1900s - Town of Pepperell

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EAR],Y STORFS
lthere the Congregatlonal
a laverrt.
to the south,
bulldlri€
ou€'-atory
"Squlre
and owred by gqulre
bul1t
thls
lroa
also
houae,
Lee,n
orlglnally,
cut, af,ay to {lden
thts
a road betqeen,
by th€ Squlre.
. i. \
-
as tho Tilaoton
Lou5e.
thl8
Ii
la
st111,
convenlent
ccoforts
lhe
oother
tlaughters,
ran up to
ol Ura. f.
Street,
door and rhlch
house,
!lr.
BenJanln
T11esi,on house,
of
So,aetlr,re 1n the
llr.
B, dyove
!trrs. Jolr.Ir
das 1nt1lEate wlth ong of
of
al,epa rhlch
nany of ua recoll.ect,
a teselreni.
llved
ln
Prevloua
she
to l.1v-
the houae on fornaend
ro also dld hla
Ruc-
D!'. Charlea E. Parker 11vqd ln the
Augrrstus Parker
Dr. vl1lla4
th6 ordlnary
and PeppereLl.
nor occrrpled bt Ur. H&rry Foater,
cessor aa atage drlver.
3other
ol
and speaks of golng up th8 tught
the front
ln
toda.y the raost ln-
d€stLtuie
L, Tarbe1l,
cannol, rei,reiober th€ house nlihout
1ng, 1tr thls
probabllr
ran beteegn l-orell
'roriae
lt, ?as knorn
the people eho llveil
by naroe of BenJar0ln tlired here.
the sta6e rhlch
lq!'
becaue a dwe11lng
lt
the average countt.y falB-house.
,Ors a famlly
Durant,
to note.here
vll1age,
Led to the
and
In l3t6r
lnte{eathig
house ln thls
of
day.
About th16 tlne
old bullallng,
h111 ras
ihlE
and thls
a h1l,I
a a1al.e-hlll
house.
qualnt,
stood a
blr th.la 6aoe
Later
and 1r'iprove the street
such as.d.t re0'alns to ihe pre8ent
. o ,'
Acrosa
houae atood on qulte
the baseBent, naklng lt
of
once stood
Lenuel Park€r,
or{ned aRd prol)at)LJr bullt
and vraE uaed aa a aiore
bulldlng
Church no{ siandr,
F. Healil,
also.
Ut6.
llved
there
John Ane6, granattro
:.eara, boarafnl
-2 {ron, ge.nuel ?.
her
t\rrant,
the
Learnlng
!u s1 ,1eA s I
A l, o ' lr, l8 rC,
re f e r,
later
shall
F"t,out r:here l1r.
a:s a hop 6tore,
etood
:Iovr stanl.s.
.ran palri+.ell 6reen
It
and run by George w, Tar'belL,
1n the
base,0ent.
openlng
allrecily
covereJ
y,lth
ot
full
lir.
J.)lrn ^;i,-ce csfie lron
aillrtg
and uelng
1t
purpo6es!
a sh ) e
'ras also
'":rej
Llie ne!
Sqtrlre
Leurrel
l)ouglit
a t"o-Ftorl,
ell
tavern
over
to
atruC tur.e inaklr€
Chapter
l !!e part
cf
realaler-lce,
lo c a t e d
, or
hls
.ud
sllru'r'6,
oc:.rpJ,1ria lt
roons
leng+"h
f('r
atore
bu6lrless
er, olflc€.
here
sas LuJ.Lt ln
Bon, Lrroved the
nhorn
the
on t h e
eaat,
Taver:I,
l-n ihe
e1l
addlng
aral
1 v h { rt ls
Atherton
as a tal1or.
l8l?,
t1l6 o1d
1t, tf,) that
pl,i)'lograph
anal {1eBcrlbe.1 ln
la c ln g
fi'on
Dreaented. to
her: paper.
lio y ' i. ! t .
sl:op rrut tr:J Joseph T. Fard,
$irs arrcceeded by Thona6 r'.
garten
hefe.
Rolan Blood
wa8 a tirllor
a trelfi$
conslderal,le
glazllg
a door
floter'1ng
tl-,e p1acc,
of
rrlth
a LaerJer, used one for
by ![rs.
e1l
sqeet
[ir](l lettlng
the nev' Teapelarlce
tl'le store
.rlti:
taveln'
an lnclosed
lnto
aecond parlsh,
cltrlrch,
Parl(er
hou6e,
lia0co.:l!,
tho.oaa U. Tho{pson,
ator('
cottage
a,Y1dopenlng
ltrosea Gree]11ar had a plctr"ire
Later
'Lhe of(l
a1|1 a B,i-de door
,i llatlll-FF-fJir.ip,
for
shop
Shal,l,rrck llved
back of
l,ushe.s at'(i rairl
and l1lac
as a liueL11!rg,
the
roBca
nrnnlng
syrlnga
ald
fltreet
used
f lrB t
Boynton'a
a:rd UaJor I11Jah
siory-arr(i-a-half
on the
to whose
a 6 t o re ,
Lllther
Jotn
as "The GreeIr slore"
and -lri1o!7t1
reglon
thls
fn
e coi0foriable
aiood
JoBePh T. qard
b'.rs1,iess frori
l,allorlng
tr:rs,
when sho Nas
i4on!l:s later
tl-8.t holise slx
ln
boarded
Srand- deu6},iel',
end her
Aoes,
sald
I:1
Ch l l d r s
Vard
For rianJ Jears
-tL1brarJrr ya,6 kept
the "lnashl4gto:l Fraternltlr
1t {as fln411y
reroveil
the hoiqe of iF.jor
io
1n '!)i6
rlhol t1ll
Bancroft,
Luther
hls death 1t qas stored. a.t Colonel 3. P. Shattuckrs,
after
1a nor' lnterred
ltrr. Dqer.aon 6old the atore
Llbrary.
ey.
1n tf!6 lranal "graveyard
They ran the store
hel,d tlre -ocrtga5e,
lireBa and stock,
Lorlng
but,
of books,n the Publ-lc
to .!J]e6, Cutter,
and Svas-
aboi.rt irvo
vhen Seth NaBon, sho
"veara
and Sqlrlre Crosby bought the bus-
forecloBeii,
Fhlch later
frolr New York.leased
he sold at alrctlon.
the st.re
Next ltrr. John
and took cl:ar6e about 1816.
rrsed to go to Ner York a:td buy gooda in large quantl!vhen
ai a'.lctlon e-nd h1B nerchalrdl6e arrlved,
1t sould be nolsed
Ur. Irrlng
tlea
about p-nd .ronds
P. Bl.ood eays!
of people worrld. arrlve
"lt
(t)
Irrlnc
vraE alqays ln thls
The Pcst Offlcc
olie ad,r1n1sirattorr
Itrr. !.
yas l1kp the or.o!:d oti l)er.aalir days 1n our
Aa he bou3ht, rJcheapr'ffr,
Boston atoreB."
noney."
to patronlze.
ilrrst ltaye rroaale
sl,ore except durlng
qhen e a,1a11 bulldlng
l.-'as erectel
aril
u9ed.
Sorle yeara 1ater,
ov€'r ilr.
Lorlng
'rso.0e,bodyritrlcklly
and Ur.
-1lfla1
Shlpley,
boudht the Llece houae and e11, before
fl-tted
up as a sto!.e for ltrr. Lrrlng,
the lnterlopera,
1n the atreet,
who fiere oyerheard
rirte Ferenrt
soart,
leased the property
h1s brother-ln-lllw,
referred
to,
ani
Lt sas
greatl-lr t,() the shagrln
to renark,
or !'re r'oull
of
shen passlng by
have leased ihat,
too. "
li{r. John lxtrlng
inantr.c hlstory,
waa probably
he E.rs flne
an D1allsluran,
he had a ro-
1ook1ng, ol ilroFt cordlal,
and hail
- 1of hls
as the resFect
a' Sentlellan aa vell
the naruier"s ol
fell-
o\4 lorens-ien.
!:1n nephe,*, !trr. Charles I). Htrichl)l6on, teca:ne as-
soclated
h 1 n 1 n b u 61nes6 1n ihe lr ear 18"2 and eo contlnued
t11l
-l th
l-he leath
erly
t,o nlLlian
Shlplelr Ln t862, Mr'
1875, he wl1led
PuLllehlng
29,
thlB proterty
Soclety
fro-u the Phllede1phla
part1e8,
of
they sold
rultll
present
lncrL:lbent, (ln
1916).
Thls old
dotrn 1n A-rg:rFt, 1905, and replaced
bulldlng
and occupled as a etore
d e a th , A u g u st,
prolerty
1914.
l{ r ,
and
the s i or e
1879, leas|i5
'chen he {aa aucceecled by h1s gon, :{ary
l9l?.
and Tract
Mr. Hutchlnso!'r bolrght lhe corlteiris of the otore
l8?8.
17,
dled Decerber
John lorlng
s u c c e e d e d a e P o st l .{a s!e r ln t- lte wlnter
hls
dled sepie'lber
shlpley
to the .A.olerlcanl{erchant
of, Phlla,ielpiila.
prop-
Johl ilace so1(l thts
of Mr. l.orl-ng 1n l{i78.
io hln 1n January,
the
l{utchln8on,
f.
(ltrace) bulldlng
xaa iorn
by a hantlsoi0e Colon1a1 brlck
1n l9O5 by t{r. }lutchlnson
unt11
H. 1t' . lllr tchltlson noF l,o1.is the
a n d a to re w h l ch $as w1l1ed io htr c bJ Lie
fEther .
oTltt!. STORIS
Ada]n.8," kept e store
Al]os A{ra.qa, i(]lo$n aa "Pepperqlnt
Park Street
ln
the lr'rLildlDg noi{ ihe resldet-rce ol Ad(ilson r,foodYard.
H e a o l d p a te n i , o e d l cl n e s,
uor6,
anal posslbly
r'&s trshady.n
on
her bs,
dJugs, candy, tobacco, a:' r d 11q-
a few grocerles,
lle waa brother
The repultatlon
of Abe1, father
AdainE, the bul1d1nE con618ted ot one large
anal tvg reaa bedroora.
There o'cs also
by Squlre San ?ar"ker, brother
for
of
of, thls
place
"tlancy and l{arla"
hlgh-studded
rooa
a whl1e a gtore
cf Lenu,-1, on Park Street
rlrn
oppcslte
lC4C.
t1 :P i -f)re
s)ie
ldr. E. L, Tarbell
lir'
one ls on He&ld Street,.)
l{r,
Luther
Breck'a
Street
t'he la:ld beChurch.
the Congre6atlonal
daughter
Parson Bullard'n
bowht
to I'tlss Davldsonlo on
o"r:rei all
Eullard
Hutchlnson noq L:.vos.
lar]iell
Shattuck ecod-
ihe "ol'1 Pound, " (the net
tweel the iF\r r.o.-rls, b4ck 3nl up io
Ur. Bresk llarrlcC
pr eaent
by Charle8 Eoyntonra house on lleal'l
Here ras located
Toflngend s!t'eet.
Erll'tard onlled ttle
io the so-called
of :!r. ][erla10s' house nexi
to the corn6r
rhere
Ur'
a s far as i{ t' . liiatf ie llll:er r a
hore a.rc rrr1r1lilg back sesterly
and southerly
as
Hls land ?'a:1or' the north
TarLell.
Putchlnsorr l'!o lse.
l - a n d o n ? a rk S tre e t
lot
ThlS Louge
Bull-ard'
as a rrafsol1aje by Rev. lir.
aa the present
houge
at'ooil a Eq"rare colonlal
nof, eta,lds,
waa bJught, by Luther
far
the au r'aer-house of
{ind on nhlch
On the grourds nearby,
ooce occlrple;
exlaled
Bot'h stnrea
i{111er.-
of EllJah
the presen*" regldonse
Ur. Pullardrs
After
the house
and l)ullt
dealh,
ihe liolrse antl land norl,h as fa!'aa
and f,e6t aa far
aE charle8
lolniorrrs.
Probably -!trr' Tar-
beLl added to the Bouthern end of hlB house a tvo-Etorlr
a1d he cpejted a 6tore
thereln
bulldlng
struciure.
larbelt,
e large
ralsed
t'he preaent
resldence
etooil oolethere
troyed
bulldtng
near tlds
ta"ern
and the Cor€resatlonaL
gectlon'
a thlrd
lendth
8tory,
o:
the
of Ur. E. L.
1t as near the Breck ]1ne aa posslbLe'
acales also
thls
anJ la'"er
ha11 $hlcL ran the thole
he bullt
l3ter,
placlng
and tavern,
itrr'
1n fror.t,.
IIay
FLre dss-
Church 14 1859.
J
PEvlm rNDusrRY
'l
But verlr lltt].e
save thPt et one tloo
latrrence,
lbere
all
tro Engtlsheen.
thet"aflt'lr
bt
bro t'her6, Dorreu
tn thc southern part, of the totn on a llttls
naBe, located
etreB! thlch
aen be learrleal ln sonnectlon
ran thr$ugh the fatu of the I'ats Tllllar
a nturnlng
ahopn, as lt
klnats of petter
plates'
T.
has alveys bEc-n apoken of
spoona, and ho]-]'ot ?arg
rere nenufac tured bY thao.
'
fn plotlrrg
near thera ln conparatlvely
recent yoara'
llr.
Xlr!( lt. Irarrence rmeartbed e large Pelter
button,
sbout three
lnche6 ln dlalqetet, ln perfoot condltlon'
but lt
tBr not pre-
served.
Besgle F. Al.lea
BRICK YARDS
In the years Sone by ihere
of r,rore cr les6
patlon
that
of
have beeir aeveral
ln the tovn, whlch have glven oocu-
lnportance
fev or more peopLe aa parta
of ,latlng
brlck,
rhere
on by allllerent
and carrled
yaril,
The oldest
a gcod bed of c1a:/ co'.lld be f)rJeil,
iqana8ers.
the pRBi, 1s probably
no'c a thtlrg of
golng tolfard Oek H1Ll,
holre of the Dtrnbar's,
the late
last
lroE the. corner
Asher Blood pl-4ce, now the
{ho was a brother-1n-l-aF
!lr.
Boynton was the ,uana6er, naklng
practlcq,Ill.
hie
onl,y helD In the lvork waa froin hls
chl].lrer,
They all
rvlnter
far-lera
only Fay of earnlng
In the town.
theLr
that
that
thelr
the older
o!'Jr faGll.y of
the fall,
ln the
ov'n ln nelghborlng
the Col.
of brlck
J.ear, lt
cl,othlng.
the d.aughters golng
toyrns.
saouel P. Shattuck
at thls
Thls large
ones belng qe11-knovn
Tro vere physlclans;
as lB??,
Anea roade a klLn
ras bulLt
where
on ahoes, and naklng naple su8ar durl]1,6 the sprln&
aI]- 11ved to .oaturlty,
As late
yard ln
}.ad to help ln the l-rick
rorklrlg
to boBea of
the brlck,
rl1ne nots an(i three dau8htera.
th16 belng thelr
la]lllly
of llr.
Sen.
Later,
tvelve
that
belng occupled over one hundred. years
lt
ago by one Joseph Larrence,
Isaas Boynton,
of a whole, one belng
an extelj61ve cne, reachlng
qrrlte
at Oak HllL,
Industrles
]rard for
belng the La6t of
a:1d ltrr, w11l1ao
ihe toern house \':hlch
the brlck
r4aklng at
Jard.
The c1d. liard on the South Road at the corner of Shlrl-ey St.
- ?ras
knora
land
by the naBe of {hltneyrE
but accupled
Abolt
'probably
Beventy or llofs
the corner
of lrt.
qade at thls
not
gcarclty
by the
the slay
by th6 late
lfr.
Lawrence uaed thls
preeent
tlre
$ae on hls
T. Iawrenca.
ago,
lt
the cLalr,
Lebanon. St.
fi:olr rhlch
:0ake aore,
l{lll.lan
yeara
of
yaral u1tl1
yaral, becauae lt
l|rlth
wa6 iqoveal or changed,
froa
Rlver
place
that
to near
anil brlcks
St.
,ere
le99 and lgOO rhen 1t waa glven
they were rade had glven
and later
laqrence
hla
.vara! as long 8a lt
the ol.al clay
!,lt
out
up, aa
so they coulal
son, l{r.
Jgncoe T.
could be used.
16 ln e lontt of Tater
At.the
several
feet,
de ep.
A ru4or
haa been sttoat
nade ln
the eaaterly
rerlalns
a eyatery,
part
that
of
nany year:s ago, brlcts
town,
as aeveral
of
brrt ,here
th6 old6r
$ere
or by }rhon n&naged,
peopl€ fal1
to reten_
ber about lt.
At present,
art.
ller
th€re
clay-p1ta
be an lnduEtry
rll,l
fros
pasi
ihoueands
the yand.s ln
oaate ln tom,
have to be developed
ln tha torn,
Deya anal underplnnlng
Jear6
ere no brlcks
anal brLcko
on the car6
of brlchs
fron
lt
before
belng a.1ost,
lt
can agaln
have to be brorrght
ou!
of
todn,
have besn shlpped
for
though 1n
to other
iorns
tovn,
I'3ter-.
n
![rs.
torloeil ne that
oodvorth
Ur. !'tlLlan
has, slnce
.A-BesbuiLt
the above ,as f,rliten,
the three
brlck
ln_
reneEent
chlo_
-rhouaea on l'oster Street at Eaat Pepperell trou ao,re ot the brlck
dranufactrured by hLB sboui 1877.
rorked at-thg
A].so she s&ld that her husband
brlsk yaral tirenty or nore years 6lnce and thers
end of the p1t to contlnue nats-
raa pl,enty of clay at the other
1ng brlck
for
sone tloe
to core.
as late as 1892, rhen he flred
?as tbe 1a6t,.
!trr. 'voofl$ort| bunreil brlct
l?5,O.0 at each bum1n6.
Thls
THE HOP INDUgTRY
an herbaceouE, tllnlng
The hop ls
pean Contlrieit,
dcubtfully
plant.
On the R.rro-
1s spor.'r,ar
reorrB, brrt ln ){orth A,lerlc& li
1i
1[,ilgenorrB.
The crrltlvatlcn
of hop6 for
use In
ihe rp-nufac t:lrs of Leer dates fro!1 an e4r1l. perio(i,
8 t h a 1 -IJ9 th ce n tr)rl e 6 h o:, gat' dens,,called
lsled
1s
In the
r r hr r r qr r lar les,( ex-
ln France a:rd. eef.r&ny.
Ir. lt 1
1L6
t <uur
+}1
'
!. can+
. r u.. ,JF t
J,
however, hops aplear
grown 1n a very fltinltaruer
Beglnnlng Flth
rapldly.
ftF
a1ll to a 11,4-1ied extent.
tl1e l7tb
crrl tl va tl o n
to have bee4
century
the crrlt,l..atlon
lnc reased
r r as eilcollrase(i ln A,lerlca by legls-
laL1ve enaclilFri'us 1rr | 557.
Drrlng
the lnst
deca.lea of
the l9th
!le'l York rr.as the c}ilef
the 2oth cc.rtrrry,
and flrst
decedes of
llop groqing
state
1n
the unlon The county of fent
ira6 alwaJrs '!:rterl 1,i!e lead 1n hop grote-
lng ln Frgland.
Tylng the ylnea to the pole6 on strlnga
'wonanre wcrk.
to be drled,
Aft,er 'belng plcked
the hops are takeo to oasts
the oasiF are c1t'cular
green hopa are lald
rrpon floora
rea6 conslalered
or aquare kl1lrs where tlte
cov€red vlili
hor,qe-ha1r under
are open ato!:,eg or lltrlrac ea. The hopg are ftojq nlne or
'rh1ch
te}1 hours drylng.
Very fen hops are ralsed 1n thlB coL{rt:'y at
tire, preeel1t t,!ae;
Back 1n ihe
town; 1n faci,
lt
])elng found c]rea,per to buj' the)! froxl ftaLy.
thlrtles
thp h,rp In.1u.siry flourl
I_,rrther Fltch
she.i ln th16
and Joseph Ttanrer had hcp f1e1ds 1n
the l&te
elxtlee,
Jonatlai
Butters,
fbey 1lved 1n tl,e Forrt}] perl
John yebber,
1 n th e se ste rn
fleLds
on the pl-ace
par t
ol Pep) er e11.
at the Badcr place on iteat Street.
Eostor Liarket,
thelr
buln,
and noq by l!r.
place on.dres
Harrlet
later
SlreFl, rhlch
o f Pr u l e n ce {rtg h r
LaNer kronn as
owned b,v Ur. Ed{ln
Col-
l,eter 1,1r. -Aneo rnoved.to the
ls now owneal iry h1s daughLer, trtlss
]lIns Ares 16 an honorarv nleolrer
C h a pter , D. A. R.
who,rl"Chase H11l't "ras na.re!l, !vl!o
where Dr. errars hoiise ltllq stF"r(ia, and bullt
ihe houae ovned by RRlnsford
lhe hlgb achool brrlldlrlg
flelds
ol
De\yane, had. large
hop flel,.1s where
nor star.rds.
-f!b:.JaL"re!.ett llveri
and had large
He had a preas '!o llhlch
st11f
Conant.
Jacob Chase, lor
11\'ed on tlie slte
I{r. r.tetr'oerLl1'ed.
hops end then thel. fiet"e sent to th6
Pel1etler.
Ares a:id l[rE.
Ur.
Ur , Bui.tel.s 11ved
l{t', .qrles 1lved on the place
the Jcshua Blcod place,
the to\qn,
and Asa iackson A4es had large
ole or!'/red ty l!1s6 Rosa Alden.
the people broi]iht
of
ln
tLe o1d llouae blr the covered brldge
hops rqhere "The pepperell
Card Shop', nct(
s r! a : ! i s.
llathanlel"
tenslve
{r'lEht
hop f1e1d.
ortr4ed the Henry Bl.ake place
Ul1o !!r1ght,
son of Nathanlel,
Rlvcr
Road (nor
l1ved
there alFo anC he hail hoD flelds.
Canal St.)
antt had hop f1e1d.s.
and had an exlived. on the
Hls son Alfred.
He !!&s ihe flrst
tsid
of :dr6. $r61e Rlchard.6on, a Benber of pru(lp,nce'rlght,
ter,
D. A. R.
hus_
Chap-
The hoi.r8e on FlgL Street, r,here Mra, Rlchardson
-tnot
and hops nere ralsed
bY tr{r. Altred'nrlght
'l!as bullt
llvee
t
thdre Jtlso,
place
On'the lloee6 Grlffln
tbe fleld
ralsed
ln
thlnk,
renalnerl
oploElte
at the corrrer of ![a1n and Canal street
He hBc large
Corner. "
"Saunder'g
]trrs. Bgnnett, {rade yeast
nor 1lvea,
Joll^'r BLood' by the $oodtaqn
ran throu6h
{ere
for
ao nany ?orklng
hop8'
Celletery
the Henry Blood pleca
fron
ihere,
CbaEnan
whcro llllllen
also ralseil
on Shlrleystreet'
tlie
Gutteraon,
la a l0etqber of PrrlJence wrlght
the HeI!'s, tho llved
D. A, R.
bf hopa and
fle1ns
ltrrs. Harrlei
to 6e11.
gralrd- da'Jghter of Isaec Benrett'
Chapter,
of any 1n ?ep?erelL'
standl lrg the longeat'
Isaaq Bennott llved
hop holras, I
the hous6 and thit
oppoalte
hops tere
ln North Pepperell'
roa'l
lhe
had hops'
to Deacon Jewettto'
to have dlnner
lt
a rhole
iogk
llrere
laDb
the ueat pat't of lt.
Aluost,
every
6ola1 the surplua
farBer
to the
the hop plcktng
c&slon by tho people,
ralseal
large
so!0e hops for
cel11,s a day and d1rul6r;
oqn use and
deaLers.
seaaon ttas looked
althor€h
hla
fortard
q'ages dere snall.
1t xas conglderod
qulie
to as a gala ocTrent'y-f1ve
{ort'h
the th1le
to earrl evEn a llitla.
father'
lly lats
&&tr hl6
dayts
he ras slx
€arrrlag
Henry Davenport
at slx
cents
Shattrrck,
often
8e-1d he be-
e day 11 the hop fleld
rhen
years o1d.
The aoctal
1lfe
fostered
ras tortJly
conalderatlon
and the
d
- 1cortr lbaatg
tb€ evenlng
ln
f,ore neyer
to be for8ottetr.
Iata t.
I'h16 only
torn,
!hr'e6
ln nuber,
grade ol hop6 that
anal rlthout
Fltoh,
larE€ quantl ty.
oqlng
allays
lhen Xr.
ca1lad
hln
Uvln8
1n the aouth part
ot
Sren ao flne a
staDpeal I'Nrlnber Oncn
Jolm Hoaley,
they {ers
vaa then
the ntof,nn {as
Luther
llr.
lnBpectlon.
roaal or as lt
I!.
to hop ralgers
telers
th&ttuck
rlio
toseph aarrrer
ths "Great
on t*re atato
Roaal" and at one tlue
one thousand. dollsrs
for
near the Crt ton 11n4, alao
hls
output.
relaed
a
.
COOPERINC
lnduetry
Cooperlng was an lnportant
ol cu.t' older
Several
of Pepperell.
of cooper shopa at scrre of
Locatlon
doubt ihere
sere others,
On oak H111, ai
hlstory
1n the eerly
cl1-lze:\s have tol'l
ne the
ihe o1d Horqesteadg.
No
slirce taken dorn anal forSotten'
the hoiles of Ur. -{bel wlnn and Ur'
Con-
versg I'lrm sere Ehopg.
At ihe Deacon Jon86 Parker homestead a shop stood on tbe
slde of
op]roslte
preseilt
locatlon
the road fro-a the hou6e, but qas uoved to 1tg
bY Ur. Reed.
!trr. Cha,:l-es L. Parker
1n takllrg
down the brlck
Just $eBi ol
laa
ter.
ilie 'taLter
ne that
told
chllAnejr of a cooper shop that
Jeseti
oppoalte
1 9 stl l t
sta ndlng,
the playgrounil
fa*"her
siood
There
place on Tovnsend Street.
a shop on the Aaron Shattuck
t he re
hls
he assisied
place notr orcned by Mrs. gylvesa cooper s hop
1:r good condltlon,
on lfhat r{as once the Bradlev
l/al'nun
hoinestead..
At H)veyrs Corner there
qas a trhee1$rlghts
shop' wlth
roon ln orle end whlch was u6etl by Xnslgn Davld Shattuck
cooper ahop.
Many years a8o, there
I'ence homestead; the o1d buLldlngs
a
as a
waE a shop on ihe Abel Larare al-L 5on6, and the fanlly
of Ur. Ralph Shattirck noYr 1l're ln a new resldence
on the faro
a t l l o 1 1 1 s Stre o t.
So fer
as I can learn
the largest
oji '!he B{rncrof t, Fafi0, on the oppoalte
shop 1n iotvn waa Located
slde of the road fro[
ho,ne of ltrre. -.ucy B. PaBe, anal near the alte
the
of the o1d srtlage.
- 2\_
On 1,hat 6ectlon
Mll
on land. owned by qr,
Street,,
cotiage
a.lall
and cooper Fhop.
rerrce resldeal there,
and carrleal
and of hlm ory father
hogs head, holdlng
the fleld.
the cooperg trade,
boitlc,
one quart,
to a
on
lEwpeng6, thai
i,he l{at}ran Larreilce
horrse In a pleasarlt
farib.er
Neri
of
naa
Ann Dayl6 nov }lvea.
dorvn the road at
Stl1I
beconlng
rqake any sort
holdlng
v&s the 6hop orrned by Benjaoln
stood near tle
ltr1les l"ar-
a hundJed or qore galLona.
half
near the ho-)se vhere ]{rs.
Farther
Ralph I,aIg-
on ihe buslnesB of cooperlng.
learjleJ
tub or caak, r'ron a tlnl.
Nashua Streei
once stood a
sorse :rears i[r.
ihe qood, anil froD lt
able to cut and prepare
tlght
HenrJr Parker,
lbr
and
between Ho1l1s Strcet
v.orknan, a corrain of qy father,
He vaa a ekllled
rence,
of llaBhlla Streei
norih
plece,
a ahop
cor:ler between the rcad and
there vas aj1 o1d coir-ad,e l(nown
ao the itr1ke l.ftrrph], hou6€, t!:1F s.]Ia1l- ho.lse oras ^u.vcd aroir],ld 1865,
1,o the rear
shop,
All
of
those bulldlngs
vere severril
or'ly
the S,dith or Don ho',re€ arr.l err.altsec for
others
ln the locril
Stregt;
were leveled
another near +-he resldence
at one s1de, a truly
the col.C trlnter
shavllg
horse,
monih6.
and tools
shaves, tvo sort,a of
There
I an unable to alalre|,
of Eaat U1}1ag,e, one belng on Brookllne
of ur.
These old. rhons rrel:e, ge;reraliy
place
sone ]rearg s1nce.
whose ex&ct Locailona
tern
a cooper
cozy place
George Carf,er.
one LRr8e roon,
for nelghborllr
The cooper trad. for
pecullar
hls
to '"he {orki
Flth
a flre-
calLs durlng
use a irerrch,
sr-rch as drawlng
ad,ze, a croze, pl,anea, s:llrg, .1lTlder6,
b1r"E,
-tdra{
tr119a }r,.olrr, and pos81b1y sone I have forgolten.
lmlfe,
done In the qlflter
Ti.e work Faa nore generally
pr1,1e aa qell
a oat'!er.of
ad lncone,
iqonths, and $as
coop-
by the 'nore skllled
ers.
:he poLes and aiaves lvere s,et, then heated by the flre-
place
to rlake theu nore pllant
day8 of Nelr En8land was so rrn-
Holsel(eeplnd, ln the early
llke
thal, oi
co,{fort
iiepen.led on the lsork ol
larllles
ol
A]ooBt everythlr€
ao,re sort
of
and pregervea,
applesauce irhlch r"as ilade by tne barrelafirl.
cl,othes there were several
tub,
alzes of
butt,er,
bolled
[ap1e
and
clder,
!'or 'r'ashlng
*"1I'ostaves In each
an openlng near the top
then by.
aod ,rackerel k1'"s, l-,arreLs tor prrk,
There sere palls
alder,
tuba,
qlth
belng lor-.ger than the olhera,
to l1ft
L'loofers,
skllLed
There were tubs for
for plckles
how ;nuch the
used ln her vrork tvas kept In
the houseFlle
tub or casl{,
syrup and sugar,
Fe cP-nnot reallze
tlne.
the .Iresert
siiapl4g the barrel,
ior
flsh,
ra6 a tall-,
aplLes,
flarln8
vlnegar,
top p-ffair
ielnes, and llqrrors,
beef,
The leach iub
used io leach vcod aBhes, the lye
obialrled. rras useal ln naklng sofL soap for wblch another atrong
iiarrel
rieu
raa useal.
lrlany of
!o Bosion on l,arre1
daJs were requlred
for
One alrLver of
rlgglngs
.oade in Pepperell
drawn by oxen.
the Journey,
laercharldlse on tbe return
.
ihe barrels
rers
car-
Two or three
the tean brlnglng
a loaal of
irlp.
Euch a tean to]d
Idr8. Alfre,L Boynton that
rlgglng
of h16 qa8on vas Bo broad and h1gh, ihat
ticvn. in
the narroyr streets
the
1t knocked 616ns
of Bostotr for l0hlch tre ha(l to stop and
- 4e e ' ! t 1 e fo r d a [a 6 e a .
There ls
rhich
1n the Chapter House a ru,[ bot'ole,
1 8 l n p e rfe ct
to carry
thelr
drink
co n d li:.on.
Sr r ch boiilc8
jna.le ln
1715,
qer e used by nen
L) ihe .fle1ds &t]d wood6.
Josephlne i{. ].a'{re]Ice
I
THE 5HOE INDUSIRY
The shoe lnilus try
the famera
trould
fron
ho.tres ln
end Haverh11l
Natlck
8tart,
e&rly
very
Bpare nonenta.
thelr
by toa.:r.
Lale at nlght,
a Loa(l of etqck
alreBdl' cut
ago by
and returrr
The atock rao
ldr.
JolLl lttlL11ans
a load of
1n ihe r0ornlng rlih
reachlng Natlck
years
Daklng shoee 1n llttle
settlers
astong the llr6t
shopa at thelr
brought,
coitulencedl ln Pepperell
ahoea,
the next day rlth
the people to rrake hio
for
f1n-
l e h e d sh o e a .
Ur, lralcott,
rho Llved on the Danle1 Blood pl,ace, not
occupled by Ir.
siock
Bl1as,
froq thare.
the vlvea
blnd the ahoes.
b1ad1[9,
useal to ilrlve
and, daughters rould
They hsd flve
centa a ps,1r for
and ttre huebanala a.rd sons put
Uany of
la one, and although
r[ash rooo notr, are Et11]- Epe.rk of
Later
they could get
About
ia.
the .iepot
--)
llr.
So[etloe
ls used for
the Btock ln tovn.
for
the center
rhere
anal
ahops.
atore
At
and
shop.r'
Ur, wLllla[
th16 purpose.
tren-
A1ao, ltr.
the GreenlaF place no* 1s.
he had a shop untU
he d1ed.
and nade aeved shoes and el6o had s shqe stor6.
185r,
.rJYr llvea.
cloFlng
t]reE together.
as "the
hed one there rhere
he noved to
He dld cobbllng
lt
lt
hail a 6hop ln North VUlsge
Putltrllr Sh3ituck
Later
close and
the houaes 1n toFn have theas llttl-e
4y hone there
dall
to llavenh1l1 and brlng
!{r.
Able tlclntyre
UcJntyro
later,
vlllage,
llr.
putilng
had a shop rhere
l1ved. rhers
Albert
out
Ur. Fneil BancroftrB
BfRdLey
plaee
had a ahoe bualnefls
at
anil enpl-oy1ng sore help
to
Lelghion
atock
]Ir.
- 2oake the shoes t],e:r'c.
qanaged lhe bueirlesg lor
d1u qulte
he went Fest an(1 l{r.
Lat€r
a rhlle.
Joseph llovey
Then l{tr. Bralnard
Shattuck
gucceedllig hi.it.
a hlslness,
AL JU ! th 1 6 tl ,n e ,
ir r 1860 and 18?O, as r anJ' as lltteen
or
ra,-l.)sh.es 1n llenry ltoveyrs shop at lfoveyrs gcrner,
t"'e-r:J
rj--16 thelr
1age,
stpck ready cut, froJ
Bralnard
ln
Sllattrrck,s
get-
the v11-
risc'l for cooDer at-i(lrrheelwrlght
Thls shop vas orlglnal1l,
b u € 1 n e ss.
rn
rozo
Hovey's
C)ajrer.
lnventlon
rent
It
sg }rell
by loot
a6 a great
,ras p1lt, lir
sachioe
r,-gglng
po"ier
help.
ald
tlre
shJIr at
r'as colFiderell
The naahlne
ls
st1ll
ll gre:ii
1n the
ou 1 1d ]_13.
Ir
1869, l{r.
LeJ.gl1to,l returned
shop 1r', Babbltassei
the
entlre
1879.
ras
It
€hoe DoBtly
sa6 rei,rrill
burflei
ln
a nuch larger
dred
perple.
lcally
ers
dld
courage
brllldlng
Lelgl!."onrs
Ee6 calleal
sons.
Thls
,qhoe industry
for
bu11dl]tg
ln
sllort,
tl.tes
they
Lelghton
enplolred
pepperell
to
but
ln
Tilis
il,e;/ bul1i
a_
aone two h,.l:lthey
were
Ln 196J ,ch1ch practas the Lelghton
reLu11d..
slncc,
wa6 burned
Brothers,
saa bunred
rany naklng
s':) 1ev'hat, larger.
see$e(l to()(l for
1n trhlch
l1ct see0 to hF-r,'ecouraAe
have nade shoes
Thls
a
I{e hul1t
l1e e,lployecl a good
tt"-.|\lre"J.
Thelr
The flrn
endeil the
t!
\ilere
o& '!].e aane spo+" lrelng
1889.
t,all!
Itrr. Albert
!'llfaje
the re6t.
froo
Broth-
A few 6na11 coopanleg
Beerqlngly
have not
rtrade
a su c eesg.
Anna C. Shattllck
fooclworth
BURTINSHA' VIL]AGE
Inrertzo ?. B]'ood, who {as nlneiJr-one
i[y father,
lg15; gs.rre oe the follo$lng
25,
as 1t was called
ot A rarrstua S. Shattuck
Shat,trrck, father
eo raan1,]eara
afaa orened land borderlng
on Sheffleld
on trlaple Street.
ge
and BLood Streets
con-
and ex-
llest of Sucker Brook on Heal'd Streei
a l1ttle
A'
the farin where llr'
ornel
of Cept. Tom Shatiuck,
S. Shattuck has 11\'ed for
oenclng
Vlllage'
or in BurklnslEq
sonle t1ne.
for
Captaln VryllnE
and broiher
about the lndua-
lnfornetlon
on over on the Pla1!t,
caruled
trles
on July
l,endlr.rg to ihe aantl h1t1 on ELood Street,,
lilctrldlng
the ol11
pond.
n'hen, ln
iirelr
chlrrch edlflce.
flrBt
the one t,hat sas l)lrr1-leC, 1i was
Il
belng clrt elae{,,here.
Y'as a good broad fteld
Fork on, alld Capl,aln Shattu(:k ga're the use of
The {ork
aloehouse,
In
Strgota,
nor l-roundeclby Heatd. and Sheffleld
franeil on the cor]er
the tf0bers
bullt
the Orthodox Soclety
1812, the neEbers of
to
the land.
Bolng on couLd easlL)' be seen fron i'hat
13 nod the
then orned by Noah Blood and occupled by h1B faolly.
1844. \(hen ihe houae nor occupled b", Lorenzo P. Bloo(1 waa re-
built
by hls
tage to 1ts preBellt
san-,lrlll
[orth
Noah Blood,
lather,
stendlng
etyle'
belns changed froq
t,he lu.qbcr used nas sa$e'[ out, ln a
on ihe north-eaat
corner of
of the present, dan on Sucker Brook.
Co1. San P, Shatt.tck.
as BILl
Poll)
a sma11 cot-
Hls brother,
the n111 pond,
Th18 nll]'
'1111an,
used. the poFer to aaF out lnner
n'aa mn by
( faJql11ar1y kno{n
aoleg for
brogan6
- 2fro,!
thln
wood, probably
oa-E, rrhlch lcaa lrsed lnstead
of leather.
becans the owner
6o,ier'here ln the torties,
_Jo-hn,Lorlngr'.
sJ,f,e of the land on Sheffleld
Street.
He vas aDpolnteil
of
Suardlan of Levl 'rlghi,
by Aaron Burklnsha{,
and lei
and he bulLi
the hou6e occrrpled Lat€r
on the corner of Heald. anit SheflJeld
L e vl w rl g h ta n d
h1s r lfe
occupJ Lt,
M r . Lor lng
(pro])abll'
the ldea ot golng
lnto
'uJns covered qlth
tlrater1a1 tor .1ent6 cca,ts.)
the brrttor
b:rslteas
sben S&nue1 !t11l,1ston of Northaapion,
A.aher8t Coltege,
a forturle
1n,:u6try.
to NortLa.Bpton 'vo look
lnto
trlr. L.)rltlgra
the benefactors
of
qrrlte
He caLled on L. ?.
Col1ege.
Ur. Lorlng
scheiae, hoEever, anti lrhe property
cal0e
the hasds of Aerorl Burklnshar.
ing 1]1 :iarrgatuck,
![a.n by t,1rth,
aa a cutler
1n Sheffleld,
a flourlshlng
a knlfe
bualneas,
bece.o.erldely
In e talk
nlnetJ-f,lrst
Ccnl.
l{r.
Burkl:lsharr rcaa 11y-
when he borrght here.
and had Berve{'. hls
&nd esiab1l6he,l
.
brrt-
son, Henry, went cut,
1ni.o the b-{sloesg.
Thls $aa soineFhere pl o,t+- 1l)"-81.
that
netal
Thle wag the t1n9
one of
Bloo(r fiJlo vras then a Attrdel|t at Alherst
aban.io,rp.i the l"rslnesB
conc el v ed
proinlnent &nd acqulred
had nad.e hlnself
lu thls
Streets,
an Brgllsh''a6
appre-rrtlceFhlp ot seven yeara
He brought
fac tory,
h]-F Engllsl1llcn wlth
rhere he anll hls
&nd oanufactrlfcd
knoEn for
thelr
He
tlre lnfontatlon
pl,erqente.l as follotls;
sons brrllt
up
a gra,le of pocket-kntvea
exc€llence.
f had !{:.th Mr. Au8ustus ShEttuck,
year,
hLn
qho 1s In h16
I got fron lry father
waa sup-
-tC a p ta l n vryl l n g
1n the spr lng
S hattilck sol{ l,
tsenl,y-one acrea of land at
an acre to Col.
t!'.enty dollars
San P. Shat,irrck and John Irrlng
1n partnershJ_p.
]and bordered by Heald,, gheffiold,
of 1P44,
Thls lraa the
and Blood Str€--ts,
lnclud-
lng tbe r1l1
pond and the Fater power on Sucker Brook,
That
r4 4 -r4 5 , th e p a r t:1er s hlr ed a
!1lllwl,tght, fr on Nagh i r a
nl-rter,
tJ put .rachlnery
TheJ bedel aarlng
Into
a saw o11l c1 ihe north
later
on.
The flrst
slde of
the brook.
lt-Llber sa{e.1 ce-r4efroJt
John Tarbel-Lrs land ln
The logs {ere tea.4ci by Capt.
-lrookllne.
Leauel Parker and the boardB }.ere rlse(i in l)ul1d-1ng the covered.
brldge
norr statldlng
near the ofd mlll_-slte
but ,!r:Is neYer llseal for
factgry
turJ
ago Jcnathan Shattuck,
had a sa\F n1lL at
i"t,t7.
1!r Eaet peFperell.
over the Nashup- Rlver
1v&6put lrp for
prr!"po6e. i-[ore than a cen-
that
Jonathan Shattuck was lrlrrrr :n
tr[r. Augrrstus Shattrrck recalls
grandfatherrc
seeltg
old u111 qhen he was a boJr.
or rro.l-dnlgger
qheel." &s lcaptaln
as a pLayihiilg
by "e1rr" nhen he rcas a boy.
The large
Alta
house on Sheflleld
S. Shattuck
daughter,
end fornerly
1{a6 brr11t by t!r.
i.irshav house; Dr. Cutter
The flrst
fryl1!.€'r
Street,,
the sil-1.6 of hls
?he carrj'lng-vrheel
called
lt,
nas used
now the property
aild the reajd--4ce of Aaron Burklnshavrs
;,trrs. Frost,
Henry O1lver,
the l)utton
Ca?tain 1/ry1lng Shat,+,uekb fath€r,
spot.
thls
The bu1ld1ng
bulldln8
ormed for
irrtng
llveal there
of
grand_
sone Jrears by tr{r.
about lB4Z, efter
the Eurl<_
for one atE[ner.
on the p1aln na6 an &rdory for
storlng
Lhe arln6 of
re o1d Prescott
Capt, To.a Shattuck'B
t h e t l o e .o f
l ts
Grrarda.
Irvell
Shettuek,
sona, ra6 tlle cororander of the coiqpany at
aboui 1840.
e a ta b l l slr r lent,
'r..rit,iirrg, t,ut had been useal aa a store
It
n e a r H o ve y'a C o rner ,
1t frJr
tl ,a l
]lr .
sas not a nei
by "r.,'ncle sa]l Parker,r'
ano atood near the houae trhere E11Jah ldlller
St r e e t
o!]e of
now Llves
on Park
A, S. Shattuqk helped to dov e
to a Fl' - e near the pr csent ilaJ.tr entr ance of
sl o t
Woodlatqa Ceoeterlr.
Forty yeara ago Burklnshar
prosirerlLJ.
fu1l,
the Vlllage
pl,ayoates of
thelr
gports
other
thelr
the lIttle
workl',d
hamlet,
were
the
.lass,
Tlre yar!.ee
Jilnner of
icockneyer
vore16, but fraternlze.l
to the orlg1na1
lor
drop-
rlth
factn4',
of thts
expert For{Een f1n-
nBurklnFhawfl on the blade of a
Hovever, 11ke the
tolpn the buslness has l)asee.l a{aJ.
one of the sona of Aaron BurklnEhar
inhlle
ihe sturdy
these 'worlelen, after
and the name of
1n tr)irn for
the cottai,es
and the or.lers were
was the guarant-v of hon68t, gooda.
lndustrles
reglded
of
of 1t6
around the 0111 pond and along the brook.
Ad.dltlcns rsere bu1lt
pocket-kolfe
of
and tfilstlr)g
lshed the knlvea,
f,aB firll,
had the a1r of an Engllsh
t,eased and nlulcked
h'g
t,he,a 1n thelr
Exgllnhqen
the chlldren
a.ll- chlldrell,
ping
the fac tory
The handa lrerg all
eo that
was et the helght
The o1d tsrrrklirsharl houae aas full,
the pond was frrl1,
t..r11.
Vlllage
ls ngr l.1vlng,
Only
and he haa not
Bcrne 'rears.
the Vlflage
hae not qulte
the deserted, a1r ol
so,ng gec-
I
-5tlons of our old torn, li
16 no Lon8er ths brrsy hlve of lndua-
trJr, no rork havln8 been alons ln the lactory
HoqeYer, - ihe bulLdlng
for
three years.
16 stl1l- orneal by the Burklnahar X[tt6
Coopany, at preaent repreoented by ltrs.
Fred Burklnehar,
r*pi_. of the youngest of Aaron Burklnsharrs
the
sona, and Alta S.
Iiattuct.
i r!
Amah ?, Blood
Se p t. 6, t 915
l
(..-
(-
I,(ACIIINE SHOPS
caile wlth
Leouel 'nard Blake boni ln l,l11ion, Uassachuaeits,
h1s wlfe
and fadlly
slx
ot
trfassachuse'.ts to reelde
fleld,
purchas€d the {ater
fro{
sons and i$o dau8htera'
1n 18t6.
1n Eaei Pepperell
power, rhops,
aild n111 fron
He
Dr. Lavrrence of
of Anpleton'
the father
Haapton Beach, New Htuapshlre, who ras
Sprlng-
Joseph, and Al,frcd Lavrellce.
the olal nachlne ahop Fas, el
6ent slze and located
opposlte
house.
1ta pre-
on th€ Canal banl{ n€ar the sLulce riay and
the old Grl9t
and Saw rr111.
resl-ded 1n the old house on the slie
Dr. larrence
Taftis
thal, lJ.;!e, one thlrd
Appleion
of Charles
L&lrrence ogcupled the house, ror' the ree-
ldenee of Edgar -. B1ake. Joseph Lawrence {as a sea-farlng !a!r.
i-lrrn. After the sale of the
Alfred Lawrence qas of a l.lterarJ
property
io !Ir.
of the torn
d1ed.
io
Btake,
tl,e farrq now o1{r1edby ldr. Payson Srnlth, rehere he
Hla brother,
one half
ufactured
Blake
bought, the buslnesa
frojr
Charles
Cay who nan-
ienonlne nachlnes,
and Coir0panyof Lancp-st,er, Uassachlrsetts,
nanufacturea
of
Blake contlnued
saah, doors,
bllnds,
rlndors,
ln the Eane uanufacturlng
llne
and Horlzont&1;
thereio
the nanulacture
Fater-pheela.
for
rrho were
and so forth.
unt1l
of the patentB on the nachlnes lrhen he greatly
the busl4esa by adilng
Uprlghi
Sarah Boynton, occupled
lvhc ltarrled
wqod-tcorklng l]iachlnear called
Fay Flsher
ailon
Alfred,
the 6a,re houae and dled there.
of
L. {.
Appleton Lanretrce ooved to the west part
Ur.
the explrenlarged
of Steao Englnes,
The Turblne $at,er yiheeL
cf
hls
corrslderecl anong ihe best .oanufactured,
aake ias
so Eaale varlous
of nachlneE as called
klnds
for,
lnclltdlng
by thls
and preselted
flru
by L. 'v, Blake.
Atter
to the church,
also
l'!1s death the organ qas played by h1s
varloua
k1nd.9 of 1(rn,
On the death of L. \'ry.B1ake, ln
w, BLa(e and Sons raa changed. to
venteS and uanufactured
u6efu1 tcoLs.
v l d e r e p u ta tl cn
C l rcu l a r
Ja.lea,
GlidRn,
nore lnterested
of tiie T[11ted Stateg but
rhe Southern States have
and irramrfactured.
vas conprlsed
and aftervards
of eeorge,
not possesglnE a uechanlca]
ln agrlcrrl-ilu.e
younAest aon, !.as of sirperlor
lrecone a merlt\er of
ktnds hag
Safl U1lls.
son of L. ff. Blake,
trhlch flru
stud so
They have a vorld
an('JSan?)4111 b'.rsltrese c'as carrled
The ol.d Grlst
B1ake, the eldest
of the Beli
a,lso lnvented
The flrr
who 1n-
and nanJr sEa1l and
Repalrlr]6, of all
1nc1udlng Chlna.
beer ]&rge purchasers.
Ero |tiers,
studs,
par ts
ns.roeof L.
of Blake Brgihers,
a^d carefu11"/ done,
n o t o n l:/ ln all
countrles
m a c h l ne ry fo r
that
flrrn.
and ;lachlnest
186,t, the flro
Bugers, belt
blr thls
attentlon
thelr
1n forelBn
st,eef tocfs
George Blake was the lnventor
nanufactlrred
recelved
and for years pl&yed
the iuuslcal lnntrri'rc]'!Ls $'ere plan|eat and nade by
the Cases for
largely
Chrrrch was bu11t
the Unltarlan
h 1 s de4th by lda EIa) .e, Jar iesr dar r ghter .
s o n t a r0 e a a n d a fte r
ihe flrr,
of
Plpe
The old Plpe
Organa, Reed Organe, Ser.aphlnes, and ltrelodeons.
Organ s+"andlng 1n the gal]ery
He al-
the ftro,
and llt,erattrre.
on by Gi.Loen
b-v tlie Blake
Ot1s, Henry, and
tu].n of n1nal, was
Charles,
ihe
raecha.nlcRl skl11 but, decll.led
preferlng
to
to be an €itpl-oyee whlch
- t-
.
r{gu1d glve hh
lcre
freedoo !o enJoy hl8
taste
for
hrrntlnE and
f1shl ng.
Ttre old crilst
l8o4,
Year)
bull.dln€
Ulll- vas butneal on the ?9th of February
blrt \eas replac"C
flnellr
equlp!,ed. for
aho oa.,ro .rear by a slrb'tantla1
gr1n,l1ng the varlous
The o1d Satr i.[111 had 1t6 uprlght
dlstajrce
rear
of
to be cui
thls
lnto
(Leap
aaw.
n111, on tbe rlver
klnde o! €r,aln.
Jrgs Fere brolr3ht
Slab_vood, boarde,
en(i tlrqber.
te-nk, stood a frare
u s e d fo r a sh o d ,l y n 1 l -1 , lea8ed bJ' :jr .
brlck
,roq a
In the
bu11d1n6
A. S. Toodwar d and Mr . H ,
A . Pa r ke r.
The fl tro of Blake Bros,
Blake,
'
the elder
broiher
dlssolved
of the f1tu,
et
a,rd was reorganlzel
rrnd.er
'uhe ne-ne Jf Henry B-l_akcalrd Son, who have
slnce nalufactlFed.
Rav hlde hEr.-aners,bed sprlnga, and noveltleB of varlous
sorts ln
aJdj.tloral
tJ lhe Jeneral rrl]1 of the .b slneas.
ndgar r. Blake
ls the son
of the t1r0.
Al ora:r*e 'rapplng nachl'o per^eot'er
lecleo bl Ed6ar 1'|. and hls lrncle Charl,es Bl-ake,
clal.aed uuch at,_
terltiol
for
lts
4ove1 and lnterestlng
oeelrelrrs!
J,eare Edgar rs. Blake has ltrvelted. several
At ll!"st, Leltruel maril Ble.ke Boved lnto
the nor standlng
brlck
Sllaa
I1ved
Shattrrckrs
Carrlage
fn the paat
coitrpll cated nachlnea.
the house ol]:oslte
Fac tory
bulLt
noF o\rneal by Johll Fro6sard aad useal bl. hlnsel.f
:nachlnery of h1B deslgn,
'
lhe death of George
for
on Brookline
Streer.
a fev jton tJ]s {hen he .soyed into
for
of
pstented
Here Ur. BLa-ke
the houae vacat,eal by
ApPIeton lr.?:t-ence, noT occupled by Xd€ar rg.
Elake.
Thls l:ous€
he .!ade hls horoe lvlt-ll hls d.esth 1n ,ig54.
Hla son George never
-4-
ruaryled but, contlnued
hla qeath in
l{',84,
io re8lde
ai
Gllaan Blake bul1t
185? on liollls
S tre e t
he llveil
hl.s death 1n 189..
uri1L
ihls
o n land fr o!! hls
o1d ho-:le6t,ead.untll
hllrself
a horrse ln
estBte nhere
fatl,er ' s
He narrl-od Elvlra
Annette
Otla and i{e4ry 11ved. on the LllL o!1
,H.
1rr the llouge iheir fat].cr purchaBed frolr Squere
La:1e of Nashua, N.
HolllE
Slreet
FarleJ
of Ho].l16, rhlch
father
of Crrliver
gave her the lalC
ln
thoae days.
the Jther
all
wrlght, Icho j:larrled
on whlch to buud
about ln thls
At thl8
secl,lon.
and apent !0uch tlnre ln
Nathanlelrs
fajqlllr.
tr1th the vell
Street,
large
Ellzabeth
Laryrence &nd
the l:orrse, aa teaa the cu6toB
r,€s the 61si,et" of jar.€.s Lat?rense and
Ellzabeth
brothe.s.
l)J old ltrali,an1e1 ilrlghi,
{as bulLi
thia
date the La.Frence fa,n11], ovned land
Davld nrl8ht
hou€e $'i i l.ls
Th€ orlglnal
6y.eep at the end of
near the w1n(1onof
was Nathaslelts
fpliLill' 1n vt6lt:lnE
holee }ias one 6tory
ihc l)!.er
a
"ias the4
The o1d. Hop house whlch stocd i]1 the back yard 1E
entry.
bed.roon, $h1ch
the Plne Orchard, Schoolhorrse on Holl-le Street.
purcha6ed tlie horrse aird 1and. fror.r ir16 fa'-ljel
proved the bulldlnA
ry Blaile
also
to {hlch
hllleelf
chased lrou
fatlrer.
wesi
Henry Btake
who had greatty
laHen-
to tl1e house.
E1v1ra Eancroft
a hou6e on Brootline
hl8
!tr1ght,
had been addeil a second. 6torJ,.
uaalc lrrany aJill tols
Ot18 Blake riarrled
bul1i
1rr ]:eighi
t-he h(j.lse _text 1,o ihe tlcl--io
notr uoed as an c1.1 shop at ihe hoilestce,il of Gullver
of
brother
?arker
of f,.atford
and
Street, on land whlch he pur-
lhe house la nolF orneai by Geor.Ee Terbelf.
-5Ja$ea Blake Baryled
lrour hls
lather
ne purchased land
Ilarulah Augusta Gllson.
anal bullt
',he house nor ovn6d blr Charles lalt.
Charles B1a:re jnar"rlec: Sarah Alur Gravea qrlgllt
rh1le
ln
the snall
er', froo rhlch
on Nashua Streei,
he rel0oved to a large
l,he hore of lflss
her d.eath.
cottege
Uarl' Brorers
orned by h1s fath-
hous-A on Ho1l1s Street,
the prof.ierty to hilq at
trho left
llenry Blalae marrled :llart l-a Ann Tucker vho was blrn
1 a l r e1 ? e r V l l i a g e ,
B a -ngor , llRlne.
daughler
Fard Blake,
of Leluel
'Force6ter,
atd 11',r€d for a
Vaasachrrsetis.
Cochran B1ako, narrled
Ilr,
E3c11ne !lake,
the eldes t
r.1arr1e(i George Sunner Bartor. of
Bla]le r s aecond daughter,
].tai
' '
Jchn +ne.a4c€ Parker of
Cohaaset, jlass.
Tiie ger..i,}:lr:,e (pronorrnced Ser-a-fer1) i.htch 1s ln
e.rce Frl8ht
Chelp+lerhot:se rlas brrilt
J e a r 6 1 3 4 1 -4 6 ,
r{lfe
of
It
l,tr1ta.rrla
ure prud-
bJ Henry Blake betrueen ihe
w a s once oFlr ed by :r :.Ls.Susan lpcke Lawrenc e,
.toseph Lar:renc€, Ea.st Pepperell,
aild l()aned or preser]t-
eo to the Chspter by ll19s Eleanor. t&wrence, a cotraln of
the son of Cuailngs la{rence.
Srrsan T-ocke vas tho daughter cf
True Tucker l-pcke who ctune lrorl Cheater,
Pepperell
siorc
!'lie.e lre vorl{ei: for L, n.
on ihe corner
B general
jo€eph,
IIer H.lapahlr€ to Eest
BLake and Sons.
He bulli
a
of lioll-Ls and BrookLlne road. vitere he kept
atock of oerchandlse
and ![as the Dost:,raaier of East
Pe p ! e r e I1 .
.
!le:u'y Blake laade a S€raphine vrhlch \ras lteed ln
Parlah
Churcl
a6 the actiltg
ln Peppereli
for
Sj]perlnt,q'rdent at
aeaLa and plaJed the lnFtrltaent
ihe o1d, flrst
Sr$daJ. School exerclsea
ihat
tloe
sai
or. one of
Fhere he
the lrollt
as &1 accorrpanlment to the slnglt1g.
f,
-5?hls tcas betDeen the year6 l85O and 1860.
to add, although
Il, oay be lnt;restlng
Lated to. 1,he Pepperell
lndustrles,
been pro ven beyonil doubt,
roodel of
llrst
an Electrlc
Blaite ln the attlc
Tho lnveutlon
ao far
The ldes.ras
I beg to dlgr66s.
aE re can learn,
Car raa conatructeal
of hls house ln Sprlngfletd,
vaa pet'fecled
brought
to the aitentton
tr1s1ty,
but haal not the faeul-t.v to erecuio
eecret,ly bullt,.
publ-lcly
clatlve
dlnloo
arid.lenc6.
uaed for
a car could
that
of trtrr. B1ake.
!.'hen brought
ln a l-arge hall
the
by
!!ard
'Jeruel
trlaseachusetta.
thls
to perfestlon
ln Sprlngf,le1d b€fore
porer
Blake by a
be nr]1 blr eleo-
h16 ldea.
The car I{a6 rutl on a clrcular
notLve
has
ft
that
of I[r.
Vernont, Fho belleved
ras
re-
by hLE.
I04n fron
f,ore sou8ht the asslFiance
dlrectly
not
lle there-
experhental
car
1t tra8 exblblted
a Large and appre'"rack.
lyas foulid t,ro e){per1slve for
The
general
uae.
CharIeB,
for
the j/oungest aon of ]-
t&.e conetructlon
of an autoroblLe,
lr. Blale,
concelved
brrt, 1t f,&E never
the ld.ea
fully
per-
fec tEd.
Mr8. N. B. AppLeton