Silas Gates, of Stow, Mass., and the descendants of his son, Paul Gates, of Ashby, Mass / compiled by Julius Kendall Gates and Samuel Pearly Gates .. . and Mary (Willard) Reed,who was born February 12, 1827, and died March 22,1890. She died August 16, 1884. In her youth she lived with her parents on the farm,a beloved and useful daughter. When about twentyyears of age she went to Lexington, where she was en-gaged for some time as a dressmaker. Wherever dutycalled her she made friends, and was loved and honoredfor her modest and sweet personality and her faithfulperformance of every task. She w
Silas Gates, of Stow, Mass., and the descendants of his son, Paul Gates, of Ashby, Mass / compiled by Julius Kendall Gates and Samuel Pearly Gates .. . and Mary (Willard) Reed,who was born February 12, 1827, and died March 22,1890. She died August 16, 1884. In her youth she lived with her parents on the farm,a beloved and useful daughter. When about twentyyears of age she went to Lexington, where she was en-gaged for some time as a dressmaker. Wherever dutycalled her she made friends, and was loved and honoredfor her modest and sweet personality and her faithfulperformance of every task. She was devoted to herhome and children, and no effort was spared to givethem a good education. They all graduated at the Lex-ington High School with an honorable record. Herhusband, a man of genial disposition, was in sympathywith her, and they always had a hearty welcome for thefriends who enjoyed the pleasure of a visit at their was a capable farmer, and with his brother cultivatedthe estate left them by their father. Here, upon theReed homestead, Mr. and Mrs. Reed spent their earlymarried life, but in later years a new house was erected. Silas Gates and His Descendants. yj near the old one, which became the home of the familyuntil 1882, when Mr. Reed purchased his brothers in-terest in the farm, and moved from the new house backto the old one, where he resided at the time of his : 27 I. Frank Haskell Reed, born Dec. 26, 1862. II. Alice Gates Reed, born Aug. 25, 1864; she has re- sided in New Jersey for several years, and is nowtravelling abroad. III. Mary Willard Reed, born July 4, 1868; married Sept. II, 1900, Edward Furber Miller, Professor ofSteam Engineering in the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology. 17 Susan Hartwell Gates, daughter of Howard andClarissa (Kendall) Gates, married September 10, 1857,Edward White, son of Abraham Moore and Susanna(Wetherbee) White, who was born in Acton, April 22,1836. She was educated in the schools of Ashby and Littl
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