the exception of two; lie married, December i,
1864, Mary .Sophia Combs, born in Enfield,
Connecticut, February 14, 1846, died January
12, 1896, and their son, Robert Cady, is married
and lives on the .Mien homestead in \'ernon.
3. Julia .'\ugusta. born in Xewfane. \'ermont.
July 30. 1837. flied there Jaimary 23. 1839. 4.
Charles .Xntlerson. born in Jamaica. X'ermont.
February i. 1840. died in .Athens. .August 11.
1865 : he was a young man of much promise and
success ; he married. September 6, 1864. .Abbic
E. Hall, of .Athens. \'ermont. who died Septem-
ber 9, 1872. 5. Robert Clark, born in Jamaica.
\'ermont. Dctoljcr 8. 1842: he resides in Xorth
Springfield. \'ermont. where he has been for
many years a building contractor and road
commissioner: he married (first) June 18.
1864. Jane .A. Lockwood. who died .April 29.
1867; married (second) October 13, 1867,
I-ucy C. Lockwood. who died November 7,
1868: married I third ) November 5. i8(>9. Mrs.
Hattie N. ( Cha|)n)an ) Henry; he has one
daughtir who is unmarried and resides in
North .S])ringfield. 6. Sarah .Augusta, born in
Jamaica. N'ermont, October 30. 1846, died in
\'ernon. {•"ebruary 13. 1905 ; she married. Jaim-
ary 18. i8f)9. Lafayette \V. Stoddard, and had
children : Wallace E.. now residing in Williams-
town. .Massachusetts; P)ertha. married Ihester
D. Hicks, and resides in .'^iiringfield. 7. \'esta
Eliza, horn in \\ indham. \ ermont. .November
f). 1854. died in X'ernon. January 16. 1862.
(\I) Orrin J'eer, eldest child of Deacon
Robert (2) and Eliza Paine (Doolittle) .Allen.
was born in Wallingford. \'ermont, September
30, 1833. lie com])letC(l his education at the
Chester ( \ ermont ) .\cademy, where he won
an enviable reputation as a diligent and earnest
student, at the same time teaching schools in
the towns of Windham. Cavendish and \"ernon.
\ermont. and after being graduated he taught
school in Ilackensack. New Jersey. For several
yeav^he was su])erintendent of schools in Ver-
non, resigning this office ujjon his removal from
the state of X'ermont. He settled in Palmer. Mass-
achusetts. October 5. 1859. establishing himself
in the ))harmaceutical business and contunied
in this line until the fall of 1902, when he
retired from commercial enter])rises. F'"arly
in life he had evinced a decided taste for liter-
ary |)nrsuits and his course of reading has been
an tunisually extensive one, ranging through
nearly all the departments of literatme and
embracing the classics, ]ioetry. history and the
various sciences. He commenced writing for
jniblication at the age of fifteen years and has
been a ]irolific contributor since that time. For
many years he has been interested in the sub-
ject of local history and genealogy ; has written
many historical pajiers for the jiress relating
to Palmer and other localities. He has com-
|)iled and |)ublished the genealogies of Samuel
Lee. of XX'atertown. Massachusetts; .Abraham
Doolittle. of .New Haven; John I'airman. of
I'.nfield. Connecticut; William .Scott, of Hat-
field. Massaclniselts : John Scott, of Spring-
field ; I'.dward Allen, of .Nantucket ; and .Sam-
uel .Mien, of I'jifield, Connecticut. He has
gathered material for a volume of the jjioneer
.Aliens of America, and is now (1908) engaged
in completing the genealogy of .Nicholas Cady.
of Watertown. .Massachusetts. 1645- 1908. lie
wrote the History of the .Second Congrega-
tional ('hurch of Palmer in 1895. and on the
occasion of the public celebration of the jubilee
anniversary of the chtnxh in 1897, he was
chosen to deliver the historical address. He
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was also chosen to deliver the historical address
upon the occasion of the celebration of the
centennial of the Thomas Lodge of Masons of
Palmer, in 1896, of which he is a member. He
has never sought i)ublic office, yet he has been
called upon to (ill many positions of trust and
responsibility. He was secretary and treas-
urer of the Eastern Hamptlen Agricultural
Society for nineteen years ; member of the
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture for
three years ; many years a trustee of the Pal-
mer Savings Bank ; for several years superin-
tendent of the Sunday school connected with
the Second Congregational Church of Palmer,
and for seventeen years clerk of the church.
He was one of the pioneers in the movement
for founding the ^'oung Men's Lihrarv Asso-
ciation of Palmer in 1878, was its librarian for
a period of twelve years and a trustee up to the
I)resent time. When the history of Palmer
was contemplated \h 1883 Mr. Allen was chosen
by the town as one of the publishing committee,
in which he was elected chairman, and devoted
much of his time to the collection of the neces-
sary material until its completion in 1889. He
was the ])rime mover in the establishment of
the Palmer Historical Society, which was
organized in .May. 1899. ami incorporated
through his efforts in May, 1900 ; he has .served
as curator of this society since its organization.
He has also collected and identified a very
complete flora of Palmer, this emi)racing some
four hundred and fifty s]iecimens.
Mr. .Allen married (first) I*"ebruary. i860,
Harriet f^yudon Maria (Jarvin, born in Boston.
Se])teiuber 12. 1840. died in l^almer, February
25. 1862. Their <inly cliilil, Ina Lyndon, was
l)orn in I 'aimer, .May 16, 18O1, and married
Charles R. Carroll ; they had ten children, of
whom a daughter, .-Mice Lyndon, was gradu-
ated from the Charlemont high .school and the
Moody .School at East Xorthfield. and became
a student at the Syracuse L'niversitv. Mr.
â– Mien married (second) June 16. uSG^.Lucinda
h'lmiiia .Scott, born in \'ernon, \'ermont. June
5. 1845. ''^â– '' ancestors took a notable and
active part in the colonial and revolutionary
days. One of them. William Scott, partici-
pated in the famous "Falls" fight with the
Indians: Captain Moses Scott, her great-great-
grandfather, was f)ne of the brave defenders
of I'ort Massachusetts ; his son. Ebcnezer
Scott, the great-grandfather of Mrs. .Mien,
survived a ca])tivity among the F>ench and
Indians of Quebec, came back and bore his
share bravely as a soldier in the .Vmerican
revolution, lived to a good old age. and became
one of the honored pensioners of the United
States government. Orrin Peer and Lucinda
Elmina ( Scott) Allen had children: i. Walter
Scott, born February 11, 1867, received his
education in the public schools of Palmer and
in the ^Mitchell's Boys' School, at Billerica,
Massachusetts, where he was awarded a gold
medal for superior scholarshij). 2. Julia .Ade-
line, born July 6. 1869. was graduated from
the Palmer high school in 1888 and from the
Westfield Normal school in 1892 ; she was pre-
cocious as a musician, having successfully
played on the piano at an entertainment at the
Palmer Opera House, when but five years of
age ; since then she has been engaged as a
teacher of music. 3. Lillie May, born Sep-
tember 7, 1870. was graduated from the I 'ai-
mer high school in 1888, and completed her
education at the Westfield .Xormal school in
1891 ; she is now an assistant in the postoffice
in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Lewis .Mien, immigrant ancestor,
.ALI^EX was living in Watertown Farms
( Weston ) , Massachusetts, in 1665,
and died there January 24, 1708. There is a
tradition that he came from Wales, lie mar-
ried ( first ) Sarah Ives, born in Watertown.
October 11, 1639, daughter of Miles and Mar-
tha Ives. He married (second) Mary (Sher-
man ) Freeman, widow of Henry I'reeman, of
\\ atertown. who died Xovember 12, 1672. She
died July 13. 1703. and was probably the clde.st
daughter of Rev. John .Sherman, t'hildren of
first wife, born in Watertown Farms: i. Child,
born and diefl .Xovember, i(^>()5. 2. Lewis,
born and died December. lOGCt. 3. Sarah, born
January 3. 1668. mentioned in the will of her
grandfather Ives. December. 1683. 4. Abel,
born September 15, i6(ytj, mentioned below. 5.
Mary, born .\pril 14, 1671. Child of second
wife: (1. Ebenezer. born about 1(^77.
(Ill .\bel. son of Lewis .Mien, was born in
W'ritrrtown I'arnis. September 15, 1669. and
(lied there early in 175'). I lis will was made
in 1750 and proved May 3. 1756. He lived on
the farm that his father had occupied, but
never owned. In December, i''>83. Miles Ives,
his grandfather, gave to .\bel .Allen the farm
his son-in-law, Lewis .Mien, is living on. .Abel
.Allen married (first) Sarah . who died
.September 18. 1736. He married (second)
.September 18. 1738, Elizabeth Shejiard. who
survived him. Children, all by first wife, born
at Watertown Farms: i. Rol)ert. Jamiary 21,
\C^4. 2. Sarah, March 9, iCtqCt; married. July
30. 1724, Peter Falcs, of Walj^olc. 3. Sus-
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anna. January 10, 1698; married. May 13. 1720,
I.^aac Harrington, of Westcn. 4. jolin. No-
vember 25. 1699. 5. George. ()ctt)ber 2^. 1701,
mentioned below. 6. Samuel. December 5,
1703, not mentioned in his father",s will. 7.
David. July 8. 1705. 8. Mary. November 3. 1707,
not mentioned in will. 9. Lydia. March 3. 1710.
not mentioned in will. 10. .Vbel. April 19. 1714.
(Ill) George, son of Abel .-Mien, was born
at Watertowii I'arms. (October 23. 1701. He
was a farmer and followed his elder brothers
to W'alpole. and in 1728 or 1729 located per-
manently in what later became the adjoining
town of Sharon (then a i:)art of Stoughton).
He died there in the first half of the year 1792,
aged ninety years. William Savage, Jr.. was
appointed administrator of his estate on June
20 of that year. He married (intention ]nib-
lished April 26. 1729) Mary Talbot, of Stough-
ton. born March 24. 170S, died January 19,
1804. daughter of George and .Mary Talbot.
Children, all born in what is now Sharon: i.
Mary. March 31, 1731. 2. Tnrell, February
21, 1734. died in Stoughton, February 27, 1824:
married (first) November 28. 1762, Margaret
Stearns; (second) October 18. 1798, Sally
Dersy. of Stoughton. 3. George. April 7, 1736,
mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, about 1741,
enlisted for service at Lake George, April 2.
1759; reported as on a former expedition; in
service in Nova Scotia in 1760. 5. .\bel. 1744.
died 1744. 6. Seth, March 13. 1746, married
Jemima Jordan. 7. Elizabeth. June 12. 1756.
( 1\' ) George ( 2 ). son of George ( i ) .Allen,
was born in Sharon. .April 7. 1736. He mar-
ried (first ) in 1759. Fx])crience Stearns, daugh-
ter of Jonathan .Stearns, of Stoughton. He
married (second) in 1777. Mercy Jordan, of
Stoughton. He enlisted May 31. 1754. for the
defense of the eastern frontier.
(V) Bethuel. son or ncjjhew of George (2)
Allen, was born in 1772 in Stoughton, died at
Newton. Massachusetts, December 3, 1838.
He married, at Canton. December 17. 1797,
Martha (called Patty) P.ent. daughter of Rufus
and .\nn ( McKenzie ) I'.ent. Her father was
born March 10. 1742. and was housewright at
Milton and I'.oston. and .Marietta. Ohio; mar-
ried. December 6, 1767, .\nn .McKenzie, widow
of Andrew .McKenzie, and daughter of Alex-
ander Middleton, who came from .Scotland in
1735. Her ancestry was: Rufus Bent (5),
Joseph (4). Joseph (3). Joseph (2 1, John
Rent, the immigrant. Tlie ciiildren were prob-
ably born but are not recorded at Canton. Five
were baptized at the same time, June 2, 1822,
at Nev;ton, Massachusetts, where the family
settled. 1 le had a large farm in Newton.
Children: I. .Ann Middleton. married Na-
thaniel Tracy, of Newburyport. 2. Kinsley,
born 1800; married, November 16, 1826, .Abi-
gail V. Smith; died at .Newton. July i(), 1840,
leaving Kinsley liethuel, who dietl January 15,
1832 ; Howcn, born at Canton, October 9, 1827,
married Mary Bent, born September 29, 1836;
died in the China sea. 3. ^laria. 4. Jose])h
lient. baptized June 2. 1822, lived in Boston.
5. James Fdward, baptized June 2, 1822. 6.
William Henry, born 1816, ba])tized June 2,
1822, mentioned below. 7. Charles Dwight,
baptized June 2, 1822. 8. Martha, bai)tized
June 2, 1822; married William G. Means.
( \'I ) \\ illiam I lenry, son of Bethuel .Allen,
was born in i8i('). at Newton. .About 1822 he
went with his father's family to Newton, where
he was bajitized with brothers and sisters. June
2. 1822. He was educated in the Cliauncey
Hall .School. I'loston. He began his business
career in a large dry goods house in New York
City and a few years later opened a dry goods
store on his own account in Boston. His busi-
ness flourished and he became a prominent
merchant. He made his home in Canton and
was very fond of nature and outdoor life. Ik-
was devoted to his family, a man oi many
friends and highly respected in the communit}'.
He was a member of the I'nitarian church at
Canton. In ]iolitics he was a Democrat. He
married Sarah Barnard Kinsley, daughter of
Silas Kinsley, of Dorchester, and Prutlence
( Bent ) Kinsley, who was born in Dorchester
and died in Canton. Her father was a farmer
in Canton on the ])resent .Allen homestead.
Children of Silas and Prudence (Bent) Kin.s-
Icy: i. Rufus Kinsley, one of the founders of
the .Adams Express Company; ii. Mary I'ent
Kinsley; iii. .Allen Kinsley; iv. Edward Kins-
ley; v. .Ann Kinsley; vi. Henry Kinsley; vii.
Helen Kinsley; viii. Charles Kinsley; ix. Sarah
Barnard Kinsley, married William Henry
Alkn. mentioned above. Children of .Mr. and
.Mrs. Allen: I. William, born 1842. in P.oston,
died in 1888. at Canton. 2. l-'aimy. born 1844. at
Canton. 3. (lertrudc, 1846. at Canton, unmar-
ried. 4. Mary. 1849. 5. Sarah. 1853. married
Dudley Hall, of Medford. tea mercliant. Bos-
ton ; child. Dudley Hall Jr.. in banking business
in I'.oston.
(For firsi K.'iK r;ii .Ml, -. , l(..lifil Sanderson 1).
(H) William .Sanderson,
S.ANDERSON son of Robert Sanderson,
was born at Hampden,
I()4I. He toi)k the oath of tiihlity in 1652.
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All his children except Hannah were born in
Watertowii. and he then removed to Groton,
but on account of trouble with the Indians re-
turned to W'atertown. He married, in Water-
town, December i8. 1666, Sarah . Chil-
dren : I. John, born October 13, 1667. 2.
Sarah, March 17, 1668-69, married, February
4. 1695-96, Andrew White. 3. William, Sep-
tember 6, 1670, married ( first) Abigail Traine ;
(second) May 14, 1704, Anna Shattuck. 4.
Mary, November 30, 1671. 5. Hannah, Ciro-
ton. May 3, 1674, 6. Lydia, Watertown, April
21, 1679. 7, Joseph, August 28, 1680. men-
tioned below.
(HI) Joseph, son of William Sanderson,
was born in Watertown, August 28, 1680, set-
tled in Groton. He married there Sarah, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Hannah Page. His estate
was administered in 1736 by his widow Sarah.
Children: i. Joseph, mentioned below. 2.
David, born September 5, 1715, married Eunice
. 3. Sarah. January 19, 1716-17. 4.
William. July 17. 1718. 5. Hannah, April 3,
1720. 6. Joseph, March 17. 1721-22. died
young. 7. Susanna, May 18, 1723. 8. Gideon.
February 19. 1724-25. 9. Joseph, March 5,
1726-27. 10. Sarah, October 15. 1729. 11.
John, December 13, 1731.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Sand-
erson, was born Augu.st 30, 17 14. died at
Whatcly. March 20, 1772. He settled at
Whatcly in 1752 with his wife and eight chil-
dren. He built a log house near .Abraham
Parker's, perhaps on land belonging to him.
Later he built a house on his own land, where
the old Sanderson house was burned about
1880. He married, in 1737, Ruth Parker, who
died December 8, 1780. aged si.xty-four, daugh-
ter of Isaac Parker. In his will he mentions
ten of his twelve children who were married
and jiad families. From him have descended
l)ctweeu twelve and fifteen hundred children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-
great-grandchildren. Children: i. Ruth, born
in Groton, October 6, 1737, married Jonathan
SpafTord. 2. Esther, .Vpril 6, 1739, married
Captain Abel Dinsmore. 3. Joseph, March 8,
1741, 4. Anna, August 7, 1742, married Medad
Harvey. 5. James, April 7, 1744. 6. Thomas,
Marcli 16, 1746. 7, Abraham. June 10, 1748.
8, David. May 15, 1750. 9. Child. 1752, died
young, 10. John, March 11, 1754. mentioned
below. II. Asa, .\])ril 11, 1756, 12. Isaac.
October 9, 1757.
(V) John, son of Joseph (2) Sanderson,
was born in Whately, March 11, 1754. He
lived on Indian Hill at Wiiately until 1803,
when he removed to Milton, \'ermont. He
married (second) October 2, 1780, Phebe
Snow, of Conway, Children, born in \\'hately:
I. Levi. June. 1782. married, January, 1806,
Sally Bean. 2. John, 1784, married, 1807,
Louisa Jackson. 3. Hiram, October 24, 1788,
mentioned below. 4. Almeron, February 8,
1790, married, 1815, Xancy Meaker.
( \'I ) Hiram, son of John Sanderson, was
horn at Whately, October 24, 1788. He mar-
ried (first) October 4, 1811, Louisa Owens;
( second) Hettie Dorman. He was a gunmaker
and lived in Whitney ville, near Xew Haven.
Connecticut. He removed to Springfield and
was employed in the Cnited States armory
there, and died September. 1873, Children:
I. David.- 2. Frederick. 3. Hiram Ouincy,
mentioned below. 4. Charles. 5. Perry. 6.
I>erkeley. 7. Burton. 8. George.
(\'II) Hiram Ouincy. son of Hiram Sand-
erson, was born in Middletown, Connecticut.
December 20, 1824, died May i, 1892. He
attended the Lancasterian school in Xew
Haven, and at the age of fourteen was appren-
ticed to a druggist in Fair Plaven. Three years
later he came to Springfield and was clerk in
a grocery store. A year later he became owner
of the store. In 1848 he sold the business and
became corporation clerk at the American
Machine Works, where cotton gins and presses
were made for the south. In 1852 he went
west as paymaster and bookkeeper for Phelps,
Mattoon & Barnes, who were constructing
the Terre Haute, .\lton & St. Louis railroad.
.'\fter its construction he became general freight
and passenger agent of the new line, with
headquarters at St. Louis. On the breaking
out of the civil war, his sympathies were with
the north, and his life was in danger there. He
was sent to Xew York City as eastern agent of
the road. Sleeping cars were then just begin-
ning to be used, and Mr. Sanderson went into
this business and soon had sleepers running
from Xew York to Chicago, St. Louis, and
Louisville. This enterpri.se he finally sold to
George M. Pullman, who has since built up a
great business. One year, 1857-58, he spent
in S]iringfield and was elected to the bouse of
rejiresentatives. He was also a member of the
first city council ever chosen in .Springfield. In
1 87 1 he returned to S|iringtiel(l and made it his
permanent home, .\fter a trip to luirope in
1875 he was apj)ointed city marshal, serving
for two years. He was then elected high sheriff
of Hampden county and .served nine years.
During this time he was largely instrumental
in building the new jail. He was elected chair-
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man of the water l)oanl in 18S1 and lieUl tliat
office until his ileatli. It was hirgely through
his influence and work on this board that the
city has such a pure and abundant supply of
water. He and liis family were attendants and
supporters of the North Church. He married.
-September 10. 1843. Mary Hannis, bom in
Philadeliihia. Pennsylvania. December 17, 1826,
daughter of Cai)tain iose])h and Mliza (Glad-
ing) Hanuis. He was insjjector of arms at
the .Springfield armory. Children: i. Ellen
Eliza. Eebruary 24. 1847. mentioned below. 2.
Charles J.. January 5. 1849. ''i^d March i.
1892; was president of the common council
of .Springfield and a ])rominent Knight Temji-
lar: local freight agent for the New York &
Xew England railrf)ad. 3. Lilla Kate. 1864.
married Frank .\. 1 lolden ; died May 10. 1888.
Mary P>.. Frank. Mary H. and William, died
young.
(A'HI ) Ellen Eliza. daughter of HiramOuincv
Sanderson, was born February 24. 1847. She
was educated in the public and high schools of
Springfield. She married Dr. Robert H. Melius,
of .\ew York City. He was a graduate of the
Albany .Medical College of the class of 1864 and
I'racticed his profession in Morrisania. a suburb
of Xew York City. He was a member of the
Xew York Medical Society. He died Decem-
ber 2. 1876. In politics he was a Democrat
and in religion a Congrcgationalist. Their chil-
dren : I. Pauline Charlotte, born in .Morrisania,
Xew York, (October 13, 1873, graduate of
.Springfield high school and of Smith College ;
now a teacher in Palmer high school. 2. Mar-
, ion, January 12, 1875. graduate of the Spring-
field high school and .Smith College, class of
1898: a writer of some prominence; married,
December 20, 1907, Maurice W. Dickey, for-
merly on the editorial staff of the Worcester
Spy and the Sf>riiu/(ield Union, now news edi-
tor of the Boston Globe.
.\rchibald Little was born at
LITTLE Sligo, in the north of Ireland, of
Scotch-Irish ancestry. He and
his brother James came to this country when
j'oung men. He learned the trade of mason,
but settled down t(5 farming in W'arrcn county.
Xew York. In 1850 he removed to Westfield,
Massachusetts. He was a very active anrl
energetic man. In religion he was a Meth-
odist, and a man of high character and strict
integrity. He married I'lliza Fish Dudley,
daughter of Joseph Dudley. Children: i.
Mary, married .Andrew J. .Smith. 2. Thomas,
mentioned below. 3. .Annie, married Silas
P.ucknam. 4. Child, died young. 5. Child, died
young. (). Jane, married Henry Kelsey, of
Westfield, .Massachusetts. 7. \Villiam, is in
emi)loy of Thomas Little, Westfield. 8. James,
deceased: married .Mary (."rozier. 9. Charles,
died young.
(Ill riuinias. son of Arcliihald l.illle. was
born al Williamsburg, .Xew York, .\ugust II,
i83<). When he was about a year old his
family removed to Warren couutv, Xew York,
and lived there until 1850. He worked during
the summer on his father's farm in his youth,
and attended the jjublic schools at W'estfiekl
until he was fifteen years old. He then began
to "work out" for wages of twenty-five cents
per day. Later he received ten dollars per
month. For two years he worked without
wages, receiving as his stijicnd some scluxjling,
besides his board and clothes. He was ap])ren-
ticed at the age of eighteen to learn the mason's
trade, in the emjiloy of Colonel I.. !'.. W'alkley,
His wages were fifty dollars ilie tirst year,
seventy-five the second, and a hundred the
third year, l)esides his board, lie served his
time and worked one year as a journeyman,
then his emjiloyer left his business to go to the
front with the Tenth Massachusetts \olun-
teers. Mr. Little worked on his own account
fnr nearly two years, taking small contracts.
Tluii he enlisted for nine months in Company
K. the I*"orty-sixth Regiment Massachu.setts
N'oluntcers, in September, 1862, served faith-
fully with his regiment at the front, and was
nnistered out in July, 1863. He was ill with
tyj)h<)id fever for a long time after his return
from the service. When he had recovered he
resumed business in Westfield and contiinicd
with much success as a mason and contractor
until 1886, when he sold out and went to
I'lorida, on account of failing health. He was
in business at his old trade there for a time,
but finally returned to Westfield and again
engaged in business as a mason and contractor,
and so continuing to the i)resent time. Mr.
Little is a thonnigh master of his trade, and
very capable in business. 1 Ic has been ex-
tremely busy and Cjuite successful in accumu-
lating property. His long years of active life
have not diminished his ze.st anrl activity in
business. He has nnich force of character,
and his many good qualities of heart and mind
have attracted to him many frien<ls. He has
the re^!pect and esteem of all who know him.
He is possessed of i)ublic spirit, and takes jiart
in every movement tending to benefit the town
of his ado|)tion. He is a prominent member of
the W^cstfield Methodist Episcopal Church ; of
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MASSACHUSETTS.
Lyons Post, No. 41, Grand Army of the Re-
public : and of Mt. Moriali Lodge of Free
Masons. In politics he is a Republican. He
married Julia Lorette Sibley, .September 12,
1865. She was born March 25, 1839, daughter
of Elijah Sibley, of West S])ringfield, Massa-
chusetts (see Sibley). Ciiildron, born at West-
field: I. Lucia A., born November. 1867;
married Chester H. Abbee, of Westfield. 2.
Charles J., born December, 1869, educated in
public schools; is one of the leading coal mer-
chants of W^estfield, a prominent and useful
citizen ; he is president of the Hampden Na-
tional i'.ank of Westfield; married Elizabeth
Lanihertdn ; children : David Charles. Thomas
Lanibertnn.
I The .Sibley Line).