. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . he office of Commissioner of Insolvency for thecounty of Worcester for eighteen years and has practicedlaw in Fitchburg thirty-six years, and holds a commission asNotary Public and Justice of the Peace and Quorum tor theCommonwealth. WILLIAM H. VOSE, fifth Mayor of Fitchburg, was born in Leominster, Nov. 5,1808. His early life was spent on the farm, but at the ageof 14 he entered a woolen mill to learn the art of finishingcloth. In 1828-29 he was employed in the Fitchburg WoolenMill. At 21 years of age he went to Royalston and was em-ployed as ove


. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . he office of Commissioner of Insolvency for thecounty of Worcester for eighteen years and has practicedlaw in Fitchburg thirty-six years, and holds a commission asNotary Public and Justice of the Peace and Quorum tor theCommonwealth. WILLIAM H. VOSE, fifth Mayor of Fitchburg, was born in Leominster, Nov. 5,1808. His early life was spent on the farm, but at the ageof 14 he entered a woolen mill to learn the art of finishingcloth. In 1828-29 he was employed in the Fitchburg WoolenMill. At 21 years of age he went to Royalston and was em-ployed as overseer in the mill of Rufus Bullock, father of thelate Governor A. H. Bullock, till 1846, when he moved toWinchendon and formed a partnership with George , which continued about two years, the firm being en-gaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. In 1848 bought an interest in the Fitchburg Woolen Mill ; soonbecame manager of the company and continued in that posi-tion until the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 27,


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