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Biography of Calvin Perry Bascom

Calvin Perry Bascom, general manager for the business conducted under the name of the Fayette R. Plumb Company, Incorporated, of St. Louis, was born in Ellsworth, Kansas, October 17, 1876. His father, Daniel Craig Bascom, a native of the state of New York, removed to Kansas in 1868 and there engaged in ranching for a number of years, contributing to the early development and progress of that district. He afterward returned to the Empire state, taking up his abode in Rochester, and has now passed away. In early manhood he wedded Agnes Johnson, a native of Vermont, their marriage, however, … Read more

Biography of Julius Terrass Willard, Prof.

Not so many years ago many men regarded the application of science to agriculture as an idle theory and it is within the lifetime of such men as Prof. Julius Terrass Willard, dean of the division of general science, professor of chemistry, and chemist of the agricultural experiment station, in the Kansas State Agricultural College, at Manhattan, that these doubters have been convinced. Applied science had not only revolutionized many phases of agriculture but is bringing this most important of industries to the forefront in scholarly study and research. America had held her position for many years as a granary … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1808

John Pear of Roxbury & Susan Raymond Jan. 2, 1808 Abner Dunton & Mary Dickerman Jan. 2, 1808 Mathew Hayes & Mary Griffon of Beverly Jan. 5, 1808 B. Austin Rubey & Susannah Turpen, (blacks) Jan. 7, 1808 Henry Homes & Dorcas Freeman of Portland Jan. 11, 1808 Asa Richardson & Elizabeth Glazier of Gardener Jan. 13, 1808 Silas P. Tarbell & Mary Adams of Sudbury Jan. 16, 1808 Daniel Vaughan & Betsy Robbins of Roxbury Jan. 19, 1808 Ensign Lincoln & Sophia Oliver Larkin of Charlestown Jan. 21,1808 Dr. Amos Windship & Abigail Lawrance Jan. 21, 1808 Edward Edwards … Read more

Biography of S. M. Elrick, Jr.

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, Iowa, and here they subsequently purchased a tract of land. Both the father and mother still survive, being now residents of Minnesota. Of their family of eleven children, the following are yet living: S. M., of this review :H. C., of New Mexico; F. P., … Read more

Descendants of Francis Brayton of Fall River, MA

BRAYTON. The first in America by this name, one Francis Brayton, came from England to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where, in 1643, he was received as an inhabitant, in 1655, became a freeman, and to him nearly if not all the Braytons of New England trace their origin. He early entered into the political life of the country, serving as a member of the General Court of Commissioners for the Colony, for many years as member of the Rhode Island General Assembly, and frequently during the later generations his descendants have held positions of responsibility and trust in the public offices … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Allen, Horace G.

Allen, Horace G., son of Stephen M. Allen, was born at Jamaica Plain (Boston), July 27, 1855. His preparatory studies were pursued in the common schools. He was graduated L.L.B. from the Harvard law school in 1876; then became associated with Nathan Morse, Boston. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1877. Later, he became law partner with Mr. Morse, under the firm name of Morse & Allen, with whom he still remains in practice of the law. Mr. Allen was married in Brunswick, Me, April 28, 1881, to Grace D., daughter of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain. Mr. Allen … Read more

Biography of Enoch Chase

Enoch Chase was one of the founders of the City of Topeka. He was actively identified with the free state movement in territorial times, and for years was a man of prominence in the state capital. While these reasons make his career a part of Kansas history, it is also noteworthy that his daughter became the wife of the war governor of Kansas half a century ago, while his granddaughter is the wife of the present war governor of Kansas, Arthur Capper. Enoch Chase was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, August 29, 1824, a son of Nathaniel and Harriett Ann Chase. … Read more

Suffolk County Massachusetts Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Suffolk County Massachusetts cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries and photos are hosted at Massachusetts USGenWeb Archives Copp’s Hill Cemetery Roxbury Burial Ground Hosted at Suffolk County Massachusetts Genealogy Trails Granary Burying Ground Hosted at Suffolk County Massachusetts interment.net Bennington Street Cemetery Bunker Hill Burying Ground Central Burying Ground Copps Hill Burying Ground Dorchester North Burying Ground … Read more

Biography of George Whitefield Abbott

George Whitefield Abbott, of Penacook, President of the J. E. Symonds Table Company, cabinetmakers, was born in West Boscawen, now Webster, N.H., on March 13, 1837. His parents were Nathaniel and Mary (Fitts) Abbott, the former a resident of West Boscawen and the latter of Sandown, N.H. George W. Abbott in his youth, after attending the public schools of Warner, completed his education at a private academy in West Salisbury, N.H. He went immediately to Boston, Mass., where he was employed as a clerk until 1861, when he came to Penacook, N.H., to engage in the grocery business with his … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1779

William Andrews & Christian Hays Jan. 3, 1779 Samuel Richards & Mary White Jan. 7, 1779 William Summer & Abigail Warden Jan. 7, 1779 Samuel Harris & Abel Leley Jan. 13, 1779 Joseph Edmunds & Sarah Freeman Jan. 14, 1779 James Ivers & Elizabeth Hews Jan. 14, 1779 Samuel Smalledge & Elizabeth Tucker Jan. 14, 1779 Thomas Crosby & Isabella Low Jan. 18, 1779 Edward Blake & Dorcas Small piece Jan. 21, 1779 Mr. William Sherburne & Mrs. Mehettable Aspinwall of Brookline Jan. 21, 1779 James Brewer & Jenny Gallop, (forbid) Jan. 27, 1779 Nathaniel Barber Esq. & Mrs. Elizabeth … Read more

Biography of Samuel Henry Melcher

Samuel Henry Melcher is the son of Woodbury Melchor, Esq:, and a grandson of Capt. Samuel B. French, was born in Gilmanton, N. H., October 30, 1828. Was educated at Gilford and Gilmanton academies; graduated at medical department, Dartmouth College, in Grafton county, N, H.; then in Boston, Mass., until 1859, when he traveled South and through Texas; and at the close of that year, settled in Potosi, Washington county, Missouri. On the breaking out of the war, he offered his services at once to Gen. Lyon, at St. Louis arsenal; and was mustered in as assistant surgeon 5th Regt. … Read more

Allen Family of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

The Allen family, to which Mrs. Louise Prescott Allen Chandler belongs, is one of the oldest in East Bridgewater or, indeed, in Massachusetts. We give her line from the emigrant ancestor, Samuel Allen, from whom she is descended in the ninth generation.

Biography of Col. Charles William Durham

Col. Charles William Durham is the principal assistant in the engineering office at Rock Island Arsenal. His father, Charles Durham, was born in Belfast, Maine; his mother, Dorcas C. Durham, was born in the town of Brewer of the same State. Mr. Durham, senior, was for the greater part of his life a lumber merchant and vessel owner. Both parents are now dead. Young Charles was a graduate of Chelsea (Massachusetts) High School in 1864, and graduated Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1868. Thence he went to Germany and studied in Heidelberg University for one year, returning to … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1793

John Grohan & Susanna Tucker Jan 9, 1793 William Leveridge & Elizabeth Brown Jan. 9, 1793 John English & Molly Cowell Jan. 16, 1793 Thomas Parker & Abigail Hart Parkman Jan. 15, 1793 John Cholet & Mary Donet Jan. 17, 1793 Cornelius Springsteel & Betsey Berry Jan. 24, 1793 Job Anthony & Mary Purkitt Feb. 7, 1793 Josiah Lamford & Dolly Davis Feb. 7, 1793 John Baptist Bejard & Mary Sanders Feb. 14, 1793 Newport Brown & Jennay Fay, blacks Mar. 7, 1793 Charlestown Blackman & Venus Thompson, blacks Mar. 14, 1793 Thomas Frothingham & Lydia Lynde of Maiden Mar. … Read more

Atkinson Family Genealogy of Saco Valley

The Atkinsons were English, and the ancestors of the New England families came from Bury, in County Lancaster, in 1634. Theodore Atkinson, the emigrant, settled in Boston and was owner of a good estate there. Atkinson street, where he had land, was named for him, and Berry street, for the place of his nativity. Hon. Theodore Atkinson, a grandson, settled on Great island, in Portsmouth harbor, and engaged in trade and fishing. He was appointed clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the province; was a man of great fidelity, held in high esteem. John Atkinson, son of the … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1791

Thomas Barnard & Sarah Bond Jan. 2, 1791 Samuel Covel & Lydia Praey Feb. 3, 1791 John Mitchel & Nancy Pecker Feb. 9, 1791 John Thompson & Sarah Walker Mar. 24, 1791 Capt. Edward Staples & Diana Adams Mar. 24, 1791 John Watts & Mary Owens Mar. 31, 1791 Ebenezer Knowlton & Susannah Robson of Cape Ann Mar. 31, 1791 Philip Freeman & Polly Willard Apr. 10, 1791 John Hasking Jun. & Elizabeth Ladd Apr. 18, 1791 William Johnson & Fanny Knodle Apr. 27, 1791 Richard Meyler & Elizabeth Lawrance May 4, 1791 Joseph Ingraham & Polly Perry May 5, … Read more

Wright Family of Boston, MA

WRIGHT. The family of this name is an early Boston family, which through marriage is allied with some of the historic families of New England, among them those of Adams, Winslow and Wentworth. We give herewith an outline of the earlier generations, beginning with the first ancestor in this country. (I) Richard Wright, born about 1607, died in Plymouth, Mass., June 9, 1691. In 1644 he married Hester Cook, and they had children: Adam, Esther and Mary. (II) Adam Wright, born about 1644, died Sept. 20, 1724. He was twice married, having by his first wife, Sarah (Soule), two children, … Read more

John Balt’s Marriage Book, 1668-1697

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 1687 I maryed near ye Mill bridge in Bofton Edward Taylor Juniour (his ffather lodged at Mr W. Gibbins) & Rebekah Humphreys (who came lately from Antigo, but her Mother fully confenting her father witnefsing it), be’g Licensed. Page 2. Upon ye 25th of May … Read more

Biography of David E. Ballard

David E. Ballard is living retired at Washington, Kansas, at the age of eighty-one. Most of his active contemporaries in the strenuous achievements of his earlier years have long since passed away. Mr. Ballard is one of the few survivors of the prominent Kansans who actually laid the foundation of the state. His name is especially associated with the organization of Washington County and the establishment of Washington as its county seat. It was only a few years ago that he disposed of many of his extensive interests, and is now devoting his life to rest and travel. He had … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Samuel D. Latty

Latty, Samuel D.; sec’y and gen. mgr. The Kirk-Latty Mnfg. Co.; born, Boston, Mass., Sept. 12, 1864; educated in the public schools; began career in the tack business with A. Fields & Son, Taunton, Mass., 1881-1883; Tack Dept., Cincinnati, O., 1883-1885; came to Cleveland and worked for the W. Bingham Co., 1885-1887; took charge of the Sales Dept. of the National Screw & Tack Co., 1887-1895; one of the organizers of the Kirk-Latty Mnfg. Co., and when the Company was incorporated, was elected sec’y and gen. mgr.; still serving; pres. the Buckeye Box Co., and interested in other corporations; member … Read more