Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ^ Severe application to business undermined his health,and brought him to the grave at an early age. Throughout hiscareer he maintained that dignified courtesy and affability whichdistinguishes a well-balanced character, and thus was popularwith all classes, because he was as approachable by the humblestcitizen as by the richest and most powerful. He was liberal tothe first parish in Shirley, and left a fund to assist in its review of his successful and honorabl
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ^ Severe application to business undermined his health,and brought him to the grave at an early age. Throughout hiscareer he maintained that dignified courtesy and affability whichdistinguishes a well-balanced character, and thus was popularwith all classes, because he was as approachable by the humblestcitizen as by the richest and most powerful. He was liberal tothe first parish in Shirley, and left a fund to assist in its review of his successful and honorable career reveals the possi- p %^. HON. PAUL HART SWEETSER. of South Commissioner, 1856-1862. Chairman, 1860-1861 ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. 99 bilities open to any New England youth of ambition and perse-verance, no matter how humble may be his birth and early sur-roundings. Hon. Paul Hart Sweetser,Chairman in I860 and tZ6i. Born in South Reading September 23, 1807, and died thereJune 11, 1872, aged sixty-five. Son of Paul and Sarah (New-hall) Sweetser, and to the manner born, being in the fifth gen-eration of Reading settlers through Michael and Samuel Sweet-ser, and in the ninth through his great-grandmother, Mar}^ Smith,a lineal descendant of the original Francis Smith, who settled atSmiths Pond, now Wakefield, in 1647. Learned the shoe-makers trade, at which he worked during minority. At aboutthe age of twenty-one, he entered the South Reading Academy asits first student. Teaching winters, he continued his studies atthe academy until he had taught in nearly every district schoolin town, with such marked suc
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