History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . d dislike of ostentation led him to veil beneath asomewhat cold exterior a generosity of character anda tenderness of feeling which were among his moststriking traits, and which will be borne witness to byall who were admitted to the intimacy of his friend-ship. He was a sincere Christian, one of the firmestof friends, and one of the most thoroughly honestand upright of men. HENRY HARDWICK FAXON. Henry Hardwick Faxon, son of Job and JudithB. (Hardwick) Faxon, was born i
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . d dislike of ostentation led him to veil beneath asomewhat cold exterior a generosity of character anda tenderness of feeling which were among his moststriking traits, and which will be borne witness to byall who were admitted to the intimacy of his friend-ship. He was a sincere Christian, one of the firmestof friends, and one of the most thoroughly honestand upright of men. HENRY HARDWICK FAXON. Henry Hardwick Faxon, son of Job and JudithB. (Hardwick) Faxon, was born in Quincy, Mass.,Sept. 28, 1823. He is a descendant in the eighthgeneration of Thomas Faxon, who came, with hiswife, daughter, and two sons, from England toAmerica previous to 1647, and settled in that partof Braintree now Quincy. He consequently repre-sents one of the oldest New England families in thissection. Job Faxon was quite an extensive farmer, owningand managing, in connection with his farm, a stall inQuincy Market, Boston, for many years, and leavingat his death an estate of forty thousand
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