History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . es, to composedifficulties, to give advice, to settle estates, to read-just boundary lines and to be himself a sort of sav-ings-bank for widows and orphans and others at atime when no legally incorporated institution of thekind existed in the town. Such depositors felt thattheir little all, principal and interest both, was safefor them beyond all question in the hands of SquireLias, as he was popularly called, and so it was. It wasoften at no little inconvenience and sacrifice that h
History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . es, to composedifficulties, to give advice, to settle estates, to read-just boundary lines and to be himself a sort of sav-ings-bank for widows and orphans and others at atime when no legally incorporated institution of thekind existed in the town. Such depositors felt thattheir little all, principal and interest both, was safefor them beyond all question in the hands of SquireLias, as he was popularly called, and so it was. It wasoften at no little inconvenience and sacrifice that he ren-dered these different kinds of service to strangers andacquaintance alike, but he never declined the requestif it was in hs power to fulfil it, and so to act of kindness. We can hardly refrain fromquoting once more from the simple and heartfelttribute of Mr. Silvester,—His personal character,he says, was the noblest. He was frank and gen-erous, sincere in all he said and did, scorned a trickor an unworthy act, and was incapable of either,and he bore about with him wherever he went that. f-J DANVEKS. 547 deportment and dignity which secured for him theperfect confidence of every man with whom he camein contact. He was one of those who believe thatthere is a pleasure beyond that of benefiting onesself—the pleasure of doing good to others, and thishe practiced. Selfishness was the last trait whichthe spirit of truth and goodness could have imputedto him. In person he was tall, large and well proportionedof stature, was of reddish brown hair and fair floridcomplexion, with full blue expressive eyes, and wasof great physical strength and of remarkably goodhealth through all his life until his last, lingering andfatal sickness. He was generally of grave aspect,yet was not without a native element of humor andnot seldom indulged in more hearty sportive moods,was marked by a certain puritan simplicity of man-ner, and was plain in his dress and frugal in hishabits
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