Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . service, and died poor, asevery honest Commissioner must die who lives as becomes hisstation and depends upon his salary for support. He was uponthis board from 1862 to 1874. Hon, Harrison Harwood^ Chairman^ January, 1876, to September, J 882. Died in Office. Pl^, /^Oyr-uj-^rs-z^ Son of George Washington and Anna (Bisco) in North Brookfield, Mass., October 18, 1811, died in Na-tick August 27, 1882, aged sixty-eight. He came from good oldpatriotic stock; his g
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . service, and died poor, asevery honest Commissioner must die who lives as becomes hisstation and depends upon his salary for support. He was uponthis board from 1862 to 1874. Hon, Harrison Harwood^ Chairman^ January, 1876, to September, J 882. Died in Office. Pl^, /^Oyr-uj-^rs-z^ Son of George Washington and Anna (Bisco) in North Brookfield, Mass., October 18, 1811, died in Na-tick August 27, 1882, aged sixty-eight. He came from good oldpatriotic stock; his grandfather, Peter Harwood, born in Little-ton in 1740, was a descendant from the Harwoods of Colonialdays. He was Lieutenant of Captain Burns company of Brook-field minutemen, and marched at the Lexington alarm. Joiningthe Continental army in 1775, he served as Captain in ColonelLeonards regiment, and as Major and Brigade Major in GeneralNixons brigade, resigning (3ctober 10, 1780, having served fiveyears. He was officer of the day at the execution of MajorAndre. At Westminster Academy, the subject of this sketch had. HON. DANIEL G. WALTON, of Wakefield,County Commissioner, 1874-1886. Chairman, 1882-H ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. 107 made such proficiency in his studies that he became a successfulteacher at tlie age of nineteen. Later on he was in business atAdrian, Mich., for three years, returning East at the age oftwenty-five. He resided successively at Oakham, Fitchburg, andWinchendon, where he became an active and enterprising manu-facturer, and erected many buildings, both public and to Adrian, Mich., he resumed business there, but fin-ally settled in Natick in 1858. In this town he erected and main-tained successfully to the day of his death a factory for the manu-facture of baseballs of the regulation pattern, and a tannery toproduce a quality of leather suitable to be used as a enterprise proved remunerative, and gave employment to alarge number o
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