Suffolk County MA

Biography of Frank P. Bowen

Frank P. Bowen is a veteran business man of Centralia, Kansas, where he located over forty years ago when it was a hamlet just beginning to show signs of business prosperity. While Mr. Bowen relieved himself of the more important business activities some years ago, he is still president of the First National Bank of Centralis. He is of old New England stock. The Bowens came out of England and settled in New Hampshire in Colonial times. His grandfather, Grove Bowen, was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, and died at Piermont in that state in 1859, having spent his life … Read more

Narrative of Robert Eastburn – Indian Captivities

A Faithful Narrative of the Many Dangers and Sufferings, as well as wonderful and surprising deliverances, of Robert Eastburn, during his late captivity among the Indians. Written by Himself. Published at the earnest request of many persons, for the benefit of the Public. With a recommendatory Preface by the Rev. Gilbert Tennent. Psalms 24, 6, 7, and 193, 2, 4. Philadelphia: Printed. Boston: Reprinted and sold by Green & Russell, opposite the Probate Office in Queen street, 1753. Preface Candid Reader: The author (and subject) of the ensuing narrative (who is a deacon of our church, and has been so … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Wilson Hollyday

Hollyday, John Wilson; supt. Railway Mail Service; born, Findlay, O.; son of Robert H. Hollyday, D. D.; his mother’s name was Lydia A. Patterson; educated, High School, Findlay, O., and Business College, Cleveland; married, Washington, D. C., Sept. 29, 1886, Mary Elizabeth Larner; issue, one daughter, Eleanor; early life spent in mercantile pursuits; appointed to railway mail service, March 4, 1878; transferred to office Gen. Supt. Washington, D. C., 1885; made chief clerk to Gen. Supt., Aug. 1897; made chief clerk to Second Asst. Post Master General, February, 1907; made supt. Railway Mail Service, Cleveland, Oct. 13, 1911; assumed duties … Read more

Biography of Thomas Guinean

THOMAS GUINEAN. – The proprietor of the Esmond Hotel, in Portland, Oregon, and one of the most popular men in his line upon the Pacific slope, was born in the city of Quebec, Canada, in 1838. In the year 1849 he was left an orphan and thrown upon his own responsibilities, and went down to Boston, but within a year left the old Puritan city and journeyed on to New York, where he took passage in the steamer California to San Francisco, arriving at the Golden Gate in the early part of 1852. He remained in San Francisco nearly one … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1782

Marriage Intention

Jack Phillips & Flora Hall Jan. 1, 1782 John Hunt Jr. & Sally Sherburne Jan. 1. 1782 John Welch Jr. & Hannah Kilbey Jan. 10, 1782 Samuel Weeks & Rebecca Nash Jan. 16, 1782 Charles Muncriff & Hannah Bowen Jan. 21, 1782 Quaco White & Violet True, free Negroes Jan. 31 ?, 1782 Benjamin Goodwin Jr. & Deborah Ingersol Jan. 31 ?, 1782 David McLane & Sarah Bullman Feb. 3, 1782 Nathaniel Twing & Hannah Truesdell of Portsmouth Feb. 7, 1782 Thomas Collier & Mary Maiker Feb. 14, 1782 Joseph Hudson & Elizabeth Brown Feb. 21, 1782 William Vibert & … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1791

Marriage Intention

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

Biography of Alden Chester

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 of Alden Chester. His father was born at New London, Conn., in 1803, and died at Westford on the 4th of March, 1857. He was a public-spirited man, of a noble nature, and a true friend of education. At first a cabinet-maker, he afterward carried … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1798

Marriage Intention

William Gould & Elizabeth Quinn Jan. 3,1798 Lewis Butler & Barbara Nichols, blacks Jan. 11, 1798 Peter Lewis & Betsy Thompson, blacks Jan. 12,1798 William Sharbout ? & Mary Thomas, blacks Jan. 17, 1798 Marien Le’Roy & Elizabeth Lane Jan. 17, 1798 John O’Bryan & Polly Puner Jan. 18, 1798 James Sheppard & Nancy Lewis Jan. 18, 1798 Peleg Gifford & Rebecca Cummings Jan. 17, 1798 John Watkins & Mary Jones Jan. 25, 1798 Silvia Watson & Mary Hunter Feb. 6, 1798 Thomas Foss & Sarah Bryant Feb. 14, 1798 James Loring & Mary Gushing of Scituate Feb. 14, 1798 … Read more

Biography of Robert Ives Lee

Robert Ives Lee. In the death of Robert Ives Lee, which occurred at Chicago, Illinois, December 19, 1911, there passed away one of the most prominent horsemen of the Middle West. He was born May 5, 1846, at Boston, Massachusetts, and was a son of the late Brev.-Brig.-Gen. William Raymond Lee III, U. S. V., A. M., A. A. S., and Helen Maria (Amory) Lee, of Amory Street, Boston, the former of whom was descended from Henry and Mary Lee. Henry Lee, the founder of the Lee family of Marblehead, Massachusetts, died at Manchester, that state, in 1675, and was … Read more

Biography of Charles Eastman Staniels

Charles Eastman Staniels, a prominent life insurance agent of Concord, N.H., was born in Lowell, Mass., December 27, 1844, son of Edward L. and Ruth Bradley (Eastman) Staniels. The father, born in Chichester, N.H., for many years was interested in the drug business, successively in Lowell and Boston, Mass. Toward the latter part of his life he removed to Roxbury, Mass., then a suburb of Boston, and died there at the age of sixty-five years. He was twice married. By his first wife there were three children, all of whom are now dead. His second marriage was made with Ruth … Read more

Missionaries Among the Choctaw

In 1832, at Hebron, the home of the missionary, Calvin Cushman and his family, was the place appointed for the assembling of all the Choctaws in that district preparatory to their exodus from their ancient domains to a place they knew not where; but toward the setting sun as arbitrary power had decreed. Sad and mournful indeed was their gathering together helpless and hopeless under the hand of a human power that knew no justice or mercy. I was an eyewitness to that scene of despairing woe and heard their sad refrain. I frequently visited their encampment and strolled from one … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1807

Marriage Intention

Levi Willard & Eliza Jaine Norman (forbid) Jan. 1, 1807 Peter Bergen & Ann McCabe Jan. 5, 1807 Peter Bruno & Mary Egaud Jan. 6, 1807 Peter Brown & Sylvia Gamma Jan. 3, 1807 Jonathan Howe & Sally Hopkins Jan. 6, 1807 John Dennis & Rachel Brown, (blacks) Jan. 9, 1807 Dennis Martin & Rachel Stuart Jan. 13, 1807 Nehemiah I. Ingraham & Lydia Hastings of Lincoln Jan. 14, 1807 Samuel Powers & Nancy Bryant of Situate Jan. 14, 1807 Ephraim Davis & Sally Flagg of Holden Jan. 20, 1807 Charles Procter & Mary Keltey of Roxbury Jan. 20, 1807 … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Neil Stewart

Stewart, George Neil; university prof.; born, London, Can., April 18, 1860; son of James Innes and Catherine (Sutherland) Stewart; A. M., University of Edinburgh, 1883, B. S., 1886, D. Sc., 1887, M. B. and C. M., 1889, M. D. 1891; D. P. H., University of Cambridge, Eng., 1890; married; demonstrator of physiology, Owens College, Manchester, Eng., 1887-1889; George Henry Lewes student, University of Cambridge, 1889-1893; examiner in physiology, University of Aberdeen, 1891-1894; instructor Harvard Medical School, 1893-1894; prof. physiology and histology, Western Reserve University, 1894-1903; prof. physiology, University of Chicago, 1903-1907; prof. experimental medicine, Western Reserve University since 1907; member … Read more

Biography of Oliver Quincy Claflin

Oliver Quincy Claflin is a prominent young lawyer at Kansas City, Kansas, and is now serving as United States commissioner of the First Kansas District. Mr. Claflin is devoted to the law, is not an office seeker, and his appointment to his present position was based entirely upon merit and exceptional qualifications. Mr. Claflin was born at Chanute, Kansas, July 4, 1882, the only child of Otis Quincy and Mary J. (Blair) Claflin. His father was born in Massachusetts and his mother in Canada, the latter going to Massachusetts and living there at the time of her marriage. Oliver Q. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Major David Tilden

(V) Major David Tilden, son of Christopher Tilden, was born at Boston, October 5, 1741. He married Joanna. He lived in Boston and Pembroke, Massachusetts and was prominent in the revolution. He was first lieutenant in Captain James Hatch’s company in 1776 and marched from Pembroke to Braintree. He was second major of Colonel John Cushing’s regiment (Second Plymouth county) in 1777 and was in the Rhode Island campaign. He was superintendent of mustering in 1778, in Plymouth county. Children: 1. Sarah, baptized at Pembroke, February 19, 1764. 2. James, mentioned in Deane’s “Scituate.” 3. Christopher, born in Boston, April … Read more

Biography of Dr. Rufus Merrill Weeks

Dr. Rufus Merrill Weeks, who resides in the village of Suncook, and is a well-known dentist in the town of Pembroke, was born in Gilford, N.H., December 15, 1854, son of William and Lizzie (Hutchinson) Weeks. Benjamin Weeks, the grandfather of Dr. Weeks, in his younger days was a farmer. He later learned Gilford. He became prominent in business circles and in public affairs, holding various town offices; and he was connected with the old State militia. In politics he was a Whig. He married, and reared a family of seven children. Of the latter the only survivor is Mrs. … Read more

Biography of Moses H. Goodwin

The history of mankind is replete with illustrations of the fact that it is only under the pressure of adversity and the stimulus of opposition that the best and strongest in men are brought out and developed. Perhaps the history of no people so forcibly impresses one with this truth as the annals of our own republic: and certainly in our own land the palm must be awarded to New England’s sturdy sons. If anything can inspire the youth of our country to persistent, honorable and laudable endeavor it should be the life record of such men as he of … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1801

Marriage Intention

William John Sweney & Mary Owens Jan. 1, 1801 James Dawson & Mary Torry of Franklin Jan. 15, 1801 John Barnes & Susannah Ross Jan. 16, 1801 Thomas Roberts & Susannah Whitman Jan. 17, 1801 George Gideon & Mary Sisk Jan. 21, 1801 William Homer & Sally Gleason of Bilrica Jan. 23, 1801 Warren Jacobs & Kachel Clap of Scituate Jan. 28, 1801 Archelaus Goddard & Elizabeth Clark Low Jan. 29, 1801 Jabez White & Anna Stratton Feb. 3, 1801 Jessee Goffe & Rebecca Cooper Feb. 3, 1801 John T. Presson (married man) & Jenny Reed Feb. 4, 1801 Cyrus … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1781

Marriage Intention

Ebenezer Wells & Catharine Eustis Jan. 11, 1781 John Riley & Elizabeth Waldow Jan. 11,1781 William Miller & Annah Cleveland Jan. 11, 1781 James Brown & Mary Dier Jan. 11, 1781 Jonathan Warner Esq., of New Hampshire & Elizabeth Pills [or Pitts?] Jan. 17, 1781 William Doll & Mary Parker Jan. 17, 1781 William Turner & Sally Swyer [Syre?]. Jan. 17, 1781 Anthony Frederick of Natick & Sarah Binford, free Negroes Jan. 19, 1781 Elisha Donnahew & Polly Fish Jan. 21, 1781 Jonathan Hunnnewell & Sally Peck Jan. 30, 1781 Nathaniel Paine & Margaret Moreton Feb. 1, 1781 Richard Leddle … Read more