History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . irectors. He was adirector for over forty years, and is now the only sur-viving member of the original board. He has beenconnected with the Quincy Savings Bank as directorfor more than a quarter of a century, and is a stock-holder in various corporations. He has always beenconservative, believing in conducting public aiFairs ashe would his own business, owing no man anything;in all positions he has been careful, prudent, andsaving, and has so managed his means that in his oldage he
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . irectors. He was adirector for over forty years, and is now the only sur-viving member of the original board. He has beenconnected with the Quincy Savings Bank as directorfor more than a quarter of a century, and is a stock-holder in various corporations. He has always beenconservative, believing in conducting public aiFairs ashe would his own business, owing no man anything;in all positions he has been careful, prudent, andsaving, and has so managed his means that in his oldage he has a handsome competency, and the satisfac-tion of having discharged all duties, public and pri-vate, to the best of his ability and with honest has been a busy man all his life. He is an ex-ample of what industry, common sense, and care willdo for any one in the battle of life. He has justpassed his eighty-first birthday, and it is well to notein connection therewith, that his youngest sister andher husband, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wild, celebrated thesixty-first anniversary of their marriage in ?^^^ff. iryAJIRitcms ^U--yZ,, STOUGHTON. 389 CHAPTER XXXL STOUGHTON. Stoughton—Named in Honor of Governor William Stoughton—Territory allotted to Dorchester in 1637—Known as the NewGrant—Dorchester South Precinct—A Part set off to Wren-tham in 1724—Incorporation of Stoughton—Original Terri-tory—Second Precinct set off in 1740—Incorporation of ThirdPrecinct in 1743—The First Town-Meeting—Incorporationof Stoughtonham—The Revolution—Votes of the Town in1723, 1724, 1725,1726—Committee of Correspondence—Rev-olutionary Bounties, etc. Amidst the pealing of bells, the roll of drums, thethunder of cannon, and the inspiring strains of mar-tial music the one hundredth anniversary of Ameri-can independence is ushered in, the most memorableday of the nineteenth century. A whole countryfrom the rugged shores of Maine to the golden sandsof California, multitu
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