History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . g, John Boyle was born inCounty Kilkenny, Ireland, , 1803, being the only sonof Richard and Ann emigrated with his motherto Canada in 1819, where shedied ; and he finally removed toSouthwiek, Mass., in 1826,where he commenced work bythe month on the canal thenbeing built between Northamp-ton and New Haven, and heafterward took a contract onthe same canal. Has followedthe business of railroad con-struction ever since, havingbuilt a part of th
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . g, John Boyle was born inCounty Kilkenny, Ireland, , 1803, being the only sonof Richard and Ann emigrated with his motherto Canada in 1819, where shedied ; and he finally removed toSouthwiek, Mass., in 1826,where he commenced work bythe month on the canal thenbeing built between Northamp-ton and New Haven, and heafterward took a contract onthe same canal. Has followedthe business of railroad con-struction ever since, havingbuilt a part of the Syracuse andBinarhamtou Railroad, besides working on many of the NewEngland roads. He had no of receiving even acommon-school education. Hehas been twice married, bothof his wives being dead. Hehas two children by his firstwife still Hying,—Robert andWilliam, both residents ofSouthwiek. He has also oneby his second wife living,—JaneE., wife of William W. Phelps,of Southwiek. He is a Demo-crat in politics, and was a mem-ber of the State Legislature in1864. He is a liberal, enter-prising, and public-spirited l^lifl[g)£li!!l@li ©(F «9©IHl[i!!l g, f@yTKiwa©K, Ea^sg. SARDIS GILLETT. We are unable to give many facts in regard tothe early history of this gentlemans ancestors, andcannot trace the genealogy of his family fartherback than to Seth Gillett, his grandfather, who set-tled in the town of Southwick abont one hundredyears ago, and raised a large family of children, ofwhom Rodolphus was the father of Sardis. Hewas born Nov. 18, 1771, and married Eunice Cusli-man, Aug. 11, 1794, she having been born , 1770. They had a family of seven children, viz.: Tacy, Sardis (1st), Sardis (2d), Socrates, Mary,Seth, and Eunice, all of whom lived to maturityexcept the two eldest. This worthy couple livedto a ripe old age, and died within a few monthsof each other; Mrs. Gillett passing away Sept. 15,1849, followed by her husband, Nov. 19, 1849. Sardis was
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