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TOWN    HALL    AND    HIGH    SCHOOL. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


HIS  vulunie,  in  additlLiii  to  yivin^;  a 
complete  and  autlientic.  altliouoh 
C'jndensed  liist'nry  <:>f  r)an\''-rs,  is  als'j 
devoted  t'j  an  account  of  tlie  Y)resent 
condition  and  development  of  tlie 
chief  manufacturino  and  commei'cial 
enter})i'ises  located  here,  and  ti  >  tlie 
advantaoes  and  attractions  thtr-  tijwn 
has  to  offei'  these  lijijking  foi'  .'i  tavoi-= 
able  hjcation  foi'  the  estatdishment 
of  new  entei-prises,  oi'  as  a  Y>lace  of  I'esidence. 
Much  space  has  been  devoted  t:i  the  various 
jjublic  depai-tments  and  officials,  Chui'ches, 
scho(jls  and.  in  fact,  almost  evei-y  subject  that 
coiild  lend  an  added  intei'est  to  the  work. 

Tc)  nuniei'ous  friends  f' >r  substantial  encour= 
ajiement.  libei'al  su}^)X.ii;)i-t  and  hiohly  valued  as= 
sistance,  we  return  the  mrist  cjixlial  assiirarice 
of  appreciati(in,  and  especially  would  Ave  ac- 
knowded^e  our  indel:itedness  to  carr  esteemed 
townsman,  Fiev.  A.  P.  Putnam,  D.  D.,  president 
of  the  Danvers  Historical  Society,  who  is  tlie 
author  of  the  histoiical  pijrtion  of  this  work. 
Importunate  indeed  is  the  town  to  have  a  niiin  so 
able  and  indefatigable  in  its  interests  as  Dr. 
PutnaiTL,  to  preserve  for  posterity  data  of  eailiei' 
days,  Avhich  must  always  be  of  inestimable 
value  to  succeedino  students  oi  local  history. 

We  believe  that  our  lal^ors  will  |jrove  not  al= 
together  ineffectual  in  conducing  trjthe  <5enei-al 
welfare  of  the  comniunity. 

FPvANK  E.   MOYNAHAN, 

Publisher. 


THE  BOARD  OF  SELiEGTMEN. 

TOWN  OF  DANVERS.  MASS. 
I  ^  Jan.   2,   1899. 


Frank  E.  Uoysahan, 

Proprietor  Canvera  Mirror, - 

Co»r  sir; — 

We  desire  to  eay  concerning  your  historical  and 
descriptive  irork  on  Danvers  that  we  believe  such  a  volume;  carefully 
edited  and  authentic  In  its  iofomiatloc,  will  be  of  Inestimable 
benefit  to  the  town,  not  only  as  a  means  of  attracting  the  attention 
of  manufacturers  and  capitalists  to  the  advantages  which  Danvers 
offers  as  o  location  for  the  establishment  of  manufactories,  but  a" 
a  reliable  work  of  reference  on  the  history  of  the  town  and  Its 
industries  and  commerce. 

In  endorsing  your  enterprise  we  desire  to  express  our  appreciation 
of  your  publlc-iplrltedneEE  In  preparing  a  volume  of  such  magnitude 
Bjid  completeness  of  detail,  and  we  wish  you  complete  success  In  your 
laudable  undertaking. 


DANIEL    P.    POPE, 

Selectman. 


GEO.    W.    BAKER, 

Selectman. 


JULIUS    PEALE, 

Town  Clerk. 


WALTER    T.   CREESE, 
Selectman. 


*Died  June  21,  i? 


Contents  of  Historical  Sketch. 


The  Da  livers  of  To  day i 

Material  for  the  Town's  History        .........        2 

Natural  Features  and  Prehistoric  Records     .......  3 

First  Settlements  at  Cape  Ann  and  Naumkeag  ......        4 

Governor  Fndicott  and  his  "  Orchard  Farm  "         ......  5 

Original  l)an\ers  Land  (Irants  .........        6 

^'  Salem  Village  "  and  the  First  Parish  .......  7 

Indian  Wars  and  the  old  Training  Field  .......       8 

The  Witchcraft  Delusion  of  1692  .         .         .         .  .         .  .         .  9 

"  Middle  Precinct"  and  the  Second  Parish  ......      10 

Danvers  as  District  and  'I'own.      Its  Name  .  .  .  .         .  .  11 

Origin  and  (Irowth  of  New  Mills  or  Danversport        .  .  .  .  .  .11 

Soldiers  in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars        .  .  .  .  .  .  12 

Gc-n.  Gage  at  Danvers.     Col.  Leslie  at  Salem  .  .  .  .  .  •      '3 

Danvers  in  the  Battle  of  April  19,  1775  .......  14 

At  Bunker  Hill  and  in  the  Revolution       .  .  .  .  .  -15 

In  the  Suppression  of  Shay's  Rebellion  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  16 

Kmigrations  to  .\Luiett  1,  ().,  and  other  Places  .  .  .  .  .  -17 

Shoj  Manufacturing  and  other  Industries  .  .  .  .  .  .  17 

Sentiment  and  Action  in  relation  to  the  \Var  of  181 2  .  -19 

Silvery,  the  Abolitionists  and  Political  Parties         ......  20 

The  War  with  Mexico  condemned  by  the  Citizens  .  .  .  .  .21 

Temperance  Societies  and  Reformers  .  .  .  .  .  .  21 

l-^arly  Schools  and  later  Educational  Institutions  .  .  .  .  .22 

Old  Roads  and  Turnpikes  .........  23 

Cemeteries  with  Graves  of  Noted  Persons         ....*...     23 

Newspapers  and  Editors       ..........  24 

Fire  Department  and  Memorable  Conflagrations        ......     24 

Railroad  Lines  and  Companies  ......  .25 

Separation  of  South  Danvers,  now  Peabody       .......     25 

The  Fall  of  Sumier  and  the  War  for  the  Union  .  .  .  26 

Patriotic  Spirit  of  Danvers  and  her  many  Heroes  .         .  .  .  .28 

.Additional  Invents  of  Local  .Annals        ........  29 

Historic  Houses  and  Landmarks  ....  ...     30 

■Character  of  the  Peoi)le        ••........  -2 


HISTOI^ICAL  SKETCH   (T  DANVERS. 


BV  I^EV.  A.  P.  PUTNA\ri,  D.D. 


THE  town  of  Danvers,  situated  wiihin 
the  southerly  part  of  Essex  County, 
Mass.,  and  having  a  territory  that 
comprises  7,394  acres,  and  that  extends 
nearly  five  miles  from  north  to  south, 
and  also  nearly  five  from  east  to  west,  is 
bounded  north  by  Topsfield,  east  by 
Wenham  and  Beverly,  south  by  Peabody, 
and  west  by  Ipswich  River  and  Middle- 
ton.      With  a  personal     and    real   estate 


is  the  Plains,  where  the  sho])s,  stores  and 
houses  are  most  numerous,  and  where 
most  of  the  public  buildings  or  j)rominent 
institutions  are  located  ;  the  Town  House, 
on  whose  second  floor  is  the  Holten  High 
School,  the  old  P>erry  Tavern,  the  First 
National  Bank  and  the  Savings  Bank, 
the  Peabody  Library  and  four  of  the  nine 
churches  of  almost  as  many  different  de- 
nominations, the  Universalist,  the  Maple 


DANVERS  PLAINS.   MAPLE  STREET  AND  OLD  BERRY  TAVERN. 


valuation  of  $4,976,575,  it  has  a  pop- 
ulation of  about  8,300  inhabitants,  a  great 
proportion  of  whom  are  farmers,  but  a 
majority  of  whom  are  engaged  in  manu- 
facturing and  various  other  pursuits, 
chiefly  in  three  of  the  five  villages  of  the 
town,  the  Plains,  Danversport  and  Tap- 
leyville  ;  the  other  two  being  in  what  is 
called  the  Centre,  lying  a  little  further  at 
the  west,  and  in  Putnamville,  more  dis- 
tant at  the  north.     The   largest  of  these 


Street  Congregational,  the  Calvary  Epis- 
copal and  the  Unitarian,  or  Unity  Chapel, 
with  the  worshiping  place  of  the  Seventh 
Day  Adventist  Church ;  while  the  First 
Church  is  at  the  Centre,  the  Baptist  and 
the  Roman  Catholic  or  Annunciation 
Church  are  at  the  Port,  and  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  is  at  Tapleyville. 

Danvers,  moreover,  is  well  supplied 
with  railroad  accommodations,  lines  of 
the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions  of  the 


DANVERS. 


Boston  &  Maine  system,  with  frequent 
trains,  intersecting  each  other  at  right 
angles,  in  the  main  village,  whence,  also, 
electric  cars,  at  short  intervals,  radiate  in- 
to various  sections  of  the  town,  some  of 
them  running  to  Salem,  Peabody  and 
Beverly,  and  there  continuing  their  course 
or  connecting  with  others  for  more  distant 
l)laces.  There  are  not  less  than  nine  lo- 
cal railroad  stations,  and  as  many  as  five 
post-offices;  and  there  are  electric  street 
lights,  excellent  water  works,  an  effi- 
cient fire  department,  scores  of  literary, 
benevolent,  patriotic  and  trade  organ- 
izations or  societies,  handsome  gr.immar 
school  buildings,  in  the  several  most  con- 
venient and  ajjpropriate  localities,  and 
a  well  graded  system  of  instruction  in  the 
town  as  a  whole,  with  ancient  landmarks, 
and  monu  nents  in  honor  of  departed 
worthies  that  are  rich  with  historic 
interest  and  full  of  impressive  lessons 
for  all. 

It  is  intended  here  to  present  only  an 
outline  of  the  history  of  this  enterprising 
and  prosperous  old  town.  Vet  we  can 
but  remark  that  it  is  quite  time  that  a 
more  extended  and  comjilete  history  of  it 
than  has  yet  appeared  should  be  written. 
Abundant  material  for  such  a  work  exists 
and  is  easily  accessible.  It  may  be 
found  in  the  archives  of  the  State  and  of 
Salem,  and,  of  course,  the  town  itself ;  and 
in  such  publications  as  [.  B.  Felt's  "  An- 
nals of  Salem,"  1S42,  1845  ;  Rev.  J.  W. 
Hanson's  "  History  of  Danvers,"  1847; 
"  Danvers  Centennial  Celebration,"  em- 
bracing an  Historical  address  by  John  \V. 
Proctor,  Esq.,  and  an  Ode  by  Dr.  Andrew 
Nichols,  1852;  one  or  more  subsequent 
books  relating  to  (leorge  Peabody  and  the 
two  Institutes  which  he  established  in  Pea- 
l)ody  and  Danvers ;  Hon.  Charles  W. 
I'pham's  "  History  of  Witchcraft  and 
Salem  Village,"  1867  ;  Rev.  Dr.  C.  P.. 
Rice's  "  History  of  the  First  Parish," 
1874;  Hon.  A.  i*.  White's  "Danvers," 
as  included  in  the  "  History  of  Essex 
County,"  1888;  with  pamphlets  like  Dr. 
Ceorge  Osgood's  "  Danvers  Plains,"  1855  ; 
Judge  .v.  A.  Putnam's  "Putnam  Guards," 
18S7  ;  Mr.  Ezra  D.  Hines'  "Historic 
Danvers"  (illustrated),  1894,  a'ld  hi-; 
"Browne's  Hill,"    1897;    and   the  "Mili- 


tary and  Naval  Annals"  or  "Soldiers' 
Record  "  of  1) mvers,  prepared  by  Mr. 
Eben  Putnam  and  others  for  the  town, 
1895;  together  with  numerous  printed 
commemorative  or  occasional  discourses, 
biographical  sketches  of  distinguished 
men,  and  genealogies  of  old  families,  all 
of  local  interest  or  belongings  ;  annual 
town  and  school  committee  reports,  and 
articles  by  Dea.  Samuel  P.  Fowler  and 
many  others  in  the  "  Essex  Institute  Col- 
lections," and  in  the  Danvers,  Peabody 
and  Salem  papers,  whose  files  are  replete 
with  kindred  matter  of  great  value. 

In  glancing  somewhat  hurriedly  at  the 
principal  events  or  occurrences  of  the 
more  than  two  hundred  years  of  the  an- 
nals of  "  Salem  Village"  and  Danvers,  free 
use  will  be  made  of  the  authorities  above 
mentioned,  and  some  use,  also,  if  the 
writer  may  refer  to  them,  of  numerous 
letters  of  local  history,  which  he  contrib- 
uted to  the  Danvers  Mirror,  largely  from 
1876  to  1886,  and  in  which,  he  can  but 
think,  there  are  important  matters  con- 
nected with  the  past  of  the  town,  that  had 
been  overlooked  or  slighted  by  previous 
chroniclers,  though  much  of  it  all,  he  is  glad 
to  see,  has  since  passed  into  books  or  other 
public  itions  of  later  date.  Such  are  the 
part  which  Danvers  took  in  connection 
with  the  first  colonization  of  the  great 
North- West  at  Marietta,  O.,  the  service  of 
her  soldiers  in  suppressing  Shay's  Re- 
bellion and  in  other  military  campaigns, 
the  rise  of  Universalism  and  of  the  shoe 
manufacturing  industry  in  School  District 
No.  3,  the  early  and  remarkable  develop- 
ments of  aboliiionism  at  New  Mills  and 
at  other  places  in  the  vicinity,  the  names 
of  distinguished,  but  forgotten  citizens  in 
the  history  of  the  town,  not  to  make  men- 
tion of  things  beside,  which  seemed  to  de- 
serve more  notice  or  emphasis. 

But  Danvers  has  a  history  which  an- 
tedates the  seventeenth  century,  and 
concerning  which  a  few  words  should  be 
said.  '1  hey  relate  to  the  natural  features 
of  her  territory,  her  geological  formations, 
her  hills  and  valleys,  plains  and  river:-, 
rocks  and  soils,  flora  and  vegetation.  Prof. 
John  H.  Sears,  cu-ator  of  geology  and 
mineralogy  in  the  I'e.ibody  Academy  of 
Science,  at  Salem,  has  kindly  furnished  us. 


DANVERS. 


by  request,  a  most  valuable  account  of 
these  things,  of  which  only  a  brief  resume, 
with  a  few  supplementary  details,  can  be 
given  here.  Born  in  Putnamville,  June 
iS,  1843,  he  has  visited,  more  than  any 
other  has  ever  done,  every  part  of  his 
native  town,  as  well  as  of  the  whole  coun- 
ty, and  familiarized  himself  with  all  the 
facts  and  marvels  she  had  in  reserve  for  so 
patient  and  earnest  a  seeker.  His  many 
published  scientific  papers  and  his  beau- 
tifully colored  geological  map  of  Essex 
County — the  work  of  several  or  more 
years  of  careful  study — are  a  monument  of 
his  well-directed  labors.  As  to  I  )anvers. 
he  refers  particularly  to  the  more  hilly 
and  picturesque  region  of  the  central  and 
northern  parts  of  the  town,  in  which  three 
brooks  have  their  sources,  flowing  through 
three  valleys  which  form  an  important  fea- 
ture of  the  landscape.  One  of  these  is 
Nichols'  Brook,  which  has  its  rise  in  or 
near  "  Bishop's  Meadow,"  towards  the 
north,  meanders  in  a  north-westerly  di- 
rection and  empties  into  the  Ipswich  River 
in  Topsfield.  Another  is  Mile  Brook, 
which  has  its  rise  in  '•  Blindhole  Swamp," 
still  farther  north,  pursues  its  course  at 
the  east  towards  the  south,  and  as  it  still 
continues  its  way  thither  through  Putnam- 
ville, takes  the  name  of  Frost-fish  Brook, 
and  then  Porter's  River.    And  vet  another. 


PORTER'S    RIVER. 


Beaver  Brook,  has  its  origin  south  of 
"  Bishop's  Meadow,"  runs  somewhat  par- 
allel with  Frost-fish  Brook  and  west  of  it, 
is  augmented  by  a  stream  that  proceeds 
from  the  Centre,  becomes  Crane  River, 
passes  on  along  the  Plains  to  the  Port, 
and  finally  mingles  its  waters  with  the 
tide  of  Porter's  River  at  the  extreme 
south-eastern  section  of  the  town,  where, 
nearer  the  sea,  they  are  soon  joined  bv 
P>ndicott  or  Waters   River,  which  consti- 


tutes a  part  of  the  boundary  line  between 
Danvers  and  Peabody.  Beaver  Brook 
forms  the  drainage  system  of  central 
Danvers,  and  the  three  brooks  or  rivers 
have,  by  a  many-centuried  process  ot 
erosion,  so  cut  down  their  banks  as  very 
much  to  broaden  their  valleys,  while  the 
long-continued  subsidence  of  the  land  has 
been  such  as  to  allow  the  tide  water  to 
enter  the  lower  depressions  and  swell  the 
flood.  All  this  has  added  greatly  to  the 
attractiveness  and  prosperity  of  the  town. 
Without  the  subsidence,  which.  Professor 
Sears  says,  "  amounts  to  about  iS  inches 
ill  one  hundred  years,  and  has  been  going 
on  for  1,200  years,  as  proven  by  actual 
measurements,"  these  "  estuaries "  or 
*'  long  reaches  of  navigable  waters"  wotdd 
be  only  small  streams  or  brooks  still  wan- 
dering seaward  as  from  the  hills. 

Glacial  history,  he  adds,  may  be  read 
in  all  partsof  the  town,  as  in  the  scratched, 
grooved  and  polished  surfaces  of  all  the 
out-cropping  ledges.  Putnam's,  Dale's, 
Lindall's,  Hathorne's,  Whipple's,  and 
Browne's  Hill  are  debris  left  by  the  work 
of  the  ice  age.  The  sand  and  gravel  of 
what  we  call  ridges,  when  cut  into,  show 
that  they  were  laid  down  by  running 
water  in  the  last  ages  of  the  glacial  per- 
iod. Here  and  there  are  large  numbers 
of  boulders  and  pebbles  which  were  de- 
posited by  the  ice  when  it  became  thin 
and  which  bear  the  marks  of  their  grind- 
ing against  ledges  as  they  were  incorpor- 
ated into  it  ages  before.  The  sand  plains 
and  clay  beds  were  deposited  in  compara- 
tively still  water,  as  the  ice  receded  to 
the  north.  Icebergs  of  vast  size  became 
stranded  in  hollows  and  were  covered  over 
with  sand  and  gravel,  so  that  when  they 
finally  melted  large  lakes  were  formed 
which  have  since  been  filled  with  ingrow- 
ing vegetation  and  are  now  known  as 
peat  swamps,  as  in  the  case  of  "  Blind- 
hole  Swamp"  and  "  Bishop's  Meadow." 
The  out-cropping  ledges  (or  bed  rock  re- 
ferred to)  are  Cambrian  slate  and  lime- 
stone, seen  for  instance  in  excavating  a 
<  ellar  or  well  in  Tapleyville  or  Danvers 
Centre.  Diorite  and  hornblende  granite 
are  very  abundant.  The  former  (a  heavy 
blue  rock)  occurs,  as  elsewhere,  in  Put- 
namville and  on   the  hill  of  the   Endicott 


DANVERS. 


"  Orchard  Farm,"  and  the  latter  on  the 
South  banks  of  Frost-fish  Brook  and  m 
East  Dan  vers.  Granite  gneiss  may  be 
found  in  Danvers  Centre,  near  the  house 
of  Mr.  Daniel  P.  Pope. 

Among  the  minerals  of  the  town  are 
pyrites,  often  seen  in  the  diorite  ledges. 
Limonite,  or  bog  iron,  occurs  in  most  of 
the  meadows  or  streams  ;  calcite,  or  lime- 
stone, in  crystals  and  cleavage  pieces  ;  and 
small  (luartz  and  vein  quartz  crystals,  in, 
or  in  contact  with,  other  forms  or  sub- 
stances. The  flora  of  the  town  is  much 
the  same  as  in  Essex  County  generally. 
There  are  several  varieties  found  in  Dan- 
vers that  are  not  known  to  the  surround- 
ing region.  (See  Botanical  lists  Ijy  S.  P. 
Prowler  and  Dr.  George  Osgood  in  Han- 
son's History,  pp.  10-12.) 

Such,  for  the  most  part,  was  the  territory 
once  roamed  from  immemorial  time  by 
the  untutored  Indian,  until  two  or  three 
hundred  years  ago,  but  which  then  be- 
came the  heritage  of  the  white  man. 
There  was  no  settlement  by  the  latter  on 
the  shores  of  what  is  properly  regarded  as 
Massachusetts  Bay,  previous  to  that  of 
Roger  Conant  and  his  associates,  at  Cape 
Ann,  in  1624,  or  shortly  after.  His  fish- 
ing and  trading  plantation,  which  was 
under  the  general  direction  or  patronage 
of  Rev.  John  White  and  certain  merchants 
and  others  in  the  west  of  England,  was 
unsuccessful,  and  accordingly  with  some 
of  his  party  he  removed,  in  the  autumn 
of  1626,  to  Naumkeag,  or  Salem,  as  a 
more  promising  place.  These  were  after- 
wards known  as  the  "  Old  Planters,"  and 
Conant  was  still  their  Governor,  while 
such  men  as  John  Woodbury,  John  Balch, 
and  Peter  Palfrey,  were  of  their  number. 
Soon  a  company  of  London  gentlemen 
became  interested  in  their  jjlans,  proposed 
to  "  erect  a  new  Colony  upon  the  old 
foundation,"  raised  a  large  fund  for  the 
purijose,  and  on  the  iQth  of  March,  1628, 
obtained  from  the  "  Council  for  New  Eng- 
land," a  grant  of  land,  extending  in 
breadth  from  a  line  running  three  miles 
north  of  the  Merrimac  to  a  line  three  miles 
south  of  the  Charles,  and  in  length  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  "  South  Sea,"  or 
Western  Ocean.  The  company  appoint- 
ed, as  Governor  of  the  "  New  Colony," 


John  Endicott,  who  was  one  of  the  pat- 
entees, and  who  was  "  a  worthy  gentle- 
man "  and  "  well  known  to  divers  persons 
of  note."     Sailing  from  Weymouth,  June 
20,   162S,  in   the    ship    Abigail,  with  his 
wife,  and  with  Richard  Brackenbury,  Rich- 
ard    Davenport,    Charles    Gott,    William 
Trask  and    other   emigrants,  he    reached 
his    destination    at    Naumkeag,  Sept.    6, 
1628.     The  "  Old  Planters"  very  naturally 
disputed  at  first  the    claims    of  the   new 
comers,  but  the  controversy  was  speedily 
adjusted,  with  Endicott  as  the  acknowl- 
edged Governor  instead  of  Conant ;  and  in 
token  of  the  general  harmony  that  thus  pre- 
vailed,  the   place   was    given   its   present 
name,  Salem,  the  Hebrew  word  for  peace, 
or  peaceful.     The  Colony  now  numbered 
some    fifty   or  sixty  persons,  and   on  the 
4th  of  March,  1629,  the  above  grant  of 
territory  was  confirmed  to  them  by  a  royal 
Charter,  making  them  a  body  corporate 
and  politic,  under  the  name  of  the  "  Gov- 
ernor and  Company  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  New  England  ;"  and  the  principles 
and  provisions  contained  in  this  Charter 
were    destined   vitally   to  mould     the  fu- 
ture Constitution,  and  influence  the  long- 
coniinued  rule  and  legislation  of  the  Com- 
monwealth.    Other   ships  arrived  during 
the  year  and  brought  fresh  and  welcome 
accessions  to  the  plantation,  as  harbingers 
of  the  Greater  immigrations  that  were  soon 
to  be.  It  was  a  Colony  of  Puritans  or  "Non- 
conformists," in  contradistinction   to   that 
of  the  Pilgrim  "  Separatists"  at  Plymouth. 
The  former  were,  nominally  at  least,  ad- 
herents  to  the   Church    of  England,  but 
were   stoutly   opposed  to    its   corruptions 
and  superstitions,  and  refused  to  observe 
its    prescribed    forms    of  worship.      The 
latter  cut  loose  entirely  from  the  T^stablish- 
ment,  disowning  all  allegiance  to  it,  and 
renouncing  its  practices  as  well  as  its  au- 
thority.     Hence  their    name.     But  both 
were  still  essentially  one  in  faith  or  creed, 
and  both,  driven  from  their  native  land  by 
the  iron   hand  of  oppression  and  cruelty, 
were    inspired   by  the  same  strong   and 
passionate  love  of  civil  and  religious  lib- 
erty.    Once  beyond  the   reach   of  perse- 
cution,    Non-conformists  in    most   cases 
quickly    became    Separatists,    and    Emi- 
gration was  made  to  mean  more  thorough 


DANVERS. 


Reformation.       Such     were    the    Puritan 
founders  of  Salem  and  Danvers. 

Endicott  ruled  affairs  at  Salem  with 
rare  strength  and  wisdom,  promoted  peace 
and  maintained  order  as  often  as  troubles 
arose,  and  held  just  and  friendly  relations 
with  the  Naumkeags,  or  the  Indian  tribe 
who  inhabited  the  region  round  about  and 
to  whom  Danvers  and  its  adjacent  towns 
of  today  were  once  familiar  ground. 
Numerous  and  powerful  long  before,  they 
had  now  become  greatly  reduced  by  war 
and  disease  as  the  English  came ;  and 
they  were  still  a  dwindling  race,  appeal- 
ing to  the  white  man  for  protection  from 
their  fierce  enemies,  the  Tarrantines,  far 
away  at  the  north-east.  The  settlers 
bought  of  them  whatever  land  they  wished 
to  own  and  occupy,  and  gave  them  gener- 
ally a  fair  compensation  for  it ;  and  when, 
in  1686,  King  James  II  proposed  to 
wrest  it  from  its  new  proprietors,  the  fast 
disappearing  natives  of  the  soil  gave  them 
a  deed  of  it  as  their  last  will  and  testa- 
ment.    Ere  long  the  tribe  was  extinct. 

Until  Oct.  20,  1629,  the  supreme  gov- 
ernment of  the  colony  was  vested  in  the 
company  at  London,  but  at  that  time  it 
was  transferred  to  Salem  ;  and  as  it  was 
deemed  wise,  that,  under  such  circum- 
stances, new  officers  should  be  chosen, 
John  Winthrop  was  appointed  as 
Governor ;  John  Humphrey  as  Deputy 
Governor ;  and  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall, 
Thomas  Dudley  and  sixteen  others  as  As- 
sistants. The  ArhcUa,  sailing  from  Yar- 
mouth with  three  other  ships  and  having 
on  board  Winthrop  and  many  others, 
arrived  and  anchored  in  Salem  harbor, 
June  12,  1630.  "Seven  vessels  made 
their  voyage  three  or  four  weeks  later. 
Seventeen  came  before  winter,  bringing 
about  a  thousand  passengers."  The  new 
Governor,  who,  like  P^ndicott,  was  for 
many  long  years  to  render  illustrious  ser- 
vice to  the  nascent,  rising  Commonwealth, 
entered  at  once  upon  his  official  duties. 
Yet  there  was  much  dissatisfaction  with 
the  place,  especially  among  the  later  im- 
migrants ;  and  on  account  of  this  and 
other  discouragements  it  was  decided  to 
remove  the  seat  of  government  to  Charles- 
town,  whither  a  considerable  number  of 
settlers  had  already  gone  from  Salem.   The 


capital  was  accordingly  established  on  the 
banks  of  the  Charles,  ten  weeks  after  the 
arrival  of  Winthrop  from  England. 

Endicott  and  the  great  body  of  the  col- 
onists remained  behind  and  were  the 
pledge  of  the  future  success  and  ultimate 
fame  of  the  earlier  seat,  even  though  large 
numbers  of  its  vigorous  and  intelligent 
people  should  gradually  push  their  way  in- 
to the  wilderness  about  them  and  there  in 
due  time  form  communities  and  towns  of 
their  own ;  Wenham,  incorporated  in 
1643;  Manchester,  1645;  Marblehead, 
1649;  Topsfield,  1650;  Beverly,  1668; 
Middleton,  1728;  and  Danvers  as  a  dis- 
trict, in  1752,  and  later,  as  a  town.  Only 
portions  of  Topsfield,  Manchester  and 
Middleton,  however,  were  included  in  the 
original  township  of  Salem.  Lynn,  it  is 
said,  was  never  formally  incorporated,  but 
a  section  of  her  territory,  also,  belonged 
to  Salem  at  first. 

It  is  interesting  to  follow  Mr.  Upham 
as  he  tells  us  of  the  pioneers  who  struck 
out  into  the  yet  inhospitable  wilds  of 
Danvers,  and  as  he  locates  for  us  the  land 
grants  they  received  from  the  General 
Court  or  the  mother  town.  The  first  of 
these,  imder  date  of  Julv  3,  1632,  was  the 


ENDICOTT    GRANT. 


Orchard  Farm  of  Governor  Endicott, 
which  consisted  of  300  acres  and  was  sit- 
uated between  Duck  or  Crane  river  as  its 
northern  boundary  line,  and  Cow-house 
or  Waters  river  as  its  southern.  At  once 
he  proceeded  to  occupy  and  clear  his  land, 
erect  buildings  and  construct  roads  and 
bridges,  and  till  the  soil  and  plant  trees 
and  vineyards.  His  own  house,  whose 
site  is  still  pointed  out,  stood  on  highly 
elevated  ground  that  commands  a  fine 
view  of  the  surrounding  country,  while  at 
a  short  distance  from  it    is    the   famous 


DANVERS. 


Fear-Tree  which  an  unbroken  tradition  of 
his  descendants  afifirras  "was  brought  over 
with  his  dial  in  1630,"  and  which  may 
first  have  been  in  his  garden  at  Salem 
until  he  later  transplanted  it  where  it  is 
now,  and  where  it  yet  bears  fruit  from 
year  to  year.     This  country  home  was  a 


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PRESENT    ENDICOTT    HOUSE. 

favorite  place  with  him.  Here  he  often 
welcomed  the  great  men  of  the  colony  and 
not  seldom  he  thence  skimmed  with  his 
shalloj)  the  rivers  close  by,  as  often  as  he 
made  his  visits  to  Salem  and  Boston.  To 
the  land  which  he  had  thus  received  from 
the  General  Court  the  town  added  by 
grant,  on  its  western  side,  200  acres  more, 
which  were  called  the  "  Governor's  Plain." 
The  "  Orchard  Farm,"  whatever  the 
changes  which  either  part  of  the  whole  es- 
tate may  have  undergone  in  the  course  of 
subset  juent  time,  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  the  direct  genealogical  line,  being 
the  property  of  Mr.  William  C.  Endicott, 
Jr.,  whose  family  residence  is  with  his 
parents  at  the  charming  old  Peabody  man- 
sion on  IngersoU  street,  while  with  them 
occasionally  sojourn,  whenever  they  come 
to  America,  the  British  Colonial  Secretary, 
the  Right  Honorable  Joseph  Chamberlain, 
and  Mrs.  Chamberlain,  Judge  Endicott's 
daughter. 

As  the  first  grantee  of  land  within  the 
present  limits  of  Danvers,  Governor  Endi- 
cott has  well  been  called  the  "  father  of  the 
town."  Of  the  many  grants — several  by 
the  General  Court  and  the  rest  by  Salem 
— made  to  others  during  the  first  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  years  and  within  the  Danvers 
of  the  past  or  today,  the  following,  as  indi- 
cated by  name  and  place,  may  be  enough 
to  show  how  and  by  whom  most  of  the 
land  was  covered ;  John  Humphrey, 
partly  in  South  Danvers  and  partly  in 
Lynnfield,  with  Humphrey's  pond  and  its 


island;  Thomas  Read,  on  whose  estate  is 
now  the  fine  residence,  in  Peabody,  of  the 
late  Hon.  Richard  S.  Rogers,  and  of  his 
son,  Jacob  C.  Rogers,  Esq. ;  Emanuel 
Downing,  west  of  the  Read  grant ;  and  the 
celebrated  Hugh  Peters,  north  of  the 
Plains  and  east  of  Frost-fish  Brook.  But 
Read,  Downing  and  Peters  returned  to 
England  and  came  not  back.  Grants 
were  also  made  to  Rev.  Samuel  Skelton 
(worthy  associate  pastor  with  Rev.  Fran- 
cis Higginson,  of  blessed  memory,  in  the 
First  church  of  Salem),  "Skelton's  Neck," 
afterward  New  Mills,  and  now  Danvers- 
port,  lying  between  Crane  and  Porter's 
rivers ;  Francis  Weston,  a  little  distance 
west  of  the  site  of  the  First  church  ot 
Danvers ;  Townsend  Bishop,  his  house 
still  standing  west  of  the  Plains  and  in 
Tapleyville,  and  noted  as  the  home  of 
Rebecca  Nurse,  sainted  martyr  of  the 
witchcraft  persecution  :  Richard  Water- 
man, on  the  Wenham  road  leading  from 
Putnamville,  his  habitation  occupying  the 
spot  where  lived  the  late  Joel  Wilkins  ; 
and  William  Alford, Cherry  Hill,  on  the  Bev- 
erly side,  sold  to  Henry  Herrick.  Weston, 
Bishop,  Waterman,  and  Alford,  however, 
were  driven  into  exile  on  account  of  their 
obnoxious  political  and  religious  opinions. 
Grants  also  to  Richard  IngersoU,  on  the 
east  side  of  Porter's  river,  o])i)osite  Dan- 
versport ;  Robert  Cole,  south  of  Felton's 
hill  and  including  Proctor's  corner  in  Pea- 
body ;  Ellas  Stileman,  north  of  Townsend 
Bishop  ;  Thomas  Gardner,  in  the  western 
part  of  the  town  ;  Daniel  Rea,  near  the 
northern  line  of  the  Plains  ;Richard  Hutch- 
inson, Whipple's  hill  and  land  around  it ; 
John  Putnam  and  his  three  sons,  Thomas, 
Nathaniel  and  John,  along  or  near  Beaver 
Brook,  and  in  another  direction  from 
Hathorne  hill  to  the  Wenham  line  ;  Wil- 
liam Hathorne,  who  was  greatly  distin- 
guished and  who  lived  on  Asylum  hill, 
which  his  grant  included ;  Richard  Dav- 
enport, also  of  great  prominence  and  rep- 
utation, Davenj)ort  hill,  now  Putnam's 
hill,  in  Putnamville ;  Samuel  Sharpe,  at  the 
Plains,  later  called  Porter's  Plains  from 
John  Porter,  who  was  the  next  proprietor, 
though  Judge  Timothy  Lindall  early  owned 
the  northerly  part ;  Job  Swinnerton,  west 
of    Townsend    Bishop ;   Robert    (ioodell. 


DANVERS. 


west  of  Swinnerton  ;  Jacob  Barney  and  oth- 
ers, the  land  covering  the  north  part  of 
Leach's  hill,  or  Brcnvne's  hill,  and  territory 
north  of  that,  in  East  Danvers  ;  Lawrence, 
Richard  and  John  Leach,  immediately 
south  of  Barney  :  Charles  Gott  and  others, 
the  "  Biirley  Farm,"  now  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  George  Augustus  Peabody, 
Esq.,  whose  handsome  residence  com- 
mands a  beautiful  prospect ;  Allen  Ken- 
niston,  John  Porter  and  Thomas  Smith, 
east  of  Putnamville  and  as  far  north  as 
Smith  hill  on  the  Tojjsfield  line  ;  Emanuel 
Downing  again,  east  and  southeast  of 
Smith's  hill,  the  land  being  afterward  sold 
to  John  Porter,  whose  son  Josejih  settled 


PORTER-BRADSTBEET    HOUSE 

upon  it  and  made  the  old  house  of  today 
the  home  of  his  family  and  of  four  or  five 
generations  of  his  descendants  of  the  Por- 
ter and  Bradstreet  names. 

In  connection  with  this  list  may  be 
mentioned,  also,  William  Nichols,  whose 
grant  of  1638  was  located  in  North  Sa- 
lem, but  who  bought  the  present  Ferncroft 
district  in  Danvers  (whence  the  name  of 
Nichols  Brook),  and  bequeathed  it  to  his 
son  John,  whose  descendants  of  our  own 
century,  r)r.  Andrew  Nichols  and  his 
brothers,  John  and  Abel,  were  born  on 
the  estate  ;  William  Haynes,  who  jointly 
with  his  father-in-law,  Richard  Ligersoll, 
purchased "  the  Weston  grant,  and  then, 
with  his  own  brother  Richard,  a  part  of 
the  Bishop  farm  ;  Joseph  Houlton,  who 
owned  and  lived  near  the  First  Church  and 
south  of  it,  and  near  also  to  the  spot 
where  his  eminent  and  noble  descendant. 
Dr.  and  Judge  Samuel  Holten,  passed  his 
extended,  useful  life  in  a  house  still  stand- 
ing ;  Thomas  Preston,  whose  distinguished 
line  of  descendants  has  long  and  notably 


given  its  name  to  the  neighborhood  of  the 
Harris  (formerly  Massey's)  estate,  and 
some  of  whose  representatives  are  yet  to 
be  mentioned ;  and  Joseph  Pope,  who 
established  his  home  south  of  the  Danvers 
and  I'eabody  line,  where,  long  afterward, 
a  fair  maiden   of  the    family    name    and 


JUDGE    HOLTEN    HOUSE. 


stock,  Hannah  Pope,  won  the  heart  and 
became  the  wife  of  the  hero  of  Bunker 
Hill.  These,  or  such  as  these,  with  their 
sons  and  daughters,  were  the  first  settlers 
of  Danvers  and  they  stamped  their  impress 
on  its  character  and  life  for  centuries  to 
come.  Says  Upham.  :  "  There  never  was  a 
community  composed  of  better  material, 
or  better  trained  in  all  good  usages." 

For  obvious  reasons,  the  early  settlers 
of  Danvers,  as  they  grew  in  numbers, 
more  and  more  desired  to  be,  in  some  de- 
gree at  least,  an  independent  community. 
Hence  the  vote  of  the  town,  I)ec.  31, 
163S,  "that  there  should  be  a  village 
graunted  to  Mr.  Phillips  and  his  company 
uppon  such  condition  as  the  7  men  ap- 
pointed for  the  towne  affaires  should  agree 
on."  This  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 
origin  of  the  name,  "  Salem  \'illage." 
The  plantation  was  also  familiarly  called 
"  'Phe  Farms,"  and  the  inhabitants  were 
known  as  "  'Phe  Farmers  "  ;  or,  as  Mr. 
L^pham  states,  these  designations  often 
had  a  wider  application,  being  used  with 
reference  to  the  region  north  of  Waters 
River,  as  it  stretched  from  Reading  at  the 
west  to  the  sea  at  the  east.  The  Mr. 
Phillips  above  mentioned  is  said  to  have 
been  the  Rev.  John  Phillips,  who  was  re- 
ceived as  a  townsman  in  1640  and  .who 
returned  to  England  in  1642.  No 
marked  results  appear  to  have  followed 
his  brief  leadership  or  the  municipal  vote. 


DANVERS. 


For  many  years  afterward  the  villagers 
doubtless  held  religious  meetings  at  one 
or  more  private  houses  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, meanwhile  often  debating  among 
themselves  the  increasing  need  of  a  paro- 
chial organization  and  other  privileges  of 
their  own,  that  they  might  not  be  too  de- 
pendent upon  the  church  or  people  at 
Salem.  In  1670,  they  asked  to  be  set  off 
as  a  separate  parish,  and  the  request  was 
complied  with,  however  reluctantly,  in 
March,  1672,  the  General  Court  confirm- 
ing, Oct.  Sth,  of  the  same  year,  the  action 
of  the  town.  The  eighth  of  October, 
1672,  was  thus  the  birthday  of  the  Urst 
Parish  of  iJanvers,  whose  two  hundredth 
anniversary  was  fitly  celebrated  on  the 
same  day,  in  1872,  and  whose  history  for 
the  two  centuries,  as  carefully  written  by 
Dr.  Rice,  himself  one  of  its  noted  line  of 
ministers  and  its  pastor  at  the  time,  was 
published  two  years  later  in  connection 
with  the  Proceedings  of  that  memorable 
occasion  and  constitutes  a  very  important 
part  of  the  general  history  of  Danvers. 

Though  this  territory  of  Salem  Village 
was  substantially  the  same  as  that  of  North 
Danvers  at  a  later  time,  or  of  Danvers  in 
our  own,  yet  the  boundaries  of  the  two 
were  quite  different.  Thus  Danvers  now 
includes,  as  the  Village  did  not,  Endicott's 
Orchard  Farm,  Skelton's  Neck  or  Dan- 
versport,  and  a  considerable  tract  on  the 
Beverly  side  of  Porter's  River,  while  a  re- 
mote northwestern  portion  of  the  Village 
area,  formerly  known  as  the  "  Bellingham 
Grant"  and  constituting  a  large,  scpiare 
and  somewhat  isolated  projection,  was  af- 
terward set  off  to  Topsfield.  Moreover, 
a  certain  section  of  the  southwestern  part 
of  the  Village  was  subsequently  included 
in  the  town  of  South  Danvers  and  now 
belongs  to  Peabody.  At  this  time  the 
Village  population  probably  numbered 
somewhat  more  than  five  hundred. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Farmers,  held  Dec. 
10,  1672,  it  was  voted  to  build  ameeting- 
house.  It  was  completed  only  after  much 
delay,  and  stood  on  the  flat,  at  a  little  dis- 
tance east  of  the  more  elevated  site  of  its 
successors  on  Watchhouse  hill.  The  thir- 
ty years  of  its  existence  were  to  witness 
sore  troubles  for  the  villagers.  They  had 
not  been  strangers  to  trial  in  earlier  years. 


The  old  log-house  on  Watch  hill  reminded 
them  of  dangers,  past  and  present,  from 
the  savage  foe.  Ever  and  anon  were  tales 
of  fresh  barbarities,  near  and  far,  that 
gave  them  a  constant  sense  of  insecurity. 
But  from  the  first  the  Farmers  were  ready 
to  bear  their  part  in  the  common  de- 
fence, however  distant  the  scene  ;  as  when 


OLD  MEETING  HOUSE  ROAD. 

Richard  Davenport,  Thomas  Read  and 
William  Trask  were  the  three  commis- 
sioned officers  in  Endicott's  expedition  of 
1636,  against  the  Manisseans  of  Block 
Island  for  their  murder  of  John  Oldham 
and  party  from  Boston  ;  or,  as  when  the 
same  Davenport,  with  numerous  volun- 
teers from  the  neighl)orhood,  again 
marched  to  battle  the  Indian,  now  joining 
the  Massachusetts  troops  sent  under  Israel 
Stoughton  to  aid  Connecticut  in  the  Pe- 
quot  war  of  1637.  But  a  far  greater 
peril  threatened  the  settlements  of  New 
England,  when,  in  1675,  while  Rev. 
James  Bayley  was  the  first  minister  of  the 
Village  church,  King  Philip's  war  broke 
forth  in  all  its  fury  and  made  the  wide 
frontier  for  three  hundred  miles  the  scene 
of  dreadfiil  atrocities.  The  wholesale 
massacre  of  the  brave  Capt.  Thomas  I.oth- 
rop,  of  Beverly,  and  his  company — ihe 
"  Flower  of  P^ssex  " — at  Bloody  Brook, 
near  Deerfield,  on  the  i8th  of  September 
of  that  year,  only  aroused  Mass  ichusetts 
more  than  ever  to  a  sense  of  the  peril  and 
duty  of  the  hour.  Nine  men  from  the 
Village  are  said  to  have  shared  in  the  aw- 
ful sacrifice.  But  a  far  greater  number 
from  within  the  parish  limits  went  forth 
with  the  thousand  Massachusetts  soldiers 
who,  in  the  following  bitterly  cold  Decem- 
ber, marched  through  snow  and  amidst 
nameless  hardships  into  the  swamps  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  there,  on  the  19th, 
fiercely  attacked  the  Narragansetts  at  their 
islanded  stronghold,  killing  a  thousand  of 


DANVERS. 


the  warriors  and  wounding  and  taking 
prisoners  hundreds  of  others.  "The 
pride  of  the  Narragansetts,"  says  a  histo- 
rian, "perished  in  a  day."  Of  the  three 
officers  who  gloriously  fell  in  the  strife, 
two  were  from  Salem  Village,  or  the  Dan- 
vers  that  was  to  be  :  Capt.  Joseph  (lard- 
ner  and  Capt.  Nathaniel  Davenport,  sons, 
respectively,  of  Thomas  Gardner  and 
Richard  r)avenport,  already  referred  to  as 
of  honorable  distinction.  Of  the  two 
captains,  the  former  raised  his  company  in 
his  own  neighborhood,  and  Joseph  Houl. 


The  town  of  Danvers,  in  the  summer  of 
1894,  set  a  huge  boulder  on  the  green, 
and  dedicated  it,  June  30th,  with  a  suita- 
ble inscription  and  with  public  ceremon- 
ies, to  the  memory  of  the  thoughtful  and 
patriotic  donor,  and  of  the  valiant  men 
who,  during  two  hundred  years,  had  "  gone 
hence  to  protect  their  homes  and  to  serve 
their  country." 

Mr.  Upham's  comprehensive  and  mas- 
terly treatment  of  the  witchcraft  delusion 
of  1692,  with  numerous  more  or  less  pop- 
ular   books    or  pamphlets   on    the    same 


OLD    TRAINING    FIELD. 


ton,  Jr.,  Thomas   Flint  and  many    other 
familiar  names  occur  in  the  list. 

These  soldiers,  with  others  from  the 
Farms,  had  drilled  on  the  field  or  common 
at  Danvers  Centre,  which,  down  to  our 
own  day,  has  served  the  same  purpose, 
especially  as  subsequent  wars  have  re<iuired 
the  needed  military  discipline ;  for  in 
1694,  Nathaniel  Ingersoll,  son  of  Richard 
Ingersoll  and  magnate  of  the  Village,  made 
the  lot  of  land  a  free  gift  to  the  inhabi- 
tants   as    "  A    Training    Place    forever." 


subject  by  other  authors,  makes  unneces- 
sary any  extended  account  of  it  here. 
The  first  outbreak  of  the  strange  phenom- 
ena occurred  in  the  family  of  Samuel 
Parris,  then  minister  of  the  Village  church, 
and  successor  of  James  Bayley,  George 
Burroughs,  and  Deodat  Fawson.  Of  the 
awful  tragedy,  Parris  was  the  one  persecut- 
ing demon,  from  the  beginning  to  the 
end.  But  the  house  in  which  he  lived  ; 
the  mansion  of  Nathaniel  Ingersoll,  which 
stood  just  north  of  the  present  church  and 


DANVERS. 


immediately  west  of  the  parsonage  of  to- 
day, and  in  front  of  which  the  arrested 
parties,  suspected  or  accused  of  being  in 


JUKbt     MUUbb. 


league  with  Satan,  were  brought  by  grim 
officers  and  amidst  great  excitement,  as  a 
preliminary  to  more  cruel  scenes ;  the 
modest  meeting-house  that  witnessed 
their  further  shameful  examinations  ;  and 
some  of  the  scattered  homes  from  which 
they  were  so  ruthlessly  torn  away  for 
their  menaced  doom, — have  longsince  dis- 
appeared. Only  the  dwellings  of  Rebecca 
Nurse,  George  Jacobs,  Sen,,  and  Sarah 
Osburn  remain  within  the  present  town 
of  Dan  vers.  That  of  Ann  Putnam,  one  of 


^^"^ 


while  firmly  mute  to  the  wicked  accusa- 
tions against  him;  and  John  Proctor,  who 
from  first  to  last  exposed  and  denounced 
the  whole  terrible  business,  fearless- 
ly went  to  meet  his  doom.  There 
on  the  mount,  Christ  had  his  mar- 
tyrs, as  well  as  his  murderers.  But 
the  reaction  came  apace.  The  year 
of  1692  saw  the  beginning  and  the 
end  of  the  great  delusion  and  ini- 
(|uity,  and  there  has  since  been  no 
more  peaceful,  industrious,  intelli- 
gent and  christian  community  or 
parish,  than  the  one  within  whose 
ancient  bounds  the  evil  first  aj)- 
peared  and  was  most  ram])ant  and 
destructive. 


ANN    PUTNAM    HOUSE. 


During  most  of  the  period  we  have  thus 
far  passed  in  review,  the  early  settlements 
of  what  was  called  the  "  Middle  Precinct  " 
(Peabody),  also  once  known  as  "  Brooks- 
by,"  from  the  convergence  of  Goldth- 
waite's  and  Proctor's  brooks,  had  steadily 
increased  in  population.  In  March,  1709- 
10,  the  inhabitants  petitioned  Salem  for  a 
lot  on  which  to  erect  a  meeting-house  of 
their  own,  and,  the  appeal  having  been 
successful,  they  voted,   Nov.  28,  1710,  to 


the  accusers,  is  also  standing.  Of  the 
large  number  of  men  and  women  who 
were  condemned  and  who  were  executed 
on  (iallows  Hill,  between  Peabody  and 
Salem,  the  Village  victims,  or  those  who 
lived  in  what  was  afterward  "  old  Dan- 
vers,"  were  Sarah  Good,  Rebecca  Nurse, 
John  Proctor,  George  Jacobs,  Sen,,  John 
Willard,  and  Martha  Corey,  Rev.  George 
Burroughs,  who  perished  with  them,  had 
been,  about  twenty  years  before,  minister 
of  the  Village  church.  Giles  Corey,  hus- 
band of  Martha,  was  pressed  to    death, 


GEORGE  JACOBS  HOUSE. 


proceed  to  build.  The  work  was  com- 
pleted in  October,  1711,  and  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin   Prescott  was  settled  in  February, 


DANVERS. 


17 1 2,  as  the  first  minister  of  the  new 
church  or  parish.  An  entire  separation  of 
the  X'illage  and  the  MidUle  Precinct  from 
Salem  proper,  so  as  to  unite  them  in  a 
new  and  distinct  township,  was  a  matter 
that  long  continued  to  be  agitated.  Af- 
ter much  appeal  from  the  two  parishes 
and  much  delay  on  the  part  of  Salem,  the 
latter  finally  consented  to  the  proposed 
plan,  Oct.  23,  1 75 1,  provided  it  should 
meet  with  the  approval  of  the  Legislature. 
The  Legislature,  however,  on  the  28th  of 
January,  1752,  incorporated  the  two  par- 
ishes, under  the  name  of  Danvers,  as  a 
district,  rather  than  as  a  town,  royal  in- 
structions having  been  sent  to  the  Gov- 
ernor to  restrani  thus  the  increase  of  the 
popular  branch  of  the  (Tovernment.  But 
the  District  still  pressed  its  rightful  claim, 
and  on  the  19th  of  June,  1757,  the  bill 
was  passed  which  erected  Danvers  into  a 
town  and  entitled  it  to  its  own  deputy, 
Hutchinson,  who  w^as  now  a  member  of 
the  Council,  and  afterward  Governor,  en- 
tering his  earnest  protest,  and  saying  that 
"  the  action  was  unnecessary  for  the  pub- 
lic good."  The  name  of  Danvers,  he 
should  have  regarded  as  a  better  omen. 
It  seems  to  have  come,  originally,  from 
Anvers,  or  Antwerp,  the  name  of  a  famous 
city  in  Belgium,  which,  as  Dr.  Braman 
pointed  out  in  his  very  interesting  re- 
marks at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of 
1852,  means,  etymologically,  '■'■addition, 
accession,  progress.''  Mr.  Felt  says  that 
it  was  given  to  Danvers  "  through  the  in- 
fluence of  Lieut.  Gov.  Phips,  from  grati- 
tude to  one  of  his  patrons."  This  friend 
is  supposed  to  have  been  Sir  Danvers 
O.-borne,  Bart.,  of  England,  who  was  ap- 
pointed Governor  of  New  York,  in  1753, 
and  died  shortly  after  his  arrival  in  this 
country,  and  who  was  probably  a  descen- 
dant of  Roland  D'Anvers,  companion  in 
arms  of  A\'illiam  the  Conqueror.  But  the 
name  of  Danvers  was  legally  given  to  the 
District  the  year  before  Sir  Danvers  Os- 
borne was  appointed  Governor,  and  we  are 
told  that  the  inhabitants  had  freely  applied 
it  to  the  tract  as  far  back  as  1745.  Per- 
haps a  better  explanation  of  the  matter  is 
Hanson's  :  "  Among  the  original  settlers  of 
Danvers,  the  Osborne  family  was  conspic- 
uous, as  it  has  been  in    the   subsequent 


annals  of  the  town.  This,  cou'pled  with 
the  fact  recorded  above,  that  the  Osborne 
and  Danvers  families  had  intermarried, 
seems  to  account  for  our  name.  Doubt- 
less the  Osbornes  suggested  the  name  out 
of  love  for  their  cousins  across  the  seas." 
Mr.  Kben  l^utnam,  however,  dissents  from 
this  view,  in  an  instructive  article,  entitled 
"  How  I  )anvers  became  a  Town  "  and  con- 
tained in  his  "Putnam's  Historical  Maga- 
zine," Oct.  1897.  He  expresses  the  opin- 
ion that  the  ( Governor  conferred  the  name 
at  the  instance  of  his  I'riend,  Capt.  John 
Osborne  of  Boston,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  Council  from  1731  to  1763  and  prob- 
ably knew  about  the  intermarriages  of  the 
Os1)0rne  and  Danvers  families. 

As  Dr.  Rice  says:  Danvers,  as  thus 
constituted,  embraced,  along  with  the 
Village,  the  territory  which  lay  towards  the 
south  and  southeast  and  extended  to  the 
present  northern  boundary  of  Salem,  and 
which  was  then  known  as  the  "  Middle 
l^recinct."  And  he  adds,  "  It  should  be 
borne  in  mind,  however,  that  not  all  of 
the  territory  now  belonging  to  Peabody 
was  embraced  in  the  former  Middle  Pre- 
cinct, since  a  large  section  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  present  town  of  Pea- 
body  was  included  within  the  original 
limits  of  the  Village  Parish."  Danvers 
now  had  an  area  of  about  17,000  acres 
and  a  population  of  probably  more  than 
1  700  inhabitants. 

In  1754  began  the  early  history  of  the 
village  of  Danversport,  when,  near  the 
site  of  the  store  of  the  late  Messrs.  War- 
ren and  at  the  head  of  tide- water  of 
Crane  river,  Archelaus  Putnam  located 
for  himself  the  first  house  in  that  immedi- 
ate vicinity.  Here  the  next  year  was  born 
to  him  the  first  white  child,  native  to  the 
])lace  ;  while  about  the  same  time  he  and 
his  brother  John,  built,  close  at  hand,  a 
wheat  mill  which  was  the  beginning  of  a 
needed  and  j^rofitable  business  for  the  fu- 
ture town.  To  this  point  a  road  from  the 
Plains  (the  present  square)  was  laid  out 
ii''  i755>  ^"d  in  1760  it  was  extended 
from  Crane  river  across  the  Endicott 
grant  and  over  Waters  river,  and  so  on 
to  the  North  Bridge  in  Salem.  More 
wheat  mills  were  built  in  1674  and  after- 
ward, one  of  them  being  situated  at  the 


DAN  VERS. 


neighboring  bridge  across  Porter's  river, 
where  also  were  located  the  Danvers  and 
Beverly  Iron  Works,  incorporated  in 
1803.  ^■^s  early  as  the  year  1798  the 
Salem  Iron  Company  established  its 
works  at  the  bridge  across  \Vaters  river, 
and  here,  as  at  the  head  of  Crane  river, 
there  grew  up  a  considerable  commerce, 
so  that,  as  Mr.  Hanson  tells  us  in  1847, 
there  were,  during  1846,  thirty  arrivals  at 
the  former  place,  with  cargoes  of  coal, 
wood  and  lumber,  etc.,  and  one  hundred 
and  twenty-seven  arrivals  at  the  latter, 
with  the  same  importations,  and  with  flour 
and  corn  and  a  great  variety  of  other 
commodities.  From  April  15  to  Novem- 
ber 30,  1S48,  there  were  at  this  point  as 
many  as  172  arrivals,  and  in  the  year 
1876,  there  were  about  250.  Here,  more- 
over, many  vessels  were  constructed  at 
different  times,  especially  privateers  and 
gun-ships  during  the  Revolution.  What 
with  these  varied  and  vital  interests,  and 
the  subsequent  morocco  factories  of 
Major  Moses  J31ack  and  sons,  the  tanner- 
ies of  Samuel  Fowler  and  sons,  and  other 
kinds  of  business  that  ere  long  appeared  in 
the  village,  New  Mills  or  Danversport 
became  a  very  notable  part  of  the  town. 
The  names  of  some  of  its  leading  families 
were  Black,  Fowler,  Pindar,  Page,  Endi- 
cott,  Putnam,  Cheever,  Porter,  Bates, 
Hutchinson,  Breed,  Hunt,  Kent,  Jacobs, 
Hood,  and  Warren. 

In  the  year  1754,  also,  the  peo])le  of 
Danvers  were  called, like  their  predecessors 
of  the  same  and  the  former  century,  to 
consider  the  more  serious  matter  of  war. 
After  the  Narragansett  fight,  some  of  the 
Farmers  had  been  soldiers  in  King  Wil- 
liam's war  of  1689-97,  Queen  Anne's  war 
of  1702-13,  and  King  George's  war  of 
1744-48  ;  but  it  was  what  we  know  as  the 
French  and  Indian  war  of  1754-63  that 
enlisted  a  much  greater  interest  and  ser- 
vice on  the  part  of  the  District,  there  be- 
ing five  companies,  at  least,  in  which  it 
was  represented.  The  five  captains  were 
W.  Flint  of  Reading,  Andrew  Fuller  of 
Middleton,  Israel  Herrick  of  Boxford, 
John  Tapley  of  Salem,  and  Israel  Davis  of 
Danvers, — all  familiar  family  names. 
Davis  and  his  men  engaged  in  the  expedi- 
tion to  Louisburg,  and  the  others  marched 


to  meet  the  foe  at  Crown  Point  and  Fort 
William  Henry,  and  "  in  and  about 
Maine."  Israel  Hutchinson,  Samuel 
Flint  and  Ezra  Putnam,  of  whom  we 
shall  hear  again,  were  in  the  war,  and  so 
were  nearly  140  others  from  the  old 
"  Training  Place,"  while  two  sons  of 
Danvers  served  as  surgeons  in  the  army. 
Dr.  Amos  Putnam,  a  noted  citizen,  and 
Dr.  Caleb  Rea,  the  latter  in  the  expedi- 
tion against  Ticonderoga  in  1758.  Con- 
cerning the  Danvers  company,  just  men- 
tioned, Dea.  Samuel  P.  Fowler,  in  some 
excellent  remarks  which  he  made  at  the 
Centennial  Celebration,  in  1852,  on  the 
service  which  the  women  of  the  town  had 
rendered  in  connection  with  the  Revolu- 
tionary and  other  wars,  related  the  follow- 
ing :  "  When  their  sons  were  called  upon 
by  Governor  Shirley,  in  1755,  to  form  a 
company  of  volunteers  to  reduce  the  forts 
of  Nova  Scotia,  they  cheerfully  furnished 
them  with  clothing  and  other  articles  nec- 
essary for  their  comfort.  After  they  were 
ecjuipped,  and  about  to  join  their  regiment 
at  Boston,  these  patriotic  women  of  Dan- 
vers accompanied  the  volunteers  to  the  Vil- 
lage church,  where  a  long  and  interesting 
sermon  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Peter  Clark. 
His  subject  upon  this  occasion  was  :  '  A 
word  in  season  to  soldiers.' "  From  Dr. 
Rice's  amusing  account  of  Mr.  Clark's 
usual  Sunday  deliverances,  it  may  well  be 
supposed  that  his  discourse  to  the  soldiers 
on  this  occasion  was  sufficiently  "  long." 
His  i^astorate,  it  may  be  added,  was  also 
of  great  length,  covering  fifty-one  years. 
Dr.  Wadsworth,  who  immediately  suc- 
ceeded him,  was  minister  for  the  still  more 
protracted  term  of  fifty-four  years.  He 
was  followed  by  Dr.  Braman,  whose  ])ulpit 
ministrations  for  nearly  thirty-five  years 
were  the  ablest  and  most  impressive 
known  to  the  history  of  Danvers.  Thus, 
it  is  seen,  the  well  nigh  continuous  service 
of  these  three  eminent  clergymen  ex- 
tended over  about  140  years. 

But  another  momentous  struggle  was 
not  distant ;  and  in  no  town  of  Massachu- 
setts or  the  colonies  did  the  arbitrary  and 
o])pressive  measures  by  which  England 
was  soon  seeking  to  crush  out  the  spirit  of 
liberty  and  the  rights  of  the  people  on 
these  western  shores  meet  with  a  braver 


DANVERS. 


13 


or  sterner  resistance  than  in  Danvers. 
When  her  citizens  heard  of  the  infamous 
Stamp  Act  of  1765,  they  assembled  them- 
selves together  and  enjoined  Thomas  Por- 
ter, their  member  of  the  (leneral  Court, 
to  do  all  in  his  power  to  obtain  its  repeal, 
and  declared  that  taxation  and  represen- 
tation must  go  together ;  and  when  Par- 
liament levied  a  tax  on  tea  and  other 
articles  that  should  be  imported,  and  even 
after  it  was  obliged  materially  to  modify 
the  law,  they  voted  overwhelmingly  that 
neither  they  nor  their  families  would  pur- 
chase or  use  any  such  goods,  brought  from 
Great  Britain,  and  pronounced  any  one 
who  should  do  it  an   enemy  of   his  coun- 


ters, thinking  to  overawe  and  suppress  the 
rising  and  "rebellious"  spirit  of  the  in- 
habitants ;  but  finding  his  stay  useless  and 
uncomfortable,  he  returned  to  Boston  with 
his  soldiers  early  in  the  following  Septem- 
ber. Alarm  lists,  or  companies  of  minute 
men  were  organized  for  whatever  emer- 
gency might  next  appear.  Gun-carriages 
were  lodged  on  Gardner's  farm  in  North 
Salem  and  some  were  later  taken  to  New 
Mills  and  to  I.indall's  hill  in  Danvers. 
This  soon  became  known  in  Boston,  and 
on  Sunday,  Feb.  26th,  1775,  a  detach- 
ment of  British  troops,  sent  in  a  transport, 
and  commanded  by  Col.  Leslie,  landed  at 
Marbleheadand  marched  through  Salem  to 


THE    LINDENS,    RESIDENCE    OF    FRANCIS    PEABODY. 


try.  As  time  went  on  and  outrages  con- 
tinued, patriotic  feeling  grew  more 
intense.  Town  meetings  were  held, 
flaming  speeches  were  made,  and  strong 
committees  were  appointed  to  direct  the 
popular  will.  All  the  signs  betokened  that 
a  crisis  was  near.  In  June,  1774,  Gen. 
Thomas  Gage,  the  royal  Governor  of 
Massachusetts,  attended  by  two  compa- 
nies of  British  troops,  came  from  Boston  to 
Danvers  and  made  the  fine  old  "  King  " 
Hooper  House  (built  in  1754  and  long 
known  also  as  the  "Collins  House;"  now 
"  The  Lindens,"  the  elegant  residence  of 
Francis    Peabody,   Kscp),    his  head-quar- 


the  North  i5ridge,  on  their  way  to  cap- 
ture the  secreted  cannon.  The  alarm  was 
given  far  and  near,  and  as  they  reached 
the  river,  they  found  themselves  con- 
fronted by  a  sturdy  crowd  of  patriots  of 
Salem  and  Danvers,  who,  after  much  ])ar- 
ley  and  various  demonstrations,  compelled 
them  to  return  and  go  their  way,  so  far 
compromising  the  matter  as  to  allow  them 
to  cross  the  bridge,  but  to  recross  it  as 
quickly  ;  and  thus  ended  the  quite  "  blood- 
less battle,"  in  which,  however,  there  were 
examples  of  true  American  heroism,  even 
as  there  were  examples  of  "the  wisdom 
that  is  from  above." 


14 


DANVERS. 


■'  Through  Salem  straight,  without  delay, 
The  bold  battalion  took  its  way; 
Marched  o'er  a  bridge,  in  open  sight 
Of  several  Yankees  armed  for  fight  ; 
Then,  without  loss  of  time  or  men. 
Veered  round  for  Boston  back  again. 
And  found  so  well  their  projects  thrive 
That  every  soul  got  home  alive." 

The  greater  opening  event  of  the  Kev- 
olution  was  less  than  two  months  later. 
In  the  night  of  April  i8th,  1775,  ^  de- 
tatchment  of  800  British  soldiers,  com- 
manded by  Lieut.  Col.  Smith,  set  out  from 
Boston  for  Concord,  to  destroy  certain 
military  stores  supposed  to  be  there,  all 
unmindful  of  the  baf- 
fled ventures  of  Gage     1 — — 

and  Leslie.  Advanced 
troops,  having  ar- 
rived at  Lexington 
early  the  next  morn- 
ing, and  there  on  the 
village  green  at- 
tacked and  dispersed 
the  brave  yeomanry 
summoned  to  meet 
and  oppose  them, 
confidently  pressed 
on  about  six  miles 
further,  to  a  more 
humiliating  encount- 
er at  their  destim- 
tion.  The  news  of 
the  sally  from  Bos- 
ton reached  Danvers 
about  9  o'clock  that 
morning;  and  in- 
stantly, as  it  weri% 
eight  companies  of 
the  minute  men  and 
militia  of  the  town,  numbering  about  330 
men,  and  led  by  Captains  Samuel  Flint, 
Samuel  Eppes,  Jeremiah  Page,  Israel 
Hutchinson,  Caleb  Lowe,  Asa  Prince, 
John  Putnam  and  Edmund  Putnam,  hur- 
ried across  the  country  to  face  the  foe, 
those  who  received  the  alarm  soonest 
starting  first,  "  running  half  the  way,"  and 
arrivmg,  at  the  end  of  four  hours  and  six- 
teen miles,  in  time  to  intercept  the  re- 
treating "  Red- coats  "  at  West  Cambridge, 
now  Arlington.  In  the  battle  which  here 
ensued,  Danvers  made  her  great  sacrifice, 
others  of  her  troops  probably  coming  up 
in  season   to  harass  the  enemv  in    their 


ISRAEL    HUTCHINSON    MONUMENT 


flight  to  Charlestown.  The  names  of  her 
fallen  heroes  are  these :  Samuel  Cook, 
Benjamin  Daland,  (reorge  Southwick, 
Jotham  Webb,  Henry  Jacobs,  Ebenezer 
Goldthwaite,  and  Perley  Putnam.  In 
1835,  a  proud  and  grateful  people  erected 
an  appropriate  monument  to  the  honor  of 
these  men  m  the  main  thoroughfare  if 
the  present  town  of  Peabody,  dedicating 
it  to  their  memory  with  fitting  ceremon- 
ies on  the  20th  of  April  of  the  same  year. 
Hon.  Daniel  P.  King,  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  and  revered  of  all  the  sons 
of  Danvers,  delivered  on  the  occasion  a 
most    eloquent    ad- 

-  dress,     accompaniep 

by  very  interesting 
remarks  from  the 
brave  old  veteran, 
(ien.  Gideon  Foster, 
who  was  also  in  the 
fight  at  West  Cam- 
bridge, as  a  Captain 
of  a  company  of 
minute  men,  taken, 
it  is  said,  from  the 
company  of  Capt. 
l^ppes.  Israel  Hutch- 
inson, who  had  gal- 
lantly served  in  the 
French  and  Indian 
war  and  rose  to  high 
military  distinction 
during  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  who  was 
afterward  greatly 
honored  in  civic  life, 
had  his  home  at  New 
Mills  ;  and  hither  the 
bodies  of  some  of  the  Danvers  soldiers, 
slain  in  the  battle,  were  brought  fresh 
from  the  scene  of  their  death,  to  await 
the  care  of  mourning  kindred.  On  this 
sacred  site  the  town,  in  1896,  likewise 
placed  and  dedicated  a  chaste  and  beau- 
tiful monolith,  commemorative  of  his  no- 
ble character  and  deeds,  and  of  the  young 
and  blood-stained  patriots  who  rested 
here  awhile  on  their  way  to  the  grave. 

Danvers  was  also  consjjicuous  at  the 
Battle  oi"  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775. 
Gen.  Israel  Putnam,  who  commanded  the 
American  forces,  was  a  native  of  the 
town,  though  he  qame  to  the  seat  of  war 


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15 


from  his  home  in  Connecticut.  Lsrael 
Hutchinson  was  not  in  the  actual  fight, 
but  was  on  dutyneir  at  hand,  faithful  to 
his  post,  and  ready  as  always  for  whatever 
service  might  be  rec^uired  of  him.  Asa 
Prince,  who  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Jonathan 
Prince,  said  to  have  been  the  first 
resident  physician  of  the  town,  was  the 
same  good  soldier  of  liberty  on  Charles- 
town  Heights  as  when  he  led  his  company 
on  the  day  of  Lexington.  Major  Kzra 
Putnam,  whom  we  have  met  before  and 
shall  meet  still  again,  w  is  also  of  the  host. 
And  Moses  Por- 
ter, at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  here  first 
won  his  spurs, 
only  to  go  hence 
and  for  nearly  half 
a  century  to  de- 
fend his  country 
in  all  parts  of  it-^ 
territory,  rise  to 
exalted  rank,  and 
win  the  honor  of 
being  the  prince 
of  artillerists  and 
disciplin  a  r  1  a  n  s, 
and  the  hero  of 
forts  and  fron- 
tiers. But  if  Dan- 
vers  had  such  of- 
ficers or  com- 
manders as  these 
in  the  battle  by 
which  f^nglan  I 
"  lost  her  colonies 
forever,"  who  shall 
tell  of  the  far 
greater  number  of 
her  braves,  titled 
and  untitled,  who 
served  under  them  and  were  there  to  con 
tend  for  freedom  to  the  death;  or  shall 
adequately  tell  ot  the  deeds  of  her  more 
multitudinous  sons  who  went  forth  from 
Punker  Hill  or  fresh  from  their  homes, 
after  that  great  contlict,  to  peril  all  for 
the  glori  HIS  cause  and  say  with  Cajit. 
Samuel  Flint,  soon  to  lay  down  his  life  at 
Stillwater,  "  Where  the  enemy  is,  there 
you  will  find  me?"  More  than  300  Dan 
vers  men,  as  we  have  seen,  marched  to 
meet  the  foe,  A])ril  ig,   1775,  and  it  is  es- 


GEN.    ISRAEL    PUTNAM, 


timated  that  not  less  than  300  men  from 
the  town  were  in  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion on  and  after  the  still  more  eventful 
seventeenth  of  June  that  so  quickly  fol- 
lowed. The  figure  is  somewhat  short  of  one 
seventh  of  the  population  of  Danvers  at 
that  time. 

As  the  "  Soldiers'  Record  "  relates  : 
During  the  next  twenty  years  many  of 
these  veterans  obtained  commissions  in 
the  militia  as  colonels,  majors,  captains, 
lieutenants,  etc.  :  (jideon  Foster,  I'Lben- 
ezer  (ioodale,  Jethro  Putnam,  Andrew 
Nichols,  Daniel 
King,  A  n  d  r  e  w 
Monroe,  Jonathan 
Porter,  Johnson 
Proctor,  Sylvestej 
Osborne,  Daniel 
Preston,  and  many 
others,  a  large 
number  of  them 
being  afterward 
promoted.  The 
first  two  became 
Major-Generals. 

Mr.  Proctor,  in 
h  i  s  Centennial 
Address,  while  re- 
counting  the 
names  of  the  most 
prominent  Revo- 
lutionary heroes 
of  the  old  town, 
made  mention  of 
General  Putnam, 
General  Moses 
I'orter,  Col.  Jere- 
miah Page,  Col. 
Israel  Hutchinson, 
Col.  E]noch  Put- 
nam, Capt.  Jere- 
miah Putnam,  C-i])t.  Samuel  I'age  and 
Capt.  Levi  Preston,  all  of  North  Danvers  : 
and  General  Gideon  Foster,  Major  Caleb 
Lowe,  Major  Sylvester  Osborn,  Capt. 
Samuel  Kppes,  Capt.  Samuel  Flint,  Capt. 
I  )ennison  Wallis,  and  Capt.  Johnson  Proc- 
tor, all  of  South  Danvers.  Several  of  the 
entire  list  had  served  in  the  F'rench  and 
Indian  war,  and  several  others  were  to 
live  to  take  part  in  another  war  with  Fhig- 
land,  in  1S12.  No  better  service  was 
rendered  in  the  great  struggle  for   Liberty 


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DANVERS. 


and  independence  than  that  of  these  Dan- 
vers  soldiers  and  their  Danvers  comrades. 

"  When  Freedom,  on  her  natal  day, 

Within  her  war-rocked  cradle  lay, 

An  iron  race  around  her  stood, 

Baptized  her  infant  brow  with  blood, 

And  through  the  storm  that  round  her  swept, 

Their  constant  ward  and  watchinjij  kept." 

For  some  years  after  the  Revolutionary 
war,  the  times  were  hard  and   there   was 
much    discontent,   especially  in   Western 
Massachusetts.     Large    numbers  of  men 
in  that  section    grew   insubordinate    and 
rebellious,  and  for- 
midable    military 
forces,  under  Shay 
and  other  desper- 
ate leaders,    were 
at    length     in 
defiant        a  r  r  a  y 
against   the    con- 
stituted    authori- 
ties and  alarming- 
ly   menaced     the 
order   and    peace 
of   society.      The 
insurgents    having 
concentrated  their 
strength  at  Spring- 
field,     the     state 
government,  early 
in       1787,      sent 
thither    a     strong 
body    of     troops, 
under    the     com- 
mand    of      Gen. 
Benjamin  Lincoln, 
to  crush  the  dan- 
gerous movement. 
The    enemy,    de- 
feated in   the  en- 
gagement     that 
followed,  fled  to  Pelham,  where  they  were 
again   louted    and    whence   they    betook 
themselves  to  Petersham,  at  which  place 
they  were  finally  dispersed  by  their  pursu- 
ers and  the   trouble  was   brought    to    an 
end.     The  only  reference  to  this  chapter 
of  events  which  we  find  in  Hanson's  His- 
tory,    is    the    simple    statement :    "  Col. 
Benj.  Tupper  raised  a  company  the  same 
year  (1786).  in  Beverly  and   Danvers,  to 
suppress  Shay's   Rebellion."     It  was    not 
however,  Col.  Benjamin  Tupper,  but  John 


GEN.    MOSES    PORTER 


Francis,  of  Beverly,  who  raised  the  com- 
pany, and  who,  as  E.  M.  Stone's  history 
of  that  town  further  tells  us,  marched  in 
Col.  Wade's  Regiment.  Fourteen  sol- 
diers, at  least,  of  the  company,  belonged 
to  Danvers,  though  Mr.  Stone  does  not 
name  them,  or  give  the  number.  They 
were  Daniel  Needham,  lieutenant;  Dan- 
iel Bell,  drummer ;  Josiah  White,  sergeant ; 
Moses  Thomas,  corporal ;  Isaac  Demp- 
sey,  and  nine  others. 

About  the  same  time  there  was  anoth- 
er enterprise,  of  a  far  different  character, 
in  which  not  a 
few  of  the  people 
of  Danvers  were 
interested.  A  t 
various  times  in 
the  history  of  the 
town  her  children 
have  shown  a 
marked  spirit  of 
emigration  and 
colonization  ;  a  s 
when,  in  1724, 
Joseph  Houlton, 
grandson  of  the 
original  settler  of 
that  name,  re- 
moved with  others 
of  Salem  Village 
to  Franklin  coun- 
ty in  Western 
Massachusetts  and 
there  founded 
New  Saleni,  with 
its  A  cade  m  y  ; 
whence,  long  af- 
terward, a  goodly 
ntmiber  of  their 
descendants  and 
others,  led  l)y  a  la- 
ter Joseph  Houlton,  wandered  to  the  wilds 
of  Maine  and  there  formed  a  settlement 
to  which  they  fittingly  gave  the  name  of 
Houlton,  and  which  is  now  the  flourishing 
shire  town  of  Aroostook  County.  So,  too, 
in  1738,  several  families  of  the  names  of 
Putnam  and  Dale  migrated  to  New  Ham]> 
shire  and  there  planted  a  settlement, 
which  became  the  town  of  Wilton.  Thus 
it  was,  also,  that  the  first  division  of  the 
pioneer  band  that  originally  colonized  the 
great  Northwest,  at  Marietta,   ().,   started 


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17 


from      their     rendezvous      at     Danvers, 
Dec.  1787,  under  the  lead  of  Major  Haf- 
field  White,  and,  having  crossed  the  win- 
try wastes  and  mountains,  met  the  other 
division  of   twenty-six  men  who  had  left 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Jan.  i,  17SS,  at  Sumrill's 
Ferry  on    the    Youghiogheny,    where    all 
proceeded  to  build  their  boats,  and  then 
in  April  sailed  down  the  rivers  until   they 
reached  the  junction   of  the   Muskingum 
with  the  Ohio  and  there  landed  to  found 
the  future  city,  named  in  honor  of  the  ill- 
fated  Marie  Antoinette,  friend  of  America. 
Major  White  was  himself  a  Danvers  man, 
and  among  the  twenty-two  members    of 
his  party  (the  whole  company  numbering 
forty-eight),     were     Amos    Porter,    Allen 
Putnam,  and  Capt.  William  Gray,  all  from 
his    own    town.     The    list    also    includes 
Capt.  Jethro  Putnam  and  Josiah  White, 
familiar  Danveis  names;    and   the    same 
might    be     said     of     others.      Hildreth's 
'■'■Early   Settlers    of    Ohio,'''    referring   to 
Capt.    ( Jray,  says  :    "  His   family  was  left 
in  Danvers,  and  did   not   come   out  until 
1  790,  in  company  with  Major  Ezra  Putnam, 
from  the  same  place."     The  war  veteran. 
Major  Putnam,  is  said  to  have  lived  in  Mid- 
dleton,  near  the  Danvers  line,  but  Marietta 
authorities  generally  claim  him  as  of  Dan- 
vers and    his    belongings    seem    to    have 
been  chiefly  there.     Col.    Israel    Putnam, 
a  native  of  Danvers,  like  his   father,   (len. 
Israel  I'utnam,    went  from   his   Connecti- 
cut home  with  his  two  sons  and  settled  at 
Pelpre,  near  Marietta,  where  he  bought  a 
large  farm  and  became  a  leading  and   in- 
fluential    man,     his    descendants    of    our 
own    century    and    to-day   l)eing    promi- 
nent    and     honored,     not     onl\-     at    the 
])arent  colony,  but   in   many  ])arts  of   the 
west  and  south  besides.    Of  like   distinc- 
tion have  been   the  descendants  of  Gen. 
Rufus    Putnam,    the    "Father    of  Ohio," 
who  was  also  of  Danvers  stock,  and   who, 
when  the  Ohio  comi)any,  of   lioston,   ])ur- 
chased  of  the  Government    5,000,000  or 
more  of  acres  of  territory  on  which  these 
emigrants  settled  with  himself  and  others, 
was  appointed  the  general  Superintendent 
for  colonizing  the  region,  bemg  the  prime 
mover  and  soul  of  the    great   enterprise. 
Senator  Hoar,  in  his  recent  remarkably  in- 
teresting sketch  of  the  life,  character  and 


services  of  this  soldier,  statesman,  and 
patriot,  has  said  :  "  If  there  be  in  the  an- 
nals of  this  republic,  save  Washington  and 
Lincoln  alone,  a  benefactor  whose  deeds 
surpass  those  of  Rufus  Putnam,  I  have 
read  American  history  in  vain."  In  view 
of  the  founding  of  Marietta  and  of  its  re- 
sults, and  in  view  of  the  connection  which 
Danvers  had  with  it  as  thus  indica- 
ted, it  is  not  too  much  to  say,  that, 
aside  from  manifold  other  and  similar 
contributions  during  the  century,  the  town 
has  done  no  mean  j^art  in  helping  to  de- 
velop the  mighty  West. 

But  other  matters  invite  attention.  Next 
to  agriculture,  several  kinds  of  manufac- 
turing industiy  have  been  of  chief  interest 
and  profit  to  the  town.  Its  shoe  business 
began  as  early  as  1786,  if  not  earlier,  in 
what  for  a  long  time  has  been  called  Put- 
namville,  from  the  name  of  many  of  the 
former  inhabitants  of  the  district.  The 
first  to  engage  in  it  was  Zorobabel  Porter, 
whose  house  and  home — the  birthplace 
of  his  brother.  Gen.  Moses  Porter — is  still 
standing  near  the  northern  line  of  the 
Plains,  and  whose  shop  stood  very  near  to 
it,  on  the  old  stage  road  leading  from  Sa- 
lem  to  Topsfield,  while,  also,  a   tannery 


'      -^i^iiiimfliipif    '--^ 


'_L-,      [    L'l-'TER  S    BIRTHPLACE. 

belonging  to  the  estate  was  not  far  away. 
The  brick  basement  of  the  shop  was  used 
for  currying  leather,  and  the  rooms  above 
for  the  "  gentle  craft  "  and  for  the  sale  of 
the  shoes  they  made.  Here,  it  has  been 
said,  was  the  "  first  shoe  manufactory  in  the 
Ifnited  States."  However  that  may  be, 
it  was  certainly  the  first  in  Danvers.  Ac- 
count books,  still  preserved,  show  that 
Zorobal)el,  who  was  a  ])rominent  and  in- 
telligent citizen,  was  quite  brisklv  engaged 
in  the  business  in  1786,  and  afterward; 
and  it  was  in  that  same  year  that  his 
cousin,  Jonathan  Porter,  also  of  Putnam- 
ville,  came  to  learn  of  him  there  the  Cris- 


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DANVERS. 


pin  art,  accompanied  or  followed  by 
Samuel  Fisk,  Caleb  Oakes  of  New  Mills, 
Moses  Putnam  and  others.  Thomas 
Meady  became  an  adept  and  somewhat 
later  taught  the  trade  to  Elias  Putnam  and 
Nathaniel  Boardman  in  the  same  place. 
For  the  first  year,  the  proprietor  sold 
shoes  to  the  people  of  Danvers  and  neigh- 
boring towns  alone,  but  from  about  1792 
he  sent  his  wares  in  barrels  to  more  dis- 
tant points  also.  Kre  long  his  apprentices 
and  some  others  began  the  business  on 
their  own  account  and  shipped  their 
goods  afar,  as  Porter  had  done  before 
them;  Moses  Putnam  from  1797,  and 
Caleb  Oakes,  for  whom  Putnam  had 
worked  for  a  year,  probably  a  little  earli- 
er;   Klias  Kndicott,  about  the  year  1800  ; 


chases,  Putnamville,  during  most  of  the 
first  half  of  the  century,  was  a  busy  and 
noted  part  of  the  town  as  regards  these  in- 
terests, little  as  one  might  credit  it  now  in 
view  of  its  present  changed  and  quiet 
aspects  and  condition.  Pate  in  the  thir- 
ties and  early  in  the  forties,  Joshua  Sil- 
vester and  Klias  Putnam  removed  to  the 
Plains,  where  they  built  larger  factories 
and  homes,  and  where  Samuel  Preston, 
Capt.  P^lben  Putnam  and  others  had  been 
in  the  business  for  some  or  many  years. 
Mr.  Preston  had  invented  a  machine  for 
pegging  shoes,  and  Klias  Putnam  several 
for  cutting  and  splitting  leather,  both  re- 
ceiving patents  therefor.  These  inven- 
tions were  the  first  beginnings  of  the  far 
more  wonderful  machinery  and    processes 


FIRST    SHOE   MANUFACTORY. 


Klias  i'utnam  in  1812-13;  Nathaniel 
Boardman  in  1816;  Samuel  Putnam  per- 
haps about  the  same  time ;  and  Joshua 
Silvester,  Aaron  Putnam,  Daniel  F.  Put- 
nam, Joseph  lilack,  Kll)ridge  Trask, 
(ieorge  A.  Putnam  and  others,  later;  all, 
except  Mr.  Oakes,  having  their  shoj^s  or 
factories  at  intervals  along  the  Danvers 
and  Topsfield  highway  in  the  old  school 
district.  No.  3,  for  a  distance  of  two  miles. 
What  with  these  establishments  and  Sam- 
uel Fowle's  shop  for  the  making  of  shoe 
boxes,  together  with  the  fre(]uent  visits  of 
dealers  from  Boston,  New  York,  Philadel- 
phia, P>altimore,  and  other  remote  cities, 
and  the  regular  rumble  of  the  big  cov- 
ered wagons  for  the  transportation  of  pur- 


which  have  since  changed  and  increased, 
so  astonishingly,  the  whole  system  of  shoe 
manufacture  and  trade.  Among  the  ear- 
lier representatives  of  the  business  in 
Danvers  were  Daniel  Putnam,  John  Pres- 
ton, James  Ooodale  and  Otis  Mudge,  at 
or  near  the  Centre  ;  and  for  a  time  it  was 
carried  on  at  Tapleyville  by  Col.  Gilbeit 
Tapley,  who  afterward  established  there  a 
carpet  factory,  by  means  of  which,  with 
other  ventures  of  his  ever  industrious  and 
enterprising  spirit,  he  gave  employment  to 
many  persons  and  built  up  the  village  that 
bears  his  honored  name.  Otis  Mudge 
commenced  o])erations  about  the  year 
1835,  and  the  skilled  work  and  extensive 
tratific   of   Messrs.    Kdwin    and    Augustus 


DANVERS. 


19 


Mudge,  and  Edward  Hutchinson  (K.  &  A. 
Mudge  &  Co.),  at  the  Centre  and  in  Bos- 
ton, in  our  own  generation,  as  well  as  va- 
rious other  contemporaneous  or  subse- 
quent shops  and  stores  of  Danvers  men, 
in  town  or  city,  like  those  of  John  R. 
Langley  and  William  E.  Putnam,  have 
further  shown  how  largely  this  interest  has 
contributed  to  the  growth  and  prosperity 
of  the  town.  The  Village  Bank,  now  the 
First  National  Bank,  of  Danvers,  was  es- 
tablished in  1S36,  and  its  existence  for  63 
years,  with  FLlias  Putnam,  Moses  Putnam, 
Daniel  Richards  and  Cilbert  Augustus 
Tapley  as  its  successive  presidents,  has 
been  a  great  means  of  encouraging  and 
aiding  continuously  these  and  other  local, 
industrial  developments.  Perhaps  the 
quarter  of  a  century  that  immediately  fol- 
lowed the  year  1836,  witnessed  the  high- 
est degree  of  success  in  this  particular 
department  of  practical  pursuits.  Dr. 
Rice's  book  states  that,  in  1854,  there 
were  as  many  as  thirty-five  firms  that 
were  here  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shoes,  making,  during  the  year,  1,562,000 
pairs,  valued  at  $1,072,258,  and  giving 
employment  to  about  2,500  persons.  The 
tanneries  and  factories  of  South  Danvers 
or  Peabody,  which  have  been  such  a 
source  of  wealth  to  citizens  or  families  of 
that  town,  have  likewise  been  benefited 
by  its  Danvers  Bank,  incorporated  in 
1825,  and  by  its  Warren  Bank  of  1831. 

Interesting,  also,  is  the  history  of  the 
pottery  art  and  trade,  so  long  known  to 
South  Danvers,  and  to  some  extent,  in 
early  times,  to  North  Danvers.  The  busi- 
ness seems  to  have  been  intioduced  in  the 
"Middle  Precinct"  by  the  Osbornes, 
Southwicks  and  others  of  the  first  settlers  ; 
and  this  manufacture  of  many  varieties  of 
earlhern  ware  appears  to  have  been  a 
thriving  and  spreading  form  of  industry 
in  that  locality,  until  a  comparatively  re- 
cent period. — Another  important  occupa- 
tion to  be  mentioned  in  this  connection 
is  that  of  brick-making.  Dr.  (ieorge  Os- 
good, formerly  and  for  a  long  time  a  well 
known  physician  of  Danvers,  with  wide 
practice,  wrote  in  1855  :  "  For  more  than 
eighty  years  the  manufacture  of  bricks 
has  been  successfully  and  profitably  car- 
ried on  at  Danvers  Plains  ;  "  and  he  adds 


that  Deacon  Joseph  Putnam,  and  Israel, 
his  brother,  nephews  of  Gen.  Israel  Put- 
nam, made  bricks  in  the  pasture  east  of 
the  centre  of  the  village,  toward  Frost- 
fish  brook.  Along  this  brook,  and  Por- 
ter's river  which  receives  its  waters,  are 
various  traces  of  the  work  that  was  there 
done  at  an  early  period.  Yet  the  well- 
informed  doctor  believed  that  Col.  Jere- 
miah Page,  who  was  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  and  lived  until  1806,  was  "the  first 
person  that  manufactured  bricks  in  Dan- 
vers." After  his  decease,  his  son,  John 
Page,  Esq.,  "  continued  the  business  with 
great  profit  to  himself,  and  benefit  to  the 
community,  to  near  the  close  of  his  life, 
and  accumulated  a  handsome  indepen- 
dence." He  is  said  to  have  been  the 
first  in  Massachusetts  to  make  what  were 
called  clapped  bricks  ;  and  his  trade,  we  are 
told,  extended  to  all  the  principal  cities 
and  towns  in  New  England,  and  to  New 
York  and  even  as  far  as  Florida,  the  ma- 
terial thus  supplied  l)eing  much  used  for 
the  construction  of  forts  as  well  as  for 
more  common  purposes.  The  Page  yards 
were  principally  situated  midway  between 
the  Plains  and  New  Mills,  on  the  western 
side  of  the  road  that  connects  the  two  vil- 
lages, while  opposite  was  that  of  Nathan- 
iel Webb,  who  also  found  the  occupation 
a  lucrative  one.  Various  yards  have  since 
been  oi^ened  from  time  to  time,  and  later 
brickmakers  have  continued  to  supply, 
with  their  products,  the  steady  and  grow- 
ing need. — The  lumber  business,  particu- 
larly the  extensive  operations  of  Mr.  Calvin 
Putnam  and  his  successors  for  many  years 
past,  and  other  establishments  for  box- 
making  and  for  the  manufacture  of  leath- 
er and  articles  of  wear,  and  also  attractive 
gardens  and  greenhouses  for  the  growth 
of  vegetables  and  fruits  and  flowers  for  the 
markets — may  well  receive  a  passing  no- 
tice here,  whatever  fuller  accounts  of 
them  may  or  may  not  appear  in  later 
l)ages  of  this  volume. 

The  war  of  181 2  encountered  a  vehe- 
ment opposition  in  Danvers.  At  a  town 
meeting,  held  in  the  summer  of  that  year, 
the  inhabitants  vigorously  denounced  it, 
for  various  reasons  which  they  set  forth, 
as  "  dangerous  to  the  union,  liberty,  and 
independence  of  the  United  States."    Yet 


DANVERS. 


alleged  wrongs  of  the  mother  country 
against  our  own  people,  but  particularly 
the  frequent,  undeniable,  and  outrageous 
impressment  of  our  seamen  into  the  Brit- 
ish naval  service  year  after  year,  had 
aroused  in  many  citizens  a  spirit  that  de- 
manded satisfaction  and  that  was  ready 
for  hostilities.  At  all  events,  military 
companies  were  formed  in  the  town  for 
the  common  defence.  One  of  them  was 
organized  at  New  Mills,  and  was  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Samuel  Page,  a  hero  of 
the  Revolution.  Another  was  raised  in 
South  Danvers  and  was  under  the  indomi- 
table (iideon  Foster.  There  was  also  a 
company  of  artillery,  of  which  Jesse  Put- 
nam was  captain  and  Warren  Porter  was 
sergeant,  and  which  was  stationed  at  Sa- 
lem. Putnam  and  Porter  were  both  af- 
terward promoted  to  be  colonels.  These 
officers  and  men 
saw  but  little  active 
service,  but  were 
surely  ready  for  it, 
whenever  or  wher- 
ever was  the  need  ; 
and  Kossuth  once 
said  that  they  who  are 
ready  are  as  good  as 
they  who  fight.  But 
among  those  w  h  o 
were  charged  with 
sterner  duty  was  (ien- 
eral  Moses  Porter,  mentioned  before,  who 
was  uncle  of  Warren,  and  who,  during 
the  three  years'  war,  won  undying  Inirels 
on  the  Niagara,  and  at  Fort  Norfolk,  in 
Virginia.  And  to  this  it  may  be  added 
that  many  other  Danvers  men  enlisted 
elsewhere  and  served  in  various  scattered 
scenes. 

Before  and  after  the  Revolution  the 
evil  of  African  slavery  was  on  the  wane  at 
the  South,  but  especially  at  the  North, 
where  natural  conditions  and  other  cir- 
cumstances were  so  unfa\orable  to  its  ex- 
istence. In  i75<S,  there  were  but  25 
slaves  in  Danvers.  By  the  ado])tion  of 
the  new  Constitution  in  1780,  Massachu- 
setts abolished  the  institution  throughout 
the  state  in  a  single  day,  and  then  of 
course  there  were  none.  The  subsequent 
revival  of  the  African  slave  trade  aroused 
the  North  to    a    sense    of  fresh    dangers 


JESSE    PUTNAM    HOUSE 


which  threatened  the  country  and  of  the 
duty  of  the  American  people  to  let  the 
oppressed  go  free.  In  18 19  Danvers  ad- 
dressed a  noble  letter  on  the  subject  to 
Hon.  Nathaniel  Silsbee,  then  member  of 
Congress  from  Essex  County,  urging 
emancipation  by  congressional  action. 
The  men  who  signed  the  letter  should  not 
be  forgotten.  They  were  :  Edward  South- 
wick,  William  Sutton,  Thomas  Putnam, 
Andrew  Nichols,  and  John  W.  Proctor. 
Soon  after  William  Lloyd  Garrison  entered 
upon  his  great  abolition  crusade,  he 
found  many  ardent  sympathizers  with  his 
work,  and  also  subscribers  for  his  "  Lib- 
erator," in  North  and  South  Danvers.  At 
New  Mills  an  Anti-Slavery  society  was  or- 
ganized as  early  as  1833-34,  and  among 
its  members  were  Richard  Hood,  Joseph 
Merrill,  Hathorne  Porter,  John  Cutler, 
William  Endic  ot  t , 
James  D.  Black,  and 
Dr.  Ebenezer  Hunt. 
It  was  about  the  same 
time  that  the  first 
three  remembered 
lectures  on  the  great 
subject  were  given  in 
ihe  neighborhood, one 
by  Oliver  Johnson  at 
the  First  church  (Dr. 
Braman's),  and  the 
other  two  by  James 
I).  Black,  and  Rev.  Cyrus  P.  Crosvenor, 
in  the  Baptish  church,  where  also  an  ad- 
dress was  delivered  in  the  same  interest, 
in  1835,  by  the  celebrated  George 
Thompson,  of  England.  The  ranks  of 
the  reformers  soon  grew  in  numbers,  both 
men  and  women  uniting  in  urging  on  the 
cause.  In  1838  the  society  was  reorgan- 
ized and  received  a  large  additional  list  of 
members.  For  many  years  meetings  for 
discussion  or  lectures — not  seldom  the 
scenes  of  much  excitement — were  held  in 
the  old  engine  house  at  the  Port  and  in 
various  school-houses,  vestries  and  church- 
es of  the  vicinity,  and  were  addressed  by 
such  peerless  champions  of  the  slave  as 
Mr.  Garrison,  Wendell  Phillips,  Parker 
Pillsbury,  Stephen  S.  Foster,  Abby  Kelly, 
the  Misses  Grimke,  of  South  Carolina, 
Charles  Lennox  Remond,  Nathaniel  P. 
Rogers,  of  Concord,    N.    H.,    Frederick 


DANVERS. 


Douglass,  and  other  noted  leaders  of  the 
movement.  Many  of  the  New  Mills 
abolitionists  withdrew  their  connection 
with  the  churches  on  account  of  the  gen- 
eral pro-slavery  spirit  of  the  members  and 
were  stigmatized  as  "  Come-outers  "  or 
were  called  by  more  opprobrious  names. 
Yet  to  the  end  they  courageously  bore 
their  faithful  testimony  to  the  right  as 
they  saw  the  right  and  asked  not  the  fa- 
vors or  honors  of  the  world.  The  town 
has  never  seen  higher  or  more  heroic 
moral  purpose  and  fidelity  than  theirs. 

The  same  may  be  said  of  their  co- 
laborers  in  South  Danvers,  where  also,  in 
1S33-34,  first  appeared  a  very  earnest  and 
singularly  estmiable  and  unselfish  band  of 
emancipationists — the  Southwicks  and 
Winslows,  Abner  Sanger,  Dr.  Andrew 
Nichols,  Andrew  Porter,  Alonzo  P.  Phil- 
lips, and  many  more.  In  1S37,  a"  Dan- 
vers Female  Anti-Slavery  Society  "  was 
formed  for  the  whole  town,  with  Mrs. 
Isaac  Winslow  as  president ;  Mrs.  Richard 
Loring  as  vice  president  ;  Miss  Harriet 
N.  Webster  as  corresponding  secretary  ; 
Miss  Emily  W.  Taylor  as  recording  secre- 
tary and  Mrs.  Elijah  Upton  as  treasurer ; 
and  with  Mrs.  Abel  Nichols  and  others  as 
councillors.  Many  of  the  abolitionists  of 
both  parts  of  the  old  town  afterward 
joined  the  Liberty  Party,  which  ere  long 
was  to  swell  the  ranks  of  the  Free-soil 
Party,  until  the  mustered  hosts  of  Free- 
dom from  all  the  parties,  with  Abraham 
Lincoln  at  their  head,  should  cut  up  the 
overshadowing  upas  tree  by  the  roots  and 
destroy  it  forever.  The  older  political 
organizations,  whatever  their  past,  were  to 
prove  unworthy  the  lead  and  must  neeils 
give  way  before  the  march  of  progress. 
The  Liberty  Party,  like  its  legitimate  suc- 
cessors, was  a  power  in  Danvers,  and  such 
members  of  it  as  Dr.  Nichols,  Mr.  Phil- 
lips, Abner  Sanger,  and  others  like  them, 
in  South  Danvers,  and  Dea.  Frederick 
Howe,  Col.  Jesse  Putnam,  John  A.  Lea- 
royd,  P'rancis  P.  Putnam,  Winthrop  An- 
drews and  many  more,  in  North  Danvers, 
no  longer  relying  on  moral  teaching 
alone,  as  the  Garrisonians  had  done,  but 
now  also  on  the  strong  hand  of  govern- 
ment, had  caught  the  secret  by  which  the 
the  vast  problem  was  to  be  solved  and  the 


nation  was  to  be  delivered  of  its  direst 
curse. 

Yet  it  was  not  without  desperate  strug- 
gles or  measures  of  the  South  to  stem  the 
tide  and  prevent  the  consummation. 
The  war  with  Mexico  (184 5 -4 8)  was 
waged  to  gain  new  territory  for  the  spread 
and  growth  of  slavery.  Its  success  was  its 
failure.  Man  meant  it  for  evil,  but  a 
higher  power  defeated  its  purpose.  Ac- 
cording to  Hanson,  five  men  of  Danvers 
enlisted  in  the  service.  The  "  Soldiers' 
Record  "  mentions  eight  in  all,  four  of 
whom  belonged  to  Capt.  Charles  B. 
Crovvninshield's  company,  in  Col.  Caleb 
Cushing's  regiment  of  Massachusetts  vol- 
unteers. But  the  citizens  of  the  old  town 
condemned  the  war  in  unmistakable 
terms. 

The  Massachusetts  Society  for  the  Sup- 
pression of  Intemperance,  formed  in  181 2, 
and  consisting  of  about  125  members, 
among  whom  were  Joseph  Torrey,Dr.  Sam- 
uel Holten  and  Rev.  Dr.  Benjamin  Wads- 
worth,  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  or- 
ganization of  the  kind  in  America,  if  not 
in  the  world.      In  the  town  itself,  the  first 


DR.    WADSWORTH    HOUSE. 


was  the  "  Danvers  Moral  Society,"  of 
1814.  Dr.  Holten  was  chosen  its  presi- 
dent, and  associated  with  him,  as  its  oth- 
er officers,  was  a  numerous  array  of  well- 
known  and  most  worthy  citizens.  Their 
earnest  work  had  such  a  salutary  effect 
upon  the  community,  that  by  and  by  the 
names  of  drunkards  were  posted  in  con- 
spicuous places  and  offenders  against  the 
license  laws  were  prosecuted,  till  it  was 
finally  voted,  in  1833,  that  no  license 
should  be  granted  at  all,  so  that  in  1848 
it  was  somewhat  significantly  stated  that 
"no  intemperance  has  been  manufactured 
by  law  for  fifteen  years."  In  1836,  eight 
hundred  females  of  the  town  petitioned 
the  legal  voters    "  to    at-/  as    well    as   to 


DANVERS. 


think,'''  and  the  next  year  John  VV.  Proc- 
tor requested  the  authorities  of  Salem 
"  not  to  locate  their  dram  shops  on  the 
inunediate  borders  of  Danvers."  The 
popular  movement  of  the  "  Washington- 
ians  "  followed,  in  1842,  when  large  and 
crowded  assemblies  in  Danvers  were  ad- 
dressed by  reformed  inebriates  and  by  the 
famous  Dr.  Jewett  and  others,  and  songs 
of  gladness  and  the  gospel  of  "  moral 
suasion "  filled  the  air.  Later  societies 
and  meetings,  particularly  the  Catholic 
Total  Abstinence  Society  and  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union, 
and  other  kindred  organizations  of  the 
town,  have  also  been  marked  by  deepest 
earnestness  and  untiring  activity  in  the 
service  of  the  tempted  and  fallen.  Nor 
should  we  fail  to  state  in  this  connection 
what  constant  and  efficient  aid  has  been 
rendered  to  this  sacred  cause  by  the  very 
able,  earnest  and  consecrated  minister  of 
the  Maple  street  church,  Rev.  E.  C. 
Ewing,  and  indeed  by  all  the  clergymen 
of  the  town,  of  whatever  denomination. 
Whatever  their  varying  creeds,  these  faith- 
ful teachers  and  ]iastors  find  in  practical 
christian  work  like  this  a  blessed  common 
bond  of  union. 

As  to  school  education  in  the  Salem 
Village  of  yore  and  in  the  Danvers  of  sub- 
sequent time,  much  could  be  written  to 
show  what  progress  has  been  made  from 
the  very  rude,  humble  beginnings  of  two 
centuries  ago,  to  the  extensive  and  highly 
developed  public  system  of  to-day. 
Doubtless  pedagogues  at  the  outset  taught 
the  children  in  little  groups  in  private 
houses.  Thus  it  was  with  Daniel  Andrew 
at  first  and  Caleb  Clark  afterward.  Felt,  in 
his  "Annals,"  makes  mention  of  the 
"New  England  Primer"  and  other  old 
text  books  which  were  used  in  the  time  of 
the  earlier  settlements,  and  has  numerous 
jottings  like  these:  "  1698,  Mar.  15.  The 
Village  ask  aid  in  support  of  their 
school;"  "1 70 1,  May  30.  The  Village  had 
chosen  a  committee  to  hire  a  school  mas- 
ter for  their  children  ;  "  "June  16,  I  712. 
It  was  voted  that  the  old  watch-house 
should  be  used  for  a  writing  school;" 
"Dec.  16,  (17 12).  The  people  at  the 
Village,  voted  £.1  to  widow  Catharine 
Dealland  for  teaching  school  anions:  them 


and  invited  her  to  do  the  same  service, 
another  year,  for  the  like  sum.  She  ac- 
cepted ;  "  "  1714,  Nov.  8.  Samuel  An- 
drews gave  a  receipt  as  an  instructer  at 
the  Village  ;  "  "  1724,  Jan.  10.  The  Village 
school  master  was  to  instruct  one  month 
at  a  time,  in  four  different  places,  namely, 
at  Will  Hill,  (Middleton)  and  three  posi- 
tions '  in  the  plantation.'  "  These  "  three 
positions "  were  ])lainly  at  the  Village 
proper,  at  the  Middle  Precinct  and  at 
Ryall  side,  east  of  Porter's  River,  as  it  was 
with  reference  to  schools  in  these  places, 
that,  during  the  years  above  indicated, 
grants  of  money  were  made  to  the  inhabi- 
tants for  "  learning  their  children  to  read, 
write  and  cipher."  As  early  as  1708, 
Rev.  Joseph  Green,  ministerof  the  Village 
church,  himself  built  a  small  school-house 
within  the  present  limits  of  Danvers.  It 
stood  at  the  upper  end  of  the  com- 
mon, or  Training  Field,  at  the  Centre; 
and  it  has  been  claimed  that  it  was  the 
first  in  town.  But  from  an  interesting 
article  by  Mr.  Eben  Putnam,  in  his  "  His- 
torical Magazine  "  for  October,  1897,  it 
appears  that  one  was  standing,  as  far  back 
as  1 701,  "on  the  line  of  the  old  road, 
long  since  abandoned,  which  runs  through 
the  old  ThomasPutnam  farms, perhaps  nea  r 
the  Jesse  Putnam  place."  More  and  more 
attention  was  given  to  the  matter  of  edu- 
cation as  years  advanced,  other  little 
nurseries  of  knowledge  were  opened  from 
time  to  time,  and  in  1777  it  was  voted 
that  "  there  be  ten  schools  set  up  in  the 
town  few  three  months  each,  and  that  the 
selectmen  regulate  the  schools  and  pro- 
vide proper  persons  for  school  masters." 
In  1794,  a  district  system  was  established. 
It  was  about  that  year  that  there  were 
800  children  \\\  ten  districts,  and  in  1852 
there  were  about  2000  in  fourteen  dis- 
tricts. At  this  time,  the  surplus  revenue  of 
1844,  invested  as  a  permanent  fund  for 
the  benefit  of  the  schools,  amounted  to 
$10,000.  In  1850  were  opened  the  two 
High  schools  of  the  town, — the  Holten 
high  school  in  North  Danvers,  named  for 
Dr.  Samuel  Holten  ;  and  the  Peaborly 
high  school  in  South  Danvers,  named  for 
George  Peabody.  But  of  these,  and  the 
two  Peabody  Institutes  which  some  years 
later  the   renowned  London  banker  and 


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23 


philanthropist  established  and  liberally  en- 
dowed in  the  two  sections  in  honor  and 
love  of  the  old  undivided  town  of  his  na- 
tivity ;  and  of  the  churches  of  Danvers, 
and  its  many  other  institutions  and  socie- 
ties,— suitable  accounts  or  descriptions 
may  be  expected  in  subsequent  portions 
of  this  book. 

We  have  referred  to  the  first  highway 
opened  through  New  Mills,  near  the  mid- 
dle of  the  last  century.  A  much  more 
noted  one  was  the  "  Old  Ipswich  Road  " 
which  was  in  existence  as  early  as  the 
year  1634,  and  which  ran  from  Medford 
into  Danvers,  through  what  are  now  Ash 
and  Elm  streets  at  the  Plains,  and  thence 
on  by  Conant  street  to  North  Beverly  and 
so  to  Ipswich  (or  Agawam).  Of  early 
date,  also,  was  the  direct  road  from  Salem, 


OLD    IPSWICH    ROAD. 


leading  through  the  Fort,  tlie  Plauis  and 
Putnamville,  to  Topsfield  and  Haverhill  ; 
and  many  now  living  recall  the  stages  that 
regularly  j)assed  over  it  to  and  fro  be- 
tween the  termini,  and  how,  as  school 
children  of  District  No.  3,  they  were  year 
after  year,  early  and  late,  taken  aboard 
"without  money  and  without  price"  by 
the  ever  kind  and  cheery  old  driver,  Isaac 
Pinkham.  The  Boston  and  Newburyport 
turnpike,  which  ran  through  Lynn  field, 
Danvers,  and  Topsfield  and  was  once  so 
famous  a  stage-road,  was  incorporated  in 
March,  1S03,  and  the  F>ssex  turnpike,  or 
"  Andover  turnpike,  "  which  extends  from 
New  Hami)shire  to  Salem,  Mass.,  and  also 
passes  through  Danvers,  was  incorporated, 
June  2  2d,  of  the  same  year.  Thorough- 
fares like  these  have  a  history  well  worth 
the  study,  but  what  with  new  openings  and 
other  modes  of  travel,  the  inevitable 
change  long  since  came,  and  with  it  van- 
ished most  of  whatever  charm  belonged 


to  the  old  system  of  wayfaring  and   trans- 
portation. 

One  of  the  writers  remarks  upon  the 
great  number  of  burial  places  in  old  Dan- 
vers, ]uiblic  and  private.  Of  these  the 
most  noteworthy  are  the  Endicott  family 
lot,  in  which  repose  descendants  and  rela- 
tives of  the  Governor,  from  an  early  date  ; 


READ-PORTER    HOUbE 


the  Wadsworth  burying  ground,  in  which 
lie  the  remains  of  Elizabeth  Parris  (wife 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Parris),  who  died  July  14, 
1696;  the  Plains  graveyard,  in  which 
there  are  stones  that  date  back  for  more 
than  a  century  and  a  tasteful  marble 
monument  for  the  family  of  Capt.  Benja- 
min Porter,  a  prominent  citizen  of  New 
Mills  ;  the  Tapleyville  burying  ground,  in 
which  is  the  grave  of  Dr.  Samuel  Holten ; 
tlie  Catholic  Cemetery  ;  and  the  Walnut 
Grove  Cemetery,  which  was  consecrated 
in  1844  and  is  the  largest  and  fairest  of 
these  sacred  enclosures.  One  of  the  ear- 
liest occupants  of  the  last-named  was 
Hon.  Samuel  Putnam,  an  eminent  ludge 
of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, of  whom  the  land  was  purchased, 
and  whose  home,  near  by,  on  Holten 
street,  was  also  the  home  of  his  ancestor 
of  the  second  generation,  Nathaniel  Put- 


JUDGE    PUTNAM    HOUSE. 


nam.  The  above  receptacles  are  all  in 
the  present  town  of  Danvers.  In  Pea- 
body    (formerly  South   Danvers),  are   the 


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DANVERS. 


old  South  Burying  Ground,  in  which  are 
the  graves  of  Rev.  Nathan  Holt  and  Rev. 
Samuel  Walker,  once  pastors  of  the  Second 
church  (the  original  church  of  the  "Mid- 
dle Precinct  "),  and  of  Captain  Dennison 
Wallis,  and  the   frail,    yet    accomplished 
Eliza  Wharton  of  Bell  Tavern    memory, 
whose  sad  story  of  the  long  ago  touched 
the  hearts  of  so  many  New  England  peo- 
ple ;    Monumental  Cemetery,  "  beautiful 
and  commodious,"  in  which  is  the  simple, 
but  shining  epitaph  of  Master  Benjamin 
Ciile,  "  I  taught  little  children  to  read  ;  " 
Cedar    (irove,  whose    one    hundred  and 
thirty  acres,  more  or  less,  of  diversified 
and  lovely  scenery  are  now  in  principal 
use  with  the  families  of  the  town   for  the 
interment  of  their  dead  ;  and  Harmony 
Grove,  whose  shaded  and  extensive  slopes 
and  levels  are  the  resting-place   of  Pea- 
body's  greatest  son  and  benefactor  and  of 
a  numerous  train  of  her  departed  worthies, 
though,  not  as  formerly,  nearly  the  whole 
now  belongs  to  Salem.     Even  the  dust  of 
George  Peabody  himself   no    longer   lies 
within  the  present  limits  of  the  town  that 
gave  him  birth  and  that  bears  his  name, 
but  within  the  boundary  line  of  the  ad- 
joining  city. — Yet,  most  touching  of  all 
are    the    many,    many    scattered    graves 
which,  in  Danvers  and  Peabody  alike,  are 
strewn  with  flowers  of  Memorial  days  and 
thus   tell   where    the    brave    men    sleep, 
"  their  country's  hope  and  pride." 

Of  inestimable  advantage  to  both  parts 
of  the  old  town  have  been  the  newspapers 
that  have  been  published  within  their  bor- 
ders during  the  last  fifty  or  sixty  years. 
In  1844,  the  "  Danvers  Whig"  was  pub- 
lished in  South  Danvers  for  a  time  as  a 
political  campaign  paper.  From  Aug. 
28lh,  1844  to  April  i6th,  1S45,  Samuel 
T.  Damon  conducted  a  very  spirited 
sheet,  "  The  Danvers  Eagle."  "  The 
Danvers  Courier  "  was  established.  Mar. 
15,  1845,  and  was  edited  by  George  B. 
Carleton.  The  first  number  of  "  The 
Wizard  "  edited  by  Fitch  Poole,  Esq.  and 
published  by  Charles  D.  Howard,  was  is- 
sued Dec.  7,  1859,  anrl  was  a  remarkably 
bright,  humorous  and  entertaining  visitor 
at  many  a  shop  and  home.  In  1869,  the 
year  after  the  town  of  South  Danvers  took 
the  name  of  Peabody,  Mr.  Howard  estab- 


lished "  The  Peabody  Press,"  and  was  its 
editor  as  well  as  publisher,  supplying  the 
same  paper  from  week  to  week  to  Danvers 
subscribers   under  the   old   name  of  the 
"  Danvers  Courier,"  until  H.  C.  Cheever, 
as  editor  and  proprietor,   started  in  Dan- 
vers, 187 1,  the  "  Danvers  Mirror."  Charles 
H.  Shepard  bought  the  Danvers  Mirror 
and  job  printing  business  of  Mr.  Cheever 
in   1875   and  conducted  the    same  until 
1890,  when,  with  an  associate  for  a  time, 
the  present  editor  and  publisher,  Frank 
E.    Moynahan,    came     into     possession. 
While  yet  he  was   editor  of  the  Mirror, 
Mr.  Shepard  was  for  several  years  Secre- 
tary of  the  Massachusetts  Press  Associa- 
tion, and  in  1889  was  chosen  representa- 
tive in   the  Legislature  for  Danvers  and 
Middleton  ;  and  then  from  1890  to  1893 
was  United  States  Consul  at  Gothenburg, 
Sweden.     In  1895  he  purchased  the   two 
newspapers  then  published  in   Peabody — 
the  Press  and   the   Advertiser — and  con- 
solidated    them     into      the     "  Peabody 
Union,"    which    sometime    afterward    he 
discontinued,  to  devote  himself  more  ex- 
clusively to  job  printing  at  the  old  st.md 
where  books  and  papers  have  been  pub- 
lished in  Peabody   for  fifty    years.      Mr. 
Shepard's  able  care  and  management  of 
the  Mirror  and  of  its  accompanying  work 
have  been  vigorously  sustained  under   the 
energetic    and    enterprising    superinten- 
dence of  Mr.  Moynahan,  a  native  of  the 
town  and  graduate  of  its    High   school, 
who  had  been  associated  with  Mr.  Shep- 
ard for  six  years  when  he  succeeded  to 
the  business  in  1890,  and  who  has  since 
su]>plied  Topsfield  with  his  paper  under 
the  "heading   of  "  The  Topsfield  Towns- 
man," and  contributed  largely  to  several 
daily  newspapers  and  various  trade  publi- 
cations, meantime  winning  the  prize  of  a 
gold  eagle  offered  by  the  Boston  Post  for 
the  best  letter  of  less  than   two  hundred 
words  on  "  How  to  run    a    newspaper." 
Other  sheets  have  been  published  for  a 
brief  time,  in  both  Danvers  and  Peabody  ; 
and  since  these  pages  have  been  given  to 
the  printer,   the  first  number  of  a    daily 
paper,  "  Danvers   Evening  Press  "    (May 
27),  has  been  issued. 

For  well  nigh   a  century  the   Fire   De- 
partment has  also  rendered  efficient  ser- 


DANVERS. 


25 


vice  to  the  town.  On  the  25th  of  August, 
t8oo,  Robert  Shillaber,  Israel  Putnam, 
and  Edward  Southwick  were  elected  to 
purchase  two  engines,  one  to  be  placed 
near  the  Bell  Tavern  in  South  Danvers 
and  the  other  near  New  Mills,  in  North 
Danvers.  "  Fire-wards,"  six  in  number, 
were  first  chosen  in  iSoi.  In  1815,  there 
were  ten,  and  in  1840,  twelve.  In  1S30, 
the  Department  was  duly  established  by 
an  Act  of  the  Legislature.  In  subse- 
quent years,  additional  engines  were 
located  in  other  parts  of  the  town,  as  at 
Wilson's  corner,  the  Plains,  and  Tapley- 
ville.  These  were  days  of  full  companies, 
drills,  fire-buckets,  apparatus,  miscella- 
neous service,  rival  entertainments  and 
sportive  performances,  such  as  are  quite 
unknown  to  our  own  time  and  methods. 
"  Only  certain  grandfathers,"  says  Mr. 
White,  "  remember  the  halcyon  days." 
Days  they  were,  however,  which  vividly 
call  to  remembrance  most  terrible  confla- 
grations that  defied  the  prowess  of  the 
brave  men  who  dared  the  flames  ;  as  the 
great  fire  of  Sept.  22,  1843,  which  swept 
through  what  is  now  Peabody  Square, 
consuming  the  South  meeting-house,  the 
old  Essex  Coffee  House,  and  a  large 
number  of  stores,  dwellings  and  other 
structures  ;  or  the  equally  destructive  fire 
at  the  Plains,  June  10,  1845,  which  broke 
out  in  the  very  heart  of  the  village  and 
reduced  to  ashes  the  fine  residences  of 
Joshua  Silvester  and  Samuel  Preston  and 
their  shoe  manufactories,  with  many  shops 
and  the  Post  Ofiice  besides,  and  ruined 
beyond  repair  the  old  Village  Bank  build- 
ing at  the  north-western  corner  of  the 
immediate  intersecting  streets. 

Danvers  has  been  benefited  greatly  by 
its  railroads,  however  inadequate  the 
management  and  accommodation.  The 
Essex  Road  was  chartered  in  1846  and 
was  opened  to  South  Danvers,  Jan.  18, 
1847,  and  through  Danvers,  Middleton 
and  Andover  to  Lawrence,  Sept.  5,  1S4S. 
It  was  built  by,  and  leased  to,  the  ['Eastern 
Railroad  Company  and  has  long  been  the 
Lawrence  Branch  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  the  Boston  &  Maine  system.  Among 
those  who  were  first  and  foremost  in  the 
enterprise  was  one  of  whom  the  Mirror's 
account  of  Danvers,  Feb.  19,  1876,  said  : 


"  Hon.  Elias  Putnam  was  most  active  and 
influential  in  procuring  its  charter  and 
location.  He  had  in  previous  years  been 
anxious  that  Danvers  should  have  con- 
nection by  railroad  with  Boston  and  other 
places,  and  various  routes  were  surveyed 
and  considered  before  the  Essex  road 
was  finally  located.  He  had  hoped  to  see 
the  road  completed  and  the  trains  passing 
over  it,  but  this  was  not  to  be,  as  he  died 
in  the  summer  of  1847."  He  wasone  of 
the  Corporators  and  one  of  the  first 
Board  of  Directors,  and  Joseph  S.  Cabot, 
of  Salem,  was  the  first  President. — The 
Danvers  and  Georgetown  Road  was  char- 
tered, May  7,  1 85 1,  and  the  Danvers  Road 
extending  from  Danvers  to  South  Read- 
ing and  thus  connecting  with  the  old 
Boston  and  Maine,  was  chartered.  Mar. 
15,  1852.  The  present  "  Nestor  of  the 
Essex  Bar,"  Hon.  Wm.  D.  Northend,  of 
Salem,  was  the  president  of  both  these 
roads,  and  wiih  remarkable  ability  and 
energy  overcame  manifold  difficulties,  and 
achieved  success,  making  the  continuous 
Branch  of  the  Western  Division,  running 
through  Lynnfield,  Danvers,  Topsfield 
and  (reorgetown,  to  Newburyport,  his 
lasting  debtor.  By  an  Act  of  the  Legis- 
lature, May  2,  1853,  both  of  his  roads 
were  authorized  to  unite  with  the  New- 
buryport eS:  Haverhill  Road,  under  one 
company,  and  a  year  or  two  later  they 
were  all  duly  open  to  the  public.  By 
these  various  Hues  which  have  been  men- 
tioned, Danvers  was  favored,  for  travel  or 
business,  with  railway  communication  with 
Salem  and  the  seaport,  and  with  Boston 
and  the  northern  and  western  interior 
towns  and  cities,  near  and  far. 

It  was  after  much  debate  that  Salem 
Village  and  the  Middle  Precinct  had  been 
incorporated  as  one  District  in  1752,  and 
were  constituted  a  Town  in  1757.  A  full 
century  had  witnessed  to  their  united 
growth  and  prosperity.  But  as  time  wore 
on,  it  was  more  and  more  felt  and  fomid 
that  each  of  the  two  sections  had  circum- 
stances and  needs  of  its  own  and  that  it 
was  quite  inconvenient  to  hold  town  meet- 
ings now  in  one  and  then  in  the  other  ; 
so  that,  after  much  discussion  and  con- 
tention among  the  inhabitants  as  to  the 
matter  of  separation,  the  petition  of  many 


26 


DANVERS. 


of  them  for  a  division  was  granted  by  the 
Legislature,  in  "  an  Act  to  incorporate  the 
town  of  South  Danvers,"  passed  May  i8, 
1855.  North  Danvers  remained,  as  now, 
the  town  of  Danvers,  and  of  course  re- 
tained the  records,  having  a  population  of 
about  4000,  while  that  of  South  Danvers 
was  5348.  The  dividing  line  at  the  east 
corresponded  in  the  main  with  Water's 
river,  but  gave  to  Danvers  about  fifty 
acres  south  of  it,  near  the  Iron  Works, 
while  from  the  head  of  that  stream  it  ran 
west,  with  a  northerly  inclination,  to  the 
boundary  line  of  Middleton.  On  the  27th 
of  April,  1857,  an  Act  was  approved, 
which  set  off  to  Danvers  a  certain  part  of 
Beverly,  lying  east  of  Porter's  river   and 


ever,  to  take  note  only  of  the  northern 
town.  On  the  i6th  of  April,  1861,  an 
immense  assemblage  of  the  citizens  gath- 
ered at  the  Town  Hall  and  was  presided 
over  by  Arthur  A.  Putnam,  then  a  young 
lawyer  of  the  place.  After  much  earnest, 
but  perhaps  also  rather  aimless  talk,  a 
modest  but  unfamiliar  voice  reminded  the 
crowd  that  "  the  meeting  was  not  for  elo- 
quence, but  enlistment."  It  was  the 
voice  of  Nehemiah  P.  Fuller,  who  had  al- 
ready seen  service  in  the  Mexican  war 
and  who  was  a  grandson  of  the  Major 
Ezra  Putnam,  before  mentioned  as  having 
been  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  at 
Bunker  Hill  and  in  the  Revolutionary 
struggle,  and  also  as  an  emigrant,  in  his 


.IT.  8 

including  Browne's  Hill,  and  land  imme- 
diately north  and  on  the  other  side  of  the 
old  Ipswich  road,  between  Cherry  Hill 
farm-house  and  Frost-fish  Brook.  South 
Danvers  changed  its  name  for  Peabody, 
April  13,  1868. 

But  old  Danvers,  however  divided  by 
the  act  of  May  18,  1855,  or  by  sectional 
feeling  before  and  after,  was  one  in 
thought,  spirit  and  puri)ose,  at  the  fall  of 
Sumter  and  in  the  mighty  conflict  which 
at  once  ensued.  The  fire  of  patriotism 
that  burned  in  the  hearts  of  her  people  in 
the  days  of  the  Revolution,  still  lived  in 
the  souls  of  their  descendants  and  burst 
forth  anew  at  the  first  tidings  of  actual 
rebellion.     It  is  our  ])rovince   here,  how- 


BIRTHPLACE     OF     GEN.    ISRAEL    PUTNAM. 


advanced  years,  to.  the  colony  of  Marietta 
on  the  Ohio.  Fuller  himself  proposed  to 
enlist  and  called  on  others  who  were 
present  to  do  the  same.  His  example, 
and  that  of  Ruel  B.  Pray,  who  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  to  sign  the 
roll,  were  not  in  vain.  "  Others  fol- 
lowed that  night  and  in  six  days  the  roll 
was  full  and  ready  for  organization."  At 
the  election  of  officers,  Fuller  was  chosen 
captain  of  the  company  which  soon  took 
the  name  of  the  Danvers  Light  Infantry. 
During  the  war  he  was  promoted  to  be 
Major  of  the  Second  Heavy  Artillery,  and 
after  it  he  removed  to  Missouri,  but  re- 
turned to  Danvers  to  die,  Feb.  3,  1881. 
A  day  or  two  after  the  war  meeting  of 


DANVERS. 


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^9^     0l^%L 


^ 


April  1 6th,  some  youns;menof  the  Plains, 
Arthur  A.  Putnam,    George  W.    Kenney 
and  others,  agreed  to  form  another  com- 
pany and  the  law  office  of  the  first-named 
was  opened  for  recruits.     Says  the   "  Put- 
nam Guards"  pamphlet,  "  The  volunteer- 
ing was  at  once  gratifyingly  brisk.    In  the 
course  of  a  week,  the  requisite  number  of 
names  for  a  company  (50)  was  enrolled, 
nearly  all  the  signers  being  residents    of 
the   Plains  village."     At  the  election    of 
officers  on    the    30th,    Mr.    Putnam    was 
chosen    captain, 
and    for     weeks 
that  ensued   the 
company  drilled 
in  the  Bank  hall 
and  in  "  Berry's 
jiasture,"    under 
the  direction  of 
Major  Foster  of 
the    Salem     Ca- 
dets,  as     under 
that  of  Benjamin 
E.  Nevvhall  they 
had      previously 
done  in  the  un- 
finished      first 
story     of     the 
grammar  school 
house  on  Maple 
street.       It    was 
later      made 
known   to   them 
through      Mrs. 
Julia     A.     Phil- 
brick,  that  a  ban- 
ner     would     be 
presented  to 
them  by  the  ven- 
erable   Miss 
Catherine     Put- 
nam of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  on  condi- 
tion of  their  taking  the  name  of  "  Putnam 
Guards."    The  condition  was  unanimous- 
ly complied  with,  and  at  a  great  throng  of 
people  in  the  public  square  of  the  Plains 
village  on  the   2 2d  of   May,  Mrs.    Phil- 
brick's  husband,  Hon.  John  D.  Philbrick, 
on  behalf   of  the  donor,  presented  with 
eloquent  words  the  beautiful  and  precious 
gift,  Capt.  Putnam  making  a  fitting    re- 
sponse and  others  following  with  api)ro- 
priate  addresses.     On  the  20th  of  June, 


./ 


L 


JOHN    G.    WHITTIER 


the  welcome  government  order  came,  to 
rei)ort  on  the  24th,  as  Company  I,  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  "  at  the 
Capitol  on  f^eacon  hill  in  readiness  to  go 
that  day  into  camp  at  Fort  Warren." 
After  seven  weeks  at  the  fort  and  after 
much  delay  and  discomfort  in  leaving  it, 
they  were  at  length  on  their  way  to  New 
York  and  were  soon  at  Washington  and 
"  on  Meridian  Hill  near  the  war-bristling 
capital  of  the  nation." 

Besides  the  two  companies  of  early  vol- 
unteers that  have 
been  mentioned, 
there  were  thir- 
ty-two more  men 
from        Danvers 
w  h  o       enlisted 
about  the    same 
time  in  the  two 
Salem      compa- 
nies assigned  to 
the   Fifth    Regi- 
ment, twenty   in 
Company  A  and 
twelve  in    Com- 
pany H.  "  They 
bore  an  honored 
part  in   the    dis- 
astrous battle   of 
Bull     Run,    July 
21st,    exactly 
three  months  af- 
ter the  regiment 
left     F  a  n  e  u  i  1 
hall."    The  next 
year  a  third  Dan- 
V  e  r  s     company 
was    form  ed, 
of  which  Albert 
G.     Allen      was 
captain.      It  was 
Co.  K  of    the    Eighth  Regiment,    which 
"  sailed  from  Boston,  Nov.  7,  1862,  under 
Col.  Coffin  of  Newburyport  for  Newbern, 
N.  C,  and  in  June,  1863,  was  transferred 
to  Baltimore,  thence  to  Maryland  Heights, 
and  experienced  hard  service   in  the  pur- 
suit of  Lee  after    the    battle    of   Gettys- 
burg." 

But  space  forbids  details  respecting  all 
the  enlistments  that  went  on  in  Danvers 
during  the  four  years'  war,  as  often  as  calls 
were     made     by    the    government  ;    the 


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DANVERS. 


steady  and  faithful  encouragement  and 
support  rendered  in  all  this  tin:ie  by  the 
men  and  women  at  home  to  their  absent 
ones  who  thus  offered  themselves  for  the 
Union's  sake  ;  and  the  many  and  widely- 
scattered  battle-fields  of  the  country  where 
these  sons  or  citizens  of  the  old  town 
fought  and  suffered  for  the  cause  and  so 
many  of  them  gave  to  it  their  lives  in 
courageous  and  holy  self-sacrifice.  The 
best  history  of  Danvers  that  has  yet  been 
published  is  that  which  was  written  by 
Hon.  A.  P.  White  and  was  included  in  the 
History  of  Essex  County  in  1888.  We 
take  from  it,  also,  the  impressive  state- 
ment, that  "  Danvers  furnished  in  all 
seven  hundred  and  ninety-two  men  for  the 
war,  which  was  a  surplus  of  thirty-six  over 
and  above  all  demands.  Forty-four  were 
commissioned  officers."  Fhe  later  "  Sol- 
diers' Record  "  says  that  there  were  "  796 
separate  individuals,  who  served  in  the 
Rebellion,"  credited  to  this  town.  Thir- 
ty-seven, at  least,  were  in  the  naval  ser- 
vice. One  of  them  was  Dr.  Warren  Por- 
ter (son  of  Col.  Warren  Porter  of  the  war 
of  181 2),  who,  as  an  experienced  and 
com])etent  sailor,  was  commissioned  at 
Washington  as  acting  ensign,  Oct.  26, 
1863,  and  who  shortly  after  distinguished 
himself  while  cruising  in  the  Gulf  of  Mex- 
ico in  the  frigate  Magnolia.  One  after- 
noon, about  three  o'clock,  was  discovered 
in  the  distance  the  rebel  steamer  "  Mata- 
gorda," and  chase  was  immediately  given. 
For  a  time  she  was  lost  to  view,  but  only 
for  a  time.  Porter,  with  permanent  in- 
jury to  his  eyes,  sighted  her  long  and  in- 
tently through  the  hawser-hole  as  the 
pursuit  was  continued,  until  about  eleven 
o'clock  in  the  evening,  when  she  was  final- 
ly overtaken  and  when  he  was  the  first  to 
board  her.  As  prize  master,  he  took  the 
ship  and  its  cargo  to  Boston  where  she 
was  sold  for  $355,000,  and  the  treasury 
of  the  government  thus  received  a  hand- 
some sum  of  money  through  the  vigilance 
and  energy  of  this  son  of  Danvers.  He 
was  straightway  promoted  to  be  com- 
mander of  the  "Nita"  and  afterward 
captured  several  smaller  vessels,  still 
scouring  the  seas  until  his  discharge,  Aug. 
26,  1865,  when  the  war  had  ended. 

It  would  be  most  pleasant  to  make  par- 


ticular mention  of  many  others  who  thus 
reflected  honor  upon  the  old  town  in  this 
tremendous  contest.  We  have  space  for 
only  two  or  three  of  them. —  Daniel  J. 
Preston,  a  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected citizen,  enlisted  as  ist  lieutenant 
at  the  age  of  45,  was  afterward  promoted 
to  be  captain,  and  was  later  commis- 
sioned, Dec.  6,  1863,  as  Major  of  the 
36th  U.  S.  Colored  Infantry. — Especially 
should  we  name  in  this  connection,  Maj. 
General  Grenville  M.  Dodge,  who,  while 
he  hailed  from  his  adopted  state  of  Iowa, 
was  yet  a  native  of  Danvers,  born  in  Put- 
namville,  April  12,  1831,  within  a  half 
mile  of  the  Topsfield  line  and  in  a  house 
that  was  the  early  home,  and  also  the 
birthplace  of  Elias  Putnam,  though  many 
years  ago  the  part  in  which  the  former 


ELIAS    PUTNAM    HOUSE. 


first  saw  the  light  was  detached  from  the 
main  and  older  portion  of  the  building 
and  now  stands  about  an  eighth  of  a  mile 
south  of  it  and  on  the  opposite  or  eastern 
side  of  the  road.     General  Dodge,  having 


BIRTHPLACE    OF    GEN.    GRENVILLE    M.    DODGE. 

graduated  at  Norwich  University,  Vt , 
early  devoted  himself  to  civil  engineering, 
surveying    lands     in     the     north-western 


DANVERS. 


29 


states  and  the  vast  regions  between  the 
Mississippi  and  the  Rocky  Mountains.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion, 
he  enlisted  in  the  Union  service,  rose  rap- 
idly to  high  commands  and  exalted  miU- 
tary  rank,  was  terrilily  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Pea  Ridge,  in  the  siege  of  Atlan- 
ta, and  in  other  engagements,  and  became 
the  intimate  and  trusted  friend  and  asso- 
ciate of  Lincoln,  Grant  and  Sherman.  He 
was  afterward,  for  two  years,  a  member  of 
Congress  from  his  Iowa  district,  and  then 
was  very  active  and  most  indefatigal)le  as 
the  chief  builder  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad,  while  since  that  time,  as  Presi- 
dent, Vice  President  or  Director  of  great 
railroad  companies,  he  has  tirelessly  busied 
himself  in  projecting  enormous  lines  that 
now  belt  the  immense  territory  of  the  far 
West  and  Southwest,  and  in  thus  develop- 
ing its  meas- 
ureless  re- 
sources a  n  d 
])OSsibilities.  — 
Another  of  the 
s  a  m  e  family 
name  is  Major 
F  r  a  n  c  i  s  S. 
Dodge  (son  of 
Francis  Dodge 
o  f  Danvers), 
who  was  born 
o  n  Hathorne 
Hill,  Sept.  I  1. 
1842,  enlist- 
ed in  the  Civil  ^Var,  Oct.  9,  1861,  was 
rejieatedly  ])ronioted  for  meritorious  con- 
duct, received  a  medal  from  Congress  for 
his  brave  rescue  of  Major  Thornburg  and 
his  cavalry  troops  from  the  Indians  in 
Colorado  in  1S79,  was  made  major  and 
paymaster  in  1880,  and  is  still  winning 
fresh  honors  from  the  government. 

In  1870,  a  noble  granite  monument 
was  erected  in  front  of  the  Town  House  to 
"  all  Danvers  soldiers  and  sailors  who  fell 
in  the  late  war  for  the  Ihiion,"  it  being 
dedicated  on  the  30th  of  November  of 
that  year.  Thirty-three  and  one  quarter 
feet  high,  and  seven  and  three-quarters 
feet  square  at  the  base,  it  l)ears  the  names 
of  Major  Wallace  A.  Putnam,  Lieutenant 
James  Hill,  and  ninety-three  others  who 
died  in  the  nation's  defence.     Around  it. 


REBECCA    NURSE    MONUMENT 


as  often  as  Memorial  day  returns,  gather 
the  thinnmg  ranks  of  their  comrades  of 
Ward  Post  90,  of  the  Crand  Army  of  the 
Rei)ublic,  and  a  multitude  of  the  ])eople  of 
the  town,  in  loving  and  tender  remem- 
brance of  the  honored  dead  and  with 
fresh  consecration  to  the  service  and  weal 
of  the  Union  for  which  they  gave  their 
lives. 

Danvers  had  its  first  post-office  in 
1S36  ;  its  Savings  Bank  in  1850.  The  Town 
House,  built  in  1854  at  the  junction 
of  Holten  and  Sylvan  streets  for  munici- 
pal purposes,  public  meetings  and  the 
High  School,  was  lengthened  25  feet  in 
1883,  and  was  much  reconstructed  and 
enlarged  in  1896.  The  original  Danvers 
Peabody  Institute  building,  which  was 
dedicated  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  Pea- 
body  himself,  July  14,  1869,  was  de- 
stroyed l)y  fire, 
June  2,  1890, 
and  was  suc- 
ceeded, t  w  o 
years  later,  by 
the  more  clas- 
^ic  and  com- 
modious edi- 
fice of  to-day. 
This  was  dedi- 
cated, Oct.  19, 
1892,  and  is 
still  surround- 
ed liy  the  trees 
and  ])lants  and 
walks  with  which  its  ample  grounds  had 
been  so  tastefully  and  diligently  orna- 
mented by  that  honored  and  public  spirit- 
ed benefactor  of  the  town,  Joshua  Silves- 
ter. The  State  Lunatic  Hospital,  on 
Hathorne  hill,  l)egan  to  be  built  in  1874 
and  was  o])ened  for  patients  in  1878. 
The  fine  system  of  water  works  for  the 
town,  with  its  reservoir  of  pure  Middleton 
supplies,  on  Hathorne  hill,  was  established 
in  1875.  The  Monument  to  Rebecca 
Nurse,  in  the  family  grove  cemetery  in 
Tapleyville,  was  erected  and  consecrated 
in  1885,  and  the  Tablet  on  the  same 
grounds  to  the  memory  of  her  Forty 
Friends,  in  1892.  The  electric  light  sys- 
tem for  the  streets  and  buildings  of  the 
town  was  commenced  in  1888  and  com- 
jjleted  in  1890.  "  Danvers,"  we  read  "  was 


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DAN  VERS. 


the  pioneer  town  in  this  state  to  establish 
electric  lighting  on  its  own  account." 
And,  recently,  the  war  with  Spain  for  the 
emancipation  of  the  Queen  of  the  An- 
tilles again  appealed  to  the  sympathy  of 
the  patriotic  citizens,  and  the  enthusiasm 
of  the  people,  as  Capt.  A.  P.  Chase  and 
his  brave  men  of  Co.  K  went  forth  in 
May,  1S98,  to  join  the  8th  Regiment  under 
gallant  Col.  \V.  A.  Pew,  for  whatever  ser- 
vice they  might  render,  was  lost  in  joy  at 
their  return  in  April,  1899.  First  to  vol- 
unteer, the  Regiment  encamped  chiefly  at 
the  South,  but  finally  at  Matanzas,  Cuba. 


its  ample  apartments  and  admirable  ar- 
rangements; the  Lexington  monument, 
and  near  it  the  site  of  the  old  Bell  Tav- 
ern, now  occupied  by  a  fine  new  residence 
built  by  the  late  J.  B.  Thomas ;  the  little 
house  in  which  the  great  Nathaniel  Bow- 
ditch  passed  a  portion  of  his  childhood 
and  in  which  he  began  the  studies  that 
afterward  made  him  so  useful  and  cele- 
brated ;  the  birthplace  of  Ceorge  Pea- 
body,  and  the  homes  of  many  a  famous 
soldier,  or  citizen,  or  historic  family.  But 
we  have  not  yet  done  with  Danvers, 
whose  other  attractions  are  quite  as  nota- 


THE   PAGE    HOUSE. 


In  this  rapid  and  somewhat  chronologi- 
cal survey  of  the  history  of  Danvers,  we 
have  had  occasion,  incidentally,  to  refer 
briefly  to  some  of  the  more  interesting  old 
landmarks  and  other  objects  or  places  of 
note,  which,  it  may  be  supposed,  visitors  of 
the  town  generally  like  to  see.  The  stranger 
will  not  have  far  to  go  to  find  in  Peabody, 
also,  enough  to  pay  him  well  for  his 
trouble  ; — in  the  first  Peabody  Institute, 
with  its  portrait  of  the  generous  founder 
and  other  costly  treasures  he  gave  to  it, 
including  the  priceless  picture  of  Queen 
Victoria ;  the  massive  Town  Hall,  with  all 


ble  as  any  hitherto  mentioned  ; — the  well 
known  house,  near  the  base  of  Asylum  or 
Hathorne  Hill,  in  which  General  Israel 
Putnam  was  born  and  spent  much  of  his 
earlier  life,  and  where  was  born,  also, 
Colonel  David,  his  elder  brother,  a  promi- 
nent citizen  and  "a  dashing  cavalry  offi- 
cer ;"  the  old  dormer-windowed  Page 
house,  at  the  Plains,  which  was  the  home 
of  Col.  Jeremiah  Page,  and  of  his  sons, 
Capt.  Samuel  and  John, — in  one  of  whose 
rooms  General  Gage  had  his  private  office 
in  1774,  and  on  whose  roof  in  that  olden 
time      gathered     the    memorable     "  tea 


DANVERS. 


party  "  of  Lucy  Larcom's  inimitable  verse  ; 
the  house  of  Daniel  Rea  and  several  of 
his  generations  from  1636 — and  within  the 
last  century  or  two,  of  Dea.  and  Capt. 
P^dmund  Putnam,  and  of  his  son  and 
grandson,  Israel  and  Elias,    with   others 


of   his    descendants  ;   the    finely    situated 
and  dignified  old  mansion  of  Hon.    Na- 
than Read  and  of  Capt.  Benjamin   Porter 
after  him,   in   full   view   of   Water's   River 
on  which  the  former  tried  his  not   wholly 
unsuccessful  invention  for  steam  na\  iga- 
tion  before  the  days  of  Robert 
Fulton  ;     "  Oak     Knoll  "    on 
Summer  street,  where    Whit- 
tier,    New    England's    dearest 
l)ar(l  of  love  to  (lod  and  lo\e 
to  man,  found   the    delightful 
retreat  of  his  declining  years. 
and  where  John  Putnam,  emi 
grant  progenitor,  pitched   hi^ 
tent  more  than  two  and  a  halt 
centuries     ago ;     the      stateh- 
stone     edifice  of    St.     John's 
Catholic  College,  a  short  dis- 
tance at  the  north,   or  at   the 
corner  of  Sumiiier  street  and 
Spring  avenue  ;  and  the  "  Old 
FJerry  Tavern,"  which,  with  its 
newly  reconstructed  and  grand 
proportions,  as  well  as  with  its  early  fame 
as  an  hostelry  and  as  a  public,  munici])al, 
literary  and  social  centre,  fronts  the  Plains 
Square  and  Majjle  street  and  still  extends 
its  friendly  welcome  as   aforetime   to  all 


who  may  come  for  the  j^leasant  walks, 
drives  and  sights  which  Danvers  offers  to 
visitors.  With  Moynahan's  and  Hines'  in- 
structive and  exquisite  "  Historic  Dan- 
vers," or  Major  F.  C.  r)amon's  pretty 
"  Little  P>ook  about  Danvers"  (also  illus- 
trated), in  hand,  they  may 
betake  themselves  through  the 
peaceful  and  flourishing  villa- 
ges and  over  or  along  the 
ipiiet  brooks  and  rivers,  and 
find  in  Sylvan,  Holten,  Lo- 
cust, and  many  another  street, 
as  well  as  in  such  beautiful 
neighborhoods  as  the  Fern- 
croft  district  and  in  such 
storied  and  commanding  hills 
as  Hathorne's,  Lindall's  and 
Browne's,  abundant  charms 
for  the  lovers  of  nature  as 
well  as  the  votaries  of  history. 
There  are  few  more  interest- 
ing parts  of  Danvers  than 
lirowne's  Hill,  popularly 
known  as  "  Browne's  Folly  " 
or  "  Folly  Hill,"  whose  story,  with  its  ac- 
count of  Hon.  William  Browne  of  Salem, 
and  of  the  "  splendid  mansion  "  which  he 
built  on  its  summit  about  the  year  1740, 
but  which  was  abandoned  shortly  after  in 
conseifuence    of  an  earthquake  and    was 


:-^i^?^ 


OAK    KNOLL. 


finally  removed  in  three  portions  to  the 
Plains,  is  admirably  told  in  Mr.  Hines' 
j)amphlet  article,  previously  mentioned. 
His  pages  contain  various  extracts  from  a 
letter  which    Nathaniel    Hathorne    wrote 


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DANVERS. 


about  the  hill  and  its  house  in  his  own 
characteristic  style,  Aug.  28,  1S60,  and  in 
which  the  great  romancer  still  indulges 
his  passion  lor  the  strange  or  marvelous, 
besides  telling  us  that  one  of  the  favorite 
haunts  of  his  boyhood  was  along  the  west- 
ern base  where  "  ran  a  green  and  seldom 
trodden  lane "  and  "  a  little  brook " 
Avhich  he  "  dammed  up  till  its  overflow 
made  a  mimic  ocean."  When  he  last 
looked  for  the  "  tiny  streamlet,"  it  was 
quite  "  shrunken,"  and  "  dry,"  but  "  the 
green  lane  was  still  there  "  and  there  it  is 
to-day,  though  sadly  shorn  of  trees  that 
shaded  it  many  years  ago.  Hawthorne's 
entire  letter  was  published  anew  in  the 
Danvers  Mirror  of  Dec.  13,  1S77. 

Hon.  Robert  Rantoul,  Jr.,  Beverly's 
brilliant  and  still  lamented  statesman, 
wrote  in  1852:  "Danvers  may  well  be 
proud  of  her  history. 
She  is  one  of  a  group 
of  towns  which  has 
done  as  much  for  the 
liberties  of  the  na- 
tion and  the  world, 
as  any  other  equal 
population  on  the 
continent."  But, how- 
ever rich  and  blest 
she  may  be  in  the 
memories  of  her  past, 
she  is  still  strong  in 
the  intelligence,  the 
industry,  the  energy 
virtue  of  her  people, 
-day,  by  their  well  cultivated  fields,  as  by 
their  own  mind  and  character,  give  am- 
ple proof  that  they  are  the  worthy  descen- 
dants or  successors  of  "The  Farmers  "  of 
the  colonial  age.  The  old  ancestral  fire 
still  lives  in  the  whole  army  of  her  toilers 
and  soldiers  of  the  closing  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. In  every  period  of  her  history,  her 
supreme  devotion  has  been  given  to  the 
peaceful  and  useful  arts  and  occupations  ; 
to  the  Home,  the  School  and  the  Church. 
Yet  with  the  same  fidelity  has  she  fought, 
from  first  to  last,  in  common  defence 
against  savage  tribes  and  more  enlightened 
but  hardly  less  brutal  foes  ;  for  our  free- 
dom and  independence  as  a  nation  ;  for 
the  honor,  integrity  and  very  life  of  the 
Republic  ;  and  for  the  liberty  and  eleva- 


tion of  millions  of  slaves.  During  the 
three  centuries  scarcely  less  than  2000 
soldiers  have  gone  forth  from  her  soil  to 
serve  the  country  in  battle  on  land  and 
sea,  and  nameless  others  of  her  children 
afar  have  joined  them  in  many  a  righteous 
crusade.  Broad  is  the  cemetery  that  holds 
the  ashes  of  all  her  patriot  martyrs.  Dan- 
vers claims  them  as  among  her  brightest 
jewels  and  owns  with  pride  the  glory  they 
shed.  Hers  were  the  fathers  and  moth- 
ers whose  lessons  and  spirit  were  also 
strength  and  grace  to  the  town  and  were 
never  lost  or  forgotten  by  the  sons  in  the 
baptism  of  fire  and  blood.  Great  and 
good  souls  have  been  here  ;  wise  founders 
of  the  state,  glorious  defenders  of  the 
country,  eminent  counsellors  and  jurists, 
honored  teachers  of  youth  and  ministers 
of  Christ,  useful  and  incorruptible  citizens, 
and   saintlv    women. 


LANE    NEAR    BROWNE 


the   thrift  and   the 
Her  farmers  of  to- 


liot  a  few.  Here,  from 
the  time  when  the  first 
I'uritans  came  from 
l-^ngland  and  landed 
at  Naumkeag,  and 
then  began  to  en- 
large their  borders, 
has  been  a  continu- 
ous home  of  heroes 
and  heroines,  and 
here  has  been  the 
faith  that  builds  for 
the  future,  and  still 
creates  and  bequeaths  the  goodly  heritage  : 
"A  heritage,  it  seems  to  me, 
A  king  might  wish  to  hold  in  fee." 


Note. — With  regard  to  some  of  ttie  many  names, 
dates,  figures,  etc.,  whicti  appear  in  the  foregoing  pa^e.s, 
there  is  considerable  disagreement  among  authorities  the 
writer  has  consulted.  In  such  cases  1  have  endeavored 
to  follow  the  guidance  that  see.ned  to  me  the  best,  by 
no  means  claiming  that  in  each  and  every  case  I  have 
been  absolutely  correct,  whatever  the  care.  With  Dr. 
Rice  I  have  been  content  to  accept  Oct.  8,  1672,  the 
day  commemorated  just  two  centuries  later,  as  the  birthday 
of  the  old  Village  Parish  or  the  First  Church,  although  the 
.Appendix  of  his  book  involves  the  matter  in  some  doubt. 
Tfte  date  cannot  be  far  out  of  the  way,  aid  may  well  stand 
until  a  l)etter  claim  is  established.  Certain  local  publica- 
tions refer  the  formal  opening  or  dedication  of  the  first  Pea- 
body  Institute  building  of  Danvers  to  July  14,  1870,  but, 
newspapers  of  a  year  later  show  that  the  event  took  place 
July  14,  1869,  as  have  stated.  The  grant  of  land  made  to 
Endicott  and  others  by  the  "  Council  for  New  England"  in 
1628,  and  confirmed  by  royal  charter,  Mar.  4,  1629,  how- 
ever It  may  have  vested  power  and  privilege  in  the  patentees 
who  are  named,  was  meant  for  the  colony,  provided,  for  an 
increase  of  the  body  corporate  and  politic,  from  the  settlers, 
and  contemplated  the  rights  and  interests  of  all.  I  have 
tnerefore  chosen  the  broader  rather  than  the  more  exclusive 
form  of  statement.  The  few  slight  typographical  errors 
which  the  reader  of  the  sketch  may  notice  will  doubtless 
sufTiciently  correct  themselves. 

•  A.  P.  P. 


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The  Churches. 


No  institutions  in  the  town  iiave  more 
to  do  witli  its  real  prosperity  than  the 
churches.  They  are  of  a  decided  econ- 
omic value  to  the  community  because  of 
the  spirit  of  unity  and  fraternity  which 
they  develop.  The  pastors  of  the  various 
churches  work  together  for  a  common 
end,  the  uplifting  and  improving  of  hu- 
manity, spiritually  and  morally.  We  can- 
not yet  point  to  a  perfect  exem|)lification 
of  the  truth  of  the  brotherhood  of  man, 
but  we  do  find  evidence  that  there  is  in 
the  heart  of  every  pastor  in  this  town  an 
abiding  faith  in  this  brotherhood,  and  a 
desire  to  bend  every  energy  towards  mak- 
ing the  life  of  the  churches  become  a 
means  towards  realizing  the  ide.d  of  the 
Son  of  Man.  We  may  seek  the  aid  of  other 
agencies  in  striving  to  bring  about  a  hap- 
pier relationship  between  capital  and 
labor  ;  yet  there  can  be  no  complete  ad- 
justment of  our  social  life  which  shall  be 
permanent  which  shall  be  anything  more 
than  a  carrying  out  of  the  purpose  for 
which  our  churches  were  founded.  The 
churches  exist  to  make  the  life  of  the 
honest  worker  as  full  of  happiness  and 
usefulness  as  possible.  To  this  work  they 
invite  the  co-operation  of  all  lovers  of 
their  kind.  Cherishing  this  ideal,  they 
claim  their  right  to  the  first  place  in  the 
time  and  thought  of  all  those  who  desire 
the  prosperity  of  Danvers.  Churches  of 
all  the  principal  denominations  are  main- 
tained here.  There  are  one  i^piscopal, 
two  Congregationalist,  one  Roman  Cath- 
olic, one  Universalist,  one  Baptist,  one 
Unitarian,  one  Methodist,  one  Seventh 
Day  Adventist  and  one  Church  of  God. 
In  addition  to  the  churches  the  Danvers 
Mission  and  the  Salvation  Army  are  ac- 
coin|)li^hing  much  good. 


First  Church  of  Danvers. 


The  year  1670  marks  the  first  step 
taken  towards  that  religious  organization 
which  is  now  "  The  first  Church  and  So- 
ciety of  Danvers."  This  was  in  the 
form  of  a  petition  for  a  separate  organi- 
zation from  the  First  Church  of  Salem  : 
the  growing  numbers  at  the   Farms,  and 


the  distance  from  Silem,  making  at- 
tendance at  that  Church  difficult.  The 
town  granted  its  assent  to  the  petition  in 
March,  1672,  and  an  act  of  the  general 
court,  passed  Oct,  8th  of  the  same  year 
gave  them  the  needed  authority. 

They  acted  upon  this  at  once.  At  a 
meeting  of  "  The  Farmers,"  as  they  were 
then  known,  held  Nov.  nth,  1672,  it  was 
voted  that  a  committee  be  appointed  "  to 
carry  along  the  affairs  according  to  the 
court  order."  'I'o  meet  the  expenses  of 
the  new  enterprise  it  was  voted  to  levy 
taxes  on  this  basis  :  "  all  vacant  land 
at  one  half  penny  per  acre ;  all  im- 
proved land  at  one  penny  per  acre  ;  all 
heads  and  other  estate  at  country  price." 
In  Dec,  1672,  a  vote  was  passed  to  build 
a  meeting  house  "of  34  foot  in  length,  28 
foot  broad,  and  16  foot  between  joints." 

The  meeting  house  was  built  accord- 
ingly, and  in  1684  a  vote  is  recorded  to 
make  certain  repairs  upon  it,  and  addi- 
tions to  it,  including  "  a  canope  set  over 
the  pulpit."  Later  a  gallery  was  added. 
This  house  was  situated  somewhat  east  of 
the  present  site  on  Hobart  street,  then 
known  as  "the  meeting  house  road." 

Rev.  Mr.  liayley  was  preaching  at  the 
Farms  when  permission  was  first  given 
for  a  separate  parish.  He  became  by 
vote  of  the  parish  the  "  stated  supply," 
and  remained  in  service  until  probably 
near  the  close  of  1679.  Rev.  George 
Rurrows  became  his  successor  in  Nov., 
1680,  and  remained  a  little  more  than 
two  years,  until  early  in  1683.  He  was 
followed  by  Rev.  Deodat  Law-on,  who 
came  in  the  early  part  of  1684  and 
labored  until  the  summer  or  autumn  of 
1688.  The  church  of  Salem  Village  was 
organized  Nov.  19th,  [689,  with  twenty- 
seven  members,  and  Rev.  Samuel  Parris 
became  the  minister  at  the  time  of  the 
organization.  The  record  of  these  early 
years,  so  far  as  it  is  preserved,  is  in  large 
part  a  record  of  contention  between  the 
different  ministers  and  the  people.  A 
division  occurred  in  the  time  of  Mr.  Ray- 
ley's  ministry  and  was  not  healed  for 
twenty-five  years.  The  people,  in  this 
time,  seem  to  have  become  habitually 
(piarrelsome  and  the  ministers  who  came 
to  labor  among  them  do  not  seem  to  have 


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35 


possessed  any  great  wisdom  for  establish- 
ing peace  and  concord.  Probably,  too, 
the  nature  of  the  organization,  which 
consisted  of  a  parish  with  no  church  ;  so 
that  everyone,  however  slight  his  interest, 
while  he  was  taxed  for  its  support,  had 
also  a  voice  in  its  management,  contrib- 
uting somewhat  to  the  result.  It  is  not 
surprising  that,  under  such  conditions, 
there  should  have  arisen  great  differences 
and  that  these  should  have  resulted  in 
fierce  contention  and  even  in  great  bit- 
terness of  spirit. 

With  the  organization  of  the  church 
better  things  might  have  been  expected, 
but  they  did  not  come  at  once.  The 
quarrels  of  these  early  years  seem  only 
to  have  fanned  the  flame  which  finally 
broke  out  in  all  its  fierceness  in  the  times 
of  the  "witchcraft  delusion"  in  1692. 
The  ministry  of  Mr,  Parris  ended  in  July, 
1696.  More  than  two  years  elapsed  be- 
fore another  minister  was  settled.  It  was 
difficult  to  find  a  man  willing  to  under- 
take the  work,  but  the  experience  of 
waiting  proved,  apparently,  a  good  thing 
for  the  church.  Rev.  Joseph  Green  was 
settled  as  parish  minister,  Nov.  loth, 
1698.  His  call,  had,  however,  been  pre- 
ceded by  several  occasions  of  fasting  and 
prayer,  when  special  days  were  set  apart 
for  this  purpose;  the  effect  of  which  had 
been  to  unite  the  people  and  make  them 
more  ready  for  the  better  things  in  store 
for  them.  The  change  came  almost  at 
once.  It  was  the  turning  point  in  the 
life  and  service  of  the  church.  If  the 
first  twenty-five  years  may  be  character- 
ized as  years  of  contention  and  strife,  it 
is  pleasant  to  add  that  in  the  now  iwo 
hundred  years  since  Mr.  Greene's  induc- 
tion to  office  there  has  not  been  another 
serious  (juarrel.  The  pastorates  have 
been,  with  one  exception,  long  ;  and  the 
mutual  relation  between  minister  and 
people  always  a  ha])py  one.  Mr.  Green 
continued  in  service  until  his  death  on 
Nov.  26th,  1 7  15.  He  sought  to  restore 
and  maintain  peace  in  the  church  and 
community  after  the  unsettled  condition 
before  his  coming.  He  was  specially 
fitted  to  do  this  and  the  church  prospered 
under  his  leadership.  He  also  interested 
himself  in  matters  of  the  general  welfare 


of  the  community.  Among  other  things 
a  school  was  established  and  a  school 
house  built  in  large  measure  by  his  insti- 
gation and  through  his  efforts.  He  is 
buried  in  the  Wadsworth  cemetery. 
"  Reckoning  from  the  time  he  began  his 
preaching  about  a  year  before  his  ordina- 
tion, he  completed  the  iSth  year  of  his 
ministry  upon  the  last  Sabbath  before  his 
illness." 

Rev.  Peter  Clark  was  called  by  the 
church  to  become  its  minister  on  Aug. 
7th,  I  7 16.  He  was  ordained  June  5th, 
1717,  though  he  began  his  regular  preach- 
ing somewhat  earlier  than  this.  His  minis- 
try was  an  eminently  successful  one  and 
covered  the  long  period  of  fifty-one  years. 
"  Mr.  Clark  was  a  man  very  unlike  his 
predecessor,  and  yet  well  fitted  to  serve 
the  people  among  whom  he  came.  He 
had  a  sharp  and  vigorous  mind,  with  a 
taste  for  theological  discussions.  He  has 
left  numerous  published  discourses  and 
essays,  largely  upon  points  of  controversy, 
and  amounting  in  all  to  several  volumes. 
Mr.  Clark  died  June  loth,  1768,  and  is 
buried  in  the  Wadsworth  cemetery,  by 
the  side  of  his  wife,  who  died  three  years 
before   him. 

After  a  period  of  four  years  in  which 
there  was  no  settled  minister.  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Wadsworth  was  ordained  Dec.  23d, 
1772,"  almost  exactly  one  hundred  years 
after  the  first  organization  of  "  Salem 
Village."  During  this  time  the  number 
of  families  in  the  parish  had  more  than 
doubled.  Dr.  Wadsworth's  ministry  con- 
tinued for  more  than  fifty-three  years,  and 
until  his  death  on  Jan.  i8th,  1826.  He 
is  described  as  "  a  man  of  fine  personal 
appearance  and  with  the  bearing  of  a 
thorough  gentleman  of  those  days.  If 
he  had  the  weaknesses  of  a  conservative 
temper  he  had  also  its  strength.  He  was 
steady  and  judicious  in  his  work.  He 
did  little  that  ever  needed  to  be  undone 
either  by  himself  or  by  any  one  else." 
His  ministry  had  a  marked  effect  in 
moulding  Christian  character.  He  was 
buried  in  the  cemetery  which  bears  his 
name.  It  was  under  his  ministry,  in 
1818,  that  the  Sunday  school  was  organ- 
ized with  Deacon  Samuel  Preston,  super- 
intendent.    This  has  continued  until  the 


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present  time  without  interruption,  always 
rendering  efficient  service  in  the  work  of 
the  church. 

Rev.  Milton  P.  Rraman  was  ordained 
and  settled  April  12th,  1826  and  remained 
in  active  service  until  March,  1861  :  thus 
completing  nearly  thirty-five  years  of 
service.  Dr.  Braman's  name  has  become 
very  closely  identified  with  the  Church 
because  of  his  vigorous  preaching.  "  He 
had  marvellous  power  in  the  pulpit :  there 
was  his  strength.  His  presentation  of 
the  great  truths  of  the  Gospel  system 
were  not  only  correct  and  clear,  but  they 
were  powerful." 
A  number  of  his 
sermons,  together 
with  some  of  Dr. 
\\  a  d  s  w  o  r  t  h, 
have  been  gath- 
ered by  Dr.  Rice, 
i  n  t  o  a  volume 
which  is  now  in 
the  "  Ministerial 
library,"  belong- 
ing to  the  Church. 
In  1832  the 
Ladies'  Benevo- 
lent Society  (then 
called  the  North 
Danvers  Female 
Benevolent  Soci- 
ety) was  organ- 
ized, with  Mrs. 
Braman  as  Presi- 
dent and  Miss 
Susan  Putnam  as 
Secretary.  Its 
object  was  the  re- 
lief of  the  poor 
in  supplying  cloth- 
ing but  it  has  ren- 
dered valuable  service  in  many  particulars 
and  still  continues  its  work. 

Rev.  Charles  B.  Rice  was  installed 
over  the  Church,  Sept.  2nd,  1863  and  re- 
mained in  service  until  Sept.  2nd,  1894, 
when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position 
of  Secretary  of  the  newly  organized 
"  Board  of  Pastoral  Supply."  Dr.  Rice's 
work  in  the  Church,  the  community  and 
the  town  is  too  recent  to  need  comment 
here.  He  was  a  wise,  careful  and  able 
leader   and    the    Church    continued    its 


REV.    HARRY    C.    ADAMS. 


helpful     ministry     during    the    thirty-one 
years  of  his  term  of  service. 

Rev.  Curtis  M.  Geer  was  installed  Jan. 
31st,  1895  but  resigned  after  a  little  more 
than  two  years,  April  8th,  1897,  to  accept 
the  position  of  Professor  of  History  and 
Economics  in  Bates  College,  I^ewiston, 
Me.  Rev.  Harry  C.  Adams,  the  present 
minister,  was  installed  Sept.  22nd,  1897. 
Nine  Churches,  at  the  least,  have  been 
established  within  the  territory  embraced 
by  the  original  Salem  Village  Parish. 
There  have  been  six  meeting  houses,  be- 
sides a  chapel  built  in  1835.  The  firstbuilt 
in  1672,  or  soon 
after,  gave  place 
to  a  new  one  that 
was  first  used  July 
26th,  I  702.  The 
third  house  was 
built  in  1786  and 
used  through  the 
winter  though  not 
finished  until  the 
following  spring. 
This  house  was 
destroyed  by  fire 
Sept.  24th,  1805. 
The  fourth,  "  The 
Brick  Meeting 
house,"  was  built 
in  the  summer  of 
1806,  the  corner 
stone  having  been 
laid  on  the  i6th 
of  May.  In  1838, 
this  house  w  a  s 
judged  to  be  un- 
safe, owing  to  a 
settling  of  the 
walls.  It  was 
therefore  taken 
down  and  a  new  house  erected,  which 
was  dedicated  Nov.  31st,  1839.  This 
house  was  burned  Jan.  28th,  1890,  just 
after  it  had  been  thoroughly  remodeled 
and  refurnished.  The  present  house  of 
worship  was  dedicated  Sept.   2,  1891. 

The  parish  has,  for  the  greater  part  of 
the  time,  from  the  very  first,  provided  a 
house  for  its  ministers.  The  present  par- 
sonage was  purchased  in  1834  and  has 
since  been  used  as  a  parsonage.  It  was 
built  probably,  with  the  exception  of  the 


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rear  portion,  within  a  period  of  not  more 
than  twenty  years  following  1734.  The 
records  of  the  parish,  which  in  the  early 
days  were  for  the  most  part  the  only  pub- 
lic records  of  the  village,  have  been  cop- 
ied by  the  town  for  convenient  reference 
and  for  ])reservation.  The  records  of  the 
Church  have  been  rebound  and  put  in  a 
very  enduring  form,  while  retaining  the 
original  writing,  l^y  the  new  Emery  pro- 
cess. 


REV.  HAKKY  C. 
ADAMS. 


Rev.  Harry 
C.  Adams  was 
born  in  New 
Marlborough, 
Berkshire 
C  o..  May 
27th,  i860. 
He  graduated 
from  South 
Berkshire  In- 
stitute, New 
Marlborough 
in  1882, 
Williams  Col- 
lege, W  i  1- 
liamstown,  in 
1SS6  a  n  d 
Hartford 
Theologi  c  a  1 
Seminary  in 
1889.  M  r. 
Adams  was 
ordained  and 
settled  over 
the  Congre- 
g  a  t  i  o  n  a  1 
Church  in  'Turners  P'alls,  Oct.  2gth,  18S9 
and  was  its  pastor  for  eight  years.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Anne  \'.  Dyer  of 
Washington,  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
3d,  1889.  Mr.  Adams  was  installed  over 
the  First  Church  of  Danvers,  Sept.  22d, 
1897. 


i'-^'^''*'-li'iiiiiiilViiiiiiiiiii[iiillif"" 


BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


Baptist  Church. 


The  beginning  of  Baptist  history  in  the 
town  of  Danvers  goes  back  farther  than 
the    organizing    of    the     present     Baptist 


Church  at  Danversport.  We  are  told  in 
Dr.  Isaac  Backus's  Historv  of  the  Bap- 
tists, that  about  the  year  1730,  Mr.  James 
Bound,  a  Baptist,  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Salem  Village,  now  Dan- 
vers. For  a  time  he  was  the  only  resi- 
dent who  held  that  belief,  but  at  length 
a  number  of  people  came  to  hold  the 
same  views.  These  finally  removed  and 
formed  a  Ba]:)tist  Society  in  the  town  of 
Sutton.  Few  Baptists,  if  any,  were  left, 
and  nearly  half  a  century  passed  before 

the  organiz- 
ing of  t  h  e 
Baptist  So- 
ciety in  1  )an- 
vers.  This 
was  organ- 
ized during 
the  Revolu- 
tionary War, 
Nov.  12, 
17S1.  Its 
organization 
was  due 
mainly  t  o 
the  efforts  of 
Dr.  Be  n- 
jamin  Foster, 
a  native  of 
Danvers,  a 
son  of  Con- 
gregati  o  n  a  1 
parents,  and 
a  brother  of 
Gen.  Gideon 
Foster.  On 
being  c  o  n- 
verted  to  the 
Baptist  faith, 
during  h  1  s 
college  course,  he  often  revisited  his  na- 
tive town,  preaching  as  opportunity  came, 
until,  with  the  spread  of  Baptist  senti- 
ments, the  society  was  formed. 

Besides  standing  for  the  principles 
commonly  known  as  Baptist,  this  society 
proposed  to  pay  no  attention  to  "  parish 
Imes  "  or  "  Ijoundaries  of  this  nature  fixed 
by  man  "  and  to  compel  no  person  to 
pay  for  the  support  of  church  or  society, 
each  one  contributing  freely  according  to 
his  ability.  Members  came  from  the  ad- 
joining towns  of  Salem,  Beverly,  Wenham, 


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and  Middleton.  After  organization,  com- 
mittees were  appointed  to  procure  preach- 
ing and  to  attend  to  the  providing  of  a 
meeting  liouse.  This  house  was  finished 
and  the  pews  sold  in  1783.  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Foster  naturally  became  their  first 
pastor,  remaining  for  three  years.  He 
afterwards  became  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  New  York,  and  is  said 
to  be  buried  in  the  graveyard  of  that 
church. 

After  several  years  of  irregularly  sup- 
plied preaching,  Rev.  Thomas  Green  be- 
came pastor  in  1793.  It  was  during  the 
first  year  of  his  pastorate  that  the  society 
was  constituted  a  church,  with  thirty-seven 
members.  Israel  Porter  and  Eleazer 
Wallis  were  chosen  its  first  deacons. 

During  its  more  than  a  century  of  ex- 
istence the  church  has  had  eighteen  pas- 
torates. One  of  the  longest  and  most 
prosperous  of  these  was  that  of  Rev.  Jer- 
emiah Chaplin  (t8o2-i8i8).  The  mem- 
bership was  increased  and  the  meeting- 
house enlarged.  Dr.  Chaplin  was  a  great 
student  of  theology.  He  frequently  had 
a  dozen  or  more  theological  students 
studying  with  him.  His  attainments  in 
theological  learning  were  so  notable  that 
at  length  he  was  elected  president  of 
Maine  Literary  and  Theological  Institu- 
tion, now  Colby  University. 

Other  pastors  who  should  be  mentioned 
either  for  length  of  service  or  special 
work  accomplished  are — Rev.  James  A. 
Boswell  (1819-1820)  during  whose  time 
a  new  Act  of  Incorporation,  containing 
the  names  of  seventy-five  males  was  se- 
cured from  the  Massachusetts  Legisla- 
ture. Rev.  Arthur  Drinkwater  (1821- 
1829).  Rev.  James  Barnaby  (1830- 
1832).  Rev.  John  Holroyd,  (183 2- 1837). 
Rev.  John  H,  Avery,  (i 841- 1843.)  Rev. 
J.  \V."Eaton,  (1843- 1849.)  Rev.  A.  W. 
Chaffin,  (1850-1862).  Rev.  C.  F.  Hol- 
brook,  (1865 -1 870)  and  again  a  second 
pastorate  from  1889-1898.  Both  pastor- 
ates were  highly  successful.  The  call  to 
the  second  pastorate  was  one  of  entire 
unanimity  and  the  pastoral  relation  was 
terminated  only  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Hol- 
brook,  which  brought  a  sense  of  personal 
loss  to  each  one  who  came  under  his 
ministration.     Between    Mr.    Holbrook's 


two  pastorates  came  those  of  Rev.  Lucian 
Drury  (1877-1 883 )  and  Rev.  Gideon  Cole 
(1884-1888),  As  has  been  stated  the 
first  meeting  house  was  built  in  1783.  In 
1829,  during  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Drink- 
water,  the  second  house  was  built.  This 
was  totally  destroyed  by  fire  Sept.  6, 
1847,  Rev.  J.  W.  Eaton,  pastor.  Al- 
though it  was  a  time  of  general  financial 
depression,  pastor  and  people  rallied  to 
the  occasion,  and  took  immediate  steps 
toward  rebuilding.  Oct.  10,  1848,  the 
third  and  present  house  was  dedicated, 
the  organ  now  in  use  being  presented  at 
that  time  by  Capt.  Benjamin  Porter. 
During  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Chafifin 
(185 0-186 2),  Capt.  Porter  also  built  and 
presented  to  the  society  the  parsonage, 
together  with  fiinds  to  care  permanently 
for  the  same.  Land  was  bought  and  a 
much  needed  chapel  built  while  Rev. 
Gideon  Cole  had  charge  of  the  church. 
In  1898  the  house  itself  was  repaired  and 
refitted  and  the  parsonage  furnished  with 
modern  improvements. 

The  Danvers  Ba]:)tist  Church  is  the 
oldest  of  the  Salem  Association  of  Baptist 
Churches,  and  at  different  times  has  given 
of  her  members  to  aid  in  constituting  four 
other  Baptist  Churches,  those  of  Beverly, 
First  Salem,  Wenham  and  Peabody.  The 
churches  at  Lynn  and  Marblehead  have 
also  drawn  largely  upon  her  membership. 
In  the  year  1800,  out  of  a  membership  of 
sixty,  seventeen  were  dismissed  to  form 
the  church  at  Beverly,  but  during  Dr. 
Chaplin's  pastorate  the  number  was  more 
than  regained.  Again  in  1843,  thirteen 
were  dismissed  to  constitute  the  church 
in  South  Danvers,  now  Peabody.  In 
spite  of  dismissions  and  losses  from  other 
causes,  the  church  has  enjoyed  a  steady, 
if  not  always  rapid  growth,  until  at  the 
present  time  the  nicnibershi]),  about  175, 
is  the  largest  at  any  time  in  its  history. 
In  all  about  700  persons  have  been  en- 
rolled as  its  members.  Fifteen  deacons 
have  served  the  church,  Deacon  Charles 
H.  Whipple,  the  present  senior  deacon, 
having  held  that  office  for  nearly  forty- 
five  years. 

Mention  should  be  made  of  the  centen- 
nial anniversary  of  the  church  celebrated 
in  1893.      It  IS  from  the  historical  address 


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39 


presented  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Holbrook,  at 
that  time,  that  the  facts  here  given  are 
gleaned. 

RKV.    C.    S.    NIGHTINGALE. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Nightingale,  the  present 
pastor  of  the  Danvers  Baptist  Church, 
was  born  in  West  Eaton,  N.  V.  Later 
his  father  moved  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and 
here  in  the  Louisville  Male  High  School 
he  fitted  for  college.  Li  1890  he  entered 
Brown  University  and  graduated  in  1894. 
In  the  fall  of 
the  same 
year  he  en- 
tered Newton 
Theolog  i  c  a  1 
Listitution  re- 
maining f  o  r 
two  years. 
During  the 
first  of  these 
years,  he 
served  t  h  e 
Baptist 
c  h  u  r  c  h  at 
South  Y  a  r- 
mouth,  Mass. 
He  went  to 
North  ville, 
Michigan,  in 
July,  1896, 
where  he  was 
ordained  the 
following  Oc- 
tober. After 
remaining 
with  the 
church  at 
N  o  r  t  h  V  i  1 1  e 
one    year,  he 

returned  to  Newton,  graduating  from  the 
Theological  Institution  in  June,  1898, 
coming  immediately  to  Uanveis  to  begin 
work  with  the  Baptist  church. 


FIRST    UNIVERSALIST    CHURCH 


First  Universalist  Society. 


The  First  Universalist  Society  of  Dan- 
vers, being  the  third  religious  society  in 
the  present  town  of  Danvers,  was  organ- 
ized April  22,  181  5  under  the  title  of  the 
"  First    L^niversalist    Society,"     although 


there  were  believers  much  earlier,  even 
in  the  earlier  part  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, I  )eacon  and  Captain  F^dmund 
Putnam  being  the  pioneer  of  the  Univer- 
salist doctrine  in  1785,  when  he  with- 
drew from  the  First  Church,  where  he 
had  been  a  prominent  man,  and  deacon 
of  the  Church  for  many  years.  When 
organized  it  consisted  of  nineteen  mem- 
bers from  Danvers,  and  four  from  \\'en- 
ham,  who  declared  themselves  in  their 
Constitution  dissatisfied  with  "  those  sys- 
tems of  Divinity  which  have  for  their  fun- 
damental ar- 
t  i  c  1  e  the 
eternal  mis- 
ery of  the 
greatest  part 
of  mankind." 
Its  first  meet- 
ings were  held 
in  the  School 
House  in  Dis- 
trict No.  3, 
(  P  u  t  n  a  m- 
ville)  where 
seemed  to  be 
t  h  e  strong- 
hold of  the 
new  faith. 
Here  preach- 
e  d  Re  v. 
HoseaBallou, 
Charles  Hud- 
son, R  e  V. 
Walter  Bal- 
four, Lemuel 
\\'illis  a  n  d 
others.  From 
1830  to  1833 
the  Society 
held  services 
in  the  "  (Jld  Baptist  Meeting  House,"  at 
New  Mills,  and  in  T833  ^^  moved  into  its 
new  house  of  vvorshi]),  which  house,  greatly 
enlarged,  is  now  the  Catholic  church, 
Danversport.  In  1859  the  Society  built 
its  present  house  of  worship,  which  since 
then  has  been  its  religious  home.  Rev. 
Edson  Reifsniiler  is  the  present  pastor. 

KKV.     EDSGX    RKIFSNIDKR. 

Mr.    Reifsnider  is  a  native   of  Illinois, 


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the  city  of  Aurora  being  his  birthplace. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  Chi- 
cago to  which  city  his  parents  removed 
when  he  was  but  an  infant.  After  being 
for  some  years  in  the  employment  of  a 
large  wholesale  house  in  Chicago  he  de- 
termined to  enter  the  ministry,  taking  the 
regular  theological  course  at  Tufts  Col- 
lege and  graduating  with  the  class  of  '<j8 
in  June  of  that  vear. 


Maple  Street  Church. 

( Congregational. ) 

On  the  sixth 
day  of  March, 
1844,  a  prelimi- 
n  a  r  y  meeting 
was  held  of  those 
favorable  to  the 
organization  of  a 
religious  society 
on  D  a  n  V  e  r  s 
Plains.  Nine 
days  later  ap- 
plication w  a  s 
made  for  a  legal 
warrant  calling  a 
meeting  of  those 
who  proposed  to 
form  such  a  so- 
ciety. This  aj)- 
plication  w  a  s 
signed  by  Na- 
thaniel Silvester, 
Moses  J. Currier, 
Henry  T.  Ropes, 
Benjamin  Hen- 
derson, Aaron 
Batemen  a  n  d 
Gustavus  Put- 
nam. The  so- 
ciety was  duly  organized  on  the  twenty- 
fifth,  and  was  called  the  "  Third  Ortho- 
dox Congregational  Society  of  Danvers." 
Officers  were  chosen,  arrangements  made 
for  securing  a  more  suitable  i)lace  of  wor- 
ship than  the  school-house  where  services 
had  already  been  held,  and  a  committee 
appointed  to  solicit  subscriptions  for 
future  preaching.  Incorporation  followed 
a  year  later,  April  i,  1845. 

Steps  were  next  taken  to  purchase  the 
lot  of  land  now  occupie  1   by    the   Maple 


MAPLE  STREET  CHURCH.   I  CONGREGATION AL. 


Street  Church,  and  to  l)uild  upon  it  a 
basement  story  of  rough  granite  ;  upon 
which  foundation  was  erected  a  struc- 
ture of  wood,  which  was  dedicated  Jan. 
2,  1S45.  This  building  was  seventy  by 
fifty-two  feet  in  area,  and  was  surmounted 
by  a  spire  rising  to  a  height  of  144  feet 
from  the  ground.  Six  years  later  it  was 
destroyed  by  an  incendiary  fire,  only  the 
granite  walls  remaining,  as  the  basis  of 
a  new  structure  which  was  erected  with- 
out needless  delay. 

Meanwhile,  on  the  fifth  of  December, 
1844,  the 
church  itself  was 
organized  by  a 
company  of 
forty- two  p  e  r- 
sons,  all  but  two 
o  f  whom  had 
been  members 
of  the  church  at 
Danvers  Centre. 
Until  April  30, 
1857,  the  name 
of  the  new  or- 
ganization was 
the  Third  Con- 
gregational 
church  in  Dan- 
vers, the  term 
Maple  Street 
Church  being 
assumed  at  that 
date. 

The  first 
meeting  looking 
to  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  church 
i  n  distinction 
from  the  eccle- 
siastical society 
already  formed,  was  held  July  24  ;  the 
creed  and  covenant,  substantially  the 
same  as  now,  were  adopted  Sept.  4  ;  and 
the  actual  organization  was  affected  Dec. 
5,  in  the  house  of  John  A.  Learoyd,  one 
of  the  principle  projectors  of  the  enter- 
prise. Thenceforward,  the  two  bodies. 
Church  and  Society,  acted  together  in 
matters  of  mutual  interest.  Among  the 
earliest  of  these  was  the  choice  of  a  min- 
ister who  should  serve  as  the  first  pastor. 
Not  until  July,  however,  was  a  pastor  se- 


DANVERS. 


41 


-nt- 


cured  in  the  person  of  Rev.  Richard  Tol- 
man,  to  whom  was  paid  a  salary  of  six 
hunched  dollars,  afterward  raised  to  seven 
hundred,  with  three  weeks'  vacation. 
This  first  pastorate  continued  three  years 
and  two  months,  and  was  terminated  by 
the  resignation  and  dismission  of  Mr. 
Tolman. 

He     was     succeeded    by    Rev.     James 
Fletcher,  whose  pastorate  extended  from 
June  20,  1S49  to  May  21,  1S64  ;  by  Rev. 
William  Carruthers,  from  April  18,   1S66, 
to    March    28,     1868;     by     Rev.    James 
Bran  d,     f  r  o  m 
Oct.   6,    1869,   to     [ 
Nov.  I,   1873  ;  by 
Rev.  Walter  E.  C.      i 
Wright,  from  Oct.      I 
12,  1 8 75,  to  Sei)t.      j 
4,    1882  ;   and   bv     I 
Rev.    Edward    O. 
Ewing,who  was  in- 
stalled   X  o  V.     I . 
1883,  and   who  is 
pastor  at  the  time 
when  this  sketch  is 
prepared. 

ITpon  the  or- 
ganization of  thr 
church  two  of  its 
members  vv  ere 
chosen  to  serve  as 
deacons  :  P'reder- 
ick  Howe  and 
Samuel  R.  Fowltr. 
This  number  was 
increased  to  three 
by  the  addition  of 
John  S.  Eearoyd, 
July  15,  1864  ; 
since  which  time 
the  ibllowing  per- 
sons have  been  elected  as  vacancies  have 
occurred :  Eben  Peabody,  Samuel  J'. 
Trask,  Samuel  L.  Sawyer,  and  John  S. 
Learoyd.  The  first  of  these  has  held  the 
office  since  Dec.  5,  1875. 

These  members  have  successively 
served  the  church  as  its  clerks  with  terms 
greatly  varying  in  length  :  ]5enjamin  S. 
Turner,  Jose|)hS.  lilack,  John  S.  Learoyd, 
Samuel  P.  Trask,  Addison  P.  Learoyd, 
Edward  C.  Burbeck  and  John  S.  Learovd, 
Jr. 


4^ 


REV.    E.    C.    EWING. 


Moses  W.  Putnam  was  the  first  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  School,  followed 
in  1852  by  Joseph  S.  Black,  in  1S55  by 
Nathaniel  Hills,  in  1865  by  John  S.  Lea- 
royd, in  1895  l)y  George  W.  Fiske,  and 
in  £898  bv  John  S.  Learoyd,  who  suc- 
ceeds his  honored  father  in  each  of  the 
offices  of  deacon,  clerk  and  sui)erinten- 
dent.  In  1885  a  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor  was  formed,  and  a  few  years 
later  a  Junior  F^ndeavor  Society.  The 
former  of  these  has  a  present  member- 
ship of  130,  and  the  latter  of  76. 

The  history  of 
"  this  church  has 
been  character- 
ized by  several 
revivals  of  religion 
and  conse(|uent 
large  accessions 
to  i  t  s  meml)er- 
ship  ;  notably  in 
1866,  when 
eighty- two  ])  e  r- 
sons  were  received 
on  confession 
of  faith  and  seven- 
teen by  letter 
from  other 
churches  ;  and  in 
1895,  when  seven - 
tv-eight  were  re- 
ceived on  confes- 
sion, and  twenty- 
two  l)y  letter.  The 
original  member- 
ship of  forty-two 
has  increased  to 
j     one  of  three  hun- 

dred     eighty-two, 

besides  the  many 
who  have  removed 
to  other  churches  or  have  passed  into  the 
other  world.  The  entire  roll  of  members 
u])  to  Jan.  I,  1899,  contains  seven  hun- 
dred fifty-one  names. 

At  the  outset  the  Sunday  School  con- 
sisted of  twelve  teachers  and  one  hundred 
fourteen  ])upils,  with  an  average  attend- 
ance of  seventy- five.  It  now  has  a  mem- 
bership in  its  several  deimrtments  (main, 
I)rimary,  kindergarten,  and  home)  of  584, 
with  39  classes  and  an  average  attendance 
(aside  from  the  home  department)  of  342. 


42 


DANVERS. 


The  annual  contributions  of  Maple 
Street  Church  to  benevolent  causes 
amount  to  over 
two  thousand  dol- 
lars in  cash ;  and 
three  of  its  mem- 
bers are  engaged 
in  the  missionary 
work  in  China. 
Plainly  it  exists 
not  for  itself  alone, 
but  lor  humanity 
and  for  God. 

REV.    EDWARD    C. 
EWING. 

Edward  C.  Ew- 
ing  :  Born  in  VVal- 
pole,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
20,  1837.     Spent 
boyhood       and 
youth    in    various 
places,    chiefly  in 
that  ])art  of  West 
S])ringfield    which 
afterward  became 
the    city  of    Hol- 
yoke,  Mass.     Pre- 
pared  for  college 
at  Northfield  In- 
stitu  t  e  ; 
graduat- 
ed from 
Amhers  t 
Colleg  e 
in  1859  ; 
stud  i  e  d 
theology 
a  t    Ban- 
gor  and 
Prin  ce- 
ton  Sem- 
inar i  e  s, 
from 
each    of 
which 
gradua  t- 
e  d    i  n 
I   8  6  3. 
Pastor  at 
Ashfield, 

Mass.,  three  and  a  half  years,  at  Enfield, 
Mass.,  fifteen  vears,  and  at  Danvers  since 


Nov.  I,  1883.  Married  Mary  L.  Alvord 
of  Philadeli)hia,  Oct.  13,  1863  ;  rejoices 
in  four  adult  sons, 
two  of  whom  are 
missionaries  i  n 
North  China,  one 
is  professor  i  n 
Wabash  College, 
Crawfords  v  i  1 1  e, 
Ind.,  and  one  en- 
gaged in  business 
in  Boston. 


Annunciation 

Church.     (Rom. 

Cath.) 


REV.    T.    E.    POWER. 


ANNUNCIATION  CHURCH.   'ROMAN  CATHOLIC.) 


The  first  Cath- 
olic   service    was 
held  i  n  Danvers, 
Nov.    I,   1854,  at 
the  house  of  Rev. 
K  d  w  a  r  d    Mc- 
Iveigue.         T  h  e 
officiating   clergy- 
man     was     Rev. 
Thomas  N.    Sha- 
han  of  the  church 
of  the  Immaculate 
Conception, 
Salem.       Regular 
servic  e  s 
began 
soon    t  o 
b  e    held 
in  Frank- 
lin   Hall, 
and    a  f- 
lerwards 
i     n        a 
c  h  a  p  e  1 
w  h  i  c  h 
stood  on 
the  south 
side    o  f 
High 
street, 
near    the 
old  cem- 
etery. In 
1859  the 
house 
first  built  by  the  Universalist  Society  was 
])urchased ;    aiid  after    an    occupancy  of 


DANVERS. 


43 


several  years,  this  building  having  been 
greatly  enlarged  and  remodeled,  was  ded- 
icated anew  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  J. 
|.  Williams  of  Boston,  April  30,  187 1. 
Previous  to  1864  pastoral  duties  were  per- 
formed by  clergymen  from  Salem.  From 
Oct.  13,  of  that  year,  Rev.  Charles  Ranoni 
had  charge  of  this  parish,  and  also  of  the 
Catholic  parish  at  Marblehead,  having  his 
residence  in  Danvers.  In  1S72  he  re- 
moved to  Marblehead,  the  parishes  being 
separated,  and  his  place  was  taken  by 
Rev.  Fr.  O'Reilly,  who  remained  but  a 
year.  Rev. 
Patrick  Jos- 
e  p  h  Halley 
was  appoint- 
ed to  Dan- 
vers in  April, 
1873,  and  his 
pastorate  ex- 
tended t  o 
Sejite  m  b  e  r, 
1882  ;  R  e  V. 
D.  B.  Kenne- 
dy's, from  the 
last  date  to 
April,  1885, 
when  the 
present  pas- 
tor, Rev. 
Thomas  K. 
Power,  w  a  s 
appoi  n  ted. 
The  pastor's 
residence  oc- 
c  u  p  i  e  s  a 
pleasant  site 
overlook  i  n  g 
the  river.  This 
is  the  largest 
parish  in  the 
town. 


CALVARY    CHURCH.      IFPISCOPAL. 


Calvary  Church.      (Episcopal.) 

Mr.  Joseph  Adams  of  St.  Peter's 
Church,  vSalem,  having  removed  to  Dan- 
vers (to  the  Braman  House  on  Pine  St.), 
was  interested  in  founding  a  Parish  ;  and 
there  was  a  sufficient  number  of  people 
from  England  and  the  Provinces,  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  of  luigland,  and  oi 
others  who  were  devoted  to  the  doctrines 


and  rites  of  the  Church  to  make  a  good 
beginning. 

The  first  services  were  held  in  the  hall 
of  the  bank  building  in  the  summer  of 
1857,  by  Rev.  George  Leeds,  Rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Salem. 

Early  in  1858  the  services  were  held 
by  Rev.  Edward  Cowley  for  a  few  weeks. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Robert  F. 
Chase,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Amesbury,  who  became  the  Rector  of  the 
Parish  upon  its  organization,  14  April, 
1S58,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  9  May. 

T  h  e  first 
wardens  were 
Joseph  A  d- 
ams  and  John 
S.  I'ratt  ;  ves- 
t  r  y  m  e  n, 
Charles  H. 
Adams,  Dan- 
iel J.  Preston, 
Joseph  ( T. 
Prentiss,  W'il- 
lard  Howe, 
Eri  Hayward. 
Contri  b  u- 
tions  having 
been  received 
for  building  a 
Church,  and 
a  lot  secured 
(in  the  corner 
o  f  Holten 
and  Cherry 
streets,  a 
building  com- 
mittee w  a  s 
appo  i  n  t  e  d, 
viz.,  Joseph 
Adams,  E  d- 
ward  D.  Kim- 
ball, Jesse  W.  Snow,  A.  Proctor  Perley, 
Charles  H.  Adams.  The  plans  were  fur- 
nished by  Ryder  &  Fuller  of  Boston.  d"he 
cornerstone  was  laid  on  Wednesday,  11 
May,  1S59,  l)y  Rt.  Rev.  Morton  East- 
burn,  r>ishop  of  Massachusetts.  Among 
the  numerous  documents  placed  in  the 
stone  were  the  following  :  Proceedings  at 
the  rece])tion  and  dinner  in  honor  of 
(;eorge  I'eabody,  Es(|.,  of  London,  by 
the  citizens  of  the  old  town  of  Danvers, 
6    October,    1856  ;   annual   re])ort  of  the 


44 


DANVERS. 


trustees  of  the  Peabody  Institute ;  address 
of  the  Mayor  of  Salem  upon  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  city  government,  24  January, 
1859  ;  rules  and  orders  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil of  the  city  of  Salem ;  copy  of  a  ser- 
mon preached  in  London,  A.  D.,  1773, 
before  the  society  for  the  propagation  of 
the  gospel  in  foreign  parts ;  a  ms.  sermon 
preached  A.  D.,  1778  by  Rt.  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Bass,  first  Bishop  of  Massachusetts. 
"Owing  chiefly,  under  God,  to  the  lib- 
erality of  Edward  D.  Kimball  and  Jose]>h 
Adams,  Esqrs.  (who  generously  gave  the 
land,  sufficient  for 


Rector,  which  was  received  in  October, 
1868. 

Rev.  Mr.  Chase  resigned  in  July,  1865. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  two  years  fol- 
lowing. Rev.  W.  VV.  Silvester  served  the 
parish  as  reader  (before  his  ordination) 
from  the  spring  of  1867  till  the  fall  of 
1868.  Rev.  S.  J.  Evans  became  Recloi 
in  the  spring  of  1869,  and  remained  un- 
til October,  187 1.  Rev.  W.  I.  MagiU 
was  Rector  from  June,  1872,  to  August, 
1877,  and  Rev.  George  Walker  became 
Rector  in  November  following,  and  also 
of  St.  Paul's,  Pea- 


the  Church  and 
Rectory  a  n  d  a 
garden,  and  bore 
the  greater  part 
of  the  cost  of  the 
building),  the 
church  was  erect- 
ed, and  on  Friday, 
25  May,  i860, 
consecrated  b  y 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Man- 
t  o  n  Eastburn, 
1).  1).,  to  the  wor- 
ship and  service 
of  Almighty  God, 
the  Father,  the 
Son,  and  the  Holy 
Ghost." 

The  organ  was 
given  by  Mr.  Ed- 
ward 1).  Kimball, 
the  altar  vessels, 
books,  etc.  b  y 
members  of  the 
parishes  of  St.  I 
Peter's  and  Grace, 
Salem,  and  S  t. 
James',    A  m  e  s- 

bury.  The  bell  was  given  by  Mr.  Adams, 
and  used  for  the  first  time  on  the  first 
Sunday  in  Advent,  A.  D.,  i860.  Mr. 
Adams  also  gave  two  hundred  books  for 
the  library,  for  the  use  of  the  Rector. 

A  lot  of  land  had  been  bequeathed  in 
1847  by  Miss  Collins,  for  the  erection  of 
a  Church  (l':i)iscopal)  ;  but  the  location 
was  thought  undesirable,  and  the  legacy 
was  not  claimed. 

Mr.  Kimball  added  to  his  other  bene- 
factions a  beijuest  for  the  support  of  the 


body,  where  h  e 
resided.  He  re- 
signed in  Febru- 
ary, 1 888.  The 
Parish  House  was 
built  in  1886.  He 
was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  A.  W.  Griifin 
(April,  1888- 
May,  1890),  dur- 
ing whose  rector- 
ship the  Church 
w  a  s  thoroughly 
renovated. 

Rev.  J.  \V. 
H  y  d  e  became 
Rector  i  n  June, 
1890.  In  the 
same  year  the 
Rectory  was  built 
i  n  anticipation 
(with  her  con- 
sent) of  a  bequest 
by  Mrs.  Daniel  J. 
Preston,  who  was 
one  of  the  most 
,  ^^^^  active    and    eftic- 

ient  of  the  foun- 
ders and  sustainers  of  the  Parish.  She 
died  in  October,  1894,  and  the  Rectory 
stands  as  a  memorial  of  her. 


Unitarian  Society. 


In  the  f.ll  of  1S64  Mr.  Philip  H. 
Wentworth  of  Ro.\bury  purchased  of  Mr. 
Edward  I).  Kimball  the  Prince  Nichols 
farm  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Leopold  Morse 
in  the  westerly  j^art  of  the  town  upon 
Bea\er    Dam  Brook,    and    to    which    he 


DANVERS. 


45 


removed  with  his  fimily,  who  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Mount  Pleasant  Society  in 
Roxbury,  of  which  Rev.  Dr.  Alfred  P. 
Putnam  had  been  a  former  pastor.  They 
attended  the  First  Church  in  Salem  until 
the  following  August,  when  they,  like  the 
occupants  of  the  Farms  in  that  \icinity, 
two  hundred  years  before,  thought  it  best 
to  try  and  form  or  establish  a  church 
nearer  and  more  convenient  fur  them. 
So  they  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Putnam,  their 
former  pastor,  a  son  of  Old  Danvers.  who 
was  very  much  interested  in  the  move- 
ment to  establish  a  Unitarian  Society 
in    town,    had    it    announced     that     Dr. 


John  C.  Butler  and  Alfred  Mackenzie 
were  chosen  a  standing  committee 
and  Mr.  Andrew  Nichols  clerk,  and  a 
sufficient  sum  of  money  was  pledged  to 
continue  the  services  in  the  'i'own  Hall 
on  each  succeeding  Sunday  and  they 
were  so  continued  until  its  chapel  on 
High  street  was  dedicated  in  1S71. 

The  Rev.  Leonard  J.  Livermore,  of 
Lexington,  preached  his  first  sermon  to 
this  Society  on  April  7,  1S67,  and  un- 
der his  administration  the  Society  was 
duly  organized  on  the  28th  of  the  July 
following,  just  two  years  from  the  first 
service  held  in  Town  Hall.    It  was  legally 


UNITARIAN    CHURCH. 


Putnam  would  hold  a  service  at  Town 
Hall  on  Sunday,  July  30th,  1865,  which 
service  was  followed  on  every  Sunday  in 
August  by  a  number  of  the  most  noted 
ministers  in  the  denomination.  On  the 
last  Sunday  of  the  month  a  notice  was 
given  that  all  persons  interested  in  the 
formation  of  a  LInitarian  Society  are 
requested  to  meet  at  this  Hall  on  Thurs- 
day evening  next,  August  31,  1865.  Of 
the  twenty-one  persons  who  attended 
that  meeting,  ten  have  since  deceased  and 
six  have  removed  from  town,  .^t  that 
meeting,    Messrs.   Philip   H.   Wentworth, 


organized  as  a  religious  society  on  Decern 
ber  2,  I  86 7. 

(Jn  Sunday,  August  5.  1867,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  make  arrange- 
ments with  Rev.  Mr.  Livermore  to  offici- 
ate as  pastor.  At  the  annual  meeting, 
January  4,  1869,  the  article  to  build  a 
church  or  chapel  ujion  the  Society  lot  on 
High  street  at  the  corner  of  Porter  street, 
which  had  been  purchased  at  the  auction 
sale  of  Capt.  Eben  Putnam's  estate,  was 
postponed. 

On  June  26,  1869,  Messrs.  Philip  H. 
Wentworth,     Charles    T.     Stickney     and 


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DANVERS. 


Andrew  Nichols  were  chosen  a  committee 
to  erect  a  chapel  on  the  above  described 
lot  when  the  subscriptions  amounted  to  a 
certain  sum.  The  ground  was  broken 
for  the  foundation  in  the  spring  of  1S70, 
and  the  annual  meeting  Januarys,  1S71 
was  held  in  its  parlors.  The  plans  by 
Mr.  Nichols  with  the  elevation  plans  by 
Mr.  Samuel  F.  Eveleth  were  adopted. 
The  chapel  was  dedicated  on  Thursday, 
the  1 6th  of  March,  187  i. 

The  pulpit  was  given  by  Alfred  Fel- 
lows, the  marble  clock  by  the  Aft. 
Pleasant  Society  of  Roxbury,  and  a  sil- 
ver communion  and  christening  service  by 
the  society  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  over  which 
Rev.  Dr.  Putnam  was  settled. 

On  Sunday,  March  19,  the  first  service 
was  held,  at  which  some  children  of  the 
society  were  christened. 

At  the  annual  meeting  January  i,  1872 
it  was  voted  to  install  as  its  pastor  the 
Rev.  Leonard  Jarvis  Livermore,  who  had 
preached  and  labored  there  so  success- 
fully for  over  four  years. 

He  accepted  the  same  and  was  in- 
formally installed  the  15  th  of  March, 
1872,  and  he  very  acceptably  filled  the 
office  as  pastor  until  his  death  on  the 
30th  of  May,  1886,  which  had  been  pre- 
ceded by  the  death  of  Phili])  H.  W'ent- 
worth. 

The  Rev.  John  Calvin  Mitchell,  who 
had  been  settled  over  the  Orthodox  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Wenham,  was  en- 
gaged to  supply  the  pulpit  for  one  year 
from  the  ist  of  January,  1887,  which  was 
continued  for  another  year.  He  was  duly 
installed  as  pastor  on  Thursday,  May  3d, 
1888,  which  relationship  continued  for 
one  year  to  May  i,  1889. 

The  Rev.  Eugene  DeNormandie  of 
Sherborn  was  engaged  to  supply  for  one 
year  from  the  ist  of  May,  1890,  which 
engagement  was  continued  from  year  to 
year  until  he  withdrew  his  connection 
April  ist,   1897. 

Mr.  Kenneth  E.  Evans  of  the  P>angor 
Theological  School  was  engaged  for  one 
year  from  the  1st  of  September,  1897, 
and  w-as  ordained  on  the  27  th  of  October 
of  that  year,  and  on  Sept.  i,  1898  was 
engaged  for  a  further  term. 

The  corporate  name  of  the  Society  is 


the  L^nitarian  Congregational  Society  of 
Danvers,  which  was  adopted  at  one  of 
its  early  meetings,  the  name  of  the 
"  First  Unitarian  Society  of  Danvers  " 
being  the  name  given  to  the  Society  at 
Peabody  in  1825. 

This  Society  is  strictly  a  free  church, 
all  are  welcome,  there  being  no  owner- 
shi|)  of  pews,  and  maintains  its  services 
by  the  voluntary  subscriptions,  and  is  free 
from  debt. 

Its  officers  at  the  present  time  are 
Calvin  Putnam,  H.  B,  Learnard,  Charles 
Newhall,  Mr.  A.  A.  Legro  and  A.  S. 
Kelley,  Standing  Committee ;  VVm.  S. 
Grey,  Charles  Newhall  and  John  Eum- 
mus.  Trustees  ;  P.  T.  Derby,  Treasurer ; 
Andrew  Nichols,  Clerk;  andWm.S.  Grey, 
Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School. 


Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

In  Sept.,  187 1,  the  late  Rev.  Albert 
Gould,  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  Pea- 
body,  Mass.,  with  four  leading  Methodists 
from  Lynn,  came  to  Danvers  for  the  pur- 
pose of  seeing  if  it  was  best  to  commence 
services  under  the  auspices  of  the  M.  K. 
Church.  The  field  was  well  surveyed. 
The  part  of  the  town  called  Tapleyville 
was  the  place  where  a  church  was  most 
needed.  The  first  service  was  held  in 
Lincoln  Hall,  Tapleyville,  Oct.  22,  1871, 
Rev.  Mr.  Gould  preaching  forenoon  and 
afternoon.  In  December  of  this  same  year, 
Elias  Hodge,  a  student  of  Boston  Uni- 
versity Theological  School,  became  a  per- 
manent supply.  In  April  of  the  follow- 
ing year  a  public  meeting  was  called  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  into  consideration 
the  erection  of  a  new  church.  A  build- 
ing committee  was  appointed  and  sub- 
scription papers  were  at  once  put  into 
circulation.  Gilbert  Tapley  and  his  son 
Augustus  headed  the  list  with  subscrip- 
tions of  $2,000  each,  and  all  gave  gener- 
ously and  according  to  their  ability.  The 
present  location  was  selected  and  the 
land  was  given  by  G.  A.  Tapley.  The 
corner  stone  was  laid  July  2,  1872,  Bishop 
Gilbert  Haven  being  present  and  making 
an  address.  The  church  was  completed 
and  dedicated  Mar.  27,  1873,  Rev.  F. 
H.  Newhall,  D.  I).,  then  of  Lynn,  preach- 


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47 


ing  the  dedicatory  sermon  on  "  the  Chris- 
tian's Inheritance."  The  cost  of  the 
church  building  was  about  :f;i5,oo(),  with 
all  but  $6,000  raised  at  time  of  dedica- 
tion. The  first  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  School  was  Bro.  O.  D.  Hani,  and 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Cheney  was  chosen  first 
president  of  the  Ladies'  Society. 

In  April,  1S75,  Bro.  Hodges,  having 
been  with  the  church  as  pastor  three 
years,  the  length  of  pastorate  then  allowed 
by  the  M.  E.  Church,  was  succeeded  l)y 
the  late  Rev.  R.  H.  Howard,  under 
whose  pastorate 
the  church  con- 
tinued to  flour- 
ish. Following 
Bro.  Howard  in 
1877  came  Rev. 
Garrett  Beek- 
man,  during 
whose  pastorate 
the  debt  of 
$6,000  was  paid. 
Rev.  W.  J.  Ham- 
bleton  came  to 
this  people  Apr., 
18S0  and  re- 
mained three 
years.  During 
h  i  s  pastorate 
great  spiritual 
prosperity  pre- 
vailed. Rev. 
VV.  M.  Ayres  was 
pastor  for  the 
succeeding  three 
years.  Peace 
and  harmony 
prevailed  during 
the  pastorate  of 
this  saintly 
brother.  Just  before  the  close  of  Mr. 
Ayres'  last  year  he  was  prostrated  with 
nervous  exhaustion  and  has  never  since 
been  able  to  resume  active  service.  He 
still  lives  among  us  and  his  presence  is  a 
benediction.  The  next  shepherd  ap- 
pointed to  this  flock  was  the  late  Rev. 
Charles  A.  Merrill,  whose  ministrations  to 
this  and  all  charges  he  has  served  were 
seasons  of  refreshing  from  the  Lord.  The 
annual  conference  of  1888  sent  Rev.  |. 
H.  Tompson    to  preside  over  this   [)eo- 


METHODIST    CHURCH 


pie.  It  was  during  this  pastorate  that 
the  church  was  remodeled  and  beautified 
without  a  dollar  of  indebtedness.  It  is 
due  to  [iros.  H.  J.  Call  and  L.  D.  Cros- 
by, to  record  that  to  them  great  honor 
should  be  given  for  the  consummation  of 
this  work.  It  was  during  Rev.  L.W.Adams' 
l)astorate  that,  through  the  efforts  of 
chorister  A.  W.  Howe,  a  fine  pipe  organ 
was  purchased  and  put  in  place  in  the 
church.  During  the  pastorate  of  Rev. 
W.  F.  Lawford,  the  twenty-fifth  anniver- 
sary of  the  church  was  celebrated.  Un- 
der this  brother's 
pastorate  a  good 
work  was  done. 
Rev.  H.  H. 
Paine  came  to 
this  church  Apr., 
1897.  Although 
Mr.  Paine  was 
over  this  church 
b  u  t  one  year, 
during  this  time 
plans  were  con- 
summated for  a 
new  parsonage, 
and  the  present 
pastor.  Rev.  H. 
B.  King,  found 
a  new  and  com- 
modious house 
ready  for  his  oc- 
cupancy. 

REV.    HARRY    D. 
KINC. 

Rev.  Harry  B. 
King  was  born 
in  Norfolk, 
E  n  g  1  a  n  d. 
Shortly  after  his  birth,  his  parents  moved 
to  London,  where  Mr.  King's  younger 
days  were  passed.  In  1S76  he  came  to 
this  country,  shortly  after  which  he  was 
converted.  Mr.  King  lived  in  Boston  for 
several  years.  Feeling  a  call  to  the  min- 
istry, after  spending  seven  years  in  the 
following  institutions,  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Dartmouth  Colleg:^  and  Boston 
University,  he  joined  the  New  England 
Conference  at  Worcester,  April,  1889. 
.Since  that  time  he  has  served  the  follow- 


48 


DANVERS. 


mg  charges  : — Belchertovvn,  St.  Luke'?, 
Lynn,  Warren,  Mittineague  and  Tapley- 
V  i  11  e.  He 
was  appoint- 
ed Apr.,  1 898. 
to  this  last 
charge.  Mr. 
King  was 
married  Jan. 
15,  1890  to 
Miss  S.  Ella 
Hendrick  of 
Ch  i  c  o  p  e  e, 
Mass.  They 
have  one 
daughter, 
Mabel  E., 
about  eight 
years  of  age. 


Seventh 
Day    Ad- 

ventist 
Church. 

In  the  sum- 
mer of  1877, 
Elder  D.  W. 
C  a  n  r  i  g  h  t 
pitched  a 
large  tent  on 
the  vacant 
lot  near  the 
corner  of 
Majile  and 
Hobart  Sis., 
and  after 
preaching 
nearly  every 
evening  for 
three  months, 
on  Dec.  11, 
he  organized 
a  church  of 
al)OUt  sixty 
members.  In 
the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  a 
church  was 
built  and  i  t 
was  dedicat- 
ed in  the 
spring    of    1878 


abo 
day 


ut  fifty 
at    I  I 


REV.    HARRY    B.    KING. 


ADVENT    CHAPEL. 

Regular    services  have      cussed 
iDeen    held    weekly,  present   membership 


.  Sabbath  school  every  Satur- 
.15  A.  M.  Meeting  1.15  p.  m. 
Sunday  even- 
ing meeting, 
7  o'clock. 
Present  offi- 
cers. Elder, 
G.  F.  Fiske  ; 
Dea.,  W.  H. 
Edwards; 
Supt.,  J.  H. 
Tiney ;  Asst. 
Supt.,  E.  R. 
Stone. 

The  keep- 
ing of  Satur- 
day as  the 
Sabbath  day 
serves  as  a  n 
especially 
distingu  i  s  h- 
ing  feature  of 
this  society, 
whose  mem- 
b  e  r  s  are 
earnest,  faith- 
ful and  hope- 
t  u  1  ])eople. 
The  organiza- 
tion has  done 
much  good  in 
many  direc- 
tions, and  al- 
though not 
among  the 
larger  socie- 
ties, it  is  not 
without  i  t  s 
infiuence  i  n 
the  morale  of 
t  h  e  town. 
Special 
])  r  e  a  c  h  i  n  g 
services  are 
held  from 
week  to  week, 
conducted  by 
out  of  town 
speakers, 
when  leading 
religious  top- 
ics are  dis- 
The  church  building  is  on 
I'ulnam    street,    near    Maple. 


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49 


As  a  Community. 

Many  factors  enter  into  the  making  of 
a  community.  The  cHmate,  the  geograph- 
ical   conditions,    the    soil,    the  character 


the  community  reenforce  the  work  of  the 
churches  and  the  schools.  'J'he  social  life 
here  will  not  tolerate  immorality  or  iniq- 
uity in  any  form.  The  town  regularly 
declares  against    license.      Moral  suasion 


BERRY    STREET. 


of  first  settlement,  the  intellectual  and 
moral  trend,  the  activity  and  the  pursuits 
of  its  people,  and  all  that  is  in  life,  in  fact, 
goes  to  determine  what  a  community  is 
and  is  to  be.    The  origins  of  Danvers  were 


and  the  strong  arm  of  the  law  join  forces 
to  accomplish  the  best  results  for  society. 
The  churches  and  the  courts  are  equally 
active  in  sustaining  the  morale  of  the 
community. 


CONANT    STREET. 


such  as  laid  broad  and  tleep  the  founda- 
tions for  a  good  community.  Nowhere 
are  morality,  law  and  order  more  re- 
spected than  in  Danvers.     The  homes  of 


RESIDENTI.AL. 


As   a   place  of  residence    Danvers   has 
manv  attractions.     The  location  is  a  de- 


50 


DANVERS. 


lightful  one,  and  its  eligibility  in  this  re- 
gard has  had  much  to  do  with  the  devel- 
opment of  its  resources.  The  sanitary 
condition  of  the  town   is  in   the   highest 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE   O.    STIMPSON. 

degree  creditable,  and  as  a  result  the 
death-rate  is  low.  Taxation  is  being  re- 
duced ;  the  town  has  telegraph,  tele- 
phone, and  ex- 
press services  am- 
ple for  all  require- 
ments, the  lines 
of  transportation 
insuring  the  low- 
est rates  ;  and  all 
these  and  other 
advantages  com- 
bine to  make  liv- 
ing in  Danvers 
cheaper,  better, 
and  more  pleasant 
than  in  many  oth- 
er places  of  the 
same  population, 
while  there  are 
generally  oppor- 
tunities for  em- 
ploy m  e  n  t  for 
skilled  artisans 
and  day  laborers. 

Then  the  town  from  her  favorable  situa- 
tion, her  advantageous  surroundings,  her 
commercial  facilities,  her  business  oppor- 


tunities, her  advantages  as  a  manufactur- 
ing and  distributing  point,  her  wealth  and 
intelligence,  refinement  and  culture  of  her 
people,  for  public  and  private  enterprises, 
and  the  thousand 
and  one  things 
that  tend  to  make 
a  town  a  desirable 
place  of  resi- 
dence, are  attract- 
ing the  attention 
of  people  in  other 
parts  of  the  State, 
and,  as  a  natural 
result,  capital  and 
business  enter- 
prise  are  coming 
to  the  town  in 
considerable 
measure  and  help- 
ing to  raise  it  to  a 
deserved  plane 
among  the  manu- 
facturing centres 
of  the  State.  Dan- 
vers has  every- 
thing to  offer  that  can  be  desired,  wheth- 
er for  private  residence  o :  the  carrying  on 
of  manufacturing  and  commercial  pursuits. 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE    A.   GUNN. 


and  its  future  is  one  of  a  most  promising 
and  hoi>eful  character.  The  streets  are 
wide,  regular,  and  well  shaded,  while  in  all 


DANVERS. 


51 


parts  of  the  town  the  residences  are  con- 
spicuous for  their  neat  and  tasty  appear- 
ance, most  of  them  being  surrounded  by 
fine  lawns,  presenting  an  air  of  thrift  and 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE    W.    FISKE 


comfort.  The  number  of  elegant  and 
substantial  mansions  is  surprisingly  large 
for  a  town  of  this  size,  and  indicative  of 
wealth,  refinement 
and  cultivation  of 
a  high  order. 
Aside  from  these, 
her  rich  and  pic- 
turesque s  u  r  - 
roundings,  her 
fine  schools  and 
churches,  and, 
above  all,  her 
healthful  location, 
make  Danvers  a 
very  desirable 
place  for  perma- 
n  e  n  t  homes. 
Much  activity  is 
observable  in  the 
building  of  new 
residences.  The 
work  of  the  Im- 
provement socie- 
ty in  beautifying 
the  town  and  establishing  a  juiblir  park 
is  a  matter  of  general  knowledge  and  fav- 
orable comment. 


CLIMATIC    AND    SANITARY    CONDITIONS. 

No  consideration  is  more  essential  to 
the  continued  prosperity  and  happiness 
of  a  community 
than  health.  Sta- 
tistics prove  that 
Danvers  is  one  of 
the  most  healthful 
towns  in  the  state. 
Its  climate  is  pure 
and  genial,  the 
high  temperature 
of  summer  being 
modified  by  its 
proximity  to  the 
ocean,  while  in 
winter  the  cold  is 
not  ordinarily  ex- 
c  e  s  s  i  v  e  .  The 
town  is  subject  to 
no  prevailing  dis- 
eases, is  well 
drained,  and  its 
sanitary  condition 
is  well  regulated 
by  an  efficient  board  of  health.  In  com- 
parison with  other  towns  the  per  centage 
of    mortality,    15.73   ^  thousand,   is    low. 


RESIDENCE    OF    JAMES  M.    GEORGE. 


The  natural  features  of  soil,  climate  and 
topography  are  conducive  to  health,  and 
the  natural   drainage  of  the  locality  has 


52 


DAN  VERS. 


saved  the  tax-payer's  pocket  and  preserved 
his  health.  With  the  introduction  of  the 
vi'ater  works  the  necessary  sewers  followed 
to  improve  the  sanitary  system.  A  practi- 
cal, well-built  system  of  catch  basins  is 
found  in  the  town.  Public  improvements 
and  regulations  are  constantly  lowering 
the  mortality. 

Vri'AL    S'lA'J  ISTICS. 

The  latest  report  shows  that  the  deaths 
for  one  year  were,  females,  107  ;  males, 
92.  Births :  females,  76 ;  males  74. 
There  were  74  marriages  solemnized. 


its  character  as  the  basis,  the  safe,  the 
sure  and  the  indestructible.  Time,  ex- 
perience and  statistics  show  conclusively 
that  an  investment  in  real  estate  is  the 
most  profitable  known  to  finance.  Real 
estate  grows  in  value  in  proportion  with 
the  increase  of  commerce,  of  education 
and  of  manufactures. 

Danvers  is  a  town  in  which  her  citizens 
largely  own  their  own  homes.  The  build- 
ing operations  in  Danvers  during  the  past 
two  or  three  years  have  been  a  matter  of 
wonder;  the  large  number  of  substantial 
and    even    expensive    structures    erected 


SUMMER    RESIDENCE    CF    MRS.    LEOPOLD    MORSE. 


REAL    ESTATE    AND    BUII-DING. 

Ever  since  the  establishment  of  the  earli- 
est American  settlement  in  this  country, 
each  succeeding  year  has  more  fuUv 
demonstrated  the  fact  that  it  is  as  much 
of  a  characteristic  or  inborn  desire  of  most 
Americans  to  own  real  estate  as  it  is  char- 
acteristic of  them  to  be  independent,  free 
citizens.  "  Real  estate  is  the  basis  of  all 
wealth,"  still  holds  good,  and  never  was 
this  so  positive  as  at  the  present  time. 
Real  estate  asa  commodity  for  investment 
has  long  since  conclusively  demonstrated 


during  that  period,  including  schools, 
residences,  and  the  remodeling  of  the  his- 
toric Berry  Tavern,  show  an  abundant 
measure  of  prosperity.  There  are  at 
present  many  buildings  under  course  of 
construction  and  projected  and  this  fact 
speaks  elocjuently  for  the  steady  growth 
and  great  popularity  of  Danvers  as  a  place 
in  which  to  establish  a  home.  There  has 
been  no  fictitious  and  unnatural  boom  in 
prices  of  real  estate  here.  \\'hatever  in- 
crease in  values  has  come,  has  been  be- 
cause of  a  legitimate  demand  for  the 
property.      Realty  is  in  demand  not  onlv 


DANVERS. 


53 


for  investment,  but  for  homes  for  the 
people  who  buy.  As  an  investment  it  is 
safe  and  sure,  yielding  a  good  percentage 
on  the  capital  invested.  It  is  a  significant 
fact  that  outside  capita!  thinks  highly  of 


pie  who  are  here  to  reside,  to  own  their 
homes  and  to  be  useful  citizens.  Those 
who  own  their  homes  do  so  from  a  desire 
to  own  and  hold  property  that  is  con- 
stantly increasing  in  value.      Danvers  real 


ESSEX    BLOCK. 


Danvers  realty  as  security  and  that  a  large 
percentage  of  demands  for  Danvers  real 
estate  comes  from  people  who  want  it  for 
homes.     The  large  amount  of  money  on 


estate  has  been  a  splendid  and  sure  in- 
vestment and  it  will  continue  to  be  so. 
The  stability  of  the  town's  institutions,  the 
class  of  men  interested  in  it,  the  absence 


NEW  MAPLE  STREET  SCHOOLHOUSE. 


deposit  in  the  savings  bank  is  indicative 
of  the  industry  and  thrift  of  the  people. 
The  majority  of  this  money  is  the  savings 
of  wage  earners.      They  are  a  class  of  peo- 


of  any  inllation  or  boom  in  prices,  the 
construction  and  purchase  of  homes  for  a 
permanent  class  of  population,  all  argue 
in  one  direction — the  stable  and  constant- 


54 


DANVERS. 


ly  increasing  value  of  realty.  No  boom 
in  real  estate  is  expected,  or  desired,  in 
Danvers.  There  will  continue  to  be  a 
steady  natural  demand  for  property,  cre- 
ated by  the  constant  increase  in  popula- 
tion and  the  inflow  of  new  residents. 


HIGH    SCHOOL— CHEMICAL   LABORATORY. 


EDUCATTONAl.. 

The  schools  are  provided  with  plenty 
of  books  and  supplies,  and  an  excellent 
corps  of  earnest,  well  trained  teachers  who 
are  fully  alive  to  the  duties  and  responsi- 
bilities of  their 
])ositions.  1 1 
seems  to  be  the 
purpose  of  the 
citizens  of  Dan- 
vers to  cherish 
their  schools,  to 
make  them  more 
efficient,  and  to 
let  no  policy  of 
undue  retrench- 
m  e  n  t  nullify 
what  has  been 
a  c  CO  mplished, 
for  they  believe 
that  the  brain 
power,which  it  is 
the  province  of 
the  teacher  to 
impart  to  the  young,  is  a  source"  of  great 
material  prosperity.  The  general  course 
of  study  has  been  broadened  and  strength- 
ened by  the  introduction  of  nature  lessons 
in  connection  with  language  and  drawing. 


Geograi)hy,  history,  music  and  literature 
are  taught  in  a  simple  but  systematic  man- 
ner in  all  grades  from  Primary  to  High 
school  by  a  proper  correlation  of  these 
subjects  with  reading  and  spelling.  Latin 
and  Algebra  have  been  introduced  into 
the  Grammar 
school  course. 
The  result  has 
been  both  a 
larger  number  of 
pupils  to  grad- 
uate from  this 
department  and 
larger  classes  to 
enter  the  High 
school.  The 
High  school 
course  of  study 
has  been  ex- 
tended  and 
streng  t  h  e  n  e  d 
greatly,  espec- 
ially in  classical 
and  scientific 
lines.  A  practical  laboratory  for  experi- 
mental work  in  chemistry  and  physics  and 
electricity  has  been  provided  and  equip- 
ped and  has  proved  of  inestimable  bene- 
fit to  the  pupils  in  their  studies.  The 
spirit  and  tone  of  school  life  has  been  ris- 


HIGH    SCHOOL— PHYSICAL    LABORATORY. 


ing  and  imi)roving  gradually.  Three  new 
school  buildings,  accommodating  one- 
third  have  recently  been  built,  and  anoth- 
er is  being  constructed.  The  High  school 
occupies  its* new  quarters  in  the  remod- 


DANVERS. 


55 


eled  town  house.  The  history  of  Danvers 
records  no  equivalent  improvement  in  the 
same  period  as  that  of  the  past  two  or 
three  years.  A  new  feature  in  school 
work  has  been  introduced  last  year.  A 
kindergarten  school  for  children  from 
three  and  a  half  to  five  years  was  started 
in  the  Danversport  schoolhouse  under  the 
direction  of  the  Danvers  AVomen's  Asso- 
ciation and  continued  until  the  summer 
vacation.  It 
was  again 
opened  i  n 
Septem  b  e  r 
and  contin- 
u  e  d  until 
Christ  m  a  s, 
and  has  this 
spring  been 
held  in  the 
T  a  p  1  e  y 
schoolhouse. 
It  was  fre- 
quently vis- 
ited by  the 
committe  e  , 
w  h  o  were 
ni  u  c  h 
pleased  with 
the  methods 
adopted  in 
the  training 
of  the  little 
folks  and 
were  grati- 
fied with  the 
results  a  t  - 
tained.  The 
outlook  i  s 
most  e  n  - 
coura  g  i  n  g 
on  account 
of  the  inter- 
est and  en- 
t  h  u  s  i  a  s  m 

manifested  by  the  ])eople,  the  devotion 
and  hearty  co-operation  prevailing  among 
the  teachers,  and  the  unity  and  harmony 
which  characterize  every  effort  made  to 
improve  the  schools  and  elevate  the  stand- 
ards of  instruction.  Fostered  as  they  are 
by  a  generous  j)ublic,  sustained  by  an  en- 
lightened sentiment,  and  assisted  by  the 
stimulating  inlluence  of  a  strong  progres- 


HOLTEN    HIGH    SCHOOL    TEACHERS. 
s  Glover,  i'liiu'ipal  Powers, 

Misi  Caiiipbell.  Miss  Kicliinond, 


sive  public  spirit,  there  is  no  reason  why 
the  schools  of  Danvers  should  not  take  an 
advanced  position  among  the  best  in  the 
Commonwealth. 

HERF.KRr    E.    WENTWORTH. 

Herbert  K.  Wentworth  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Bridgewater  High  and  State  Normal 
schools  and  has  had  an  experience  in 
grammar  school  work  extending    over   a 

period  o  f 
s  i  X  t  e  e  n 
years.  He 
was  master 
of  the  Pond 
school, 
Brain  tree, 
for  four 
years,  after- 
ward a  c  - 
cepting  the 
prin  c  i  p  a  1- 
ship  of  the 
Falls  school. 
At  tleboro. 
where  he  re- 
mained two 
years,  com- 
ing fro  m 
thence  t  o 
Danvers  as 
principal  of 
the  Tapley 
school.  His 
work  in  con- 
nection with 
the  school 
has  been  of 
a  high  order 
and  has 
been  emi- 
nently satis- 
factory t  o 
the  school 
committe  e  , 
and  the  ])upils  have  been  commended  for 
their  excellent  rendering  of  vocal  music 
on  Memorial  Day  and  other  public  occa- 
sions. Mr.  Wentworth  has  been  unusual- 
ly successful  in  his  objective  methods  of 
teaching,  and  has  displayed  his  ability 
to  analyze,  revise  and  adapt  a  study  to 
the  class  he  is  teaching.  He  is  the  au- 
thor of  the  text-book  "  Objective  Lessons 


Miss  Herrick 
Miss  Eaton. 


56 


DANVERS. 


in  English,"   which  he  has  recently  co|)y- 

righted  and  expects  to  publish  this  ye  ir. 

Mr.  Wentworth  enjoys  the  confidence  of 

his    scholars     and 

their  parents.  I'he 

Tapley    school    is 

sufficient  proof  of 

the  capability    of 

the    teacher,    and 

his    efficiency     in 

adapt  i  n  g       the 

course  of  siudy  to 

the  various  classes 

is    the     result   of 

sound      judgment 

and  the  experience 

gained    in     many 

years  of  grammar 

school  work. 


LEWIS  W.  SAXEORN. 

Lewis  W.  San- 
born, principal  of 
the  Danversport 
grammar  school, 
was  born  in  Unity, 
N.  H.,  Ian.  20, 
1847.  In  1S58 
he  moved  to 
Claremont,  N.H., 
and  began  his 
education   in    the 


PRINCIPAL    H.    E.    WENTWORTH.    TAPLEY    SCHOOL. 


course  for  college  at  New  Hampshire 
Conference  Seminary  and  Female  College, 
in  Tilton,  N.  H.  While  there  he  was  as- 
sistant instructor 
in  mathematics. 
His  health  be- 
c  a  m  e  impaired 
and  he  was 
obliged  to  aban- 
don study  for  a 
while,  and  when 
he  resumed  he  did 
so  in  the  role  of  a 
teacher,  becoming 
principal  of  Tubbs 
Union  Academy 
in  Washington,  N. 
H.,  in  187  I.  Dur- 
ing his  college 
l)reparatory 
course  he  taught, 
during  winters,  in 
Acworth,  Newport 
and  Claremont,  N. 
H.,  and  one  winter 
in  Vermont.  He 
was  superinten- 
dent of  schools  in 
Claremont,  N.  H., 
in  1 87 1  and  was 
re-elected  in  1872. 
He  soon  resigned 


TAPLEY     SCHOOL. 


public  schools  and  academy  in  that  place. 
He  afterward  attended  the  academy  in 
New  London,  N.  H.,  and  finallv  took  a 


to  accept  the  ]:>osition  of  principal  of  the 
Danversport  school,  which  he  has  held 
uninterruptedly    for   nearly    twenty-eight 


DANVERS. 


57 


years.  He  is  a 
conscientious  and 
effective  teacher, 
with  exceptional 
ability  to  impart 
knowledge,  and 
he  seldom  or  nev- 
er fails  to  graduate 
every  pupil  of  his 
first  class  directly 
from  his  school  in- 
to the  High 
school.  He  is  a 
conservative  but 
exceedingly  pop- 
ular man.  He  has 
a  wife  and  son. 

Retail  Trade. 


No  community 
of  equal  size  in 
New  England  is 
more  favored  in 
the  extent,  variety 
and  quality  of  its 
retail  mercantile 
establi  s  h  m  e  n  t  s 
than  Danvers.  Ev- 


PRINCIPAL    L.    W.    SANBORN.    DANVERSPORT    SCHOOL. 


ery  branch  o  f 
trade  is  represent- 
ed by  an  adequate 
number  of  dealers 
to  furnish  a  salu- 
tary amount  of 
competition.  This 
competition  is  ad- 
vantageous as  a 
spur  to  the  various 
merchants,  n  o  t 
only  to  retail 
goods  at  favorable 
figures  to  the  con- 
sumers, but  as  an 
incentive  for  the 
various  dealers  to 
outdo  their  com- 
petitors in  variety 
and  completeness 
of  the  stock  of 
goods  carried.  It 
is  true  that  most 
of  the  staple  goods 
that  can  be  found 
in  the  large  trad- 
ing centres  may 
be  found  in  Dan- 
vers   stores    upon 


DANVERSPORT  SCHOOLHOUSE. 


58 


DANVERS. 


fully  as  favorable  terms.  There  is  thus  no 
legitimate  excuse  for  the  people  to  trade 
out  of  town.  This  spirit  of  patronizing  and 
supporting  home  merchants  finds  a  ready 
reciprocity  in  the  tradesmen  in  the  shape  of 
the  best  in  all  lines  of  goods  at  the  narrow- 
est margins  consistent  with  legitimate  and 
reasonable  living  profits.  Thus  it  happens 
that  there  is  found  in  Danvers  a  class  of 
merchants  broad  and  liberal  enough  to 
co-operate  for  the  general  betterment  of 
business  conditions,  a  class  of  citizens 
wise  enough  to  patronize  the  home  mer- 
chants. The  many  advantages  of  trading 
in  Danvers  are  so  well  known  that  people 
come  from  an  ever  increasing  radius  to 
barter,  to  sell  their  products  and  to  buy 
their  supplies.  Thus  Danvers  is  the  cen- 
tral trading 
])oint  of  a 
much  larger 
territory  than 
the  average 
town  of  the 
same  size  and 
i  m  portance. 
There  is  no 
p  ere  eptible 
reason  why 
this  pleasing 
condition  of 
affairs  should 
not  continue, 
thus  giving 
every  assur- 
ance of 
steady,  sub- 
stantial growth  and  permanent  prosperity. 

TRANSPORIATION    AND    COMMUNICATION. 

The  growth  of  any  community  is  great- 
ly enhanced  by  the  extent  and  liberal 
character  of  its  transportation  facilities. 
Few  towns  in  the  commonwealth  are  bet- 
ter provided  with  railroad  facilities  both 
for  shipping  and  for  passenger  traffic  than 
Danvers.  The  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R. 
affords  an  easy  outlet  and  inlet  to  the 
town,  there  being  nine  passenger  stations 
within  the  town  limits.  This  road  gives 
quick  transportation  to  the  various  trade 
centres  toward  any  point  of  the  compass, 
twenty-one  trains  arriving  and  departing 
from  Danvers  daily.     The  Lynn  &  Boston 


RESIDENCE    OF    L     W.    SANBORN. 


Street  railway,  recently  absorbed  by  the 
big  syndicate,  has  an  excellently  equipped 
and  managed  electric  road  with  a  half  hour 
service  to  the  principal  adjoining  cities. 
The  Postal  and  Western  Union  telegraph 
companies  and  the  New  England  Tele- 
phone and  Telegraph  company  maintain 
offices  here  and  place  Danvers  in  direct 
communication  with  the  entire  world. 
The  American  and  other  express  compa- 
nies are  represented  and  do  a  general  for- 
warding business. 

TO    MANUFACTURERS. 

One  object  of  this  work  is  to  bring  to 
the  attention  of  manufacturers  and  capi- 
talists the  many  advantages  Danvers  of- 
fers either  for  the  establishment  of  new 

industries  or 
the  extension 
of  those  al- 
ready in  oper- 
ation in  other 
]D  1  a  c  e  s  . 
Among  the 
Intel  1  i  g  e  n  t 
and  well 
meaningman- 
ufacturersand 
merchants  of 
Danvers  the 
si)irit  of  pub- 
lic and  com- 
mercial prog- 
ress is  strong- 
ly developed, 
and  among 
these  that  feeling  of  unity  of  thought  and 
action  so  absolutely  necessary  to  individ- 
ual and  collective  welfare  is  most  striking- 
ly displayed.  These  representative  men 
have  always  been  alive  to  the  fact  that 
prosperity  based  upon  commercial  inter- 
ests exclusively  must  of  necessity  be 
ephemeral  and  short-lived.  They  have 
actively  and  practically  encouraged  the 
location  of  manufacturing  enterprises  of 
all  kinds,  and  will  do  so  again.  Every  ef- 
fort that  is  consistent  with  honest,  ])ro- 
gressive  endeavor  will  be  gladly  and  vig- 
orously made.  Let  your  enterprise  be  a 
good  one  and  Danvers  people  will  see 
that  you  receive  every  encouragement  to 
locate  here.    -The  men   we  want  to  avail 


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59 


themselves  of  the  proffered  advantages 
are  those  possessing  thorough  practical 
and  technical  knowledge  of  the  business 
they  propose  to  undertake  and  sufficient 
capital  to  establish  and  operate  such  busi- 
ness. To  such  men  Danvers  will  extend 
a  hearty  welcome  and  they  will  have  no 
difficulty  in  securing  good  factory  sites 
and  every  facility  for  this  purpose.  No- 
where is  there  combined  more  of  those 
elements  which  are  so  essential  to  the 
successful  manufacture  of  goods  of  a  va- 
ried character  as  in  Danvers.  The  great 
system  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  R.  R., 
converging  in  all  directions,  places  Dan- 
vers in  direct  touch  with  the  great  com- 
mercial centres  and  markets  of  the  coun- 
try;  this  combined  with  the  abundant 
supply  of  raw  material  and  the  large 
amount  of  capital  lying  ready  to  be  in- 
vested in  any  legitimate  enterprise  having 
a  reasonable  prospect  of  success,  all  com- 
bine to  make  Danvers  a  desirable  location 
for  the  establishment  of  industries.  The 
close  proximity  to  the  large  eastern  cities 
and  the  lowness  of  the  freight  rates  bring 
the  cost  of  production  down  to  the  low- 
est possible  figure  and  provide  an  excel- 
lent market  for  manufactured  goods  of 
every  description.  Our  geographical 
position,  the  advantages  of  a  commercial, 
financial  and  manufacturing  centre  already 
established,  and  a  vast  territory  to  supply, 
a  good  supply  of  skilled  labor  at  very 
reasonable  wages,  leave  nothing  to  be  de- 
sired. Practically  every  class  of  goods 
can  be  successfully  manufactured  here  to 
advantage  and  with  a  good  profit  to  the 
manufacturer  who  does  not  have  to  pay 
an  exhorbitant  sum  annually  for  freight 
to  far-distant  markets.  It  will  be  to  the 
advantage  of  all  those  seeking  a  location, 
whether  for  business  or  residential  pur- 
poses, to  come  and  look  the  field  over  and 
obtain  further  particulars  of  what  induce- 
ments are  offered  before  deciding  upon  a 
location.  To  the  man  or  corporation 
looking  for  a  new  location  for  business, 
profession  or  manufacturing,  Danvers  pre- 
sents a  pleasing  prospect.  He  sees  here 
a  diversity  of  industries,  a  variety  in  man- 
ufacturing, that  insures  ])rogress  and 
prosperity.  Then,  too,  the  prospective 
new  comer  observes  that  the  manufactur- 


ing interests  of  the  town  are  in  the  right 
hands.  They  are  owned  and  controlled 
principally  by  men  interested  in  Danvers. 
They  are  interested  in  it,  not  only  as  the 
location  of  their  lousiness,  but  as  the  home 
of  their  families,  as  the  centre  of  their 
ambitions.  The  manufacturers  of  this 
town  are  invariably  men  who  have  large 
property  interests  here  and  are  therefore 
vitally  concerned  for  the  growth  and 
future  welfare  of  this  place.  This,  then, 
gives  Danvers  a  large  advantage  over 
those  numerous  manufacturing  towns 
where  the  masters  of  industries  live  and 
are  interested  in  other  cities.  Danvers, 
as  a  community,  extends  a  cordiality  of 
reception  to  new  comers  which  has  been 
a  factor  in  increasing  its  growth. 

MANUFACTURING. 

Agriculture  would  seem  to  have  been 
the  primal  industry  which  occupied  Dan- 
ver's  first  settlers  ;  but  she  unquestionably 
owes  the  growth  of  the  past  years  to  the 
introduction  of  manufactures.  Though 
there  may  be  prejudices  against  such 
branches  of  industry,  and  some  have  re- 
garded manufacture  as  hostile  to  agricul- 
ture, we  are  persuaded  there  is  no  natural 
antagonism  between  the  two.  The  manu- 
facturer and  the  mechanic  must  subsist  on 
the  products  of  the  soil,  and  their  pres- 
ence in  an  agricultural  district  not  only 
creates  a  demand  for  the  product  of  the 
farmer,  but  brings  the  market  to  his  own 
door.  The  Danvers  farmer,  with  his 
broad  acres  of  grass  and  grain,  not  only 
finds  a  better  market  for  his  staples  by 
the  increase  in  population,  but  can  dis- 
pose of  his  vegetables,  fruits,  and  other 
produce  for  which  there  was  formerly  no 
local  demand.  The  introduction  of  the 
shoe  industry  has,  without  doubt,  tended 
towards  the  weal  of  the  town,  and  placed 
it  among  the  coming  manufacturing  cen- 
tres. Nor  is  it  strange  that  a  town  so  well 
located  as  Danvers  should  invite  capital  to 
be  invested  in  manufacturing.  There  are 
at  present  shoe,  leather,  brick,  box,  rubber 
and  necktie,  iron  works  and  machine  shops, 
establishments,  numbering  in  all  105. 
Market  gardening  is  also  an  important  in- 
dustry. These  industries  employ  on  an 
average  of  1,113  persons,  who  receive  in 


6o 


DANVERS. 


wages  of  $531,834  annually,  an  average  of 
$477.84  for  each  person.  The  capital 
invested  in  manufacturing  amounts  to 
$899,105,  and  the  yearly  product  is 
$2,619,085.  Every  business  man  knows 
the  full  value  of  intelligent,  educated, 
skilled  workmen.  Nowhere  is  this  phase 
more  propitious  than  here.  The  business 
of  the  town  enjoys  a  steady  growth,  speak- 
ing well  for  the  prudence  and  foresight  of 
the  capitalists,  merchants,  manufacturers 
and  investors  who  are  here  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits.  It  is  conceded  by 
all  that  Danvers,  as 
a  manufactur  i  n  g 
centre,  has  many 
great  advantages, 
and  her  claims  in 
this  respect  are  be- 
coming more  fully 
recognized  day  by 
day.  Fully  alive  to 
the  fact  that  perma- 
nency of  prosperity 
of  any  community 
lies  in  the  posses- 
sion of  an  abun- 
dance of  manufac- 
turing enterprises, 
the  people  of  Dan- 
vers have  of  late 
years  encouraged 
without  stint  the 
location  here  of  in- 
dustrial establish- 
ments. Adequate 
and  valuable  advan- 
tages are  afforded 
for  manufactories, 
transportation  facil- 
ities are  unexcelled, 
living  is  cheap,  and 

rents  are  low.  The  board  of  selectmen 
will  be  glad  to  answer  incjuiries  from  manu- 
facturers contemplating  settling  here  and 
every  inducement  will  be  affordetl. 


A  leisurely  walk  through  the  streets  of 
Danvers  can  not  fail  to  cause  pleasure. 
There  are  delightful  drives  extending  in 
every  direction,  through  some  of  the  most 
beautiful  and  historic  scenery  in  the 
country.  Concrete  sidewalks  on  the 
principal  streets  and  macadamized  roads 
are  a  feature  of  the  town.  The  streets  are 
wide,  and  at  night  are  well  lighted  by 
electricity.  Maple  street  is  the  principal 
busiaess  thoroughfare  and  there  are  sev- 
eral streets  in  the  residential  portion  of 
the  town  where  have  been  erected  many 
elegant  edifices,  the 
homes  of  our  well- 
to-do  residents. 

Electric  Light 
Plant. 


ELECTRIC   LIGHT    STATION. 


Higfhway  Department, 

Residents  of  Danvers,  who  have  for 
years  enjoyed  the  beauties  of  the  shady 
walks,  elegant  residences,  and  well-kept 
streets,  appreciate  to  the  fullest  decree  the 
picturesqueness  and  beauty  of  the  town. 


At  the  annual 
town  meeting  held 
in  March,  1888,  a 
committee  consist- 
ing of  N.  L.  Turner, 
T.  J.  Lynch,  F.  H. 
Caskin,  S.  C.  Put- 
nam and  George 
Tapley  was  appoint- 
ed to  investigate 
and  report  on  a 
street  lighting  sys- 
tem, :  ^The  subject 
of  electric  lighting 
was  carefully  con- 
sidered and  the 
committee  recom- 
mended that  the 
town  expend 
$15,000  to  erect 
and  maintain  an 
electric  light  plant 
of  its  own.  The  report  was  received  fav- 
orably and  the  sum  was  appropriated,  a 
committee  consisting  of  N.  L.  Turner,  J. 
K.  Dale,  C.  P.  Kerans,  S.  C.  Putnam,  T. 
J.  Lynch,  George  Tapley  and  F.  H.  Cas- 
kin being  appointed  to  expend  the  appro- 
priation in  installing  the  plant.  The  arc 
light  system  was  decided  upon  and  on 
August  2  a  contract  was  entered  into  with 
the  Brush  I'.lectric  Co.  for  the  steam  and 
electric  plant,  and  with  W.  C.  Huff  for  the 
erection  of  the-  necessary  buildings.     On 


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6i 


Jan.  2,  1889,  the  plant  was  completed 
and  on  the  same  evening  seventy-two  arc 
lights  were  lighted.  It  soon  became  ap- 
parent that  the  plant  would  have  to  be 
considerably  enlarged  and  the  matter  was 
brought  up  at  each  succeeding  town  meet- 
ing, but  action  was  delayed  until  1896, 
when  George  B.  Sears,  Esq.,  T.  J.  Lynch, 
C.  N.  Perley,  J.  K.  Ropes  and  F.  H.  Cas- 
kin  weie  appointed  a  committee  to  again 
consider  the  question,  with  the  result  that 
it  was  voted  to  appro])riate  $11,000  and 
the  same  committee  was  directed  to  ex- 
pend same.  Dec. 
3,  iSg6,  the  plant 
was  in  operation, 
but  even  with 
these  increased 
facilities  the  plant 
was  found  inade- 
quate for  the  de- 
mands made  upon 
it  by  reason  of  the 
ever  increasing 
popularity  of  elec- 
tricity as  an  illu- 
minant.  At  a 
special  meeting 
called  in  July, 
1898,  the  superin- 
tendent asked  for 
an  appropriation 
of  $5,500  to  again 
enlarge  the  plant 
and  it  was  granted 
together  w  i  t  h 
$8,500  for  arc 
lamps.  On  Dec. 
14,  the  new  two- 
phase  alternater 
of  2,400  light  ca- 
pacity was  started, 
designed  to  furnish  both  light  and  power. 
The  plant  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  in 
the  state  and  is  now  self  supporting. 
Danvers  was  the  first  town  in  the  state  to 
own  its  electric  lighting  plant  and  the 
success  of  the  experiment  has  proven  that 
it  was  an  excellent  and  renumerative  in- 
vestment for  the  town.  The  demand  for 
incandescent  lights  has  far  exceeded  ex- 
pectations, and  there  is  now  a  movement 
to  run  the  plant  continuously  for  both 
light  and  |)Ower. 


SUPT.    T.    J.    LYNCH 


SUPT.    TIMOTHY    J.    LYNCH. 

Mr.  Lynch  was  born  and  reared  in 
Danvers,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  subsequently  entered  the 
stitching  room  of  a  shoe  shop  to  learn 
the  business.  Later  he  bought  the  shoe 
fitting  business  of  M.  Manning  which  he 
conducted  until  it  was  moved  to  larger 
factories  when  he  bought  the  patent  rights 
of  a  button  hole  machine.  \\'hen  the  firm 
of  Martin,  Clapp  &  French  was  formed 
Mv.  Lynch  contracted  with  them  to  do 
their  fitting,  buy- 
ing part  of  the 
machinery,  stock 
and  fittings  which 
he  removed  to 
their  factory  in 
Tapleyville  i  n 
Sept.  1 88 1.  The 
following  Januarv 
the  factory  was 
devastated  by  fire 
and  the  business 
was  moved  to 
Lynn.  Shortly 

afterward  the  gen- 
eral adoption  of 
the  Reese  ma- 
chine deteriorat- 
ed the  value  of 
his  ])atents  and 
he  retire<l  from 
the  business.  Mr. 
Lynch  has  taken 
a  deep  and  last- 
ing interest  in 
municipal  aftairs 
and  has  served  on 
several  important 
committees.  1  n 
t888,  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
api)ointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  street 
lighting,  and  also  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  expend  $15,000  for  an  electric 
light  plant.  He  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  electric  light  ])lant  in  1890, 
and  the  same  year  was  granted  a  patent 
on  an  arc  lamp  hanger  which  he  had  in- 
vented. Mr.  Lynch  was  also  chairman  of 
the  committee  appointed  in  1891  to  con- 
sider the  advisability  of  enlarging  the  elec- 
tric light  i)lant  for  domestic  and  commer- 


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DANVERS. 


cial  purposes,  and  served  on  the  commit- 
tee of  1S96  when  the  plant  was  enlarged. 
He  acted  as  moderator  of  the  special  town 
meeting  held  in  1896.  Mr.  Lynch  has 
been  identified  with  various  societies  of 
Danvers  and  has  been  president  of  the  C. 
T.  A.  Society ;  Chief  Ranger,  M.  C.  O. 
F.,  and  Master  Workman  A.  O.  U.  W. 
His  services  on  the  various  committees, 
and  as  superintendent  of  the  town's  elec- 
tric light  plant  have  been  eminently  satis- 
factory and  his  wise  counsel  and  mechan- 
ical ability  have  been  beneficial  factors 
in  making  the  electric  service  a  great  and 
lasting  success.  He  is  now  devoting  his 
entire  time  to  the  plant,  and  is  vastly  in- 
creasing its  efficiency. 


the  department  is  89,  consisting  of  one 
chief,  four  assistants  and  84  call  men. 
The  apparatus  consists  of  5  wagons,  4 
reels,  i  hook  and  ladder  truck,  3  pungs,  5 
three  gallon  and  2  six  gallon  Babcock  ex- 
tinguishers. The  United  States  Fire 
Alarm  system  is  in  use,  and  there  are 
about  30  alarm  boxes  and  three  or  four 
steam  whistles  and  bells  connected  with 
the  department.  There  are  229  fire  hy- 
drants and  the  water  supply  is  more  than 
adequate  for  all  requirements,  the  high 
pressure  enabling  a  stream  to  be  thrown 
with  ease  over  the  highest  building  with- 
out the  aid  of  an  engine.  As  a  conse- 
quence there  is  not  an  engine  in  the  de- 
partment.    Factories  are    supplied    with 


CENTRAL    FIRE    AND    POLICE    STATION. 


Fire  Department. 

In  the  efficiency  of  the  fire  department 
lies  a  measure  of  safety  for  the  town  and 
its  inhabitants  which  cannot  afford  to 
be  overlooked  by  any  municipality  con- 
ducted upon  modern  ideas  of  safety  for 
life  and  property.  From  the  bucket  and 
axe  brigade  of  the  settlers  of  earlier  years 
to  the  horse-drawn  hose  wagons  and  aerial 
trucks  of  the  present  day  is  indeed  an 
evolution  ;  but  as  evolution  in  all  things 
finite  is  an  irrefragable  law,  so  in  this  de- 
partment of  our  own  municipality  has  the 
spirit  of  progress  kept  pace  with  the  re- 
quirements of  the  times.  The  department 
is  under  the  control  of  a  board  consisting 
of  five  firewards.  The  number  of  firemen  in 


automatic  sprinklers  and  other  precautions 
against  fire.  The  thorough  efficiency  of 
this  department  is  a  matter  for  congratu- 
lation, and  under  the  present  regime  a 
minimum  of  danger  by  fire  is  assured. 

At  present  there  is  a  movement  to  con- 
solidate the  management  of  the  fire,  po- 
lice and  electric  light  departments,  with 
the  view  of  increasing  the  efficiency  and 
reducing  cost  of  maintenance.  The  as- 
sertion is  made  that  one  chief  officer  and 
two  assistants  with  a  selected  force  of 
firemen,  and  four  of  their  number  under 
fair  salary  to  act  as  electric  linemen  and 
s])ecial  police,  could  more  effectively  and 
cheaply  conduct  the  three  departments 
than  is  now  done  under  separate  heads. 
The  matter  is  being  considered. 


DANVERS. 


63 


Police  Department. 

The  police  force  ordinarily  consists  of 
five  constables,  elected  yearly,  and  a  chief 
of  police  appointed  annually  by  the  board 
of  selectmen.  This  force  patrols  the 
business  and  residential  portions  of  the 
town  and  has  been  effective  in  protect- 
ing the  property  of  citizens  and  main- 
taining order.  Although  the  appoint- 
ments are  made  upon  a  yearly  basis,  some 
members  of  the  force  enjoy  a  continued 
incumbency  of  office  n^t  observable  un- 
der similar  con- 
ditions in  other 
towns.  The  lat- 
est re])ort  shows 
the  number  of  ar- 
rests to  be  :  males, 
108  ;  females,  12  ; 
minors,  1 1 .  The 
fines  paid  at  the 
district  court  were 
forty-seven,  a  g- 
gregating  $578, 
and  at  the  supe- 
rior court,  one  of 
$50.  The  aggre- 
g  a  t  e  imprison- 
ment was  nine 
years  and  four 
months,  and  one 
prisoner  received 
a  life  sentence. 
There  were  only 
four  and  a  half 
gallons  of  whiskey 
and  sixty-two  bot- 
tles of  beer  seized. 
The  net  cost  of  the 
force  for  the  year 
was  $2,718.27. 

Water  Works. 


The  Water  Works  Department  is  un- 
der the  control  of  a  board  of  water  com- 
missioners consisting  of  three  members, 
one  of  whom  is  elected  annually  for  a 
term  of  three  years.  In  1876  the  State 
Insane  Hospital  joined  with  the  town  of 
Danvers  in  the  establishment  of  the 
present  water  works,  the  expense  to  be 
borne  partly  by  the  State  and  partly  by 


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CHIEF    OF    POLICE    A.    W.    BACON. 


the  town.     Middleton  and  Swan's   ponds 
at  Middleton  were  selected  as  the  source 
of  supply,  the  water  being  of  an   excep- 
tionally high  quality.     Owing  to   the  ele- 
vation at    which  the   Hospital  stands,  it 
became    necessary    to    use   high-pressure 
pumps  to  force  the  water  into  the  reser- 
voir on  the  summit  of  Hathorne   hill,  in 
close  proximity  to  the  Hospital.     A  large 
brick    pumping    station    was     erected    at 
Middleton  with  two  powerful  engines  cap- 
able   of   pumping    2,000,000    gallons    of 
water     daily.      The     state     contributed 
$12,500     towards 
the  expense, 
erected     a    reser- 
voir on   Hathorne 
hill  with  a  capacity 
of  5,000,000  gal- 
lons, and    agreed 
to  pay   the    town 
in  addition  $1,000 
a  year  for  twenty 
years  for  its  water. 
This      agreement 
expired     in    De- 
cember, 1 896  and 
has  not  been   re- 
newed, the  matter 
now    being    in 
course  of   adjust- 
ment by  a    com- 
mission appointed 
by     the    Supreme 
Court.     In    1S97 
the  town   erected 
the     reservoir    on 
Wills  hill,  Middle- 
ton,  with  a  capac- 
ity   of    1,500,000 
gallons.       T  h  i  s 
reservoir        has 
proven  a  great  success  and   has  reduced 
the  pressure  on  the  force  main  from  80 
to  60  pounds,  which  is  a   distinct  advan- 
tage, as  formerly  such  a  large  quantity  of 
water  was  forced  through  so  small  a  pipe 
that  the  main  was  necessarily  affected   by 
the  throbbing  of  the  pumps.     Under  the 
new  conditions  the  coal  has  nearly  twelve 
per  cent,   higher  efficiency  and    twenty- 
five  per  cent,  more  water  than  formerly 
could  be  pumped  in  the  same  time.     The 
latest  report  of  the  board  of  water  com- 


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DANVERS. 


has  charge  and  his  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  his  business  has  enabled 
him  to  utilize  its  capacity  to  the 
best  advantage  while  reducing  the 
cost  of  operation  to  a  minimum. 
Mr.  Curtis  takes  an  active  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  town  where  he 
resides  and  has  acted  as  moderator 
of  the  Middleton  town  meetings. 
He  was  married  Nov.  28,  1878 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  F.  McEntee  of 
Salem. 

1>AVI1)  J.   HARRIGAN,   SUPERINTENDENT 
OF    PIPES. 

David  J.  Harrigan,  for  many 
years  superintendent  of  pipes  of 
the  Danvers  Water  Works,  is  able 
and  conscientious  and  thoroughly 
fitted  for  the  important  position. 
He  is  in  constant  supervision  of  the 
extensive  system,  and  his  complete 
knowledge  and  experience  make 
him  a  valuable  officer. 


ENGINEER    J      H.    CURTIS. 


missioners  shows  that  226,281,176  gal- 
lons of  water  were  pumped  during  the 
year.  There  are  44  miles  of  service  pip- 
ing, and  1,700  families  are  supplied  with 
water.  The  town  is  abundantly  supplied 
with  fire  hydrants,  229  being  distributed 
within  its  limits. 

JAMES    H.    CURTIS. 

James  H.  Curtis,  who  for  the  past  fif- 
teen years  has  been  the  engineer  of  the 
Danvers  Water  Works  pumping  station  at 
Middleton,  was  born  in  Danvers,  April  9, 
1855,  and  graduated  from  the  Holten 
High  School.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a 
machinist  and  has  been  employed  in  that 
business  and  engineering  all  his  life.  His 
appointment  as  engineer  of  the  water 
works  was  a  fortunate  selection  of  a  wor- 
thy candidate  and  his  duties  have  at  all 
times  been  performed  with  faithfulness 
and  competency.  Fully  realizing  the  im- 
portance of  his  position  he  has  devoted 
his  utmost  skill  and  ability  towards  the 
improvement    of  the  plant  of   which  he 


SUPT.    D.    J.    HARRIGAN. 


DANVERS. 


65 


Postoffice  Department. 

The  first  postoffice  established  in  con- 
nection with  the  town  of  Danvers  was  at 
Danversport  in  182 8.  Since  then  post- 
offices  have  been  opened  at  Danvers, 
Tapleyville,  Danvers  Centre  and  Asykim 
Station,  malting  five  in  all.  That  at 
Danvers  is  the  most  important  in  point 
of  business  transacted  which  amounts  to 
about  58,000  annually.  Asylum  Station 
comes  next  with  about  $700,  the  other 
offices  returning  a  somewhat  smaller 
amount.  For  the  past  two  or  three  years 
the  question  of  free  delivery  has  been 
urged  by  the  citizens,  but  ineffectually,  as 
it  is  a  rule  of  the  postoffice  department 
that  a  city  or  town  shall  have  at  least  a 


office.  With  the  free  delivery  system 
there  would  be  at  least  two  collections 
and  two  deliveries  daily  in  all  parts  of 
the  town,  five  carriers  being  employed. 
Charles  N.  Perley,  postmaster  at  Danvers, 
is  using  his  best  endeavors  to  bring  about 
this  very  desirable  reform  in  postal  regu- 
lations and  it  is  hoped  that  the  system  of 
free  delivery  will  soon  be  an  accom- 
plished fact  under  his  able  advocacy. 


The  Shoe  Industry. 

Over  a  century  ago  boots  and  shoes 
were  made  to  supply  the  local  trade,  and 
were  what  was  called  "  custom  work." 
At  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War, 
as    the    country  became   more    extended 


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THE    G.    A.    TAPLEY    FACTORY. 


population  of  10,000  or  that  $10,000 
worth  of  business  shall  be  transacted. 
Danvers  cannot  meet  the  requirements  of 
the  department  as  regards  population, 
but  through  the  efforts  of  citizens  has  in- 
creased the  business  in  the  various  of- 
fices so  that  if  they  were  consolidated 
the  returns  would  be  much  more  than 
those  required  to  give  us  a  free  delivery 
throughout  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
town.  'J"he  free  delivery  system  has  re- 
ceived some  opposition  from  individuals 
residing  in  various  parts  of  the  town  who 
appear  to  labor  under  a  misapprehension 
concerning  the  benefits  to  be  derived 
from  such  a  system.  At  present  mail 
matter    must   be  called   for  at  the  post- 


and  population  more  numerous,  there 
sprang  u]:)  a  demand — in  the  then  South- 
ern States — for  shoes  of  northern  manu- 
facture. They  had  previously  been  sup- 
plied by  importation.  The  energy  of 
our  citizens  soon  led  them  to  furnish 
goods  for  this  market,  and  the  making  of 
boots  and  shoes  soon  became  the  princi- 
pal industry  of  the  town  and  gave  em- 
|)loyment  to  hundreds  of  persons.  In 
the  United  States  Census  Report  of  1810, 
Danvers  is  ranked  among  the  towns  most 
extensively  engaged  in  this  industry.  In 
explanation  of  the  want  of  increase  and 
l)rosperity  in  this  branch  of  business  it 
may  be  stated  that  a  large  proportion  of 
our  manufacturers  now  have  their  sales- 


66 


DANVERS. 


rooms  in  Boston,  while  their  goods  are 
made  in  various  towns  in  New  England. 
The  business  would  be  nearly  doubled  if 
it  were  all  brought  here.  But  this  would 
not  be  regarded  as  judicious  management, 
since  the  kinds  and  styles  are  so  various, 
and  there  are  so  many  advantages  in 
bringing  similar  classes  together. 

The  largest  shoe  manufacturing  firm  in 
town  is  that  of  C.  C.  Farwell  &  Co.  which 
gives  employment  to  upward  of  200  per- 
sons, and  runs  almost  the  entire  year  with- 
out shutting  down.  It  is  an  old  and  im- 
portant business  now  conducted  by  H.  G. 
P'arwell.  Other  local  firms  are  G.  A.  Creigh- 
ton  &  Son,  Eaton  &  Armitage  and  several 
smaller  concerns,  in  addition  to  those  more 
fully  described  in  following  articles. 


bers  being  men  of  integrity  and  honor 
in  every  dealing,  standing  high  inSthe 
community.  The  products  of  the  con- 
cern have  become  standard  goods  of 
their  grade  in  the  market  on  account  of 
their  excellent  finish,  durability  and  at- 
tractive appearance.  The  trade  of  the 
firm  is  derived  from  nearly  every  state  in 
the  Union  and  although  the  factory  has  a 
capacity  of  over  one  thousand  pairs  of 
shoes  a  day  it  has  frequently  been  taxed 
to  the  utmost  to  keep  pace  with  the  de- 
mand and  execute  the  orders  promptly. 
Mr.  Clapp  came  to  Danvers  when  a  young 
man,  and  has  engaged  in  the  shoe  business 
ever  since.  He  is  a  thoroughly  experienced 
shoe  manufacturer,  being  informed  in  ev- 
ery detail  of  the  work.     Mr.  Tapley^was 


CLAPP    &    TAPLEY    FACTORY. 


Clapp  &  Tapley. 

In  1885  Granville  W.  Claj^p  and  Wal- 
ter A.  Tajiley  formed  a  [partnership  and 
began  the  manufacturing  of  women's, 
misses'  and  children's  shoes  in  one  of  G. 
A.  Tapley's  factories  at  Tapleyville.  The 
mechanical  equipments  of  the  establish- 
ment are  of  the  most  perfect  and  com- 
plete character,  and  include  all  the  most 
recent  inventions  in  machinery  for  secur- 
ing improved  productions  at  minimum 
cost.  The  machinery  is  operated  by 
steam-power  and  over  one  hundred  per- 
sons are  employed  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  business.  The  firm  is  one  of 
the  most  reliable  in  the  business,  the  mem- 


born  in  Danvers,  graduating  from  the 
Holten  High  School  and  Comer's  Busi- 
ness College,  Boston.  He  has  engaged 
in  various  commercial  pursuits  both  here 
and  in  Boston  and  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  Mosaic  Lodge  and  of  the  Holten 
Royal  Arch  Chapter. 

J,  W,  Tulloch. 

This  business  was  established  in  1873 
by  James  Tulloch,  father  of  the  present 
proprietor.  Upon  his  death  in  1877  the 
business  was  continued  by  J.  W.  Tulloch, 
who  has  succeeded  in  developing  a  trade 
which  extends  generally  through  the 
south  and  west,  although  a  considerable 


DANVERS. 


67 


business  is  done  in  the  states  of  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania.  Tiie  factory  is 
a  commodious  three-story  building,  fully 
equipped  with  all 
the  latest  improved 
machinery,  tools  and 
appliances  known  to 
the  trade.  From 
forty  to  fifty  skilled 
operatives  are  em- 
ployed who  turn  out 
annually  7,500  pairs 
of  shoes.  Mr.  Tul- 
1  o  c  h  manufactures 
fine  machine  sewed 
women's,  m  i  s  s  e  s' 
children's  and  little 
men's  shoes,  the  lat- 
ter being  a  specialty 
with  this  house.  All 
goods  are  made  up 
of  the  best  materials, 
and  are  unsurpassed 
i  n  their  respective 
grades  for  finish, 
style,  durability  and 
workmanship.  They 
are  admirably  adapt- 
ed to  the  wants  of 
first-class  retailers 
and  jobbers,  and  the 
large  and  annually 
increasing     trade  of 


merits  of  the  goods  produced.  Mr.  Tul- 
loch  is  a  native  of  Danvers,  and  upon 
graduating  from  the  Holten  High  School 
entered  his  father's 
shop  to  learn  the 
business  of  shoe- 
making  in  which 
he  has  since  con- 
tinued. 


Donovan  &  Shea. 


The  shoe  manu- 
facturing firm  o  f 
Donovan  &  Shea 
had  its  inception  in 
18S5,  when  Daniel 
J.  Donovan  a  n  d 
Thomas  F.  Shea 
commenced  business 
in  a  factory  on 
Maple  street  where 
they  remained  until 
two  years  ago,  when 
the  business  had  in- 
creased so  much  that 
they  were  obliged  to 
seek  more  commodi- 
ous premises.  T  h  e 
present  shop  is  locat- 
ed on  Hobart  street 
and  is  a  three-story 
frame    building  well 


TULLOCH  S    FACTORY. 


the  house  is  ample  evidence  of  the  ap-      equipped  with  all  the  most  modern  ma- 
preciation  that  has  been  accorded  to  the      chinery  and    labor-saving  devices  known 


68 


DANVERS. 


DANIEL    J.    DONOVAN. 


to  the  trade  and  well  adapted  to  the 
requirements  of  the  business.  The 
firm  manufacture  women's  and 
children's  fine  and  medium  grade 
shoes  of  which  they  turn  out  2,000 
cases  annually.  Only  the  best  class 
of  stock  is  used  in  the  manufacture 
of  the  goods  and  fifty  skilled  shoe- 
workers  are  constantly  employed. 
The  facilities  of  the  house  for  the 
prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfilment 
of  orders  are  absolutely  unsur]jassed, 
and  the  goods  manufactured  are 
suited  to  the  re([uirements  of  the 
Boston  and  New  York  markets  in 
which  the  house  enjoys  a  large  and 
permanent  trade,  obtained  solely  on 
the  merits  of  its  output.  Mr.  Don- 
ovan was  born  in  South  l^oston, 
Dec.  20,  1861,  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Salem 
and  coming  to  Danvers  in  1880. 
Mr.  Shea  is  a  native  of  Danvers  and 
was  educated  in  our  public  schools. 
Both  the  partners  are  expert  and 
thoroughly  experienced  shoemakers 
and  have  been  engaged  in  the  shoe 
business  since  leaving  school.    They 


are    possessed  of  undoubted  ability  and 
experience  and  their  success  is  assured. 

The  Danvers  Insane  Hospital. 

Situated  northwest  of  the  settled  part 
of  the  town,  and  about  three  miles  from 
its  business  streets,  stands  the  Danvers 
Insane  Hospital,  u])on  an  abrupt  eminence 
known  as  Hathorne  hill.  The  summit  of 
this  hill  is  240  feet  above  the  sea  level. 
The  building,  or  group  of  buildings,  is  of 
brick,  in  Gothic  style  of  architecture,  and 
is  an  imposing  landmark  for  miles  around. 

The  hospital  was  built  during  a  period 
when  throughout  the  country  state  hos- 
pitals for  the  insane  were  being  con- 
structed massively,  and  were  evidently 
intended  to  be  imposing  in  appearance. 
Attention  was  given  to  producing  archi- 
tectural eff"ect,  but  the  time  has  undoubt- 
edly passed  when  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts will  ever  again  build  a  hospital  upon 
similar  lines.  The  tendency  now  is  to 
erect  a  substantial  and  plain  structure  for 
such  purposes. 


THOMAS    F.    SHEA. 


DANVERS. 


69 


The  hospital  buil  lings  were  begun  about 
1875,  and  were  first  reidy  for  patients 
in  the  spring  of  187S.  At  this  time  it  was 
predicted  by  some  that  the  hospital  would 
never  be  filled,  but  within  a  few  years, 
like  all  the  other  state  hospitals,  it  became 
crow  led,  anl  since  the  Danvers  hospital 
was  built  two  other  large  hospitals  for  the 
insane  have  been  built  in  this  state — one 
at  Westboro  and  the  other  at  Medfield. 

The  Danvers  Insane  Hospital  has  had 
for  its  trustees  several  Danvers  citizens. 
The  late  Charles  P.  Preston,  for  several 
years  chairman  of  the  board,  the  Hon. 
Augustus  Mudge,  the  late  Edward  Hutch- 
inson,  and     Wrn.    ?>.   SuHivin,    Esq.,   who 


superintendent,  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  B. 
Goldsmith,  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  A.  Gorton, 
more  latterly  superintendent  of  the  Butler 
Hospital  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  Dr. 
Chas.  W.  Page,  who  his  recently  gone  to 
Middletown,  Conn.,  as  the  superintendent 
of  the  Connecticut  Hospital  for  the  in- 
sane, 'i'he  present  superintendent  is  Dr. 
Arthur  H.  Harrington.  The  corps  of 
assistant  physicians  is  Dr.  H.  H.  Colburn, 
Dr.  F.  A.  Ross,  Dr.  Wm.  L.  Worcester, 
Pathologist,  and  Dr.  Mary  Paulsell.  The 
steward  of  the  hospital  for  nearly  ten 
years  has  been  Mr.  John  N.  Lacey.  The 
hospital  has  altogether  about  125  officers 
and  emplovees. 


DONOVAN    &    SHEA    FACTORY. 


has  recently  completed  the  seven  years 
term  for  which  he  was  first  appointed, 
and  who  has  just  received  a  re-appoint- 
ment to  the  Board  at  the  hands  of  his 
excellency,  Roger  Wolcott.  The  present 
chairman  is  the  Hon.  Samuel  W.  Hop- 
kinson,  of  Haverhill,  who  has  been  offi- 
cially connected  with  the  institution  since 
its  opening.  The  five  remaining  mem- 
bers of  the  present  board  are  Solon  Bm- 
croft,  Esq.,  O.  F.  Rogers,  Zina  E.  Sione, 
Mrs.  Grace  A.  Oliver  and  Miss  Florence 
Lyman. 

The  hospital  has  had  for  its  superin- 
tendents Dr.  Calvin  S.  May,  Dr.  Henry 
R.  Stedman,  who  for  one  year  was  acting 


Since  the  hospital  was  opened,  nearly 
9,500  patients  have  been  treated. 

The  Danvers  hospital  has  not  been  be- 
hind the  most  advanced  institutions  of 
the  kind  in  the  country  in  providing  all 
practical  means  possil)le  for  intelligent 
treatment  of  insanity  as  a  disease.  A 
training  school  for  nurses  was  established 
nine  years  ago.  Lectuns  are  given 
weekly  by  the  medical  staff,  and  there  are 
recitations  and  practical  demonstration 
of  all  that  pertains  to  nursing  the  sick, 
clinical  lectures,  and  from  day  to  day  the 
watchful  eyes  of  the  physicians  are  quick 
to  see  the  needs  of  their  patients  and  to 
direct  their  nurses  how  to  i)rovide  for  them. 


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71 


Mechanical  restraint  lias  been  used 
with  less  and  less  frequency  for  some 
years  past,  and  in  its  place  has  arisen  a 
greater  amount  of  individual  care.  There 
has  been  also  an  almost  total  abolition  of 
the  use  of  hypnotics  and  drugs  in  the 
treatment  of  the  insane.  It  is  the  uni- 
versal testimony  of  physicians  who  have 
had  years  of  experience  with  the  insane, 
that  there  is  less  violence  and  excitement 
observed  now  than  in  former  years,  and 
this  diminution  has  been  attributed  to 
the  discontinuance  of  irritating  restraints 
and  depressing  drugs.  Among  the  more 
advanced  methods  of  treating  the  acute 
forms  of  insanity  is  hydrotherapy.  There 
is  no  drug  that  influences  the  circulation 
of  the  blood  so  effectively  as  the  various 


Nichols  of  Dm  vers,  daughter  of  the  late 
Dr.  Nichols,  giving  the  town  two  worthy 
representatives  upon  the  board.  Miss 
Nichols  is  in  every  way  qualified  for  the  po- 
sition, and  will  prove  an  able  and  accepta- 
ble trustee.  She  is  the  newly  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  1  )anvers  Women's  .'\ssociation. 


The  Iron   Industry. 

Nathan  Read,  a  Harvard  graduate  who 
came  to  Danvers  in  i  79S  was  the  origi- 
nator of  the  iron  industry  in  Danvers. 
He  was  the  inventor  of  the  first  nail  cut- 
ting machine  and  having  purchased  the 
water-power  on  Waters  river  established 
the  Salem  and  Danvers  Iron  Works. 
Read  was  the  first  to  apply  steam-power 


DANVERS    IRON    WORKS. 


methods  of  using  water.  It  is  the  clogged 
condition  of  the  brain  and  of  the  elimi- 
native  organs  brought  about  by  the  slug- 
gish action  of  circulation  that  plays  an 
important  part  often  times  in  mental 
diseases.  Apartments  were  laid  out  and 
an  apparatus  was  installed  at  the  Danvers 
Hospital  about  two  years  ago  for  this 
special  work.  Hydrolherai)y  is  in  daily 
use,  and  in  certain  instances,  is  produc- 
ing marked  effects  in  apparently  produc- 
ing speedy  improvement. 

Since  the  foregoing  article  was  prepared 
the  death  of  Mrs.  (Irace  A.  Oliver  of  the 
board  of  trustees  has  occurred,  and  the 
vacancy  has  been  filled  by  the  appoint- 
ment by  Gov.  Wolcott  of  Miss  Mary  W. 


as  a  propelling  agent  to  vessels  and  ex- 
perimented successfully  with  a  small  boat 
pro])elled  l)y  steam  paddle  wheels  on  the 
pond  beside  his  residence  several  years 
before  Fulton's  experiment  on  the  Hud- 
son. The  iron  foundry  brought  many 
iron  workers  to  Danvers  and  it  soon 
became  an  established  industry.  There 
were  a  nail-shop  and  an  anchor-shop  at 
that  time  and  in  the  latter  was  forged  the 
anchor  of  the  "  Essex  "  frigate.  In  185S 
John  Silvester  bought  the  Salem  and  Dan- 
vers Iron  Works  which  are  at  present 
operated  by  his  son  Benjamin  Silvester, 
and  have  the  distinction  of  being  one  of 
the  oldest  concerns  now  in  active  opera- 
tion in   the  county. 


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Masonry. 

By  universal  consent  Masonry  is  re- 
garded as  the  first  of  all  fraternal  orders 
by  reason  of  its  age,  the  character  of  its 
teachings  and  the  number  and  standing 
of  its  members.  Its  origin  is  known  only 
from  tradition  but  at  the  time  of  the  first 
authentic  record  the  organization  was 
already  ancient  and  had  become  strong 
and  flourishing.  It  speaks  well  for  the 
founders  of  the  town  that  they  brought 
with  them  the  secrets  of  the  royal  craft 
and  that  almost  at  the  very  first  the  sound 
of  the  Master's  gavel  was  heard  in  their 
midst. 


were  held  than  those  necessary  for  the 
preservation  of  the  charter.  Upon  the 
revival  of  Masonry  the  lodge  continued  to 
hold  its  meetmgs  at  South  Dan  vers,  now 
Peabody,  and  as  there  were  at  that  time 
upwards  of  sixty  brethren  of  the  mystic 
tie  residing  in  Danvers  a  petition  for  a 
warrant  of  dispensation  for  a  lodge  to  be 
established  in  Danvers,  under  the  name 
of  Amity  lodge,  was  signed  by  twenty-six 
of  their  number  and  in  due  time  the 
warrant  of  dispensation,  dated  Sept.  28, 
1863,  was  received.  The  brethren  had 
leased  the  upper  story  of  the  Village  Bank 
Building  and  carefully  fitted  and  neatly 
furnished  it,  and  having  provided  them- 


MASONtC   HALL. 


A  lodge  was  chartered  May  i,  1778,  to 
be  located  at  Danvers,  under  the  name  of 
United  States  Lodge.  The  charter  to- 
gether with  all  the  regalia  and  jewels  were 
consumed  by  fire  at  the  house  of  Richard 
Skidmore  in  1805. 

The  next  lodge  established  in  the  town 
was  in  1808,  under  the  name  of  Jordan 
Lodge.  Its  meetings  were  held  for  many 
years  at  Berry  Tavern.  During  the  anti- 
Masonic  excitement  which  prevailed  from 
1825  to  1835,  the  furniture,  jewels  and 
regalia  were  removed  to  South  Danvers, 
and  for  many  years    no    other    meetings 


selves  with  the  necessary  furniture,  jewels 
and  regalia,  they  held  their  first  regular 
communication  on  the  evening  of  Octo- 
ber 26,  1863.  In  1870  the  membership 
of  Amity  Lodge  had  increased  to  nearly 
150,  and  some  of  the  fraternity  believing 
that  the  interests  of  Masonry  would  be 
promoted  by  the  institution  of  another 
lodge,  thirty-three  of  the  brethren  peti- 
tioned the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  for  a  dis- 
pensation, and  in  due  time  they  received 
a  charter  to  work  under  the  name  of  Mo- 
saic Lodge,  dated  Oct.  30,  1871. 

Holten  Royal  -Arch  Chapter  was  con- 


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stituted  March  12,  1872,  agreeably  to  the 
petition  of  a  number  of  the  companions, 
and  regular  convocations  have  since  been 
held. 

The  selection  of  candidates  m  these 
lodges  has  always  been  governed  by  the 
ancient  landmark  which  declares  that  it  is 
the  internal  and  not  the  external  qualifi- 
cations that  recommend  a  man  to  Masons, 
and  the  wisdom  of  this  course  is  justified 
by  the  high  standing  morally  and  socially 
of  their  members.  Although  none  of  the 
so-called  higher  bodies  have  ever  been 
established  in  Danvers,  many  of  the  more 
enthusiastic  craftsmen  have  not  been  con- 
tent to  stop  with  the  Chapter,  but  have 
taken  degrees  in  other  places  where  these 
higher  bodies  exist. 

Throughout  its  history  the  craft  in  Dan- 
vers has  been  careful  in  selecting  its  ma- 
terial and  painstaking  in  working  out  the 
designs  upon  its  trestle-board.  To-day, 
with  an  earnest  membership  of  skilful 
workers,  its  future  bids  fair  to  be  even 
brighter  than  its  past. 

L  O.  O.  R 


In  1 8 70  a  petition  was  sent  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  praying 
that  a  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  might  be  es- 
tablished in  Danvers.  A  charter  was 
granted,  and  on  Sept.  13  of  the  same 
year,  Danvers  Lodge  153  was  instituted. 
The  charter  members  were  : — Charles 
Tapley,  J.  W.  Legro,  L.  E.  Learoyd,  Dr. 
L.  Whiting,  N.  K.  Cross,  Dr.  C  Hough- 
ton, A.  W.  Dudley,  B.  S.  Moulton,  A.  W. 
Trask,  of  Essex  Lodge,  Salem  ;  L.  Ridley, 
Bass  River  Lodge,  Beverly  ;  J.  M.  Boy- 
son,  OuascacunKjuen  Lodge,  Ipswich. 
From  its  formation  the  lodge  has  been 
prosperous  and  is  in  good  condition  finan- 
cially, having  established  an  excellent 
fund. 


Temperance. 


It  is  a  matter  of  history  and  a  notorious 
fact  that  the  early  settlers  of  Danvers 
were  much  addicted  to  the  use  of  rum  and 
other  beverages  of  an  intoxicating  nature. 
The  use  and  abuse  of  rum,  was,  however, 
in  those  days  generally  prevalent  and  it  is 


to  be  presumed  that  the  people  of  Dan- 
vers were  not  any  worse  than  their  neigh- 
bors in  this  respect;  but  early  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  town  we  find  many  warm  and 
sincere  advocates  of  temperance,  who  by 
precept  and  example  did  their  utmost  to 
stamp  out  a  practice  which,  it  is  conceded, 
exercised  a  debauchnig  effect  upon  the 
townspeople.  The  result  was  the  forma- 
tion, in  1 81 2,  of  the  Massachusetts  Socie- 
ty for  the  Suppression  of  Intemperance — 
the  first  society  of  the  kind  of  which  we 
have  any  knowledge.  This  was  followed, 
in  1 81 5,  by  the  Danvers  Moral  Society 
which  adopted  vigorous  measures  for  the 
suppression  of  the  use  of  ardent  spirits. 
Fifteen  years  later  there  was  a  general 
uprising  in  favor  of  temperance  and,  in 
1833,  Daniel  Richards  established  a  tem- 
perance store — an  innovation  in  those 
days  but  nevertheless  it  proved  highly  suc- 
cessful and  was  the  means  of  causing 
other  merchants  to  follow  the  example  thus 
set  with  the  result  that  the  sale  of  liquor 
was  materially  restricted.  Numerous  tem- 
perance societies  and  organizations  have 
sprung  up  from  time  to  time  since  then 
and  have  propagated  the  doctrine  of  tem- 
perance with  varying  success,  and  at  the 
present  time  Danvers  people  are  not  in 
any  danger  of  lapsing  in  intemperance  for 
want  of  societies  to  teach  them  the  error 
of  their  ways. 


Catholic  Total  Abstinence  Society. 


The  temperance  movement  among  the 
Catholic  people  of  Danvers  can  be  traced 
to  the  visit  of  Rev.  Theobald  Mathew  to 
Salem  in  1849.  For  twenty-one  years 
following  this  visit  the  tem])erance  move- 
ment gained  many  followers,  but  no  per- 
manent organization  was  effected  until 
Nov.  19,  1 87 1,  when  in  the  church  base- 
ment, under  the  direct  supervision  of 
Rev.  Charles  Rainoni,  the  Catholic  Total 
Abstinence  Society  was  perfected  as  an 
organization  with  the  assistance  of  James 
Fallon,  Deputy  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Temperance  L'nion,  and  some  other 
prominent  members  of  the  Young  Men's 
Temi)erance  Society  of  Salem.  Here  the 
Society  held  its  first  three  meetings  under 
the  leadership  of  Daniel  A.    Caskin,  who 


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had  been  elected  its  first  president.  The 
society  was  founded  for  the  purposes  of 
helping  the  Catholic  people  of  the  town  to 
abstain  from  the  useof  intoxicating  liquor, 
to  create  better  moral  conditions  through- 
out the  community,  to  render  assistance 
to  those  already  addicted  to  the  use  of 
liquor  and  to  support  a  place  where  the 
members  could  meet  collectively  and  act 
as  they  thought  best  for  the  benefit  of  the 
society.  On  Nov.  12,  1880,  it  was  decided 
to  purchase  the  building  formerly  known  as 
the  Bell  building,  from  the  Danvers  Sav- 
ings Bank.  In  this  building  the  society 
has  a  well  appointed  hall,  for  meetings, 
dancing  and  enter- 
tainments, on  the 
upper  floor,  one  for 
gymnasium  and  sup- 
per purposes  on  the 
middle  floor  and  a 
basement  suitable  for 
general  purposes. 
Since  the  building 
debt  has  been  re- 
moved the  society 
has  made  a  special 
endeavor  to  offer  in- 
ducements to  the 
Catholic  young  men 
of  the  town  to  join  the 
organization  and  has 
])laced  at  the  disposal 
of  members  excel- 
1  e  n  1 1  y  equipped 
rooms  with  piano, 
pool-table,  card- ta- 
bles and  all  other 
conveniences  for 
modern  amusement. 
The  society  was  in- 
corporated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Massachusetts,  July  26,  1887,  believing 
that  such  a  course  would  prove  beneficial 
in  the  time  to  follow.  This  society  was  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Union 
until  it  disbanded  in  1876,  when  it  assisted 
in  the  formation  of  the  Essex  County  Cath- 
olic Total  Abstinence  Union,  being  one  of 
the  largest  factors  in  its  formation  and  the 
fourth  oldest  society  in  the  Union. 


mention  two  societies  of  the  past  which 
no  doubt  are  still  remembered  by  our  old- 
er citizens.  The  first  was  called  the  North 
Danvers  Lyceum  (^this  was  before  the  di- 
vision of  the  town  gave  us  the  name  of 
Danverj.)  The  meetings  were  sometimes 
held  in  the  hall  of  the  old  tavern  then 
standing  on  the  site  of  the  present  hotel, 
and  the  hall  was  a  portion  of  the  grand 
old  Tory  n)ansion  which  was  moved  down 
from  Folly  Hill  nearly  one  hundred  years 
ago.  There  was  a  library  connected  with 
this  Lyceum  which  was  afterwards  dis- 
tributed among  the  members.  There  was 
also,  about  sixty  years  ago,  a  Library  As- 
sociation formed  un- 
der the  name  of  the 
Holten  Circulating 
Library  which  lived 
aboutfive  years,  when 
the  books  were  dis- 
tributed among  the 
shareholders.  Vari- 
ous literary  organiza- 
tions now  exist  in 
town. 


CAPT.    A.    P.    CHASE 


Literary  Societies. 

Perhaps  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to 


Co.  K,  Eighth 
Regt.,  M.  V.  M. 

The  Danvers  flight 
Infantry,  ofific  i  al  1  y 
known  as  Co.  K, 
Eighth  reg  i  m  e  n  t , 
Massachusetts  \o\- 
unleer  Militia,  was 
organized  March  25, 
1 89 1,  to  take  the 
place  of  Co.  K  (Me- 
chanic Light  Infan- 
try) of  Salem. 
The  prelimmary  work  was  done  by  F. 
Pierce  Tebbetts  and  John  T.  Carroll. 
The  company  consisting  of  48  recruits 
was  mustered  in  at  the  old  Berry  tavern, 
March  25,  1891,  by  Col.  J.  Albert  Mills 
of  Newburyport.  Lieut.  George  N.  B. 
Cousins  of  Co.  I,  Lynn,  was  detailed  to 
command  the  company  until  an  election 
could  be  held.  The  first  drills  were  held 
in  Town  hall. 

On  April  7,  1891,  Frank  C.  Damon 
was  elected  captain  ;  F.  Pierce  Tebbetts, 
first  lieutenant,  and  Fred  U.  French,  sec- 
ond   lieutenant.      The    following    April 


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Lieut.  Tebbetts  resigned,  Lieut.  French 
was  promoted  to  fill  the  vacancy  and 
Sergt.  A.  P.  Chase  was  elected  second 
lieutenant. 

The  company  moved  into  the  present 
armory  on  Maple  street,  Aug.  26,  1891. 
The  annual  fall  field  day  of  the  regiment 
was  held  in  Danvers,  Sept.  30,  1S91. 
The  memorable  battle  of  the  brick- yard 
was  fought  on  that  day,  near  the  old  trot- 
ting park.  The  day  was  brought  to  a 
close  by  a  dinner  to  the  entire  regiment 
in  Town  hall, 
furnished  by 
the  citizens, 
followed  by  a 
dress  parade 
in  the  Berry 
field. 

"  April,  1894, 
Lieut.  F.  U. 
French  r  e  - 
signed,  Lieut. 
Chase  was 
promoted  to 
fill  the  vacan- 
cy and  Sergt. 
H.  W.  French 
was  elected 
second  lieu- 
tenant. 

Early  i  n 
the  spring  of 
1894  Capt. 
Damon  or- 
ganized a  ri- 
fl  e  team 
which  w  o  n 
the  regimen- 
tal trophy  in 
1894  and  '95, 
losing  it  by 
three  points 
in  1896.  At  the  state  shoot  at  Walnut 
hill  in  '94,  Private  G.  F.  Draper  and  in 
'95,  Capt.  Damon,  became  distinguished 
marksmen. 

In  May,  1896,  Capt.  Damon  was  de- 
tached to  command  the  Southern  battal- 
ion of  the  regiment  and  on  Oct.  3,  1896, 
was  elected  Major.  Lieut.  A.  P.  Chase 
was  elected  captain,  Lieut.  F.  W.  French, 
first  lieutenant  and  Corp.  F.  L.  I^stey  of 
Middleton,  second  lieutenant  on  Oct.  19, 


LATE    SPENCER    S.    HOBBS 


1S96.  Capt.  Chase  was  discharged  on 
recommendation  of  the  examining  board 
Oct.  29,  1S96.  The  lieutenants  were  as- 
signed to  duty,  Lieut.  French  being  in 
command  of  the  company. 

Li  May,  1897,  A,  P.  Chase  (who  had 
re-enlisted  in  the  company  as  a  private, 
Oct.  31,  1896)  was  again  elected  captain 
and  this  time  assigned  to  duty. 

At  the  call  for  volunteers  for  service  in 
the  Spanish-American  war,  the  company 
responded  promptly  and  on  April  28  was 

quickly  r  e  - 
cruited  to  the 
war  footing  of 
74  men.  On 
May  5,  the 
c  o  m  p  a  n  y, 
with  the  fore- 
going officers 
with  the  ex- 
cept ion  of 
Lieut.  F.  L. 
Kstey,  who  at 
the  time  was 
sick,  left  Dan- 
vers for  South 
Framingham, 
the  rendez- 
vous of  the 
regiment. 
M  ay  II, 
1898,  the 
company  was 
mustered  in- 
to the  United 
States  service 
by  Lieut.  E. 
M.  Weaver, 
U.  S.  A.,  with 
the  following 
officers :  A. 
P  r  e  s  t  on 
Chase,  captain  ;  Henry  W.  French,  first 
lieutenant ;  Stephen  N.  Bond,  of  Boston, 
second  lieutenant.  The  company  was 
then  known  as  Co.  K,  Eighth  Regiment 
of  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 

May  16,  1898,  the  regiment  left  for 
Chickamauga  Park,  Ga  ,  arrivingon  the  ev- 
eningof  May  19.  The  command  bivouaced 
on  Lytle  hill,  a  spur  of  Missionary  ridge, 
and  the  next  morning  proceeded  to  perma- 
nent camp  on  the  Alexander  Bridge  road. 


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The  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  Sec- 
ond Brigade,  Third  Division,  First  Army 
Corps  and  participated  in  all  the  reviews 
held  at  Chickamauga  Park. 

During  the  month  of  August  Lieut. 
French  tendered  his  resignation  to  take 
effect  Sept.  i.  The  regiment  broke  camp 
Aug.  23,  1898  and  marched  to  Rossville, 
a  distance  of  seven  miles,  and  proceeded 
by  rail  to  Lexington,  Ky.,  making  camp, 
Aug.  24,  1898.  Soon  after  arriving  Lieut. 
French  left  for  home.  Sept.  15,  1898, 
Lieut.  Bond  was  promoted  to  first  lieu- 
tenant, vice  French,  resigned,  and  First 
Sergt.  David  F.  Whittier  of  Co.  F,  Haver- 
hill, was  made  second  lieutenant,  Sept.  16. 
Lieut.  Bond  resigned  and  was  discharged 
Oct.  28,  1898. 

The  command  left  Lexington,  Nov.  10, 
1898  and  proceeded  by  rail  to  Americus, 
Ga.,  arriving  there  Nov.  12,  1898,  and 
went  into  permanent  camp. 

Second  Lieut.  David  E.  Jewell  of  Co. 
F,  Haverhill,  was  appointed  and  commis- 
sioned first  lieutenant  and  assigned  to  Co. 
K,  vice  Bond  resigned,  Dec.  16,  1898. 
Jan.  8,  1899  the  command  broke  camp 
and  proceeded  by  rail  to  Savannah,  Ga., 
and  boarded  the  transport  Michigan, 
sailing  for  Matanzas,  Cuba,  Sunday,  Jan. 
10  and  arriving  at  Matanzas,  Jan.  13. 
The  command  disembarked  and  pitched 
shelter  tents,  remaining  in  the  same  until 
a  permanent  camp  was  pitched  in  the  rear 
of  Fort  San  Severeno.  The  regiment 
acted  as  escort  to  Gen.  Gomez  and  Secre- 
tary of  War  Alger  upon  their  visit  to  Ma- 
tanzas. The  company  was  on  provost 
guard  duty  in  the  city  of  Matanzas  for 
two  weeks,  being  quartered  in  Santa 
Christina  barracks. 

The  regiment  left  Matanzas  for  Boston 
on  the  transport  Meade  April  4,  1899, 
arriving  in  Boston,  Sunday,  April  9,  1899. 
After  a  review  by  Gov,  Wolcott  it  pro- 
ceeded to  the  South  armory,  where  it  was 
to  be  quartered  pending  the  muster  out  of 
the  regiment. 

The  company  came  to  Danvers  on  a 
special  train  Sunday,  April  9,  arriving  at 
9  p.  M.,  and  was  given  a  tremendous  ova- 
tion. On  Tuesday,  April  11,  the  com- 
pany was  entertained  by  the  town.  The 
company,  escorted  by  Ward   Post  90,  G. 


A.  R.,  school  children  and  a  mounted  es- 
cort, proceeded  through  the  principal 
streets  of  the  town  and  was  banqueted  in 
the  armory. 

The  company  reported  back  for  duty  in 
Boston  the  following  day  and  April  20 
was  furloughed  to  report  again  April  28, 
when  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of 
the  service  at  the  South  armory  by  Capt. 
E.  M.  Weaver. 

The  following  changes  occurred  in  the 
company  during  its  year  of  service  :  Five 
men  were  discharged  for  disability  and 
eight  by  order.  Four  were  transferred, 
one  deserted  and  one  died. 

On  Aug.  19,  1898,  a  gloom  was  cast 
over  the  company  by  the  death  of  Musi- 
cian Spencer  S.  Hobbs,  who  died  at  the 
'Lhird  Division  Hospital,  First  Army 
Corps.  A  young  man,  an  ideal  soldier,  a 
favorite  with  all,  who  at  the  call  of  his 
country  offered  himself  and  sacrificed  his 
life  upon  its  altar.  He  died  at  his  post  of 
duty,  beloved  by  all.  He  was  buried  at 
Danvers. 

He  lives  !   In  all  the  past 
He  lives;    nor  to  the  last, 

Of  seeing  him  again  will  I  despair. 
In  dreams  I  see  him   now, 
And  on  his  angel  brow, 

I  see  it  written  :      Thou  shalt 
See  him  there ! 


Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 


This  order,  which  numbers  about 
200,000  in  the  country,  and  which  ranks 
fourth  in  numerical  strength  among  the 
social  fraternities,  is  represented  in  Dan- 
vers by  two  tribes  and  two  councils.  The 
organization  bases  its  claims  to  favor  on 
the  fact  that  it  is  the  lineal  descendant  of 
the  earlier  patriotic  societies  which  flour- 
ished along  the  coast  from  New  England 
to  the  Carolmas  before  the  Revolution, 
and  in  which  was  nursed  and  concealed 
the  purpose  to  free  the  colonies  from 
British  rule.  It  is  also  the  only  associa- 
tion of  strength  which  makes  any  organ- 
ized effort  to  collect  and  preserve  the 
traditions,  customs,  and  virtues  of  the 
aborigines  of  this  continent.  The  tribes 
are  composed  of  men  only,  while  the 
councils  admit  both  sexes.  There  are 
about   350  nfembers  of  the  order  in   the 


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77 


town,    and  the    tribes    and    councils    are 
each  in  a  very  flourishing  condition. 

AGAWAM    TRIBE    NO.    5. 

This  is  next  to  the  oldest  Tribe  in  New 
England,  and  has  long  been  influential 
locally  and  nationally.  It  was  instituted 
on  the  24th  of  February,  1875.  Its 
meetings  are  held  in  its  own  hall.  Red 
Men's  Hall,  in  Tapleyville,  every  Thurs- 
day evening.  Walter  A.  Sillars  is  its  Chief 
of  Records. 

WAUKEWAX    TRIBE    NO.     1 6. 

This  Tribe  was  instituted  on  March  ist, 
1886,  and  holds  its  meetings  in  Carroll's 
hall  on  the  second  and  fourth  Tuesdays 
in  the  month.  At  one  time  it  was  the 
largest  country  Tribe  in  New  England. 
John  J.  Macauley  is  the  Chief  of  Records. 

WENONAH    COUNCIL,    NO.    2. 

This  Council  was  the  third  one  institut- 
ed in  the  United  States,  the  date  of  in- 
stitution being  March  23d,  1887.  In  its 
early  history  it  was  for  a  long  while  the 
largest  Council  in  the  country.  The 
Keeper  of  Records  is  Sarah  E.  Baker.  Its 
meetings  are  held  in  Red  Men's  Hall, 
Tapleyville,  every  Tuesday  evening. 

NEOSKALETA    COUNCIL    NO.    3 1, 

Was  instituted  February  21st,  1890. 
Its  meetings  are  held  alternately  in  the 
homes  of  its  members  on  the  first  and  third 
Wednesdays  of  each  month.  The  Keep- 
er of  Records  is  Sarah  E.  Whitney. 


The  Soldiers'  Monument. 


Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war, 
measures  were  taken  for  the  erection  of 
a  monument  in  honor  of  those  who  gave 
their  lives  in  the  contest.  At  the  annual 
town  meeting  in  March,  1868,  a  commit- 
tee was  appointed  to  have  the  matter  in 
charge,  consisting  of  the  following  per- 
sons :  William  Dodge,  Jr.,  E.T.Waldron, 
J.  F.  Bly,  William  R.  Putnam,  Dean  Kim- 
ball, Timothy  Hawkes,  Ceorge  Andrews, 
Rufus  Putnam,  S.  P.  Cummings,  Simeon 
Putnam,  Henry  A.  Perkins,  Josiah  Ross, 
Edwin  Mudge,  and  Daniel  P.  Pope. 
Nearly  $3,000  was  raised  by  subscription, 
of  which  sum  Mr.    Edwin    Mudge    gave 


nearly  half,  contributing  to  this  purpose 
two  years'  salary  as  representative  of  the 
town  in  the  Legislature.  The  town  add- 
ed a  somewhat  larger  amount,  making, 
in  all,  $6,298.20.  The  monument  stands 
in  front  of  the  Town  house.  It  is  of  Hal- 
lowell  granite,  thirty- three  and  one-quar- 
ter feet  high,  and  seven  and  three-quar- 
ters feet  square  at  the  base.  It  bears 
upon  its  front  the  inscription: — "1870, 
Erected  by  the  citizens  of  Danvers,  in 
memory  of  those  who  died  in  defence  of 
their  country  during  the  war  of  the  Re- 
bellion, 1861-65."  On  the  other  sides 
are  cut  the  names  of  ninety- five  persons 
who  died  on  the  field  of  battle,  or  by 
sickness  brought  on  in  the  war.  The  list 
begins  with  the  names  of  Major  Wallace 
A.  Putnam  and  Lieut.  James  Hill.  The 
monument  itself  is  a  beautiful  and  appro- 
priate structure.  It  was  dedicated  with 
befitting  ceremonies,  Nov.  30,  1870. 


Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 


The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  is 
composed  of  soldiers  who  served  during 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  representing  all 
branches  of  the  service,  and  nearly  every 
batde-field  of  the  war.  "  Ward  Post  90, 
G.  A.  R.,"  was  so  designated  in  honor  of 
the  Ward  brothers,  Angus  and  William, 
who  lost  their  lives  in  the  service.  Its 
object  is  for  rendering  aid  to  needy  or 
distressed  comrades,  the  relief  of  families 
of  deceased  soldiers,  and  the  mutual 
benefit  of  all  its  members.  It  was  organ- 
ized June  8,  1869.  Its  sources  of  in- 
come are  from  its  initiation  fees,  dues  and 
voluntary  contributions  of  its  members 
and  the  liberal  support  of  citizens  of  the 
town  to  all  entertainments  arranged  for 
that  purpose.  The  Post  is  now  in  a  flour- 
ishing condition  and  is  a  worthy  medium 
of  dispensing  "  that  charity  which  vaunt- 
eth  not  itself  nor  is  unseemly."  It  has 
dispensed  many  thousands  of  dollars,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  deserving  and  greatest 
appreciated  organizations  in  town. 

Danvers  Historical  Society. 

The  Danvers  Historical  Society  was  or- 
ganized in  1889  and  incorporated  in  1893. 


78 


DANVERS. 


The  original  meeting  which  led  to  the 
establishment  of  the  Danvers  Historical 
Society  was  held  at  the  house  of  Mr.  John 
R.  Langley,  on  Sylvan  street,  on  Monday 
evening,  July  29th,  1889,  thirty- three 
ladies  and  gentlemen  being  present.  Rev. 
A.  P.  Putnam,  D.  D.,  was  chosen  chair- 
man, and  Ezra  D.  Hines,  Esq.,  secretary. 
A  committee,  then  appointed  for  the  jnir- 
pose,  reported,  at  a  second  meeting  held 
in  the  room 
of  the  Dan- 
vers Wo- 
men's Asso- 
ciation o  n 
M  a  ])  1  e 
street,  on 
the  9th  of 
the  next 
month  o  f 
Septemb  e  r, 
a  form  of 
Con  s  t  i  t  u- 
tion  and 
B  y-L  a  w  s, 
which  be- 
fore a  d  - 
journm  e  n  t 
was  unani- 
m  o  u  s  1  y 
adopted  and 
re  c  e  i  V  e  d 
many  signa- 
t  u  r  e  s.  A 
week  later, 
Sept.  1 6th, 
a  meet  i  n  g 
was  held  for 
the  choice 
of  officers 
for  the  ensu- 
ing year  and 

^,  REV.    A.    P.    F 

the  mem-  President  of   DuMv. 

bership  was 

increased  to  the  number  of  fifty.  The 
officers  elected  were — for  President,  Rev. 
Alfred  P.  Putnam,  I).  D. ;  Vice  President, 
Hon.  Alden  P.  White ;  Secretary,  Ezra 
D.  Hines  ;  Treasurer,  Dudley  A.  Massey  ; 
Librarian,  George  Tapley  ;  Curator,  Miss 
Sarah  E.  Hunt;  Directors,  Hon.  Augus- 
tus Mudge,  Mrs.  P>elyn  F.  Masury,  Gil- 
bert A.  Tapley,  Andrew  Nichols,  Dr. 
Warren    Porter,    Rev.    Charles    B.   Rice, 


John  S.  Learoyd,  Anne  L.  Page,  and 
Charles  H.  Preston.  For  its  future  col- 
lections and  its  various  uses,  the  Society, 
a  few  weeks  afterward,  hired  a  commo- 
dious room  in  the  National  Bank  building 
of  the  town,  which  it  continued  to  occu- 
py as  its  headquarters  until  Thanksgiving 
])ay  of  1897,  when  the  edifice  took  fire 
and  was  so  damaged  in  consequence  that 
it  was  necessary  to  seek  other  accommo- 

d  a  t  i  o  n  s  . 
Fortunatel  y 
a  conven- 
ient and  fine 
suite  of 
apartments, 
in  Perry's 
block,  in  the 
immedi  a  t  e 
vicinity,  was 
found  to  be 
at  once 
avail  able, 
and  here  the 
sea  1 1  e  r  e  d 
treasures  of 
the  Society 
were  soon 
brought  and 
placed  in  at- 
tractive ar- 
ray,— all  of 
t  h  e  m  , 
through  the 
energy  and 
care  of  both 
mem  b  e  r  s 
and  n  o  n  - 
members  in 
the  time  of 
d  anger, 
having  been 
wonderfully 
saved  and 
faithfully  protected.  Since  the  fire,  as 
before  it,  there  has  been  a  steady  gain  of 
members,  who  now  number  nearly  two 
hundred  ;  and  also  a  steady  flow  of  gen- 
erous gifts  into  the  four  rooms,  from  near 
and  far.  The  walls  are  hung  with  divers 
flags  and  maps,  and  with  about  one  hun- 
dred framed  portraits  or  other  pictures, 
large  and  small ;  while  in  cases  or  on 
shelves  along  the  sides,  or  elsewhere,  are 


JTNAM,    D.     D. 

s  I  li,stcirii::il  Society. 


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79 


three  or  four  thousand  books,  pamphlets 
and  other  publications,  and  several  thou- 
sand articles  of  much  interest  besides, 
consisting  of  valuable  papers,  diaries, 
manuscripts  and  autographs  ;  coins,  scrip, 
seals,  badges  and  medals ;  swords,  guns, 
shot,  canteens,  military  costumes  and 
other  mementos  of  the  wars ;  Indian 
relics,  household  utensils,  pieces  of  an- 
cient furniture,  curious  textiles,  rare  china 
and  heirlooms  from  the  old  homes  ;  botan- 
ical and  mineralogical  specimens,  objects 
of  natural  history,  and  additional  things 
of  great  quantity  and  variety.     All  are  in- 


O.,  Gen.  (irenville  M.  Dodge,  and  the  late 
Rev.  Dr.  George  W.  Porter  of  Lexington  ; 
pictures  of  the  "Battle  of  Bunker  Hill" 
and  the  *'  Death  of  Montgomery  "  from 
Trumbull,  the  First  International  Exhibi- 
tion at  London,  and  War  and  Union  Pa- 
cific Railroad  scenes  at  the  far  west,  with 
a  copy  of  the  Lexington  "  Dawn  of  Lib- 
erty "  framed  with  wood  from  the  "  Old 
Belfry,"  photographs  of  old  homes  of  the 
Porters  and  other  ancient  landmarks  of 
Dan  vers,  and  small  mirrors  that  once  be- 
longed to  Governor  Endicott  and  General 
Putnam,  a  banner  of  the   Fremont  Cam- 


HISTORICAL    SOCIETY    ROOM. 


structive  and  are  helpful  to  a  study  of  the 
past,  its  events,  its  famous  men,  the  fath- 
ers and  mothers,  their  thought,  manners, 
customs,  habits,  circumstances  and  life. 
Of  these  many  attractions  may  be  men- 
tioned portraits  of  George  Washington, 
Queen  Victoria,  the  late  A.  A.  Low  of 
Brooklyn,  John  G.  Whittier,  Dr.  Amos 
Putnam,  Cien.  Moses  Porter,  Rev.  Drs. 
Isaac  and  Milton  P.  Braman,  William 
Lloyd  Garrison,  Parker  Pillsbury,  (xeorge 
Peabody,  John  I).  Philbrick,  Charles  Sum- 
ner, Horace  Greeley,  Gen.  Israel  Putnam 
and  some  of  his  descendants  at   Marietta, 


paign,  and  flags  ot  the  country  used  on 
various  occasions,  with  a  French  Tricolor 
captured  during  the  Rebellion,  and  the 
stars  and  stripes  still  intertwined  with  the 
ensign  of  Great  Britain,  as  when  last 
year  the  Right  Honorable  Joseph  Cham- 
berlain and  Mrs.  Chamberlain  with  their 
party  made  their  memorable  visit  at  the 
rooms  ;  military  coats,  weapons,  or  oth- 
er mementos  of  many  a  Danvers  hero  of 
the  wars,  with  relics  from  (Gettysburg  and 
battlefields  besides  ;  finely  mounted  shell 
cases  used  by  the  Marhlehcad  m  the  re- 
cent attack  on  Santiago,  with  accompany- 


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DANVERS. 


ing  illustrations  ;  Sitting  Bull's  wampum 
belt  and  other  Indian  regalia;  crane  from 
the  old  Rebecca  Nurse  house,  coeval  with 
her  time  ;  saddle  bag  and  muslin  bands 
once  used  by  Rev.  Dr.  Braman  ;  original 
manuscript  of  George  Peabody's  last  ad- 
dresses in  Danvers  ;  large  pewter  plate  of 
the  old  Hancock  family ;  one  of  the  Tea 
Stamps  that  hastened  or  caused  the  Rev- 
olution;  a  Chinese  Proclamation  of  friend- 
liness for  the  Missionaries  ;  autographs  of 
Queen  Victoria  and  (reorge  Washington, 
and  a  hundred  notables  more  with  scores 
■oi  /(icsifJuVe  autograph  letters  of  renowned 
Kings  and  Queens  of  England  and  other 
celebrated  Europeans,  from  originals  in 
the  British  Museum ;  and  pieces  from 
Cardinal  Wolsey's  Mulberry  tree  atScroo- 
by,  Napoleon's  shroud  at  St.  Helena, 
King  Phillips'  cap,  the  old  and  long  since 
vanished  North  Bridge  at  Cuncord,  "  Old 
Ironsides,"  Farragut's  flagship,  Plymouth 
Rock,  and  Mt.  Sinai's  granite  summit. 
The  rooms  are  crowded  with  all  such 
things  as  are  above  indicated. 

But  aside  from  the  Library  and  Museum 
the  Society  has  each  year  a  very  entertain- 
ing and  instructive  course  of  lectures  of  a 
historical,  biographical  or  scientific  char- 
acter, or  else  of  a  general  literary  kind,  or 
descriptive  of  American  scenery  or  foreign 
•countries.  It  holds  also,  annually,  its 
New  Year's  Reunion  and  Festival,  and 
each  summer  takes  an  excursion  to  some 
historic  spot  or  other  interesting  place,  in 
the  region  round  about,  for  recreation  and 
instruction.  From  time  to  time,  it  has 
fitly  commemorated  important  events  or 
epochs  such  as  the  Battle  of  Lexington, 
the  Witchcraft  I3elusion  on  its  Two  Hun- 
-dredth  Anniversary,  Old  Anti-Slavery 
Days,  and  the  Life,  Character  and  Ser- 
vices of  General  Israel  Putnam  as  viewed 
in  the  light  of  a  hundred  years  after  his 
death.  At  these  lectures  or  other  occa- 
sions a  long  line  of  distinguished  persons 
from  out  of  town  have  appeared  before 
the  members  antl  friends  and  have  dis- 
coursed most  ably  and  eloquentlv  on 
varied  and  important  subjects :  Hon. 
Mellen  Chamberlain,  Parker  Pillsbury, 
Rev.  Samuel  Way  of  Leicester,  Lucy 
Stone,  Rev.  Robert  CoUyer,  Frank  B.  San- 
born,    Governor       Greenhalge,        Major 


George  L.  Porter  of  Bridgeport,  Conn., 
Senator  Hoar,  Hon.  Charles  Francis 
Adams,  Hon.  Robert  S.  Rantoul,  Presi- 
dent E.  H.  Capen  of  Tufts  College,  and 
numerous  others  of  high  repute,  while 
many  honored  members  of  the  Society 
itself  have  likewise  contributed  to  the  in- 
terest and  success  of  its  meetings. 

The  present  officers  and  directors  of 
the  Society  are  as  follows  :  Officers — Rev. 
Alfred  P.  Putnam,  D.  D.,  president ; 
Hon.  Alden  P.  White,  vice  president ; 
Miss  Sirah  W.  Mudge,  secretary;  Walter 
A.  Tapley,  treasurer ;  George  Tapley, 
librarian  ;  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Kenney,  cura- 
tor ;  Mrs.  Henry  Newhall,  assistant  cura- 
tor ;  Ezra  1).  Hines,  historian.  Directors 
— William  A.  Jacobs,  Rev.  Watson  M. 
Ayres,  Mrs.  Mary  W.  Putnam,  Mrs.  Ellen 
M.  Dodge,  Hon.  Samuel  L.  Sawyer,  Miss 
Mary  W.  Nichols,  Charles  H.  Preston, 
Miss  Anne  L.  Page,  William  O.  Hood. 
Executive  committee — Hon.  A.  P.  White, 
chairman  ;  Rev.  A.  P.  Putnam,  D.  D., 
Charles  H.  Preston,  Hon.  S.  L.  Sawyer 
and  Rev.  W.  M.  Ayres. 


Walnut  Grove  Cemetery. 

On  the  first  day  of  May,  1843,  a  notice 
was  issued  by  Henry  Fowler,  calling  on 
the  citizens  of  North  Danvers  to  meet  to 
take  into  consideration  the  establishment 
of  a  cemetery  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town  and  a  committee  was  chosen  to  se- 
lect a  suitable  site.  On  May  20,  this 
committee  reported  f  ivorably  on  the  grove 
and  adjacent  lands  of  Judge  Samuel  Put- 
nam and  a  subscription  paper  was  issued 
with  the  result  that  on  May  27,  Henry 
Fowler  reported  that  eleven  hundred  and 
forty  dollars  had  been  subscribed,  and 
that  sale  had  been  found  for  sixty  lots. 
The  members,  on  Oct.  17,  became  incor- 
])orated  under  the  general  laws  and  elect- 
ed as  the  first  Board  of  Trustees:  —  Elias 
Putnam,  Gilbert  Tapley,  Moses  Black, 
Joshua  Silvester,  Henry  Fowler,  Nathaniel 
Boardman,  Thomas  Cheever,  Eben  G. 
Berry,  William  J.  C.  Kenney,  Daniel 
Richards,  Nathan  Tapley,  Samuel  P.  Fow- 
ler, Alonzo  A.  Edgerton,  John  Bates  and 
Samuel  Preston.  Hon.  Elias  Putnam  was 
elected  as  the  first  President   of  the  cor- 


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8i 


poration.  The  name  of  Sylvan  Rest 
Cemetery  was  adopted  Oct.  26,  1S43, 
which  was  subsequently,  on  June  15,  1844, 
changed  to  Walnut  Grove  Cemetery.  The 
cemetery  was  consecrated  on  June  23, 
1S44,  and  the  first  interment  was  on  July 
27,  1814.  The  grounds  of  the  cemetery 
at  present  comprise  about  twenty  acres, 
with  about  an  equal  frontage  on  Sylvan, 
Ash  and  Adams  streets,  and  over  seven 
hundred  lots  have  been  sold.  There  is  a 
receiving  tomb  in  the  Cemetery  and  the 
Trustees  have  in  view  the  erection  of  a 
receiving  chapel.  Generally  speaking, 
the  formation  of  the  older  portion  of  the 
grounds  is  that  of  opposite  hillsides  gently 
sloping  to  meet  in  a  central  valley,  wa- 
tered by  brooks,  and  well  wooded.  Add- 
ing to  the  natural  features  of  the  landscai)e 
the  work  that  is  being  constantly  done  in 
the  improvement,  care  and  beautifying  of 
the  grounds,  the  Walnut  Grove  Cemetery 
is  itself  the  best  monument  to  those  men, 
in  whose  wisdom  and  energy  it  had  its 
origin,  and  is  most  worthy  of  the  pride  so 
generally  felt  in  it.  To  the  end  that  the 
cemetery  may  never,  through  the  lack  of 
support,  fall  into  the  melancholy  condition 
of  a  neglected  graveyard,  the  trustees  have 
made  special  efforts  in  two  directions  : — 
first,  to  the  formation  of  a  "  Permanent 
Fund,"  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  used 
exclusively  for  the  care  of  the  avenues, 
paths,  bridges,  fences,  etc.,  and  not  for 
individual  lots  ;  and  second,  to  induce  lot 
owners  to  endow  their  lots,  either  by 
direct  contract  or  by  will,  with  such  a  sum 
that  the  income  thereof  shall  be  sufficient 
for  the  perpetual  care  of  the  lot. 

Governor  John  Endecott. 

Nothing  definite  is  known  of  his  life  be- 
fore he  came  to  New  England,  except 
that  tradition  says  he  was  born  in  Dor- 
chester, Dorsetshire,  England,  in  15 88, 
and  came  of  the  gentry  class.  On  June 
20th,  1628  he  sailed  from  Weymouth  in 
the  ship  Abigail,  and  landed  in  Salem  on 
September  6th,  162S,  with  his  wife,  Anna 
Gouer,  who  was  a  cousin  of  Governor 
Matthew  Cradock.  Soon  after  their  ar- 
rival his  wife  died,  and  on  August  i8th, 
1630,  he    married    Elizabeth    Gibson    of 


Caml)ridge,  England,  who  had  probably 
recently  come  ov  er  in  the  ship  with  Gov- 
ernor John  Winthrop.  The  Governor  and 
all  his  descendants,  until  1724,  si)elled 
their  name  Endecott,  when  an  "  i  "  was 
substituted  for  the  "e"  in  the  second 
syllable. 

On  July  3rd,  1632,  the  Court  of  Assis- 
tance granted  Mr.  Endecott  300  acres  of 
land  ( in  what  is  now  Danversport)  called 
by  the  Indians,  in  English,  Birchvvood, 
and  afterw  irds  known  as  the  "  Orchard 
Farm."  The  Governor,  in  the  following 
year,  planted  his  far-famed  orchard,  of 
which  a  single  tree  remains  today,  and 
still,  after  the  storms  of  many  New  Eng- 
land winters,  bears  abundant  fruit. 

In  1634  the  colony  was  greatly  excited 
by  rumors  that  a  commission  had  been 
granted  to  two  Archbishops  and  ten 
others  of  the  Council,  offering  authority 
to  them  to  regulate  the  plantation  of  New 
England,  to  estiblish  the  Episcopal  church 
in  the  colony,  to  recall  its  Charter,  and  to 
remove  its  Governor  and  make  its  laws. 
It  was  at  this  time  that  Endecott  cut  the 
red  cross  from  the  Kmg's  colors,  deeming 
it  a  relic  of  popery,  and  the  sword  with 
which  he  cut  out  this  cross  is  still  i>re- 
served  as  a  relic  in  the  family.  In  sup- 
port of  this  conduct  on  the  part  of  Ende- 
cott, the  military  commissioners,  in  1636, 
ordered  that  the  cross  should  be  left  out 
of  the  King's  colors,  and  substituted  in  the 
ensigns  at  Castle  Island,  in  Boston  Har- 
bor, the  King's  arms. 

In  1636  Endecott  was  chosen  Colonel, 
and  commanded  the  first  unsuccessful  ex- 
pedition against  the  Pequot  Indians.  In 
1 64 1  he  was  chosen  Deputy  Governor, 
which  office  he  held  for  four  years,  also 
in  the  years  1650  and  1654.  In  1644, 
1649,  1651-53,  1655-65  he  was  chosen 
Governor  of  the  colony,  serving  in  all 
a  period  of  sixteen  years  as  such,  longer 
than  any  Governor  who  held  office  under 
the  old  charter.  In  1645  he  was  chosen 
Sergeant- Major-General,  which  office  he 
held  for  the  period  of  four  years.  At  the 
urgent  retjuest  of  his  friends  in  [655  he 
moved  to  l>oston,  but  he  and  his  wife  did 
not  sever  their  connection  with  the  Salem 
church  until  1664. 
"  Old  age  and  the  infirmities  thereof  com- 


82 


DANVERS. 


ing  upon  him,  he  fell  asleep  in  the  Lord 
on  the  15th  day  of  March,  1665,"  and 
was  buried  on  March  23rd  with  great 
honor  in  King's  Chapel  Burying  Ground, 
Boston.  Tradition  states  that  he  was 
buried  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the  en- 
trance to  King's  Chapel,  now  under  the 
pavement  of  Tremont  street,  and  that  his 


sition  distinguished  him,  more  than  his 
other  mental  accomplishments  or  his  out- 
ward condition  in  life.  I  have  seen  a  let- 
ter from  the  Secretary  of  State  in  King 
Charles  the  Second's  time  in  which  is  this 
expression — 'The  King  would  take  it  well 
if  the  people  would  leave  out  Mr.  Ende- 
cott  from  the  place  of  (Governor.  '  " 


GOVERNOR  JOHN  ENDECOTT' 


tombstone  was  in  perfect  preservation  un- 
til the  beginning  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, when  it,  with  others,  was  destroyed 
by  British  soldiers. 

Hutchinson  says  —  "  Kndicott  was 
among  the  most  zealous  undertakers  and 
the  most  rigid  in  principles.     This  dispo- 


W.  C  Endicott. 


William  Crowninshield  Kndicott,  son  of 
William  Putnam  and  Mary  Crowninshield 
Endicott,  was  born  in  Salem  in  the  wes- 
terly side  of  the  house  on  the  corner  of 
Curtis  and   l)erl)v  streets,  on  November 


DANVERS. 


83 


ENDICOTT    MANSION    AND    BURYING    GROUND. 


84 


DANVERS. 


19,  1826,  and  is  a  lineal  descendant  in 
the  eighth  generation  from  Governor  John 
Endecott.  Educated  in  the  public  and  pri- 
vate schools  of  Salem,  he  entered  Harvard 
College  in  1843,  and  graduated  therefrom 
in  1847.  Immediately  he  began  the  study 
of|law  in  the  office  of  Nathaniel  J.  Lord, 


Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts, 
which  office  he  held  until  1882,  when  he 
resigned.  In  1884  he  was  Democratic 
candidate  for  Governor  of  Massachusetts 
but  failed  to  be  elected.  From  1885  to 
18S9  he  was  Secretary  of  War  in  Presi- 
dent    Cleveland's    cabinet.       Since    that 


HON.    W.    C.    ENDICOTT 


at  that  time  a  prominent  lawyer  in  Salem, 
and  in  1850  was  admitted  to  the  Essex 
County  Bar,  where  for  many  years  he 
practiced,  being  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Perry  &  Endicott. 

In  1873  Governor  Washburn  api^ointed 
Mr.  Endicott  an  Associate   Justice  of  the 


time  Mr.  Endicott  has  led  a  retired  life. 
From  1867  to  1894  he  was  President  of 
the  Peabody  Academy  of  Science  of  Sa- 
lem, founded  by  George  Peabody  of 
London.  I-'rom  18S4  to  1895  he  was  a 
Fellow  of  Harvaid  College.  From  1889 
to  1894  a  Trustee  of  the  Peabody  South- 


DANVERS. 


85 


em  Educational  Fund.  On  December 
13th,  1859,  he  married  Miss  Ellen  Pea- 
body,  daughter  of  the  late  George  Pea- 
body  of  Salem,  and  in  1893  he  moved  to 
Danvers,  and  now  lives  with  his  family 
upon  a  farm  which  has  belonged  to  va- 
rious members  of  the  Peabody  family. 

Since  the  earliest  days  the  Endicott 
family  have  been  identified  with  the  town 
of  Danvers.  It  was  only  at  the  end  of  the 
last  century  that  Samuel  luidicott,  the 
grand  fa  t  h  e  r 
of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch, 
moved  to  Sa- 
lem from  the 
(J  r  c  h  a  r  d 
Farm,  now  in 
Danverspo  r  t, 
and  led  an 
active  life  as  a 
sea  faring 
man. 

Mr.  Endi- 
cott's  s  o  n, 
W  i  1  1  i  a  m 
C  r  o  w  n  i  n- 
shield  Endi- 
cott, Jr.,  at 
present  owns 
the  "  Orchard 
Farm,"  which 
with  the  ex- 
ception of  the 
years  between 
1 82 8  a  n  d 
1867  has  been 
continually  in 
the  family. 

Hon.   Alden 
P.  White. 


HON.    A.    P.    WHITE 


Ex-District 
Attorney  Alden  P.  White's  ancestry  reach- 
es through  typical  and  familiar  comity 
families  ;  and  he  cherishes  the  New  FMig- 
land  si)irit  and  traditions  with  loyal  en- 
thusiasm. He  was  born  in  Danvers  in 
1856,  spending  ten  years  of  his  childhood 
in  South  Danvers,  now  Peabody,  and  re- 
ceiving his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  town,  Danvers  and  Salem. 
Mr.   White   graduated    with    honors    with 


the  Amherst  class  of  '78,  and  after  a 
course  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  studied 
in  the  office  of  Perry  &  Endicott,  Salem. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Essex  Bar  in 
1 88 1  and  has  been  in  constant  practice 
ever  since,  with  offices  at  Salem.  In  1890 
he  was  appointed  a  special  justice  of  the 
First  Essex  District  Court,  resigning  to 
accept  the  position  of  assistant  to  Hon. 
William  H.  Moody,  during  the  latter's 
first  term  as   District  Attorney,  and  was 

re-appointed 
three  years 
later.  Upon 
Mr.  Moody's 
promotion  to 
Congress,  Mr. 
White  was  his 
logical  s  u  c- 
cessor,  and  in 
his  adminis- 
tration he  ful- 
filled every 
expecta  t  i  on 
created  dur- 
ing his  earlier 
conne  c  t  i  o  n 
with  the  of- 
fi  c  e,  taking 
high  rank 
among  the 
law  y  e  r  s  of 
New  E  n  g- 
la  n  d.  Out- 
side of  his  of- 
ficial work, 
Mr.  White 
h  as  1 )  e  e  n 
largely  inter- 
ested in  mat- 
ters of  gener- 
al public 
concern  and 
has  served 
upon  the  School  Committee  of  Salem  and 
as  a  trustee  of  the  Peabody  Institute  of 
Danvers.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Essex 
Institute  of  Salem,  and  of  the  Salem 
Oratorio  Society  and  was  one  of  the  found 
ers  of  the  Danvers  Historical  Society,  of 
which  he  is  at  present  an  officer.  Mr. 
White  has  written  an  excellent  history  of 
Danvers  for  the  "  History  of  Essex 
Countv." 


86 


DANVERS. 


The  Old  Berry  Tavern. 


One  ot  the  most  essential  features  of  a 
live  and  growing  community  is  a  good 
hotel.  Danvers  has  never  been  far  be- 
hind in  this  respect,  for  the  reputation  of 
the  Old  Berry  Tavern  has  spread  far  be- 
yond the  confines  of  the  town  and  state, 
and  it  has  always  been  a  favorite  stoj^ping 
place  for  travelling  men.  But  popular  as 
the  old  hotel  has  been  in  its  more  than  a 
century  of  existence,  it  has  up  to  the 
present  time  lacked  all  of  those  modern 


some  colonial  fronts,  with  porches  and 
porte-cochere,  shining  resplendent  in  the 
glow  of  electricity  and  gas  in  the  evening, 
reveling  in  the  warmth  of  steam-heat  and 
a  dozen  or  more  open  fire-places  on  cold 
winter  days,  boasting  bath-rooms  galore, 
public  and  private,  all  the  latest  applian- 
ces of  the  cuisine,  including  a  separate 
boiler  for  steam- cooking,  and  every  room 
fitted  out  and  furnished  in  cosy  and  com- 
fortable, if  not  luxurious  style.  What 
would  our  forefathers,  who  knew  the  house 
in  old  stage-coach  days,  say,  could   they 


--^Jik 


»j«5^^s»f   .  %-\  ,,'^^:-:sjir^  A._.    . 


"''ih  4 

ail      ».  ,  1*^      «  »    _ 


OLD    BERRY    TAVERN. 


conveniences  once  looked  upon  as  luxu- 
ries but  now  considered  necessities.  It 
was  to  supply  this  defect  that  the  owners 
of  the  property  set  about  in  May,  1898, 
to  thoroughly  overhaul  and  remodel  the 
house  and  add  about  twenty  much  needed 
rooms.  The  transformation  has  indeed 
been  wonderful,  and  from  an  old-fash- 
ioned village  inn,  with  its  kerosene  lamps 
and  stoves,  a  plain  exterior  and  not  too 
inviting  interior,  it  has  blossomed  into  a 
thoroughly  ui)-to-date  hotel,  with   hand- 


come  back  to  earth  just  long  enough  for 
a  glance  at  the  place?  What  would  the 
late  Eben  G.  Berry,  who  was  connected 
with  the  tavern  for  three-quarters  of  a 
century,  and  whose  name  it  now  bears, 
say,  could  he  but  see  the  result  of  the 
labor  of  his  public  spirited  heirs?  He 
would  undoubtedly  commend  their  judg- 
ment, for  he  was  a  progressive  man,  once 
thoroughly  convinced  of  the  feasibility  of  a 
proposed  change.  Some  of  our  people, 
alas,  unlike  him,  carry  their  conservatism 


DANVERS. 


87 


88 


DANVERS. 


to  the  extreme,  and  there  are  not  wanting 
those  who  have  discouraged  the  present 
owners  by  predictions  that  it  was  too  pre- 


The  house  is  situated  in  Danvers Square, 
at  the  intersection  of  the  four  principal 
streets  of  the  village.  It  is  far  enough 
back  from  the  streets,  how- 
ever, to  be  in  a  degree  retired, 
and  the  lawns  in  front  of  the 
house  and  on  the  side  are 
graced  by  noble  elms  and 
other  trees  which  cast  a  grate- 
ful shade  in  summer  and  add 
much  to  the  beauty  of  the  sit- 
uation. The  strip  of  land  on 
the  Maple  street  side,  just  be- 
yond the  porte-cochere,  must, 
by  the  terms  of  the  will  of  Mr. 
Eben  G.  Berry,  be  forever 
kept  free  from  buildings,  which 
makes  it  a  park.  The  house 
faces  the  south,  as  did  all  the 
houses  of  our  forefathers,  and 


tentious  a  house  for  the  town. 
Possibly  this  may  be  true,  but 
since  the  house  looks  for  busi- 
ness outside  of  the  town,  and 
its  mission  is  to  attract  per- 
sons into  it,  the  wisdom  of 
the  large  outlay  which  has 
rendered  the  house  and 
grounds  homelike  and  inviting 
may  yet  be  apparent.  It  was 
a  large  venture,  for  a  town 
the  size  of  ours,  we  will  ad- 
mit, but  the  same  liberal 
spirit  which  characterized  the 
expenditures  during  the  tran- 
sition period  is  to  dominate 
the  advertising,  which  all 
business,  more  especially  a  hotel,  needs, 
and  there  can  be,  there  will  be,  but  one 
end  and  that  will  be  spelled  "  success." 


the  rooms  are  bright  and  pleasant  all  day 
long. 

The  tavern -is  surpassed  by  none  and 


DANVERS. 


89 


equalled  by  but  few  in  the  comfort  and 
convenience  of  its  general  plan  and  is  at- 
tractive as  a  winter  home  for  families  who 


The  present  lessee  of  the  house  is  Mr. 
I.ouis  Brown,  who  has  had  a  large  experi- 
ence. His  ideas  as  to  how  to  run  a 
house  may  be  gathered  from  the  appended 
paragraphs,  taken  from  his  souvenir  book- 
let, issued  when  the  house  opened  last 
year  : — 


desire  to  avoid 
the  cares  o  f 
housekeepin  g, 
as  well  as  a 
summer  resort 
for  those  who 
want  to  enjoy 
the  beauties  of 
t  h  e  country, 
but  who  are 
compelled  by 
business  to  re- 
main within 
easy  travelling 
distance  of  the 
city.  Dan  vers 
is  but  four 
miles  from 
Salem,  w  i  t  h 
close  electric 
and  steam  car 
connec  t  i  o  n  s, 

and  of  the  thousands  who  yearly  visit 
the  historic  shrines  of  that  city  it  is  the 
hope  of  the  proprietor  to  attract  a  few 
to  this  town,  for  longer  or  shorter 
stays.  We  are  but  eighteen  miles 
from  Boston,  with  fortv  trains  daily, 
the  expresses  making  the  run  in  forty- 
two  minutes.  The  whole  North  Shore, 
with  its  hundreds  of  beautiful  summer 
homes,  is  within  easy  driving  distance 
and  the  sweet  odors  of  pine  and  iir  and 
balsam  in  any  one  of  a  dozen  or  more 
ten  mile  drives.  There  is  a  good  liv- 
ery stable,  where  teams  can  be  had  at  rea- 
sonable prices,  or  private  teams  boarded. 


fiedly  the  best  in  the  county.     We  believe 
that    a    good    table,    and    a    clean,  well- 


90 


DANVERS. 


DANVERS. 


91 


lighted,    well-heated    and    well-ventilated 
room  are  the  best  advertisements  a  hotel 
can  have,  and  we  shall  never  hesitate  or 
waver  in  our  purpose  to  keep  near  the 
top  in  these  important  requisites  of  good 
living.     The  main  portion  of  the    present 
house  was    built    at  a  period  when   fire- 
places were  necessary,  and  thus  we  find 
in  all  the    corner    rooms   on    each    floor 
these  conveniences.     They  can  hardly  be 
said  to  be  necessary  in  the   Berry  Tavern 
of    today,    for    the    heating    apparatus  is 
more     than 
ample  for  all      1 
the    d  e- 
mands    that 
m  a  y      b  e 
made   upon 
it,  but  they 
add    to    the 
attract  i  v  e- 
ness     a  n  d 
heal  t  h  f  u  1- 
ness  of  the 
rooms,    fur- 
nishing   a  s 
they  do  per- 
fect ventila- 
tion.     The 
whole     e  n- 
viron  m  e  n  t 
of  the  place 
is  as  home- 
like as  it  is 
possible   t  o 
make   it, 
and   an    air 
o  f      hospi- 
tality   and 
good    cheer 
perv  a  d  e  s. 
It  is  an  ideal  spot  and   its  i)opulaiity    in 
the  past  is  amply  attested  by  the  fact  that 
a  public  house  has  been  maintained  con- 
tinuously on  the  corner  since  1741.     Its 
future  depends  upon  us,  and  we  bhall  ex- 
haust every  energy  in  keeping    it  always 
up   to  the  times." 

The  Berry  tavern  is  one  of  the  old-lime 
taverns,  and  while  no  effort  has  been 
made  to  trace  it  back  of  the  Re\olution, 
it  is  known  in  a  general  way  that  it  was 
part  of  the  original  Porter  grant  and  thnt 
a  public  house  was  maintained  there  as 


^ 


THE   LATE    EBEN    G.    BERRY. 


early  as  1741.  It  is  positively  known 
that  it  was  conducted  during  the  revolu- 
tion by  John  Porter,  and,  after  his  death, 
by  his  widow,  Aphia.  Toward  the  close  of 
the  century,  said  to  be  about  1796,  it 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Timothy  and 
Jethro  Putnam.  Ebenezer,  father  of  the 
late  Eben  G.  Berry,  bought  the  farm  from 
the  Putnams  in  1804.  The  old  hotel  on 
the  site  of  the  present  one  was  sold  at 
auction  in  three  sections  in  183S,  and 
these  were  removed  to  make  room  for  the 

erection  o  f 
the  original 
portion  o  f 
the  ])resent 
hotel.  Mr. 
Eben  G. 
Berry  con- 
ducted t  h  e 
house  up  to 
1870,  when 
h  e  retired 
from  active 
m  a  n  a  g  e- 
m  e  n  t.  It 
w  a  s  for  a 
time  known 
as  the  How- 
ard house, 
a  Mr.  How- 
a  r  d  l)eing 
the  land- 
lord. Later 
Elias  M  a- 
goon  took 
the  lease, 
and  he  i  n 
turn  w  a  s 
succe  e  d  e  d 
1)  y  Edwin 
A.  Southwick,  who  managed  it  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1895.  Mr.  Berry 
died  the  same  year,  and  during  the  settle- 
ment of  the  Southwick  and  Berry  estates, 
Mr.  Littlefield  managed  the  house.  The 
])resent  lessee,  Mr.  Brown,  took  posses- 
sion in  the  latter  part  of  1S96. 

Danvers  has  lately  come  into  i)romi- 
nence  as  a  summer  resort,  not  to  the  ex- 
tent that  its  fashionable  neighbor  Hamil- 
ton has,  distant  some  four  miles,  but  in  a 
moderate  degree  its  country  roads  and 
hillsides    are    dotted    with  unpretentious 


92 


DANVERS. 


residences  which  shelter  those  who  hie 
themseh'es  to  the  cities  as  soon  as  the 
first  frosts  come.  Of  late  years  many 
private  families  have  taken  summer 
boarders  and  the  warm  weather  colony  is 
constantly  on  the  increase.  One  looking 
for  the  excitements  of  fashionable  society 
should  not  consider  Uanvers  as  a  summer 
home.  He  will  not  find  such  within  our 
borders.  But  the  man  of  business  who 
wants  a  place  for  his  family  where  he  can 
get  the  greatest  amount  of  pure  ozone 
and  the  most  comfortable  place  to  eit 
and  sleep  for  the 
least  expenditure 
of  money,  will  do 
well  to  pause  and 
consider  the 
claims  of  the 
place.  We  have 
not,  perhaps,  the 
rural  environment 
of  Topsfield,  Mid- 
dleton  and  Box- 
ford,  our  nearest 
neighbors  on  the 
north,  but  we  are 
i  n  closer  touch 
with  the  outside 
world  and  a  man 
can  go  to  and 
come  from  t  h  e 
city  at  all  hours  of 
the  day  and  night. 

The  "Old  Berry 
Tavern  "  is  not  a 
high-priced  house. 
Its  terms  are  as 
moderate  as  it  is 
possible  to  make 
them  for  the  con- 
veniences    given. 

The  rooms  are  graded  in  price  and 
any  persons  interested  may  secure  further 
information  by  sending  for  the  souvenir 
booklet,  which  will  be  mailed  to  them 
free. 

The  completion  of  the  hotel  marks  the 
end,  so  far  as  the  Berry  family  is  con- 
cerned, of  one  of  the  most  rapid  and  re- 
markable developments  of  property  ever 
known  in  town.  Ten  years  ago  this 
spring  the  hotel  was  a  portion  of  the  large 
landed  estate  of  Eben  G.  Berrv,   consist- 


MAJ.    F.  C.    DAMON 


ing  of  about  40  acres,  the  whole  being 
assessed  for  but  $30,000.  The  rear  land 
was  opened  up  in  18S9,  and  the  first 
house,  the  one  now  standing  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Park  and  Alden  streets,  was  built  in 
the  following  year.  Today  on  the  ground 
formerly  occupiei  by  this  $30,000  estate, 
the  town  has  taxable  property  to  the  ex- 
tent of  $130,525  by  the  assessors'  books 
— over  four-fold  increase  in  ten  years. 
The  next  decade  will  see  yet  another 
great  increase,  for  there  are  still  about 
fifty  undeveloped  lots  owned  by  a  score 
or  more  of  indi- 
viduals. New 
streets  have  been 
opened  up  each 
year,  and  more 
are  now  needed. 
Following  the 
lines  laid  down  by 
Mr,  Berry  in  his 
later  years  h  i  s 
heirs  have  given 
to  the  tovvnspeo- 
p  1  e  the  really 
beautiful  little 
public  house 
which  is  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 
In  the  work  of 
remodeling  they 
have  been  assisted 
by  Major  Frank 
C.  Damon,  who, 
a  s  Mr.  Berry's 
trusted  agent, 
aided  materially 
i  n  the  develop- 
ment of  his  valu- 
able estate,  and, 
in  company  with 
the  late  John  S.  Learoyd,  managed  it  as 
co-executor  from  the  time  of  Mr.  Berry's 
death  in  August,  1895  up  to  the  sale  of 
the  last  lot,  its  final  settlement  and  divi- 
sion among  the  heirs,  in  August,  1898. 

Few  towns  of  the  size  of  Dan  vers  are  so 
fortunate  as  to  ])ossess  a  public  house  of 
the  beauty,  size  and  modern  equipment 
of  the  old  Berry  tavern,  and  it  is  no  won- 
der that  the  summer  of  1899  finds  prac- 
tically every  room  occupied,  many  guests 
coming  from  distant  points. 


DANVERS. 


93 


Hathornc  Association. 


The  Halhorne  Association  was  organ- 
ized in  February,  1S84,  and  occupies  el- 
egantly appointed  quarters  in  Porter's 
block.  The  membership  is  limited  to 
forty  persons  and  includes  business  men 
and   representatives  of  every  profession. 

The  first  officers  were  :  Ira  P.  Pope, 
President ;  the  late  J.  W.  Derby,  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer,  and  the  late  Dr.  E. 
O.  Fowler,  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  B  u  t 
few  have  been  in- 
V  i  t  ed  to  become 
members  a  n  d  the 
ranks  have  been 
gradually  depleted 
by  death  and  other 
causes,  so  that  at  the 
present  time  there 
are  only  about  twen- 
ty-five members  in 
the  association.  It 
is  one  of  the  leading 
social  organizations 
of  the  town.  The 
present  officers  are  : 
F.  O.  Staples,  Presi- 
dent :  M.  C.  Pettin- 
gell,  Vice-President  ; 
and  J.  W.  Woodman, 
Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer. 

George  C.  Farring- 
ton. 


The  n  a  m  e  s  of 
George  C.  Farring- 
ton  and  his  insurance 
offices  are  well 
known  in  Danvers  and  Peabody  and  ad- 
jacent towns.  He  has  offices  at  93  Water 
street,  Boston  ;  S  Allen's  block,  Peabody, 
and  in  the  National  Bank  building,  Dan- 
vers. Rev.  W.  M.  Ayres  is  manager  of 
the  Danvers  office.  Insurance  against 
fire  is  placed  upon  every  description  of 
property,  real  and  personal,  in  some  of 
the  oldest  and  most  substantial  insurance 
companies  in  the  world,  both  old  line 
stock  companies  and  mutual  companies. 
Fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the  insured. 


as  well  as  to  the  companies  which  he  rep- 
resents, the  prompt  payment  of  all 
losses,  the  scrupulous  care  shown  in  the 
wording  of  all  policies  and  contracts,  to 
prevent  and  guard  against  the  possibility, 
even,  of  litigation  or  delay  in  the  settle- 
ment in  full,  and  promptly,  of  all  just 
claims,  have  attracted  to  this  office  the 
attention  of  many  people  seeking  safe  and 
sure  protection  from  losses  by  fire. 
These  are  the  things  which  have  been  in- 
strumental in  building  up  the  large  busi- 
ness transacted  b  y 
this  office.  Mr.  Far- 
rington  succeeded  to 
the  firm  of  Chadwick 
c^  Farrington,  and 
has  greatly  increased 
the  volume  of  busi- 
ness. He  is  one  of 
the  hustling,  p  r  o- 
gressive  business  men 
of  this  section,  and 
holds  a  n  enviable 
position  in  the  busi- 
ness world.  It  is 
often  said  that  if  you 
insure  through  Far- 
rington's  office,  you 
may  feel  perfectly 
sure  that  you  are  in- 
sured, and  that  if 
your  property  is  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  your 
losses  will  be  prompt- 
''  ly  paid.  That  is  the 
kind  of  insurance 
which  insures. 


LOUIS    BROWN. 
Manager  Old   Berry  Tavern. 


New     Telephone 
Exchange. 


At  present  writing,  plans  have  been 
practically  perfected  for  the  installation 
of  a  local  telephone  exchange,  to  be  a 
part  of  and  to  have  all  the  facilities  of 
the  Salem  exchange,  including  Salem, 
Danvers,  Peabody  and  Beverly,  with  a 
central  office  in  this  town  and  an  opera- 
tor on  duty  all  the  time.  There  will  be 
about  sixty  Danvers  subscribers  at  the 
start,  and  there  is  promise  of  the  enter- 
prise being  one  of  the  most  useful  and 
popular  advantages  ever  afforded  in  town. 


94 


DANVERS. 


Frank  E.  Moynahan. 

From  the  New  England  Printing  'I'rades  Journal. 


One  of  the  best  representatives  of  the 
younger  element  of  successful  publishers 
and  printers  in  this  state  is  Mr.  Frank  E. 
Moynahan  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  who  is  edi- 
tor and  proprietor  of  the  Danvers  Mirror, 
correspondent  of  several  daily  newspapers, 
contributor  to  various  trade  pul)lications, 
and  conducts  a  reliable  and  satisf;ictory 
job  printing 
plant,  h  i  s 
motto  being 
"A  Good 
Printer  Who 
Can  Do  You 
Good." 

He  was 
born  in  Dan- 
vers thirty- 
f  o  u  r  years 
ago,  and  has 
never  found 
occasion  t  o 
seek  a  living 
els  e  w  he  re. 
He  was  grad- 
uated from 
the  Holten 
High  School 
of  his  native 
town  in  1880, 
at  the  age  of 
fifteen  years, 
and  after 
working  four 
years  for  lo- 
cal store- 
keepers  h  e 
entered  the 
employ       o  f 

C.    H.  Shep-  '^R'^NK  E 

ard,  owner  of 
the  Mirror  printing  plant,  having  previ- 
ously been  the  Danvers  corresijondent  of 
the  Salem  Evetiing  Neivs. 

In  1890,  after  having  been  associated 
with  Mr.  Shepard  six  years,  he  succeeded 
to  the  business.  That  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful is  self  evident,  but  his  progress 
has  not  been  merely  an  accident,  but  is 
attributable  rather  to  promptness  and  in- 
tegrity in  his  every  business  transaction. 


MOYNAHAN. 

Editor  and  Proprietor  of  the  l>anvcrs  Mirror. 


close  and  practical  application  to  all  de- 
tails of  his  affairs  characterizing  his  suc- 
cessful career.  In  the  Mirror,  the  towns- 
people find  a  worthy  and  conservative 
representative  of  their  interests.  Mr. 
Moynahan's  general  printing  business  is 
kept  in  advance  of  the  needs  of  the 
tovvnspeople  ;  experienced  and  practical 
workmen  are  employed,  new  and  modern 
type  is  adde  1  constantly,  and  every  want 
of  his  customers  is  promptly  met. 

M  r.  Moy- 
nahan has 
w  o  n  many 
prizes  in  vari- 
ous competi- 
tive contests 
i  n  connec- 
tion with  his 
chosen  work, 
one  of  the 
most  n  o  t  e- 
worthy  being 
a  gold  eagle 
offered  b  y 
the  Boston 
Post  for  the 
best  letter  of 
less  than  two 
hundred 
words  on 
"How  to 
Run  a  News- 
p  a  p  e  r." 
From  the 
United 
States,  Eng- 
land, .\  u  s- 
tralia  a  n  d 
elsewhere  the 
Post  received 
two  thousand 
one  hundred 
a  n  d  sixty- 
nine  letters,  and  after  thorough  examina- 
tion of  the  contributions,  the  judges 
awarded  him  the  prize. 

With  characteristic  enteri)rise  and 
pluck  he  is  now  engaged  in  compiling  a 
magnificent  historical  and  trade  book  on 
Danvers,  in  the  interests  of  the  town's 
growth,  involving  a  large  expenditure  of 
money  in  its  production.  The  volume 
will   contain    about   two   hundred    pages, 


DANVERS. 


95 


printed  on  coated  book  paper,  with  over 
two  hundred  half-tone  illustrations.  A 
few  years  ago  he  published  a  neat  vol- 
ume called  "  Historic  Danvers,"  which 
had  a  ready  and  appreciative  sale. 

Mr.  Moynahan  has  been  a  most  en- 
thusiastic worker  for  the  progress  of  the 
town,  it  being  the  first  in  the  state  to  es- 
tal)lish  a  municipal  electric  light  plant 
and  the  referendum  system  of  voting  on 
matters  retjuiring  money  appropriations, 
in  all  of  which  his  paper  wielded  a  strong 
influence. 


a  view  to  join  the  Congregation  of  the 
Xaverian  Brothers,  was  opened  on  Sept. 
3,  1891  (solemnly  on  Aug.  17,  1892) 
and  incorporated  into  the  State  of  Mas- 
sachusetts on  Oct.  9,  1891. 

Promising  young  men  (R.  C.)  fourteen 
years  of  age  and  upwards,  after  having 
successfully  completed  their  grammar 
course,  receive  in  this  institution  a  thor- 
ough normal  education  befitting  them  for 
the  profession  of  teachers  in  the  vari- 
ous colleges  and  parochial  schools  of  the 
order.     The  number  of  students  resident 


ST.    JOHNS    NORMAL    COLLEGE. 


The  Danvers  Gas  Light  Co. 

The  Danvers  Gas  Light  Co.  was  or- 
ganized in  i860,  with  a  capital  of  S20,- 
000,  and  has  since  been  incorporated  un- 
der the  laws  of  this  State.  The  plant  is 
located  at  Danversport  and  has  from 
time  to  time  been  considerably  enlarged, 
and  the  company's  local  office  is  in  Por- 
ter's block.  The  company  is  in  a  ])ros- 
perous  condition. 


St.  John's  Normal  College. 

This  institution,  which   has  for  its  ob- 
ject to  train  young  men  as  teachers,  with 


at  the  college  on  Jan.  i,    1899  was  twen- 
ty-seven. 

The  house  stands  on  the  summit  of  a 
hill.  It  is  a  splendid  building,  three 
stories  over  a  solid  basement,  and  in  its 
construction  forty  varieties  of  stone,  all 
of  them  found  on  the  premises,  were  used. 
The  same  variety  of  stone,  ranging  from 
the  pudding  stone,  found  everywhere  in 
Massachusetts,  to  brilliant  gold  and 
brown,  and  red  and  black  granite,  and 
pure  white  marble,  is  evident  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  three  massive  gateways 
to  the  estate. 

Nearly  fifteen  acres,  immediately  abou 
the  house,  are  laid  out  in  pleasure  grounds  ; 


96 


DANVERS. 


a  great  lawn  in  front,  studded  with  a  vari- 
ety of  rare  and  majestic  trees,  slopes  gen- 
tly to  Summer  street,  bordered  by  a  neat 
hedge. 

The  interior  of  the  mansion,  from  the 
basement  upwards,  is  finished  in  the  most 
solid  and  pleasing  manner  possible  ;  the 
halls,  parlor,  dining-room,  drawing-room, 
hallways,  bath  and  bedrooms, — in  all  eigh- 
teen spacious  apartments — are  all  pan- 
eled in  quartered  oak,  with  ceilings  fres- 
coed in  the  most  varied  and  artistic  style. 
The  kitchen  and  other  domestic  offices 
occupy  the  roomy  basement.  The  house  is 
heated  by  both  direct  and  indirect  steam 


by  the  then  owner,  Stephen  Phillips,  a 
retired  sea-captain  ;  thirty-five  acres  of 
meadow,  pasture  and  woodland,  belong- 
ing to  the  same  estate  extend  as  far  as 
Maple  street,  and  are  traversed  by  the 
Lawrence  PJranch  of  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 
In  the  meadow,  on  the  slope  of  a  mound, 
is  an  old  family  cemetery,  several  tomb- 
stones of  which  bear  dates  as  far  back  as 
1748. 

The  Windsor  Club. 


The  Windsor  Club  grew  out  of  the  as- 
semblage of  a  number  of  congenial  ones 


WINDSOR    CLUB    PARLOR. 


heat.  Tne  aggregate  cost  of  this  man- 
sion amounted  to  about  $75,000. 

At  about  a  thousand  yards  southwest 
from  the  mmsion  is  the  historical  Beaver 
Brook  farm-house,  a  frame  building,  now 
somewhat  modernized,  which  dates  as  far 
back  as  1670.  Here  lived  in  1692  Sarah 
Osburn,  a  victim  to  the  witchcraft  delu- 
sion;  at  first  imprisoned  in  Silem  Village 
church,  she  was  afterwards  transferred  to 
Boston  jail,  where  she  died,  supposedly 
of  a  broken  heart. 

West  of  the  above  house  is  situated  a 
stone  barn,  60  x  100  feet,  built  in  1827 


among  the  young  business  men  of  the 
town  who  felt  the  necessity  of  having  a 
place  where  they  could  meet  with  more 
or  less  regularity  to  discuss  public  matters 
and  enjoy  social  intercourse.  They  de- 
termined finally  that  it  would  be  advisa- 
ble to  form  a  social  organization  and  with 
that  end  in  view  the  Windsor  Club  was 
established.  That  was  several  years  ago, 
and  rooms  were  occupied  over  the  post- 
office,  the  club  largely  increasing  its  mem- 
bership and  growing  into  a  prosperous 
and  popular  organization.  In  1897  it 
was  decided  to  take  new  apartments  and 


DANVERS. 


97 


the  present  desirable  quarters  in  the 
Richards  block  were  taken  and  fitted  up 
in  a  luxurious  manner.  The  five  rooms 
consist  of  a  large  parlor  and  reading 
room,  billiard  and  pool  room,  a  large 
hall  for  meetings,  kitchen  and  janitor's 
room.  The  present  membership  num- 
bers sixty  and  is  composed  of  the  leading 
business  and  professional  men  of  the 
town,  and  as  the  management  is  pro- 
gressive and  alive  to  the  needs  of  mem- 
bers, the  future  of  the  club  is  very  bright. 
Last  year  the  club 
was  incorporated  un- 
der the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Massachu- 
setts. The  present 
offict  rs  are  :  Presi- 
dent, Andrew  H.  Pa- 
ton  ;  Vice-President, 
Horace  O.  South- 
wick,  Peabody  ;  Sec- 
retary, George  Lit- 
tle ;  Treasurer,  C. 
Dexter  Richards  ; 
Executive  Commit- 
tee, Jay  O.  Richards, 
Walter  ].  Budgell, 
Walter  T.  Creese ; 
Janitor,  John  H. 
Moser.  The  advan- 
tages presented  to 
the  business  or  pro- 
fessional man  of  D  m- 
vers  by  membership 
in  this  club  are  num- 
erous. He  is  not 
only  thrown  into  as- 
sociition  with  the 
best  and  most  pro- 
gressive element  in 
our  citizenship,  and 
has,  at  the  small  annual  cost,  all  the  ])riv- 
ileges  of  the  club  rooms  at  any  time,  but 
he  will  become  a  participant  in  all  the 
club's  future  benefits.  The  Windsor 
club  has  in  prospect  numerous  additional 
features  which  go  to  make  up  the  mod- 
ern men's  club.  As  fast  as  it  seems  prac- 
ticable these  improvements  will  be  made. 
It  may  justly  be  considered  an  honor 
and  a  rare  privilege  to  be  a  member  of 
the  club.  The  elegance  of  its  apartments 
and   the    high    standing    of    its  members 


commend  it  to  the  favor  of  the  best  and 
most  desirable  elements  in  the  social  life 
of  Danvers. 


Bernard^  Friedman  &  Co. 


HENRY    CREESE 


The  firm  of  Bernard,  Friedman  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  fancy  leathers,  has  its 
extensive  plant  on  Ash  street,  and  its 
products  go  all  over  the  civilized  woild. 
This  firm  has  won  the  distinction  of  be- 
ing the  first  to  ever  induce  the  United 
States  government  to 
jHit  colored  leather 
into  army  shoes,  and 
during  the  past  year 
there  have  been  gov- 
ernment contracts 
made  with  shoe  man- 
ufacturers, one  of  the 
provisions  of  which 
WIS  that  the  stock 
used  should  be  as 
good  as  Bernard, 
Friedman  i!v:  Co.'s 
Titan  calf  stock  ;  and 
in  a  total  of  con- 
tracts aggregating 
300,000  pairs  o  f 
siioes,  this  firm  fur- 
nished all  the  stock 
put  into  colored  army 
shots.  The  firm  of 
Bernard,  Friedman 
&  Co.  is  composed  of 
Albert  Bernard  and 
M  IX  Friedman,  o  f 
iSoston,  and  Henry 
Creese,  of  Danvers, 
and  was  organized 
in  1889.  Business 
was  carried  on  in 
Peabody  for  about  a  year  and  was  then 
reiiioved  to  1  )anvers  and  occuj)ied  a  build- 
ing erected  for  the  firm  l)y  the  Danvers 
Building  Association.  The  firm  has  since 
pure  based  the  building.  The  plant  has 
been  enlarged  as  the  business  grew  until 
the  present  immense  plant  has  succeeded 
it.  The  first  year  scarce  a  score  of  men 
were  employed.  Today  more  than  250 
men  are  constantly  employed.  Last  year 
the  output  of  this  factory  was  worth  more 
than    one  and   three-quarters  millions   of 


98 


DANVERS. 


DANVERS. 


99 


dollars.  Of  the  plant  itself  it  may  be 
said  briefly  that  the  new  building,  so- 
called,  is  250  X  40  feet,  5  stories  in 
height;  there  is  another  building  284  x 
40,  5  1-2  stories;  a  storehouse  200  x  40, 
2  stories,  a  machinery  storehouse,  45  x 
65,  2  stories;  a  repair  shop,  75  x  45,  4 
stories ;  a  lime,  or  beam  house,  65  x  40, 
one  story  ;  these  are  the  principal  build- 
ings. 

The  power  is  furnished  by  boilers  of 
300  horse  power,  with  engines  of  350 
horse  power.  A  description  of  the  pro- 
cesses and  the  machinery  used  in  them  in 


nected  with  the  factory.  The  lines  of 
goods  made  by  this  firm  have  established 
a  world  wide  reputation  and  are  ex- 
ported to  all  parts  of  the  world  where 
leather  is  used.  Immense  quantities  of 
genuine  kangaroo  skins  are  imported  from 
Australia  direct  in  the  raw  state  by  this 
firm.  Among  its  most  noted  products  are 
Russia  Zulu  storm  calf  and  Black  Titan 
calf,  which  have  become,  as  stated,  the 
government's  standard  of  excellence  in 
making  contracts.  Messrs.  Bernard  and 
Friedman  attend  to  the  Boston  end  of  the 
business,  with  offices  at   10    High  street. 


RESIDENCE    OF    HENRY    CREESE. 


transforming  raw  hides  and  skins  from  all 
parts  of  the  globe  into  the  fancy  leathers 
made  by  this  firm,  would  require  more 
space  than  can  be  given  here.  'l"he  factory 
is  ecjuipped  with  the  Sturtevant  system 
of  dryers,  the  Grinnell  system  of  sprinklers, 
and  has  an  independent  water  system  of 
its  own,  in  case  of  failure  of  the  town 
water.  It  is  also  fully  equipped  with 
hundreds  of  electric  lights.  Two  night 
watchmen  are  always  on  duty  at  night, 
and  the  Seth  Fowler  clock  system  is  used. 
There  are  vacuum  condenser  jnuiips,  and 
also  large  water  and   sewer   pumps   con- 


The  factory  is  under  the  direct  supervis- 
ion of  the  other  member  of  the  firm,  Mr. 
Henry  Creese,  who  is  a  tanner  by  trade, 
and,  one  might  say,  by  birth  and  inheri- 
tance also.  Mr.  Creese  learned  the  tan- 
ning business  in  England,  going  to  work 
at  it  when  a  small  boy.  His  father,  grand- 
father and  great  grandfather  were  expert 
tanners  before  him.  After  serving  his 
apprenticeship  he  remained  with  his  em- 
ployer I  7  years.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1872  and  went  to  work  for 
White  Bros.  &  Co.  of  Lowell,  remaining 
there   18  years,  the  last  ten  years  being 


DANVERS. 


superintendent  of  the  works.  Ten  years 
ago  he  entered  the  firm  of  which  he  is 
still  a  member,  and  the  business  has 
grown  and  prospered  under  his  personal 
management  from  the  small  beginning  to 
its  present  status.  Mr.  Creese  is  assisted 
in  the  management  of  the  factory  by  his 
son,  Mr.  Walter  T.  Creese,  and  his  son- 
in-law,  Mr.  Henry  W.  Cook,  both  wide- 
awake, enterprising  and  up-to-date  busi- 
ness men.  All  three  gentlemen  reside  in 
Danvers  and  are  counted  among  the 
town's  progressive,  public  spirited  citizens. 


Danvers  Co-operative  Association. 

This  association  had  its  inception  in 
1 87 1,  when  it  was  formed  with  the  object 
of  dealing  in  groceries  and  provisions  on 
the  Co-operative  plan.  The  premises 
occupied  at  that  time  were  located  in  the 
Putnam  building  near  the  Eastern  R.  R. 
station.  The  rapid  growth  of  the  busi- 
ness, however,  necessitated  its  removal  to 
more  commodious  quarters  which  were 
secured  in  the  Essex  block  and  here  the 
Association  occupies  a  commodious  and 
excellently  equipped  store  measuring 
twenty  by  sixty  feet.  In  1882,  the  con- 
cern was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
this  State,  with  a  capital  of  $2,500.  The 
officers  are  : — President,  Samuel  C.  Put- 
nam ;  Directors,  Samuel  C.  Putnam,  Al- 
fred W.  Bacon,  Lewis  VV.  Day,  Joseph  P. 
Tufts;  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  Henry 
B.  Learnard  ;  Treasurer  and  Storekeeper, 
Herbert  S.  Tapley.  The  Corporation 
deals  in  fine  groceries  and  provisions,  of 
which  a  heavy  stock  is  carried,  the  lowest 
prices  compatible  with  superior  goods 
prevailing.  The  trade  has  increased 
steadily  and  not  only  covers  Danvers  but 
branches  out  to  Middleton,  Wenham, 
and  other  places  within  a  radius  of  ten 
miles.  Three  assistants  are  em])loyed  in 
attending  to  the  retjuirements  of  mem- 
bers. The  officers  of  the  Association  are 
all  well  known  business  men  and  deserve 
much  credit  for  the  success  their  enter- 
prise has  attained. 


man  at  Tapleyville  form  one  of  the  most 
extensive  and  best  equipped  establish- 
ments of  the  kind  in  the  county.  There 
are  six  glasshouses  and  large  office,  cover- 
ing a  ground  area  ot  7,500  feet  and  having 
a  lineal  frontage  of  130  feet.  These  are 
heated  throughout  by  steam  and  an  equa- 
ble temperature  so  essential  to  successful 
growth  is  always  maintained.  It  would 
be  difficult  to  name  any  member  of  the 
floricultural  kingdom  worthy  of  a  place 
and  capable  of  cultivation  in  garden  or 
conservatory  that  is  not  represented  in 
the  plant-houses.  The  stock  is  replete 
with  cut  flowers,  ferns,  palms,  plants  and 
roots,  a  special  feature  being  made  of 
floral  designs  for  weddings,  christenings, 
funerals  and  decorations  for  festive  occa- 
sions. The  product  of  the  conservatories 
finds  a  ready  sale  not  only  in  Danvers  but 
in  the  surrounding  cities  and  towns,  and 
a  large  business  has  been  built  up.  The 
partners  in  the  concern  are  Edward  E. 
and  Charles  W.  Woodman,  both  natives 
of  Danvers.  They  are  both  highly  es- 
teemed. E.  E.  Woodman  has  occupied 
several  important  positions  in  town  affairs. 


Samuel  M.  Hill. 


E.  &  C.  Woodman. 


The   conservatories  of  E.  ^S:   C.  Wood- 


Wenham  Lake  ice  is  known  throughout 
the  whole  of  New  England  for  its  clear- 
ness and  purity  and  as  a  consequence  is 
largely  purchased  by  the  better  class  of 
ice  users.  The  demand,  in  fact,  exceeds 
the  supply  and  all  that  can  be  harvested 
meets  with  a  ready  sale.  Samuel  M.  Hill 
has  four  ice-houses  with  a  joint  storage 
capacity  of  four  thousand  tons  and  em- 
ploys from  four  to  one  hundred  men  ac- 
cording to  the  season.  The  business  was 
established  over  thirty  years  ago  by  Henry 
Patch  and  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Hill  in 
1893.  A  valuable  trade  has  been  devel- 
oped and  four  wiigons  are  utilized  in  dis- 
tributing the  product  of  the  winter's  work 
on  the  frozen  Lake.  Mr.  Hill  is  a  native 
of  Nova  Scotia  having  been  born  at  Econ- 
omv  in  that  Province  in  1868.  He  came 
to  this  state  in  1887  and  in  1893  went  to 
Wenham  to  engage  in  his  present  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Hill  is  well  and  favorably 
known  in  this  and  the  surrounding  dis- 
tricts where  n\uch  of  his  trade  lies. 


DAN  VERS. 


DANVERS. 


DANVERS. 


103 


Willard  Hall   School. 


AVillard  Hall  School  for  girls  furnishes 
thorough  preparation  for  college,  a  pre- 
scribed course  for  those  who  wish  to  grad- 
uate, and  excellent  opportunities  for 
advanced  work  in  French,  German  and 
music  for  those  who  come  from  high 
schools  and  do  not  wish  to  take  the  regu- 
lar course. 

The  school  was  opened  in  September, 
1887,  and  removed  in  June,  1893,  to  a 
much  larger  and  more  suitable  building, 
having  outgrown  its  former  accommoda- 
tions. The  present  structure  contains 
forty- two  rooms,  well  arranged  for  the 
purposes  of  a  private  school  and  is  steam 
heated  and  lighted  by  electricity.  The 
number  of  family  pupils  is,  however,  still 
limited,  as  it  is  believed  that  a  large  num- 
ber of  pupils  takes  away  the  special  home 
character  of  the  school  which  is  so  much 
valued.  The  class-rooms  and  bed-rooms 
are  large,  airy  and  pleasant,  with  excellent 
sanitary  conditions.  Every  arrangement 
is  made  to  secure  the  best  results  with  the 
least  possible  nervous  strain.  No  rules 
are  made  prominent,  but  a  spirit  of  ear- 
nest faithfulness  is  cultivated.  During  the 
study  hours  for  the  family  pupils  a  teach- 
er is  present  and  the  scholars  feel  assured 
of  the  ready  help  and  sympathy  of  the 
teachers  at  all  times.  Those  who  are 
advanced  in  French  sit  at  a  table  where 
the  conversation  is  conducted  in  that  lan- 
guage. The  pupils  of  the  music  depart- 
ment give  a  recital  before  the  school 
several  times  each  term,  and  once  a  year 
a  public  recital  before  invited  guests. 
The  literary  work  is  stimulated  by  the 
occasional  evenings  given  to  the  reading 
of  compositions.  The  school  being  only 
eighteen  miles  from  Boston,  pupils  can 
attend  the  best  concerts  and  become 
familiar  with  the  museums  and  other 
places  of  interest.  A  chaperone  accom- 
panies the  young  ladies  to  those  concerts 
in  Boston  and  Salem  which  it  is  considered 
desirable  they  should  attend.  The  work 
of  the  school  is  fully  illustrated,  the  col- 
lection of  photographs,  fossils  and  miner- 
als being  very  complete. 

Five  teachers  are  resident.  Many  of 
the  graduates  are   in   positions  of  imjjor- 


tance  and  homes  of  prominent  influence. 
Certificates  of  the  school  are  accepted  at 
Smith,  W'ellesley  and  other  colleges. 

Miss  Dawson  took  a  five  years'  course 
at  the  Lay  Institute,  Montreal,  and  was 
examined  for  a  Boston  public  school  at 
seventeen,  and  given  a  position,  which 
she  retained  until  invited  to  become  a 
teacher  in  the  Lyons  Female  College, 
Lyons,  Iowa.  Near  the  end  of  the  third 
year  she  was  summoned  to  Boston  by 
her  father's  death,  and  soon  obtained,  by 
examination  with  forty  competitors,  the 
position  of  head  assistant  in  the  boys' 
grammar  school,  Burroughs  street,  Jamaica 
Plain.  In  the  third  year  there  she  was 
urgently  invited  by  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe 
to  fill  a  vacancy  in  Perkins  Institute  and 
at  the  end  of  one  year  he  gave  her  the 
opportunity  to  go  to  the  "  Royal  Normal 
College  for  the  Blind  "  in  London.  The 
steamer  ticket  had  come  to  him  along 
with  the  request  to  select  a  teacher,  and 
he  yiekied  Miss  Dawson,  saying  he  would 
not  disturb  his  own  classes  in  January  for 
any  less  cause,  but  his  sympathies  were 
with  the  great  effort  to  establish  American 
methods  in  the  work  for  the  Fnglish 
blind. 

During  two  years  in  London  Miss 
Dawson  had  very  large  experience  in  class 
exhibitions  before  distinguished  audiences 
in  homes  of  influential  Englishmen,  and 
b)'  command  at  Windsor  Castle  before 
(^ueen  Mctoria  and  her  household. 

The  Glasgow  committee  studied  the 
London  work  and  asked  the  Royal  Col- 
lege authorities  for  an  American  teacher 
to  put  the  Glasgow  school  for  the  blind 
on  a  new  basis,  and  Miss  Dawson  was 
sent.  One  strong  and  eminently  success- 
ful year  was  given  to  this  work,  including 
the  training  of  a  successor. 

Called  home  to  P)Oston  again  by  her 
family,  she  entered  the  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology for  chemistry.  This  first  year  of 
rest  from  teaching  was  given  to  severe 
study  of  natural  science.  The  summer 
course  of  three  hundred  hours,  in  Boyls- 
ton  Laboratory  at  HarvardCollege, followed, 
under  Professors  Cook  and  Mabery. 

Miss  Dawson  re-entered  the  Institute 
of  Technology  in  the  fall,  for  quantitative 
work  and  blow-pipe  analysis. 


I04 


DANVERS. 


In  December  she  became  teacher  of 
Natural  Science  in  Bradford  Academy  for 
seven  years.  All  these  years  she  was  a 
contributor  to  newspapers  and  magazines, 
an  active  member  of  the  "Rome  Art 
Club  "  of  Haverhill  and  in  the  year  1880 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Sci- 
ence. Leaving  Bradford  in  '8;^,  Mrs.  S. 
D.  Merrill  founded  Willard  Hall  School 
for  girls  in  '87,  having  a  successful  school 
from  the  first. 
The  teachers 
and  lecturers 
are  secured 
from  the  best 
sources  and 
no  effort  is 
spared  to 
make  it  in 
every  way, 
one  of  the 
best  h  o  m  e 
schools  in 
New  E  n  g- 
land. 

Late  Hon. 

John  D. 

Philbrick, 

LL.D. 


John  Dud- 
ley Philbrick 
was  born  at 
Deerfield,  N. 
H.,  May  27, 
I  8  I  8,  and 
died  at  Dan- 
vers,  Feb.  2, 
1886,  at  the 
age  of  sixty- 
seven.  Mr. 
Philbrick  was 

educated  in  the  common  schools  and 
academies  of  his  native  state,  and  gradu- 
ated from  Dartmouth  College  at  the  age 
of  twenty- four.  He  received  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  LL.D.  from  Bates  College 
in  1872,  and  from  St.  Andrews,  Scotland, 
in  1879  ;  he  was  also  honored  with  the 
title  of  the  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  France,  1878  :  and  with  the  Gold 
Palm   of  the  University  of  France,  with 


THE    LATE    JOHN    D.    PHILBRICK 


the  title  "Officer  of  Public  Instruction," 
in  1878. 

Mr.  Philbrick  held  various  positions  as 
teacher,  superintendent  and  supervisor  of 
educational  mterests.  He  taught  in  four 
different  district  schools  and  an  academy 
in  New  Hampshire  ;  for  three  colles;e 
winter  vacations,  m  the  district  where  he 
resiiled  at  the  time  of  his  death  ;  for  two 
years  in  the  Roxbury  Latin  School,  1842- 
4-1  ;  for  one  term  in  a  private  school  in 
Roxbury, 
1844  ;  for  one 
year  in  the 
English  High 
School,  Boston, 

1844-45  ;  was 
master  of  the 
Mayhew  Gram- 
mar school  for 
boys,  Boston, 
for  two  years, 
1845-47;  of 
the  Q  u  i  n  c  y 
G  r  a  m  m  a  r 
School  for 
boys,  Boston, 
five  years, 
1847-52  ;  prin- 
cii)al  State 
Normal  school. 
Con  necticut, 
two  years, 
1852-54;  Su- 
[)  e  rin  tendent 
Public  Schools, 
state  of  Con- 
necticut, two 
years,  1 85  4 -5  6; 
of  City  of  Bos- 
ton, twenty 
years,  1856- 
1874  and 
I  8  76-1  878; 
agent  of  Massachusetts  Board  of  Educa- 
tion 1875,  in  preparing  the  State  Exhibi- 
tion of  Education  at  Philadelphia;  State 
Educational  Commissioner  and  United 
States  Honorary  Commissioner  to  the 
Vienna  Exposition,  1873;  United  States 
Commissioner  of  Education  at  the  Paris 
Exposition, —  so  called,  but  m  fact,  only 
appointed  by  the  Commissioner  General 
to  take  charge  of  the  educational  depart- 


DANVERS. 


>o5 


ment,  and  member  of  the  Educational 
Juries,  both  at  Vienna  and  at  the  Paris 
Exposition  of  1S7S  ;  president  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  State 
Teachers'  Associalions,  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Instruction,  National  Teachers' 
Association,  and  New  England  Pedagog- 
ical Association  ;  member  of  the  (Govern- 
ment of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  from  its  establishment ;  ten 
years  trustee  of  Bates  College  ;  ten  years 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Board  of 
Education,  1S63-74;  for  some  years 
member  of  the  Educational  Committee 
of  the  Social  Science  Association.  These 
multiplied    trusts  are  an  abundant   tesli- 


twelve  quarterly  and  thirty- three  semi- 
annual reports  of  public  schools  of  Bos- 
ton, and  several  special  reports  relating 
thereto,  printed  in  the  annual  volumes  of 
the  reports  of  the  school  committee  of 
Boston  from  1857  to  1878,  inclusive; 
the  reports  for  the  State  board  of  Educa- 
tion of  the  Legislature  for  the  years  1S65 
and  1872;  report  as  director  of  the 
United  States  exhibition  at  the  Paris  Ex- 
position of  1878,  printed  with  the  reports 
of  the  United  States  Commissioner-in- 
chief;  Article  Etats-Unis,  Dictionaire  de 
Pedagogue,  Paris ;  several  lectures  and 
papers  printed  in  the  volumes  of  the 
American    Institute    of  Instruction  ;   and 


PHILBRICK    HOMESTEAD,    DEERFIELD.    N.    H. 


mony  to  the  confidence  reposed  in  Mr. 
Philbrick  as  an  educator,  and  to  the  dis- 
tinguished ability  with  which  he  devoted 
himself  to  his  life-long  profession. 

Mr.  Philbrick  studied  law  to  some  ex- 
tent, but  when  not  engaged  in  educa- 
tional matters  he  was  for  the  most  jxart 
occupied  in  farm  work,  both  in  youth 
and  in  his  later  years. 

He  was  one  of  the  editors  at  different 
times  of  the  "  Massachusetts  Teacher," 
editor  of  Connecticut  "  Common  School 
Journal  "  for  two  or  three  years,  when 
"employed  in  that  state.  He  prejiared 
the  annual  reports  of  the  public  schools 
of  the  state  of  Connecticut  for  1855-56  ; 


in  volumes  of  the  National  Educational 
Association  ;  circulars  of  the  National 
Bureau  of  Education  ;  papers  in  magazine 
"  Education,"  "Journal  of  Social  Science 
Association,"  and  "  North  American  Re- 
view," iS8t.  Mr.  Philbrick  pre]iared 
the  catalogue  of  United  States  Exhibition 
of  P^ducation  at  Paris,  1878;  compiled 
the  Boston  Primary  Charts,  the  American 
Union  Speaker,  Boston,  1865  and  1876, 
and  the  Primary  Union  Speaker.  A 
large  proportion  of  these  literary  produc- 
tions were  incident  to  his  official  posi- 
tions, but  the  wide  range  of  topics  treated, 
with  the  large  amount  of  practical  wis- 
dom  displayed,  marked   Mr.  Philbrick  as 


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DANVERS. 


a  man  possessed  of  a  high  form  of  genius, 
—  a  genius  for  work,  and  a  zeal  in  what- 
ever he  espoused,  which  not  only  nerved 
his  own  arm,  but  encouraged  and  stimu- 
lated those  who  were  called  toco- operate 
in  his  plans. 

On  August  24,  1843,  while  teaching  in 
Roxbury,  he  married  Miss  Julia  A.  Put- 
nam of  Danvers,  a  descendant  of  Lieut. 
David  Putnam,  a  brother  of  General 
Israel  Putnam.  The  union  proved  a 
most  happy  one,  and  thus  for  forty-three 
years  he  had  the  cherishing  support  of  a 
true  helpmeet,  and 
the  comfort  and 
joy  of  an  ideal 
home. 

Rev.  Milton 

Palmer  Braman, 

D.D. 


Milton  Palmer 
Braman  was  the 
son  of  a  minister. 
Rev.  Isaac  Bra- 
man  of  George- 
town,  and  his 
mother  was  the 
daughter  of  a 
minister.  Dr. 
Braman  was  the 
second  in  a  family 
of  five  children. 
He  went  from 
Phillips  Academy 
to  Harvard,  grad- 
uated from  there 
in  1 81 9,  and  after 
a  year's  teaching 
entered  the  An- 
dover  Seminary. 
He  preached  his  first  sermon  at  Danvers, 
in  December,  1825,  and  preached  some- 
what during  Dr.  Wadsworth's  sickness, 
and  upon  that  able  minister's  decease  he 
was  speedily  and  unanimously  called  to 
become  his  successor,  being  ordained 
April  12,  1827.  Dr.  Braman  married 
Mary  Parker  of  Georgetown  in  Novem- 
ber, 1826,  seven  months  after  his  settle- 
ment here.  He  resigned  March  31, 
1 85 1,  after  a  pastorate  of  nearly  thirty- 
five  years.     He  had  a  number  of  times 


THE    LATE    REV.    M.    P.    BRAMAN.    D.D. 


previously  expressed  a  desire  to  be  dis- 
missed, but  his  people  would  not  let  him 
go.  This  time  he  had  decided.  "  I 
have  reached  that  time  of  life  when  I 
wish  to  retire  from  the  labors  which  the 
ministry  imposes  on  me,  and  when  it  is 
usually  better  to  give  place  to  younger 
men."  Dr.  Braman  moved  to  Brookline 
shortly  after  his  resignation,  then  to  Au- 
burndale,  where  he  died  April  10,  1882, 
in  his  eighty-third  year.  He  was  buried 
in  the  town  of  his  birth  after  a  brief  ser- 
vice at  the  home  of  his  aged  mother. 

Dr.  Braman  was 
a  strong  man ; 
some  have  placed 
him  at  the  head 
of  eminent  di- 
vines reared  in 
Essex  County.  He 
was  greatly  assist- 
ed by  his  wife, 
one  of  the  wisest 
and  best  of 
women,  who  re- 
lieved him  of  fam- 
ily cares,  so  that 
he  could  devote 
his  time  to  parish 
duties,  and  in 
these  she  was  ever 
a  thoughtful  as- 
sistant. Dr.  Bra- 
man was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school 
committee  of  the 
town  for  twenty- 
five  years,  and 
chairman  of  the 
Board  for  a  consid- 
erable portion  of 
that  period.  He 
was  also  a  member  from  this  town  of  the 
convention  held  in  1853  for  revising  the 
Constitution  of  the  state,  and  he  bore  an 
active  and  influential  part  in  its  proceed- 
ings. He  was  one  of  the  nine  original  life 
trustees  of  Peabody  Institute,  and  was 
frequently  consulted  by  George  Peabody, 
the  donor  of  this  magnificent  gift.  By 
his  earnest  and  faithful  preaching,  he  made 
a  deep  impression  upon  his  hearers,  many 
being  led  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  the 
truth  and  a  devoted  Christian  life. 


DANVERS. 


107 


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,  &, 


mi    -1  --f  — 


io8 


DANVERS. 


Asylum  Station. 
Collins  Street. 

Danvers  Junction. 

Eastern,  D.invers   Plains. 


B.    &    M.    R.    R.    STATIONS. 


I  )anversport. 
Western,  I  lanvers  Plain. 
Piitn  imville. 
Tapleyville. 
Ferncroft. 


DANVERS. 


109 


Boston  &  Maine  Railroad. 


The  unusual  and  adequate  railroad 
facilities  which  Danvers  enjoys  is  a  mat- 
ter which  causes  comment  from  every 
person  visiting  the  town  and  remaining 
long  enough  to  realize  the  extent  of  the 
railroad  privileges  which  the  great  Bos- 
ton &  Maine  railroad  system  furnishes 
the  town.  For  more  than  fifty  years 
Danvers  has  had  as  good  railroad  facili- 
ties as  any  and  much  better  than  most  of 
the  towns  of  her  size  in  any  part  of  the 
country.  It  was  in  1846  that  the  Essex 
railroad  was  incorporated,  and  in  1849 
it  was  opened  from  Salem  to  Lawrence. 
It  was  soon  after  leased  to  the  Eastern 
railroad,  and  is  now  known  as  the  Law- 
rence branch  of  the  Eastern  Division  of 
the  Boston  &  Maine  system.  In  185  i  the 
Danvers  iS:  (Georgetown  railroad  was  in- 
corporated and  was  consolidated  with 
the  Danvers  &  Reading  railroad  in  1853. 
This  road  was  later  consolidated  with  the 
Boston  &  Maine  and  has  been  known 
since  as  the  Newburyport  branch  of  the 
Western  Division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine. 
These  two  divisions  cross  each  other  at 
Danvers  Plains.  There  are  no  less  than 
nine  stations  within  the  limits  of  the  town, 
each  village  having  its  own  neat,  well-aj)- 
pointed  station,  surrounded  by  its  well- 
kept  grounds,  tastefully  laid  out  in  grass 
plats,  flower  beds  and  concrete  or  grav- 
elled walks.  This  great  corporation, 
which  looks  so  carefully  after  the  wants 
and  pleasures  of  its  patrons,  offers  annu- 
ally prizes  to  its  station  agents  \vho  keep 
the  grounds  about  their  stations  best  and 
most  attractive,  and  prizes  have  been 
often  won  by  Danvers  station  agents. 
Especially  fortunate  is  Danvers,  too,  in 
the  class  of  men  in  charge  of  these  sta- 
tions, for  by  their  courteous  manners  and 
obliging  ways  they  have  become  very 
popular  with  the  patrons  of  their  stations. 
There  are  twenty-one  passenger  trains 
daily  between  Danvers  and  Boston, 
some  fast  express  trains,  and  a  night  the- 
atre train  gives  great  satisfaction  to  a 
large  number  of  patrons  of  the  road. 
Nor  are  the  freight  facilities  behind  the 
passenger  traffic  ;  no  matter  in  what  part 
of  the  town  you  are  located  if  }Ou   wish 


to  send  or  receive  freight  to  or  from  any 
direction  you  have  but  a  short  distance 
to  haul  it,  for  so  liberally  are  the  stations 
located  along  the  lines  of  the  road  that 
all  parts  of  the  town  are  accommodated. 
This  great  railroad  system,  which  con- 
nects with  all  parts  of  New  England,  has 
always  been  conducted  in  a  spirit  of 
broad  liberality  and  progress,  and  as  in 
the  past,  so  probably,  in  the  future,  it  will 
continue  to  be  conducted  in  the  interests 
of  its  patrons,  and  will  continue  to  meet 
all  the  requirements  for  safe,  rapid  and 
comfortable  transit,  keeping  fully  abreast 
if  not  ahead  of  the  times  in  the  applica- 
tion of  all  new  inventions,  methods  and 
improvements,  for  in  these  things  the 
Boston  &  Maine  has  always  been  a  lea  der 
among  railroads.  In  going  to  Boston  by  the 
Lawrence  branch  we  pass  through  Salem, 
Lynn  and  Chelsea,  and  in  going  by  the 
Newburyport  branch  we  go  through  West 
Peabody,  Wakefield,  Maiden,  etc.,  while 
Newburyport,  Salem,  Lawrence,  Reading 
and  other  famous  old  towns  are  virtually 
at  our  doors,  for  such  are  the  railroad  ac- 
commodations that  one  can  start  at  any 
hour  for  almost  any  town  in  New  Eng- 
land and  make  the  journey  in  an  almost 
incredibly  short  time.  Great  is  the  Bos- 
ton (!v  Maine  system,  and  Danvers  is 
much  benefitted  by  it. 


William  Penn  Hussey, 


The  career  of  William  Penn  Hussey  is 
a  notable  example  of  the  progress  of  one 
who  by  industry,  perseverance  and  en- 
terprise has  attained  a  commanding  po- 
sition in  the  world  ;  a  position,  however, 
which  could  not  have  been  reached  and 
maintained  without  the  additional  virtues 
of  probity,  fair  dealing  and  true  manhood. 
Like  many  other  men  who  today  occupy 
prominent  positions  in  life  Mr.  Hussey 
owes  his  ])ossessions  and  the  standing  he 
has  attained  to  hard  work  and  well  ap- 
|)lied  effort.  Possessing  by  nature  a 
clear  head,  a  cool  temperament,  sound 
intellect  and  good  judgment  he  knew  that 
to  succeed  in  life,  industry  and  fidelity 
were  the  only  remainina  requisites  for 
success  and  these  he  cultivated  assidu- 
ouslv,  with  the  result  that  there  are  few 


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names  belter  known  or  respected  in  the 
great  financial  centres  of  America  and 
Europe  than  his.  He  was  the  founder 
and  subsequently  Treasurer  and  General 
Manager  of  the  Broad  Cove  Coal  Co., 
Limited,  of  Cape  Breton,  N.  S.,  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Canada  consider  his  name 


these  mines  have  filled  the  people  with 
awe  so  that  the  wise  Solomon  is  eclipsed 
by  the  wonder-working  name  of  William 
Penn  Hussey.  And  well  may  it  be  so,  for 
he  has  planned  and  successfully  carried 
out  feats  in  engineering  which  the  Cana- 
dian   Government    engineers    and    other 


WILLIAM    PENN    HUSSEY. 


an  all  potent  one  in  the  commercial  af- 
fairs of  the  Dominion.  A  notable  event 
in  their  history  was  the  running  of  the 
first  locomotive  over  the  railroad  built  by 
Mr.  Huisey  to  the  Broad  Cove  mines. 
The  wonderful  changes  he  has  wrought 
and  the  amount  of  capital  expended  on 


experts  declared  impossible.  More  par- 
ticularly is  this  mechanical  skill  noticea- 
ble in  the  erection  of  the  two  great  break- 
waters that  guard  the  harbor  of  the  Broad 
Cove  Coal  Co.  Mr.  Hussey  was  no 
novice  in  the  field  of  mining  engineer- 
ing   when    he    invested    his    capital  and 


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undertook  to  develop  and  make  a  paying 
investment  of  the  Broad  Cove  Mines. 
Many  experts  predicted  failure,  but 
nothing  daunted  Mr.  Hussey  set  about 
his  Herculean  task.  His  experience  in 
mining  was  acquired  in  the  mines  of  Cal- 
ifornia and  the  west,  amid  surroundings 
and  under  circumstances  that  would  have 
deterred  any  but  him  from  continuing 
the  business.  This  coupled  with  his 
magnificent  physique,  indomitable  will- 
power and  evenly  balanced  brain  caused 
him  to  succeed  where  thousands  would 
have  failed  and  today  the  Broad  Cove 
Coal  Co.  stands  as  a  monument  to  his 
enterprise,  skill  and  executive  ability 
which  the  ravages  of  time  can  never  efface. 
For  his  splendid  services  in  developing 
this,  so  to  speak,  desolate  portion  of  the 
Dominion,  the  Canadian  Government 
offered  Mr.  Hussey  the  honor  of  knight- 
hood but  as  an  American  citizen  he  re- 
fused the  dignity,  preferring  to  live  under 
the  stars  and  stripes  than  become  a  Brit- 
ish subject. 

Mr.  Hussey  was  born  at  North  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  in  1847.  He  is  a  son  of 
William  Hussey,  the  well  known  inventor 
of  the  famous  Hussey  plough  and  a  first 
cousin  of  John  G.  Whittier  the  poet.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  Mr.  Hussey  went  to 
California  where  he  engaged  in  mining. 
He  returned  to  the  east  in  1872,  but 
subsequently  went  to  Kansas  where  he 
remained  several  years.  From  thence 
he  came  to  Danvers  and  engaged  exten- 
sively in  the  wholesale  and  retail  coal 
business  and  is  to  this  day  known  as  the 
honest  coal  dealer.  Many  families  here 
have  reason  to  remember  his  benevolence, 
for  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  none  who 
asked  for  bread  were  given  a  stone  and 
his  coal  sheds  were  always  accessible  to 
those  less  fortunate  than  their  fellows. 
(Generously  permitting  over  1,000  ])ersons 
to  become  indebted  to  him  for  coal,  he 
has  never  taken  any  legal  means  to  collect 
what  is  now  due  him  on  the  numerous 
accounts.  Mr.  Hussey  has  had  charge 
of  the  construction  of  many  large  public 
works  among  which  may  be  mentioned 
the  sewer  system  of  Boston.  He  retired 
from  the  local  coal  business  in  order  to 
devote  his  entire  time  and  attention  to 


the  development  of  the  Broad  Cove  Coal 
Co.  which  he  had  established  at  Cape 
Breton.  Last  year  having  brought  that 
enterprise  to  a  stage  that  it  ranks  among 
the  richest  coal  mines  in  the  world  he  re- 
signed his  position  as  Treasurer  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  in  favor  of  his  son  J.  Fred 
Hussey,  but  still  owns  seven-tenths  of  the 
Company's  stock. 

Mr.  Hussey  married  the  only  daughter 
of  VV.  H.  Munro,  the  millionaire  of  Mar- 
tha's Vineyard.  Riverbank,  his  palatial 
home  at  Danversport,  stands  in  its  own 
grounds  and  here  he  entertains  lavishly, 
dispensing^  his  hospitality  to  his  numer- 
ous friends  in  an  unostentatious  and 
pleasing  manner.  •  Mr.  Hussey  has  trav- 
elled all  over  the  world  and  is  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  various  European  cap- 
itals where  he  has  met  some  of  the  most 
eminent  statesmen  and  financiers  of  the 
continent. 


J.  Fred  Hussey, 

The  mantle  of  William  Penn  Hussey 
has  fallen  upon  the  shoulders  of  his  son, 
J.  Fred  Hussey,  who  has  proven  himself 
to  be  a  worthy  son  of  a  worthy  sire.  Not 
only  has  he  inherited  his  father's  splendid 
physique  and  genial  disposition  but  also 
much  of  his  business  acumen  and  execu- 
tive ability. 

Mr.  J.  Fred  Hussey  has  always  made 
his  home  with  his  father.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  public  and  Holten  High 
Schools  of  this  town  and  at  the  Burdette 
Business  College,  Boston.  Upon  com- 
pleting his  education  he  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  coal  business  at 
Danversport,  and  subsequently  assisted 
him  materially  in  the  development  of  the 
Broad  Cove  Coal  Co.,  of  which  he  was 
elected  Treasurer  and  General  Manager 
last  year,  filling  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  retirement  of  his  father,  William  Penn 
Hussey. 

|.  Fred  Hussey  is  a  young  man  of  great 
ability  and  has  already  demonstrated  his 
power  to  successfully  continue  the  work 
of  development  at  Broad  Cove.  He  re- 
cently installed  a  mining  plant  there  op- 
erated by  compressed  air  which  has  been 
a  great  saving  in  the  cost  of  mining  the 


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coal  and  has  materially  reduced  the  Com- 
pany's expenditure.  Mr.  Fred  Hussey 
has  been  indefatigable  in  promoting  the 
interests  of  the  Company  in  every  wav 
and  has  won  the  esteem  of  the  people  of 
Broad  Cove  by  his  straightforwardness 
and    kindness    of  disposition.      His  uer- 


jjerbons  with  200  teams  and  ten  bagpipes 
accompanied  the  couple  twenty  miles  to 
Marbou.  l"he  town  was  gaily  decorated 
with  llags  and  the  arrival  of  the  party  was 
the  signal  for  the  firing  of  a  salute,  the 
greatest  enthusiasm  prevailing.  Dinner 
was  served  at  the  Cameron   House    and 


J.    FRED    HUSSEY. 


sonal  popularity  was  most  forcibly  at- 
tested when  at  the  close  of  the  season's 
operations  at  Broad  Cove  in  January  Mr. 
Fred  and  wife  were  given  a  Highland 
send-off  by  the  employees  and  people. 
An    enthusiastic   gathering    of   over    300 


the  Jubilee  Hotel,  after  which  music  and 
dancing  were  enjoyed.  Before  his  de- 
I)arture  Mr.  Fred  Hussey  was  presented 
the  following  address  by  J.  L.  McDougall, 
solicitor  of  the  Company,  on  behalf  of 
the  people  of  Broad  Cove. 


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"To  J.   Fred    Hussey,    Treasurer  of  the   Broad 
Cove  Company,  Limited. 

Respected  and  Dear  Sir:  — 

Having  learned  that  you  are  aljout  to  leave  us 
for  a  while  in  order  to  visit  your  native  home  in 
Danvers,  Mass.,  we  desire  to  convey  to  you  our 
deep  appreciation  of  what  you  have  done  for  us 
and  for  our  country  while  you  were  among  us. 
Your  noble  enterprise  at  Broad  Cove  has  been 
pushed  on  from  its  inception  with  energy,  honor 
and  success  by  yourself  and  your  worthy  father 
and  we  earnestly  hope  that  the  happy  progress 
already  made  is  but  a  faint  intimation  of  the 
crowning  results  yet  to  follow.  In  the  course  of 
three  short  years  your  zeal,  your  capital  and  your 
courage  have  changed  Broad  Cove  from  a  lifeless 
locality  into  a  hive  of  industry.  Whilst  you  were 
always  intensely  interested  in  pressing  on  the 
great  work  committed  to  your  management,  you 
were  at  the  same  time  ever  careful  to  see  that 
the  men  who  worked  for  you  were  properly 
treated  and  properly  paid.  This  fact  created 
and  has  always  sustained  the  most  agreeal)le  re- 
lations between  the  employers  and  the  employed 
at  Broad  Cove.  We  trust  your  connectinn  with 
the  Broad  Cove  Coal  Company  may  continue,  for 
we  know  that  such  connection  will  ensure  success 
to  the  work  and  satisfaction  to  the  workers. 

We  desire  you  also  to  convey  to  your  wife  our 
heartfelt  thanks  for  the  kindly  interest  and  sym- 
pathy she  evinced  in  our  welfare  during  the  last 
summer  and  spring.  You  have  both  earned  the 
respect  and  gratitude  of  the  people  of  Broad 
Cove,  who  will  never  cease  to  pray  for  your  fu- 
ture health  and  happiness.'" 

Mr.  Fred  Hussey  replied  with  feeling  and 
with  brevity.  Three  hearty  cheers  were  then 
given  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hussey,  and  as  a  fitting 
final  to  a  day  of  gladness,  three  lusty  cheers  and 
a  tiger  were  given  for  William  Penn  Hussey, 
the  father,  and  founder  of  the  Broad  Cove  Coal 
Company. 

Mr.  J.  Fred  Hussey  was  ninrried  to 
Miss  Bessie  Cushman  Ingalls  of  Boston 
last  year  and  when  not  occupying  his 
residence  at  Broad  Cove,  makes  his  home 
at  Riverbank  annex,  where  his  father  has 
fitted  up  a  superb  suite  of  a])artmeuts  for 
the  young  couple. 

The  following  article  is  from  the  Pro- 
vincialist,  a  paper  edited  in  Canada  and 
published  in  Boston,  to  show  Canada's 
progress. 

"  Another  enterprise  of  greater  magnitude  is 
the  development  of  the  Broad  Cove  Coal  mine 
and  the  construction  of  an  artificial  harbor  con- 
tiguous thereto.  The  dominant  force  in  this 
huge  undertaking  is  William  Penn  Hussey  of 
Danvers,  Massachusetts,  and  formerly  well  known 
in  Boston  as  "  the  honest  coal  dealer."  Some 
eight  or  nine  years  ago  Mr.  Hussey  visited  Broad 
Cove  and,  after  carefully  examining  the  coal  and 


the  country,  bought  that  mine  for  $60,000.     It 
was  then  in  an  undeveloped  state,  and  the  diffi- 
culty of  development  and  transportation  seemed 
almost    irremovable.       People    less    shrewd    and 
pushing  than  Mr.    Hussey   himself,    imagined  at 
that    time  that  he  had  struck  a  most  desperate 
snag.      But  William  Penn  knew  his  ground,  and 
went  straight  ahead,  looking  neither  to  the  right 
nor  to  the  left.     In  the  winter  of  1894  he  got  an 
Act  of  Incorporation  passed  through  the  Legis- 
lature of  Nova  Scotia  for   the  Broad   Cove  Coal 
Company,  Limited.      It  was  now  that   Mr.   Hus- 
sey's    remarkable    energy    came    into    full    plav. 
When  he  bought  the  property  the  coal  was  there, 
it  is  true,  but  it  was  dormant  and  useless.    There 
was    no    railroad    within    thirty-five  miles  of  it ; 
there  was  no  good  harbor  within  forty  miles  of 
it ;   a  Canadian  government  engineer  had  exam- 
ined Mclsaac's  Lake  fast  by,  and   had  made  a 
very  discouraging  report  as  to  the  practicability 
of  making  a  harbor  there;    there  was  no  capital, 
hope  or  enterprise  in  the  locality.     Broad  Cove 
was    in    evil    case.     But    Mr.     Ilussey,    nothing 
daunted,    resolved    on    two    things,    namely;  to 
open  up  and  develop  that  beautiful  coal  property, 
and  to  make  a  good  shipping  harbor  of  Mclsaac's 
Lake.     He    went    to   Great    Britain   and    other 
countries  of  Europe  to  float  his  scheme.      He  en- 
listed wealthy  capitalists  in  England,   .Scotland, 
France  and  Switzerland.    He  went  down  to  Broad 
Cove  as  Manager  and  Treasurer  of  his  company, 
purchased  large  tracts  of  land  around  the  mine 
and   projected  harbor,  imported  a  heavy    lot   of 
plant,  built  a  railway  from  the  coal  pits  to  the 
proposed  harbor,  (two  miles),  bought  a  powerful 
clam-shell    dredge  with    its  fleet    of  scows,  and 
went  to  work  with  the  cool  determination  of  a 
man  who  means  business.      The  result    is    that 
on  the    i6th  day  of  last  month   the   Minister  of 
Public  Works   of  Canada,  who  had  been    around 
seeing  the  coastal  works  of  the   Maritime  Prov- 
inces, had  the  happy  mortification  of  being  able 
to  steam  right  into  the  new  and  elegant  harbor 
of  Broad  Cove — a  harbor  which  a  few  years  ago 
.  was  pronounced  virtually  impossible  by  an  expert 
officer  of  his  own  department.     The  distinguished 
Minister  also  experienced  the  cheerful  novelty  of 
seeing,  in   his  own   fair  Dominion,   an  excellent 
harbor  of  immense  public  importance  just  being 
completed,  two  long  substantial  jiiers  splendidly 
Inult  at  enormous  cost,  a  magnificent    shipping 
wharf  with  three  or  four  vessels  loading  thereat, 
and  all  done  without  receiving  one  cent's  worth 
of  aid   from  the  Government  of  Canada  or  any 
other  Government.     A  novel  experience,   truly. 
For  be  it  understood  that,  in   Canada,  all  these 
public  works  are  expected  to  be  built  and  main- 
tained by  the  Federal  Government. 

During  the  past  two  months  an  average  of  ten 
vessels  a  week — vessels  of  about  120  tons  bur- 
then— loaded  with  coal  in  this  new  harbor  of 
Broad  Cove.  The  season  having  been  advanced 
before  they  were  ready  to  do  much  shippmg 
there,  the  market  for  this  year's  coal  confined  to 
the  two  provinces  of  Nova  .Scotia  and  Prince 
Edward  Island.  30,000  tons  of  Broad  Cove  coal 
was  sold  in  ('harlf)ttetowii,  P.  E.   I.,  alone,  since 


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two  months.  Next  year  this  ronipany  expects  to 
reach  the  best  markets  of  the  St.  Lawrence  and  of 
the  New  England  States.  The  mine  is  now  readv 
to  be  worked  with  electricity  and  machinery  and 
could,  if  recjuired.  turn  out  4,000  tons  a  day. 
During  this  summer  and  last  spring  an  average 
of  100  men  a  day  were  employed  on  the  pier 
work,  dredging  and  building  operations.  This 
does  not  include  the  hosts  "f  country  people  en- 
gaged in  hauling  timljer  and  other  material  for 
the  various  works  there.  Since  tlie  shipping  of 
coal  commenced  fifty  miners  have  l)een  regularly 
employed,  besides  engineers,  weighers  and  man- 
agers. By  next  fall  this  company  will  have  ex- 
pended one  (|uarter  of  a  million  dollars  in  F.rnad 
Cove. 

That  this  enterprise  is  one  of  tremendous  ad- 
vantage to  the  county  cif  Inverness  is  self-evident, 
and  there  is  scarcely  a  iloubt  l)ut  that  it  is  des- 
tined to  be  one  of  great  and  permanent  profit  to 
its  clever,  courageous  piromoters.  Like  every 
human  venture,  the  undertaking  has  still  difficul- 
ties and  defects  but  its  general  success  is  estab- 
lished beyond  question.  The  mine  can  lie  oper- 
ated at  less  cost  than  any  other  mine  in  Nova 
Scotia  ;  it  is  Itetween  1 50  and  200  miles  nearer 
Montreal  and  .St.  Lawrence  markets  than  any 
other  of  the  working  collieries  of  Cape  llretim, 
ami  the  superior  quality  of  the  coal  will  alwavs 
command  top  prices.  After  this  >easoTi  the  cnal 
can  be  shipped  from  there  in  large  steamers. 
They  have  now  fifteen  feet  of  water  in  the  chan- 
nel at  low  tide,  and  when  the  piers  are  extended 
outwardly  200  feet  more  they  will  have  thirty-five 
feet  of  water. 

Mr.  Neagli,  a  rich  manufacturer  of  Zurich, 
Switzerland,  is  one  oi  the  principal  stockholders, 
and  has  spent  all  this  and  the  most  of  last  sum- 
mer in  Broad  Cove.  Such  is  his  confidence  in 
the  scheme  that  he  says  he  would  be  willing  to 
invest  a  million  dollars  in  it  himself.  The  other 
parties  interested  are  equally  sanguine,  particu- 
larly the  gallant  founder.  So  long  as  William 
Penn  Hussey  controls  the  craft,  his  friends  in 
Inverness  will  be  moved  to  address  it  in  the 
majestic  language  of  the  old  Roman:  "What 
dost  thou  fear?  thou  hast  Cresar  on  l)oard." 


Thomas  Pinnance. 


Mr.  Pinnance  possesses  much  al)ililv 
and  a  peculiar  fitness  as  a  fashioner  of 
gentlemen's  clothing  and  has  l)een  suc- 
cessful in  building  up  an  excellent  trade. 
He  is  a  native  of  England  and  was  em- 
ployed by  Poole,  the  celebrated  London 
tailor.  Mr.  Pinnance  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  1888,  and  two  years  later  came  to 
Danvers,  obtaining  employment  with  M. 
C.  Lord.  In  1895  he  went  into  business 
for  himself,  and  has  a  store  at  35  Maple 
street,  where  he  has  on  hand  an  excellent 
line  of  seasonable  novelties  in   domestic 


and  imported  materials.  His  experience 
in  the  best  tailoring  establishments  in 
London  enables  him  to  give  his  pations 
correct  style  and  an  excellent  tit  that 
cannot  fail  to  please  the  most  fastidious. 
Mr.  Pinnance's  trade  is  largely  among 
the  fashionably  dressed  young  men  of  the 
town,  who  have  confidence  in  his  skill 
and  judgment  in  turning  out  the  finest 
clothing,  while  his  charges  are   modest. 

Mansel  C.  Lord. 


The  merchant  tailoring  enterprise  of 
Mansel  I".  Lord  was  established  in  1879, 
and  commands  an  excellent  patronage 
ami)ng  the  most  discriminating  and  fas- 
tidious citizens  of  Danvers  and  its  vicin- 
ity. AL'.  Lord  also  has  many  customers 
in  Boston  and  Reading  whom  he  visits  at 
frequent  intervals.  His  salesroom  is  well 
appointed  and  at  present  six  persons  are 
employed  in  the  making  of  garments. 
The  stock  embraces  a  valuable  and  choice 
assortment  of  foreign  and  domestic  wool- 
ens, worsteds,  beavers,  tweeds,  and  nov- 
elties, in  fancy  and  fashionable  weaves, 
that  cannot  fail  to  please  the  most  fiistid- 
ious.  Mr.  Lord  is  a  practical  cutter,  and 
exi)ert  tailor  of  twenty-three  years'  experi- 
ence, and  personally  attends  to  all  the 
details  of  production,  allowing  no  gar- 
ment to  leave  his  hands  unless  it  can  be 
pronounced  absolutely  perfect  in  fit,  fin- 
ish, style  and  workmanship.  It  is  thus 
that  he  has  built  up  his  trade,  and  he  can 
be  implicitly  relied  upon  to  furnish  only 
such  garments  as  shall  be  perfect  in  every 
detail.  Mr.  Lord  was  born  in  Athens, 
Maine,  1858,  attending  the  public  schools 
and  graduating  at  Somerset  Academy. 
Upon  completing  his  education  he  went 
to  Pangor  to  learn  the  tailoring  business 
and  from  thence  came  to  Danvers,  where 
he  established  himself  in  business.  He 
subsequently  removed  to  the  old  Post- 
office  building,  where  he  has  been  located 
for  eighteen  years.  He  is  prominent  in 
social  circles,  being  a  member  of  Mosaic 
Lodge ;  Holten  Royal  Arch  Chapter ; 
St.  George  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, Beverly ;  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Red 
Men.  He  has  a  comfortable  residence  at 
the  corner  of  Park  and  Berry  streets. 


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DANVERS. 


Elias,    his    father, 


Hon.  Arthur  A.  Potnam. 

Arthur  Alwyn  Putnam  of  Uxbridge.. 
Mass.,  youngest  son  of  EHas  and  Eunice 
(Ross)  Putnam  and  descendant  of  John 
Putnam,  emigrant  progenitor  of  the  num- 
erous and  widely  spread  family  of  the 
name  in  America,  was  born  in  Putnam- 
ville,  Danvers,  near  the  Topsfield  Hne, 
Nov.  i8,  1829.  His  mother  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Adam  Ross  of  Ipswich,  Mass,  a 
soldier  at  Bunker  Hill  and  during  the 
Revolutionary  War. 
was  son  of  Israel 
Putnam,  who  was 
a  "  highly  respect- 
ed and  worthy  cit- 
izen ;"  and  of  his 
wife,  Anna,  who 
was  a  daughter  of 
Elias  and  Eunice 
(Andrews)  Endi- 
coti,  and  a  lineal 
desc  e n da nt  of 
Gov.  John  Endi- 
cott.  Israel  was 
son  of  Dea.  Ed- 
m  u  n  d  Putnam, 
and  of  his  wife, 
Anna  Andrews, 
sister  of  the  above 
Mrs.  Elias  Endi- 
cott.  Dea.  Ed- 
mund was  captain 
of  one  of  the  eight 
D  a  n  vers- Lexing- 
ton companies  of 
April  19,  1775, 
marching  with  his 
men  and  the  rest 
to  engage  in  the 
memorable  battle 
on  that  day. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch,  having  re- 
ceived his  earlier  education  at  ])ublic 
schools  in  his  native  town,  and  at  acad- 
emies in  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  'I'hetford 
and  West  Randolph,  Vt.,  entered  Dart- 
mouth College,  in  1852,  but  left  it  at  the 
end  of  his  sophomore  year.  He  then 
studied  law  at  the  Dane  Law  School,  Cam- 
bridge, and  afterward  in  the  offices  of 
Culver,  Parker  &  Arthur  (late  President 
Arthur,  New  York),  and  of  Ives  and  Pea- 


HON.    ARTHUR    A.    PUTNAM. 


bodyof  Salem,  Mass.  In  the  winter  of  185  i- 
52,  he  taught  in  the  school  of  his  native 
district,  as  his  father  had  done  at  the  same 
place  forty  years  before.  He  began  to 
make  political  speeches  in  the  neighbor- 
hood about  the  time  he  became  a  voter, 
but  became  still  more  active  in  this  line 
in  various  parts  of  Essex  County,  during 
the  Fremont  campaign  of  1856.  In  that 
year  Danvers  elected  him  her  representa- 
tive to  the  lower  branch  of  the  state  legis- 
lature, in  which  he  was  the  youngest  but 
one  of  that  body,  yet  was  appointed  one 
of  the  monitors  of 
the  House  and  also 
a  member  of  the 
c  o  m  m  i  1 1  e  e  on 
elections.  After 
two  years  of  im- 
paired eyesight, 
he  resumed  his 
law  studies,  and  in 
1859  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  and 
opened  his  office 
in  the  town  of  his 
birth.  In  1859, 
also,  his  fellow  cit- 
izens again  sent 
him  to  the  legisla- 
ture, where  he  was 
highly  influential 
in  helping  to  elect 
John  A.  Goodwin 
as  speaker,  and 
held  the  position 
of  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on 
ProbateandChan- 
cery.  In  the  ex- 
tra session  of  i860 
he  was  quite  alone 
in  opposing  the  bill  for  the  wholesale 
slaughter  of  cattle  suspected  of  pleuro- 
])neumonia.  The  measure  was  wildly 
])ushed  through  both  houses,  but  Mr.  Put- 
nam's bold  and  carefully  considered 
speech  predicted  that  in  two  or  three 
weeks  the  senseless  scare  and  craze  would 
die  out  and  the  law  would  be  a  dead  let- 
ter, and  this  was  precisely  what  came  to 
pass. 

Of  his    patriotic  service,  when,  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  rebellion  in  the  spring  of 


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1 86 1,    he    presided     over    the    first    war 
meeting  in  Danvers  and  soon  afterward 
raised  and  commanded  the  second  com- 
pany formed  in  the  town    (Company  I, 
of  the  14th  Infantry),  an  account  is  given 
in  the  "  Historical  Sketch,"   in   the  first 
part  of  this  volume.     Along    with    other 
officers  he  had  difficulties  with  the  colonel 
of    the  regiment  and  accordingly  left  it 
about  the  time  of  its  departure  from  Fort 
Warren  for  Washington  and  returned  to 
the  practice  of  law  at  Danvers.      But  as 
the  war  continued,  the  fever  was  on  again 
and   in  the  summer  of  1863,   he  joined 
with  Col.  Frankle  of  the  Second  Heavy 
Artillery,  in    actively    recruiting    the    3d 
battalion  of  that  regiment,  in  which  he 
soon    became    senior   ist  lieutenant  and 
subsequently  captain  of  Co.  E.     This  was 
the  last  of  the  Massachusetts  regiments 
to  return  home  after  the  war.      Its  service 
consisted  chiefly  of  garrisoning  forts   on 
the  Atlantic  coast  and  skirmishing  with 
the  enemy  in  the  interior  to  capture  cot- 
ton and  other  spoils.     At  places  where  he 
was  stationed,  epidemics  were  very  preva- 
lent and  the  mortality  was  great,  but  he 
himself   kept    on  his  feer,  and  on  being 
asked  later  what  principal  battle  he  had 
been  engaged  in,  he  replied,  "  The  Battle 
of  Yellow  Fevei-y      Daring  his  service  in 
the  Second    Artillery,  he  was  also  judge 
advocate  at  Plymouth,  N,  C,  and  for  a 
time  was  assistant  provost  marshal  of  the 
District  of  North  Carolina,  having  charge, 
for  several  weeks,  of  the  central  office  at 
Nevvbern.     He  has  long  been  prominent 
in  the  Grand  Army  of  the   Republic,  as 
commander  of  his  post  for  two  years,  as 
delegate    to  state  and  national  encamp- 
ments and  on  the  staff  of  various  depart- 
ment   commanders ;    as   judge    advocate 
under  department  commander  Smith  in 
1891,  and  as  himself  a  candidate  for  de- 
partment commander  in    1892,  when   he 
made  a  strong   run,  but  was  defeated  by 
his  friend,  J.  K.  Churchill,  who  had   the 
advantage  of  being  in  the  line  of  promo- 
tion.    For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury he  has    been    a    favorite    orator    in 
many  places  for  Memorial  Day,  delivering 
an  address  each  year  and  sometimes  two 
on    the    same    day  and  in  one  instance 
three. 


In  the  spring  of  1866,  he  removed  to 
Blackstone,  Mass.,  for  the  continued 
practice  of  his  profession.  In  1872  he 
was  appointed  Judge  of  the  newly  created 
2d  District  Court  of  Southern  Worcester, 
having  tried,  during  the  four  previous 
years,  numerous  civil  and  criminal  cases 
before  juries  in  the  Superior  Court,  with 
many  favorable  verdicts.  He  has  been 
judge  for  twenty-seven  years,  and  during 
that  long  time  has  been  absent  from  his 
post  only  a  few  days  and  then  by  reason 
of  sickness  alone.  At  the  end  of  twenty- 
five  years  of  service,  his  admiring  friends 
and  associates  desired  to  compliment 
him  with  some  token  of  their  apprecia- 
tion of  his  high  worth  and  able  and  faith- 
ful work,  but  the  purpose  or  plan  was 
abandoned  in  consequence  of  his  disincli- 
nation to  receive  the  honor. 

During  his  residence  at  Blackstone,  he 
rnarried,  Nov.  25,  1868,  Miss  Helen 
Irving  Staples  of  that  town,  and  their  two 
children  are  Alden  Lyon  and  Beatrice. 
In  1877,  the  family  removed  to  Uxbridge 
where  they  have  since  had  their  home. 
In  both  places  Judge  Putnam  has  con- 
tinued to  take  a  deep  interest  in  political 
affairs  and  has  been  a  staunch  Republican 
from  the  start,  though  not  blindly  or 
slavishly  following  his  party  in  any  aban- 
donments of  its  original  and  fundamental 
principles.  He  has  attended  local  meet- 
ings, stumped  in  state  and  national  cam- 
paigns, served  as  delegate  to  important 
conventions  in  the  state  and  was  alternate 
to  the  national  conventions  that  nominated 
Lincoln  and  Hayes,  and  has  been  called 
to  preside  over  others.  County,  Congres- 
sional, and  Senatorial.  His  speeches  at 
such  meetings,  like  his  arguments  at 
court  or  his  addresses  on  other  occasions, 
are  not  only  strong  and  eloquent,  but  are 
often  touched  with  wit  and  humor,  irony 
or  sarcasm,  that  greatly  enhance  the  gen- 
eral effect.  A  somewhat  extended  news- 
paper sketch  of  him,  to  which  we  are  not 
a  little  indebted  foi  our  own,  testifies  to 
the  delight  with  which  his  assembled 
friends  or  fellow  citizens  always  welcome 
his  presence  and  voice,  his  fine  figure  and 
his  apt  and  ready  utterance.  Some  or 
manv  of  the  hot  contests  in  which  he  has 
been  engaged  as  counsel  or  partisan  and 


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DANVERS, 


in  which  he  has  shown  conspicuous  abil- 
ity, are  well  remembered.  The  one  that 
resulted  in  the  first  nomination  and  elec- 
tion of  George  F.  Hoar  to  Congress,  was 
of  first  rate  importance.  The  delegates 
to  the  convention  were  about  equally  di- 
vided in  their  preference  between  Mr. 
Hoar  and  Mr.  Bird.  All  depended  upon 
the  five  delegates  that  were  yet  to  be 
chosen  from  Blackstone,  and  these  were 
in  doubt.  Mainly  through  the  lead  and 
influence  of  Judge  Putnam  the  five  de- 
clared for  the  future  illustrious  senator, 
and  the  world  knows  the  sequel. 

The  Judge  has  also  a  decided  literary 
taste  and  talent.  In  1855,  he  wrote  a 
series  of  letters  from  New  York  to  the 
Saletn  Regisfcr  on  "  Life  in  the  Metropo- 
lis," and  published  an  address  on  General 
Grant.  During  the  Rebellion  he  was  war 
editor  of  the  Peabody  Press  for  about  a 
year,  and  also  at  Plymouth,  N.  C.,  started 
and  conducted  for  two  months  a  small 
weekly  paper,  called  "The  Flag."  The 
"  History  of  Blackstone,"  contained  in 
the  "  History  of  Worcester  County,"  is 
one  of  his  productions.  The  "  Ten  Years 
a  Police  Court  Judge  "  ( 1 884 ) ,  is  a  highly 
entertaining  book  and  is  still  sold,  and 
his  "  Putnam  Guards"  ( 1S87),  giving  an 
account  of  early  war  proceedings  in  Dan- 
vers  in  1 861,  is  a  pamphlet  of  permanent 
interest  and  value.  Among  his  notable 
occasional  addresses  is  one  which  he  de- 
livered at  the  dedication  of  the  Thayer 
memorial  building  in  Uxbridge ;  and 
among  various  admirable  lectures  which 
he  has  given  before  literary  societies  may 
be  particularly  mentioned  his  "  Miles 
Standish  "  and  his  "Authorship  of  Shakes- 
peare," in  the  last  of  which  he  sides,  with 
telling  effect,  with  the  Baconians.  Many 
years  ago  he  organized  in  Danvers  a 
Shakespeare  Club,  which  Hon.  Henry  K. 
Oliver,  of  Salem  and  Lawrence,  said  was 
the  second  in  the  TJnited  States,  (Jliver 
himself  having  organized  the  first.  The 
Judge  is  not  only  fond  of  the  drama,  but 
also  has  a  passionate  love  of  music  and 
was  very  early  in  life  an  adept  with  many 
an  instrument  and  played  the  post-horn 
or  bugle  in  noted  bands,  nor  by  any  means 
has  wholly  lost  the  taste  or  art  in  later 
years. 


\Yherever  he  has  lived,  he  has  proved 
himself  a  good  ami  useful  citizen,  a  warm 
hearted  friend  and  a  faithful  servant  of 
the  public.  He  was  formerly  on  the  Li- 
brary Committee  of  the  Danvers  Peabody 
Institute,  and  has  served  on  school  com- 
mittees in  Danvers,  Blackstone  and  Ux- 
bridge. For  many  years  he  has  been  a 
trustee  of  the  LTxbridge  Savings  Bank, 
being  also  one  of  its  financial  committee  ; 
and  he  is  now  the  President  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  LTxbridge  Public  Library.  He 
is  of  the  Unitarian  denomination  and  for 
six  years  was  chairman  of  the  Parish 
committee  of  the  Uxbridge  LTnitarian  So- 
ciety. About  the  time  he  left  Dartmouth 
College  he  read  in  his  classroom  an  essay 
on  Thomas  Paine,  which,  by  its  broad  and 
radical  views,  gave  much  offence  to  the 
faculty.  Thirty-three  years  afterward  the 
college  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  Perhaps  neither  party  stands 
to-day  just  where  it  stood  forty  or  fifty 
years  ago.  At  all  events,  the  Judge  has 
always  had  "  the  courage  of  his  convic- 
tions," and  he  is  as  honest  and  true  as  he 
is  brave  and  kind,  helpful  and  unselfish. 


Hon.  William  H.  Moody. 

Upon  the  death  of  the  lamented  Gen- 
eral Cogswell  in  the  early  spring  of  1895, 
the  Republican  thought  of  the  old  Essex 
district  turned  instinctively  to  Hon.  Wil- 
liam H.  Moody  of  Haverhill,  at  that  time 
serving  his  fifth  year  as  District  Attorney 
for  the  eastern  district  of  Massachusetts, 
as  his  successor. 

He  is  a  native  of  Newbury,  where  he 
was  born  Dec.  23,  1853.  He  graduated 
from  Phillips  Academy,  attended  Holten 
High  School  of  Danvers,  where  he  re- 
sided for  a  few  years,  graduated  from 
Andover,  in  1872,  and  from  Harvard 
University  four  years  later.  Devoting 
himself  to  the  study  of  law,  Mr  Moody 
I)racticed  in  Haverhill  with  marked  suc- 
cess and  has  acted  as  city  solicitor.  His 
incumbency  of  the  district  attorneyship 
was  a  most  notable  one,  and  attracted 
wide  attention.  At  a  s[)ecial  election 
held  at  the  time  of  the  regular  state  elec- 
tion in  November,  1895,  he  was  chosen  to 
succeed  Gen.  Cogswell,  receiving  15,064 


DANVERS. 


votes  to  5,815  for  Hon.  H.  N.  Shepard 
of  Boston,  democrat.  One  year  later, 
Mr.  Moody  was  re-elected  by  a  majority 
of  about  12,000  over  Hon.  I'..  M.  ISoyn- 
ton  of  West  Newbury.  The  sixth  con- 
gressional district  is  historic  territory, 
comprising  as  it  does,  the  major  ]iortion 


he  served  on  the  committee  upon  expen- 
ditures in  the  department  of  justice  and 
election  committee  No.  i.  His  work 
u]ion  the  vexatious  problems  aiising  from 
contested  election  cases  which  this  com- 
mittee was  called  upon  to  consider,  was 
eminently   fair  and   just  to  all  concerned. 


HON.    W.    H.    MOODY,    CONGRESSMAN    6TH    DISTRICT. 


of  Essex  comity,  vvith  a  population,  ac- 
cording to  the  United  States  census  of 
1890,  of  169,418.  Of  the  many  and  di- 
versified interests  there  involved,  Mr. 
Moody  has  been  a  most  ace e]) table  rep- 
resentative.    In  the  fifty-fourth  congress 


Mr.  Moody  introduced  several  bills  bear- 
ing upon  the  fis-hing  industry,  in  which 
his  district  is  to  largely  interested,  and 
also  devoted  himself  to  securing  better 
life-saving  facilities  along  the  north  shore. 
He  is  an  eloquent  speaker  and  his  eulogy 


DANVERS. 


ui^on  Gen.  Cogswell,  delivered  in  Con- 
gress on  the  day  set  apart  for  such  memo- 
rials, was  one  of  the  best  heard  there  in 
recent  years.  Mr.  Moody  is  prominent 
in  social  life  in  his  home  city  and  is  a 
member  of  leading  fraternal  and  business 
organizations. 


honor  when  next  a  vacancy  shall  occur. 
Mr.  Moody  is  one  of  the  broadest, 
kindest  and  most  popular  men  in  the 
state,  and  in  every  department  of  human 
affairs  receives  the  warmest  support  from 
all  classes. 


HON.    W.    S.    KNOX. 


C'ongressman  Moody's  numerous  suc- 
cesses m  the  National  House  and  his  able 
leadership  and  recognition  in  various  im- 
portant measures  are  familiar  to  all.  He 
has  been  among  those  most  prominently 
spoken  of  as  Speaker  Reed's  successi)r, 
and  is  one  of  the  leading  candidates  for  the 


Hon.  William  S.  Knox. 

In  the  Massachusetts  delegation  to  the 
lower  brinch  of  Congress  the  counsel  of 
Hon.  William  S.  Knox  of  Lawrence  ranks 
high.  The  territory  represented  by  Mr. 
Kno.K  is  considered   to  have   the  greatest 


DANVERS. 


textile  interests  of  any  district  in  the 
country,  including  such  manufacturing 
centres  as  Lawrence  and  Lowell  and 
reaching  to  our  neighbor,  Peabody.  Not 
for  a  moment  was  there  a  doubt  that 
the  interests  of  the  Fifth  District  would 
be  amply  protected  by  its  present  Con- 
gressman and  these  anticipations  have 
been  abundantly  justified.  Hon.  William 
S.  Knox  was  born  in  Killingly,  Conn., 
Sept.  lo,  1S43,  moved  to  Lawrence  when 
nine  years  of  age,  and  has  resided  in  that 
city  ever  since.  He  graduated  from 
Amherst  College  in  1S65  and  in  the  fall 
of  the  following  year  was  admitted  to  the 
Essex  Bar.  The  legal  practice  of  Mr. 
Knox  has  always  been  a  large  one  and 
he  was  chosen  City  Solicitor  in  1875-6, 
and  again  in  1887-8-9-90.  In  1874-5 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
House  of  Representatives,  his  legal  acu- 
men placing  him  upon  the  Judiciary 
Committee.  He  has  been  markedly  suc- 
cessful in  business  movements  and  is  now 
president  of  the  Arlington  National  Bank 
of  Lawrence.  In  1894,  he  was  elected 
to  Congress  by  a  good  majority  over  Hon. 
George  W.  Fifield,  Democrat,  and  in  the 
Republican  tidal  wave  of  November,  1896, 
he  was  given  17,835  votes  to  11,531  for 
Hon.  J.  H.  Harrington  of  Lowell,  his 
Democratic  opponent.  In  the  fifty-fourth 
Congress,  Mr.  Knox  served  upon  the 
Committees  on  Territories,  and  Expendi- 
tures upon  Public  Buildings.  Upon  the 
questions  arising  from  reports  l)y  these 
committees,  he  spoke  frequently  and  with 
effect.  Perhaps  the  most  important  of 
the  bills  which  he  presented  was  that  pro- 
viding for  a  uniform  system  of  bank- 
ru])tcy.  Bankruptcy  legislation  was  a 
subject  of  particular  interest  to  Mr. 
Knox,  other  speeches  dealing  with  the 
proposed  International  Monetary  Con- 
ference and  various  territorial  matters. 
In  the  recent  special  session  of  Congress, 
the  opinion  of  the  member  from  the  Fifth 
Massachusetts  District  was  most  weighty 
in  the  consideration  of  the  economic 
])roblems  there  presented  for  solution. 
Mr.  Knox  was  elected  to  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fifty-sixth  Congress.  His 
views  are  in  line  with  those  of  the  Re- 
publican    majority.         Personally,    he    is 


most    aft'able    and     numbers    friends    by 
legions. 

Charles  Horace  Shepard. 

Charles  Horace  Shepard  came  to  Dan- 
vers  in  1873  from  Woburn,and  established 
here  the  apothecary  business,  which  he 
sold  later  to  Edgar  C.  Powers;  now  the 
property  of  S.  M.  Moore.  In  1875  Mr. 
Shepard  bought  the  Mirror  newspaper 
and  printing  office  of  H.  C.  Cheever,  and 
the  job  printing  l)usiness  of  Putnam  & 
Barnes,  and  consolidated  them  in  new 
quarters  in  the  Ropes  block,  where  the 
business  has  since  remained,  and  is  now 
the  property  of  Frank  E.  Moynahan,  who 
had  been  for  some  years  a  member  of  the 
staff,  and  purchased  the  plant  of  Mr. 
Shepard  in  1890,  on  the  latter's  appoint- 
ment as  LT.  S.  Consul  to  Sweden.  During 
Mr.  Shepard's  fifteen  years  ownership  and 
management  of  the  Danvcrs  Mirror,  the 
paper  attained  high  rank  among  the 
local  weeklies  of  the  County  and  State, 
and  its  editor  was  recognized  among  his 
fellows  by  election  for  several  years  as 
Secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Press  As- 
sociation ;  was  once  commissioned  to  go 
to  Augusta  and  present  in  person  its  invi- 
tation to  James  G.  lilaine  to  attend  and 
address  the  Association  at  its  annual  re- 
union and  banquet  in  15oston ;  was  twice 
elected  Vice  President  of  the  Essex 
County  Republican  Club;  and  was  ap- 
pointed, with  Dr.  Loring,  Gen.  Cogswell, 
Cabot  Lodge,  Judge  Gate  of  Amesbury 
and  editor  Hill  of  Haverhill,  to  prepare 
and  present  to  John  G.  Whittier,  on  the 
eightieth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  an  expres- 
sion and  testimonial  of  the  Club's  regard 
and  reverence  for  the  noble  man  and 
loved  poet ;  and  Mr.  Shepard  had  the 
honor  and  pleasure  to  convey  and  present 
to  Mr.  Whittier  the  Club's  offer,  in  the 
form  of  a  specially  prepared  book  of  suit- 
able size,  containing  portions  of  an  ad- 
dress before  the  Club  by  Senator  Hoar, 
after  a  recent  half-day  spent  with  the 
poet,  resolutions  of  the  Club  followed  by 
signatures  of  all  its  officers  and  members, 
and  nearly  every  member  of  the  Senate 
and  House  of  the  Lhiited  States  Congress. 

Mr.  Shepard  attended  the  National  con- 


DANVERS. 


vention  in  Chicago  in  1884  that  nomi- 
nated Mr.  Blaine  tor  the  Presidency;  was 
alternate  delegate  to  Gen.  Cogswell  from 
this  Congressional  district  to  the  National 
convention  that  nominated  General  Har- 
rison for  President  in  1888  ;  was  the  same 
year  unanimously  nominated  for  Represen- 
tative to  the  (ieneral  Court  from  this  dis- 
trict (Danvers  and  Middleton),  and  was 
elected  ;  was  unanimously  renominated 
the  next  year  and  was  (fortunately)  de- 
feated, though  by  only  one  vote,  when 
200  Republicans,  as  is  usual  in  "off- 
years,"  did  not 
get  to  the  polls. 
M  V .  Shepard's 
course  and  service 
had  been  such 
that  in  1890  he 
was  given,  with- 
out urging  and  at 
no  expense,  what 
Secretary  Blaine 
pronounced  the 
best  recommen- 
dations he  had 
ever  seen  for  a 
consular  appoint- 
ment, including 
individual  auto- 
graph letters  from 
John  (i.  Whittier, 
Hon.  Augustus 
Mudge,  Rev.  C. 
B.  Rice,  Geo.  W. 
Fiske,  Melvin  B. 
Putnam,  John  D. 
Long,  Oliver 
Ames,  Governor 
Brackett,  Treas- 
urer Marden,  Sec- 
retary Pierce, 
Auditor  Ladd,  Speaker  Barrett,  Commis- 
sioner Merrill,  Sergeant-at-Arms  Adams ; 
forty  hold-over  members  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  1889,  on  a  joint  recommendation  ; 
Governor  Davis,  Senator  Hale  and  Con- 
gressman Boutelle  of  Maine  ;  two  of  the 
largest  business  firms  in  the  paper  line  in 
Boston  ;  many  delegates  to  the  National 
Convention  of  1888,  and  last  but  not 
least,  the  President  and  all  past  officers  of 
the  Massachusetts  Press  Association,  and 
General  William   Cogswell.     Application 


C.    H.    SHEPARD. 


was  made  for  a  Consulate  in  Canada,  but 
the  location  given  was  Gothenburg,  Swe- 
den ;  a  district  500  miles  in  length  and 
from  150  to  300  miles  wide,  containing 
three  million  people,  the  principal  cities 
of  the  kingdom  (except  Stockholm),  and 
the  only  open  winter  seaport.  During 
Mr.  Shepard's  three  years  in  the  service, 
recording  yearly  a  business  of  a  million- 
and-a-half  dollars,  forwarding  quarterly 
accounts  to  the  State  and  Treasury  de- 
partments, there  was  never  reported  a 
single  error. 

After  waiting 
!  expectantly  six 
months  for  recall 
by  Mr.  Cleve- 
land's administra- 
tion, which  did 
not  appear,  and 
not  caring  to  cross 
the  Atlantic  in 
\y  inter,  M  r  . 
Shepard  sent  his 
resignation  to 
Washington, 
packed  his  goods 
and  with  his  fam- 
ily returned  home 
reaching  this 
country  after  a 
stay  of  eight  days 
in  London 
(where  he  re- 
ceived from  Min- 
ister Bayard  a 
pass  to  the  House 
of  Commons),  in 
time  to  put  in  a 
week  at  the  Co- 
lumbian Exposi- 
tion ;  there  enjoy- 
ing the  entertainment  and  courtesy  of  a 
box  in  the  Auditorium,  from  Hon.  Ferdi- 
nand W.  Peck  of  Chicago,  Treasurer  of 
the  Exposition,  whom  Mr.  Shepard  had 
entertained  in  Gothenburg,  and  accom- 
jjanied  on  a  mission  to  King  Oscar,  in 
the  interest  of  Sweden's  taking  part  in 
our  World's  Fair.  Mr.  Peck  was  commis- 
sioned with  others  to  visit  all  the  Euro- 
pean countries  in  1892  to  urge  their  par- 
ticipation in  our  Fair,  and  their  mission 
was  most  successful.     That  reception  and 


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125 


interview  with  the  King  on  his  yacht 
"Sofia"  in  the  beautiful  harbor  of  the 
famous  summer  resort  of  Sweden  at  the 
island  of  Marstrand,  twenty  miles  from 
Gothenburg ;  the  King's  welcome,  Mr. 
Peck's  address,  King  Oscar's  response  in 
English,  his  cordial  handshake  of  all  the 
visitors,  was  an  event  not  to  be  forgotten  ; 
and  the  praiseful  letter  of  Director-Gen- 
eral Davis  of  the  World's  Fair,  to  the 
Consul  after  the  return  home  of  the  Com- 
missioners, was  something  worthy  to  be 
framed.  Mr.  Peck  is  now,  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  President,  Director-General 
of  the  American  Exhibit  at  the  Paris  Ex- 
position next  year. 

Another  most  pleasing  event  in  Mr. 
Shepard's  service  in  Sweden  was  a  day's 
entertainment  of  Hon.  Andrew  D.  \Vhite, 
then  U.  S.  Minister  to  Russia,  now  x-\m- 
bassador  to  Germany.  The  best  turnout 
in  the  city  was  none  too  good  for  the 
Consul  to  supply  for  a  half-day's  tour  of 
its  avenues,  numerous  parks,  water-works, 
canals,  miles  of  wharfage,  and  beautiful 
buildings,  by  Minister  White,  English 
Consul  Duff,  and  the  American  Consul 
and  Vice  Consul.  It  may  not  be  generally 
known  that  the  official  rank  of  an  Ameri- 
can Consul  is  classed  as  equal  to  that  of 
Colonel  in  our  regular  army ;  and  that  on 
any  public  occasion  where  such  officers 
are  assembled,  precedence  is  taken  accord- 
ing to  ciate  of  commission. 

Returning  to  Danvers,  Mr.  Shepard 
and  family  re-established  their  home  on 
Ash  street,  and  in  July,  1895,  he  pur- 
chased the  two  printing  and  newspaper 
offices  in  Peabody  \  and  that  is  his  pres- 
ent business.  He  is  a  Notary  Public  for 
this  State,  by  appointment  of  Governor 
Greenhalge,  having  had  much  to  do  in 
that  line  while  in  the  consular  service, 
being  by  virtue  of  such  office.  Notary 
Public  for  the  United  States,  and  a  con- 
sular certificate  and  seal  must  attest  sig- 
natures to  all  official  or  legal  documents 
issued  in  foreign  countries  to  be  used  in 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Shepard  took  the 
degrees  of  Master  Mason,  in  Meridian 
Splendor  Lodge,  Newport,  Maine,  in  1S67, 
and  of  Royal  Arch  Mason,  in  Stevens  K. 
A.  Chapter,  same  town,  in  1868  ;  and  w.is 
made  Secretary    of   each    body,    on    the 


evenings  of  his  raising,  and  exaltation  ; 
and  held  the  same  so  long  as  he  resided 
in  the  State. 

If  the  foregomg  shall  be  considered 
sufficient  reason  for  appearance  on  this 
planet,  something  may  be  said  of  the  time 
of  that  event  and  its  previous  and  subse- 
quent relations.  In  the  late  years  of  the 
last  century  a  Baptist  clergyman  named 
Samuel  Shepard  came  from  England  to 
America  and  established  a  home  in  Brent- 
wood, New  Hami)bhire.  From  there  his 
son  Joseph,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth, 
and  a  physician,  with  his  wife  and  two 
daughters  and  five  sons,  moved  early  in 
this  century  to  the  young  State  of  Maine. 
His  son  Josiah  settled  in  the  town  of 
Stetson,  in  Penobscot  county  and  married 
Mary  Damon,  daughter  of  Daniel  Damon, 
who  had  come  from  North  Reading,  Mass. 
Their  children  were  Hervey  Hook, 
Charles  Horace,  born  Oct.  19,  1842,  and 
Mary  Elizabeth.  The  mother  and  son 
Horace  and  daughter  Elizabeth  are  now 
living,  mother  and  son  in  Danvers  and 
daughter  in  Reading,  wife  of  Joseph  S. 
Temple.  The  father  died  in  1869,  in 
Newport,  Maine.  The  son  Hervey  died 
in  Alatamoras,  Mexico,  in  1863,  where 
he  had  fled  from  Texas  to  escape  service 
in  the  rebel  army. 

Joseph  Shepard  and  Samuel  Damon, 
young  men  just  of  age,  and  brothers  of 
Josiah  and  Mary  (Damon)  Shepard,  in 
1  S3 1  emigrated  from  Maine  to  Texas  and 
engaged  in  the  contest  of  Texas  for  inde- 
pendence from  Mexico.  Joseph  died 
there  after  ten  years'  residence  ;  Samuel 
remained,  married,  became  wealthy,  and 
came  to  Maine  in  1856  to  visit  his  rela- 
tives :  whom  his  wonderful  tales  of  easy 
life  and  rapid  wealth  in  Texas  so  much 
excited,  that  about  twenty  of  them  went 
to  that  State  the  next  year  ;  most  of  whom 
returned  to  Maine  the  year  following. 
Josiah  Shepard  and  family  were  of  the 
number  who  went,  and  having  invested 
their  money  had  to  stay,  and  were  there 
when  the  war  came  on,  and  unable  to 
get  away.  The  father  was  over  military 
age  ;  the  son  Hervey  was  drafted  and 
served  about  a  year  as  clerk  on  a  govern- 
ment vessel  on  the  ISrazos  river,  when  he 
obtained  a  substitute,  below  mihtary  age  ; 


126 


DANVERS. 


later,  the  law  being  changed  to  take  in 
boys  of  fifteen  years  on  their  own  account, 
Hervey  escaped  to  Mexico  (the  only  pos- 
sible way  to  get  out  of  the  state),  and  with 
the  result  as  before  stated. 

Horace,  the  main  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  exempt  from  "  Confederate  "  con- 
scription by  rea- 
son of  his  busi- 
ness as  apothe- 
cary. He  was 
subject,  however, 
to  the  State  draft, 
and  was  three 
times  called  out 
for  scares,  that 
amounted  to 
nothing,  and 
lasted  but  a  week 
or  two.  The  war 
over,  the  family 
returned  to 
Maine  and  set- 
tled in  Newport, 
where  the  son 
continued  in  the 
apothecary  busi- 
ness until  his 
father's  death  , 
when  he  returned 
to  Texas  to  se- 
cure and  resell 
property  forfeited 
for  non-payment, 
and  he  was  there 
most  of  the  time 
for  three  years ; 
returning  to  Wo- 
burn,  where  his 
mother  and  sister 
were  thni  living, 
and  from  there 
they  came  to 
Danvers.  While 
in  Woburn  he 
took  a  course  in 
Comer's  Com- 
mercial College, 
in  Boston.  Mr.  Shepard's  schooling  was 
obtained  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  at  Westbrook  Seminary.  November 
29,  1883,  Mr.  Shepard  was  married  to 
Miss  Eliza  M.  Hersey,  daughter  of  Clark 
and    Olive   L.   Hersey,     at    her  home   in 


East  Corinth,  Maine  ;  and  they  have  one 
daughter,  born  May  12,  1885,  name. 
Bertha  May  Shepard. 


Albert  O.  Elwell. 

No  modern  art  demands  closer  appli- 
cation, greater 
tact,  or  the  exer- 
cise of  a  higher 
order  of  judg- 
ment than  that 
of  photography 
in  its  higher 
branches.  When 
to  these  qualities 
are  added  long 
experience  and  a 
sincere  desire  to 
excel,  we  have 
as  a  result  the 
artist  photogra- 
pher, who  re- 
flects honor  upon 
h  i  s  profession, 
and  to  whom  is 
due  the  credit 
for  the  wonderful 
progress  made  in 
the  art  within  the 
past  decade. 
Mr.  Elwell  has 
steadily  pursued 
his  vocation  for 
seventeen  years, 
earning  public 
confidence  and 
establishing  a 
reputation  for 
skill  and  thor- 
oughness that  is 
by  no  means 
confined  to  Dan- 
vers alone.  His 
studio,  parlors 
and  gallery  occu- 
py the  entire  up- 
per floor  of  the 
poslol^fire  building,  and  are  most  thor- 
oughly equipped  with  the  most  improved 
apparatus  and  appurtenances,  elegantly 
furnished,  tastefully  arranged,  accessible 
and  attractive.  Several  assistants  are 
employed    and.  ladies    find    here    every 


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desirable  accessory  for  proper  pos- 
ing and  are  invariably  pleased  with 
the  work  done.  Mr.  Elwell's  skill, 
however,  is  not  confined  to  photo- 
graphic portraits,  as  his  facilities  for 
the  production  of  pastels,  water-col- 
ors and  landscapes  are  unsurpassed. 
His  proficiency  in  out-door  photog- 
raphy is  attested  by  the  views  which 
appear  in  this  work,  all  of  which 
were  executed  by  him,  showing  that 
he  seeks  and  achieves  absolute  i^er- 
fection  in  all  that  he  undertakes. 
Mr.  Elwell  is  a  native  of  Glouces- 
ter, where  he  was  bom  in  1S65, 
but  received  his  education  at  the 
Holten  High  School.  He  learned 
his  art  in  the  studio  of  W.  (1.  Hus 
sey,  of  Salem,  and  afterwards  en 
tered  the  studio  of  Mr.  Thompson, 
Amesbury,  where  he  remained  until 
1887,  when  he  opened  his  present 
art  gallery. 


pany,  which  has  offices  at  44  High 
street,  Boston,  and  a  large  plant  on 
Liberty  street,  Danversport,  manu- 
factures fine  leathers  for  shoes,  bags, 
belts,  trunks,  suspenders,  etc.  Com- 
monly speaking,  the  products  of 
the  factory  are  russet  and  colored 
leathers.  Last  year  this  company 
turned  out  sixty  thousand  sides  of 
finished  leather,  which  went  all  over 
this  country  and  Europe.  The  firm 
was  organized  in  1872,  with  C.  P. 
Kerans  &  Bond  constituting  the 
partnership  ;  later  the  firm  was 
Plumer,  Bond  &  Kerans ;  then 
George  Plumer,  Joseph  Plumer  and 
C.  P.  Kerans ;  then  Plumer  & 
Kerans.  George  Plumer  &  Co.  is 
the  firm  designation  now,  the  Co. 
being  Charles  P.  Kerans.  The 
special  machinery  used  is  pebbling 
and  printing  machines,  rollers,  jacks, 
and  other  ingenious  devices. 

There  are  sixty  men  employed  in 
the  factory,  besides  a  large  corps  of 
clerks,  accountants  and  bookkeepers 


Naumkeagf  Leather  Co. 

The     Naumkeag    Leather    Com- 


GEORGE    A.    PLUMER. 


128 


DANVERS. 


and  salesmen.  The  business  grows  stead- 
ily year  by  year,  as  the  reputation  of  the 
leathers  made  by  this  firm  grows  wider. 
It  is  a  live  industry,  which  has  been 
built  up  by  correct  business  methods 
and  honest  goods.  D.invers  would  gladly 
welcome  more  such  industrial 
enterprises  within  her  borders. 


variety.  Combined  with  these  Mr.  Perry 
deals  extensively  in  hay  and  grain,  fertil- 
izers and  various  special  articles.  Ten 
assistants  are  employed  in  the  various 
dei)artments  of  the  business,  and  several 
delivery    wagons    are    in    use,   delivering 


James  O.  Perry* 

This  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1867,  by  Henry  L. 
Eaton,  who  at  that  time  oc- 
cupied a  store  in  the  Noyes 
block,  but  afterwards  removed 
to  the  next  block  above  when 
the  business  was  purchased 
by  its  present  proprietor, 
James  O.  Perry.  Mr.  Perry 
erected  the  splendid  Perry 
block  in  1S95,  and  moved 
the  business  to  its  present  lo- 
cation the  same  year.  1  he 
store  occupies  the  larger  lower  floor  of 
the  block  and  is  handsomely  finished 
and  fitted  up  with  large  plate  glass  show 
windows,  electric  lighted,  and  admirably 
arranged  for  the  advantageous  display  of 
its  fine  stock.     The  stock  carried  is  larsre 


PLUMER    &    CO.  S    FACTORY. 


C     P.    KERANS      RESIDENCE. 


and  varied.  It  embraces  a  full  line  of 
imported  and  domestic  groceries,  condi- 
ments and  relishes,  teas,  coffees,  canned 
goods,  provisions  and  meats,  and  in  fact 
all  the  leading  staple  groceries  in  great 


goods     throughout     the     large     territory 
from  which  the  trade    of   the    house    is 
drawn.     The    trade    is    not    confined  to 
Danvers,  but  extends  to  Salem,  Peabody, 
and    the    surrounding    districts,  within  a 
radius  of  fifteen  miles.     Conducted  upon 
those      principles    of 
sterling  integrity   and 
fair  dealing  which  are 
the   unfailing    sources 
of  prosperity  and  suc- 
cess, the    business    of 
the     house    is    large, 
steady,  and  increasing 
yearly.         Mr.     Perry 
was  born    in    the  old 
UBfvr-' —         ^^'"^-^  Tavern,  Oct.  3, 
""        i^    ^       ^848,  and  at  the  age 
of    twenty-one    years 
engaged   in    the   pro- 
vision   business    with 
Henry       L.       Noyes, 
whom     he    afterwards 
bought    out.         It    is 
almost  superfluous  to 
add  that  Mr.  Perry  enjoys  the  respect  of 
his  fellow  citizens,  and  has  been,  during 
his  long    business   career,   an    important 
factor  in  everything  that  has  been  calcu- 
lated to  favor  the  interests  of  his  native 


DANVERS. 


1 29 


Andrew    H,    Paton. 


J.    O.    PERRY    BLOCK 

town  and  promote  its  general  prosperity. 
James  O.  and  Wallace  P.  Perry  are 
also  owners  of  the  Leavitt  Barrel  Clamp 
and  Cap,  which  is  a  new  and  useful  arti- 
cle, fully  protected  by  patent,  invented 
by  Geo.  A.  Leavitt.  The  manufacture 
of  this  article  is  likely  to  develop  into  one 
of  the  growing  industries  of  Danvers.  A 
shop  has  already 
been  equipped 
with  boiler  and  en- 
gine and  suitable 
machinery,  capa- 
ble of  turning  out 
from  twelve  to  fif- 
teen dozen  per 
day.  Quite  a  large 
number  of  these 
clamps  and  caps 
have  already  been 
disposed  of,  thus 
demons  t  r  ati  ng 
their  usefulness  as 
a  labor-saving  de- 
vice in  handling 
full  unheaded  bar- 
rels and  in  re|)air- 
ing  old  barrels. 


Was  born  in  Dan- 
vers, July  18,  1849,  of 
Scotch  parentage.  His 
father,  Andrew  Paton, 
and  his  mother,  Mary 
S.  Tulloch,  came  to 
this  country  at  an 
early  age,  and  were 
married  in  Danvers  in 
1847.  Andrew  H. 
i'aton,  the  oldest  child 
;ind  only  son,  received 
liis  education  in  the 
])ublic  schools,  gradu- 
ating from  the  Holten 
High  school  in  1865. 
While  at  school,  and 
lor  some  years  there- 
after, he  worked  in 
he  shoe  shops  and 
Victories  of  the  town, 
and  as  a  grocer's 
clerk.  In  1S79,  he 
edited  and  published  the  £ss('x  County 
Citizen,  which  advocated  the  so-called 
"  Greenback  "  doctrine  of  national  cur- 
rency. He  was  one  of  a  committee  to  at 
that  time  interview  General  JSutler  in 
Washington,  to  induce  him  to  become 
the  candidate  for  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, of  those  who  believed  in  the  Green- 


INTERIOR    OF    J-    O      PERRYS    MARKET. 


13° 


DANVERS. 


back  principles.     Mr.   Paton  obtained  a 
large  portion  of   the   53,000    petitioners 
who  signed  the  request  for  the  General 
to  begin  that  series  of  memorable  cam- 
paigns which  in  1882  resulted  in  his  elec- 
tion as  Governor.      In   1880  Mr.  Paten 
entered  the  general  office  of  the  Knights 
of  Labor  at  Marblehead,  and  he  was,  at 
its  beginning  and  for  a  long  time  there- 
after, associate  editor  of  the  Knights  of 
Labor  Journal.     Afteiwards  he  was  iden- 
tified in  a  similar  capacity  with  the  Essex 
County    Statesman    and    the    American 
Statesman,  both  of 
Tslarblehead,     and 
the  Essex  County 
Review  of  Danvers. 
At  a  later  date  he 
was  for  a  time  in 
the  business  man- 
agement   of     the 
Boston    Daily 
Traveler.  In  1883 
he      was     elected 
Representative    to 
the  General  Court 
from    the    district 
of     Danvers     and 
Wenham,  being 
the     candidate    of 
the  united  opposi 
tion  to  the  Repub- 
lican    party.        In 
the   legislature    he 
served      on       the 
Co  m  m  i  1 1  e  es  of 
Printing     and     of 
Education.         He 
opposed    the    ma- 
jority of  the  latter 


committee  m  us 
proposition  to  con- 
fine the  free  text  book  system  to  the  com- 
mon schools.  The  legislature  adopted  the 
minority  amendment  and  parsed  the  bill, 
with  the  High  schools  included.  He 
also  opposed  the  so-called  Berry  Bill  to 
build  houses  for  the  poor  of  the  state  at  i 
cost  of  $300  each,  on  the  ground  that 
such  homes  were  not  good  enough. 

Mr.  Paton  has  served  the  town  as  its 
auditor  of  accounts  and  was  one  of  the 
committee  that  first  re])orted  in  favor  of 
commercial  electric  lighting  by  the  town. 


He  has  several  times  been  a  candidate  of 
the  minority  for  local,  county  and  state 
offices.     He  has  also  been  identified  with 
many  of  the  social  and  fraternal  societies 
of  the  town  and  nation.     Was,  in  1894, 
1895  and  1896,  the  head  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men  of  the  United  States, 
and    as   its  Great  Incohonee  visited  the 
Order  in  all    the  states    and    territories. 
Was    one    of    the    committee    of   Amity 
Lodge  to    prepare    the  history  of   Free- 
masonry in  Danvers  and  vicinity.     He  is 
the  Grand  Commander  of  the  American 
Legion  of  Honor 
of  New  England, 
and  Deputy  Su- 
preme Comman- 
der    for    the 
United      States ; 
also     a    member 
of    the    Grand 
Lodge  of  Knights 
of   Honor    of 
Mass  achusetts ; 
was  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Lodge 
Sons  of  Temper- 
ance   of    Massa- 
chusetts ;  is    Su- 
preme Secretary 
of    the    Archaic 
Order    of    the 
American  Sphinx 
and    Na  t  i  o  n  a  1 
President  of  the 
United   States 
Protecti\^e 
League.    His  lit- 
e  r  a  r  y    abilities 
have  been  greatly 
in  demand  in  the 
ritualistic  work  of 
the  fraternities  in  which  he  is  prominent. 
He  i)repared  a  large  part  of  the  literature 
now  in  use  by   the   Red   Men  and   much 
of  its  ritual.     He  wrote  the  rituals  of  the 
American  Friendly  Society,  of  the  Archaic 
Order  of   the  American  Sphinx,  and  of 
the    United    States    Provident    League. 
His  ritual  written  for  the  American  Legion 
of  Honor  was  selected  as  the  best  of  over 
fifty  that  were  presented.     He  is  now  the 
President  of  the  Windsor  Club,  the  strong- 
est social  organization  of  Danvers.      He  is 


ANDREW    H.   PATON. 


DANVERS. 


also  general  agent  of  the  Equitable  Life 
Assurance  Society  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Paton  has  always  continued  in  the 
political  beliefs  represented  by  the  Chi- 
cago platform  of  the  Democratic  party  in 
1896  an(l  was  a  member  and  active 
worker  of  the  American  Bimetallic  League, 
which  largely  contributed  to  the  campaign 
work  for  silver  that  culminated  in  the 
nomination  of  William  J.  Bryan  for  the 
Presidency.  He  was  one  of  the  represen- 
tatives of  the  League  selected  to  attend 
the  National  Democratic  convention  at 
Chicago,  and  the  Free  Silver  Party  Con- 
vention at  St.  Louis,  in  1896,  and  was 
elected  as  a  Massachusetts  delegate  to 
the  National  People's  Party  Convention 
at  St.  Louis  in  1896. 

In  1875,  he  married  Ella  A.,  the 
daughter  of  Charles  W.  and  Lydia  A. 
Brown  of  Danvers.  They  have  four  chil- 
dren, Mabel  F.,  a  graduate  of  and  later  a 
teacher  in  the  Holten  High  School ; 
Mary  L,  also  a  graduate  ;  A.  Harris,  a 
pupil  in  the  same  school ;  and  Leon  B., 
who  enters  this  year. 

Colcoid-Richardson   Co. 

The  Colcord- Richardson  Company  is 
one  of  the  latest  additions  to  the  business 
enterprises  of  Danvers  and  was  organized 
in  April,  1899,  and  acquired  by  purchase 
the  entire  business  of  Newhall  &  Colcord. 
They  have  added  machine  tools  until 
they  now  hive  a  complete  machine  shop 
and  are  prepared  to  do  general  machin- 
ists' work.  A  machine  shop  centrally 
located  wi'l  be  a  decided  benefit  to  the 
manufacturing  interests  of  the  town. 

The  stockholders  are  well  known  busi- 
ness men,  organized  under  Massachu- 
setts laws  with  the  following  officers  : 
President,  Arthur  S.  Richardson,  who  for 
the  past  eleven  years  has  held  the  posi- 
tion at  the  Danvers  Insane  Hospital  of 
chief  engineer.  He  is  a  native  of  ReacL 
ing,  Mass.,  and  has  had  a  varied  and 
extensive  experience  in  mechanical  af- 
fairs. Treasurer  Charles  Newhall  is  an 
old  and  much  respected  resident  of 
D-invers  and  has  been  intimately  con- 
nected with  the  express  business  for 
years.      He  is    a    prominent    member  of 


Ward  Post  90  and  is  a  Past  Master  of 
Mosaic  Lodge  of  Masons.  Secretary 
Ernest  S.  Richardson,  after  pursuing  a 
course  of  studies  m  the  mechanical  de- 
partment of  Tufts  College,  was  engineer 
of  the  Pumping  Station  at  Foxboro,  Mass., 
for  two  years  and  has  had  considerable 
practical  experience  in  mechanical  mat- 
ters. Manager  John  H.  Colcord  has 
been  connected  with  the  agricultural  im- 
plement and  seed  business  since  1883 
and  his  an  extensive  ac(|uaintance  and 
many  friends  among  the  farmers  of  Essex 
County.  For  the  last  ten  years  he  has 
paid  particular  attention  to  developing 
the  implement  repair  department  until  it 
has  become  an  important  part  of  the 
business. 

Most  of  the  wind  mills  in  this  vicinity 
have  been  laid  out  and  erected  under 
his  supervision,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Newhall  &  Colcord,  he  gave  the 
heating  business  very  thorough  study  and 
his  ability  in  this  line  is  evidenced  by  the 
many  steam  and  hot  water  systems  in 
successful  operation  that  were  installed 
by  them,  among  which  can  be  mentioned 
the  heating  by  hot  water  of  the  Nurses' 
Home  at  the  Danvers  Insane  Hospital. 
Mr.  Colcord  is  possessed  of  mechanical 
ingenuity  and  versatility  which  well  fits 
him  for  his  position. 

The  office  of  the  company  is  in  New- 
hall's  hardware  store,  20  Maple  street, 
with  the  machine  shop  and  store  houses 
in  the  rear,  fronting  on  Cottage  avenue. 
They  carry  a  large  stock  of  farm  imple- 
ments, seeds,  farm  supplies  and  repairs, 
the  latter  being  very  complete,  compris- 
ing parts  for  most  of  the  implements  and 
machines  used  in  this  vicinity.  They  also 
carry  a  complete  stock  of  Jenkins  Bros, 
globe,  gate  and  check  valves,  water  glasses, 
etc.,  and  are  prepared  to  furnish  at  short 
notice  steam  supplies  of  all  kinds. 

A  specialty  will  be  made  of  high  pres- 
sure steam  fitting,  heating  by  steam  and 
hot  water,  they  having  the  agency  for 
the  well  known  "  Winchester "  heater, 
which  never  fails  to  give  entire  satisfac- 
tion when  properly  installed  ;  the  per- 
sonnel of  the  company  makes  them  the 
leaders  in  these  particular  lines. 

Water     sui)])ly     by     steam     and    wind 


132 


DANVERS. 


DANVERS. 


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power  will  receive  careful  altenlion,  they 
having  the  agency  for  the  Aermotov,  "  the 
wheel  that  runs  when  all  others  stand 
still."  Fencing  with  woven  steel  wire 
and  steel  posts,  both  field  and  ornamen- 
tal for  lawns  and  division  lines,  will  be 
handled  and  erected  by  contract. 

The  trade  of  the  company  covers  a 
larger  part  of  Essex  County  and  brings  in 
more  outside  trade  than  anv  other  busi- 


in  1S47,  when  Moses  Putnam  was 
chosen.  He  resigned  in  1S56,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Daniel  Richards.  The 
present  president,  G.  A.  Tapley,  was 
elected  in  1886,  having  been  a  director 
for  twenty-four  years.  Samuel  B.  Hut- 
trick  was  the  first  cashier,  continuing  in 
office  until  1841,  when  William  L.  Wes- 
ton was  appointed.  Mr.  Weston  was  suc- 
ceeded, in    1884,  after  serving  43    years, 


BANK    BUILDING. 


ness  in  Danvers,  and  in  this  respect  is  a 
decided  acquisition  to  the  l)usiness  inter- 
ests in  general. 


First  National  Bank. 


This  time-honored  institution  was 
originally  organized  in  Ajnil,  1836,  with 
a  capital  of  5 1  20,000.  Elias  Putnam  was 
the  first  president,  serving  until  his  death 


by  the  jjresent  cashier,  B.  K.  Newhall. 
In  1853  the  capital  .of  the  bank  was 
increased  $40,000,  and  again  in  1S54, 
$40,000,  making  it  $200,000,  but  in 
consequence  of  losses  incurred  in  the 
Southern  States,  occasioned  by  the  war, 
the  ca])ital  was  reduced  to  $150,000  in 
1862.  The  bank  was  reorganized  in 
1864,  and  became  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Danvers,  its  capital  remaining  at 


134 


DANVERS. 


INTERIOR    OF    FIRST    NATIONAL    BANK. 


INTERIOR    OF    DANVERS    SAVINGS    BANK. 


DANVERS. 


135 


A.    FRANK    WELCH, 
Treasurer  I  lanvers  Savings  liank. 

$150,000.  It  is  the  sole  fiduciary  trust 
of  the  town  and  from  its  inception  has 
been  carefully  and  conservatively  con- 
ducted. That  this  l)ank  has  passed  cred- 
i  t  a  b  1  y 
through 
every  fi- 
na  n  c  i  a  1 
crisis  and 
s  tringen- 
cy  of  the 
m  o  n  e  y 
market 
that  has 
swept 
over  the 
coun  t  r  y 
during 
s  i  X  t  \'  - 
t  h  r  e  e 
years, 
wit  ho  u  t 
its  man- 
a  gement 
or  condi- 


RESIDENCE    OF    A.    FRANK    WELCH. 


BENJAMIN    E.       NEWHALL. 

Cashier  First  National  Bank. 

tion  being  questioned  in  the  slightest  de- 
gree, is  sufficient  evidence,  without  fur- 
ther comment,  of  the  institution's  sub- 
stantial and  stable  position  in  the  com- 

m  u  n  i  ty. 
Its  influ- 
ence has 
been  and 
CO  n  tin- 
ues  to  be 
of  the 
m  o  s  t 
h  ealthful 
character 
c  o  ntrib- 
u  ting 
1  a  r  g  e  ly 
to  the 
develop  - 
inent  of 
manufac- 
t  u  r  e  s  , 
c  o  m  - 
m  e  r  (■  e 
and  pub- 


136 


DANVERS. 


lie  improvement,  as  well  as  aiding  private 
enterprise  of  a  proper  and  substantial 
nature. 

The  bank  trans- 
acts   a     regular 
banking     luisiness 
in  all  its  branches, 
receiving  deposits, 
making  loans  an  1 
discounts    on    ap 
proved      collateral 
and   leg  i  t  i  m  a  t  e 
commercial  paper, 
issuing     drafts    cii 
the  principal  com- 
mercial centres  oi 
the    country     and 
making  collections 
at  all  points.    The 
bank     invites     ac- 
counts of  business 
men,     capitalist  ^ 
and     individuals 
generally,    offering 
superior      modern 
facilities     for    the 
transaction  of  bus- 
iness and  affording 
liberal     treatmeni 
to    all    customers. 
The  stability  of  the 
bank  may  be  gath- 
ered from  the  fact  that  its  capital  stock 
jaid   in   is  $150,000;    surplus  fund   and 
undivide  d 
profits, 
$  3  7,000  : 
individual 
d  e  p  osits, 
$175,000. 

T  h  e 
bank  occu 
pies  hand- 
somely fit- 
ted and 
appointe  d 
rooms  in 
its  own 
t  h  r  e  e  - 
story  brick 
bu  i  1  ding, 
erected  in 
1854,  and 


■"^Si. 

*  m».  M 

^'^W  .^^^^ 

G.    A.    TAPLEY, 

President  l''irst  National  Hank. 


large  fire  and  burglar-pioof  vault  of  the 
most  modern  construction,  containing 
deposit  boxes  for 
rent  and  storage 
of  valuables,  in- 
sures the  safe 
keeping  of  its 
money  and  secur- 
ities, and  every 
modern  conven- 
ience has  been 
provided  for  the 
benefit  of  its  cus- 
tomers. This  in- 
stitution has  al- 
ways been  ably 
officered  and  in- 
telligently man- 
aged, and  its  di- 
rectorate includes 
men  of  the  high- 
est standing  and 
integrity  in  indus- 
trial and  commer- 
cial circles.  The 
present  board  is 
as  follows  :  Presi- 
dent, G.  A.  Tap- 
ley  ;  Cashier,  B. 
E.  Newhall;  Di- 
rectors, G.  A. 
Tapley,  W.  M. 
C.   H.  Gould,  Ira 


Currier,  R.  K.  Sears, 
P.  Pope. 


RESIDENCE    OF   G.    A.    TAPLEY. 


The 

Danvers 

Saving:s 

Bank. 

T  h  e 
f)  a  n  V  e  r  s 
.S  a  \-  i  n  g  s 
]}ank  was 
charte  red 
in  1850, 
and  com- 
m  e  n  c  e  d 
bu  s  i  n  e  s  s 
on  the  first 
of  April  of 
the  same 
year.     Gil- 


centrally    located   on    Maple    street.     A      bert  Tapley  wa^  the  first  president  and 


DANVERS. 


137 


HON.    AUGUSTUS    MUDGE, 
President  I  >aiiverb  Savings  Bunk. 

William  L.  W'^eston  was  chosen  treasurer. 
Rufus  Putnam  was  chosen  president  in 
April,  1859,  in  place  of  (iilbert  Tapley, 
resigned.  At  the  death  of  Rufus  Putnam 
in  1875, 
Israel  H. 
Put  na  m 
w  a  s 
chosen 
President 
Janu  a  r  y 
12,  1876, 
c  o  ntinn- 
i  n  g  so 
until 
A])ril  29, 
I  8  S  4  , 
when  the 
pres  e  n  t 
Presi- 
dent, 
Hon.  Au- 
g  u  s  t  u  s 
M  u  d  ge, 
was 


CHARLES     H     GOULD. 

Director  First  Nation.il    liank  and   Trustee  Savings  Bank. 


chosen.  The  growth  of  the  bank  during 
its  almost  half-century  of  existence  has 
been  steady  and  marked.  In  1855,  the 
deposits  amounted  to  $150,000;  in  1865, 

$  3  5  o,- 
000  ;  in 
1876, 
$  1,06  t,- 
000,  the 
p  r  esent 
(1  epos  its 
1)  e  i  n  g 
0  V  e  r  a 
ni  i  1  lion 
a  n  d  a 
h  a  1  f— 
a  ctually 
$1,666, 
o  4  8.80. 
T  h  e 
bank  's 
o  ffi  c  e  s 
are  loca- 
t  e  d  in 
t      h     e 


RESIDENCE    OF    CHARLES    H.    GOULD. 


138 


DANVERS. 


absolute  security  for  their  capital 
which  the  high  standing  and  finan- 
cial soundness  of  the  bank  provides. 
The  officers  are  carefully  chosen 
for  capacity  and  character,  and 
comprise  such  well  known  citizens 
as  President, Hon.  Augustus  Mudge  ; 
Treasurer,  A.  Frank  Welch ;  Secre- 
tary, C.  P.  Hale ;  and  a  Financial 
Committee  of  five  members  : — I.  P. 
Pope,  C.  H.  Gould,  J.  Frank  Por- 
ter, Dr.  C.  H.  White,  and  C.  H. 
Preston.  Under  the  able  and  con- 
servative management  of  these  gen- 
tlemen the  affairs  of  the  bank  are 
managed  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  most 
conservative  of  our  townspeople, 
a  fact  its  well  established  business 
confirms,  and  there  is  every  reason 
to  predict  for  this  institution  a  fu- 
ture of  even  greater  usefulness 
and  prosperity  than  have  marked 
its  past  which  shows  a  remarkable 
record  of  success  in  its  chosen  line 
of  business. 


ROBERT    K.    SEARS. 
Director  First  National  Hank. 

Bank  Building,  erected  by  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Danvers  in  1854,  with  which  in- 
stitution it  shares  half  the  ground  floor  and 
has  every  desirable  facility  at  hand  for  the 
safe  keeping  of  funds  and  the  expeditious 
transaction  of  business. 

The  Danvers  Savings  Bank  has  been 
an  important  factor  in  connection  with  the 
material  prosperity  and  growth  of  the  town 
during  the  last  half  century.  Receiving,  as 
it  does  for  deposit,  the  savings  of  wage- 
earners  and  paying  interest  thereon,  it  is 
instrumental  in  a  large  measure  in  inculcat- 
ing and  cultivating  in  that  class  of  ])eople 
who  constitute  a  large  proportion  of  our 
citizens  a  disposition  to  save  a  part  of  their 
earnings  and  thus  provide  for  any  con- 
tingency that  may  arise.  The  policy  of  the 
bmk  is  to  encourage  savings  and  the  ben- 
efit accruing  to  depositors  under  the  ex- 
cellent laws  of  this  state,  more  especially  to 
the  working  classes,  among  whom  it  en- 
courages thrift,  cannot  be  over-estimated. 
The  number  of  depositors  is  now  4,162, 
and  these  are  in  receipt  of  a  substantial 
rate  of  interest    on  their  savings  with  the 


WILLIAM    M.    CURRIER, 
Director  l-'irst  National  Bank. 


DANVERS. 


139 


IRA   P.    POPE. 
Director  National  Hank  and  Trustee  Savings  Hank. 


CHARLES    H.    PRESTON, 
Trustee  Savings  Bank. 


J.    FRANK    PORTER, 
Trustee   Savings    Bank. 


0.    H.    WHITE,    D     D.   S., 
Trustee  Savings  I'.ank. 


140 


DAN  VERS. 


RESIDENCE    OF    J.    FRANK    PORTER. 


C.  H.  White,  D.  D.  S. 


of  the  Danvers 
Savings  Bank  in 
January,  1 891,  and 
elected  one  of  the 
Finance  Commit- 
tee in  January, 
1897.  Although 
of  a  reserved  and 
retiring  disposition 
he  has  always  been 
closely  identified 
with  every  enter- 
prise which  had 
for  its  object  the 
advancement  of 
the  interests  of  the 
town,  and  both  so- 
cially and  profes- 
sionally he  is  much 
esteemed  by  his 
fellow  citizens  and 


a  large  circle  of  friends. 


Dr.  C.  H.  White,  whose  portrait  ap- 
pears in  the  article  on  the  Danvers  banks, 
was  born  in  Bristol,  N.  H.,  in  1854,  to 
which  town  his  parents  had  emigrated 
from  Massachusetts.  He  received  his 
early  education  at  the  public  schools,  and 
at  the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institute, 
commencing  the  study  of  his  profession 
at  VVakefielii  in  187 1.  Subsequently  he 
took  a  course  of  study  in  the  Dentistry 
Department  of 
Harvard  Col 
lege,  in  1873-4. 
Dr.  White  gradu 
ated  from  th' 
Boston  Dental 
College  in  1876. 
receiving  the  de- 
gree of  D.  D.  S. 
Two  years  later  he 
began  practice  in 
Danvers,  where  ht- 
has  built  up  an  ex- 
cellent reputation 
as  an  expert  in  his 
profession  and  has 
established  a  large 
and  in  c  r  e  a  s  i  n  g 
practice.  He  was 
elected  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees 


Danvers  Women's  Association, 


The  Danvers  Women's  Association  was 
formed  April,  1882.  A  preliminary  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  house  of  Miss  Anne 
L.  Page,  and  a  week  later,  on  April  25th, 
the  first  regular  meeting  was  held  with 
Miss  Lizzie  AL  Shepard  (Temple)  ;  offi- 
cers were  elected  and  by-laws  made,  and 
the  name  of  the   society    chosen.     The 


RESIDENCE    OF    DR.    C.    H.    WHITE. 


DAN  VERS. 


141 


officers  were  Mrs.  Harriet  L.  Wentworth, 
president ;  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Fiske  and  Miss 
Anne  L.  Page,  vice-presidents ;  Miss 
Eliza  O.  Putnam  (Heaton),  secretary; 
Mrs.  Venila  A.  Burrington,  treasurer ; 
the  directors  were  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Spof- 
ford,  Mrs.  Clara  French,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Andrews,  Miss  Jennie  Horswell,  Miss 
Ellen  M.  Putnam  (Gould),  Miss  Annie 
M.  Wentworth,  Mrs.  Susan  B.  Sanger, 
Miss  Lizzie  M.  Shepard  (Temple). 

The  objects  for  which  it  was  formed 
were  "  the  consideration  of  matters  of 
common  interest,  general  improvement 
and    social    enjoyment."         Seventy- five 


nearly  that  number.  So  successful  has  it 
proved  that  its  influence  has  been  felt 
throughout  the  town,  and  the  women  of 
Danvers  have  had  the  privilege  of  listen- 
ing to  many  prominent  lecturers  of  the 
day.  It  has  also  shown  a  i)hilanthropic 
spirit  and  an  interest  in  education  in  va- 
rious ways,  such  as  paying  for  the  tuition 
of  a  colored  ward  at  Hampton  for  several 
years  :  by  the  support  of  a  free  kindergar- 
ten in  one  of  the  public  schools  ;  at  one 
time  taking  children  for  a  "  Country 
Week;"  by  offering  prizes  for  the  four 
best  English  essays  written  by  members 
of  the  Holten  High  School.     It  gave  its 


RESIDENCE   OF    IRA    P.    POPE. 


women  were  enrolled  as  members.  Ihe 
meetings  were  held  every  fortnight  on 
Tuesday  afternoons,  at  private  houses  for 
the  first  few  months,  and  after  November 
until  Jan.,  18S4,  at  Cirand  Army  Hall. 
Then  lOoms  were  taken  in  the  Ropes 
building,  when  these  became  crowded,  a 
mo\e  was  made  to  the  new  post  office 
building  in  1886.  Later,  when  more 
room  was  needed,  Essex  hall  was  secured  ; 
the  Universalist  vestry  being  hired  for 
the  "social  teas,"  when  gentlemen  guests 
are  invitetl.  The  membership  has  grad- 
ually increased  until  it  includes  two  hun- 
dred names,  and  there  is  a  waiting  list  of 


support  to  the  Volunteer  Aid  xAssocia- 
tion,  by  sending  supplies  for  the  Hospital 
Ship.  The  first  president,  Mrs.  H.  L. 
Wentworth,  resigned  in  18S9,  and  was 
made  honorary  president ;  she  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Spofford,  and  in 
1S91  by  Mrs.  Evelyn  F.  Masury,  and  in 
1S96  by  Miss  Sarah  E.  Hunt  (for  three 
years).  The  original  by-laws  have  been 
embodied  in  a  constitution  with  a  few  ad- 
ditions and  alterations.  About  seventeen 
meetings  are  held  each  year.  Its  motto 
is  "Vivimus  et  Consideiamus ;"  the  club 
flower  is  the  violet,  and  the  club  color, 
lavender.       The    association    joined    the 


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General  Federation  Women's  Clubs  in 
1 89 1,  and  the  State  Federation  Women's 
Clubs  in  1893.  The  present  officers  are 
Miss  Mary  W.  Nichols,  pres. ;  Mrs.  Isadora 
E.  Kenney,  first  vice  pres, ;  Mrs.  Eliza  M. 
Shepard,  second  vice  pres. ;  Mrs.  Lucy  A. 
Everett,  rec.  sec. ;  Miss  Isabel  B.  Tapley, 
cor.  sec. ;  Mrs.  Ella  J.  Porter,  treas. ;  Mrs. 
Bessie  Putnam,  auditor  ;  directors  for  one 
year,  Mrs.  H.  Elizabeth  Couch,  Mrs. 
Sarah  A.  Kimball,  Mrs.  Nancy  A.  Perley, 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Hyde  Rice  ;  for  two  years, 
Mrs.  Annie  V.  D.  Adams,  Mrs.  Mary  F. 
Bragdon,  Mrs.  Clara  T.  Spofford,  Mrs, 
Cora  B.  Stimpson. 


Rev.  Alfred  P.  Putnam,  D.D. 

Alfred  Porter  Putnam,  son  of  Elias  and 
Eunice  (Ross)  Putnam,  was  born  near 
Topsfield  in  Putnamville,  Danvers,  Jan. 
10,  1827.  Sjme  facts  pertaining  to  his  an- 
cestry are  indicated  in  the  sketch  of  his 
brother.  Judge  A.  A.  Putnam,  given  on 
another  page.  He  passed  his  boyhood 
at  the  l)ea.  Edmund  Putnam  house,  two 
miles  further  south,  whither  the  family 
moved  in  1832.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
he  served  as  clerk  in  the  Village  Bank  of 
Danvers,  of  which  institution  his  father 
was  president,  and  at  a  later  period  as 
bookkeeper  in  the  mercantile  house  of 
Allen  and  Minot  of  Boston.  Having  ob- 
tained his  preparatory  education  at  pub- 
lic schools  in  Danvers  and  at  various 
New  England  academies,  he  entered 
Dartmouth  College  in  the  fall  of  1849. 
After  a  year  at  this  institution,  he  left  to 
join  the  Sophomore  class  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, being  drawn  thither  by  President 
Wayland's  more  liberal  and  elective  sys- 
tem. Among  the  honors  which  came  to 
him  during  his  college  career  was  that  of 
being  selected  to  deliver  the  closing 
piece  at  his  Junior  Class  Spring  Exhibi- 
tion in  rhetoric  au'l  oratory.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  graduated,  after  passing 
the  required  examination,  thus  obtaining 
his  A.B.  after  three  years  of  college  study. 

Previous  to  this  time  Mr.  Putnam  had 
had  considerable  experience  as  a  school- 
teacher at  Danvers  Plains  and  in  Wen- 
ham,  and  now,  in  the  summer  of  1853, 
after  leaving  college,  he  started  a  private 


school  in  the  latter  town,  carrying  on  this 
work  until  he  was  admitted  in  the  follow- 
ing winter  to  Harvard  Divinity  school, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  his 
class  in  1855.  Some  months  before,  he 
had  been  approbated  to  preach  by  the 
Boston  Association  of  Unitarian  Minis- 
ters and  had  subsequently  occupied  vari- 
ous pulpits.  When  he  left  the  Divinity 
school  he  had  received  unanimous  calls 
from  churches  in  Watertown,  South 
Bridgewater,  Sterling  and  Roxbury.  He 
accepted  the  call  from  Roxbury  and  was 
ordained  on  Dec.  19,  1855,  as  pastor  of 
the  Mount  Pleasant  (now  x'\ll  Souls) 
church.  On  the  loth  of  the  following 
month  he  was  married  to  Louise  Proctor, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  Waters 
(Proctor)  Preston  of  Danvers, 

Mr.  Putnam  continued  his  successful 
and  happy  pastorate  in  Roxbury  for 
eight  or  nine  years,  and  during  this  time 
he  served  several  years  upon  the  School 
Committee,  was  made  a  member  of  the 
Roxbury  Club,  was  elected  president  of 
the  LTnitarian  Sunday  School  Society,  and 
hi^  church  built  for  itself  a  chapel  for 
Sunday  School  and  other  purposes.  He 
also  received  calls  from  churches  in  Bos- 
ton, Chicago  and  Salem.  All  of  these, 
however,  he  declined.  On  the  12th  of 
June,  i860,  Mrs.  Putnam,  who  had 
greatly  endeared  herself  to  the  people  of 
his  church,  died,  deeply  lamented  by  a 
wide  circle  of  relatives  and  friends. 

At  this  period  of  his  life,  Mr.  Putnam, 
feeling  the  need  of  a  complete  change  of 
scene,  planned  for  an  extended  trip 
abroad,  but  in  view  of  the  uncertainty  of 
national  affairs  and  the  intense  excite- 
ment at  home,  and  finally  the  outbreak 
of  the  rebellion,  he  decided  to  postpone 
his  journey.  For  years  he  had  been  iden- 
tified, as  a  Free  Soiler,  with  the  anti- 
slavery  movement.  He  had  been  a  del- 
egate from  Danvers  to  the  first  great 
Republican  Convention  at  Worcester  in 
1852  ;  had  preached  anti-slavery  fro:n 
his  pulpit  and  had  spoken  for  it  before  po- 
litical assemblies.  His  intense  patriot- 
ism and  love  of  liberty  made  him  an  elo- 
(juent  and  ardent  champion  of  the  cause 
of  the  Union  and  Freedom,  and  under 
the  circumstances  prevailing,  he   felt  that 


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he  could  not  leave  his  native  land. 
In  the  spring  of  1862,  however,  when 
the  aspect  of  things  at  home  seemed 
much  brighter  and  it  was  generally  be- 
lieved that  the  war  would  soon  be  over, 
Mr.  Putnam  with  his  classmate,  the  late 
Rev.  Frederick  Frothingham,  started  on 
their  foreign  trip.  During  his  long  ab- 
sence of  fifteen  or  sixteen  months,  he 
travelled  through  England,  Scotland  and 
Ireland,  Switzerland,  France,  Ciermany, 
Italy,  Greece,  and  other  European  coun- 
tries, ascended  the  Nile  a  thousand  miles, 
crossed  the  Arabian  Desert  by  caravan, 
and  journeying  by  way  of  Mt.  Sinai, 
Petra  and  Mt.  Hor,  came  into  Southern 
Judea  and  Jerusalem.  Afterwards,  cruis- 
ing among  the  islands  of  the  Eastern 
Mediterranean,  he  visited  Smyrna  and 
Ephesus  and  finally  Constantinople. 
Everywhere  he  sought  the  principal  cities 
and  places  of  interest,  storing  his  mind 
with  an  inexhaustible  fund  of  historical 
lore  which  has  served  to  strengthen  and 
enrich  all  that  he  has  since  written  on 
historical  and  archaeological  subjects. 
On  the  4  th  of  July,  1S62,  when  in  Lon- 
don, Mr.  Putnam  attended  the  American 
Dinner  and  responded  to  the  toast  of 
"The  Constitution  of  the  United  States." 
At  a  time  when,  just  after  unexpected 
reverses,  the  outlook  for  the  cause  of  the 
North  was  very  dark  and  discouragement 
among  its  sympathizers  w>.s  widespread, 
he,  by  his  eloquence  and  unswerving 
faith  in  the  ultimate  triumph  of  the  right, 
aroused  his  audience  to  renewed  confi- 
dence and  to  the  highest  pitch  of  en- 
thusiasm. 

In  1864,  sometime  after  his  return  to 
America,  Mr.  Putnam  was  called  to  the 
large  and  influential  Fir.-,t  Unitarian 
Church  (I'he  Church  of  the  Saviour),  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  This  call  he  accepted 
and  was  installed  as  pastor  on  Sept.  28, 
of  the  same  year. 

Dr.  Putnam  needed  not  to  be  in  Brook- 
lyn long  before  he  became  a  power  in  the 
city  as  he  was  in  the  church.  Through- 
out his  long  and  remarkably  successful 
pastorate  in  Brooklyn,  no  goo  i  cause 
ever  ai)])ealed  to  him  in  vain  ;  no  philan- 
thropic or  other  beneficent  enterprise  ever 
sought  aid  from  him  or  his  generous  peo- 


ple   without  receiving  their  earnest   sup- 
port and  co-operation. 

Perhaps  the  most  noteworthy  of  the 
many  benevolent  works  which  Dr.  Put- 
nam wrought  when  in  Brooklyn  was  the 
extending  of  the  influence  of  his  church 
to  the  poorer  classes  of  the  great  city  and 
founding  in  their  midst  a  mission  school. 
The  first  session  of  this  mission  was  held 
over  the  Wall  street  ferryhouse  and  was 
attended  by  only  six  children,  but  in  a 
comparatively  short  space  of  time  it  came 
to  number  over  two  hundred.  By  gen- 
erous subscriptions  from  Dr.  Putnam's 
parishioners  a  handsome  and  commodious 
chapel  was  erected,  which  stands  today, 
in  one  of  Brooklyn's  tenement  house  dis- 
tricts, a  still  thriving  mission  with  a  min- 
ister of  its  own,  and  a  noljle  monument  to 
the  energy  and  zeal  of  the  founder  and 
his  friends.  At  the  suggestion  and  through 
the  lead  of  Dr.  Putnam  a  third  and  now 
flourishing  Unitarian  church  was  estab- 
lished in  Brooklyn,  his  own  parishioners 
contributing  ten  thousand  dollars  for  a 
house  of  worship  ;  and  during  his  minis- 
try a  beautiful  chapel  was  also  built  for 
the  use  of  his  own  Sunday  School,  mainly 
through  the  munificence  of  the  late  Mr. 
E.  H.  R.  Lyman. 

The  Union  for  Christian  Work,  a  non- 
sectarian  institution,  the  aim  of  which  is 
to  assist  the  more  needy  of  all  classes, 
albO  owes  its  origin  and  growth  largely  to 
Dr.  Putnam.  It  now  has  a  fine,  suitable 
building  of  its  own,  containing  a  library, 
and  reading  and  lecture  rooms.  With 
these  and  its  labor  bureau  and  schools  of 
industrial  art,  it  still  remains  one  of 
Brooklyn's  foremost  charities.  Of  this 
institution  Mr.  Putnam  was  a  director  as 
long  as  he  continued  to  live  in  Brooklyn. 

At  the  time  of  the  disastrous  fire  in  the 
Brooklyn  theatre  in  1876,  which  resulted 
in  terrible  loss  of  life  and  untold  distress 
to  hundreds  of  jjersons.  Dr.  Putnam's  ser- 
vices were  pronij^tly  given.  He  was 
chosen  to  deliver  the  address  at  the  burial 
of  the  numerous  unrecognized  dead  in 
one  common  grave  at  Greenwood  Ceme- 
tery. A  relief  association  was  formed  by 
the  citizens  to  care  for  the  surviving  suf- 
ferers, and  from  this  was  chosen  an  exec- 
utive   committee    of    five.      Dr.    Putnam 


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was  appointed  a  member  of  this  commit- 
tee to  represent  the  churches  and  chari- 
ties of  the  city,  and  upon  him  largely  de- 
volved the  duty  of  distributing,  by  small 
checks  and  for  two  years,  the  fifty  thous- 
and dollars  which  had  been  raised  for  the 
families  of  those  who  had  perished.  That 
the  work  was  done  with  remarkable  wis- 
dom and  fidelity  was  attested  to  by  all, 
and  when  the  final  report,  which  Dr.  Put- 
nam had  been  selected  to  write,  was 
handed  in  and  published,  all  the  papers 
in  the  city  were  unanimous  in  their  praise. 

In  1880,  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sarv  of  the  birth  of  \Villiam  Ellery  Chan- 
ning,  Dr.  Putnam  conceived  the  idea  of 
celebrating  the  occasion  in  an  appropriate 
manner  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn.  Crowded 
meetings  were  held  in  his  church  and  at 
the  Academy  of  Music.  Among  the 
speakers  at  the  latter  place  were  Henry 
VVard  Beecher  and  (ieorge  William  Cur- 
tis, A.  A.  Low  presiding.  All  denomina- 
tions were  represented  largely  at  the  gath- 
erings and  many  of  their  distinguished 
ministers,  orthodox  and  liberal,  made  im- 
pressive and  accordant  addresses,  Dr. 
Putnam  managing  the  whole  affair  and 
afterwards  publishing  in  book  form  an  ac- 
count of  the  proceedings,  with  letters  of 
sympathy  and  cheer  from  various  parts  of 
the  world. 

During  all  the  busy  years  in  Brooklyn, 
in  spite  of  the  multifarious  duties  and 
cares  in  his  church  and  outside,  he  still 
found  time  to  do  much  in  the  line  of  lec- 
ture writing,  contributions  to  the  papers 
and  magazines,  and  other  literary  work. 
His  travels  abroad  had  suggested  to  him 
numerous  subjects  for  lectures,  which 
separately  or  in  courses  he  gave  to  his 
own  ])eople  and  some  of  which  he  de- 
livered at  the  Meadville  (Pa.)  Theological 
School  and  before  literary  or  historical 
societies,  on  Egypt,  Sinai  and  Palestine, 
Hebrew  History  and  the  History  of  the 
Bible,  the  History  of  Sacred  Song  from 
earliest  Hebrew  Tmies,  the  Great  Ethnic 
Religions,  etc.  The  course  on  Sacred 
Song  led  to  the  preparation  and  ])ublica- 
tion,  in  1874,  of  his  "Singers  and  Songs 
of  the  Liberal  Faith,"  a  book  of  about 
550  pages,  which  contains  biographical 
sketches  of  seventy-two  American  Unita- 


rian hymn-writers,  with  selections  from 
the  best  hymns  and  sacred  poems  of  each 
and  illustrative  notes.  This  work  won 
the  highest  words  of  praise  from  the 
press  and  from  critics  and  reviewers  of 
whatever  sect.  The  late  and  learned  Dr. 
Ezra  Abbot,  in  writing  of  it,  said  :  "  It 
seems  to  me  in  every  respect  admirably 
edited.  I  find  unexpected  richness  every 
time  I  open  it." 

During  these  years  he  was  for  a  long 
time  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Brooklyn  New  England  Society,  and  a  Di- 
rector of  the  Long  Island  Historical  So- 
ciety, being  also  for  three  years  chairman 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  latter 
and  writing  its  annual  published  reports. 

In  1882,  Dr.  Putnam's  strong  consti- 
tution began  to  show  the  effects  of  the 
great  strain  to  which  he  had  subjected  it 
for  so  many  years,  and  he  f  jund  it  im- 
peratively necessary  to  rest  for  a  while 
from  his  arduous  labors.  His  parish, 
with  their  usual  bountiful  generosity, 
voted  him  a  year's  leave  of  absence,  at 
the  same  time  offering  to  continue  his 
salary,  to  supply  his  pulpit  in  his  absence, 
and  to  furnish  him  with  a  liberal  sum  with 
which  to  travel  abroad. 

Removing  his  family  to  Concord,  Mass., 
the  birthplace  of  his  wife's  father  and 
home  of  her  ancestors,  he  set  sail  for  Liv- 
erpool on  Jan.  10,  1883. 

After  a  delightful  winter  in  the  south 
of  France,  along  the  Riviera,  he  returned 
to  England  in  May,  hoping  and  believing 
that  all  his  former  buoyancy  of  spirits  and 
strength  of  body  had  been  restored  and 
looking  forward  to  years  of  active  service 
at  his  old  post.  While  in  London,  dur- 
ing the  anniversaries,  he  delivered,  before 
the  Unitarian  ministers  assembled  from 
far  and  near,  an  address  on  the  "Aspects 
of  Unitarianism  in  America,"  which  he 
had  previously  been  invited  to  give. 
On  this  occasion,  as  always,  Dr.  Putnam 
took  a  firm  stand  for  positive  Christian 
Unitarianism,  as  agamst  the  radical  ten- 
dencies of  the  body.  This  addre-s  gave 
rise  to  a  great  deal  of  criticism  and  re- 
mark in  the  papers,  both  favorable  and 
adverse,  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic, 
himself  joining  earnestly  in  the  discussion. 

Having  visited  Scrooby,  the  last  home 


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of  the  Pilgrims  in  England,  the  Lake 
region  and  Belfast,  Ireland,  Dr.  Putnam 
returned  to  America  in  July  and  in  the  fall 
plunged  again  into  his  accustomed  labors 
in  Brooklyn,  but  after  several  years  more, 
and  at  the  end  of  a  twenty-two  years' 
pastorate,  he  found  he  could  no  longer 
work  as  he  had  once  been  able  to 
do,  and  that  it  remained  for  him  to  retire 
from  his  post  and  seek  the  recovery  of 
his  health,  now  seriously  impairel.  His 
society  accepted  his  resignation  with  ex- 
pressions of  deepest  regret,  presenting 
him  with  a  splendid  token  of  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  faithful  service  and  of  their 
love  and  admiration  for  him,  while  the 
local  and  other  papers  and  the  various 
institutions  with  which  he  had  been  con- 
nected paid  fitting  tributes  to  his  work 
and  worth  as  a  minister  and  a  citizen. 
In  the  fall  of  1886  he  again  removed 
with  his  family  to  Concord,  Mass.,  there 
to  seek  complete  change  and  rest.  But 
the  mind  which  for  many  years  had  been 
so  active  could  never  really  rest ;  the  will 
which  through  a  lifetime  had  been  used 
to  organize  and  control  could  not  remain 
idle.  During  these  years  of  comparative 
quiet,  he  preached  in  m  my  pulpits,  wrote 
many  lectures  on  his  favorite  subjects, 
Bible  history,  sacred  song  and  archaeolog- 
ical discoveries,  and  delivered  courses 
before  the  Meadville  (Pa.)  Theological 
School  and  Tufts  College,  and  separate 
lectures  before  literary  or  historical  so- 
cieties. 

In  i8Sg,  he  established  in  his  native 
town  of  Danvers  a  historical  society.  He 
was  elected  to  the  presidency  and  has 
held  the  position  ever  since.  Through 
his  untiring  zeal  and  labor,  with  the  aid  of 
a  faithful  band  of  workers,  he  has  built 
the  society  up  until  it  is  now  large  and 
prosperous,  occupying  four  rooms  and 
having  a  most  instructive  and  valuable 
collection  of  pictures  and  articles  of 
historical  interest,  together  with  a  prom- 
ising library  and  successful  courses  of 
lectures. 

Several  years  ago  Dr.  Putnam  moved 
to  Danvers,  where  he  lived  for  a  brief 
time,  finally  settling  hi  Salem,  his  jjresent 
home.     Since    leaving:    Brooklvn    he   has 


spoken  at  many  patriotic  and  other  meet- 
ings and  has  continued  his  articles  of 
local  history  in  the  Danvers  Mirror,  be- 
gun some  twenty-five  years  ago  and  now 
numbering  about  one  hundred.  In  1893 
he  edited  "Old  Anti-Slavery  Days,"  an 
account  of  the  Danvers  Historical  So- 
ciety celel)ration  of  the  iMiiancipation 
movement,  with  the  editor's  historical  in- 
troduction and  biographical  sketches. 
Among  his  thirty  or  forty  pamphlet  pub- 
lications may  be  mentioned  "  Edward 
Everett,"  **  The  Freedom  and  Largeness 
of  the  Christian  Faith,"  "  L^nitarianism 
in  Brooklyn,"  historical ;  "  The  Unitarian 
Denomination,  Past  and  Present," 
"  Broken  Pillars,"  a  sermon  for  the  times  ; 
"  Christianity,  the  Law  of  the  Land,' 
"William  Lloyd  Garrison,"  "The 
Whole  Family  of  God,"  Biograph- 
ical Memorials  of  Mrs.  Josiah  O.  Low 
and  Mr.  Ethelbert  M.  Low,  and  also  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ephraim  Buttrick,  with 
"  A  Sketch  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam,"  orig- 
inally published  in  the  History  of  the 
Putnam  Family,  "  A  >Ioble  Life,"  a 
memorial  discourse  on  Abiel  Abbot  Low, 
"  Rebecca  Nurse  and  her  Forty  Friends," 
"  The  Military  Descendants  of  John 
Porter,"  and  "  A  Unitarian  Oberlin," 
being  a  full  sketch  of  the  life  and  labors 
of  Rev.  jasper  L.  Douthit  of  Shelbyville, 
111. 

Among  his  biographical  sketches  in 
various  books  are  a  chapter  in  Judge 
Neilson's  Memorial  volume  on  Rufus 
Choate,  and  more  or  less  extended  ac- 
counts of  A.  A.  Low,  Hon.  Elias  Putnam 
and  Gen.  Grenville  M.  Dodge  in  the 
History  of  Essex  County. 

Of  articles  contributed  to  various  mag- 
azines are  "  Hosea  Ballou,"  "  A  Visit  to 
Haworth  "  (home  of  Charlotte  Bronte), 
"  Origin  of  Hymns,"  "  Helen  Maria  Wil- 
liams "  (in  three  numbers)  ;  "  A  Story  of 
some  French  Liberal  Protestants,"  (in 
two  numbers)  ;  "Paul  a  witness  to  Chris- 
tianitv,"  and  "  Wenham  Lake"  (in  three 
numl)ers  and  illustrated). 

The  subjects  of  some  of  Dr.  Putnam's 
lectures  before  literary  antl  historical  so- 
cieties are  "  The  Land  of  the  Pharaohs," 
"The   Old   Anti-Slavery  Guard,"   "Gen- 


146 


DANVERS. 


eral  Moses  Porter,"  "  The  Battle  of  Bun- 
ker Hill,"  "  Scrooby,"  and  "  Famous 
Persons  I  have  heard  or  seen  at  home  and 
abroad." 

Of  the  various  societies  of  which  he 
has  been  a  member,  besides  those  already 
mentioned,  are  the  New  England  Histor- 
ical and  Genealogical  Society  of  Boston, 
the  American  Historical  Association,  the 
Brooklyn  Art  Association,  the  Massachu- 
setts Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
the  Old  Salem  Chapter  of  the  S.  A.  R., 
the  Century  Club  of  New  York  and  the 
Hamilton  Club  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  Vic- 
toria Institute  of  London,  F2ngland.  But 
from  several  of  these  he  has  withdrawn. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  American 
Unitarian  Association  and  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society.  He  is  also  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Lexington  and 
Peabody  Historical  Societies,  and  of 
the  New  England  Society  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

Dr.  Putnam  received  his  degree  of 
D.D.  from  Brown  University  in  1871.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  until  the 
presidential  election  of  1884,  but  since 
that  time  has  preferred  to  call  himself  an 
Independent.  In  writing  of  him  as  a 
preacher,  J.  Alexander  Patten,  in  his 
work,  "  Lives  of  the  Clergy  of  New  York 
and  Brooklyn,"  says  : 

"Dr.  Putnam  preaches  with  much  effec- 
tiveness. There  is  great  comprehension 
in  his  thought  and  he  is  able  to  give  ex- 
pression to  it  in  terms  of  rare  conciseness 
and  not  less  of  beauty.  All  that  he  says 
has  this  vigor  of  meaning  and  force  of 
application,  and  much  of  it  is  delivered 
in  ihe  most  classic  and  glowing  picturings 
of  eloquence.  In  his  argument  he  ad- 
dresses himself  to  an  elaborate  practical 
consideration  of  his  subject  and  you  are 
led  along  with  him,  without  tediousness, 
but  rather  allured  by  the  attractive  inter- 
weavings  of  a  warm  and  chaste  fancy. 
And  herein  is  it  that  this  gifted  preacher 
excels.  Your  attention  is  instantly  riveted 
by  the  smoothness  of  his  periods  and  the 
elegance  of  sentiment  which  usher  you  to 
profound  discussion  and  lofty  imagery. 
He  belongs  to  the  Channing  School  of 
Unitarianism.      Holding  to  his  particular 


tenets  with  all  the  strength  of  his  intellect 
and  his  love,  he  stands  prominent  among 
their  ablest  expounders,  and  in  a  pure, 
consistent  life  seeks  their  practical  illus- 
tration before  his  fellow  men." 

Dr.  Putnam  married  for  his  second 
wife,  Dec.  27,  1865,  Miss  Eliza  King 
Buttrick  of  Cambridge,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  Buttrick,  a  native  of  Concord, 
Mass.,  and  long  a  prominent  and  honored 
member  of  the  Middlesex  Bar.  Mrs. 
Buttrick,  her  mother,  was  Mary  King, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Green- 
wood) King,  also  of  Cambridge.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Putnam's  five  children  are  all 
living :  Endicott  Greenwood,  Alfred 
Whitwell,  Helen  Langley  (Mrs.  James 
Kingsley  Blake),  Ralph  Buttrick  and 
Margaret  Ross. 

Note.  A  fine  portrait  of  Dr.  Putnam  may  be  found  on 
page  ">(,  in  connection  with  the  account  of  the  Danvers 
Historical  Society. 


Peabody  Institute. 


At  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  old 
town  of  Danvers,  June  16,  1852,  George 
Peabody,  a  wealthy  London  banker,  gave 
the  town  $20,000  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  a  building  and  maintaining  a  li- 
brary. In  order  to  extend  the  privileges 
arising  from  this  gift  more  ecpially  to  the 
various  parts  of  the  town,  Mr.  Peabody, 
in  Dec,  1856,  established  a  branch  li- 
brary at  the  Plains,  to  which  he  contrib- 
uted $10,000.  Subsequently  he  made 
two  donations  of  books  to  the  library 
amounting  to  2,000  volumes.  The  first 
delivery  of  books  occurred  Sept.  5,  1857. 
The  library  then  contained  2,360  volumes. 
After  an  absence  in  England,  Mr.  Pea- 
body, in  1 866,  returned  to  this  country, 
and  was  pleased  to  found  another  insti- 
tute in  the  present  town  of  Danvers — the 
old  town,  during  his  absence,  having  been 
divided,  and  the  southern  portion  in 
which  he  was  born  having  taken  his  name 
— by  an  additional  appropriation,  suffi- 
cient to  support  the  library,  an  annual 
course  of  lectures  and  construct  an  edi- 
fice adapted  to  the  accomplishment  of 
these  ol)jects.  Mr.  Peabody  in  a  letter 
from  Oakland,   Md.,  under  date  of  Oct. 


DANVERS. 


147 


148 


DANVERS. 


30,  1866,  addressed  to  the  following  gen- 
tlemen :  Rev.  Milton  P.  Braman,  Joshua 
Silvester,  Francis  Peabody,  Jr.,  Samuel  P. 
Fowler,  Daniel  Richards,  Israel  W.  An- 
drews, Jacob  E.  Perry,  Charles  P.  Pres- 
ton, and  Israel  H.  Putn  im,  all  of  Dan- 
vers,  constituted  the  above  nine  persons 
his  trustees  for  life,  conveying  to  them  in 
trust  for  the  town  the  sum  of  $40,000  to 
be  added  with  $10,000  already  given, 
under  certain  special  conditions.  After 
an  absence  of  three  years  he  again  vis- 
ited his  native  land,  when  an  invitation 
was  extended  to  him  to  witness  the  for- 
mal opening  of  the  Institute  Building  in 
Dan  vers.  The  day  designated  was  July 
14,  1869,  and  Mr.  Peabody,  although  in 
feeble  health,  was  present.  Rev.  James 
Fletcher  made  an  appro])riate  address 
upon  the  occasion  and  Mr.  Peabody,  in 
replying,  expressed  his  approbation  of 
the  doings  of  the  trustees  and  consum- 
mated his  benevolence  to  Danvers  by 
the  pledge  of  $45,000  in  addition  to 
$55,000  which  had  been  given  by  prev- 
ious donations.  A  reception  by  the 
school  children  of  Danvers  was  given 
Mr.  Peabody  at  the  Universalist  church 
April  13,  1867.  Rev.  Dr.  Milton  P. 
Braman  delivered  an  address  of  welcome 
to  Mr.  Peabody.  On  behalf  of  the 
medal  scholars,  addresses  were  delivered 
and  Mr.  Peabody  assured  all  present  that 
he  would  make  the  $200  provided  an- 
nually for  medals  perpetual.  Mr.  Pea- 
body died  in  London,  Nov.  4,  1869. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Danvers 
on  Nov.  15,  1869,  resolutions  were  passed 
expressive  of  their  sorrow  and  profound 
sense  of  loss  at  the  death  of  their  cher- 
ished benefactor,  George  Peabody.  The 
evening  of  Feb.  15,  1870  was  appointed 
for  memorial  services  upon  his  death  in 
Danvers.  The  rooms  of  the  institute 
were  ai)propriately  draped  and  the  eulogy 
was  delivered  by  Rev.  James  Fletcher. 
The  original  building  was  in  the  Gothic 
style  of  architecture  and  was  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1890.  'l"he  present  building  is 
in  the  old  colonial  style  of  architecture 
and  presents  a  most  pleasing  and  sub- 
stantial appearance.  It  was  dedicated 
with  ap])ropriate  exercises  Oct.  19,  1892, 
and     contains    a    stack     room,    deliverv 


room,  general  reading  room,  children's 
room,  and  a  librarian's  and  trustees'  room, 
all  on  the  first  floor.  The  second  floor 
is  devoted  to  a  spacious  and  elegantly 
appointed  lecture  room  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  about  900.  In  the  winter 
season  a  course  of  lectures  is  delivered 
on  popular  subjects,  the  expense  being 
met  by  a  special  fund  created  by  Mr. 
Peabody.  The  library  contains  18,370 
volumes  and  there  are  2,410  borrowers. 
The  various  rooms  are  elegantly  appointed 
and  are  eminently  suitable  for  their  sev- 
eral purposes.  The  reading  loom  con- 
tains a  well  executed  full  length  portrait 
of  Mr.  Peabody.  Nearly  five  acres  of 
carefully  laid  out  and  well  kept  grounds 
surround  the  Institute,  containing  many 
rare  plants,  shrubs  and  trees  intersected 
by  avenues  and  paths,  making  a  pleasant 
promenade  for  the  townspeople.  Under 
the  present  librarian,  Mrs.  Eniilie  K. 
Patch,  the  library  has  been  piogressive  and 
modern  methods  have  been  introduced 
for  the  benefit  of  borrowers.  Some  of 
the  changes  made  at  her  suggestion  are 
the  following:  Every  resilient  of  the 
town  is  allowed  a  card  at  the  age  of 
eight  years  and  every  borrower  is  entitled 
to  a  "Special  Card"  for  non-ficlion. 
Books  are  sent  to  the  schools  every  two 
weeks  and  lists  of  works  upon  topics  be- 
ing studied  are  furnished  the  teachers, 
besides  much  assistance  given  to  pupils  at 
the  library.  Books  are  sent  to  the  Dan- 
vers Hospital  every  week  for  attendants 
and  such  patients  as  may  be  recom- 
mended by  the  superintendent.  Lists  of 
new  books  are  printed  for  free  distribution 
every  month.  All  new  books  and  those 
upon  current  topics  are  displayed  upon 
open  shelves,  from  which  borrowers  may 
make  selection.  A  children's  room,  con- 
taining books  and  magazines  for  those 
under  fourteen  years  of  age,  has  been 
opened.  Borrowers  are  encouraged  to 
leave  at  the  desk  titles  of  works  to  be 
added  to  the  library,  which  are  procured. 
Exhibitions  of  pictures  have  been  given 
and  the  reference  library  has  been  en- 
larged and  placed  in  the  reading  room 
for  free  consultation.  The  present  trustees 
are  G.  Augustus  Peabody,  Francis  Pea- 
bodv,  Calvin  Pytnam,  Gilbert  A.  Tapley, 


DANVERS. 


'49 


Charles  H.  Preston,  Wallace  P.  Hood, 
Lester  S.  Couch,  John  T.  Carroll,  Her- 
bert S.  Tapley.  All  the  furniture  of 
reading  room,  including  stationary  and 
revolving  bookcases  and  magazine  rack, 
the  furnishings  of  children's  room  and 
200  books,  besides  magazines,  sets  of 
valuable  books  to  the  main  library  and 
card  catalogue  case,  are  the  gift  of  (i. 
A.  Peabody  of  the  trustees,  one  of  the 
most  public  spirited  men  ever  living 
in  Danvers,  his  gift  of  the  expensive  and 
useful  electric  clock  on  the  Town  House 
also  attesting  his  thoughtfulness  and  gen- 
erosity. 

Frank  M.  Spofford. 


Six  clerks  and  three  teams  are  kept  busy, 
and  the  reputation  of  the  establishment 
for  reliable,  standard  goods,  and  honest, 
courteous  treatment  of  patrons,  is  second 
to  that  of  no  other  similar  concern  in 
town.  Mr.  Spofford  is  a  member  of  the 
Maple  street  Congregational  church,  a 
Republican  in  politics,  a  Mason,  an  Odd 
Fellow,  and  a  member  of  numerous  other 
fraternal,  insurance  and  social  organiza- 
tions, in  all  of  which  he  is  deservedly 
popular.  Mr.  Spofford  is  a  married 
man  with  a  wife  and  two  children,  a  boy 
and  a  girl,  and  a  beautiful  home  on 
Cherry  street. 


Public   Park. 


Frank  M.  Spofford,   proprietor  of  one  A  spacious,  attractive  and  easily  acces- 


F.    M.    SPOFFORD  S    STORE. 


of  the  largest  grocery  and  provision  stores 
in  town,  was  born  in  Danvers  in  October, 
1854.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  the  town  and  after  graduating  was  for 
four  years  employed  in  a  Peabody  mo- 
rocco factory.  He  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  William  M.  Currier,  grocer,  at  the 
corner  of  Maple  and  School  streets,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  thirteen  years. 
In  1 886  he  bought  out  Mr.  Currier  and 
has  conducted  the  business  ever  since. 
Mr.  Spofford  is  an  energetic,  up-to-date 
business  man,  and  is  constantly  increas- 
ing his  business,  and  his  trade  now  ex- 
tends all  over  Danvers  and  portions  of 
Beverly,    Middleton    and    even    beyond. 


sible  public  park  is  assured  through  the 
efforts  of  leading  citizens  and  the  Im- 
provement Society,  a  large  tract  of  land 
having  been  secured  from  the  Eben  G. 
Berry  estate,  and  the  work  of  improving 
having  already  been  begun.  The  land 
has  a  generous  water  front  on  Porter's 
river,  and  is  susceptible  to  the  numerous 
attractions  common  to  a  reservation  of 
its  character.  It  is  conveniently  located, 
and  will  prove  one  of  the  additions  to 
the  town's  many  advantages  in  the  near 
future.  The  Improvement  Society  has 
raised  nearly  the  amount  necessary  for 
its  purchase  by  various  public  entertain- 
ments. 


ISO 


DANVERS. 


Gen.  Israel  Putnam  Chapter,  Dau2:h- 
tcrs  of  the  American  Revolution. 

During  the  month  of  March  and  the 
early  part  of  April,  1S95,  plans  were  made 
for  the  formation  of  a  chapter  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  in 
Danvers,  Mass.,  to  be  known  as  the  Gen. 
Israel  Putnam  chapter. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Masury  was  appointed 
Regent  of  the  Chapter  by  the  State  Re- 
gent on  April  19,  1895.  A  meeting  of 
the  charter  members  was  held  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Masury  to  formally  organ- 
ize the  chapter,  the  charter  members  be- 
ing Mrs.  Evelyn  F.  Masury,  Miss  Harriet 
S.  Tapley,  Miss  Clara  P.  Hale,  Miss  Bes- 
sie Putnam,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Burns, 
Mrs.  Martha  P.  Perry,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Put- 
nam, Miss  Anne  L.  Page,  Mrs.  Ella  J. 
Porter,  Mrs.  Isadora  E.  Kenney,  Mrs.  El- 
len M.'  P.  Gould,  Mrs.  Luella's.  Tapley, 
Miss  Caroline  B.  Faxon,  Miss  Jessie  E. 
Bly,  Miss  May  L.  George,  Miss  Harriet 
P.  Pope,  Mrs.  Henrietta  J.  Damon,  Miss 
Susan  W.  Eaton,  Miss  Grace  B.  Faxon, 
Mrs.  Isabella  F.  George.  The  following 
officers  were  appointed  by  the  Regent : 
Vice  Regent,  Miss  Caroline  B.  Faxon  ; 
Registrar,  Miss  Harriet  P.  Pope ;  Sec- 
retary, Miss  Susan  W.  Eaton  ;  Treasurer, 
Miss  Clara  P.  Hale ;  Historian,  Miss 
Harriet  S.  Tapley;  Chaplain,  Mrs.  Ellen 
Putnam  Gould. 

By-laws  in  accordance  with  the  Na- 
tional Constitution  were  adopted  May  23, 
1895.  The  Mayflower  was  chosen  as 
the  emblem  of  the  chapter  and  Gen. 
Putnam's  motto  "  He  dared  lead  where 
any  dared  to  follow  "  the  motto  of  the 
chapter. 

The  most  noteworthy  meetings  of  the 
chapter  have  been  on  May  7,  1895,  when 
the  chapter  united  with  the  D.  W.  A.  in 
a  reception  at  which  the  State  Regent 
and  chapter  regents  of  the  state  were 
present,  the  chapter  taking  the  guests  for 
a  drive  about  town  and  calling  at  historic 
homes.  The  Lindens,  Oak  Knoll  and 
others.  On  June  17,  1895  at  the  Page 
House,  the  home  of  Miss  Anne  L.  Page, 
Mr.  Ezra  D.  Hines  gave  an  account  of 
the  Tea  Party  held  on  the  roof  of  the  his- 
toric house.     On  each  4th  of  July  since, 


the  chapter  has  held  patriotic  exercises  in 
the  old  house.  Dr.  A.  P.  Putnam  having 
spoken  on  each  occasion,  while  others 
have  contributed  music,  reading  and  re- 
freshments. Oct.  19,  1895,  the  chapter 
assisted  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution in  their  visit  to  the  town.  On 
Dec.  12,  1895,  Mrs.  Masury  tendered 
her  resignation  as  Chapter  Regent,  hav- 
ing been  elected  State  Regent  of  Mass., 
and  Miss  H.  S.  Tapley  was  appointed  to 
the  ollfice.  On  Jan.  7,  1896  the  first 
public  meeting  was  held  in  Essex  Hall. 
Dr.  A.  P.  Putnam  delivered  an  address 
on  (ien.  Israel  Putnam.  On  April  20, 
1896,  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  P.  Guild  was  elected 
Regent  of  the  Chapter.  Mrs.  Masury 
was  elected  Vice  President  General  of 
the  National  Society  at  the  Continental 
Congress,  1896.  At  the  second  annual 
meeting  April  26,  1897,  Mrs.  Gould  re- 
signed as  Regent  and  Mrs.  Masury  was 
elected  Regent.  On  Dec.  17,  1897,  a 
bronze  tablet  was  placed  on  the  house  in 
which  Gen.  Putnam  was  born.  The  tab- 
let was  unveiled  by  the  little  girls.  Misses 
Fanny  and  Alice  Putnam.  Dr.  Putnam 
offered  prayer  and  Mrs.  Masury  made 
brief  remarks.  In  the  afternoon  in 
Town  Hall  there  was  a  large  gathering 
including  representatives  of  local  and 
neighboring  patriotic  societies,  some  com- 
ing from  Putnam,  Conn.  The  programme 
was  as  follows : — Prayer,  Rev.  E.  C. 
Ewing ;  Address  of  Welcome,  Mrs.  C. 
H.  Masury  ;  Response,  Mrs.  T.  M.  Brown, 
State  Regent ;  Address,  Mrs.  Donald 
McLean,  Regent  N.  V.  City  Chapter; 
xVddress,  Rev.  W.  F.  Livingston,  Augusta, 
Me.,  great-great-great-grandson  of  Gen. 
Putnam  ;  Address,  Rev.  A.  P.  Putnam, 
Pres.  Danvers  Historical  Society ;  Ad- 
dress, Hon.  R.  S.  Rantoul  of  Essex  In- 
stitute, Salem  ;  Address,  Rev.  H.  C. 
Adams,  pastor  First  Church ;  Address, 
Mr.  B.  W.  Putnam;  Benediction,  Rev. 
W.  H.  Trickey,  Pastor  Universalist 
Church. 

In  Feb.,  1898,  Mr.  William  Maxwell 
Reed  of  Harvard  University  gave  a  most 
interesting  address  of  the  Gagenschine 
at  Mrs.  C.  F.  Kenney's. 

On  April  19,  1899,  a  most  interesting 
meetina:  was  held  in  Essex  Hall,  the  nine- 


DANVERS. 


teenths  of  April  in 
U.  3.  History  being 
spoken  of  as  follows  : 
—  The  19th  of  1  7  75- 
6,  Hon.  A.  P.  White. 
The  19th  of  1861-5, 
A.  A.  P  u  t  n  a  m. 
The  19th  of  1S9S, 
Rev.  A.  P.  Putnam, 
D.  D.  On  this  oc- 
casion the  chapter 
was  honored  with  the 
presence  of  Mrs. 
Tulia  Ward  Howe, 
who  recited  the  Bat- 
tle Hymn  of  the  Re- 
public and  told  the 
circumstances  of  its 
writing.  Mr.  C.  F. 
Kenney  and  Rev. Ed- 
son  Reifsnider  sang 
the  hymn.  The  social 
meetings  of  the 
chapter  have  been 
many  and  pleasant. 
Outings  have  been 
taken  t  o  Concord 
and  Lexington, 
Quincy,  Hull,Byfield,  c.  n. 

Cambridge  and  Me- 

thuen.  A  class  in  American  History  has 
been  one  of  the  valuable  features  of  the 
chapter.  A  quilt  exhibit  was  held  which 
was  one 
o  f  the 
most 
uniq  u  e 
and  in- 
tere  s  t- 
ing  af- 
fairs 
ever 
held  in 
t'o  w  n, 
there 
b  e  i  n  g 
280 
differ- 
ent 
qu  i  1 1  s 
ex  h  i  fa- 
it e  d  . 

The  chapter  has   in     mind    in   the    near 
future  the  placing  of  a  tablet  to    Judge 


STORE    OF    C.    N.    PERLEY. 


Holten  in  the  Holten 
High  School  assem- 
bly room.  Prizes 
have  been  offered  for 
two  years  to  the  High 
School  for  the  best 
essay  on  local  his- 
tory. The  Charles 
Warren  Society,  C. 
A.  R.,  has  been  car- 
ried along  by  the 
chapter  wi  h  Mrs. 
( "■  i  1  b  e  r  t  Kmerson, 
Miss  Jessie  Kemp 
a  n  d  Miss  Fanny 
Ceorge  as  presidents. 
The  chapter  works 
along  the  lines  laid 
down  in  the  Consti- 
tution o  f  the  Na- 
tional Society,  and  is 
a  part  of  the  great 
whole,  a  society  that 
numbers  2  9,000 
women  all  working 
for  the  best  interests 
o  f  patriotism  and 
good  citizenship. 
?LEY.  The  chapter  numbers 

sixty- four  members, 
all  the  old  families  in  town  being  rep- 
resented and  its  value  as  an  educator, 
and     the     elevating     character     of     its 

work 
will  be 
m  ore 
a  n  d 
more 
app  re- 
ciat  e  d 
as  time 
pass  e  s 
on. and 
t  h  e 
(i  e  n. 
Israel 
P  u  t- 
n  a  m 
c  h  a  p- 
ter,  D. 
A.  R., 
contin- 
ues in  the  good  work  it  has  so  auspicious- 
Iv  becfun. 


152 


DANVERS. 


Charles  N.  Perky. 


Mr.  Parley  belongs  to  a  good  old  Dan- 
vers  family  and  his  forefathers  hive  li*"en 
for     over     half    a 
century     engaged 
in   the    business 
now    so    success- 
fully    carried     on 
by  him  at  the  old 
corner       grocery. 
The    house   w  a  s 
established       i  n 
1 84 1  by  A.  P.  and 
Nathan       Perley, 
the    partnershi]) 
being   changed 
four  years  later  to 
A.   P.   Perley  and 
M.      J.      Currier. 
The  present  pro- 
prietor, Mr.  C.  N. 
Perley,  succeeded 
to  the  business  in 
1886.      Mr.   Per- 
ley was  born  here 
Feb.     12,     1 85 1, 
and  after  graduat- 
ing    from     the 
Holten     High 
School    com- 
menced his  busi- 
ness   career    with 
his  father, 
A.  P.  Per- 
ley.       He 
owns     the 
bull  ding 
i  n    which 
the  store 
is    located 
a  n  d    also 
the  post- 
o    ffi    c   e 
build  i  n  g. 
Mr.  Perley 
was  ap- 
pointed 
post  ma  s- 
t  e  r      by 
Preside  n  t 
Cleveland    in    1886-90,    and  was   re-ap- 
pointed   to  the  office  by  President  Mc- 
Kinley    in    January,    1896.     His  incum- 


JACOB    MARSTON. 


bency  of  the  office  has  resulted  in  the  in- 
stitution of  many  beneficial  reforms,  a 
very  large  increase  in  the  amount  of  busi- 
ness transacted,  and  a  general  systematiz- 
ation  of  the 
entire  depart- 
ment. He  has 
been  most  persis- 
tent in  his  endeav- 
ors to  have  a  free 
delivery  of  mail 
matter  i  n  Dan- 
vers  and  has  la- 
bored indefatiga- 
bly  to  bring  the 
receipts  of  t  h  e 
office  up  to  the 
limits  required  by 
the  postal  author- 
ities. Mr.  Perley 
served  as  select- 
man in  1892.  He 
is  a  member  of 
Mosaic  Lodge, 
the  only  order  to 
which  he  belongs. 
All  matters  look- 
ing to  t  h  e  ad- 
vancement of  the 
town  and  the 
betterment  of  ex- 
isting conditions 
with  h  i  s 
hearty  ap- 
p  r  o  V  a  1 
and  he  is 
looked 
upon  b  y 
all  as  a 
thorough  - 
ly  public- 
spi  r  i  t  e  d 
citizen. 

Jacob 
Marston . 


meet 


RESIDENCE    OF    JACOB    MARSTON 


field, 
Early 


Mr.     Mar- 
— I         ston    is    a 
native    o  f 
Par  sons- 
Maine,  where  he  was  born  in  1847. 
in    life  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 


carpenter  and  was  engaged  in  that  busi- 


DANVERS. 


153 


prominent  in  social  and  fraternal 
societies,  being  a  member  of  the 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Red  Men,  A. 
O.  U.  W.,  Royal  Arcanum,  and 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Christian  Scientist,  being  affiH- 
ated  with  the  Mother  Church  in 
Boston,  and  acting  as  Treasurer  of 
the  Christian  Science  Church, 
Salem.  His  belief  in  the  doctrine 
of  the  church  is  abundant  and  his 
acceptance  of  its  tenets  was  the  out- 
come of  a  marvelous  cure  performed 
upon  him  by  members  of  the  faith. 
Mr.  Marston  married  Miss  Martha 
A.  L.  Batson,  of  Danvers,  and  has 
two  children.  Last  year  he  erected 
a  handsome  residence  at  the  corner 
of  Park  and  Alden  streets. 


W.  E.  Smart  &  Co. 

This  establishment  had  its  incep- 
tion twenty-one  years  ago  under  the 
style  of  Smart  &  McCrillis.     At  that 


WILLIS    E.    SMART. 


ness  in  Boston.  He  then  came 
to  Danvers  and  was  employed  in 
the  shoe  business  until  1S74, 
when  he  engaged  in  the  Danvers 
and  Boston  express  business, 
which  is  now  conducted  by  Pet- 
tingell  c*v-  Barry.  In  iSSS,  he 
established  an  express  route  be- 
tween Danvers,  Haverhill,  Bev- 
erly, Peabody,  Salem  and  Lynn, 
which  has  increased  yearly  both 
in  the  volume  of  business  trans- 
acted and  general  efficiency  of 
its  service.  Every  description  of 
merchandise  and  small  parcels 
are  forwarded  daily  with  the  ut- 
most dispatch  and  at  a  uniformly 
low  rate.  Mr.  Marston  utilizes 
several  teams  and  the  services  of 
a  number  of  competent  men  in 
his  business  and  personally  super- 
intends all  shipments.  In  1S92-3 
he  served  as  selectman  and  as- 
sessor of  the  town  and  displayed 
much  ability  in  the  discharge  of 
his     duties.     Mr.     Marston     is 


ARTHUR  C.    KELLY. 


154 


DANVERS. 


time  it  was  located  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  street,  but  when  the  present  build- 
ing was  erected  a  number  of  years  ago, 
the  business  was 
removed  and  has 
since  been  con- 
ducted at  30  Ma- 
ple street.  In 
1S89,  Mr.  Smart 
carried  on  busi- 
ness under  his 
own  name  and  so 
continued  until 
1898,  when  Ar- 
thur C.  Kelly  was 
admitted  to  part- 
nership under  the 
title  of  W.  E. 
Smart  cS:  Co.  The 
premises  o  c  c  u- 
pied  are  large,  at- 
tractively  a])- 
pointed,  and  the 
stock  carried  is  as 
complete,  high 
class  and  reliable 
as  long  experience  and  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  and  intimate  rela- 
tions with  leading  producers  can  secure. 
It  em- 
braces 
every- 
thing  re- 
quired 
by  the 
most  dis- 
cri  m  i  n- 
ating  pa- 
trons in 
fine,  sta- 
ple and 
fane  \ 
grocer- 
ies, teas 
and  cof- 
fees, for- 
eign and 
domestic 
t  a  b  1  e 
d  e  1  ica- 
cies   and 

fruits.  A  very  large  stock  is  carried  and 
a  specialty  is  made  of  butter,  tea  and 
Danvers  Mocha  and  Java  coffee.     An  ex- 


W.    E.    SMART   &    CO.S    STORE. 


ccllcnt  trade  has  been  developed  which  ex- 
tends generally  throughout  the  surround- 
ing district.  Willis  E.  Smart  is  a  native  of 
Thornton,  N.  H., 
where  he  was  born 
in  1855.  Hecame 
to  Danvers  in 
1872,  and  worked 
successively  for 
W.  M.  Currier  and 
Nye  &  Beal,  gro- 
cers, acquiring  an 
intimate  knowl- 
edge of  the  busi- 
ness in  all  its 
branches.  Arthur 
C.  Kelly  is  a  Dan- 
vers man  and  was 
born  in  1867.  He 
has  always  been 
engaged  in  this 
business,  spending 
several  years  with 
Mead  &  Webb, 
Danversport,  and 
N.  W.  Edson  & 
Co.,  Lynn.  For  nine  years  prece(iing  his 
admission  to  partnership  he  was  employed 
bv  Mr.  Smart.     He  is  a  member  of  the 

I.  O.  O. 
F.  and 
both 
partne  rs 
are  d  e- 
served 1 y 
popular. 


J.Franfc 
Porter 
&Co. 


PORTERS    BLOCK. 


^  Mr.  J. 
F  rank 
Porter 
has  t  h  e 
dist  i  n  c- 
tion  o  f 
being  a 
direct 
descend- 
a  n  t     of 

John  Porter,  the  founder  of  Porter's 
Plains,  now  Danvers.  He  was  born  at 
Danversport  in  1847,  and  graduated  from 


DANVERS. 


155 


the  Holteii  High  School.  Three  years 
were  then  spent  in  the  morocco  business 
in  Peabody,  after  which,  in  iS65,hecame 
to  Danvers,  entering  the  grocery  store  of 
A.  P.  Perley  tfc  Co.,  where  he  remained 
ten  years.  In  1875  he  opened  a  furni- 
ture store  in  the  Carroll  block,  but  his 
trade  increased  so  rapidly  that  he  found 
it  necessary  to  seek  more  commodious 
premises.  The  result  was  that  in  1S7S 
he  erected  the  Porter  block,  of  which  he 
now  occupies  the  entire  ground  floor  and 
one- third  of  the  second  tloor,  together 
with  a  spacious 
storehouse  and 
upholstery  d  e- 
partment  on  Cen- 
tral avenue.  The 
]:)remises  through- 
out are  admirably 
arranged  and  well 
ai^pointed,  a  n  d 
every  convenience 
is  possessed  for 
the  successful 
prosecution  o  f 
the  extensive  busi- 
ness carried  on. 
The  stock  em- 
braces everything 
useful  and  desira- 
ble in  a  home  in 
the  w  a  y  of  fine 
and  medium  fur- 
n  i  t  u  r  e,  carpets, 
wall  papers,  win- 
dow shades  and 
draperies.  The 
stock  is  all  new  and 
is  the  product  of 
the  largest  manu- 
facturers i  n  the 
country.  Mr.  Porter  has  held  several  im- 
portant elective  ofifices.  He  was  a  Trus- 
tee of  the  Peabody  Institute  for  ten  years 
and  served  in  the  Legislature  in  1894, 
being  re-elected  in  1895.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  finance  committee  of 
the  Danvers  Savings  bank  since  1891, 
and  is  at  present  one  of  its  trustees.  He 
is  also  one  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Danvers  Gas  Light  Co.  and  acts  as 
collecter  for  that  corporation.  Mr.  Por- 
ter is  largely  interested  in  real  estate  and 


is  a  large  owner  of  the  Porter  and  Essex 
blocks  and  a  number  of  houses.  He  has 
been  assiduous  in  promoting  the  welfare 
of  the  community  and  has  made  most 
strenuous  eftbrts  to  induce  the  establish- 
ment of  industries  in  Danvers. 

Recently  Arthur  VV.  Beckford,  who  was 
in  Mr.  Porter's  employ  a  number  of  years, 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  firm 
now  being  J.  F.  Porter  &  Co.  Mr.  Beck- 
ford  is  a  popular  young  man,  standing 
high  in  Masonry  and  other  fraternal  and 
social  circles. 


John  T.  Carroll 
&  Co. 


JOHN    T.    CARROLL 


T  h  e  business 
rarried  on  by 
John  T.  Carroll 
under  the  style  of 
John  T.  Carroll  & 
C  o.  was  estab- 
lished in  1S79  by 
Lewis  &  Carroll, 
who  remained  in 
Ijartnership  for 
ten  years,  when 
Mr.  Carroll  a  c- 
quired  the  busi- 
ness and  c  o  n- 
ducted  it  under 
his  own  name  un- 
til 1894,  when  the 
jnesent  style  was 
adopted.  M  r. 

Carroll  conducts 
the  only  news  de- 
pot in  town  and 
supplies  his  pa- 
trons with  all  the 
Boston,  local  and 
New  York  papers,  magazines  and  period- 
icals, also  receiving  subscriptions  for  the 
leading  journals  at  the  publishers'  prices, 
and  delivering  them  at  customers'  resi- 
dences. Thirty  newsboys  are  employed 
on  the  various  routes  and  the  district  is 
well  covered  by  his  excellent  service.  In 
addition  to  the  news  department  Mr. 
Carroll  deals  extensively  in  books  and 
stationery,  cigars  and  tobacco,  toys,  fruits 
and  confectionery,  small  wares  and  no- 
tions.    The  store  is  located  in   the  three 


156 


DANVERS. 


and  a  half  story  Carroll  block,  which  was 
bought  by  Mr.  Carroll  in  1 89  i .  Although 
not  a  nati\e  of  Danvers  Mr.  Carroll  has 
resided  here  since  his  fourteenth  year, 
and  his  education  was  received  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  town.  He  was 
born  at  Stoneham,  in  1859,  and  upon 
leaving  school  entered  the  business  which 
he  now  conducts.  He  is  a  member  of 
Mosaic  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Holten 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  A. 
O.  U".  W.  Mr.  Carroll  was  also  a  chirter 
member  and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Danvers  Light  In- 
fantry,    Co.     K,        

Eighth  Mass.  Vol- 
unteers. He  i  s 
most  popular  i  n 
business  and  so- 
cial circles  a  n  d 
enjoys  the  respect 
of  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. 

Jesse  P.  Colby. 


looked  out  for  the  business  end,  devoting 
such  other  time  as  he  had  to  general 
work  on  the  paper.  After  a  year  and  a 
half  here  he  was  induced  to  reenter  the 
employ  of  Messrs.  Hanson  as  bookkeeper 
and  buyer  for  the  firm,  giving,  also,  a 
portion  of  his  time  to  the  office  of  the 
Mirror.  In  May,  1893,  the  firm  of  Moy- 
nahan  &  Colby  was  dissolved,  and  during 
the  balance  of  the  year  Mr.  Colby  spent 
the  most  of  the  time  in  the  west,  contrib- 
uting from  Chicago  a  series  of  articles  on 
the  World's  Fair  to  the  Salem  Dailv  Cia- 
zette,  which  were 


Mr.  Colby  was 
born  on  a  farm  in 
Bradford,  N.  H., 
in  1S63  and  until 
after  twenty-one 
years  of  age  fol- 
lowed the  occupa- 
tion of  farming. 
Coming  to  Dan- 
vers in  1885,  he 
was  first  employed 
by  F.  M.  Spofford 
a  s  bookkeei)er. 
Later  he  entered 
the  employ  o  f 
Messrs.  J.  \'.  i\:  J. 
Hanson,  the  wholesale  grain  men  of  Dan- 
vers and  Salem,  as  bookkeeper  and  col- 
lector, which  position  he  had  held  for 
some  years  when,  in  1890,  owing  to  the 
appointment  of  C.  H.  Shepard,  at  that 
time  owner  of  the  Mirror,  as  U.  S.  Con- 
sul to  Cothenburg,  Sweden,  the  opportun- 
ity presented  itself  for  him  to  i)urchase  an 
interest  in  that  paper,  and  the  job  print- 
ing business  connected  with  it  in  company 
with  the  present  proprietor,  F.  E.  Moy- 
nahan.      In    this    connection    Mr.   Colbv 


J.    T.   CARROLL'S    STORE 


widely  quoted.  In 
January,  1894,  he 
for  the  third  time 
entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Messrs. 
Hanson,  remain- 
ing with  them  un- 
til early  in  1895, 
w  hen  business 
changes  in  that 
firm  again  neces- 
sitated his  leaving 
them. 

During  all  these 
years  his  knowl- 
edge of  business 
methods  and  par- 
ticularly of  t  h  e 
proper  manner  in 
which  accounts 
should  b  e  kept 
had  become  ex- 
tensive and  valu- 
able. So  that  in 
1895,  after  some 
months  spent  in 
special  w  o  r  k  in 
the  offices  of  the 
auditor  of  the  P..  .V'  M.  R.  R.,  and  the 
treasurer  of  the  B.  X:  L.  R.  R.,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  business  of  public 
accounting  at  No.  605  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Boston,  where  his  business  has 
since  grown  to  large  proportions.  Among 
the  many  important  engagements  he  has 
filled,  in  the  capacity  of  an  accountant, 
are  those  which  take  him  to  the  paper- 
mill  citv  of  Holyoke  several  times  each 
year.  In  1896  he  made  a  report  to  the 
town  authorities  .of  Dalton,  X.  H.,  where- 


DANVERS. 


157 


by  the  town  recovered  several  thousimi 
dollars  from  a  dishonest  official.  Ouite 
recently  he  also  made  an  examination  of 
the  financial  affairs  of  the  famous  Elec- 
trolytic Marine  Salts  Company,  reporting 
to  the  committee  representing  the  stock- 
holders. He  has  also  at  various  times 
been  employed  by  the  B.  tS:  M.  R.  R., 
the  Stoneham  Gas  Co.,  The  Int^-rnational 
Ice  Co.,  Messrs.  J.  &  W.  Jolly  of  Holyoke, 
Jos.  W.  Spaulding,  Esq.,  Judge  Jos.  K. 
Wiggin,  Hon.  J.  ().  Burdett,  Messrs.  Doe, 
Hunnewell  &  Co.,  The  Castle  Square 
Hotel  Co.,  R.  M. 
Michie  &  C  o., 
Messrs.  M.  Judd 
&  Son,  J.  H.  Cres- 
sey  &  Co.,  all  of 
Boston,  Hon.  John 
P.  Sweeney  o  f 
Lawrence,  C.  H. 
Cox  &  Co.  of  Hav- 
erhill and  many 
others.  For  many 
of  these  firms  and 
corporations  he  is 
the  regular  audi- 
tor. He  has  often 
acted  as  assignee 
in  failures  a  n  d 
insolvency  cases, 
and  is  sole  trus- 
tee for  one  or  two 
large  estates  r  e- 
quiring  good 
judgment,  busi- 
ness tact  and  abil- 
ity. 

Early  in  the 
present  )ear  Mr. 
Colby  formed  a 
business  connec- 
tion with  A.  C.  R.  Smith,  of  Salem,  late 
treasurer  of  the  Security  Safe  l)ei)0sit  and 
Trust  Co.  of  Lynn,  for  the  ])urpose  of 
protesting  bank  jniper,  each  hiving  for 
several  years  l)een  a  notary  ]:)u])lic.  Al- 
ready they  do  all  the  work  of  this  kind 
for  two  of  the  large  Boston  banks,  this 
being,  in  reality,  an  important  branch  of 
the  banking  business.  'I'heir  office  is  at 
48  Congress  St.,  where  their  sign  reads  : 
"  Accountants  and  Notaries   Public." 

Probably  in  literary  or  newspaper  work 


JESSE    p.    COLBY 


Mr.  Coll)y  could  have  made  an  equal  suc- 
cess, as  he  has  for  many  }ears  been  an 
occasional  correspondent  and  contributor 
to  various  newspapers  and  magazines,  and 
wherever  his  articles  have  ai^peared  they 
have  commanded  attention  on  account  of 
clearness  and  terseness  of  expression. 

Mr.  Colby  is  a  member  of  Mosaic 
Lodge,  F.  .\:  A.  M.,  and  Holten  R.  A. 
Chapter  of  Danvers,  and  in  f)OSton  be- 
longs to  the  Huntington  Club  and  the 
Boston  Fusilier  \'eteran  Association.  He 
now  lives  in  Boston. 

John  F,  Kirby. 

Mr.  Kirby's  ex- 
perience in  the 
boot  and  shoe 
business  has  been 
extensive  and  be- 
i  n  g  a  practical 
shoemaker  him- 
self he  is  familiar 
with  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  busi- 
ness. He  was 
born  in  Danvers, 
March  12,  1S65, 
and  recei\ed  his 
education  at  the 
public  schools, 
upon  leaving 
which  he  worked 
for  six  years  in 
the  shoe  factories 
of  Danvers  and 
Beverly.  Twelve 
years  ago  he 
o])ened  a  store  at 
56  Maple  street 
where  he  re- 
when  he  removed 
the 

block  in  which  his  store  is  located  March 
I,  rS98.  The  stock  includes  in  its  as- 
sortment everything  desirable  m  tine  and 
medium  grade  boots  and  shoes,  rubbers 
and  slippers  for  ladies,  gentlemen,  misses 
and  children,  and  is  of  a  superior  ([uality. 
Mr.  Kirby  is  active  and  alert  and  is  able 
to  meet  the  most  exacting  demands  of 
his  patrons  and  the  public,  and  quick  to 
take  advantage  of  all  the  new    styles  in 


mained   until     TS92, 

to      his     present     address,     buying 


I5S 


DANVERS. 


leans  and  from  there  worked  his 
passage  to  Danvers,  where  he  found 
employment  on  the  Endicott  farm 
on  his  arrival.  The  money  he 
earned  was  spent  in  securing  an 
education  and  he  ultimately  gradu- 
ated from  Walnut  Grove  Academy. 
He  afterwards  learned  the  trade  of 
a  carpenter  and  became  a  con- 
tractor and  builder.  During  the 
Civil  War  Mr.  Lovejoy  enlisted  in 
Co.  F,  Second  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteers, but  was  honorably  dis- 
charged on  account  of  disability, 
having  sustained  an  attack  of  ty- 
phoid pneumonia.  In  1S74  having 
bought  a  residence  at  Tapleyville 
he  removed  there.  Three  years 
later  he  was  appomted  a  special 
police  officer  to  suppress  the  li(]uor 
traffic,  but  resigned  in  1879.  The 
same  year  he  was  appointed  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  seven  years, 
and  has  been  regularly  re-appointed 
ever  since.     He  was  also  appointed 


JOHN    F.    KIRBY. 


footwear  on  their  first  appearance 
in  the  market.  He  is  a  young  man 
of  much  promise  and  is  popular  with 
a  larwe  circle  of  friends.  He  belongs 
to  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters, 
and  the  Young  Men's  Mutual  Benev- 
olent Society. 


W.  S.  Lovejoy. 


Walter  Scott  Lovejoy  was  born  in 
the  old  Osborne  house.  Central 
street.  South  Danvers,  now  Peabody, 
Aug.  31,  1S31.  When  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed  to 
John  Calvin  Butler,  one  of  the  pio- 
neer shoe  manufacturers  of  Danvers, 
but  did  not  complete  his  term,  going 
to  reside  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  While 
there  he  enlisted  in  a  cavalry  troop 
under  Col.  John  C.  Fremont  for 
service  in  the  Mexican  war,  but  be- 
fore leaving  the  state  was  discharged 
by  application  of  his  parents,  as  he 
was  under  age.  He  made  two  trips 
on  a  Mississippi  steamer  to  New  Or- 


WALTER    S.    LOVEJOY. 


DANVERS. 


159 


a  notary  public  and  pension  attorney  to 
prosecute  claims  before  the  pension  bu- 
reau at  Washing- 
ton. He  has 
been  secretary  of 
the  Danvers  War 
Record  commit- 
tee ;  chaplain  of 
Ward  Post  90,  (i. 
A.  R.,  and  has 
composed  several 
local  poems  and 
contributed  t  o 
the  columns  of  the 
Danvers  Mirror. 
At  jone  time  he 
was  a  member  of 
the  Prohibition 
State  Committee, 
but  most  of  his 
life  he  has  been 
an  ardent  Repub- 
lican. 


Edward  Carr, 

Edward  Carr, 
son  o  f  Edward 
Carr  and  Eliza- 
b  e  t  h  (  Doran ) 
Carr, 
w  a  s 
born  in 
t  h  e 
County 
Meath  , 
I  r  e 
1  a  n  d. 
F  e  b. 
22,  iS- 
39.  His 
educa  - 
t  i  o  n 
was  re- 
ceiv  e  d 
i  n  the 
nation  - 
al  school 
o  f  his 
nat  i  V  e 
country 
and  a  t 

the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  came  to  the 
United  States  with  his  parents  who  settled 


EDWARD  CARR. 


RESIDENCE  OF  EDWARD  CARR 


at  Stoddard,   N.    H.      Mr.  Carr  obtained 
employment    in    the  glass  factory  there, 
where     he      r  e- 
mained    until    his 
twenty-first    year, 
when   he  went  to 
Plaistow,   N.     H., 
to     learn     brick- 
making.      In    the 
spring    of     187 1 
he  came  to  Dan- 
versport  and    en- 
gaged   in     that 
occupation     for 
himself   and     has 
been    most    s  u  c- 
cessful.        T  h  e 
average        annual 
output  of  his  yard 
i  s         20,000,000 
bricks  and  he  em- 
ploys twenty  men 
in  the  season.  Mr. 
Carr    has    always 
been  an  active  and 
earnest        worker 
in    the    cause    o  f 
temperance      and 
no-license.       H  e 
is  the  oldest  living 
charte  r 
m  e  m- 
ber    o  f 
t     h    e 
Cath- 
olic 
Total 
Abs  t  i- 
ne  nee 
S  o  c  i- 
ety.   In 
1870, 
h  e    or- 
ganized 
t     h     e 
Fa  lb  e  r 
M    a   t- 
t  hew 
Society 
of  Hav- 
e  r  h  i  1 1 
and  1  n 

1875   a  similar    society    in    Salem.      His 
aversion  to  the  use  of  intoxicating  licjuors 


i6o 


DANVER5. 


is  inherited  from  his  parents,  both  of 
whom  received  the  pledge  of  total  absti- 
nence from  the  hands 
o  f  Father  Matthew 
during  his  crusade 
against  liquor  in  Ire- 
land. Mr.  Carr  was 
overseer  of  the  poor 
in  1874-78.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Gold 
Democrat  and  has 
the  courage  of  his 
convictions.  H  e 

was  married  Nov.  9, 
1864,  to  Ellen 
O'Leary  of  Danvers 
and  has  recently 
erected  a  handsome 
and  substantial  resi- 
dence convenient  to 
his  business.  M  r. 
Carr  is  a  man  o  f 
sterling  qualities  and 
stands  high  in  the 
estimation  of  the 
community,  both  in 
commercial  circles 
and  in  private  life. 


Fred  Ulysses 
French. 


FRED    U.    FRENCH. 


Fred  Ulysses  French  is  a  native  of 
1)  e  e  r- 
fi  e  1  d, 
N.  H., 
wh  ere 
he  was 
born  in 
1864. 

He  came 
to  Dan- 
vers in 
1882, 
a  n  d 
worked 
for  six 
months 
i  n  a 
shoe 
s  h  o  p, 
when 
he  be- 
came a 


travelling  salesman  for  the  Morley  But- 
ton Sewing  Machine,  with  headquarters 
in  Boston.  His  next 
position  was  as  fore- 
man of  the  stitching 
room  with  Martin, 
Clapp  &  French  and 
upon  the  removal  of 
the  firm  to  Dover, 
N.  H.,  he  made  ar- 
rangements with 
their  successors, 
Clapp  tS:  Tapley,  to 
do  all  the  stitching, 
at  present  operating 
I  his  department  i  n 
their  shop  at  Tapley- 
ville.  He  employs 
thirty-five  persons  in 
this  connection  and 
the  work  is  in  keep- 
ing with  the  high 
class  goods  turned 
out  by  the  firm.  In 
1893,  Mr.  French  es- 
tablished what  may 
more  correctly  b  e 
styled  a  general  store 
o  n  Holten  street, 
Tapley  ville,  under 
the  name  of  F.  U. 
French  &  Co.,  in 
which  a  full  and  choice  stock  of  groceries, 

provis- 
.^^  ions, 
mea  t  s, 
boots, 
sh  o  e  s, 
rubbers 
a  n  d 
s  in  a  1  1 
wares 
mav  be 
fi)u  n  (1. 
F  our 
a:-s  i  s  t- 
a  n  t  s 
a  n  d 
t  w  o 
te  a  m  s 
are  em- 
ploy e  d 
un  d  e  r 
t     h     e 


RESIDENCE    CF    F.    U.    FRENCH. 


DANVERS. 


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supervision  of  J-  C.  French.  The  store  is 
neatly  fitted  up  and  affords  ample  accom- 
modations for  the  requirements  of  the 
business,  the  patronage  being  drawn  prin- 
cipally from  the  neighborhood  in  which 
it  is  located.  Mr.  French  was  appoint- 
ed second  lieutenant  in  Co.  K,  1  )anvers 
Light  Infantry,  upon  the  organization  of 
the  company  in  1 89 1 .  In  1  893.  he  was  a])- 
pointed  first  lieutenant  receiving  an  hon- 
orable discharge  the  following  year.  He 
has  served  on  the  Republican  town  com- 
mittee for  four  years 
and  is  registrar  o  f 
voters.  He  is  also  a 
member  o  f  Mosaic 
Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M., 
Danvers  Lodge,  A. (). 
U.  \V.,  and  the  Or- 
der of  Red  Men. 

Joseph  M. 
Whittier. 

The  profession  of 
the  architect-builder 
is  a  most  important 
one,  requiring  great 
natural  talent,  much 
study  and  research, 
a  thorough  mechani- 
cal training,  com- 
plete knowledge  of 
the  value  of  building 
materials  and  of  the 
most  improved 
methods  of  construc- 
tion, as  well  as  large 
practical  experience 
for  i  t  s  successful 
jirosecution.  Proofs 
of  Mr.  Whittier's  skill  and  ability  are 
numerous  in  Danvers  and  its  vicinity,  and 
are  embodied  in  the  many  splendid  edi- 
fices which  he  has  erected.  The  most 
important  of  these,  from  a  mechanical 
point  of  view,  is  the  mill  of  the  Danvers 
iron  works  at  Danversport.  This  building 
was  his  first  large  contract  au'i  was  so 
successfully  carried  out  that  it  was  the 
forerunner  of  many  others.  1  he  mill  is 
a  frame  structure  with  an  eighty  foot- 
span  supported  by  a  single  truss  without 
pillars    or  other    support    and   is   looked 


JOSEPH    M.    WHITTIER 


upon  as  a  very  skillful  piece  of  engineer- 
ing. The  mill  of  the  Danversport  Rub- 
ber Co.  was  erected  and  given  two  coats 
of  paint  within  five  weeks,  a  feat  that  al- 
though provided  for  in  the  contract  was 
considered  impossible.  He  was  also  the 
builder  of  a  four-story  shop  for  George 
Plumer  &  Co.  and  has  in  all  erected 
about  thirty  residences,  among  which 
may  be  mentioned  those  of  L.  W.  San- 
born and  Freeman  George  ;  the  Reynolds 
barn,  with  a  thirty  foot  post  and  the  Por- 
ter barn  are  also  ex- 
cellent specimens  of 
his  skill.  Mr.  Whit- 
tier is  at  present  en- 
gaged on  the  new 
Maple  street  school- 
house,  being  erected 
from  plans  prepared 
by  Little  &  Brown, 
architects,  Boston, 
and  L.  S.  Couch, 
of  L)anvers  as  asso- 
ciate architect.  The 
structure  is  known 
as  a  wing  building 
and  measures  58  x 
58  feet  with  a  thirty- 
seven  foot  post,  the 
wings  measuring  31 
X  33  and  having  a 
twenty-nine  foot 
post,  the  whole  con- 
taining eight  rooms. 
The  work  is  nearing 
completion  and  has 
given  much  satisfac- 
tion to  the  architects 
and  the  school  com- 
mittee. Mr.  Whit- 
tier is  well  equipped  for  the  carrying  out 
of  all  contracts  entrusted  to  him,  and  his 
shop  on  Cheever  street,  Danversport,  is 
one  of  the  best  equipped  in  the  state.  It 
is  a  three  story  building,  with  storehouses 
and  sheds,  and  contains  all  the  latest  and 
most  improved  wood  working  and  stair 
building  machinery  operated  by  steam. 
Here  are  turned  out  irregular  and  circu- 
lar mouldings,  turnings,  sawing  and  jig- 
ging, window  frames,  etc.,  a  number  of 
competent  workmen  being  constantly 
employed.       Mr.    Whittier  was    bom    at 


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DANVERS. 


Danversport   in    1866   and  upon   leaving 
the  Holten  High  School   learned  carpen- 


American  Mechanics   and  is    one  of  the 
board  of  firewards. 


Austin  L.  Littlefield. 


AUSTIN    L,    LITTLEFIELD. 


The  development  of  the 
ready-made  clothing  business 
has  brought  good  fitting  and 
stylihh  garments  within  easy 
reach  of  all.  The  store  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  Littlefield  is 
replete  with  an  excellent  as- 
sortment of  men's  ready  to 
wear  clothing,  fully  equal  to 
custom  made  work  at  a  tithe 
of  the  cost.  The  stock  of 
men's  furnishing  goods  em- 
braces stylish  neckwear,  un- 
derwear, white  and  colored 
shirts,  hats,  caps,  trunks  and 
bags,  and  every  seasonable 
novelty  is  added  as  soon  as  it 
appears  in  the  market  The 
prices  are  placed  at  the  low 
est  possible  figure  compatible 
with  the  supt-rior  quality  of 
the  goods  displayed  and  sev- 
eral courteous  salesmen  at- 
tend to  the  requirements  of 
customers.     The  premises  are 


tering,  i  n  which 
he  engaged  for 
three  years,  when 
he  went  into  busi- 
ness for  himself. 
He  is  always 
ready  to  give  es- 
timates, and  can 
be  implicitly  re 
lied  upon  to  spare 
no  pains  to  cany 
out  the  require- 
ments of  archi- 
tects, while  the 
care  bestowed 
upon  every  de- 
])artment  o  f  his 
work  reflects  the 
utmost  credit  on 
his  honorable  and  ,^^^^,^^  o,  ^  ^  littlef.elds  store, 

businesslike 

methods.     Mr.  Whittier  is  a  member  of     well  lighted  and  tastefully  arranged  with 
Mosaic  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  of  the      a  view    to    the    expeditious  discharge  of 


DANVERS. 


163 


business,  and  comprise  a  ground  floor 
and  basement  each  25  x  75  feet  in  dimen- 
sions at  47  Maple  street.     Mr.  Littlefield 


NATHAN    T.    PUTNAM. 

was  born  in  Danvers  in  1S70,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the  public  and  Hol- 
ten  High  schools, 
afterwards  taking 
a  commercial 
course  at  the  Bur- 
d  e  1 1  e  Business 
College,  Boston. 
Upon  graduating 
from  the  latter  he 
accepted  an  en- 
gagement with 
John  O.  Smith  \- 
C  o.,  wholesale 
clothiers,  Boston, 
as  traveling  sales- 
man. It  was 
while  thus  e  m- 
ployed  that  he 
opened  the  pres- 
ent store  in  1896, 
leaving    it    in 


charge  of  his  manager.  Last  January, 
however,  the  trade  had  increased  so 
largely  that  he  was  compelled  to  relin- 
quish his  position,  and  devote  his 
whole  time  and  attention  to  the 
growing  business  of  his  store.  Mr. 
Littlefield  is  a  member  of  Amity 
Lodge,  Holten  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter and  the  Windsor  Club. 


Nathan  T.  Putnam. 


Nathan  T.  Putnam  has  erected 
some  of  the  most  imposing  resi- 
dences of  this  and  the  surround- 
ing towns.  He  was  born  at  Chi- 
chester, N.  H.,  in  1834,  and  at- 
tended the  district  school,  after- 
ward following  a  seafaring  life  until 
the  close  of  the  war  when  he  learned 
carpentering  and  building.  Mr. 
Putnam  has  had  over  thirty  years  of 
practical  experience  in  his  profes- 
sion and  has  carried  through  to  a 
successful  issue  many  important 
undertakings.  Among  the  hun- 
dreds of  residences  erected  by  him 
may  be  mentioned  those  of  the 
following :  Geo.  W.  Fiske,  George 
A.  Gunn,  Dudley  A.  Massey,  Dr. 
Eaton,  William  H.  Burns,  G.  O. 
Stim])Son,  J.  O.  Perry  block,  Epis- 
copal parsonage,  H.  M.  Merrill,  Samuel 
C.  Putnam,  Deacon  John  Learoyd,   Eben 


RESIDENCE    OF    N.    T.    PUTNAM. 


1 64 


DANVERS. 


Putnam,  Albert  Hutchinson,  Hon.  S.  L. 
Sawyer,  Mrs.  Pingree,  Miss  Cross,  F.  E. 
Moynahan,  and  in  fact  a  great  many 
more  of  the  highest  quality  and  hand- 
somest buildings  in  this  vicinity.  Mr. 
Putnam  has  achieved  an  honorable  suc- 
cess in  his  chosen  calling,  combining  the 
highest  order  of  architectural  beauty  and 
symmetry  with  accuracy  in  estimates  and 
close  adherence  to  specifications.  He 
gives  careful  supervision  to  all  work  en- 
trusted to  him  and  with  the  perfect  facil- 
ities at  hand  can  guarantee  the  very  best 
workmanship.  Mr,  Putnam  is  a  member 
of  Amity  Lodge  of  Masons.  He  has  al- 
ways devoted  his  en- 
tire time  to  business 
and  has  not  sought 
office  or  political 
aggrandizement.  He 
is  al)ly  assisted  by 
his  son,  William  T. 
Putnam,  who  is  also 
a  skilful  architect- 
builder. 


The  whole  of  Essex  county  is  its  field, 
with  a  circulation  of  over  16,000,  about 
1,400  copies  being  circulated  in  Danvers 
every  day.  The  News  has  come  to  be 
recognized  as  practically  the  home  paper 
of  every  town  which  it  reaches,  regardless 
of  any  other,  daily  or  weekly.  Its  name 
is  a  household  word,  and  its  standing  is 
of  the  highest  wherever  it  is  known — 
meaning  a  large  section  of  the  state. 

The  Danvers  correspondent  is  Frank 
E.  Moynahan,  publisher  of  the  Danvers 
Mirror,  and  general  newspaper  corre- 
spondent, who  was  the  first  regular  local 
reporter  the  News  ever  had. 


The   Salem   Even- 
ings News. 


Robin  Damon, 
while  engaged  in  the 
job  printing  business 
in  Sdem  in  1880, 
believed  that  a  daily 
paper  would  succeed 
in  that  city  and  the 
large  adjoining  terri- 
tory, and  with  others 
he  established  the 
Salem  Evening  News,  soon  becoming  sole 
])roprietor.  The  enterprise  met  with  a 
good  deal  of  discouragement  for  a  time, 
but  by  indomitable  will,  and  furnishmg 
an  able,  impartial  and  thoroughly  newsy 
publication,  the  projector  has  increased 
the  size  of  the  paper,  office  equipment 
and  publication  quarters,  and  general 
usefulness  of  the  News,  until  today  it  is 
one  of  the  most  valuable  ]:)lants  in  the 
country,  and  the  largest  penny  daily 
paper  in  New  England  outside  of  Boston, 
with  the  lowest  advertising  rates  of  any 
paper  of  its  circulation  and  value  in  the 
countrv. 


Danvers  Co-opera- 
tive Association. 


ROBIN    DAMON. 


The  Danvers  Co- 
operative Associa- 
t  i  o  n  occupying  a 
large  portion  of  Es- 
sex block,  illustrated 
in  an  earlier  portion 
of  this  book,  was  es- 
tablished in  1871, 
but  was  not  legally 
incorporated  until 
1882,  eleven  years 
later.  It  does  a  gen- 
eral retail  grocery 
and  provision  busi- 
ness and  it  is  perhaps 
the  most  widely 
known  store  in  Dan- 
vers. The  business 
was  first  located  in  a 
building  owned  by 
John  A.  Putnam,  and  remained  there  un- 
til 1890,  when  it  was  removed  to  its 
present  (juarters  in  the  Essex  block,  at  the 
corner  of  Essex  and  Elm  streets,  oppo- 
site the  Eastern  station.  The  first  man- 
ager of  the  store  was  John  C.  Putnam,  and 
he  was  succeeded  by  Alphonso  Sanford, 
who  gave  place  to  O.  S.  Richards.  Her- 
bert S.  Tapley,  the  present  efficient  man- 
ager, has  held  that  position  since  1877  ; 
previous  to  assuming  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness Mr.  Tai:)ley  had  been  a  clerk  in  the 
store  something  over  a  year,  and  under 
his  management  the  business  has  pros- 
pered and  grown  and   the   D.  C.  A.  store 


DANVERS. 


165 


is  one  of  the  solid  institutions  of  Danveis. 
Mr.  Taplev  is  a  Danvers  boy,  a  graduate 
of  tlie  Holten  High  school  and  for  twenty- 
three  years  has  been  connected  with  this 
store.  He  is  married  and  his  a  ple.isant 
home  at  24  Holten  street.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  i)ublic  lilirary,  and  is  much 
esteemed  as  a  conservative  but  progres- 
sive business  man.  E.  C.  Cook,  the 
head  clerl<,  has  been  connected  with  the 
store  eleven  years,  and  is  very  popular 
with  the  patrons  of  the  store.  C.  B. 
Willi.nns,  the  other  regular  clerk,  has  had 
a  shorter  connec- 
tion wiih  the  store, 
but  is  i)ainstaking 
and  courteous. 
The  store  is  con- 
ducted on  the  co- 
operative p  Ian, 
furnishing  goods 
t  o  stockholders 
and  the  general 
public  at  as  small 
advance  over  cost 
price  as  possible. 
It  is  up  to  date 
in  every  depart - 
m  e  n  t,  keeping 
first  class,  fresh 
goods,  and  every- 
thing seasonable 
in  its  line. 


John  E. 
Magfuire. 

John  E.  Ma- 
guire,  of  the  firm 
of  Thayer,  Ala- 
guire  &  Field,  of 
Haverhill,  Mass., 
is  a  native  of  the  town  of  Danvers  and 
was  born  in  that  section  known  as  Tap- 
leyville,  October  2_^,  1854. 

He  was  the  sou  of  John  Maguire,  a 
carpec  weaver  of  the  olden  times,  for 
which   this  section  was  famous. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Dis- 
trict No.  7  from  which  he  entered  the 
Holten  High  School  and  was  graduatefl 
in  the  class  of  1S70. 

At  the  close  of  his  school  days  he  en- 


J.    E.    MAGUIRE. 


gaged  in  work  in  the  shoe  factories,  be- 
ginning his  apprenticeship  in  the  factory 
of  E.  i.\:  A.  Mudge  &  Co.  at  Danvers 
C'entre  with  whom  he  remained  for  some 
years.  After  filling  many  and  various 
positions  of  imp  tri^ince  in  factories  in 
town  he  removed  to  Haverhill  in  1SS7 
and  established  a  factory  and  assumed 
management  for  the  Field-Thayer  Man- 
ufacturing Co.  of  Boston. 

On  the  death  of  the  senior  partner  a 
new  company  was  formed  under  the  firm 
name  of  Thayer  &  Maguire,  and  since  by 
the  addition  o  f 
Mr.  Field,  Jr.,  the 
firm  is  known  as 
Thayer,  Maguire 
>\:  Field,  and  they 
are  among  the 
largest  shoe  man- 
ufacturers of  that 
city. 

The  firm  manu- 
factures ladies' 
fine  boots  and 
Oxfords  and  i  n 
addition  to  their 
large  domestic 
trade  have  repre- 
sentatives in  the 
foreign  markets  of 
South  America, 
Australia,  H  a- 
waiian  Islands, 
and  are  also  ship- 
])ing  many  goods 
to  the  F.nglish 
markets. 

M  r.  Maguire 
has  always  been  a 
close  attendant  to 
business,  but  was 
elected  and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  until  his  removal  from 
town. 

He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Danvers 
Lodge,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  is  a  charter 
member  of  the  Catholic  Total  Abstinence 
Society,  in  both  of  which  he  still  retains 
his  membership. 

He  has  an  active  interest  in  his  native 
town  and  her  welfare  and  is  a  frequent 
visitor  among  his  old  time  friends. 

In  Haverhill,  his  present  home,  he  is  a 


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DANVERS. 


member  of  the  Pentucket  and  Elms 
Clubs,  of  the  Father  Mathew  Society  and 
of  Passaquoi  Tribe,  I.  O.  R.  M. 

He  was  President  of  the  Haverhill 
Shoe  Manufacturers'  ^Association  and 
served  three  years  on  the  Republican 
City  Committee. 

A  large  business  prevents  him  from  en- 
termg  public  life,  although  he  has  been 
many  times  besought  to  consent  to  the 
use  of  his  name. 

M  r.  Ma- 
guire  was 
married  t  o 
Miss  Nellie 
Sullivan  o  f 
Peabody  and 
their  children 
are  Miss  Nel- 
lie J.  Maguire 
and  Master 
Harold  E  d- 
w  a  r  d  Ma- 
guire. 

Edgar  C. 
Powers. 


E.  C.  Pow- 
ers, origina- 
tor and  man- 
ufacturer o  f 
*'  P  o  w  e  r  s' 
Asthma 
Specific,"  i  s 
of  a  family 
which  has 
given  to  the 
country  some 
famous  men  ; 
notably  H  i- 
ram  Powers, 
the  famous' 
American 

sculptor;  Governor  Llewellyn  Powers,  of 
Maine,  and  many  others  who  have 
achieved  success  in  the  political,  profes- 
sional and  business  world.  E.  C.  Powers 
was  born  in  Orono,  Me.,  on  July  26, 
1849.  His  mother  died  when  he  was 
two  years  of  age  and  his  father  removed 
to  Newport,  Me.  There  young  Powers 
attended  the  public  schools  and  later 
spent  a  year  at  the  iNlaine  Central  Insti- 


EDGAR    C.    POWERS. 


tute,  at  Pittsfield,  Me.  He  was  for  some 
time  clerk  in  a  retail  drug  store  in  New- 
port and  later  in  a  wholesale  drug  store 
in  Portland.  But  he  preferred  the  retail 
business  and  returned  to  Newport  as  man- 
ager of  the  drug  store  owned  by  Dr.  John 
Benson,  it  being  the  same  store  of  which 
Mr.  C.  H.  Shepard  was  for  a  number  of 
years  the  manager.  He  remained  in  this 
position  until  the  business  was  sold  in  1875, 
when  in   April  of  that  year  he  came  to 

Danvers  and 
1)  e  c  a  m  e  a 
clerk  fo  r  C. 
H.  Shepard 
i  n  his  drug 
store.  This 
position  h  e 
filled  until  the 
summer  o  f 
1879  when  he 
bought  out 
the  business 
a  n  d  contm- 
ued  i  t  tmtil 
1S87,  t  h  e 
business  hav- 
i  n  g  steadily 
grown  under 
his  manage- 
ment, and  it 
i  s  probable 
Mr.  Powers 
would  still  be 
doing  busi- 
ness i  n  the 
same  place 
today  were  it 
not  for  the 
unexpec  te  d 
and  unusual 
success  which 
attended  his 
efforts  to  in- 
troduce to  the  trade  a  medicine  which  he 
had  first  originated  while  in  the  store  in 
Newport,  Me.  Although  he  had  several 
customers  for  this  preparation  in  Newport 
and  vicinity  he  had  never  put  the  prei)ara- 
tion  up  in  a  form  suitable  for  the  market 
and  had  made  no  effort  to  introduce  it, 
and  on  coming  to  Danvers  had  almost  for- 
gotten that  he  had  ever  made  such  a  med- 
icine.     But  for  the    followinii   incident  it 


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167 


is  possible  that  a  valuable  medicine  might 
have  been  lost  to  the  world.  One  day 
Mr.  Oliver  Roberts,  a  patron  of  the  drug 
store,  called  for  a  certain  asthma  medi- 
cine, and  not  having  it  on  hand  and  not 
wanting  Mr.  Roberts  to  go  to  some  other 
store  for  it,  Mr.  Powers  told  him  he  for- 
merly made  an  asthma  remedy,  and  if  Mr. 
Roberts  would  call  again  next  day,  he,  Mr. 
Powers  would  make  up  a  quantity  of  it, 
which  he  would  like  Mr.  Roberts  to 
try.  The  re- 
sult was  Mr. 
Roberts  tried 
t  h  e  Asthma 
Specific  and 
was  much 
])leased  with 
i  t  s  prompt 
and  benefic- 
ial effects, and 
it  was  largely 
through  h  i  s 
influence  that 
M  r.  Powers 
was  induced 
to  put  the 
Specific  u  p 
in  a  shape  and 
style  adapted 
to  the  mar- 
ket. As  the 
local  demand 
for  the  niedi- 
c  i  n  e  i  n- 
creased  M  r. 
Powers  saw 
he  must  e  \- 
tend  the  field 
of  his  opera- 
tions, and  the 
medicine  was 

p  1  a  c  ed  o  n  w.  f.  1 

sale  in  Sa- 
lem, Boston,  Portland  and  New  York. 
Desiring  then  to  push  the  sales  all  o\er 
the  country,  Mr.  Powers  decided  to  give 
his  whole  time  to  the  manufacture  of  the 
Specific,  and  in  1SS7  he  sold  his  drug 
store  to  S.  M.  Moore,  who  had  been  his 
clerk  for  some  years,  and  to  whom  he 
considered  himself  under  obligations  for 
faithful  and  untiring  service.  In  1S92 
Mr.  Powers  purchased  two  lots  of  land  in 


the  Dorchester  district  of  Hoslon  ;  on 
one  he  erected  a  factory  fitted  up  with 
all  the  modern  machinery  and  apparatus 
necessary  for  his  business,  and  on  the 
other  lot  he  erected  a  dwelling  house  for 
his  own  occupancy  ;  both  buildings  were 
planned  by  Mr.  flowers  himself,  and  he 
has  found  he  made  no  mistake  when  he 
drew  the  i)lans  ;  they  are  both  perfect  in 
their  way.  Powers'  Asthma  Specific,  the 
manufacture  of    which    was  begun  in  so 

small  a  way 
in  Danvers, 
has  now  in- 
creased t  o 
such  an  e  x- 
tent  that  the 
labo  r  a  t  o  r  y, 
which,  when 
built,  seemed 
so  unneces- 
sarily large, 
is  getting  a 
tiiflecrowded 
and  already 
plans  are  be- 
ing made  for 
a  n  o  t  h  e  r 
building  bet- 
ter suited  to 
meet  the  in- 
creasing de- 
mand for  the 
goods.  Dur- 
ing the  past 
s  i  X  months 
the  demand 
has  increased 
very  rapidly, 
and  Powers' 
Asthma  Spec- 
ific is  now 
iTNAM.  sold  in  every 

state  in  the 
Union,  and  the  cash  sales  are  more  than 
5r,ooo  ]ier  month;  the  prospect  is  that 
this  showing  will  be  far  eclipsed  the  com- 
ing six  months.  Mr.  Powers  was  mar- 
ried in  October,  1S79,  to  Miss  Fannie  W. 
Damon,  of  Stetson,  Maine,  a  cousin  of 
C.  H.  Shepard.  1'hey  have  three  sons 
and  one  daughter,  all  born  in  Danvers. 
Mr.  Powers  has  a  lovely  home  in  Dor- 
chester, and  an  interesting  family. 


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DANVERS. 


Webster  F.  Putnam. 


Mr.  Putnam  was  born  in  Danvers  and 
is  the  son  of  the  late  Thomas  M.  Putnam. 

He  was  educated  in  the  town  scliools 
of  Dangers  and  in  the  year  1878,  an  op- 
portunity offering,  he  entered  the  employ 
of  his  uncle,  the  late  Charles  A.  Putnam, 
who  did  a  general  banking  and  brokerage 
business  in  Boston. 

The  firm  of  Charles  A.  Putnam  iS:  Co. 
was  noted  for  the  conservative  and  hon- 
orable business  methods  pursued.  In 
1880,  the  principal  retiring  from  active 
business,  the  business  was  carried  on  by 
Webster  F.  Putnam  and  Nathaniel  Heath, 


administrator  and  trustee  for  many  es- 
tates. He  has  done  much  to  open  up 
land  for  residential  purposes,  having 
during  the  past  five  years  alone  built 
thirty-four  houses  in  Danvers.  Nor  has 
his  activity  been  confined  to  Danvers,  for 
he  was  the  first  to  realize  and  seize  upon 
the  advantages  of  similar  opportunities  in 
Manchester.  His  intention  has  been  to 
provide  means  by  which  people  of  mod- 
erate incomes  would  become  home-own- 
ers. As  one  would  presume  from  the 
success  which  has  come  to  him,  he  is 
wide  awake,  energetic,  and  conservative. 
In  stature  he  is  of  about  average  height 
and  of  stout  build.     He  has  the  blue  eyes 


RESIDENCE    OF    WEBSTER    F.    PUTNAM. 


who  had  been  a  fellow  clerk,  under  the 
style  of  Putnam  &  Heath.  Upon  the  re- 
turn of  Mr.  Charles  A.  Putnam  from  his 
European  trip,  with  health  restored,  he 
invited  Webster  F.  Putnam  to  enter  into 
partnership  with  him  and,  this  offer  being 
accepted,  the  new  firm  was  known  as 
Charles  A.  <!^'  Webster  F.  Putnam.  Later 
on  Webster  F.  Putnam  established  him- 
self in  the  same  business  in  State  street, 
and  is  now  situated  in  Water  street  doing 
business  under  the  style  of  Webster  F. 
Putnam  &  Co.  Mr.  Putnam  lives  in 
Danvtrs,  on  Lindall  Hill,  where  he  has 
extensive    real    estate    interests.      He    is 


and  brown  hair    so  common  to    a  large 
portion  of  the  Putnam  tribe. 

In  addition  to  an  extensive  banking 
and  brokerage  business  Mr.  Putnam  has 
l)een  an  extensive  operator  in  real  estate  ; 
he  has  opened  up  large  tracts  of  land  for 
residential  purposes,  and  successfully  ear- 
ned through  many  large  deals.  He  has 
built  many  houses,  on  streets  laid  out  by 
himself,  and  added  thousands  of  dollars' 
worth  of  taxable  property  to  the  towns  of 
Danvers,  Manchester,  Beverly  and  other 
places.  His  plan  has  been  to  secure 
some  tract  of  land,  lay  it  out  in  streets 
and   buildino;  luts,  and  then  furnish   the 


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169 


money  to  build  homes  for  people  of  lim- 
ited means,  enabling  desirable  citizens  to 
secure  handsome  modern  houses  with 
adequate  grounds  and  pay  for  them  in 
such  ways  as  their  incomes  will  best  allow 
vi  their  doing.  As  an  instance  of  the 
benefit  to  the  town  of  Mr.  I^itnam's  op- 
erations a  tract  of  land  belonging  to  the 
Alfred  Trask  estate  and  the  field  adjoin- 
ing, formerly  a  part  of  the  Eben  G.  Berry 
estate,  may  be  cited.  In  1893  this  estate 
was  assessed  for  about  Si 8,000,  and  paid 
a  tax  of  about 
$347.  In  1898, 
the  value  of  the 
land  and  buildings 
was  fully  580,000 
and  the  taxes 
amounted  to 
probably  $1,950, 
i  n  c  1  u  d  i  n  g  the 
water  rates  paid 
by  the  occupants 
of  the  new  dwell- 
ings which  had 
been  erected  on 
the  land.  Here 
was  a  gain  to  the 
town,  in  taxes,  of 
about  $1,600  a 
y  e  a  r.  Besides 
this  direct  money 
gain  through  Mr. 
Putnam's  opera- 
tions about  thirty- 
four  new  residen- 
ces have  been 
added  to  the 
town  during  the 
past  five  years, 
and  he  is  still 
building     more 

houses.  Fine  new  streets  have  been 
built  where  before  were  only  pastures. 
Young  shade  trees,  smooth  lawns,  grav- 
elled walks  and  drives,  and  brilliant 
flower  beds  have  succeeded  run-down 
fields  and  tumble-down  fences.  Mr. 
Putnam  has  also  been  a  large  o])erator 
in  real  estate  in  Manchester  and  North 
Beverlv  during  the  past  few  years,  on 
similar  lines  to  those  in  Danvers.  He 
has  erected  fifteen  houses  in  those  two 
places    during    that    time.       All     these 


houses  are  of  the  better  class,  of  attrac- 
tive exteriors  and  containing  all  the  most 
desirable  modern  conveniences.  Mr. 
Putnam  has  a  charming  home  on  Lindall 
Hill,  where  he  resides  all  the  year  round. 
He  married  in  1887  Miss  Helen  P.  Mel- 
dram  of  Manchester,  Mass.,  and  has  two 
children,  a  girl  and  boy,  Marion  and 
Webster  F.,  Jr.  Mr.  Putnam  has  the 
care  of  many  estates  as  administrator  or 
trustee,  and  these  with  all  his  own  vast 
business  interests  make  him  one  of  Dan- 
vers' busiest  as 
well  as  most  suc- 
cessful business 
men. 


REPRESENTATIVE    A 


Rep.  Addison 
P.  Learoyd. 

Representativ  e 
Addison  P.  Lea- 
royd is  one  of  the 
best  known  men 
in  Danvers  from 
the  fact  that  he 
h  a  s  been  con- 
nected with  town 
affairs  i  n  some 
official  capacity 
for  many  years. 
Mr.  Learoyd  was 
born  in  Danvers 
al>out  sixty-one 
years  ago,  and 
comes  of  good  old 
N  e  w  England 
stock.  His  pleas- 
ant home  is  on 
Oak  street.  He 
was  for  many 
years  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  leather.  For  more 
than  a  dozen  years  he  has  been  clerk  of 
the  School  Board  and  has  also  served 
several  years  on  the  Water  Board.  He 
has  been  the  moderator  at  more  town 
meetings,  regular  and  special,  than  any 
other  man  in  town.  He  was  elected  to 
the  State  Legislature  in  1S98,  being  the 
Republican  candidate,  and  he  has  held 
the  important  office  of  town  treasurer  of 
Danvers  for  years.  Mr.  Learoyd  is  a 
modest,  unassuuiing  man,  who  has  satis- 


LEAROYD. 


170 


DANVERS. 


factorily  filled  all  these  important  public 
offices  and  he  will  probably  be  retained 
in  some  of  them  for  years  to  come.  He 
is  a  man  of  unquestioned  integrity  and 
ability,  and  one  of  Danvers'  best  citizens. 
He  and  Mr.  Wells  make  able  protec- 
tors of  the  interests  of  the  double  repre- 
sentative district  of  Danvers  and  Peabody. 


Representative  Abelard  E.  Wells. 

Mr.  Wells  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine, 
June  17,  1854,  his 
father  being  George 
W.  Wells,  and  mother 
Frances  A.  Wells. 
He  graduated  from 
Westbrook  Seminary, 
Westbrook,  Maine, 
in  1 87 5  and  from 
Tufts  College  in  1879 
with  degree  of  A.  B. 
Went  to  Peabody  to 
teach  in  the  fall  of 
1879  as  principal  of 
the  Bowditch  gram- 
mar school  where  he 
remained  until  18S9. 
During  this  time  he 
was  principal  of  the 
Wallace  evening 
school  for  five  years. 
The  last  three  years 
of  his  teaching  he 
devoted  all  o  f  his 
spare  time  to  the 
study  of  law,  but 
abandoned  the  idea 
of  entering  upon  that 
profession  and  did 
not  complete  the 
course  for  admittance  to  the  bar.  In 
1889-90  he  was  N.  E.  agent  for  Dodd, 
Mead  &  Co.,  New  York  publisheis.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
business  of  life  insurance  and  has  been 
connected  with  the  Mutual  Life  and  New 
York  Life  Companies.  He  served  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  in  1895-6  and  was 
chairman  the  last  year.  Has  been  on 
the  school  committee  for  five  years  and 
for  the  last  three  years  has  been  chairman. 
He  is  a  member  of  Jordnn  lodge  of 
Masons,  of  Washington  Royal  Arch  Chap- 


ter, of  ^\'inslow  Lewis  Commandery,  ot 
Knights  Templar,  of  Holten  Lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  Peabody  Board  of 
Trade.  In  the  campaign  of  1896  he  was 
president  of  the  McKinley  &  Hobart 
Club,  which  was  a  flourishing  organization. 
He  has  served  on  important  town  com- 
mittees and  been  a  delegate  to  various 
conventions,  and  has  been  connected 
with  all  the  social  and  literary  clubs  of 
the  town.  In  1883  he  was  married  to 
Alice  S.  Teel  of  Peabody,  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools.  He 
has  always  been  a 
Unitarian  in  religious 
belief  and  a  Repub- 
lican. Representa- 
tive Wells'  valuable 
services  on  the  Pea- 
body sewerage  ques- 
tion and  also  on  the 
Danvers  \Vater  works 
matter  in  connec- 
tion with  Representa- 
tive Learoyd  have 
again  brought  him  to 
the  forefront  in  a 
public  capacity.  He 
has  been  an  aggress- 
ive and  able  leader 
in  all  his  undertak- 
ings. 


REPRESENTATIVE    A.    E.     WELLS. 


Danvers    Improve- 
ment Society. 

On  Sept.  I,  1886 
a  meeting  of  ladies 
and  gentlemen  in 
the  Town  Hall,  for 
the  purpose  of  form- 
ing a  "  Village  Improvement  Society," 
was  called  to  order  by  Dr.  W.  W.  Eaton, 
who  was  elected  chairman  and  Ezra  D. 
Hines  was  chosen  secretary.  After  the 
presentation  of  a  cane  and  a  sum  of 
money  to  Joshua  Sylvester  by  Alden  P. 
White,  as  a  mark  of  api)reciation  and  es- 
teem, a  committee  was  api)ointed  to 
draw  up  a  constitution  and  by-laws  ;  these 
were  adopted  at  a  subsequent  meeting 
and  Dudley  A.  Massey  was  elected  presi- 
dent. The  objects  of  the  society  are  the 
'-'  improvement  iind  ornamentation  of  the 


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171 


roads,  sidewalks  and  grounds  of  the  Town 
of  Danvers  and  the  encouragement  and 
assistance,  in  every  practicable  way,  of 
whatever  may  tend  to  the  improvement 
of  the  town  as  a  place  of  residence." 
With  these  objects  in  view  the  society 
has  labored  for  nearly  thirteen  years  and 
throughout  the  town  the  results  of  its 
work  are  apparent.  Once  each  year,  on 
Arbor  day,  public  exercises  are  held  and 
trees  are  planted  in  various  places  through- 
out the  town.  In  years  past,  oaks,  ma- 
ples, e  t  c,  have 
been  set  out  at  the 
Town  house,  the 
electric  light  sta- 
tion, the  First 
Church  and  at  the 
Peabody  Institute 
as  well  as  in  other 
localities.  Trees 
planted  and 
named  for  distin- 
guished men  are 
a  s  follows  :  —  In 
iSSS,  two  golden 
leaved  oaks  in 
front  of  the  Town 
House,  the  one 
towards  Holten 
street  called  the 
John  G.  Whittier 
tree,  the  other 
the  Joshua  Sylves- 
ter tree.  In  1890 
an  oak  from  Oak 
Knoll  on  the  left 
hand  side  of  the 
northern  entrance 
to  the  Institute 
grounds,      called 

the  Guv.  Brackeit  tree  and  on  the  left,  a 
purple  leaved  beech,  called  the  Lieut. 
Governor  Haile  tree.  In  1891,  five  trees 
in  front  of  the  First  church,  a  purple  leaved 
beech,  the  Rice  tree  ;  a  white  oak,  the 
Farmer  tree  ;  a  linden,  the  Village  tree  ; 
a  cut  leaved  birch,  the  Ingersoll  tree  ;  a 
rock  maple,  the  Peabody  tree.  Tablets 
are  also  iDeing  erected  from  year  to  year 
to  mark  historic  places  within  the  town. 
The  grounds  at  the  electric  light  station 
have  been  graded  and  beautified  as  well 
as  the  small  park  on  Pickering  street  and 


E.    B.    PEABODY. 


the  grounds  about  the  Eastern  and  West- 
ern stations.  To  the  society  also  belongs 
a  greater  part  of  the  credit  for  the  erec- 
tion of  the  new  station  at  Danversport  in 
18S7. 

The  purchase  of  the  Berry  lot  of  twen- 
ty-five acres  as  a  ])ublic  park  for  the  town 
is  the  largest  undertaking  the  Society  has 
entered  upon  and  to  Dr.  W.  W.  Eaton, 
with  whom  the  idea  originated,  much  of 
the  success  of  the  plan  must  be  attributed. 
Together  with  Conrad  Juul  he  negotiated 
with  Mr.  Berry  for 
the  purchase  o  f 
the  land,  and  by 
iniblic  fairs,  by 
contributions  and 
from  other  sources 
t  h  e  necessary 
$5,000  has  been 
raised,  and  the 
I)roperty  formally 
transferred  so  that 
now  the  deed  is 
in  the  possession 
of  the  Society, 
only  awaiting  the 
time  when  the 
whole  shall  b  e 
turned  over  to  the 
town  as  a  public 
park  forever. 

In  scores  o  f 
other  ways,  per- 
haps less  direct, 
the  influence  of 
the  society  has 
been  felt.  The 
removal  of  fences, 
the  laying  out  and 
beautifying  o  f 
lawns,  the  building  of  concrete  sidewalks, 
the  construction  of  macadam  roads,  the 
adoption  of  a  uniform  width  of  streets, 
the  ai)pointment  of  a  town  forester,  the 
introduction  of  electric  lights  and  the  re- 
modelling of  the  Town  house  are  im- 
provements, for  all  of  which  the  society 
may  justly  claim  more  or  less  credit. 

Dudley  A.  Massey  served  as  president 
of  the  society  until  1890  and  from  that 
date  until  1S98  Dr.  W.  W.  Eaton  held 
the  position  :  in  i898-'99,  J.  W.  Porter  and 
in  1899,  J.  Frank  Porter.        Mr.  Ezra  I). 


172 


DANVERS. 


Hines  and  Rev.  E.  C.  Ewing  have  acted 
as  secretaries  ;  the  former  from  the  for- 
mation of  the  society  until  1892  and  the 
latter  from  that  date  to  the  present  time. 
A.  P.  White,  the  first  treasurer,  was 
succeeded  by  D.  A.  Massey,  and  he  by 
H.  M.  Bradstreet,  the  present   treasurer. 


Elisha  B.  Peabody. 


Elisha  B.  Peabody  has  built  more 
buildings  in  Danvers  than  any  other  man 
or  firm.  Owing  to  a  long  illness  early  in 
the  year  he  has  not  been  as  busy  this  year 
as  usual,  but  he  will  be  in  full  swing 
again  by  another  season,  probably.  Mr. 
Peabodv    has    built    over    200    dwelling 


vers  Electric  Light  p^ant,  which  stands 
1 20  feet  high. 

By  planning  houses  and  other  structures, 
he  saves  to  customers  the  expense  of  an 
architect,  and  has  the  whole  work  better 
in  mind  than  if  dependent  upon  some- 
body else  for  instruction  and  advice  as  to 
material  and  manner  of  construction. 
His  services  are  much  in  demand  for 
large  contracts  of  repairing,  heavy  work 
being  a  specialty. 

Mr.  Peabody  was  born  in  Boxfv>rd, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools  un- 
til he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  when  he 
went  to  New  Hampshire,  where  he  lived 
until  he  was  twenty-one.  During  that 
time  he  learned  the  carpenter  trade  at 
which  he   has  been  engiged  ever  since. 


RESIDENCE    OF    E.    B.   PEABODY. 


houses  in  Danvers,  Peabody,  Salem,  Mid- 
dleton,  Topsfield,  Manchester,  Beverly 
Farms,  North  Andover,  Swampscott,  Lynn 
and  other  towns  during  the  past  few  years. 
He  contracts  for  any  part  of  a  l)uilding, 
or  for  the  whole,  from  the  putting  in  of 
the  foundation  to  the  finishing  of  a  house 
ready  for  occupancy,  including  the  mason 
work,  carpentering,  painting,  plumbing, 
papering,  etc.  He  has  built  some  of  the 
finest  houses  in  this  section,  notably  one 
for  Mr.  Creese,  of  Bernard,  Friedman  l\: 
Co. ;  Dr.  Jackson,  at  Beverly  Farms  ;  A. 
A.  Conant,  at  Topsfield,  and  many  others. 
Mr.  Peabody  is  also  a  mover  of  l)aildings, 
and  he  has  erected  some  very  high  smoke 
stacks.      He  erected  the  stack  at  the  Dan- 


He  has  supported  himself  ever  since  he 
was  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  came  to 
Danvers  fifteen  years  ago,  and  for  thirteen 
years  he  has  been  engaged  in  building 
operations  on  his  own  account.  He  is  an 
architect  as  well  as  a  builder,  and  draws 
plans  and  writes  specifications  for  all 
kinds  of  buildings.  Mr.  Peabody  has 
been  one  of  Danvers'  busiest  citizens  for 
the  past  dozen  years.  He  is  a  Blue 
Lodge,  Royal  .Arch  Mason,  and  K.  T.,  an 
Odd  Fellow  and  a  Red  Man,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  numerous  other  social  and  fraternal 
organizations.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. Mr.  Peabody  has  a  wife  and  two 
children,  and  his  home  is  at  the  corner 
of  Franklin  street  and  Central  Avenue. 


DANVERS. 


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W.    W.    EATON,    M   D. 


William  Winslow  Eaton,  M.D. 


Dr.  Eaton  was  born  in  Webster,  Me., 
May  20,  1S36.  He  graduated  at  Bruns- 
wick High  school  and  engaged  in  teach- 
ing for  several  years,  subsequently  gradu- 
ating from  Bow- 
doin  College  i  n 
I  8  6  I.  He  was 
elected  class  or- 
ator in  1858 
a  n  (i  Athenajan 
Society  ])oet  in 
1861.'  In  1865 
he  received  the 
degree  of  Master 
of  Arts.  Dr.  Ea- 
ton began  the 
study  of  medicine 
with  Dr.  John  1). 
Lincoln  of  Bruns- 
wick in  i860, 
taking  his  first  and 
second  course  of 
lectures  in  1861- 
2,    at    the    Maine 


Medical  School,  of  which  he  was  also  libra- 
rian.     He   was  a    pupil    of    Dr.    Valentine 
Mott  in  the  wniter  of  1863,  and  graduated 
at   New  York  University,  March,  1864,  hav- 
ing been  granted  leave  of  absence  by  the 
Secretary  of  Wax  for  this  purpose.     During 
the  Civil  War  Dr.  Eaton  entered  the  mili- 
tary service  in  June,  1862,  as  hospital  stew- 
ard of    the    1 6th   Regt.   Maine  Volunteers, 
performing  the  duties  of  assistant  surgeon, 
was  commissioned  as  such  Jan.,  1863,  and 
in   1864  was  promoted    to    be  a    surgeon, 
with    the  rank  of  Major,  and  served   three 
vears,  participating  in  all  the  battles  of  the 
Army  of  the   Potomac,  from    Antietam    to 
Lee's  Surrender,   Apr.   9,    1865.      fuly    12, 
1865,    he    married    Agnes   H.   Magoun    of 
Lrunswick,  Maine  ;   has  hid  four  children, 
of  whom  the  two  daughters  are  now  living. 
He  began  practice  in  South  Reading,  Mass., 
in  1865,  removing  to  Danvers  in  April,  1867, 
when   he  united  with   the   First  Church  at 
Danvers  Centre.     In  1865    he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Maine  Meilical  Association 
and  of  the  Middlesex  District  Society  and 
Massachusetts    Medical    Society    the    same 
year ;  has  held  the  position  of  Censor,  Coun- 
selor and  President  of  the  Essex  (South  Dis- 
trict) Medical  Society  ;  was  appointed  by 
the    Massachusetts    Medical    Societv    to 
prepare  and  read  a  paper  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  society    in    June,    1887, 
which  was   accepted    for    publication    in 
the  fjjston  Medical  and  Surgical    lournal. 


RESIDENCE    OF     DR.    W.    W      EATON- 


174 


DANVERS. 


He  has  been  either  surgeon  or  comman- 
der of  Post  90;  G.  A.  R.,  since  its  organi- 
zation and  a  staff  officer  of  the  Massachu- 
setts department  in  189S.  Dr.  Eaton 
has  served  on  the  school  committee  for 
fifteen  years  and  was  for  several  years  its 
chairman.  He  was  also  chairman  of  the 
building  committee  on  the  erection  of 
the  Tapley  school  in  1870  and  of  the 
Park  street  school  in  1S74;  member  of 
the  committee  on  the  remodeling  of  the 
Town  House,  1896-97  ;  chairman  or  sec- 
retary of  the  Board  of 
Health  for  twenty-five 
years ;  trustee  of  the 
Peabody  Institute  for 
four  years  during 
which  time  he  re-ar- 
ranged and  complete- 
ly catalogued  the  li- 
brary ;  trustee  of  Wal- 
nut Grove  Cemetery 
Corporation  since 
1880  and  president 
since  1885,  and  unas- 
sisted drew  a  set  of 
scale  plans  of  the  cem- 
etery which  were  very 
favorably  commented 
upon  and  would  have 
done  credit  to  an  ex- 
pert engineer ;  one  of 
the  organizers  and  first 
vice  president  of  the 
Danvers  Improvement 
Society  and  has  been 
its  president  for  the 
past  eight  years  ;  chair- 
man of  the  committee 
appointed  by  the  town 
which  reported  on  and 
secured  an  appropria- 
tion of  $1000  for  macadamizing  High 
street,  the  first  piece  of  macadamizing 
done  in  Danvers  ;  member  of  the  Bow- 
ditch  Club  and  president  at  the  time  of 
its  dissolution  when  he  placed  its  records 
in  the  Peabody  Institute ;  President  of 
the  Danvers  Scientific  Society  and  its 
teacher  of  chemistry  and  physics;  de- 
livered the  address  of  Ward  Post  90,  d. 
A.  R.,  in  1886,  Plunkett  Post,  Ashburn- 
ham,  in  1887,  ^iid  in  Topsfield  in  1896  ; 
delivered  the  memorial  address  at  Pea- 


body Institute  on  the  death  of  President 
Grant  and  at  the  Town  House  on  the 
death  of  Whittier  ;  in  June,  1889  was  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  Salem  Board  of 
United  States  Examming  Surgeons  for 
pensions,  from  which  he  resigned  in  1893 
and  was  reappointed  in  1897,  and  is  at 
present  president  of  the  Boarci ;  in  politics 
always  a  Republican  and  for  a  number  of 
years  chairman  of  the  Republican  Town 
Committee  ;  raised  in  Army  Lodge  No.  8, 
F.  &  A.  M.  in  1864  while  in  camp  near 
Mitchell  Station,  Va. ; 
m  e  m  b  e  r  of  Amity 
Lodge  since  1867  ; 
charter  member  of 
Mosaic  Lodge  in  187  i, 
and  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter 1881-82  ;  charter 
member  of  Holten 
Royal  Arch  Chapter 
in  1872  ;.  High  Priest 
in  1 886  ;  received  the 
Cryptic  Degrees  in 
Salem  Council  in 
1897  ;  knighted  in 
Winslow  Lewis  Com- 
mandery  in  1888  and 
was  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  the 
revision  of  By-Laws; 
Captain  General  in 
1890-91  and  declined 
an  unanimous  re-elec- 
tion ;  was  assistant 
prelate  in  1892  mid 
prelate  since  1893  Re- 
ceived the  A.  and 
A.  rite  fourteenth  de- 
gree in  Sutton  Lodge 
of  Perfection  in 
1890. 


BATCHELDER,  M.D. 


Henry  F.  Batchelder,  M.D. 


Dr.  Henry  F.  Batchelder  was  born  in 
Middleton,  Oct.  10,  i860,  being  descend- 
ed from  Josei)h  Batchelder,  who  came  to 
this  country  in  1636,  the  Batchelder  an- 
cestry being  of  the  oldest  and  highest 
standing  recorded  in  genealogy.  He  is 
the  son  of  John  A.  and  Laura  A.  Batchel- 
der. He  was  educated  in  the  Salem  pub- 
lic   schools,  graduating    from    the    High 


DANVERS. 


175 


etcological  Society  and  Essex  County  Hom- 
eopathic Society.  He  is  Republican  in 
politics,  but  is  never  actively  partisan,  and 
has  the  universal  esteem  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men. On  Apr.  30,  18S4,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Caroline  E.  Taft  of  Dedham,  and 
two  chiliiren  grace  the  household. 


E.    H-    NILES,    M    D. 


school  in  that  city  in  1S79,  and  in  Bos- 
ton University  Medical  school,  where  he 
obtained  the  degree  of  C.B.  (Bachelor  of 
Surgery)  in  1882  and  M.D.  in  1883. 

He  began  practice  in  his  native  town 
and  shortly  afterward  came  to  Danvers 
where  his  recognized  skill  and  great  per- 
sonal popularity  have  secured  for  him  an 
extensive  and  high- 
class  patronage.  He 
has  been  a  member  of 
the  School  Board  for 
six  or  seven  years  and 
belongs  to  Amity 
Lodge  of  Masons,  Hol- 
ten  Chapter,  Winslow 
L  e  w  i  s  Command ery, 
and  other  fraternal  or- 
ganizations. He  is  a 
member  and  has  been 
an  officer  in  several 
medical  fraternities, 
including  the  Ameri 
can  Institute  of  Ho- 
meopathy, Massachu- 
setts Surgical  and  Gyn- 


Edward  H.  Miles,  M.  D. 

Among  the  newer  additions  to  the  medi- 
cal fraternity  of  Danvers,  no  representative 
of  the  art  of  medicine  has  had  greater  suc- 
cess or  become  in  so  short  a  time  more  uni- 
versally popular  thin  Dr.  E.  H.  Niles. 

I^r.  Niles  was  born   in   West  Fairlee,  Vt., 
thirty-one  years  ago  and  attended   the  local 
schools,  Thetford   and  St.  Johnsbury  acad- 
emies and  Harvard  Medical  School,  having 
also   taken  a    year's  special  study  under  a 
Dartmouth  College  professor.     About  eight 
years  ago  he  came  to   Danvers,  where   his 
pleasing  mdividuality  and  skill  in  his  profes- 
sion soon  commanded   recognition,  and   his 
progress  has  been  rapid  and  steady.     While 
not  seeking  any  office  he  has  been  repeated- 
ly elected  to  the  School  Board  and  would 
undoubtedly  receive  other  recognition  of  a 
similar  character  should  he  show  the  dis- 
position  to   encourage    it.     Chi    June    6, 
1888,  he  was   married   to   Miss  Maud  A. 
Smith  of  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  and  they  have 
three  children. 

He  is  popular  in  various  fraternal  cir- 
cles, belonging  to  the  Masons  and  other 
orders. 


RESIDENCE    OF    OR-    £.    H-    NILES- 


176 


DAN  VERS. 


Frederick  William  Baldwin.  M,D. 


Dr.  Frederick  William  Baldwin  is  the  son 
of  Stephen  Henry  Baldwin  and  Elizabeth 
Ann  (Inman)  l)aldvvin,  and  was  born  in 
Birmingham,  Conn.,  December  14,  1861. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Shelton  and  Birmingham,  Conn.,  and  also 
studied  at  the  Conservatory  of  Music  and 
Bryant  «S;  Stratton's  Business  College,  Bos- 
ton. He  studied  medicine  at  Harvard 
Medical  School,  from  which  he  received  a 
degree  of  M.D.  in  1886.  Since  then  he 
has  taken  several  special  courses  at  the 
Mass.  (Tcneral  Hospital.  His  first  ances- 
tor in  this  country  was  John  Baldwin,  who 
came  to  the  country  in  163S  and  settled  in 
Milford,  Conn.  He  was  an  Englishman. 
The  Doctor's  great-great-great-great-grand- 
father was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian war  and  Deputy  in  1747  and  1748. 
His  great-great-great-grandfather  was  Dr. 
Silas  Baldwin  of  Derby,  Conn.,  a  surgeon 
of  celel)rity,  who  served  in  the  war  of  181  2. 
His  grandfather  and  father,  Lieut.  Stephen 
H.  Baldwin,  were  in  the  Civil  War,  so  it 
will  be  seen  the  Doctor  comes  of  a  patri- 
otic family.  Dr.  Baldwin  is  and  has  been 
since  March,  1894,  chairman  of  the  Dan- 
vers  Board  of  Health.  He  is  the  medi- 
cal examiner  for  several  life  insurance 
companies  and  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts  Medical  Society,    in    which    he 


F.    W.    BALDWIN.    M.D. 


has  held  die  office  of  Censor  and  is  now 
a  Councillor.  In  politics.  Dr.  Baldwin  is 
a  Rei)ublican.  His  office  and  residence 
are  at  the  corner  of  Maple  and  Cherry 
streets.  He  has  a 
large  and  lucrative 
practice  and  is  one 
of  the  most  popu- 
lar men  in  town. 


W.   C.    Nicker- 
son. 


RESIDENCE    OF    DR.    F.    W.    BALDWIN. 


W.  C.  Nicker- 
son,  proprietor  of 
die  oldest  clothing 
store  in  Dan  vers, 
is  one  of  the  best 
known  young  bus- 
iness men  in  the 
town,  for  Mr. 
Nickerson  is  a 
progressive  man, 
a  firm  believer  in 
the  efficacy  of  ad- 


DANVERS. 


177 


vertising  and  has  made  his  name  well 
known  in  all  the  homes  of  Danvers  and 
adjoining  towns.  W.  C.  Nickerson  was 
born  in  Orleans,  down  on  Cape  Cod, 
something  over  thirty  years  ago.  He 
comes  of  good  old  colonial  stock,  his  an- 
cestors having  been  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  the  Cape.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
at  the  early  age  of  fourteen  went  to  work 
to  carve  out  his  own  fortune.  For  eleven 
years  he  worked  for  one  firm,  and  during 
that  time  he  thoroughly  mastered  all  the 
details  of  the  clothing  trade.     He  early 


of  a  one  to  assist  the  manager  of  the 
store.  Mr.  Nickerson  early  determined 
that  the  people  of  Danvers  should  have 
no  reason  for  going  out  of  town  to  pro- 
cure anything  in  the  line  of  men's,  boys' 
and  children's  clothing,  or  gentlemen's 
furnishing  goods  or  hats  of  any  grade  or 
([uality.  lieing  a  careful  and  shrewd 
buyer,  an  economical  manager  who  keeps 
his  expenses  at  the  lowest  limit  consistent 
with  a  liberal  management,  he  has  been 
able  to  successfully  compete  with  the  big 
stores  of  the  cities  in  prices  ;  and  his 
stock  always  embraces  the  newest  in  fab- 


INTERIOR    OF    W.    C.    NICKERSONS    CLOTHING    STORE. 


developed  abilities  as  a  salesman  and  has 
the  happy  faculty  of  making  and  holding 
new  customers.  He  was  highly  valued 
by  his  employer  and  he  improved  his 
time  in  familiarizing  himself  with  the 
manufacture,  purchase  and  sale  of  cloth- 
ing and  haberdashery.  Seven  years  ago 
Mn  Nickerson  came  to  Danvers  from 
Whitman  and  purchased  the  only  cloth- 
ing store  there  was  in  town  at  that  time, 
which  was  then  located  in  the  National 
Bank  building,  and  conducted  by  C.eorge 
Jacobs  of  Peabody.  It  was  but  a  small 
business  then,  requiring  only  the  service 


rics  and  styles,  for  feeing  a  wise  manager, 
he  allows  no  old,  out-of-style  stocks  to 
accumulate  on  his  shelves  and  tables. 
Kach  season's  stock  is  that  season's  styles. 
The  most  fastidious  youth  can,  at  the 
Nickerson  store,  always  obtain  the  ultra 
fashionable  clothes,  haberdashery,  neck- 
wear, hats,  etc.,  in  fact  whatever  can  be 
had  in  any  of  the  big  clothing  establish- 
ments of  the  cities,  can  be  had  at  Nick- 
erson's  at  as  low,  and  often  lower,  prices. 
All  clothing  sold  here  is  made  in  clean, 
airy,  healthy  workshops,  and  no  sweat 
shop  garments  are  ever  allowed  in   this 


178 


DANVERS. 


store.  The  trade  in  children's  cloth- 
ing has  grown  to  large  proportions, 
and  the  heads  of  many  families  not 
only  in  Danvers  but  all  the  sur- 
rounding towns  have  found  that 
their  little  folios  can  be  clothed  at 
Nickerson's  in  natty  and  serviceable 
clothes  at  a  less  expense  than  ever 
before  possible.  From  the  time 
Mr.  Nickerson  bought  out  Jacobs' 
until  the  present  time  there  has 
been  a  healthy,  steady  and  per- 
manent increase  in  the  volume  of 
business.  He  soon  outgrew  the 
store  in  the  bank  building  and 
moved  to  the  large  store  now  occu- 
pied in  Colonial  building.  Here 
he  carries  a  large  stock  of  ready- 
to-wear  clothing,  hats,  caps,  trunks, 
umbrellas,  gloves,  travelling  bags, 
canes,  and  everything  in  neckwear, 
underwear,  hosiery  and  all  those 
thousand  and  one  things  necessarv 
to  the  perfect  toilet  of  a  well- 
dressed  man  or  boy.  There  is  a 
wide  range  in  the  qualities,  styles 
and    prices   of  goods,  goods  to  fit 


J.  W.  WOODMAN. 


DANIEL  WOODMAN. 


all  tastes  and  means.  Everybody  can 
be  fitted  and  suited.  Mr.  Nickerson 
keeps  the  people  fully  informed  of 
what  he  has  to  offer  them  through 
a  liberal  use  of  printers'  ink  and  he 
does  not  advertise  aiiything  which 
he  has  not.  All  purchases  are 
made  satisfactory  to  the  purchaser. 
From  a  business  requiring  one  man 
and  a  boy,  the  business  has  grown 
to  recjuire  four  expert  and  courteous 
regular  salesmen  beside  the  propri- 
etor, with  extra  clerks  on  Saturday 
nights  and  extra  occasions.  This 
business  has  been  built  up  by  good 
management,  liberal  treatment  of 
patrons,  liberal  advertising  and  strict 
integrity.  The  store  is  a  credit  to 
the  town  and  Mr.  Nickerson  is  one 
of  her  ])opular  young  merchants.  He 
is  married  and  has  one  child ;  his 
home  is  on  Ash  street ;  he  is  an  Odd 
Fellow,  Mason,  and  member  of  sev- 
eral social  organizations.  His  trade 
is  drawn  from  a  large  section  of  the 
county  besides  Danvers,  his  store  be- 
ing a  centre  for  suburban  buyers. 


DANVERS. 


179 


JOHN    T.    ROSS. 


Woodman  Bros.  &  Ross. 

In  1S3S  Asa  Sawyer  established  the 
business  at  present  carried  on  l)v  the 
above  firm  at  Danversport.  His  succes- 
sors have  been  Jacob  Roberts,  J.  and  N. 
Bragdon  and  Woodman  Bros.,  the  firm 
then  consisting  of  Daniel  Woodman  and 
Joseph  W.  Wood- 
man. Twenty 
years  ago  John  T. 
Ross,  who  had 
spent  many  years 
in  the  service  of 
J.  and  N.  Brag- 
don, was  admitted 
to  partnership,  the 
style  becoming 
Woodman  Bros. 
&  Ross.  Under 
the  able  and  con- 
servative manage- 
ment of  these 
men  the  business 
has  been  consid- 
erably extended 
and  the  volume  of 
trade  has  materi- 
ally   in  c  r  e  a  sed. 


The    plant     is  perfectly    e(|uii)ped 
with  all  the  latest  wood  and  paper 
box  and  planing  machinery,  oper- 
ated by  steam  power  and   the  light- 
ing of  the  various   buildings  is  ac- 
complished   by    their  own   electric 
lighting  i)lant.     They  cut  and  han- 
dle from  two  to  three   million  feet 
of     timber    and     lumber    annually, 
much  of  which  is  derived  from  their 
extensive  timber  limits  located  at 
Middleton.  and    from  thirty- five   to 
forty  persons  are  em|jloyed  in  their 
mills.      The  firm  are  dealers  in  liard 
and  soft    wood   and    kimlling,  and 
manufacture  wood  and  ])a]ier  boxes 
and  all  kinds  of  packing  cases.  The 
premises  at  the  mills  cover  a  couple 
of  acres  of  ground,  with  am])le  room 
for  lumber   j^iles  and    storehouses, 
and    their   transportation    facilities 
are   excellent.       Daniel    Woodman 
was  born  at  Beverly   in    1839,  '■■'^^'^'^ 
received  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  Danvers. 
Joseph    W.    Woodman   is    a   native  of 
Danversport  where  he  was  born    Jan.  25, 
1 84  7,  and   graduated    from    the   Holten 
High  school.      He  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Peabody  Institute  for  eleven  years,  1S86- 
97,  selectman  and  assessor   1888-89   ^^^^ 
represented  the  district  in  the  Legislature 
in  1896-97.     He  was  formerly  a  member 


WOODMAN    BROS.    &    ROSS    MILL. 


i8o 


DANVERS. 


of  the  Second  Corps  Cadets,  Salem, 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order 
and  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

John  T.  Ross  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  other 
orders. 


Lore  &  Russell. 

This  house  was  originally  estab- 
lished over  half  a  century  ago  by 
Harrison  Warren,  the  present  pro- 
prietors, Clinton  Lore  and  George 
Russell,  purchasing  it  in  1889.  The 
facilities  of  the  firm  comprise  ex- 
tensive and  complete  premises,  in- 
cluding two  coal  pockets  with  a  ca- 
pacity of  5,000  tons  each  and  500 
feet  of  wharfage  at  River  street, 
the  office  being  located  on  Water 
street,  both  at  Danversport.  Be- 
sides supplying  a  large  and  annual- 
ly increasing  trade  from  the  town 
and  within  a  radius  of  twenty-five 
miles,  shipments  are  made  direct 
to  large  consumers  and  the  trade 
in  car-load  and  cargo  lots  from  the 
mines  without  re  handling,  and 
every  modern  convenience  and  accom- 
modation have  been  provided  for  prompt- 
ly meeting  the  requirements  of  the  trade 
and  public.  The  firm  handles  the  best 
grades  of  Cumberland,   Philadelphia  and 


LORE    &    RUSSELL    S    WHARF. 


CLINTON    LORE. 

Reading  and  Lehigh  coal.  The  resources 
of  the  house  are  such  that  the  largest  as 
well  as  the  smallest  consumer  is  satisfac- 
torily served,  and  all  coal  handled  is  of 
the  highest  standard  of  excellence,  well 
cleaned  and  is 
furnished  at  the 
lowest  market 
rates.  Liberality 
and  fair  dealing 
are  characteristic 
of  the  firm  and 
both  the  partners 
are  progressive 
and  enterprising 
citizens,  closely 
allied  with  the  in- 
dustrial advance- 
ment of  Danvers, 
and  their  success 
is  as  pronounced 
as  it  is  merited. 
'I'he  firm  has  an 
office  in  F.  M. 
Spofford's  market 
at  Danvers  Plains. 


DANVERS. 


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and  has  a  reputation  in  that  cajjac- 
ity  second  to  no  man  in  the  coun- 
try. He  officiates  at  the  largest 
and  most  prominent  race  tracks  in 
the  east.  He  spends  the  greater 
part  of  the  winter  season  in  Ken- 
tucky and  the  west,  selecting  racing 
horses  for  the  eastern  trade,  and  he 
has  brought  into  New  iMigland 
more  horses  which  have  proved 
high  class  race  horses  than  any 
other  man  in  the  business.  He 
has  selected  over  225  horses  from 
the  breeding  farms  of  the  south 
that  have  since  proved  to  l>e  fast 
race  horses.  He  sells  more  high 
class  speed  horses  each  season 
than  any  other  man  in  New  luig- 
land,  and  his  reputation  as  a  judge 
of  fine  stock  stands  at  the  head  of 
the  list.  Mr.  Merrill  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics,  and  one  of  the  most 
energetic  and  progressive  of  I)an- 
vers  business  men  in  his  chosen  line. 


ALBERT    H.    MERRILL. 


Albert  H.  Merrill. 


Albert  Henry  Merrill  is  the  son  of 
Henry  Miles  Merrill  and  Lucy  Ann  Fos- 
ter, and  was  born  in  Peabody,  Mass., 
O  c  t  o  1)  e  r  13, 
1864.  He  was 
educated  in  the 
public  schools  of 
D  a  n  V  e  r  s  and 
Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton's  Business 
College,  Boston. 
He  was  married 
December  17, 
18S5,  to  Addie 
Frances  Merrill, 
and  has  a  pleas- 
ant home  on 
Berry  street.  Mr. 
Merrill  devotes 
his  time  during 
the  racing  season 
to  the  duties  of 
a  professional 
starting      judge. 


Dean  A.  Perley. 
I  

Mr.  Perley  was  born  in  Boxford, 
in  1830,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  went 
to  learn  the  trade  of  blacksmithing  with 
Henry  f.ong,  Topsfield,  working  seven 
years  for  board  anci  clothes.  In  1851, 
lie  went  to  California  via    the  Isthmus, 


RESIDENCE    OF    A.    H.    MERRILL. 


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DANVERS. 


staying  over  a  year  and  on  returning 
to  the  east  formed  a  partnership 
with  Mr.  Long  in  blacksmithing 
and  stabhng.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Nancy  A.  Towne  of  Boxford 
in  1854  and  in  1S63  removed  with 
his  family  to  Dan  vers,  having  bought 
a  blacksmith  shop  in  i860.  The 
original  shop  was  located  at  the 
back  of  what  is  known  as  the  Eagle 
house,  the  present  shop,  at  the 
corner  of  School  and  Franklin 
streets,  being  built  in  1868.  Mr. 
Perley  has  every  facility  for  the 
carrying  on  of  his  extensive  business 
which  includes  blacksmithing,  horse- 
shoeing, jobbing  and  carriage  re- 
pairing. By  strict  attention  to  bus- 
iness and  fair  dealings  with  all,  he 
has  built  up  a  trade  recjuiring  the 
assistance  of  five  competent  me- 
chanics, and  customers  find  their 
work  executed  in  a  thoroughly  reli- 
able and  satisfactory  manner.  Mr. 
Perley  has  a  comfortable  home  at 
53  Poplar  street  where  he  enjoys 
the  cessation  from  active  labor  to 
which  his  success  in  business  enti- 
tles him.  Although  he  has  never  sought 
an  office  his  interest  in  municipal  affairs 
and  the  well  being  of  the  community 
has  been  abundantly  displayed.  He  is 
exceedingly  genial  and  popular. 


DEAN    A.    PERLEY. 


I. 


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RESIDENCE    Or    D.    A.    PERLEY. 


George  Barnes  &  Co. 

George  Barnes  is  a  native  of  London, 
England.  He  was  born  in  Camberwell 
on  the  east  side  in  1864,  and  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  served 
an  apprenticeship 
to  cigar- making 
with  the  large 
wholesale  house 
of  G.  &  S.  Goodes 
in  his  native  city. 
In  1886  he  came 
to  Boston  and  be- 
ing a  thoroughly 
expert  workman 
he  soon  found 
employment  with 
Mr.  Isaacs  of 
Kimball  street, 
where  he  re- 
m  a  i  n  e  d  over 
twelve  m  on  t  h  s, 
c  o  m  i  n  g  from 
thence  to  Dan- 
vers    to  work  for 


DANVERS. 


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Frank  H.  Crosby. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  \"armouth,  Nova 
Scotia,  in  i860.  He  comt-s 
of  good  old  colonial  stock, 
his  father  being  Hiram  Cros- 
by, well  known  in  the  Lower 
Provinces.  Mr.  ("rosbvcanie 
to  ]  )anvers  and  became  a 
citizen  years  ago  and  there 
is  not  a  more  enthusiastic 
American  citi/en  in  the  state. 
He  established  himself  in 
the  house  painting  business, 
and  from  a  modest  liegin- 
ning  he  has  built  up  an  ex- 
tensive and  lucrati\e  busi- 
ness, having  constantly  in 
his  employ  from  six  to  ten 
journeymen,  and  in  the  busy 
season  many  more.  He 
personallv  looks  after  all 
work  and  it  is  thoroughly 
well  done.  He  has  irre- 
proachal)le  taste  in   the  se- 


GEORGE    BARNES. 


.A.  J.  .Stetson,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained seven  years.  Four  years 
ago  he  commenced  business  for 
himself  as  a  manufacturer  of  ci- 
gars and  has  built  up  a  steadily 
increasing  trade,  his  output  being 
al)0ut  120,000  cigars  a  year.  His 
special  brands  are  M.  &  S.  in  the 
ten  cent  grade,  and  2-604,  ^o- 
Ones,  Indian  Eoy  and  others  of 
the  five  cent  variety.  These  ci- 
gars are  warranted  long  filler  with 
Sumatra  wrappers,  and  only  skilled 
hand  labor  is  employed  in  their 
manufacture.  '1  hese  goods  are 
highly  appreciated  and  meet  with 
a  ready  sale.  Mr.  Barnes  also 
carries  a  general  line  of  tol)acco, 
pipes  and  smokers'  supplies,  to- 
gether with  some  of  the  best  brands 
of  domestic  and  Key  West  cigars. 
His  store  is  located  on  ]\Ia])le 
street  and  is  tastefully  fitted  up, 
the  most  scrupulous  cleanliness 
being  observed. 


FRANK    H.    CROSBY. 


DANVERS. 


lection  of  harmonious  colors;  judg- 
ment in  the  selection  of  wearing 
qualities  in  stock  used,  and  scrup- 
ulous attention  to  the  most  minute 
details  of  the  work.  The  result 
cannot  fail  to  be  that  the  buildings 
painted  by  Crosby  are  pleasing  to 
the  eye  and  the  paint  much  more 
enduring  than  ordinary  work.  As 
a  business  man  and  as  a  man  in 
private  life,  Mr.  Crosby  is  worth 
knowing. 


Walter  L.  Barker. 


Although  Mr.  Barker  has  only 
spent  three  years  in  Danxers,  he 
has  been  instrumental  in  building 
up  a  section  of  the  town  where 
formerly  existed  pastures  and  un- 
occupied land,  and  his  record  of 
twenty  dwelling-houses  erected 
in  nine  months  shows  how  thor- 
oughly his  work  is  appreciated. 
He  makes  a  special  feature  of  res- 
idential work  and  among  the 
many  contracts  he  has  successfully 
carried  out  are  the  residences  of 
Mrs.  Bowie,  W.  E.  Simpson,  George 
Marling,  George  Scampton,  Peter  Reid, 
Kufus  Scott,  James  Shaw,  three  for  Willis 
E.  Smart,  two  for  C.  T.  Mosher,  eleven 
for  \V.  F.  Putnam,  fifteen  for  himself, 
which  he  has  sold  on  the  instalment  plan, 
two  for  J.  Frank  Porter,  and  one  each 
for     Charles    Hall    and     Harry    Hans(jn. 


W.  L.  BARKER. 


RESIDENCE  OF  W   L,  BARKER. 


Mr.  Barker  is  always  prepared  to  furnish 
estimates  which  are  executed  with  care 
anti  accuracy  and  are  based  upon  an 
extended  knowledge  of  quantities  and 
values,  the  work  being  personally  super- 
vised. Mr.  Barker  is  a  native  of  Fitch- 
burg,  where  he  was  born  in  1864,  gradu- 
ating from  the  IJeverly  High  school  and 
the  Bryant  and 
Stratton  Commer- 
cial College,  Bos- 
ion.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  a  car- 
p  e  n  t  e  r  in  his 
father's  sho]")  at 
lieverly  and  then 
pursued  his  avo- 
cation in  the  prin- 
cipal cities  of  the 
country  as  far  west 
as  Fresno,  Califor- 
nia. Upon  his 
return  to  the  east 
in  1S87,  he  en- 
gaged in  busuiess 
in    Beverly,    con- 


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185 


tinuing  until  1892  when  he  took  up  the 
driven-well  and  windmilU  business  at 
Wenham,  also  doing  carpentering  and 
general  jobbing.  He  established  his 
business  here  in  1896,  but  continued  to 
reside  in  Beverly  until  the  completion  of 
his  residence  on  Trask  street  in  October 
last.  Mr.  Barker  is  a  member  of  the 
Order  of  American  Mechanics  and  of  the 
Pilgrim    Fathers. 


Thomas  E.  Dougfherty. 

Thomas  E. 
Do  u  g  h  e  r  t  y, 
whose  pleasant 
home  is  at  37 
Cherry  street, 
was  born  in  Dan- 
vers  on  June  4, 
184S,  in  a  house 
on  Maple  street 
where  the  gram- 
mar school  now 
stands.  He  was 
educated  in  the 
public  schools 
of  Danvers  and 
also  took  a 
course  in  Co- 
mer's Commer- 
cial College, 
Boston,  and  is  a 
graduate  of  that 
institution.  He 
learned  the 
trades  of  shoe 
cutting  and  pat- 
tern making,  and 
has  long  been 
recognized  as  an 
expert  in  this 
line  of  the  shoe  manufacturing  business. 
He  has  held  the  positions  of  superin- 
tendent and  foreman  in  large  factories 
in  Lynn,  Marblehead  and  Salem,  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  two  years  in  factories  in 
the  west.  He  is  at  present  engaged  in 
his  business  in  Lynn. 

Mr.  Dougherty  has  always  been  inter- 
ested in  everything  pertaining  to  the  in- 
terests of  his  native  town,  and  has  often 
served  as  moderator  at  special  town 
meetings.    In  everything  for  the  advance- 


THOMAS    E.    DOUGHERTY. 


ment  and  prosperity  of  the  town.  Mr. 
Dougherty  is  an  active  worker.  He  is  a 
member  of  several  secret  and  social  soci- 
eties, in  all  of  which  he  is  very  popular 
and  a  valuable  worker.  He  is  one  of 
those  energetic,  public-spirited  citizens, 
who,  when  there  is  anything  needed  to 
be  done  for  the  upbuilding  of  his  town, 
is  ready  with  time,  work  and  money  to 
help  along  the  cause.  It  goes  without 
saying  that  such  a  man  is  deservedly 
popular  with  all  classes  and  is  a  much 
esteemed  and  valued  citizen. 

Frank  B. 
Trask. 

Frank  B. 
Trask,  the  Dan- 
vers upholsterer, 
is  located  at  the 
corner  of  Elm 
and  High  streets 
at  one  side  of 
the  Square.  He 
is  the  son  of  Al- 
fred and  Mary 
Jane  (Blackey) 
Trask,  and  was 
born  in  Danvers 
on  February  1 2, 
1859.  He  was 
educated  in  the 
public  schools 
of  his  native 
town  and  after 
graduating  from 
school  learned 
the  upholstering 
business,  later 
engaging  in  bus- 
iness for  himself. 
The  excellence  of  his  work  has  attracted 
much  attention  from  people  who  recog- 
nize true  art  in  furniture.  Mr.  Trask's 
patronage  is  nol  confined  to  Danvers 
but  comes  from  all  the  nearby  towns. 
He  is  a  connoisseur  in  antique  furniture 
and  rare  old  articles  and  bric-a-brac  can 
be  found  in  his  storerooms.  He  is  an 
ardent  Republican  in  politics  but  never 
cared  for  office  for  himself,  though  a 
hard  worker  for  the  political  candidates 
of  his  choice.     He  knows  a  good   horse 


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DANVERS. 


when  he  sees  him  and  he  generally 
has  one  or  two  speedy  ones  in  his 
stable.  Mr.  Trask  was  married  on 
November  25,  1893,  to  Antoinette 
Maud  Gammon  and  has  a  cosy 
home  at  the  corner  of  Conant  and 
Franklin  streets. 


Calvin  Putnam, 


Although  84  years  old  on  the 
30th  of  last  May,  Calvin  Putnam  is 
one  of  the  best  preserved  of  the 
older  business  men  of  this  section 
and  his  business  faculties  are  as 
acute  as  ever.  For  sixty-two  yeais 
he  has  been  engaged  in  building 
and  lumber  operations  and  he  i> 
still  the  head  of  an  immense  lum- 
ber business  at  Danversport,  where 
the  mills,  yards  and  wharves  of  the 
Calvin  Putnam  lumber  concern  are 
located,  with  railroad  connections 
and  water  privileges  which  enable 
him  to  receive  and  ship  lumber  from  and 
to  all  points.  Mr.  Putnam  is  a  native  of 
Danvers  and  he  received  his  education  in 
her  public  schools.  After  leaving  school 
he  learned  the  carpenter  trade  and  there 
are  ten  or  a  dozen  houses  yet  standing 
in  town  which  he  built  more  than  sixty 
years  ago  ;  and  the  fact  that  they  are  still 
in  a  good  state  of  preservation  and  have 


F.  B.  TRASK  S  STORE 


FRANK  B.  TRASK. 

had  but  few  repairs  made  upon  ihem  in 
all  that  time  demonstrates  the  thorough- 
ness of  his  work  and  the  quality  of  the 
materials  used.  Seeing  the  need  of  a 
lumber  mill,  Mr.  Putnam  built  one  at 
tidewater  at  the  Port  and  from  this  small 
beginning  grew  the  large  business  which 
he  has  conducted  for  so  many  years  and 
in  which  he  is  still  interested.  He  was 
for  t  w  e  n  t  y-five 
years  the  senior 
member  of  the 
firm  of  Putnam  & 
Pi)l)e,  Beverly, 
with  a  mill  and 
large  yard  there. 
The  management 
of  the  P)everly 
business  he  gave 
up  to  a  brother- 
in-law  and  nephew 
some  time  ago. 
He  has  been  an 
extensive  opera- 
tor in  lumber  in 
Maine  and  Michi- 
gan for  many 
years,  and  his 
only  son,  who  died 
some    years    ago, 


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187 


was  also  an  extensive  dealer 
in  black  walnut  and  other 
fine  woods  in  the  west, 
with  offices  in  Boston.  Mr. 
Putnam,  although  often 
asked  to  accept  public  of- 
lices  of  trust,  generally  de- 
clines. He  never  cared 
for  any  public  position, 
and  though  he  was  some- 
times persuaded  to  acce|)t 
a  place  on  the  piudeniial 
committee  and  similar 
places  where  men  of  su])er- 
ior  judgu.ent  were  needed, 
he  always  steadily  refusetl 
to  be  a  candidate  for  po- 
litical offi'e  ;  in  the  same 
way  he  declined  director- 
ates in  financial  institu- 
tions, though  often  sought 
for  to  fill  such  positions.  Mr. 
Putnam  at  one  time  i^ar- 
tially  retired  from  the  lum- 
her  business,  but  thought 
it  advisable  to  return  to 
active  management  again 
soon  after.  He  is  credited 
with  having  made  a  large 
fortune  from  his  business, 
and  is  one  of  the  wealthy 


CALVIN  PUTNAM. 


RESIDENCE  OF  CALVIN  PUTNAM. 


m  e  n  of 
the  town. 
He  has  a 
hand- 
some 
home  at 
the  cor- 
n  e  r  of 
Locust 
a  n  d 
Poplar 
s  t  r  e  ets. 
His  face 
is  one  of 
the  most 
familiar  . 
He  has 
one 
adopt  ed 
daughter 
but  no 
childre  n 
of  his 
own.  Mr. 


DANVERS. 


Putnam  may  be  seen  daily  driving  about 
town  for  pleasure  or  to  and  from  his  estab- 
lishment at  Danversport,  and  a  stranger 
would  not  think  him  to  be  a  man  of  more 
than  sixty-five.  He  is  a  handsome  old 
gentleman  with  bright  eyes,  a  cheery 
smile,  and  a  pleasant  word  for  everybody. 
He  is  an  interesting  conversationalist  and 
a  very  companionable  gentleman. 


Calvin  Putnam  Lumber  Co. 

Over  sixty-three  years  ago  Calvin  Put- 
nam  founded  the 


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business  carried 
on  for  a  number 
of  recent  years  by 
Pope  Bros.,  and 
now  by  the  Cal- 
vin Putnam  Lum- 
ber Co.  For 
forty-six  years  Mr. 
Putnam  conduct- 
ed it  uninterrupt- 
edly, that  is,  from 
1836  to  1882, 
when  the  whole- 
sale business  was 
sold  to  Turner  & 
Harrington,  the 
retail  business  be- 
ing sold  the  fol- 
lowing year  to 
Pope  Bros.  In 
1890,  the  latter 
firm  bought  out 
Turner  and  Har- 
rington and  con- 
s  o  1  i  d  a  t  e  d  the 
whole  business 
under  their  own 
name.  I'Metcher 
Pope  and  Isaac  D.  Pope  are  sons  of  Se- 
lectman Daniel  P.  Pope,  and  were  both 
born  and  educated  in  Danvers.  Calvin 
Putnam  has  immense  lumber  interests 
in  various  parts  of  the  country.  Fletcher 
Pope  has  for  some  years  been  general 
manager  of  the  Phillips  &  Rangeley  R.  R. 
Redington,  Maine,  and  general  manager 
of  the  Redington  Lumber  Co.,  and  with- 
draws from  the  lumber  firm  to  give  his 
whole  attention  to  those  duties.  The  firm 
has  receirtly  been  reorganized,  as  Calvin 


ISAAC    D.    POPE. 


Putnam  Lumber  Company,  with  officers 
as  loUovvs  :  President,  Calvin  Putnam  ; 
treasurer  and  manager,  Isaac  D.  Pope ; 
directors,  Calvin  Putnam,  I.  D.  Pope,  W. 
D.  Wing.  The  business  is  continued  at 
the  old  location,  with  the  able  advice  and 
experienced  assistance  of  Calvin  Putnam, 
the  veteran  lumber  merchant. 

The  firm  are  wholesale  and  retail  deal- 
ers in  lumber,  and  manufacture  mouldings, 
flooring,  sheathing  laths,  shingles  and 
clapboards,  a  specialty  being  made  of 
hard  wood  floors,  interior  finish  and 
mouldings.  The 
mills  and  plant 
cover  an  area  of 
twenty-five  acres 
with  over  five  hun- 
dred feet  of  wharf- 
age accessible  to 
vessels  of  from 
600  to  800  tons. 
There  are  twelve 
large  storehouses 
with  a  capacity  of 
5,000,000  feet  of 
lumber,  and  a 
large  and  well 
eq  u  i  p  ])  e  d  mill 
with  a  machinery 
capacity  of  30,- 
000  feet  of  Itnri- 
ber  a  day.  The 
firm  handles  on 
an  average  fifteen 
million  feetof  lum- 
ber yearly,  and 
employs  thirty 
men.  Their  trade 
is  mostly  in  this 
State  and  New 
Hampshire,  and 
an  office  is  maintained  at  408  Union 
street,  Lynn. 


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Salem  Normal  School. 


The  normal  school  system  of  the  Ray 
state  is  almost  without  an  equal  in  that 
department  of  instruction.  In  the  front 
rank  of  the  several  institutions  of  the 
kind  under  state  supervision,  where  are 
prepared  those  who,  in  turn  will  lead  the 
thought  of  yotith,  is  the  magnificent  struc- 


DANVERS. 


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MILL    OF    CALVIN    PUTNAM    LUMBER    CO 

ture  at  the  corner  of  Lafayette  street  and 
Loring  avenue  in  the  city  of  Salem. 

The  first  class  in    the    history    of  the 
school  was  received  in  a  two-story  build- 
ing on  Summer  street,  September,  1S54. 
Dr.  Richard  I'klwards,  the  first  principal, 
had    an    administration    of     three    years, 
Prof.  Alpheus  Crosby  having  charge   for 
the  succeeding  eight  years.      Both  were 
thorough   educators  and    the  school  ad- 
vanced   rapidly,   requiring  additional  ac- 
commodations   in    1S65.      In    the    same 
year.    Dr.  Daniel  B.  Hagar  accepted   the 
principalship,  continuing  until   ill  health 
caused  his  resignation  early  in    1.S96,  fol- 
lowed a  short  time 
later  by  his  death. 
Ill  1892,  upon  the 
r  e  commendation 
of    the    board    of 
visitors,  $250,000 
was  appropriated 
by  the  legislature 
for   the    purchase 
of  a  lot    and  the 
construction  of  a 
suitable    building 
Land     was     i)ur- 
chased     early      in 
1893    and  in   the 
fall    of    the    same 
year  the  building 
work  began.    The 
dedication  oc- 
curred       January 
26,  1897,  with  ap- 


])ropriate  exercises  and  in 
the  presence  of  leading 
instructors  and  officials. 

The  present  principal  is 
Dr.  Walter  P.  Beckwith. 
The  total  enrollment  since 
the  inception  of  the  school 
has  been  nearly  4500,  of 
whom  about  one-half  have 
regularly  graduated.  Sixty 
teachers  have  been  em- 
ployed. 

The  present  building  is 
located  in  a  most  com- 
manding position  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  city. 
It  is  of  buff  brick  with 
light  stone  trimmings,  and 
has  three  stories  and  a  basement.  The 
main  building  is  180  feet  in  length,  with 
two  wings,  each  140  feet  long.  Every 
convenience  is  available  and  the  arrange- 
ment is  of  the  best.  The  sanitation,  ven- 
tilation, heating  and  lighting  apparatus 
and  general  equi])ment  lea\e  little  tj  be 
desired. 

The  attendance  is  largely  from  Essex 
and  Middlesex  counties,  although  several 
states  are  represented.  For  admission,  a 
high  school  education  or  its  equivalent  is 
re(|uired.  The  regular  course  of  study 
requires  two  years,  but  special  or  partial 
courses    may  be   taken,  as  a  rule  classes 


WHARF  OF  CALVIN  PUTNAM  LUMBER  CO- 


190 


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DANVERS. 


191 


192 


DANVERS. 


being  admitted  only  at  the  beginning  of 
the  fall  term.  The  faculty  numbers 
twelve  persons.  Most  abundantly  has 
the  Salem  Normal  School  fulfilled  its 
mission  as  conceived  at  its  founding — 
"  of  reviving  and  establishing  the  normal 
method  of  learning,  teaching  and  living 
in  the  older  portion  of  the  common- 
wealth." 


Walter  P. 

Beckwith, 

Ph.D. 


In  June, 
1896,  the  cit- 
izens of  the 
town  of 
A  dams 
learned  with 
regret  of  the 
election  of 
their  highly 
esteemed  su- 
p  erintendent 
of  schools  to 
the  principal- 
ship  of  the 
Salem  Nor- 
mal school. 
In  his  nine- 
teen years' 
oversight  of 
the  education 
of  the  youth 
of  the  Berk- 
shire town, 
Mr.  Beckvvith 
had  become 
a  part  of  the 
local  life.  The 
sundering  of 
these  ties  seemed  inevitable,  as  the  Sa- 
lem position  was  too  attractive  to  be  re- 
fused. All,  however,  felt  a  great  measure 
of  pride  in  the  high  honor  which  had 
been  conferred  n])on  their  townsman, 
which  has  been  fully  justified  during  his 
comparatively  brief  administration  of  the 
state  normal  school  in  Salem.  Mr. 
Beckwith  was  chosen  to  his  present  posi- 
tion from  among  a  large  list  of  worthy 
candidates.  The  school  was  entering 
upon  a  new  era,  a  new  building,  perhaps 


PROF     W.    P.    BECKWITH, 
Priiiciiial  Salem   Norni  il   School 


the  finest  of  its  kind  in  New  England,  be- 
ing about  to  be  dedicated,  involving  ad- 
ditional duties  which  the  opening  of  extra 
departments  must  of  necessity  bring  about. 
From  the  first,  the  interest  of  the  new 
principal  in  the  school  and  in  the  city 
has  been  deep  and  sincere.  Walter  P. 
Beckwith  was  born  at  Lempster,  N.  H., 
Aug.   27,   1850,    of   English    and  Scotch 

parentage.  In 
early  life  he 
had  only  the 
limited  edu- 
cational ad- 
vantages of  a 
youth  in  a 
small  farming 
c  o  m  munity. 
He  spent 
three  years  as 
a  teacher  in 
and  about  his 
native  town, 
later  attend- 
ing the  C'lare- 
mont  high 
school  for  a 
short  time 
and  graduat- 
ing from  the 
Kimball  Un- 
ion academy 
at  Meriden  in 
1 87 1.  In  his 
college  career 
at  Tufts  he 
was  obliged 
to  be  absent 
a  portion  of 
the  time  to 
assist  himself 
by  teaching, 
one]  period  comprising  an  entire  year. 
Mr.  Beckwith's  standing  as  a  student  was 
very  high  and  he  graduated  with  honor. 
The  position  of  principal  of  the  Chicopee 
Falls  high  school  was  offered  and  ac- 
cepted, this  relation  continuing  until  Jan- 
uary, 1878.  During  his  long  residence 
in  Adams  he  had  become  identified  with 
many  interests  aside  from  his  school  du- 
ties. For  thirteen  years  he  served  as 
chairman  of  the  public  library  trustees, 
was  repeatedly  elected  moderator  of  town 


DANVERS. 


193 


meetings  and  served  upon  important  com- 
mittees. Mr.  Heckwith  attends  the  Uni- 
versalist  cliurch,  is  a  member  of  Starr  King 
Lodge,  Salem,  F.  and  A.  M.,  member  of 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  of  the  Tufts  College 
chapter,  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  was  re- 
cently elected  president  of  the  Tufts  Col- 
lege club,  which  includes  the  Tufts  gradu- 
ates in  and  about  Boston.  He  has  writ- 
ten largely  to  various  periodicals  and  is 


Scotch  and  English — his  father's  earliest 
ancestor  in  this  country  came  to  Connec- 
ticut in  1636,  his  mother's  to  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  in  1635,  and  a  year  or  two  later 
he  was  the  first  person  to  be  taxed  in 
VVoburn. 


Willard  J.  Hale. 

\\illard   J.  Hale,    register  of  deeds  of 


WILLARD      J.      HALE, 
Register  (if  l.leeds. 


an  effective  public  speaker.  A  member 
of  numerous  educational  societies,  he  has 
been  honored  by  the  degrees  of  A.  M.and 
Ph  D.  on  behalf  of  his  alma  mater.  De- 
cember 23,  1879,  Mr.  Beckwith  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  L. 
Sayles,  a  teacher  in  the  Adams  pul)lic 
schools.      He  has  one  daughter. 

Prof.   Beckvvith's    ancestry    is    entirely 


F^ssex  county,  was  appointed  to  his  pres- 
ent responsible  position  August  31,  1897, 
to  succeed  the  late  Chades  S.  Osgood. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  was  the 
nominee  of  both  the  leading  ]jarties  for 
the  office  and  was  elected  by  a  practically 
unanimous  vote.  This  is  by  no  means  Mr. 
Hale's  first  experience  in  jilaces  of  trust. 
In  his  native  city  of  Newburyport,  where 


194 


DANVERS. 


he  obtained  his  education,  he  was 
chosen  to  the  common  council  in 
1879,  serving  two  years  and  in 
1881  was  made  chairman,  being 
twice  re-elected.  As  a  Republican, 
he  represented  his  district  with 
great  credit  in  the  lower  branch  of 
the  Legislature  of  1885  and  in  the 
following  year  went  to  Colorado 
Springs  to  engage  in  real  estate 
transactions.  Mr.  Hale  divided 
his  time  between  his  western  inter- 
ests and  the  dry  goods  business  at 
Newburyport,  in  which  he  has  been 
interested  for  himself  since  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age.  He  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  by  President 
Harrison  Sept.  19,  1890,  and  held 
the  office  for  four  years.  In  1896 
he  was  one  of  the  delegates  to  the 
Republican  National  Convention 
from  the  sixth  Congressional  dis- 
trict and  was  a  member  of  the 
committee  which  officially  notified 
Vice  President  Hobart  of  his  nom- 
ination. Mr.  Hale  is  president  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,  a  director  of 
the  First  National  Bank,  also  a 
trustee  of  the  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank, 
all  ol"  Newburyport.  Since  an  early  age, 
Mr.  Hale  has  been  connected  with  his 
native  city's  best  interests,  and  the  es- 
teem in  which  he  is  held  by  his  towns- 
men and  the  people  of  the  entire  county 
is  sufficiently  told  in  the  high  honors 
which  have  been  conferred  upon  him. 


JOHN  LUMMUS. 


RESIDENCE  OF  JOHN  LUMMUS. 


Lummus  &  Parker. 

The  oldest  grist  mill  in  this  section  is 
that  now  operated  by  Lummus  &  Parker 
at  Danversport.  This  mill,  or  a  portion 
of  it,  has  been  running  for  more  than  a 
hundred  and  fifty  years,  and  is  operated 
by  tide  water  on  the  Crane  river.  The 
senior  member  of 
the  firm,  John 
Lummus,  is  a  na- 
tive of  New  York 
and  he  succeeded 
A.W.&  J.A.Ham 
in  the  ownership 
of  the  mill  in 
1874.  For  a  time 
the  firm  name  was 
Lummus  &  Den- 
nett. About  five 
years  ago  Mr. 
George  H.  Par- 
ker became  a 
p  a  r  t  n  e  r.  Mr. 
Parker  is  a  native 
of  Tremont,  Me. 


DANVERS. 


195 


GEORGE  H.  PARKER. 

Both  have  faniihes  and  homes  on  High 
street.  An  extensi\"e  business  in  hav  and 
grain  of  all  kinds  is  done  l)y  the  firm, 
extending  all  over  Essex  county.  The 
mill  and  storehouses  are  situated  on  tide 
water  where  vessels  of  ten  or  twelve  feet 
draught  can  come  and  in  close  proximity 
to  the  Eastern  division  of  the  B.  & 
M.  railroad,  af- 
fording unexcelled 
facilities  for  the 
receipt  and  ship- 
ping of  hay  and 
grain.  The  busi- 
ness has  greatly 
increased  under 
the  present  man- 
agement and  the 
firm  has  a  wide 
a  c  ( 1  u  a  i  n  t  a  n  c  e  . 
The  gentlemen 
are  both  popular 
and  energetic  and 
give  excellent  ser- 
vices to  numerous 
patrons. 


E,  Kendall  Jenkins. 

E.  Kendall  Jenkins,  the  County 
Treasurer,  is  a  son  of  Captain  Ben- 
jamin and  Betsey  Jenkins,  and  was 
born  in  Andover  in  1831,  receiving 
his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  town.  In  his  early  man- 
hood Mr.  Jenkins  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  1 86 1,  when  he  enlisted  in 
the  First  Massachusetts  Heavy  Ar- 
tillery, in  which  he  served  for  three 
years.  In  January,  1866,  he  was 
appointed  deputy  sheritT  by  Sheriff 
H.  G.  Herrick,  and  in  March  of 
the  same  year  was  chosen  town 
clerk,  treasurer  and  collector  of  his 
native  town.  Upon  being  elected 
county  treasurer  in  1878,  he  re- 
signed these  offices  and  devoted 
his  exclusive  attention  to  the  duties 
of  his  new  office.  Mr.  Jenkins  has 
been  for  a  number  of  years  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Public  Library  at  An- 
dover, which  was  erected  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  the  Andover 
soldiers  who  fell  in  the  Civil  War. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  advocate 
the  erection  of  this  handsome  l)uilding 
and  was  one  of  its  charter  members. 
Mr.  Jenkins  is  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Salem,  and  through- 
out the  entire  course  of  his  public  ca- 
reer has  enjoyed  the  respect  and  es- 
teem of  all,  for  his  unvarying  courtesy 
and  strict  integritv. 


LUMMUS    &    PARKER    MILL. 


DANVERS 


Colonel  Samuel  A.  Johnson. 

The  marked  popularity  of  Colonel  Samuel 
A.  Johnson,  Sheriff  of  Essex  County,  was  at- 
tested in  the  flattering  vote  by  which  he  was 
chosen  to  his  present  responsible  position  in 
the  fall  of  1895.  For  many  years  he  had 
served  as  Deputy  Sheriff,  and  upon  the  retire- 
ment of  Sheriff  Herrick,  Colonel  Johnson  was 
the  eligible  successor.  He  was  born  in  Salem, 
July  31,  1847,  and  attended  the  public  schools 
of  that  city  until  nine  years  of  age,  at  that  time 
removing  to  Wisconsin.  He  studied  with  the 
class  of  '69  at  Beloit  College  in  that  state. 
Shortly  after  Colonel  Johnson  returned  to  his 
native  city  and  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
William  D.  Northend  ;  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Essex  Bar  in  September,  187  i,  and  was  associ 
ated  with  Mr.  Northend  for  about  one  year. 
The  next  three  years  were  spent  in  Lynn,  in 
practice  with  ex-Clerk  of  Courts  Feabody.  Col 
Johnson  has  travelled  quite  extensively  in  this 
country  and  in  Europe,  residing  for  some  time 


E.    KENDALL    JENKINS. 

in  Colorado  in  1869,  and 
again  in  1876  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health.  He 
enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  Second  Corps  of  Ca- 
dets, April  22,  1874,  and 
has  served  in  every  office 
in  the  Corps,  being  chosen 
to  the  command  upon 
the  resignation  of  Colonel 
John  W.  Hart.  Although 
practically  a  stranger  to 
public  functions.  Col. 
Johnson's  incumbency  of 
the  sheriff's  office  has 
been  an  eminently  able 
one,  the  many  problems 
constantly  arising  in  con- 
nection with  his  multifari- 
ous duties  being  handled 
with  care  and  discretion. 
Colonel  Johnson  also  acts 
as  keeper  of  the  jail  at 
Salem  and  resides  in  the 
house  near  the  jail  on  St. 
Peter  street.  He  has  at- 
tained high  rank  in  Ma- 
sonry and  Odd  Fellow- 
ship, and  is  also  a  mem- 
'  ber  of   Xaumkeag  Tribe 


COL.    S      A      JOHNSON. 


DANVERS. 


197 


of  Red  Men   and   John    Kndicott   J.od^e, 
A.  O.  V.  W. 


County  Jail,  Salem. 

Few,  if  any  institutions  are  more  con- 
spicuous in  tlie  history  of  the  country 
than  is  the  jaii,  located  in  the  City  of  Sa- 
lem. The  contrast,  however,  between 
the  place  of  restraint  of  the  earlier  day 
and  the  present  structure  is  as  great  as 
can  be  imagined.  The  first  jail,  built  in 
163S,  was  a  mere  dwelling  and  is  now  a 
part  of  the  house  occupied  by  .\bner 
Goodell.  Here  were  confined  a  large 
number  of  persons  accused  of  witchcraft, 
of  whom  many  suffered  death.  Here, 
also,  was  made  the  final  deliverance  of 
those  who  had  fallen  victims  to  this  super- 
stition, Salem  leading  the  way  in  letting 
in  the  light  upon  the  witchcraft  delusion. 
The  older  portion  of  the  present  jail,  lo- 
cated at  the  corner  of  St.  Peter  and  Bridge 
streets,  was  erected  in  1813.  In  18S5, 
a  thorough  remodelling  occurred  and  the 
structure  was  enlarged  to  its  present  ca- 
pacity. It  is,  however,  probable  that  an- 
other enlargement  will  have  to  be  made 
in  the  near  future.  The  fine  brick  resi- 
dence of  Sheriff  Johnson,  who  also  acts 
as  keeper  of  the  jail,  is  located  in  close 
proximity  and  is  surrounded  by  beautiful 
and  well  kept  grounds,  in  keeping  with 
the  general  atmosphere  of  neatness  and 
order.  The  jail  has  every  precaution  for 
safety  and  has  a  capacity  of  150  prisoners. 
Those  committed  here  are  largely  for 
short  terms,  many  for  the  offence  of 
drunkenness,  although  in  the  past  twelve 
years  six  have  been  held  on  the  charge  of 
murder,  all  of  whom  have  been  sentenced 
to  state  prison  for  life,  with  the  exception 
of  one,  Alfred  Williams,  who  was  exe- 
cuted in  the  jail  on  Oct.  7,  1898.  The 
prisoners  do  all  the  work,  such  as  cook- 
ing, baking,  firing  the  boilers,  etc.,  the 
female  inmates  making  clothing  for  both 
sexes.  The  jail  serves  also  as  a  house  of 
correction  and  in  this  department  some 
sixty-five  prisoners  are  employed  in  mak- 
ing heels,  which  are  sold  to  help  meet 
the  expenses.  The  jail  is  conducted  most 
economically  and,  like  the  others  of 
the     county,    is    under     the     supervision 


of  the  experienced  County  Commissioners. 
Danvers  Co-operative  Bank. 


On  Monday  evening,  August  22,  1892, 
a  party  of  gentlemen  met  in  the  insurance 
office  of  Albert  (i.  Allen,  at  No.  8  High 
street,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a 
corporation  to  he  known  as  the  1  )anvers 
Co-Ojierative    Bank. 

These  gentlemen  met  in  response  to  a 
call  which  had  been  issued,  and  the  fol- 
lowing persons  were  present :  Henry 
Newhall,  Fletcher  Pope,  J.  F.  Hussey,  A. 
(i.  Allen,  F.  O.  Staples,  Wm.  A.  Jacobs, 
W'm.  A.  Woodman,  J.  A.  Melcher,  Edwin 
Turner,  Jr.,  E.  B.  Peabody,  Wm.  J.  Rich- 
ardson, J.  Frank  Porter,  Willis  E.  Smart, 
Michael  H.  Barry,  Jacob  Marston,  Wal- 
lace P.  Perry,  Samuel  L.  Sawyer,  Joseph 
W.  Woodman,  Daniel  N.  Crowley,  Ed- 
ward E.  Woodman,  and  Daniel  Eldredge. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  Dan- 
iel Eldredge,  who  read  the  form  of  agree- 
ment drawn  up  according  to  the  117th 
chapter  of  the  Public  Statutes,  by  which 
the  name  of  the  corporation  should  be 
known  as  the  Danvers  Co-operative  Bank  ; 
the  place  of  business  to  be  in  the  town  of 
Danvers  ;  the  limit  of  its  capital  stock  to 
be  $1,000,000,  and  ultimate  value  of 
shares  to  be  $200.  An  organization  was 
then  effected  by  the  choice  of  Daniel  El- 
dredge as  temporary  clerk.  By-laws 
were  adopted  and  the  following  officers 
were  duly  elected  by  ballot  to  their  re- 
spective offices:  President  and  director, 
Fletcher  Pope  ;  vice  president  and  direc- 
tor, Joseph  W.  Woodman  ;  treasurer,  sec- 
retary and  director,  Albert  G.  Allen  ;  di- 
rectors, Henry  Newhall,  Samuel  E.  Saw- 
yer, F'dward  E.  Woodman,  Wm.  A.  \Vood- 
man,   Wm.   A.  Jacobs,  J.    Frank    Porter. 

The  president  assumed  the  chair  and  it 
was  voted  that  the  corporation  begin  bus- 
iness Monday,  August  29,  1892  ;  that  the 
first  series  of  shares  be  hiaiited  to  $1000 
to  non-borrowers  and  unlimited  to  bor- 
rowers. 

J.  F'rank  Porter,  Henry  Newhall  and 
Jos.  W.  Woodman  were  elected  Security 
Committee  and  Samuel  L.  Sawyer  and 
Edward  E.  Woodman  were  elected  Fi- 
nance Committee  ;  J.   P.  Colby,  W'allace 


198 


DANVERS. 


P.  Perry  and  Willis  E.  Smart  were  elected 
auditors. 

A  public  meeting  of  the  bank  was  held 
in  the  Town  Hall,  August  29,  1892,  when 
there  was  a  large  number  of  citizens  in 
attendance.  The  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  Albert  G.  Allen,  who  invited 
Samuel  L.  Sawyer  to  take  charge  of  the 
meeting.  After  a  few  remarks,  Mr.  Saw- 
yer introduced  Mr.  Eldredge  of  Boston, 
who  spoke  very  entertainingly  for  nearly 
an  hour  on  "  Co-operative  Banks." 
f  Shares  w-ere  then  offered  for  sale  and 
the  whole  amount  of  the  first  series,  1000 


At  the  present  time  the  bank  has  as- 
sets of  over  $70,000.  Profits  to  the 
amount  of  nearly  $10,000  have  been  de- 
declared.  The  bank  has  a  surplus  of 
over  S600,  with  a  guaranty  fund  of  S200, 
and  is  in  a  sound  and  flourishing  condi- 
tion. Nearly  $60,000  is  loaned  on  real 
estate  in  Danvers  or  its  immediate  vicin- 
ity, all  of  which  is  secured  by  first  mort- 
gages. The  bank  has  a  membership  of 
about  250  and  up  to  the  present  time  has 
had  no  difficulty  in  placing  all  of  the 
money  it  has  taken  in.  On  the  contrary 
it  has  been  overrun  with  business  and  has 


DANVERS    CO-OPERATIVE    BANK. 


in  number,  were  speedily  disposed  of- 
The  growth  of  the  bank  from  that  time 
until  the  present  has  been  a  steady  one. 
The  officers  of  the  bank  have  changed 
but  little  from  the  first.  In  August,  1893, 
Mr.  Fletcher  Pope  resigned  as  president 
and  Samuel  L.  Sawyer  was  elected  in  his 
place.  There  have  been  but  few  changes 
in  the  Board  of  Directors,  the  majority  of 
the  Board  being  those  originally  elected. 
All  the  officers  of  the  bank  are  enthusias- 
tic in  their  work,  believing  that  the  insti- 
tution is  an  object  for  good  in  the  com- 
munity, and  willingly  give  their  services. 


been  obliged  to  decline  many  loans  which 
it  would  otherwise  have  taken  had  it 
had  the  money. 

The  carefulness  and  wisdom  of  the  se- 
curity committee  has  been  shown  when  it 
is  stated  that  in  the  seven  years,  which  is 
the  length  of  time  the  bank  has  been  in 
business,  they  have  suffered  no  losses. 
They  have  been  obliged  to  foreclose  on 
but  three  pieces  of  property  and  in 
neither  case  is  it  expected  will  there  be 
any  loss  to  the  bank.  The  bank  has  one 
of  the  finest  offices  to  be  found  in  the 
state,    having    recently    moved    into    the 


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199 


Henry  Newhall ;  auditors,  Ernest 
J.  Powers,  Abbott  B.  Galloupe, 
^\'iIlis  H.  Kenney ;  attorneys, 
Jackson  &  Jackson. 


HON.    S      L.    SAWYER, 
President  of  the  I>anvers  Co-operative  Bank. 


rooms  recently  vacated  by  the  First  Na- 
tional bank  and  which  has  been  hand- 
somely fitted  up  for  them.  The  office  is 
open  every  week  day  from  S  to  i  2  a.  m. 
and  I  to  5  p.  M.,  when  there  is  always 
some  one  in  attendance. 

The  present  officers  of  the  bank  are 
president,  Samuel  L.  Sawyer ;  vice 
president, 
Joseph  W. 
Woodman  ;  sec- 
retary and  treas- 
urer, Albert  G. 
Allen  ;  directors, 
Henry  Newhall, 
J.  P>ank  Porter, 
Marcus  C.  Pet- 
tingell,  William 
A.  Jacobs,  Sam- 
uel M.  Moore, 
William  A. 
Woodman  ;  se- 
curity commit- 
tee, Joseph  W. 
Woodman,  J. 
Frank       Porter, 


Hon,  Samuel  L,  Sawyer. 

Mr.  Sawyer  was  born  in  Boxford, 
Mass.,  June  20,  1845,  ^i^cl  was  ed- 
ucated in  the    public    schools    of 
that  town,  the  Topsfield  academy, 
and    the    Putnam   Free  School  of 
Newburyport.     He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  flour  business  for  the 
last    thirty-three  years  in    Boston 
and  vicinity,  his   present   business 
address  being  Danvers.     He  is  a 
member  of  the   Boston  Chamber 
of  Commerce.     He  has  resided  in 
Danvers    since    1869;    built    the 
house    where  he  now  resides,  on 
Lindall  hill,  in  1S74.     He  is  one 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Danvers    Historical    society,    vice 
president  of  the  Danvers  Improve- 
ment   society,    president    of    the 
Danvers    Co-operative   bank,    has 
served  as  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican Town  committee,  and  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Danvers  in  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Legislature  in  189 1,  serving  on 
the   Public    Charitable  Institutions  com- 
mittee as  clerk,  re-elected  in  1892,  serv- 
ing on  the  same  committee,  and  chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Election,  was 
elected  in   1893   to    represent    the  Fifth 
Essex  Senatorial  district  in  the  Massachu- 


RESIDENCE    OF    HON.    S.    L.    SAWYER. 


DANVERS. 


setts  Senate  ;  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee oil  PubUc  Charitable  Institutions 
and  served  on  the  Committees  on  En- 
grossed Bills  and  Public  Service  ;  re-elec- 
ted in  1S94,  and  served  as  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Street  Railways,  and 
on  the  Committees  on  Engrossed  Rills 
and  Parishes  and  Religious  Societies  ;  is 
a  past  master  of  Mosaic  Lodge,  F.  &  A. 
M.,  past  district  deputy  grand  master,  past 
high  priest  of 
Holten  Chapter 
of  Royal  Arch 
Masons  and 
member  of  Wins- 
low  Lewis  Com- 
mand ery,  senior 
past  regent  of 
Arcadian  Coun- 
cil, R.  A.,  mem- 
ber of  the  A.  0. 
U.  W.  and  G.  A. 
R.  and  Old  Salem 
Chapter,  S.  A. 
R.  ;  he  is  secre- 
tary and  treas- 
urer of  the  Essex 
Club  of  Essex 
County, a  Repub- 
lican club  of  430 
members.  He  is 
a  thoroughly  con- 
scientious and 
progressive  busi- 
ness man. 


Massachusetts 
Glove  Co. 


A.    G. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer 

One  of  the  most  extensive  and  im- 
portant of  the  new  industries  in  town  is 
that  of  the  Massachusetts  Glove  Co  ,  in 
the  Calvin  Putnam  factory  on  Majile 
street,  which  has  been  fully  fitted  up  for 
this  concern's  excellent  ami  rapidly  grow- 
ing business.  Frederick  W.  Rowles  is 
president ;  Horace  O.  Southwick,  treas- 
urer and  manager;  Walter  }.  P>udgell, 
Philip  S.  Abbott,  H.  O.  Southwick  and 
F.  W,  Rowles,  directors. 

Mr.  Rowles  is  of  a  family  of  glove 
manufacturers  who  have  been  doing  busi- 
ness for  over  forty  years,  and  he  is  per- 
fectly familiar  with  every  branch  of  the 


industry,  while  the  other  gentlemen  are 
practical,  reliable  business  men,  with 
experience  in  leather  working  and  inci- 
dental features  of  the  l>usiness.  All  grades 
of  medium  and  fine  ladies'  and  gentle- 
men's gloves  are  manufactured  in  the 
finest  possible  manner  for  the  best  class 
of  trade  in  the  country,  and  such  a  high 
state  of  perfection  of  material  and  finish 
is  being  ac(|uired  that  this  firm  will  short- 
ly have  no  com- 
petitors to  fear 
on  either  side  of 
the  ocean.  Much 
of  the  stuck  is 
imported  direct 
from  A  r  a  b  i  a , 
France  and  Ger- 
many, and  pre- 
pared in  the 
finest  manner  for 
this  company. 
The  most  skilled 
labor  is  employed 
and  every  mod- 
ern convenience 
and  facility  is 
had  for  the  pro- 
duction of  the 
best  goods  that 
can  be  made. 


The  Church  of 
God. 

The  Church  of 
God  was  organ- 
ized Jan. I,  1899, 
under  Rev.  Chas. 


ALLEN- 

Danvers  Co-operative  Hank. 


E.  T^odge.  Mr.  Dodge  was  formerly  of 
Worcester.  Ma'^sachusetts.  He  came  to 
Danvers  in  ^Larch,  1898,  engaged  in 
evanoeli^tic  labors  under  the  Massachu- 
setts Baptist  Sunday  School  Association. 
After  an  absence  of  two  months  he  re- 
turned June  5,  189S,  and  took  up  a  per- 
manent work,  services  being  held  in  Es- 
sex l)lock,  cor.  Elm  and  Essex  streets.  In 
October,  1898,  Mr.  Dodge  withdrew  from 
the  Baptist  denomination,  and  in  January 
organized  an  independent  church. 

Vhe  characteristic  of  the  new  organi- 
zation is  its  Uelief  in  a  literal  obedience 
to   the  Scriptures  as  the  Word  of  God. 


DANVERS. 


They  hold  the  doctrines  of  justification 
by  faith,  sanctificalion  by  the  Spirit,  heal- 
ing for  the  body.  No  collections  or  sub- 
scriptions are  ever 
taken.  None  of  the 
officers,  including  pas- 
tor, receive  any  salary. 
The  church  and  pastor 
are  supported  solely 
by  free  will  offerings. 
Branchesof  this  church 
are  in  Salem  and  Wake- 
field. 

William  H.  Crosby. 

William  H.  Crosby 
is  the  proprietor  of 
the  only  undertaking 
establishment  in  Dan- 
vers.  He  was  born 
in  Yarmouth,  N.  S., 
on  June  24,  1S72, 
and  is  the  son  of 
Hiram  L.  and  Cath- 
erine P.  Crosby.  Mr. 
Crosby  came  to  Dan- 
vers  when  a  boy  and 
fur  five  years  was  in 
the  employ  of  (ieorge  A.  Waitt,  who  was 
the  only  undertaker  here  for  years.  On 
the   retirement  of  Mr.  Waitt,   four  years 


modest  and  unostentatious  manner,  his 
kindness  of  heart  and  his  strict  integ- 
rity. His  undertakini;  rooms  are  at  8 
High  street,  and  his 
home  is  on  Conant 
street.  He  was  mar- 
ried on  October  8, 
1896,  to  Miss  Chris- 
tina M.  Mackenzie. 


WILLIAM    H.    CROSBY 


Guide    to   Principal 
Points  of  Interest. 

Approaching  Dan- 
versport  from  Salem, 
just  before  reaching 
the  Danvers  line,  is 
the  Jacol)S  House  ; 
back  of  this  house  is 
seen  Folly  Hill.  Con- 
tinuing along  the  main 
road  a  bridge  soon 
spans  Waters  river, 
just  a  little  beyond, 
upon  the  left,  the 
Keed-Porter  House, 
and  after  crossing  the 
Crane  river,  to  the 
south  of  the  railroad 
station,  and  opposite  the  bend  in  the 
street  railway,  is  the  site  of  the  Home  of 
Col.    Israel    Hutchinson.     At    the     next 


U:UO  ^v 


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-I  — ——fir 


RESIDENCE    OF    A.    G.    ALLEN. 


ago  Mr  Crosby  succeeded  to  the  busi-  abrupt  turn  into  High  street  will  be  seeti 
ne.s,  and  has  continued  it  since.  He  has  the  Baptist  Church  ;  a  little  above  and 
won  the  esteem  of  many  people  by  his      on  the  right  hand  side  of  High  street  is 


DANVERS. 


the  Annunciation  Church  ;  quite  a  little 
distance  above,  in  from  the  street,  is  the 
Unitarian  Church  ;  while  not  far  beyond, 
and  upon  the  same  side,  is  the  Univer- 
silist  Church.  Next,  Danvers  Square, 
upon  which  is  the  Old  Berry  Tavern,  and 
on  Elm  street,  facing  High  street,  the 
Page  House. 

Continuing  up  Elm  street,  at  the  East- 
ern division  station  are  three  streets,  the 
extreme  left  being  Old  Ipswich  Road 
(Ash  street).  Bearing  to  the  extreme 
right,  going  up  Holten  street,  the  Episco- 
pal Church  upon  the  right  is  passed,  and 
only  a  short  distance  beyond  and  upon 
the  same  side,  the  Judge  Putnam  House. 
Crossing     the      railroad     the    Methodist 


the  cemetery  containing  the  Nurse  Mon- 
ument and  Tablets. 

At  Danversport,  on  Endicott  street, 
from  the  bridge  over  the  railroad  can  be 
seen  Crane  River  and  Endecott  Burying 
Ground.  Continuing  up  the  street  the 
Endecott  House  is  in  plain  view,  and  op- 
posite, the  Endecott  grant,  and  upon  the 
same,  in  the  direction  of  the  water,  the 
Endecott  Pear  Tree. 

Near  the  junction  of  Hobart  and  For- 
est streets  is  the  site  of  the  First  Church. 
On  Forest  street  is  the  Ambrose  Hutchin- 
son house.  On  IngersoU  street  is  the 
Ingersoll-Peabody  or  Ex-Secretary  Endi- 
cott House. 


ENDECOTT  PEAR  TREE 


Church  is  soon  seen  upon  the  left ;  (luite 
a  little  distance  beyond,  and  where  the 
road  turns  from  Holten  into  Centre 
street,  is  the  Judge  Holten  House.  Pass- 
ing up  Centre  street  the  Haines  House 
and  First  Church  and  Parsonage  are  seen 
ui)on  the  right.  I'pon  the  same  side,  a 
little  beyond,  the  ^Vads worth  House,  and 
soon  the  Training  Place,  with  the  Bowlder 
upon  one  end  or  side,  and  at  the  other 
end  the  Old  Upton  Tavern.  Just  beyond 
the  terminus  of  the  street  railway  the 
second  house  upon  the  left  is  the  Birth- 
place of  Col.  Israel  Hutchinson. 

Passing  down  Pine  street  from  Tap- 
leyville,  upon  the  right  are  situated 
the  Townsend  Bishop-Nurse   House  and 


Leaving  Centre  street  at  Dayton  street, 
traversing  this  street  quite  a  distance, 
will   be  found  the  Ann   Putnam   House. 

Near  Danvers  Square,  on  INIaple  street, 
is  the  Maple  Street  Church.  On  Putnam 
street  is  the  Advent  Church.  ^^■illard 
Hall  is  on  Maple,  near  Poplar. 

The  Danvers  Lunatic  Hospital  is  at 
Asylum  Station.  The  Jesse  Putnam 
House  and  Gen.  Israel  Putnam  Birthplace 
are  between  Ferncroft  and  Asylum  Sta- 
tion. 

On  Summer  street  is  Oak  Kr.oll  ;  just 
beyond,  on  Spring  street,  St.  John's 
Normal  College,  and  not  far  beyond  is  the 
Prince  House. 


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