George Russell Fessenden, Jr.

Notes:

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-31-29-21 - p 340

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Notes:

George graduated from Harvard College in 1874 and from Harvard Medical School in 1897. He also attended Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Sachville, New Brunswick, Canada.

He served as chairman of the Republican Town Committee of Ashfield, Massachusetts and was elected to the state legislature in 1900, serving there for many years. He also served for a time as medical examiner.

He was a member of the Ashfield, Massachusetts Congregational Church, the Masons, and the Franklin County Medical Society. He was interested in wild flowers and birds.

Dr. Fessenden was well informed and well read. He kept up to date on all the new medical treatments and, in some areas, he was ahead of his time.

The Ashfield Historical Society kept Dr. Fessenden's sleigh and sleigh robe on display for some time.

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-31-29-2 - p 340

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George married Kate Manilla Pratt on 4 Dec 1885 in Southbridge, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA. Kate was born on 25 Sep 1867 in Hammonton, New Jersey, USA; died on 10 May 1952 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kate was the daughter of Frank P. and Jane Keziah (Fisk) Pratt of Southbridge, Massachusetts.

She graduated from Sanderson Academy in about 1885 and was a member of the Ashfield, Massachusetts Congregational Church.

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-31-29-2 - p 340

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Notes:

James worked as superintendent of the Whipple File Works in Ballardville, Massachusetts. There he was in charge of one of the earliest machine cut file works. The company failed in about 1866/1867, so he and some of his friends bought the machinery, moved to Bever Falls, Pennsylvania and set up the Great Western File Works.

His wife was the daughter of James Tebbetts.

Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 13-31-29

James married Eliza Tebbetts on 23 Jul 1846. Eliza was born on 16 Dec 1820 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA; died on 2 Aug 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ichabod married Rebecca Munroe on 7 Jun 1795 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Capt. Edmund Munroe and Rebecca Harrington) was born on 27 Jun 1771 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Apr 1848 in Arlington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rebecca's husband was a miller by trade. "Stephen Cutter, miller, sold a certain grist mill in Cambridge with all and singular the dam, flooms, mill pond, etc., together with all other property to Ichabod Fessenden in 1795, specifying a house, barn and gristmill, dams, flooms, etc. (Middlesex Registry, cxxv 27, 28). This property was sold by Ichabod Fessenden to John Perry and Stephen Locke, millers, in 1809."

Ichabod is also listed as having paid $139 for pew No. 73 in the meeting house, Second Precinct, Cambridge, and as having been one of the assessors in 1803 and 1804.

He was a member of the Northeast parish of Cambridge Singing Society, serving as treasurer in 1805 and 1806. It became the West Cambridge Musical Society in October 1807 and Ichabod Fessenden (with clarinet) was one of the subscribers to the constitution.

In 1816 he built a mill at the J.C. Hobbs privilege as it was still called in 1907, though Deacon Hobbs had been dead several years. Another enterprise strikingly different was the making of machine knives which made Ichabod famous was carried on at the brick factory he erected on the Hobbs property.

Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 13-31-2
Clan Munro files - Coutant, Martha

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