History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . he has satisfied all claims andmaterially improved it. Thefarm at present contains twohundred and ten acres. In politics, Mr. Williams isa Democrat, and a stauncli sup-porter of his party. He hasserved in the capacity of select-man for three years. He was married, Nov. 27,1856, to Helen L. Field. Shewas born in Conway, March 2,1837. They have five children,all living. They are: HenryF., born July 30, 1858; MaryN., born Dec. 14, 1860;Charles W., born Nov.
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . he has satisfied all claims andmaterially improved it. Thefarm at present contains twohundred and ten acres. In politics, Mr. Williams isa Democrat, and a stauncli sup-porter of his party. He hasserved in the capacity of select-man for three years. He was married, Nov. 27,1856, to Helen L. Field. Shewas born in Conway, March 2,1837. They have five children,all living. They are: HenryF., born July 30, 1858; MaryN., born Dec. 14, 1860;Charles W., born Nov. 8,1864; Nellie R., born March1, 1867, and Alice Maud,born March 26, 1871. Plioto. by PopkiDs, Greenfield. -J^. laigfllBlKl©!! ©[? ©Hia^ILlg E. WBiy^B SOUTH DEERfiELO, MASS. Mrs, Esther (Harding)Dickinson was born in Whate-ly, Mass., Feb. 13,1790. Shewas the daughter of Capt. Abi-jali Harding, and a descendantof Abraham Harding, who cameto this country from Englandin 1023. She married ConsiderDickinson, a successful farmerin Deerfield, Jan. 7,1840, whenhe was seventy-nine years oldand she was fifty. They livedtogether peacefully and happilyuntil his death, Dec. 16, 1854,at the age of ninety-three yearsand ten months. He left his property, the accu-mulated earnings and savings ofmany years, to his wife. Shelived in a simple, unostentatiousway, a thoroughly good woman,honest and upright in all herdealings. She survived herhusband twenty-one years, anddied, June 15, 1875, at the ageof eighty-five. By her will shebequeathed the bulk of herproperty — to the amount of
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