. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. very numerous along thestreets. On the public square or park in the central village areseveral handsome public and private buildings. The MemorialHall, a Gothic structure of various-colored Foxborough granite sur-mounted by the statue of a soldier, contains the Boyden Fublic 314 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Library, of upwards of 3,000 volumes. Rockhill Cemetery is acharming grove of oak and chestnut, and slopes westward to avalley in which three lakelets of clear water reflect the floatingclouds and the bine dome of the
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. very numerous along thestreets. On the public square or park in the central village areseveral handsome public and private buildings. The MemorialHall, a Gothic structure of various-colored Foxborough granite sur-mounted by the statue of a soldier, contains the Boyden Fublic 314 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Library, of upwards of 3,000 volumes. Rockhill Cemetery is acharming grove of oak and chestnut, and slopes westward to avalley in which three lakelets of clear water reflect the floatingclouds and the bine dome of the sky. The Foxborough Reporter enjoys a good patronage, and theTimes is qnite widely known; both papers being issued weekly. The public schools are graded andoccn y seven buildings, valuedat nearly $38,000. There are two chapels in the outlying villages;and at the centre the Congregationalists, Baptists, Universalists andRoman Catholics each have a church. Foxborough was taken from parts of Wrentham, Waltham,Stoughton, and Stoughtonham (Sharon), and was incorporated June. FIRST HOUSE BUILT IN FOXBOROUGH. 10, 1778. It was named for Charles James Fox, the great defenderof the American Colonies in the British Parliament. The Kendall was ordained as the first minister in 1779, andremained in the pastorate here until 1800. The town is somewhatnoted for longevity, based as well on the general average as onspecial cases. Mr. John Shepherd was born here in 1700. Helived more than a century in one spot; and it was said of him thathe lived in two counties and four different towns without movingfrom the place where he was born. He died in Attleborou^h in1800, aged 100 years. Mr. Seth Boy den (1788-1870), an inventorand skilful mechanic, and Professor Henry B. Nason, a skilfulchemist and an author, were born here. r OXnill, a village in Dedham. amingh am, one of the most beautiful towns in theCommonwealth, lies in the southwestern FEAMINOHAM. 315 part of Middlesex County, some 20
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