The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . WILLIAM H. DEXTER. The Worcester of 1898. 599 merchandise business. He was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in1797, and died in Worcester in 1867. The famih^ descended from GregoryDexter, one of the companions of Roger Williams when he foundedProvidence Plantations in 1636-7. William H. Dexter was educated in the schools of his native town, and atthe age of fourteen was with his father as an assistant in his store. Soonafter he was employed as a clerk at Burrillville, Rhode Island, remaining inthat place about two years,
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . WILLIAM H. DEXTER. The Worcester of 1898. 599 merchandise business. He was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in1797, and died in Worcester in 1867. The famih^ descended from GregoryDexter, one of the companions of Roger Williams when he foundedProvidence Plantations in 1636-7. William H. Dexter was educated in the schools of his native town, and atthe age of fourteen was with his father as an assistant in his store. Soonafter he was employed as a clerk at Burrillville, Rhode Island, remaining inthat place about two years, and then resumed duty with his father for ashort time. He then went to Boston as a clerk in a general merchandise. RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM H. DEXTER, 3 CHARLTON STREET. establishment. Here he acquired a good knowledge of business, and, havingsecured the necessary capital, he came to Worcester in 1846 and opened agrocery store on Southbridge street, the first store of its kind off Main he managed with success for five years, and then he engaged in thewholesale and retail flour and grain business near the corner of Main andPleasant streets, which proved so profitable that three years later he erecteda tine four-story block on Main street, above Park street, and removed hisluisiness to it. The land he purchased of Judge Charles Allen for one dollara foot, which was then considered an extravagant price, but Mr. Dextersbusiness sagacity was vindicated in 1893, when he sold the same property forthirteen dollars a foot. In course of time he carried on the largest flour andgrain business in Worcester county, and his reputation for integrity andhigh commercial standing was widespread. 6oo The Worc
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