Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . en a clerk in the old brick store. Removing to Mr. Fosters next pastorate atOrange, Aliss Wilkins was soon in the midst ofchurch and social activities, and assisted in the pub-lic welcoming home of the veterans from the civilwar, which fact has oft been recalled by veterans inrecent years. Being ambitious to work and deft of hand andpossessing artistic taste. Miss Wilkins was some timeemployed in ornamenting sewing machines in themodest l
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . en a clerk in the old brick store. Removing to Mr. Fosters next pastorate atOrange, Aliss Wilkins was soon in the midst ofchurch and social activities, and assisted in the pub-lic welcoming home of the veterans from the civilwar, which fact has oft been recalled by veterans inrecent years. Being ambitious to work and deft of hand andpossessing artistic taste. Miss Wilkins was some timeemployed in ornamenting sewing machines in themodest little factory which w^as the beginning of thegreat New Home works. Her taste and skill werealso sought in millinery lines, and as a saleswomanshe also proved a success. On the 22d day of October, 1867, Andrew J. Ham-ilton and Julia Wilkins were married by Rev. , at the Orange Congregational parsonage,and went to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where was clerking. In April, 1869, Mr. and located in .\thol. Massachusetts, with thepurpose to make there a permanent home. The fol-lowed nearly ten years of invalidism, during which. ^^rr^f- ^2-<--<^-«:^^^5^, WORCESTER COUNTY 2S9 Mrs. Hamilton had little participation in social life,and apparently little promise 01 recovery of health,but, supported by strong spirituality, and manifestinga patience and sweetness that was never outworn, shegradually emerged into a new era of life and socialactivities to which she brouglit the added strengthand grace that came through the disciphne of suf-fering. Resuming church and society work, . sang at times as a contralto in nearly allthe Athol churches,and as a member of a , on funeral occasions in many homes, andalso participated in many enterprises for religious orphilantliropic benefit, giving special encouragementto young misses to cultivate their latent talents. Airs. Hamilton was one of the original membersof the Ladies Union of the
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