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1070 SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
house and carriage painting. Later he embarked
in the carriage manufacturing business
on Water street, Middleboro, and this he followed
the remainder of his active life. In 1880
he retired from his business, and a few months
before his death he went to Mattapoisett to
spend his last days with his brother, Dr. William
E. Sparrow, who ministered to his physical
wants. He died there June 9, 1887, and
was buried at Middleboro, Mass. He was well
versed in the Bible and other good works, being
a great reader. He was a Blue Lodge Mason.
On Dec. 10, 1843, he married Lois Sherman
Macomber, who was born Aug. 13, 1830,
and died March 5, 1863, and was buried in
Middleboro. He married (second) March 13,
1864, Sarah Jenkins Thomas, who resides at
Plymouth, Mass. His children were: Ara-
bella Lois, born Jan. 1, 1845, married March
29, 1866, E. E. Southworth, of Middleboro;
Jacob Augustine, born May 34, 1849, is mentioned
below; Helen Frances, born Jan. 31,
1852, married April 24, 1873, Xathan N. Barrows,
of Middleboro ; Harry Porter, born Jan.
30, 1857, is deceased ; Annie Miller, born June
17, 1859, married Dec. 14, 1880, George E.
Wood (now deceased), and resides at Middleboro.
of Sparrow Brothers. When Mr. J. A. Sparrow
resigned his position in Boston the two
brothers conducted the business in Middleboro,
building up a most successful trade. Being
men of enterprise and progressive ideas
the two brothers with keen foresight kept add-
ing to their business, enlarging it until they
had one of the largest clothing stores in Plymouth
county outside of Brockton. The broth-
ers worked together \mtil February, 1909^
when death took the younger brother. Since
then Mr. J. A. Sparrow has conducted the
business alone. He is a capable business man,,
of wide experience, and is well known and
highly respected.
Mr. Sparrow is a member of the Middlebora
Commercial Cliib, of which he was one of the
organizers; also of the I. 0. 0. F. (being"
a charter member of his lodge), the Encampment,
Canton Nemasket, of Brockton, and the
Daughters of Rebekah, of Middleboro. Po-
litically he is a Republican.
Mr. Sparrow married Oct. 11, 1882, in Bos-
ton, Harriet Gleason, a native of Worcester,.
Mass. Mrs. Sparrow is a woman of refined
(V) Jacob Augustine Spakrow, oldest son
of the late Jacob Gerard, was born in Middleboro
May 34, 1849, and was educated in the
public schools of Middleboro, Peirce Academy
and East Greenwich (R. I.) Seminary, where
he took a commercial course. After leaving
school he went to Boston and obtained a position
as clerk with Tillson & Wood, where he
spent three years. He next went to Michigan,
and there obtained a position as salesman with
the firm of Hannah, Lay & Co., at Traverse
City, remaining seven years. At the end of
that time he returned to Boston and became
salesman for Whitten, Burdett & Young,
wholesale clothiers, for whom he traveled for
two years through the State of Michigan, after
which he was for six years indoor salesman for
A. Shuman & Co., in the retail trade. The
following six years he spent in like tastes. In 1910 she and her husband built
a new home in Middleboro, which they are now
enjoying. They have no children. She attends
the Unitarian Church.
(V) Harry Porter Sparrow, youngest
capacity
for Moulton & Bradly, during which time he
and his brother, Harry P., started a clothing
business in Middleboro, being pioneers in the
business, and Mr. Harry P. Sparrow conducted
that end of the business under the firm name
son
of Jacob G. and Lois S. (Macomber) Sparrow,
was born in Middleboro Jan. 30, 1857.
He attended the local schools and the Friends''
School at Providence. On leaving school theopportunity
was offered him of an extended
sea voyage, and he sailed from a Canadian,
port on the bark "G. C. Trufant," an English
vessel which was commanded by Capt. Gamaliel
Thomas, of Plymouth, a connection of the
family. The voyage included a trip to Australia
and a subsequent rounding of Cape
Horn en route to San Francisco, from which
port he made his way home by the Isthmus of
Panama. At Melbourne, Australia, he accidentally
met with another Middleboro man,
Henry L. Clapp, who was at that time following
the sea and chanced to touch at that port
at the same time. Mr. Sparrow began his business
career in Boston, but soon afterward entered
the employ of M. A. Powers, clothier.
His brother, J. A. Sparrow, was at this timelocated
in Boston, and in 1880 joined him in
purchasing the business of Mr. Powers, which
they later augmented by succeeding to the
stock and location of W. 0. Permiman, in the
Wells block, which then occupied the site of
the present Jones building. The growing business
of the firm soon warranted their removal
to larger quarters. Mr. Sparrow's business
sagacity was so marked as to command general
recognition, both in his personal affairs
and those of his firm, and led to his election
as a director of the Middleboro National Bank
and as a trustee of the Middleboro Savings