been a prominent man in Boston, and was one of the founders of the Old South Church. He married, March 3. 1655. Ranis, daughter of Elder Edward Rainsford, a mer- chant in Boston. She died October 2, 1691. They had twelve children, among whom was Edward, mentioned below.
(III) Edward, son of Josiah Belcher, was born in Boston, January 19, 1669. In later life he bought an estate at Stoughton, Massa- chusetts, where he lived the remainder of his life. He died March 16, 1745, and his widow survived him, dying March 5, 1752. He mar- ried Mary Clifford, and they had six chil- dren.
(IV) Clifford, son of Edward Belcher, was born in Boston, the youngest of six children. He owned a large estate in old Stoughton. where he lived until his death, April 26, 1773. He married, June 24. 1740, Mehitable, born December 8. 1706, died February 20. 1779. daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Clap) Bird. and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Bird, of Dorchester, Massachu- setts.
(\') Supply, son of Clifford Belcher. was born in Stoughton, now Sharon, Massachu- setts, March 29. 1751. He spent his early life in Stoughton, receiving a good education, and then began a mercantile life in Boston. After the outbreak of the revolution he returned to Stoughton, as his prospects were not good then in Boston, and 1778 bought a large farm lying on both sides of the Taunton road of Jer- emiah Ingraham, in what is now South Can- ton. As he had suffered many losses in the war. as others had, he decided to start again in a different place, and in 1785 moved to the district of Maine, settling in Hallowell, now Attgusta. He remained on the Kennebec river for six years, and was prominent in the town while there. He was elected captain of the North Company of Militia at its organization. having held a captain's commission from Gen- eral Washington before that time. He moved in February, 1791. with John Church, to
Sandy River township. Here he purchased the Seth Greeley river lot, No. 24, east side. where the upper part of the Centre Village now stands. Here again he was an important man because of his education and knowledge of men. In 1793 when the incorporation of the town was being considered, he was ap- pointed the agent of the township and in that capacity went to Boston, where he was suc- cessful in procuring the act of incorporation. He was made first town clerk and received the second justice's commission granted to a resident in the town. In 1798 he was first representative from the town to the general court, and also in 1801 held that office; in 1809 he was colleague of Nathan Cutler. He served as selectman in 1796-07. For many years he was a well known teacher, being the teacher of the second school in the township. He was called Squire Belcher as well as Cap- tain.
He was well versed in the knowledge of medicine and surgery, though he did not pre- tend to be a physician, and he gave the set- tlers much aid in cases of accident or disease. especially before Dr. Stoyell's arrival in 1794. Before that time there was no doctor nearer than Hallowell. He is best remembered, how- ever, as a musician. While living in Stough- ton, during the revolution, he opened a tav- ern, which is on the map of 1785 as Belcher's Tavern, and it appears from old diaries that this place was a favorite for musical people. He was closely associated with William Bill- ings, who taught music there as early as 1774. In 1782, with another member of the Stough- ton Musical Society, he went to commence- ment at Harvard College in order to enjoy the musical program. He was even better known as a composer of music and a performer on the violin than as a singer. While in Farm- ington, in 1794, he published a collection of sacred music known as "Harmony of Maine," containing several pieces composed by him.
Archdale and Hymn 116 are still sung. being included in the Centennial Collection of the Stoughton Musical Society. In 1796 he was called from Farmington to conduct the music at a public exhibition given by Hallowell Acad- emy. He was the first choir leader in town and led the music for many years.
He married, May 2, 1775, Margaret, daugh- ter of William and Margaret More : William's wife was daughter of John Johnson : she was a woman of unusual education and of refined
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manners: she was born and brought up in Boston. Ile died June 9, 1836, and she died May 14, 1839, aged eighty-three. Children, born in Stoughton: Abigail Doty and Mar- garet Johnson, twins, born May 27, 1776; Clifford, January 17, 1778; Samuel, July 18, 1780: Benjamin More. August 4. 1782 ; Me- hitable, October 17, 1784, died September 20, 1785: Mehitable, in Augusta, June 1, 1787; Hiram, mentioned below ; Martha Stoyell, in Farmington, February 20, 1795 ; Betsey, April 6, 1797. died September 27, 1804.
(VI) Hiram, son of Supply Belcher, was born in Augusta, Maine, February 23, 1790, died May 6, 1857, after a useful and honored life. He was a lawyer hy profession, and one of the most prominent members of the Franklin and Kennebec bars. He spent his youth in Farmington, Maine, and entered Hal- lowell Academy at the age of fifteen, with the view of following the study of law. Here he was in the highest rank in his studies among those who were afterwards known as learned scholars. In 1807 he began the study of law in the office of Hon. Nathan Cutler, and after remaining there two years he spent two years in the office of Samuel S. Wilde, who later was a well known judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in Kennebec county in 1812 and opened an office in Farmington, where he had from the beginning a large and important practice. He was ranked among the best lawyers in the state in a short time.
He served as town clerk from 1814 to 1819 inclusive, and was representative in the legis- lature of 1822-20-32 from the town. He rep- resented the Kennebec district in the senate in 1838-39, and in 1846 was elected representa- tive to congress, serving one term during the last half of President Polk's administration. He was a member of the Congregational church, joining in 1828, and was always in- terested in its welfare. He was a man noted for his keen, dry humor, and many anecdotes are told of him. He was greatly mourned at his death by all who knew him.
He married Evelina, daughter of Jason D. Cony. She was loved by a large number of friends and led an active and useful life. She died February 20, 1883, leaving ten grand- children and ten great-grandchildren. Chil- dren : Hannibal, mentioned below ; Charlotte, born August 20, 1819: Abigail Doty, February 18, 1821 ; Hiram Andrew, June 27, 1823, died
September 6, 1825 ; Susan Evelina, March 29, 1825; Margaret Mehitable, April o, 1828.
(VII) Hannibal, son of Hiram Belcher, was born at Farmington, Maine, June 15. 1818. He received his education under Na- thaniel Green at the Farmington Academy. He studied the profession of law and was ad- mitted to the Franklin bar in 1839. lle be- came associated with his father in the law business, under the firm name of II. & H. Belcher, and he was known as a faithful law- yer with a good solid knowledge of his sub- jects. In 1841 he was appointed lieutenant- colonel on Governor Kent's staff, and in 1855 was elected by the legislature as major-general of the eighth division of the Maine militia. In 1860 he was a member of Governor Lot 31. Morrill's company, and from 1862 to 1869 he served as internal revenue assessor. He married Lucy Ann, daughter of Ezra Brett. a descendant in two lines from John Alden, the Pilgrim; the more direct line is from Isaac, son of John Alden, whose daughter Sarah married, in 1712, Seth Brett; their son Simeon was father of Rufus Brett : Ezra, son of Rufus, was born in Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, February 27, 1779, and married, July 4, 1800, Alice Robinson, born November 14, 1779. The other line is from Ruth, daughter of John Alden, wife of John Bass, whose great-great-grandchild was Susannah Cary .. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Belcher: Lucy Garaphelia, born July 12, 1845; Abby Doty, May 3. 1847: Hiram Andrew, February 9, 1849: Evelina Jessie, April 28, 1853, married, December 25, 1873. Abel Hargrave Sawyer ( see Sawyer IX) ; Benjamin More, June 29. 1855: Alice Gertrude, July 1. 1858.
PACKER John Packer, immigrant an- cestor, settled early in Groton, Connecticut, and in 1655 was living near the Pequot Indians at Nowank. He died in 1689. lle married (first ) Eliza- beth -; (second ) June 24, 1676, Rebec- ca, widow of Thomas Latham. His widow married Watson, of Kingston, Rhode Island. Children of first wife: Jolin, mar- ried Lydia Latham ; Samuel ; Richard ; Charles Eldridge. Children by second wife: James, mentioned below: Joseph; Benjamin, was in the army and probably died in the service in 1700.
(II) Captain James Packer, son of John Packer. was born in 1681, baptized at Groton,
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September 11, 1681. He inherited from his tatlier a controversy as to the extent of his lands at Nowank. In 1735 a compromise was effected and such was the interest of the neighbors in the decision that forty mounted men accompanied the commissioners, Major Timothy Pierce, Mr. West, of Lebanon, and Sheriff Huntington, of Windham, when they viewed the property. He died April 24, 1765. He married (first) Abigail Avery, born Jan- uary 18, 1679, died November 16, 1722 : (sec- ond) Elizabeth Springer; (third) Thankful Fanning. Children by first wife: Ichabod, born January 15, 1707, died May 10, 1768; Abigail, October 23, 1708, married Thomas Eldridge : James, mentioned below : Desire, September II, 1712; Freelove, January 30, 1715 : Lucretia, August 2, 1717 ; Nancy. Feb- ruary 9, 1719; John, September 16, 1720: Jo- seph, November 2, 1722, died November 28, 1804. Children by second wife: Samuel, married Freelove Satterlee ; Molly, Thankful, Elizabeth.
(III) James (2). son of Captain James (I) Packer, was born November 2, 1710. He married Zerviah, born October 6, 1715. daugh- ter of Daniel Eldridge. Children: Sophia, married James Brown; James, mentioned be- low; Charles; Eldridge, January 1, 1756; Bathsheba, married John Ashbey ; Joshua : Na- than : Mary, married Samuel Fox.
(IV) James (3), son of James (2) Packer, was born in 1734 at Croton, Connecticut, set- tled in Guilford. Vermont, in 1778, and died there August 24, 1803. He married Rebecca Walworth. who died February II, 1814. aged seventy-eight years. Children: James, men- tioned below; Jeremy, born January 2, 1762, a Baptist preacher: Surviah. September 15. 1767. married Joseph Shepherdson ; Eleazer. January 26, 1770; Rebecca. April 1. 1774. married Edward Barney : Polly, February 10, 1777. married Alpheus Clark.
(\') James (4), son of James (3) Packer, was born in Groton, Connecticut, August 17. 1760. died in Guilford, Vermont, April 22. 1831. He went to Guilford with his parents when a young man and settled there. He married, at Leyden, Massachusetts, July 31, 1783. Mary Greene, born October 19, 1763. died January 10. 1830, daughter of Rev. Jo- seph Greene, a Baptist clergyman of Leyden, Massachusetts. Children : James, mentioned below : Daniel, born September 23. 1786; Han- nah. May 12, 1788, died January 22, 1859:
Mary, born January 25, 1790, died June, 1821; Surviah, February 2. 1792, died April 16. 1875; Joseph, January 1, 1794; Barsheba. July 29. 1796: Henry, June 28. 1798, died February 17. 1862; Jesse, July 8, 1800, died January 3. 1867 : Greene, June 18. 1802: Ed- ward, February 2, 1805 ; Louisa, February 12, 1807.
(VI) James (5). son of James ( 4) Packer, was born in Guilford, Vermont, August 23, 1784, died in Norwich. New York, December 7. 1867. He came to Chenango county. New York, about 1806, bringing his family and household goods in an ox-team, cleared a farm in the wilderness and made a home there. He was among the pioneers of the town and one of the substantial citizens in later years. He married (first), in Vermont. September, 1806, Mary (Polly) Billings, born June 18. 1786, died June 16, 1826. He married (second), January 25, 1827. Eunice Lewis, born Febru- ary 27, 1785. Children by first wife : I. James A., born December 10, 1807. died Feb- ruary 23, 1820. 2. Charles, October 16, 1809. 3. Amos Billings, mentioned below. 4. Hor- ace. January 2. 1812. died in 1881 ; an attor- ney-at-law in Oxford. New York. 5. Ruany, September 5. 1813, died April 10, 1833 ; mar- ried Matthew Wells. 6. Dr. Nelson, Decem- ber 8. 1814, a physician at Wellsboro, Penn- sylvania. 7. Mary P .. October 13, 1816, died August 18. 1848: married William Gilbert. 8. Marcia Carolina. December II. 1817. died in 1882: married William R. Breed. 9. Mar- tha Emeline. twin of Marcia Caroline, died July 21, 1853: married Ezra Bennett. 10. Elizabeth, February 5. 1820, died in 1883; married (first) Elias B. Pellutt. (second) Na- than Pendleton. 11. James H., September 16. 1823. died in infancy. Child by second wife : 12. Sarah F .. born May 15. 1829: married Daniel M. Holmes, a merchant of Norwich.
(VII) Amos Billings, son of James (5) Packer, was born February 4, 1810, in Nor- wich, New York, died March 17. 1857. He was a farmer in his native town. He married, October 4. 1842, Sally Moore, born at East Lyme, Connecticut. Octoher 9. 1817, died Feb- ruary 3, 1890. daughter of Ezra and Betsey (Steward) Moore. Children : 1. Mary Moore, born October 29. 1843, died June 6, 1884; married Frederick F. Hall, and had two sons, Frederick F. P. Hall, of Norwich, and Rob- ert Moore Hall, of New York. 2. Emeline V., March 6, 1846, died March 29. 1862. 3.
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Harriet B., March 7, 1848, died November 9, 1883. 4. James, November 17, 1850, lives in Norwich, New York ; married Jennie Hopkins and has a daughter Mae. 5. Sarah L., April 30, 1853, lives in Norwich. 6. Amos Bill- ings, mentioned below.
(VIII) Amos Billings (2), son of Amos Billings (1) Packer, was born October 22, 1855. in Norwich. He was educated mainly in the public schools of his native town. He began to study law in the office of Robert A. Stanton, after taking a course in Norwich Academy, and in due course was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was clerk of the surro- gate's court when Hon. W. F. Jenks was county judge and surrogate, and he held the office for six years. He then engaged in gen- eral practice with an office in Norwich, New York, and he has taken a prominent position among the lawyers of the county. He has been active in public affairs ; has been a trus- tee of the incorporated village and at the present time he is secretary of the village board of health, member of the board of sewer commissioners and a trustee of Mount Hope Cemetery Association. He is gifted with an attractive personality : is an able pub- lic speaker and a persuasive trial lawyer. His office is in the Ray Law Building on West Park place and his home is at 10 Hayes street, Norwich. Ile is a member of the First Bap- tist Church. Ile is unmarried.
(The Chesebrough Line).
(I) William Chesebrough, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England in 1594, prob- ably in or near Boston, Lincolnshire, where he is known to have had his residence some eleven or twelve years prior to his emigration to America. He came on the ship "Arbella." Captain Peter Milborne, master, with his wife Anna, and three surviving children of the eight that had been born to him. The "Ar- bella" received its name "in honor of the Lady Arbella," wife of Isaac Johnson, Esq., one of the more prominent passengers. The ship was one of a fleet of fourteen vessels. with eight hundred and forty passengers, comprising the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sarah Chesebrough, whose name stands No. 78 on the roll of the First Church of Boston, Massachusetts, was doubtless a passenger on the ship, and is thought to have been Will- iam's mother. The ship set sail from Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, March 30, 1630,
and was called the "Admiral" of the fleet as it was the best vessel and held the more im- portant people. They settled first at Charles- town, July 30. 1630, but in three months re- moved to Boston. The names of William and his wife are on the roll of the First Church there. He was made a freeman in May. 1631. and was chosen one of the two deputies from the town; he was also constable and assessor of rates ; and again one of a committee to al- lot to "able bodied men and youth," grounds for planting. In 1637 or 1638 he removed to Mount Wollaston, later named Braintree, and here he was representative and commissioner or local judge for certain cases. Later he removed to "Seekonk," near Plymouth Col- ony, where he was prominent. He was op- posed to renaming the town Rehoboth, and because of a prejudice which arose against him from this he went to Pequot, where he was urged to settle, but he finally settled in Wequetequock Cove, in Pawcatuck, and was assisted in his moving by Roger Williams. Soon after this a false charge was made against him by jealous neighbors. declaring that he intended to carry on trade with the Indians in firearms, and the general court of Connecticut issued a warrant requiring him to answer this, and though at first he refused he finally answered and cleared himself. Both Massachusetts and Connecticut claimed the Pequot land and Connecticut tried to gain it by founding a new town on Chesebrough's side of the river. Thomas Stanton, the fam- ous Indian interpreter, joined Chesebrough. Palmer and Miner in settling Stonington, which was at first called Southington. then Mystic. and then Stonington. For the last three years of his life he was selectman of the town. He died June 9, 1067.
He married Anne, daughter of Peter Stev- enson, by license, December 15, 1620, in St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng- land. His wife died August 24, 1773. Chil- dren: Marie, baptized May 2, 1622, died in infancy : Martha, baptized September 18. 1623, died in infancy ; David, died in infancy : Jonathan, twin of David, baptized September 9, 1624; Samuel, mentioned below : Androni- cus and Julia, twins, baptized February (, 1629: Nathaniel, January 25, 1630: John, bap- tized September 2. 1632; Jabez, baptized May 3, 1635, died young : Elisha, baptized June 4, 1637; Joseph, born July 18. 1640, died young. (II) Samuel, son of William Chesebrough,
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was baptized April 1, 1627, at Boston, Eng- land, buried July 31, 1673, in Stonington, Connecticut. He was made freeman in 1057. and signed the Pawcatuck articles of associa- tion in 1658. Ile served as constable, select- man in 1660, deputy to the general court in 1605-66-70-71-72-73. lle lived in Boston, Braintree and Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He married. November 30, 1655, Abigail - who married ( second ) June 15, 1675, Joshua Holmes, of Westerly, and (third) July 4. 1098, Captain James Avery, of New London, who died April 18, 1700, leaving her again a widow. Children: Abigail, mentioned below ; Marie, born February 28, 1658; Samuel, No- vember 20, 1660: William, April 8, 1662; Sa- rah, December 24, 1663; Elisha, April 4.
(11I) AAbigail, daughter of Samuel Chese- brough, was born September 30, 1656. She married, November 29, 1675, in Stonington, John Avery, son of Jamies and Joanna ( Green- slade ) \very, grandson of Christopher .Avery, of Groton, Connecticut, born February 10. 1653-54. He served in King Philip's war. He owned land in Stonington, Groton and Preston, Connecticut. Children : Abigail, born January 15. 1077, died July 18, 1677; Abigail, January 18, 1079. married James Packer (see Packer ]]) ; Mary, November, 1680; John, April 1, 1083; Benjamin, 1686; William; Elizabeth, October 27, 1600: Anna ; Elisha and Desire, twins, 16)4; Josiah; Dan- iel. November 5. 1699: Nathaniel; Thomas, 1703.
(VII) Abraham (3) Nash, son of N.A.S11 Abraham (2) Nash (q. v.), was born akont 1775. He settled in Troy, New York, and was proprietor of a brewery there. He married, at Norwalk. Connecticut, Sarah Benedict, of West Lane District, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Children : Jared ; Samuel: Sally, married Silas St. John : Abiah. married Thadde: s Seymour ; Lewis F .. mentioned lelow.
(VIIl) Lewis F., son of Abraham (3) Nash, was born July 24. 1800, doubtless in Cooperstown, New York, died in Norwich, New York, July 5. 1871. He married, April 2, 1822, Sophia Shipman, born May 16, 1800. clied August 7, 1878. Children : Alphonso DeMortimer, mentioned below ; Silas .A .. born July 21, 1824, died July 3, 1865: Aaron S., October 17, 1825, drowned July 17, 1832;
Sophia S., October 9, 1837, died January 25, 1903.
(IX) Alphonso DeMortimer, son of Lewis F. Nash, was born in Toddtown, Otsego county, New York. November 2, 1822. died July 10, 1878. He received a public school education in Otsego county, and then learned the trade of piano making, which he followed all of his life. His position was that of fore- man of a large piano manufacturing plant in New York City for some time. He married, December 28, 1842, Emily E. Crandall, born in Cooperstown, New York, daughter of Ed- ward and Mary (Todd) Crandall. Children : Henry C., born January 3, 1846, died March 6. 1893: Mary E., June 7, 1848. married Al- bert Clayton, of Ilion, New York: Edward Lewis, mentioned below : Alphonso Nelson, June 12, 1856, lives at St. Joe, Missouri.
( X) Edward Lewis, son of .Alphonso De Mortimer Nash, was born at Forrestville, Chautauqua county, New York, July 20, 1853. He came to Norwich, New York, with the family, and he received his early education there in the public schools. When a young man he worked as clerk in a store in that town, and he has been in active business since he was eighteen years old and he has been in business on his own account since 1884 in Norwich. His book and stationery store at 187 South Broad street is one of the best in this section. He carries in stock the best boo''s of the leading publishers of the country and he makes a specialty of good juvenile books. \ full line of writing papers, envel- opes, and stationery of every description forms another department. He has also. a wall paper department with a large and va- ried stock. Mr. Nash is a courteous, enter- prising merchant and fully deserves the pat- ron: ge and public confidence given to him by his townsmen. He is interested in public matters, has been trustee of the incorporated village and for two years was clerk of the village. He was supervisor of the town for fifteen years, an able executive. a faithful member of the town board and influential in the county board. He was at one time can- didate of his party for state senator. In re- ligion he is a Congregationalist. He is a member of Norwich Lodge. Free and Ac- cepted Masons; of Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: of Norwich Commandery, Knights Templar ; of Katurah Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, of Binghamton, and he has taken
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