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