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ing children : William B., born April 9, 1864,
is mentioned below; Edward Kelton, born
March 4, 1866, in Carver, a shoeworker by
trade, in Brockton, married Grace Sharp Lin-
coln, of Abington, Mass., and has one son,
Eonald Oren Atwood; Perez Smith, born Dec.
15, 1867, in Carver, now employed by his
jDrotber William B., in Brockton, married
Pearl Leon Spinney, of Brockton, and they
have one son, Bartlett Shaw Atwood; Eobert
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Clayton, born Sept. 18, 1878, in Carver, died
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followed farming and lumbering for a number
of years, and in connection with the latter industry
had a saw and shingle mill, which he
ran until within a few years of his death. He
was of a genial and kindly nature, and was
devoted to his home and family. In political
faith he was a Democrat of the old school. He
and his family attended the Carver Union
Church, to which he gave liberal support. On
Sept. 28, 1861, in Middleboro, Mass., Mr. Atwood
married. Lois Swift Smith, who was born
Jan. 26, 1840, in Eochester, Mass., daughter
of Perez and Joan (Swift) Smith, granddaughter
of Wdlliam and Hannah (Cobb)
Smith, and great-granddaughter of Perez
Smith, all of Eochester, Mass. Mr. Atwood
died Aug. 21, 1893, in Carver, and is survived
by his wife, who now resides in Brockton, surpany,rounded
by her children and grandchildren.
To Mr. and Mrs. Atwood were born the follow-
of Brockton, remaining in that capacity
for a period of about two years, when he
became a salesman for John W. Snow, dealer
in upper leathere'of all kinds, and in his employ
remained four years. In August, 1900,
Mr. Atwood engaged in business on his own
account, as a dealer in leather remnants, making
a specialty of remnants from belt factories,
which are sorted and made up into shoe rands,
heels, etc., for the shoe manufacturers, and by
close application to business he has met with
deserved success, his business having enjoyed a
time, after which he became a cutter in the
D. W. Field factory, filling that position for
one year. He then filled the same position in
the George H. Kingman factory for a couple
of years, and from there went to the Wendell
Leach shoe factory, remaining in the cutting
department for four years, when the factory
was destroyed by fire. Mr. Atwood then became
superintendent for the Niles Shoe Com-
steady and continuous growth from the beginning.
On Oct. 15, 1891, Mr. Atwood was married
to Emma F. Stillman, daughter of James H.
Stillman, of Brockton, and they have one
daughter, Eena Lois, bom April 3, 1894. Socially
Mr. Atwood is a member of the Commercial
Club, of Brockton. Politically he is
an advocate of Eepublican party principles.
DE. CHAELES WAEEEN WHITE, of
aged twenty-two years; and Alice Sprague,
bom Sept. 20, 1880, in Carver, resides with
her widowed mother in Brockton.
(VIII) William Bartlett Atwoodj, eldest
son of Bartlett S. and Lois Swift (Smith) Atwood,
was born in Eochester, Mass., April 9,
1864. His parents moved to the town of
Carver when he was about one year old, and in
"the district schools of the latter town he acquired
his early 'educational training, attending
school during the winter months and
assisting his father on the farm and in his
sawmill in the summer months until he was
seventeen years of age. The nest year he
left home, going to Abington, Mass., where
he entered the shoe factory of Cobb & Thompson,
to learn the trade of upper leather cutting,
remaining in their employ about four
years. He then became an upper leather
•cutter in the shoe factory of M. N. Arnold &
Co., of the same town, cSntinuing as such for
about two years. In 1888 Mr. Atwood came
to Brockton, where he accepted a position in
the cutting room of the A. M. Herrod shoe
factory, and after remaining in that department
for a short time went on the .road for
Fairhaven, who died May 15, 1904, had a brilliant,
though comparatively brief, career as a
medical practitioner. He was bom in Randolph,
Mass., Aug. 20, 1859, son of Charles
Warren and Eliza C. (Lambert) White, and
of the eighth generation of the family in
America founded by Thomas White (1599-
1679).
(I) Thomas White, bom about 1599, was
admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony,
the same concern as a salesman for a short
March 3, 1635-36, being then and previously
an inhabitant of Weymouth, and a member
of the church there. His name appears on
the earliest records of Weymouth, and, if not
one of the first settlers, he must have been
nearly so. He was for many years one of the
selectmen of Weymouth, and was often chosen
on important committees. He commanded a
military company, then a post of distinguished
honor and responsibility, and was representative
in the General Court 1637, 1640, 1657 and
1671. His will is dated July 5, 1679, and was
proved Aug. 28, 1679. His children living at
the date of his will, and probably all bom in
Weymouth, were: Joseph, Hannah, Samuel,
Thomas and Ebenezer.
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