History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . 73; grad-uated at Harvard in 1897. William Warner Johnson, born in Sunderland, April 28, 1854;graduated at Columbia college in 1874. Capt. Israel Hubbard and His Son, Major Caleb Hubbard. Captain Israel Hubbard, who died in 1817 at the age ofninety-two, was a prominent and influential citizen in thelatter part of the last century and the first part of the pres-ent one. He was a decided Whig, a member of the firstProvincial Congress at Watertown, and was an active,
History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . 73; grad-uated at Harvard in 1897. William Warner Johnson, born in Sunderland, April 28, 1854;graduated at Columbia college in 1874. Capt. Israel Hubbard and His Son, Major Caleb Hubbard. Captain Israel Hubbard, who died in 1817 at the age ofninety-two, was a prominent and influential citizen in thelatter part of the last century and the first part of the pres-ent one. He was a decided Whig, a member of the firstProvincial Congress at Watertown, and was an active, reso-lute, energetic man, with a good deal of native wit. His sonCaleb was his successor upon the old homestead and tavernat Plumtrees, and had many of the characteristics of hisfather. In politics he espoused the Jeffersonian side andranked himself as a Jefferson Democrat, much to the disgustof his father, who, with a large majority of the men of theConnecticut valley, was a statmch Federalist. It was said ofhim that in extreme old age he was entreated by his familynot to go to town meeting, but he persisted, because it was. HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. 211 his duty to go and spile Calebs vote. Major Caleb Hub-bard died in 1850, aged ninety-six. Nathaniel Smith. Nathaniel Smith was a grandson of the Nathaniel Smithwho settled on Lot No. 10, He built the house now used for ahotel, for a private residence in 1795. He was born in 1759and died in 1833. He was probably the most influentialman in town in his day, was very many years in trade, andaccumulated what was at that time called quite a fortune,enjoying the reputation of being the richest man in trade included that common to a country store, and inhis time included New England Rum, taking in exchangefor goods, barter of every description. At that time verymuch trade came from the surrounding towns, particularlythose north and east, and for payment they brought in lum-ber. People from Leverett, North Leverett and Shutesbury
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