History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ame toSpringfield and took charge of the old American House,remaining there but a few months, when, in 1858, he waselected to the office of register of deeds, and has held thatoffice continuously since, and discharged the duties withgreat credit to himself and the entire satisfaction of thepeople. It is evident that Mr. Russell commands the respect ofhis fellow-citizens in a remarkable degree, from the fact thathe has been successively chosen to this impo
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ame toSpringfield and took charge of the old American House,remaining there but a few months, when, in 1858, he waselected to the office of register of deeds, and has held thatoffice continuously since, and discharged the duties withgreat credit to himself and the entire satisfaction of thepeople. It is evident that Mr. Russell commands the respect ofhis fellow-citizens in a remarkable degree, from the fact thathe has been successively chosen to this important office fornearly a quarter of a century, and received the votes of allclasses irrespective of party. Although Mr. Russell has confined himself closely to thedischarge of his duties as a public officer, he has manifesteda lively interest in matters tending to promote the welfareof the city and county. Honorable and upright in busi-ness, genial and .social in nature, ever ready to assist withmeans within his power all those who ask, he has wonthe confidence, and justly merits the universal esteem inwhich he is held by tlie Philip Wilcox was born Sept. 2, 1800, at EastBerlin, Conn. He was a lineal descenriant of tliefonrtli generation from Daniel Wilcox, who emi-grated from England and settled in Middletown,Conn., then an unbroken wilderness. His sonDaniel, Jr., snbsequently settled at Berlin, thena part of New Britain. He died at the age ofseventy-four, and on his tombstone is found thefollowing inscrij)tion: I gave this ground, Im laid liere first,Soon my remaius will turn to dust;My wife and progeny around,Come sleep with me in this cold ground. At the time of his wifes death she was the motherof children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildrento the number of two hundred and wife died in 1807, aged ninety-two. Philip Wilcox came to Springfield in , andstarted the tinwaie business on State Street oppo-site the United States armory, that being
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