Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . hire. He always retainedsome business interest in his fathers firm at Keene,and undoubtedly possessed the characteristic busi-ness ability of the family. His father and brothersestablished the mills at Harrisville, known as theCheshire Mills, which are still owned and operatedby members of the family, Horatio Colony beingpresident, and John J. Colony treasurer of thecompany. Dr. Colony married, at Athol. May 23, 1849, Har-riet Newell Stev
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . hire. He always retainedsome business interest in his fathers firm at Keene,and undoubtedly possessed the characteristic busi-ness ability of the family. His father and brothersestablished the mills at Harrisville, known as theCheshire Mills, which are still owned and operatedby members of the family, Horatio Colony beingpresident, and John J. Colony treasurer of thecompany. Dr. Colony married, at Athol. May 23, 1849, Har-riet Newell Stevens, daughter of Isaac Stevens, ofMiddleboro, Massachusetts. Their children were:I. Mary Anuci. born September 24. 1850; married,1875. Melvin Ohio Adams, son of Joseph and Dolly(Whitney) Adams, of Ashburnhani, where he wasborn November 7. 1847; he is a graduate of Dart-mouth 1871; he taught school in Fitchburg, andstudied law with the late Amasa Norcross: grad-uated from Boston University Law School 1875,and began to practice law in Boston; was assistantdistrict attorney for ten years until 1886; was inlaw partnership with Augustus Russ until the lat-. WORCESTER COUNTY 97 ter died in 189J; was one of counsel for defensein the celebrated Borden murder trial in Fall River;was on Governor Bracketts staff with rank ascolonel, 1890: is president of the Boston, RevereBeach & Lynn Railroad, and of the DartmouthClub of Boston; member of several leading clubsand organizations; they have one son: Karl Joseph Backus, born November i, 1852, men-tioned below. 3. Jane Frances, born April 20, 1856,resides at home. 4. George Alfred, born February22, 1858, died May 7, 1900. 5. Harriet Stevens,born November 19, 1859; married Frank E. Perkins,of Flatbush. Xew York; he is the New York repre-sentative of the Boston Globe: they have one child:Harriet Colony Perkins. 6. Charles, born December21, 1865, died August 5. 1866. 7. Walter Stevens,born January 2, 1868. died September 25, 1868. (VI)
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