GEORGE HARVEY EMERSON. – It is ever with peculiar interest that we observe the career of one who has been a soldier of the union. It was noticed that in the England of 1670, if any man was an exceptionally industrious and sober mechanic or man of business, it usually proved that he was an […]
Hiram C. Whitley. The State of Kansas is filled with interesting men, many of them known to the world at large. The city of Emporia had several. One is a prominent business man, who for upwards of forty years had given his time and energies to the upbuilding of that locality. This is Hiram C.
The subject of this article is one of the oldest pioneers of Jordan Valley, a man of ability and worth. one who has wrought here with assiduity and sagacity since the early days, is now recognized as one of the prominent men of the County, has ever maintained an unsullied reputation and manifested a stanch
John W. Severance, a prominent resident of Chichester, Merrimack County, and an ex-member of the New Hampshire legislature, was born February 3, 1822, in Sandwich, Carroll County, which was also the birthplace of his parents, Asa and Rhoda (Webster) Severance. His greatgrandfather, Ephraim Severance, was one of the pioneer farmers of that town, having gone
The larger part of the names of the grantees of Norwich are names of Connecticut men then resident in Mansfield and neighboring towns. Captain Hezekiah Johnson, Samuel Slafter, Joseph Storrs, and William Johnson 3rd, are known to have lived in Mansfield; Amos Fellows, James West, Adoniram Grant, and Samuel Cobb were of Tolland; Ebenezar Heath,
ALBERT PARSONS, expert in agriculture, cattle raiser, and dairy farmer of North Amherst, Massachusetts, was born June 1, 1883, in North Amherst, the son ‘ of Howard Albert Parsons. The family name of Parsons is derived from the Latin word persona, a mask. In early times actors wore a mask of wood to project their
Snyder, John Royal; attorney-at-law; born, Stark County, O., Feb. 11, 1876; son of John J. and Maria Shearer Snyder; educated, Mt. Union, 1899, A. B., Junior Scholarship prize; Harvard, 1909, L. B.; married, Massillon, Gertrude Smith; treas. Stark County, 1902-1906; deputy county treas. 1899-1902; treas. City of Canton, 1902-1904; member B. P. O. E., No.
Thwing, Charles Franklin; university pres.; born, New Sharon, Me., Nov. 9, 1853; son of Joseph P. and Hannah M. (Hopkins) Thwing; A. B., Harvard, 1876; graduated Andover Theological Seminary, 1879; (S. T. D., Chicago Theological Seminary, 1889; LL. D., Marietta, 1894, Illinois College, 1894, Waynesburg, 1901, Washington and Jefferson, 1902, Kenyon, 1910); married Carrie F.
CALDWELL, Lydia [Munroe. int.], of Woburn, and Amos [Aaron. int.] Monroe, at Woburn, Aug. 16, 1792.* CAPRON, Sarah, Mrs., of Braintree, and Rev. Paul Litchfield, int. Sept. 21, 1811. CARKEN, Sibbel, of Tyngsborough, and Daniel Nickles of Billerica, Oct. 12, 1811. CARLTON, David, of Chelmsford, and Susanna Blanchard, Nov. 4, 1819.* John, of Lowell, and
Eells, Howard Parmelee; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, June 16, 1855; son of Dan P. and May M. Howard Eells; A. B., Hamilton College, 1876; en B., Harvard University, 1877; married, Cleveland, April 20, 1881, Alice Maude-Overton; issue two children; second marriage, Cleveland, Nov. 11, 1889, Maud Stager; issue, five children; Republican; pres. 1896-1911, and now chairman
TAYLOR, Abraham, Nov. 9, 1833, a. 70 y. G. R. 2. Esther, wid. [Nathaniel. G. R. 1.], Aug. 8, 1809. [a. 75 y. G. R. 1.] Francis, w. Abraham, Oct. 4, 1827, a. 55 y. G. R. 2. Lucy, d. Nathaniel, July 3, 1798, a. 29 y. G. R. 1. Mary, wid. Abraham, “who had
Percival G. Lowe, for many years prominent in the public affairs of the city and county of Leavenworth, worth, was, in his young manhood, a typical plainsman and Kansas dragoon. He was essentially a man of action, and his only literary production in book form, “Five Years a Dragoon,” presents many cloarcut pictures of those
Adams, John Gregory Bishop, son of Isaac and Margaret Adams, was born in Groveland, Essex County, October 6, 1841. He obtained a common school education, and spent the greater part of his boyhood and youth in that locality. In the early summer of 1861 he enlisted in Major Ben; Perley Poore’s rifle battalion, which later
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NICKLES, Abel, farmer, June 5, 1848, a. 70 y. Hannah E., d. Mosses and Rhoda, consumption, Mar. 13, 1848, a. 21 y. Job, jr., consumption, Oct. 31, 1841, a. 46 y. Mary J., b. Chelmsford, d. Stephen J. [and Martha. G. R. 2.], registered May 30, 1849, a. 2 m. 21 d. [Jan. 21. G.
DAVIS, Abel, s. Thomas and Sarah, Dec. 25, 1755. Dolly, d. Nehemiah and Dorothy, June 22, 1755. George, s. Thaddius and Sarah, Aug. 14, 1812. John Proctor, s. John and Rebeckah, Jan. 28, 1830. Luke, s. Nehemiah and Dorothy, June 16, 1754. Rebekah, d. John and Rebeckah, Oct. 2, 1824. DURANT (see also Duren), Isaac,
Walker, Joseph H. farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fairport, Russell County, located in Saline Township, Ellis County, August 5, 1882, on Section 20. He has a homestead and timber claim, and railroad land, consisting of Section 20, 640 acres of land, sixty acres of which he has under plow. He has 360 head of cattle,
S. M. Elrick, Jr., owning and operating a valuable and productive farm of seventy-seven acres in Valley township, was born in Henry county, Illinois, on the 18th of February, 1864, his parents being S. M. and Margaret (Ferlhing) Elrick, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The year 1868 witnessed their arrival in Page county,
William B. Sawyer, M. D., occupies a prominent position in the medical circles of Riverside, and has for many years been well known in the business and social circles of the city. Dr. Sawyer is a native of New England, born in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in 1854. His father, Edmund H. Sawyer, was a descendant
ESTABROOK Abraham, s. Robert and Olive, Mar. 12, 1744. (also recorded at Concord.) Hannah, d. Robert and Olive, Feb. 17, 1755. (also recorded at Concord.) John, s. Robert and Olive, Dec. 15, 1750. (also recorded at Concord.) Jonathan s. Robert and Olive, July 15, 1753. (also recorded at Concord.) Olive, d. Robert and Olive, Oct.
DAVIES (see also Davis), Anna, of Acton, and John Bobbins, 4th, int. Jan. 27, 1810. Daniel, of Bedford, and Betsey Blood, Apr. 7, 1803.* David, of Acton, and Polly Hildreth of Westford, July 4, 1793. DAVIS (see also Davies, Daviss), Ephraim, of Lowell, and Rebecca Davis, int. Nov. 4, 1848. Hannah, and Phinehas Osgood of
