Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . ollins, to which he removed, and continued the coal busi-ness, and in addition the iron and steel trade. In 1837, ^^was a representative in the Legislature. He was assistantengineer of the fire department of the city of was president of Hampden Savings Bank in 1856-57-58 and 59, and alderman in 1856-57-58, from Ward four,and mayor in 1861-62. In 1855 he resigned the activemanagement of the Bemis & Call Company to his son,W. Chaplin Bemis,
Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . ollins, to which he removed, and continued the coal busi-ness, and in addition the iron and steel trade. In 1837, ^^was a representative in the Legislature. He was assistantengineer of the fire department of the city of was president of Hampden Savings Bank in 1856-57-58 and 59, and alderman in 1856-57-58, from Ward four,and mayor in 1861-62. In 1855 he resigned the activemanagement of the Bemis & Call Company to his son,W. Chaplin Bemis, and Amos Call, On account of hishealth, which had been much impaired by his active andclose attention to his large business interests, he retiredfrom business in 1868. In politics Mr. Bemis was a Whig,until 1838, when he imbibed the principles of Jefferson andJackson Democracy, and forever after was a sterling andaggressive Democrat. In November, 1828, he married Julia E. Skeel, daugh-ter of Otis Skeel of Chicopee. Mr. Bemis died February12, 1875, aged 73 years. Children: six sons, two daugh-ters. 46 SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS. This gambrel roof house, i6 and iS Dwight street, was built about the year1760, and formerly stood on State street on the lot next east of the city librarybuilding, and was owned and occupied by Elijah Blake until its removal to thepresent location. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. 4/ Mr. Elijah Blake was born in Torrington, Conn.,June 26, 1784. He began to learn the trade of a shoemakerat Winchester, Conn., where, in 1798, his father had movedwith the family. He came to Springfield in 1805, andworked at his trade in a small shop near what is now thecorner of Main and Fremont streets. About the year 1808he engaged in the shoe and leather business on his ownaccount, and afterwards Joel Kendall became a partner,under the firm name of Blake & Kendall. In 1810 he hadas a partner in business Eli Moore. From the age ofeighteen to twenty-four he did military d
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