History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . f Dr. Whiton, his medical instructor. He remainedabout nine years, and then removed to Templeton. He was a man ofsense, shrewdness and wit, and had a remarkable faculty for characteriz-ing obnoxious individuals with a few words which would stick to them likea burr through fife. Nothing but the love of strong drink preventedhim from rising to the front rank of the medical profession. He mar-ried one of the daughters of Major Sylvester. Dr. Jacob Holmes opened an office
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . f Dr. Whiton, his medical instructor. He remainedabout nine years, and then removed to Templeton. He was a man ofsense, shrewdness and wit, and had a remarkable faculty for characteriz-ing obnoxious individuals with a few words which would stick to them likea burr through fife. Nothing but the love of strong drink preventedhim from rising to the front rank of the medical profession. He mar-ried one of the daughters of Major Sylvester. Dr. Jacob Holmes opened an office here, by advice of Dr. Whiton,in IS04, and remained about two years; he then removed to Westmin-ster, then to Athol, and finally to Leicester. He had a high reputa-tion and large practice. In the year 1806, in compliance with the wishes of Dr. Whiton, Dr,William Parkhurst began practice here, but after a few years re-moved to Petersham, where he still resides. His wife was a daughterof Major Sylvester. He has always maintained a good reputation asa physician. Dr. William H. Cutler came in 1816, and rode his circuit a few. HISTORY OF WINCHENDON. 425 years; then removed to Ashburnham, where he resided till home is now in Andover. Dr. M. Spaulding succeeded him, but soon took his departure. Subsequently Dr. Allen C. Fay resided here a brief period, but soonremoved to Milford, where he has a large practice. Dr. James M. Fuller was here from 1821 to 1824. Another resided here about the same time. In 1826, Dr. Alvah Godding, a pupil of the celebrated Dr. Twitch-ell of Keene, settled in the Centre, where nearly all the preceding phy-sicians had resided. As Dr. Whiton died in 1819, there was but a spaceof a few years between them, and they together have filled out a termof about eighty-five years of medical practice. Whether as a citizen,a physician, or a member of the Church of Christ, he has always beenheld in high estimation. Like Dr. Whiton, he has represente
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