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Terry, daughter of Joseph and Lucy
Terry, who was born October 24, 1769,
and died December 9, 1849. Their son,
Solomon Allen, born in Enfield, August
19, 1801, resided there. He married,
March 24, 1831, Alice Terry, daughter of
Lemuel and Huldah Kingsbury. She was
born in Enfield, March 18, 1807, and died
February 11, 1894. Solomon Allen died
December 11, 1882. They were the parents
of Ellen Maria Allen, who was born
August 12, 1835, in Enfield, and died November
8, 1872. She married, December
4, 1856, Warren Button, and they became
the parents of Alice Button, wife of John
Bostick, as previously noted. John and
Alice (Button) Bostick were the parents
of the following children: 1. Warren
John, born June 22, 1888; a graduate of
Dartmouth Medical School, and a practicing
physician at Springfield, Massachusetts
; he married Gertrude Weinbrecht,
of Springfield, and they have an adopted
son, Dudley Stoddard. 2. Arthur Randall,
of further mention. 3. Charles Wil-
liam, born March 20, 1892 ; a violinist at
Springfield ; married Grace Seaver. 4.
Ruth Marion, wife of Louis B. Cook, a
son of Alexander Cook, of Enfield ; he
is a carpenter in Thompsonville, and they
are the parents of Vivian R. and Donald
B. Cook.
Arthur Randall Bostick, second son of
John and Alice (Button) Bostick, was
born May 21, 1890, in Enfield, and enjoyed
excellent educational facilities. His
boyhood was spent on the paternal farm,
and he was early introduced to those activities
which are inseparable from farm
life. There he developed a sound phy-
sique, and was able to pursue his studies
with rapidity and success. After attend-
ing the local common schools, he graduated
from the High School at Thompson-
ville, and entered the law course at Bos-
ton University, where he graduated in
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1913. Since that time he has been engaged
in the practice of law, with offices in
Springfield and Enfield. In 1915 he was
appointed prosecuting attorney for the
latter town, and is now filling that sta-
tion with ability and acceptability to his
constituents. He is a lifelong member of
the Church of the Apostles. Politically,
he espouses the principles of the Repub-
lican party and has been active in promoting
them, believing that they are
best calculated to provide for the general
welfare. He is a member of the college
fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, and is affiliated
with Doric Lodge, No. 94, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, of Thompsonville.
QUISH, Thomas James,
Postmaster.
Among the self-made men of Manches-
ter, Mr. Quish has made his way and is
esteemed by his fellow-citizens. His
grandfather, Thomas Quish, came from
Killeen, Limerick, Ireland, and took up his
home in Manchester, Connecticut, about
1864, remaining there until his death.
He was a well-known figure in the town
in his day. His son, Thomas J. Quish,
was also born in Killeen, Limerick, Ire-
land, came to America when a year old,
grew to manhood in Manchester, and
followed the insurance business during
the greater part of his life, being connected
at various times with the Connec-
ticut Company of Hartford, and the Prudential
Insurance Company of Newark,
New Jersey. He lived for a time in
Springfield, Massachusetts, but returned
to Manchester about 1890. He married
Margaret Burns, of West Suffield, Connecticut,
and reared four sons : Edward
P., formerly employed in the silk mill
offices of Cheney Brothers, Manchester,
and now in the United States naval forces
abroad ; Frank J., formerly a member of