Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . Hill, and,curiously enough, the front windows of their house com-manded a full view of the Connecticut river from the bendbelow the south end bridge to a point near Barber has often sat by his front window and countedas many as six sail boats from Hartford laden with freightfor Springfield and towns above. Mr. Barber was the father of ten children, five boys andfive girls, four of whom died in infancy : Susan G., theeldest, died in 1862
Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . Hill, and,curiously enough, the front windows of their house com-manded a full view of the Connecticut river from the bendbelow the south end bridge to a point near Barber has often sat by his front window and countedas many as six sail boats from Hartford laden with freightfor Springfield and towns above. Mr. Barber was the father of ten children, five boys andfive girls, four of whom died in infancy : Susan G., theeldest, died in 1862; the others are J. D. Barber, the wellknown tailor on the Hill, William H., now living at theold homestead, Elizabeth H., who was the wife of J. , and died in 1878, Atlanta M. A., who is the wifeof Captain B. W. Jones, of Portland, Me., Mary G., whoresides at the old homestead, and Samuel A., who lives inBoston. Mrs. Barber died in 1875, aged 8;^ years. Mr. Barber was the last survivor of the original signersof the Unitarian Society in 1819. He died July 30, 1878,in the 90th year of his age. 38 SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS. MOSES YALE BEACH. From a daguerreotype taken in 1838. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. 39 Hon. Moses Yale Beach was born in Wallingford,.Conn., January 15, 1800. When a boy he was a fifer in theWar of 1S12, with the garrison at Fort Hale, New Havenharbor. At the age of fourteen years he was an apprenticeto a Mr. Dewey, a cabinetmaker at Hartford, Conn. Aboutthe time of his marriage he bought his freedom, having savedthe money by investing his savings in candles, and doingwork on his own account in the evenings. In 1820 hemoved to Northampton, Mass., where he went into businesswith Eli Loveland under the firm of Beach & 1822 the firm established a branch in Springfield, onMain street, in the block now occupied by W. H. Wright,cigar manufacturer. Mr. Beachs work was celebrated, andevidences, in the shape of certificates from the variouscou
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