Attucks, Crispus, An Indian-negro half-blood of Framingham, Mass., near Boston, noted as the leader and first person slain in the Boston massacre of Mar. 5, 1770, the first hostile encounter between the Americans and the British troops, and therefore regarded by historians as the opening fight of the great Revolutionary struggle. In consequence of the […]
Jesse W. S. Moon, a retired farmer, living in the village of Bradford, was born in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., August 12, 1845. His parents, Jesse and Sophia (Barker) Moon, are well known in Bradford through their frequent visits to their son. Mr. Moon was reared on a farm, living with his parents until
Allen, Stillman Boyd, son of Horace O. and Elizabeth Allen, was born September 8, 1830, at Waterborough, New county, Maine. He received his education in the academies at North Yarmouth, Kennebunk and Alfred, Maine. In September 1853, he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Maine until May, 1861, when he removed to
Robert Pattin & Jane Carter Jan. 2, 1771 John Brown & Mercy Brooks Jan. 3, 1771 Rodrick Morrison & Mary Fisher Jan. 3, 1771 James Burroughs & Bethiah Hollis Jan. 10, 1771 Bartholomew Green & Hannah Foster Mar. 7, 1771 Mr. Samuel Sparhawk & Mrs. Hannah Davis Mar. 9, 1771 Noah Bailey & Lydia Rice
Thomas Amory Lee, a member of the Topeka bar, graduated from Kansas University with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, and from Harvard Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He practiced law at Boston, Massachusetts, for several years, and has traveled in this country and abroad. He is
Nathaniel Fellows & Lydia Stanton of Charlestown Jan. 3, 1774 James Sumner & Abigail Byles Jan. 5, 1774 John Campbell & Mary Bouchannon Jan. 5, 1774 Benjamin Starr Jr. & Anne Cooper Jan. 12, 1774 Todd Wynter & Rebecca Ingraham Jan. 18, 1774 Daniel Warner & Deliverence Brinton Jan. 28, 1774 Michael Flinn & Lattice
Agassiz, Alexander, son of Louis and Cecile (Braun) Agassiz, was born in Neufchatel, Switzerland, December 17, 1835. His early educational training was received in the gymnasium of his native place. He came to this country in 1849, after his father, the celebrated naturalist, and entering Harvard College, was graduated there from in the class of
Jeremiah Gore & Hannah Richards of Stoughton Jan. 7, 1773 James Barber & Sarah Gleason Jan. H, 1773 Samuel Goddard & Margaret Collier Jan. 16, 1773 David Page & Sarah Cunnable of Fall Town Jan. 25, 1773 Josiah Hurley & Elizabeth McClelan Feb. 1, 1773 James Lamb & Elizabeth Lefebure Feb. 12, 1773 Henry Rice
Among the sons of the Pine Tree state who have found homes in the northwest and whose history forms an integral part of the record of the development of the rich mining interests of southern Idaho is Dan Feour. He was born in Aroostook County, Maine, June 9, 1850, a son of William and Catherine
Levi Lindley & Abigail Hill Jan. 4, 1795 Thomas Tayler & Mary Grant Jan. 21, 1795 Jacob Pettingill & Sally Larkin Jan. 27, 1795 Isaac Pereck & Lydia Fuller Jan. 28, 1795 Isaiah Ireland & Christiana Dolbear Jan. 28, 1795 David West & Abigail Leonard of Raynham Feb. 24, 1795 Samuel Whiting & Rebecca Holbrook
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood, son of Joseph Hale and Fanny (Larcom) Abbot, was born in Boston, November 6, 1836. His early education was obtained at home, and in the Boston public Latin school. Fitting for college, he entered Harvard in 1855, and was graduated with the class of 1859. He spent three years in the Harvard
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John Balt’s Book Dublin, Dec. 29, 1668 on the opposite page The Church Book Containing Various Matters, Etc.; An account of all ye Marriages solemnized in New. E the first of which was on the 10th of August 1686. John Bailey minister of the First church Boston 1683/97. Page 1. Upon ye 24th of May
William Swonson & Mary Hayden Jan. 11, 1802 William Jenkinson James & Sarah Kemp Jan. 15, 1802 Ebenezer Glines & Mary Ramesdel Jan. 17, 1802 John Davis & Sally Summers Jan. 18, 1802 Nathan Henderson, of Roxbury & Lydia Bodge Jan. 18, 1802 Cornelius Coolidge & Sarah Grant Jan. 20, 1802 William Roberts & Prudence
ALDEN CHESTER A WELL-KNOWN, industrious, painstaking lawyer of this city, whose early struggles in life and well-directed efforts to secure an education have been crowned with success in his chosen profession, is Alden Chester. Born at Westford, a small village in Otsego County, N. Y., September 4, 1848, he is the youngest of four sons
Allen, Charles, son of Sylvester and Harriet (Ripley) Allen, was born in Greenfield, Franklin county, April 17, 1827. He was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1847. He was admitted to the bar in 1850. He practiced law in Greenfield until 1862, and then moved to Boston. He was appointed by Governor John D.
KINGSLEY, Sabra Amelia Todd9, (Henry D.8, Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Oct. 13, 1843, in Boston, Mass., married April 24, 1867, Samuel Taylor Kingsley, who was born July 27, 1841. In 1875, they lived in East Clarendon, Vt. Children: I. Caroline Lois, b. March 9, 1868. II. Amelia, b. Dec. 8, 1869.
Lawrence Dowse of Legbourne, England : his ancestors, descendants and connections in England, Massachusetts and Ireland; compiled under the direction of William Bradford Homer Dowse.
HON. JOHN SAXTON KENT, ex-mayor of the city of Brockton, and one of that city’s leading manufacturers, is as well one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens who have made their way to success in this Commonwealth. Merit commands recognition, and the deserving find doors opening and the way growing plainer as they go
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Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Wife of the Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, Who Was Taken Prisoner when Lancaster was Destroyed, in the Year 1676; Written by Herself. On the 10th of February, 1676, came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster: their first coming was about sun-rising. Hearing the noise of some guns, we looked out; several houses
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George F. Zerzan, M. D. With his home and practice at Holyrood since 1905, Doctor Zerzan is a man of conspicuous success not only in his profession but by the rapidity with which he had accumalated important business interests. Doctor Zerzan is not yet forty and it would seem that his substantial achiovements to date
