Life and times in Hopkinton, . year he was appointed a district judge of the UnitedStates. Matthew Harvey took an active interest in all mattersrelating to public education. In 1810 and 1811, he was amember of the superintending school-committee of Hopkinton. He was one of the earliest trustees of Hopkintonacademy, founded in 1827. He was vice-president of theNew Hampshire Historical Society from 1829 to 1831, andits president from 1832 to 1834. In affairs of the churchhe was also prominent. He subscribed to the ecclesiasticalconstitution of Christs church in 1803, and became oneof the fir
Life and times in Hopkinton, . year he was appointed a district judge of the UnitedStates. Matthew Harvey took an active interest in all mattersrelating to public education. In 1810 and 1811, he was amember of the superintending school-committee of Hopkinton. He was one of the earliest trustees of Hopkintonacademy, founded in 1827. He was vice-president of theNew Hampshire Historical Society from 1829 to 1831, andits president from 1832 to 1834. In affairs of the churchhe was also prominent. He subscribed to the ecclesiasticalconstitution of Christs church in 1803, and became oneof the first vestrymen of St. Andrews church in 1827. In 1850, Matthew Harvej- moved to Concord, where hedied on the 7th of April, 1866. While in Hopkinton helived many years in the house now occupied by Mrs. JohnS. Kimball. While governor of the state, for the sake ofretirement, he occupied the house now owned by ElijahSpencer, on the turnpike, about a mile and a half east ofthe village. Matthew Harveys wife was Margaret Rowe, a native (?). Dea. John M. Harvey. PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 401 of Newburyport, Mass. They had two children. Marga-ret Elizabeth, their daughter, died in 1836 ; Frederick,their son, died in Louisiana, in 1866. John M. Harvey, the son of John Harvey and MaryStraw, was born in Methuen, Mass., April 24,1814. Whenthe subject of this sketch was about the age of six years,his father moved to Hopkinton, and settled in the Black-water district, on the farm now owned by Benjamin Flan-ders. When about eighteen years old, John M. Harveywent to Lowell, Mass., and worked in the cotton-mills. Heremained in Lowell till 1844, and then came to Manchester,and went into business on the Amoskeag corporation. Inthe year 1862, he moved to his old home at Blackwater,though till 1866 he continued to do business in Manchester,being five years connected with the transactions of a loanfund association. While in Manchester, Mr. Harvey was two years a select-man, two years a common councilm
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