was by trade and occupation a carpenter, and
after his marriage, October 26, 181 1, to Eliz-
alieth Fitch, who was born at Bristol, Rhode
Island, July 18, 1790, and the birth of their
first child, Lydia, in Bristol. Rhode Island.
.August 3, 1813. he removed with his family
to Thompson, Connecticut, where he continued
the business of carpenter and house builder,
and where five children were born. The chil-
dren born in Thompson. Connecticut were: 2.
David. October 29, 1815. 3. Luther .Anthony
(q. v.), September 15, 1817. 4. Eliza E.,
October 22. 1819. 5. Erastus Otis, December
5. 1821. 6. Joseph, .April 12, T824. He re-
moved to Grafton. New Hampshire, after the
birth of his sixth child, and his wife, Eliza-
beth (Fitch) Taber, died in that place October
19. 1826. On December 23. 1827, he married
(second) Harriet Chamlxrlain, of Grafton.
New Hamiishire. .'>he was born January 7.
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1796, and by this union had C'it,dit children, all
born in Cirafton, Xcw llanijisliirc as follows:
7. Harriet C, December 14, 1828, died unmar-
ried May 24, 1848. 8. Mary M., February 16,
1830. 9. Emily P., April 22, 1831. 10. Wil-
lard G., September 18, 1832. 11. Frank W.,
August 22, 1834. 12. Martha A., May i!},
1836. 13. Charles \V., March 29, 1839. 14.
Oren, October 22, 1840. Harriet (Ciiamber-
lain) Taber died in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, to which place they had removed from
Grafton after the birth of their son Oren, the
date of her death being November 23, 1850.
Mr. Taber married (third) August 6, 1854,
Mary A. Ross, born in Sheldonville, Massa-
chusetts, March 4, 1808, and died without
issue in that place Jamiary 29, 1883. David
Taber died in Sheldonville, Massachusetts,
February 7, 1878.
(\"ni) Luther Anthony, second son of
David and Elizabeth (Fitch) Taber, was born
in Thompson, Connecticut, September 15,
1817, and was brought up and educated in
Grafton, New Hampshire, from his eighth
year. He worked on his father's farm and
assisted him in the carpenter shop when not
attending the district school and when of
api)rentice age entered the family of Cyrus
Adams, in Grafton, and was taught the com-
bined trades of harness making and watch
and jewelry making. On reaching his majority
he went to Boston, where he worked in a
watch maker's shop as a repairer of watches
and clocks. In 1840 he went to New York
City to fill a position in a branch of the United
States patent office. He married, October 22,
1844, Lydia Wheat, born June 20, 1823, daugh-
ter of Hezekiah, Jr., and Mary (Martin) Bul-
lock, of Grafton, New Hampshire (see Bul-
lock forward), and built a house and a jewelry
and harness making shop on the main street
in Canaan, New Hampshire, where he worked
at both his trades and also cultivated a garden.
In 1847, when the great dam to furnish the
waterpower for the future manufacturing city
of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was in course of
construction in West .Springfield, he visited
the work and criticised the workmanship of
the dam, as well as its plan of construction
and prophesied its inability, through these
faults, of withstanding the immense pressure
to which it would be subjected. Tliis i)ro-
phesy came true soon after the comjjletion of
the dam. The opportunities for the growth
of a great city were api)arent to Mr. Taber,
and when on March 14, 1850, the town of
Holyoke was set off from West Springfield
he had already been on the ground with his
family occupying the only brick block on High
street for two years. He had removed to the
place from Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1848,
thus anticipating the birth of the town in 1850,
and the city in 1873. He ke])t pace with the
progress of the town, removing his business
first to the E.xchangc Hall block, and then to
the Hutchings block, corner of High and
HamiMlen .streets. Here the great fire of 1870
swept his business place away, and he rebuilt
the block now No. 181 and 183 High street.
His business increased with the growth of the
city, and when his oldest son Frank Luther
left school, he took him in first as an appren-
tice and then as a partner in 1876, and the
firm continued up to 1882 when Mr. Taber
retired from business. He was a member
of the Royal .'\rch Masons, having johied the
Chapter in 1864, and in 1909 he was the second
oldest member of the chapter in years of ser-
vice. He also affiliated with the Second Con-
gregational Church of Holyoke as a member
of the church society organization although
not a member of the church itself. He was
elected a charter member of the board of
trustees of the Holyoke Savings Bank April
9, 1856, and in 1906 was the only surviving
nieniber of the original board. His genial
disposition and great .strength of character
endeared him to all, and his great love of
nature led him to the cultivation of fruits and
flowers, in which occupation he found recrea-
iion and pleasure. He was not a politician,
and held himself free from party restraint so
as to be able to vote for the best men rather
than the accidental nominees of a party. The
children of Luther .Anthony and Lydia Wheat
(Bullock) Taber were: i. Frank Luther
((|. v.). 2. Cyrus Hezekiah (q. v.). Lydia
Wheat Bullock Taber died March 10, 1880,
and Mr. Taber married as his .second wife,
on October 17, 1881, Susan (Kimball) Eaton,
of Concord, New Hampshire, and ihcy had
no issue.
(IX) I'Vank Luther, eldest child of Luther
Anthony and Lydia Wheat (Bullock) Taber,
was born in the town of Holyoke, Massachu-
setts, October 13, 1850. He was educated in
the i)ublic school and learned the trade of
watch maker with his father. He became his
partner in business in 1876, and in 1882 when
his father retired, he assumed the entire busi-
ness and continued to conduct it on his own
account. He married (first) Sarah Jane
Paddclford, of Sherburne, New York, and
they had an only child, Pearl. He married
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(second) Fannie Maria Pratt, of Holyoke,
Massachusetts, October 15, 1879, and their
children were Raymond -Frank and Earl Pratt.
(IX) Cyrus Hezekiah, second and youngest
cliiid of Luther Anthony and Lydia Wheat
(Bullock) Taber, was born in Ilolyoke, Mass-
achusetts, September 4, 1857. He was a pupil
in the public schools of Holyoke, and on leav-
ing school engaged with his father in the
watch making business. He left this business,
however, after one and one-half years to en-
gage in the printing business, which was more
congenial to his tastes anrl disposition. This
business he with J. N. Hubbard inaugurated
in 1877, the firm name being Hubbard &
'J'aber, and after eighteen years of prosperity
it had assumed such proportions as to warrant
its merging in 1895 with the American Pad &
Paper Company, and Mr. Taber was made
superintendent of their printing department,
and in 1904 president of the corporation. His
successful business career was the signal for
his services in other business and financial
institutions, and he became a trustee of the
People's Savings Bank of Holyoke, and also
an auditor of that institution. He held the
same responsible position with the Home
National Bank of Holyoke, and with other
local corporations. His political affiliation
was with the Rciniblican party, and as he had
been brought up in the Congregational church
he affiliated as a member and officer in the
First Congregational Church of Holyoke. He
married. May 12, 1886, Annie A., daughter of
I. B. and Annie A. (Streeter) Lowell, and
granddaughter of Isaac Lowell, of Orange,
New Hampshire. Their children, born in
Holyoke, Massachusetts : i. Elwyn Lowell, July
23. i88y. 2. Annie Justine, August 16. 1892. 3.
Paul Luther, February 4, 1894, died July 7,
1894. 4. Donald Robert, November i, 1902.
(Thij BiiUork IJnel.
This ancient name has been traced to a very
early period in England, three hundred years
before the general adoption of surnames in
that county. Its coat-of-arms is very ancient,
and is characterized by several bullocks amid
other figures and emblems. There is a family
tradition which seems rather mythical and is
now sustained by records, regarding the find-
ing of a child in a bull's manger, as the origin
of the name. This name was very early identi-
fied with the history of New Hampsliire and
has been borne by lumicrous prominent citi-
zens in other states. Among the distinguished
men of the name who are descended from the
common ancestor may be mentioned Alex-
ander H. Bullock, of Worcester, one time
governor of Massachusetts ; Stephen Bullock,
of Rehoboth, member of congress under
Jefferson's administration, and his son. Dr.
Samuel Bullock, a member of the Massachu-
setts legislature ; Richard Bullock, a merchant
of means and high standing in Providence;
Nathaniel Bullock, lieutenant-governor of
Rhode Island in 1842; Jonathan R. Bullock,
lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in i860.
(I) Richard Bullock was born in 1622 in
Essex county, England, and died in Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, November 22, 1667. He was
accompanied in his migration to America by
two brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia.
He was in Rehoboth as early as 1643, and left
the town soon after 1644. The Colonial rec-
ords show that he was made a freeman in
]\Iay, 1646, but do not indicate his residence
at that time. In 1656 he removed to Newton,
Long Island, but soon went back to Rehoboth
and resided there till his death. He was one
of the fifty-eight landed proprietors of Reho-
both. June 22, 1658, "At a town-meeting
lawfully warned, lots were drawn for the
meadows that lie on the north side of the
town, in order as followeth, according to per-
son and estate." Richard Bullock drew No.
19, and he bought the governor's lot valued at
two hundred pounds. His name appears on
the records of the town in 1643, and he came
there it is said with Roger Williams. The town
record recites: "30th of the nth mo. (Janu-
ary) 1650, quoted to agree with Richard" Bul-
lock to perform the office of Town Clerk; to
give him i6s. a year, and to be paid for births,
burials and marriages besides." He married,
August 4, 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich-
ard Ingraham, of Rehoboth, and their chil-
dren were: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Mehit-
able, .Abigail, Hopestill, Israel, Marcy, John
and Richard.
(II) Samuel, son of Richard and F,lizal)cth
(Ingraham) Bullock, was born at Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, .\ugust 19. 1648. He was a
fanner and lived at Rehoboth. His name
ajjpcars in the list of proprietors of Rehoboth
in 1689. He was a contributor to the fund
raised for defence in King Philip's war in
1675. He married (first) Mary Thurber. No-
vember 12. 1673. He married (second)
Thankful Rouse. May 26, 1675. Their chil-
dren were: Mary, born October 4, 1674;
Ebenezer, February 22, 1676; Thankful. June
.1.-,1 frr,.,. i;,.
1643, and left
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MASSACHL'SF.TTS.
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26, 168 1 ; Samuel, November 7, 1683; Israel,
April 9, 1687: Daniel. 1689: Richard. July i,
1692 : Seth, September 26, 1693.
(Ill) Seth, youngest child of Samuel and
Thankful (Rouse) Bullock, was born in Reho-
both, Massachusetts Bay Colony, September
26, 1693. He married, probably in 1718, Ex-
perience (her surname is not recorded), and
they had children born in Rehoboth as fol-
lows: I. Cordelia, November 3. 1719. 2.
Ilezekiah. June 13, 1722. 3. Benjamin (q. v.),
June 26, 1725. 4. Experience, June 18, 1728.
5. Hannah, January 4, 1730. 6. Seth, May
26, 1733. 7- Jonathan, February 17, 1735. 8.
Rebecca, July 7. 1739. 9. Ann, November 23,
1741. ID. Carack, December 9, 1744. 11.
Sliubel. I'ebruary II, 1746. 12. Patience,
March 31, 1751.
("IV) Benjamin, second son of Seth and
Experience Bullock, was born in Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, June 26, 1725. He married
Jane Kelton, and they had twelve children
born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, as follows :
I. Sarah, February 25. 1752. 2. Preserved,
August 18. 1753. 3. Hezekiah (q. v.). 4.
Simeon. October 4. 1756. 5. Ruth, November
22, 1758. 6. Seth. 7. Ann (twins), March
14. 1761. 8. Experience, July 23. 1764. 9.
Mary, March 3, 1767. 10. Benjamin. Febru-
ary 22, 1769. II. Coomer, March 22, 1771.
12. Jane, April 26, 1773. The family removed
from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, to (jrafton,
New Hamjishire, in the fall of 1773 or 1774.
(\') Ilezekiah, second son of Benjamin and
Jane (Kelton) Bullock, was born in Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, November 12, 1754. He re-
moved with his father's family to Grafton,
New Hampshire, in 1773-74. He married
Abigail Aldricb, of Grafton, and they had
eight children, born in Grafton, as follows:
I. Simeon, November 21, 1780. 2. Mary, July,
1783. 3. Hezekiah Cq. v.). 4. Nabby, No-
vember, 1788. 5. Lydia, May, 1790. 6. Sally,
died 1792. 7. Peter, March 24, 1796. 8.
Jesse. December 23, 1802.
(\'I) Hezekiah (2). second son of Heze-
kiah (i) and Abigail (Aldricb) Bullock, was
born in Grafton, New Hampshire, November
22. 1785. He married Mary Martin, and they
had seven children born in Grafton, New
Hampshire, as follows: i. Elsie E., January
13, 1808. 2. Aniab Kendrick, April 21, 1809.
3. Martin, August 15, 1810. 4. Pluma, March
31, 1815. 5. Gilbert, April 25, 1816. 6. Sabra
Ann, December 24. 1819. 7. Lydia Wheat
(q. v.), June 20, 1823. married. October 22,
1844, Luther Anthony (q. v.), son of David
and Elizabeth (Fitch) Tabcr.
The Lee family is ancient in Eng-
LEE land. "Sir Walter at Lee of ye
Mannor of Lee of Lee Hall, there
in yc Parish of Wibenbury in ye County Pala-
tine of Chester ye 36 of King Edward ye 3,
whose ancestors bad been there seated for
ages.'' The name is s|)ellcd in many ways,
among them Lee, Lea, Leigh, Laigh, Ley,
Legh. Difierent branches of the family bore
arms and used different ways of spelling the
name. It is thought that Thomas Lee, the
immigrant mentioned below, may have been
related to the Cheshire family at Lee Manor.
(I) Thomas Lee. immigrant ancestor, sailed
for America in 1641 with his wife, and his
wife's father, and three young children. He
died on the voyage of small pox, and was
buried at sea._ His wife, Phebe (Brown) Lee,
married (second) Greenfield Larabee, and
(third) Cornish. The family settled
at Saybrook, Connecticut, afterwards Lyme.
Children: I. Phebe, married. 1659, John
Large, of Long Island. 2. Jane, married
(first) 1659, Samuel Hyde; (second) John
Blanchard. 3. Thomas, mentioned below.
(II) Lieutenant Thomas (2), son of Thomas
(i) Lee, came with his parents to America
and inherited his father's property. He set-
tled in that part of .Saybrook which became
the town of Lyme, and was a large landowner.
At one time it was said he owned an eighth
part of the town. He was appointed in March,
1701, ensign of the train band at Lyme, and
was afterwards lieutenant. He was repre-
sentative in 1676. His will was dated June
9- 1703- ^iifl proved ]-"cbruary 19. 1704. He
married (first) Sarah Kirtland. of Saybrook,
\\'ho (lied May 2T, ifijG, He married (second)
July 13, 1676, Maryt DcWolf. who died Janu-
ary 5, 1704-05, daughter of Balthazar DeWolf.
Children of first wife: i. John, born Sep-
tember 21, 1670, mentioned below. 2. Mary,
September 21, 1671. married, 1693. Thomas
Lord. 3. Thomas, December 10, 1672, mar-
ried Elizabeth Graham. 4. Sarah. January
14. 1674-75, married Daniel I'.uckingham.
Children of second wife: 5. Phebe, .Xugust
14, 1677, married Captain Reinold Marvin.
6. Mary, April 23. 1679, married (first) Joseph
Beckwith ; (^second) .Sterling. 7. Eliz-
abeth. October 20. 1681. married Samuel Peck.
8. William. .April 7. 1684, married. November
I, 1715, Marv Griffin, 0. Stephen, June 27,
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1686, died young. 10. Joseph, May 14, 1688,
died January 19, 1704-05. 11. Benjamin,
October 8, 1690, died young. 12. Benjamin,
December 22, 1692. 13. Hannah, February
25, 1694-95, married, June 23, 1713, Judge
John Griswold; died Way 11, 1773. 14. Ste-
phen, January 19, 1698-99, married (fir.st)
December 24, 1719. Abigail Lord: (second)
January 25, 1742-43, Mary Pickett, widow. 15.
Lydia. February 18, 1701-02, dieil unmarried.
(IJI) John, son of Lieutenant Thomas (2)
Lee, was born September 21. 1670, died lan-
uary 17, 1716. He married, February 8, 1692,
Ehzabeth Smith, of Lyme, who married (sec-
ond) 1722, John Bates, of Groton, Connec-
ticut. She died in 1761-62. aged about ninety
years. Children: i. Sarah, born November
12. 1693, married John Lay. 2. Elizabeth,
April 30, 1695. died unmarried 1720. 3. Phebe,
March 2. 1696-97, married (first) James
EUlerkin ; (second) Samuel Southward. 4.
Luc}-, June 20, 1699, married, January 17,
1716-17, Amos Tinker. 5. Jane, May 20,
1701, married Thomas Way. 6. John, May 17,
1703. mentioned below. 7. Joseph, Novem-
ber 24, 1705, married, August 21, 1727, Mary
-Allen: died August 29, 1779. 8. Mary. Jan-
uary 30, 1707-08, married John Comstock. 9.
Hepzibah, ^lay 16, 17 10, married. February
25' J 735-36, Eiisha Lee; died 1783. 10. Ben-
jamin, September 4, 1712. married, March 25.
1736, J\L-iry Ely; died 1777. 11. Joanna, April
28, 171 5, married John Beckwith.
(IV) John (2), son of John (i) Lee. was
born May 17, 1703, died August 26. 1745.
He was a representative and king's attorney,
and was much employed in public business.
He was one who in 1743 withstood the vision-
ary Rev. James Davenport, when under his
influence the people of New London made a
fire to burn their idols. John Lee said that
his idols were his wife and children, and that
he could not burn them — it would l)e con-
trary to the law of God and man : that it was
impossible to destroy idolatry without a change
of heart and of the affections. He married
(first) March 14. 1723-24, Lydia .Allen, of
Montville. Connecticut: (.second) February 17.
1731-32, his cousin, Eunice I^ee : (third)
October 7. 1741. .\bigail Tully. who married
(second) Deacon Caleb Chapman, and died
May 2. 1773. Children of first wife: t. Eliz-
beth, born November 2. 1724. married, Au-
gust 13, 1747, Captain Abner Lee; died No-
vember 2. 1 76 1. 2. Lydia. .\ugust 13, 1727,
died unmarried. 3. Parthenia, October 15,
1730. Children of second wife: 4. Dr. John,
July 25, 1733, married Elizabeth Griswold.
5. -Martin, July 26, 1735, died young. 6. Giles,
July 27. 1737, married (first') Delight Way;
(^second) Smith; (third) Martha
Crook; died 1790. 7. Ann, .\ugust i. 1739,
married, July 23. 1761, Ensign Zechariah
Marvin; died March i, 1777. Children of
third wife: 8. Eunice, January 14, 1742-43,
married Samuel Hall. "9. .Vndrew, May 7,
1745. mentioned below.
(V) Rev. .Andrew, son of John (2) Lee,
was born May 7, 1745, died .August 24, 1832.
He graduated from Yale College in 1766 and
was settled as the first minister at Hanover,
the north society of Lisbon, Connecticut, Octo-
ber 26, 1768. Fie was pastor of this church
for more than sixty years. He built his house
in 1770. In 1809 he received from Harvard
College the honorary degree of Doctor of
Sacred Theology. He was a fellow of Yale
College. He was a man of generous impulses
and candid and liberal in sentiment. He pub-
lished a volume of sermons and various sep-
arate discourses which display vigorous
thought antl nice discrimination. He was,
however, deficient in jnilpit oratory, his de-
livery being heavy and monotonous. During
the revolution he served from January i to
October 15, 1777, in the Fourth Regiment
Connecticut Line, under Colonel John Durkee,
as chaplain in the army. He was a lover of
science and a good classic scholar of his day.
His theology was moderately Calvinistic. He
retired a few years before he died. Rev. Dr.
Samuel Nott preached his funeral sermon. He
married (first) December 15, 1768, Eunice
Hall, who died October 7, 1800. She was of
a fine complexion, small stature, remarkable
sprightliness and activity. He married (sec-
ond) October 22, 1801, Abigail (Williams)
Smith, widow of Ebenezer Smith, of Roxbury,
i\rassachusetts; she died May 2},. 1831. Chil-
dren, all by first wife: i. Eunice, born Octo-
ber 22. 1769. married. January 21. 1796. Rev.
Ezra Witter, of Wilbraham. 2. Mary, .\pril
16, 1771. married, February 12, 1795. Hon.
William Perkins. 3. John. February 21, 1773,
married. September 30. 1798. Mary Griffin;
died July 29. 1814. 4. Dr. Tully. December
27, 1774. married. May 19. 17116. Lois .\bell;
died May 11. 1806. 5. .Abigail. May 23. 1777,
married. December. 1799, (Tharles Lord: died
1817. 6. .Andrew. June 2. 1779, married,
1807, Leniira Bushnell; died February 3. 1815.
7. Lucy. June 23. 1781. married, June 3, 1802,
Dr. Judah Bliss. 8. Hon. Martin. June 11,
1783, died .April 17, 1868; married Ann Wen-
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dell. 9. William, August 15, 1785, mentioned
below. 10. Betsey. May 4, 1793, died young.
(VI) Deacon William, son of Rev. .Andrew
Lee, was born in Hanover, Connecticut, .'Au-
gust 15, 1785, died March 24, 1871. He lived
on the homestead in Hanover all his life and
was a farmer. For forty-one years he was
deacon of the church of which his father was
pastor. He was an earnest Christian and an
active temperance worker, and very much in
sympathy with the anti-slavery movement,
and a zealous worker in that cause. He mar-
ried (first) .April 9, 1812, Nancy Bingham,
of Lisbon, Connecticut. .She died January 4,
1825, aged thirty-seven, and he married (sec-
ond ) Sarah Storrs, who died December 6,
1838. He married (third) May 27, 1840,
Thankful .Ayer, who died December 4, 1880.
Children of first wife: I. Eliza Williams,
born March 17. 18 13, married .A.aron Crary.
2. Eunice Hall, December 4, 181 5. married
Levi P. Rowland. 3. Nancy, September 19,
18 17. married Nathan P. Bishop. 4. Andrew,
January 25. 1820, married Eliza Hitchcock.
5. Talitha liingham, July 10, 1822, married
Closes Gallup. 6. Lucy Perkins, January 4.
1825. married Roger A. Bishop. Children of
second wife: 7. William Storrs, December
15, 1827, resided on the homestead; learned
trade of tinsmith at Plainfield ; removed to
Springfield and settled alter marriage at
Sprague on a farm of one hundred and si.xty
acres ; makes a specialty of peach raising ; mar-
ried. .April 4. i860, Frances .Anna Calkins,
daughter of Elisha and Abby (Chapman)
Calkins, of East Lyme; children: i. Abbie
S., died May i, 1896; graduate of Normal
school ; teacher of Workingmen's school ; mem-
ber of .Society of Ethical Cidture, Peoj)le's
singing classes and People's Choral l/nion ; ii.
William Storrs. Jr., who graduated at .Storrs
-Agricidtural College: married, March 28, 1894,
Hetty Chapman, of Sprague: had three daugh-
ters and one son. 8. Samuel Henry, mentioned
below.
CV'TL) Rev. Samuel Henry, son of William
Lee, was born in Hanover, now, Si)rague,
Connecticut, December 21, 1832. He received
his early education in the public schools of his
native town, and then attended the academy
at Plainfield for one winter, in 1847 entering
Worcester Academy at Worcester, Massachu-
setts. In the winter of that year he taught
school at Hanover for ten dollars a month
and his board, when not seventeen years old.
In 1850, at the close of the harvest season,
he went to the .State Normal school at New
Britain, and coninicncing in December of that
year taught in New liritain until the sjjring
of 1851. continuing through the summer and
fall of the same year in the Normal school.
In the fall of 1852 he taught a boy's prepara-
torj- school in Farmington, Connecticut, teach-
ing English and studying Latin. In the winter
of 1851-52 he was a teacher in the Greenwich
public scJiool. He graduated from tlie Normal
school in the class of 1852 and from Williston
Seminary at Easthampton in 1854. He then
entered Yale College and was graduated in
1858 with the degree of A. B. He received
the degree of A. M. from his alma mater in
1904. He returned to the normal school as
teacher of mathematics for two years. He
took up the study of theology and in i860
entered Yale Divinity School, from which he
was graduated in 1862. He accepted a call
to the pastorate of the Porter Evangelical
Church (Congregational) of North Bridge-
water, now Pirockton, Massachusetts, and was
ordained September 17. 1862. He was active
and earnest in supporting the I'nion both in
and out of the pulpit. He resigned his pas-
torate in February, 1866, and the year previ-
ous (1865) entered the service of the Chris-
tian commission and was in Sherman's army,
then in Washington, waiting to be mustered
out of service. He received a call to the
Hammond .Street Church in Bangor, Maine,
but declined it and accepted the pastorate of