Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . ith Wood-ruff & Robinson; then removed to Lawrence,Massachusetts, where for two years he wasengaged in manufacture of paper. On theoutbreak of the Civil War, President Lincolnappointed him collector of internal revenue,and he remained such until the war taxes wereremoved. Thereafter he was treasurer of theJ. C. Hoadley Steam Engine Company, livingin Lawrence, Massachusetts. He retired fromactivities in 1878,
Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . ith Wood-ruff & Robinson; then removed to Lawrence,Massachusetts, where for two years he wasengaged in manufacture of paper. On theoutbreak of the Civil War, President Lincolnappointed him collector of internal revenue,and he remained such until the war taxes wereremoved. Thereafter he was treasurer of theJ. C. Hoadley Steam Engine Company, livingin Lawrence, Massachusetts. He retired fromactivities in 1878, being seventy-four yearsold, and spent the remainder of his life inBrooklyn, New York. For more than twentyyears he was a member and senior official ofthe Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, Richard Storrs, pastor. He was a man ofscholarly attainments, and every Sunday wasaccustomed until his ninetieth year to read achapter of the Greek Testament, while in thesummer he reread Virgil. Until he enteredhis ninety-sixth year he retained remarkablephysical activity, suffering no impairment ofsight or hearing, and with unimpaired intellect,riding a horse at ninety-two 6lW(MaL, L. J OtArtA^d^ SOUTHERN NEW YORK 775 Joseph Lyman Partridge married, at Lei-cester, Massachusetts, August 9, 1837, ZibiahNelson Willson, daughter of Rev. Luther andSally (Bigelow) Willson. She was born atBrooklyn, Connecticut, September 18, 1818,and died at Brooklyn, New York, December 8,1903, after sixty-two years of their marriedlife. Rev. Luther Willson, son of Joseph andSarah (Matthews) Willson, was born in NewBraintree, Massachusetts, April 26, 1783, diedat Petersham, Massachusetts, November 20,1864; graduate of Williams College, 1807;principal of Leicester Academy; installed pas-tor of the First Church of Petersham, June23, 1819; married, November 30, 1806, SallyBigelow (of the Watertown and WalthamBigelow family), who was born July 6,1783. died January 29, 1826, daughter of Abi-jah and M
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