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William was a native of Virginia, who served as Clerk of Mercer County, Kentucky for many years.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Allin, Col. William (I57392)
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William was a painter.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Ghirardini, William David (I227)
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William was a physician who entered the Civil War on 25 Sep 1861 at the age of 40.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Shuman, Katherine Monroe | Monroe, William John (I23500)
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William was a Presbyterian minister and the son of Thomas Mercer.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Mercer, Rev. William (I3705)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I51431)
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William was a printer and served as clerk of sessions in Inverness, Scotland. His wife was the daughter of Robert Dick and Elizabeth "Betty" Fraser.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Mckeown, Janet G.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, William (I19766)
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William was a publican in Dromore in 1824.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monro, William (I64195)
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William was a ranchman in California.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-41-43-22 - p. 355
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monro, William E. (I38822)
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William was a saddler in Glasgow, Scotland. He was married and had children.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
462
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Fraser, William (I38146)
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William was a sergeant in the French War, in 1754 and 1755. His will was dated 4 Apr 1755 and proved 13 Oct 1755. It mentions his brother-in-law, Adam Caldwell of Bedford, and his sisters, Bridget, and hannah.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, William (I2903)
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William was a shipwright who built the sailing sloop Canada. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Heans, William J. (I57119)
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William was a silversmith.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-41-43-5 - p. 357
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Bingham, William (I21290)
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William was a stone mason and was the contrator who in 1858 built St. Andrew's Church in Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario, Canada. On 22 Jun 1996, a circular stained glass window in Bladwin Hall adjacent to the church, depicting the Munro Crest was dedicated in memory of the Munro family.
References:
(1) Clan Munro library - "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No.
2 - p. 3
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, William Hendry (I28984)
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William was a Texas rancher, who was said to be the first to use barbed wire. He was fatally injured in a cattle stampede in 1881, leaving Mabel with a six month old daughter.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Day, William Henry (I56925)
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William was a wagon manufacturer who lived with his family at 145 College Street in Buffalo, New York. He was a member of the Independent Boston Fusilers from 1829 to 1830 and a corporal of light infantry from 1831 to 1832 under the command of Captain Louis Dennis, 1st regiment, 3rd brigade, 1st division Militia of Massachusetts.
He died at 2 a.m. on Wednesday 5 Feb 1873 in Buffalo.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 14-12-36 - p. 259
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, William Copp (I8961)
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William was a whaling captain and a farmer. He married the daughter of Tristram and Parnel (Chase) Swain.
Ref: "Lexington Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/5-42 | Munroe, William Macy (I8577)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I64680)
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William was age 10 at the 1851 census. | Munro, William (I42463)
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William was an agricultural laborer.
In 1841 he was living with his family at Easter Achtuie.
William is listed as having several occupations. In 1841, he was working as a cotter. In 1865 he was an agricultural laborer, in 1869 he was a mason's laborer, and at his death in 1876, he was listed as a contractor's laborer.
William died on 11 Nov 1876 at 1 Carlyle Place, Norton Park in Edinburgh.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Bratt, James Munro - Scots Ancestry Research Society
report compiled by Mrs. Margaret W. McDowell - Edinburgh, Scotland 2 May
1969 | Munro, William (I32894)
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William was an electrician and plumber in Oak Park, Macon, Helena, and Bibb County, Georgia.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Johnny | Monroe, William W. (I7987)
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William was an ensign in the colonial militia, and hence was denominated as "Ensign Roe". He was admitted into the church 9 Apr 1699 and his wife Mary on 30 Apr 1699. His second wife, Johanna, was admitted on 24 Dec. 1727.
He was a constable in 1708, assessor in 1713, and selectman in 1724, 1734, and 1735.
He built the Munroe Tavern which was still standing in 1964.
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«i»William Jr., built a house for himself--a tavern. The house, built in 1695, was a famous hostelry for 163 years. Its fame began with its purchase in 1770 by Col. William Munroe, grandson of the builder and great-grandson of the original settler.«/i»
("The Monroe Tavern" - a newspaper article from an unknown Boston area newspaper - 1911)
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Williams was probated in Middlesex County, but all that appears is the admin. bond by his son Thomas, innholder, 19 Mar 1759.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, Ens. William (I130)
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William was an officer in the Royal Marines.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
424
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Warrand, William Hugh Munro Of Westhorpe Hal (I36442)
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William was baptised as Charles William.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Mass. Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, William Charles (I14352)
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William was baptised at St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - RI Unconnected Monroes
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, William Diman (I14767)
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William was baptized in St. Michael's Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - RI Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, William (I15063)
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William was born about 1837 in Williamsburg, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada and was christened there in the St. Peters Lutheran Church on 16 Jul 1837.
His ancestor, Captain John Munro, had fought on the side of the British in the American Revolutionary War, and had been banished to Canada with many other Loyalists.
Family tradition says that William Harvey immigrated from Scotland. It is said that he arrived in his kilts and had papers to a castle in Scotland, but the papers were lost in the 1900 Galveston flood. In view of other evidence, this tradition is not likely.
He spent his childhood in Williamsburg and is found there on the 1851 census where he is listed as a 13 year-old laborer living with his parents. This would place his birth in about 1838. He is also found in the 1861 Williamsburg census as being 24 years old, placing his birth in about 1837.
William seemed to lack a sense of focus as a youngster. He moved from his parents' home in Williamsburg and went to Russel Township, Ontario and found work as a carpenter. He is listed there on the 1861 census, but he must have left shortly after the census was perpared because on 2 Feb 1862, he married Julia Elizabeth Potter in Galveston, Texas. Julia was the daughter of Albert M. and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Potter. Their first child, William Harvey Munro, Jr., was born in Galveston on 18 Jan 1863.
Texas didn't hold his interest very long either. Possibly as early as 1869, William and his wife took their young son and made the long trek to Corinne City, Territory of Utah and settled there. Their second child, Gertrude, was born there on 15 Oct 1869. Since Corinne City was settled in Mar 1869, William must have been one of the founding fathers of that community.
William first worked as a grocer in this infant settlement and with hard work and good luck, his fortunes began to brighten. He quickly became an influential businessman and community leader serving as Councilman (1869-1870 and 1873-1874), Mayor (3 Mar 1870-3 Jul 1872), and member of the Board of Trade (1871). He was one of the managers of a benefit to help build the new Episcopal Church in 1869, and he was an active member of this church.
The following is the text of an article that appeared in a local Corinne newspaper on 6 Jul 1871:
"Last night at the hour of 12 o'clock as Mayor Munro and family were retiring, his attention was attracted to something stirring outside. Promptly opening the blinds, a man was discovered crouched close to the house, when quick as thought our worthy executive bounded through the casement and gave chase to the stranger, who had, upon discovery, fled from the place. Over the fence flew the fleet pursuer and then the race ended, for the prowler was caught fast in the Mayor's grip. Mr. Munro started to take the rascal to jail, but the chilly night reminded him that the rainment he then had on was too thin for the hour, whereupon, with a dozen well directed kicks he let the marauder off, pledged never to be seen on Colorado street again. The adventure will have the effect of making housekeepers more watchful of nights."
Also in 1869, he formed a partnership with John Creighton and founded the firm of Creighton and Munro, wholesale and retail grocers. His business grew to be one of the largest of its kind west of Omaha, Nebraska, and he owned a huge warehouse at the corner of Montana and 6th Streets which often contained nearly a million pounds of freight awaiting shipment. By 1871, when he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, he was the general western agent for the Far West Fast Freight Line Company and began to enjoy awesome success. He became known as "The Merchant Prince West of the Rockies."
He served as Secretary of the Corinne Steam Navigation Company, which built a steamboat 130 feet long and three stories high to carry ore from the mines on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake to the smelters at Corinne. It was named "The City of Corinne" and was a very famous boat during that time (1871).
An 18 Jun 1870 census of Corinne City, Box Elder County, Territory of Utah, shows William as 30 years old and working as a grocer. Also included in his household is his wife, Julia age 27, William age 7, Gertrude age 8 months and Annie Frew, age 18, a domestic servant from Scotland.
William was not all work and no play. He owned a horse named "Sheep" which he enjoyed entering in local harness races. He also played third base on the town baseball team. He served on the reception and transportation committee for the Independence Day celebration in 1870, and was floor manager of the Christmas dance held 25 Dec 1869.
After his third child, George, was born in Apr 1873, things seemed to begin falling apart for William. He moved his family back to Galveston, Texas, where in 1879, his wife, Julia, filed for divorce accusing William of neglect and drinking. The divorce was granted in Jan 1880. William received custody of their son, William, Jr. and their daughter, Gertrude, with 6 year old George going to Julia.
Shortly after the divorce, William moved to Beaumont, Texas, where he lived in a boarding house and worked as a bookkeeper. William, Jr. worked as a hotel clerk and Gertrude, now 10 years old, attended school and boarded with George Stovall, a school teacher. All three are found on the 1880 census of Beaumont. By 1881, he had moved again, this time to Woodville, Texas, where he found a job as an agent for the East Texas Railroad.
Nothing more is known about William Harvey Munro, wanderer, pioneer, merchant, entrepreneur.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret - letter from Marian Danielson,
recorder of Corinne City, Utah dated 6 Jul 1988
(2) Clan Munro files - Muro, William Barton - "Yellowed Pages", Vol. 23, No. 2,
Summer 1993, p. 34
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, William Harvey (I33971)
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William was born at 10:00 AM on 24 Aug 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He and his family lived at 104 West 53rd Street, New York City, New York.
He served as the US Navy Engineer aboard the USS Wyoming, East India Squadron from 23 May 1861 to 1 Mar 1871. The USS Wyoming was the first steam and sail battleship in the US Navy and William was aboard when the Wyoming engaged Japanese ships in battle in the straits of Shimonoseki, Japan on 16 Jul 1863.
A few days after the battle, William wrote a letter to his brother, James, in which he described the action.
"About a month ago a small American steamer called the Pembrook left this place for Shanghai via the Inland Sea and Nagasaki after arriving in the sea and going as far as Shimonoseki Straits she anchored one night about ten o'clock. After she let go a Japanese steamer and brig came out from Shimonoseki Straits and anchored along side of her and the other just astern. She lay til 1 ( ) when both of the vessels opened fire on her. She then left as soon as she could and went outside to our consul and he sent word here to our minister, and the second after we had got our coal in and started for the place. We arrived there on the 16th inst. As soon as we entered the straits the Japs fired three signal guns to let the Batteries and ships know of our arrival. They had been expecting us from the looks of things. We went in without our flag hoisted and when we got abrest of the first battery (a masked one) they fired three shots at us, carrying away some of our main rigging and killing one marine. As soon as the shots were fired we hoisted our colors and opened fire ( ) return with the 11' shell and broadside guns on the Stbd side. We kept going all the while for three vessels. The steamer brig and a bark, which lay off the town and pass the batteries. The vessels had Japanese colors flying all the time. In passing the bark she poured a broadside in to us (she being on the stbd hand) and we gave a her as good as she sent in larger pieces. In passing the brig exchanged broadsides with her and gave the steamer the 2 port 32 Pounders. We passed along and turned ship around, giving them the shot and shell all the time. The Japanese steamer had in the meantime slipped ( ). We got two 11' shell into her one went through her boilers and blew her up and the other into her counter, she stopped and drifted ashore, the shell that struck her boilers went right through her and into the town knocking 2 or three houses down. We then steamed by the brig and bark firing in to them with our port battery and sending a few shell into the shore batteries. We were struck several times by the ships and batteries going but when we came out we were not struck anywhere to hurt us. All their shots going over us. Two of the batteries did not fire when we came out, they were stopped while we went in. There were 6 batteries all together firing at us beside the signal one. We left the brig sinking she had settled about two feet when we came back. Since I commenced this the French ship came in He would not get into the straits but lag outside and landed men and took one battery the small French vessel lost her ( ) mast.
The French Admiral confirms on acct and saw the topmasts of the brig over water, the steamer had been got off and towed out of sight. I will send you a paper with a map and a very good acct of the fight. I am all right and enjoying good health. The English will have the next turn and they will use them up ( ) only wish we had about 5 ships the same size of us here we could show them all the way. Give my love to all and expect to be home in about a year.
Your affectly.
(signed) W. C. Munroe, ( )"
William also served aboard the USS DeSoto and the USS Seminole, North American Atlantic Squadron.
William was a member of the Episcopal Church and a Mason of Howard Lodge number 35 in New York City. In 1881, he is listed as a Justice of the Peace of Clear Creek County, Colorado.
He died at 7:00 PM on 4 Mar 1917.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 14-12-36-2 - p. 260, 393-395
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, William Crosby (I36513)
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William was born at 3 Bernard Street in Leith, Scotland.
In 1881, William was 13 years old and living with his parents at 144 Leith Walk in Leith, Scotland.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Bratt, James Munro - Scots Ancestry Research Society
report compiled by Mrs. Margaret W. McDowell - Edinburgh, Scotland 2 May
1969 | Munro, William Murdoch (I32890)
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William was born at his parents home in Bloomfield, Virginia.
In Aug 1862, he enlisted at Unison, Virginia in the Confererate Army and was assigned to Company H, First Virginia Cavalry. He was wounded at Fort Carnevon and sufferend from this wound until his death in 1913. He was paroled at White's Ferry on 8 May 1865.
William was a member of Clinton Hatcher Camp, United Confederate Veterans in Leesburg, Virginia.
After his marriage to Susan Jacobs, they lived and managed the farm that belonged to his wife's grandmother, Jane Plaster. They had thirteen children.
William was appointed as Superintendent of the Loudoun County Alms House.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
- DiZerega, Thomas
"Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 2, 11
Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Richard Walter - "Virginia Descendants of
Andrew Monroe" by Anne Monroe Wintzer - p. 29, 32-33
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, William Madison (I720)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I6335)
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William was born at Little Sandy Salt Works in Greenup County, Kentucky.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (third installment) - received 12 Oct 1997 - p. 1
(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart of Susannah
Monroe (3rd Installment) - dated 23 Dec 1997 - p. 3
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Grayson, William Powhatan Bolling (I35326)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I19997)
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William was born at the Monroe Tavern in Lexington, Massachusetts
William was educated in the public schools of Lexington and at the Academy. When he was quite a young man, he went out to that part of the "Western Reserve" now know as Ohio in the interest of his uncle, Edward Munroe, who had large enterprises there. He made the journey by canal boat, stage and on horseback.
For three or four years he was actively engaged in establishing mills, stores, etc., at Munroe Falls, near what is now Akron; but the great financial panic of 1837 put a stop to these enterprises and compelled his return.
Soon after returning from the west he established himself in partnership with his cousin William Muzzey, as agents in Philadelphia for the New England Glass Co., which was for many years the leading manufacturers of glass in the United States.
He remained in Philadelphia until after the Civil War, when he returned to Boston as treasurer of the New England Glass Co., taking up again his residence in the old tavern. Because of the dicovery of natural gas, the glass industry was removed to the region where this ideal fuel for glass making was found, and the stockholders of the company voted to dissolve the company. The work of closing up the affairs of the concern and of disposing of its properties fell entirely upon William and occupied him for several years. When this work was finished, he retired from business and devoted himself to the care of his place and to the entertainment of the hosts of pilgrims to Lexington, to whom he delighted to tell the story of the "Battle" and of the "Tavern."
Gradually under the weight of years, he grew weaker, but did not suffer from pain or disease. He died peacefully in the afternoon of 28 Aug 1902.
He was always proud of his native town and until feebleness prevented, he was faithful in his duties as a citizen and was a constent attendant at the First Parish Church. He was of the fifth generation of Munroes who were members of this church.
He served on the committee which planned the centennial celebration of 19Apr 1875. He also was instrumental in having tablets placed on the historic sites in Lexington and served on other committees having to do with the welfare of the town.
His funeral was held at two o'clock on 30 Aug 1902 at his home. The Rev. C. A. Staples officiated and read appropriate passages from the scriptures and referred with deep feeling to his many years of intimacy with the deceased. He spoke with eloquence of William's uprightness, kindness and unfailing courtesy, summing up his character as that of a Christian gentleman.
References:
(1) Clan Munro library - "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts
Munroes", 2nd edition, by R. S. Munroe, (1986) -
13-34-5-1
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, William Henry (I8691)
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William was born at the Shelby Iron Works Company | Monroe, William C. (I28883)
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William was born before 1791 and died before 1832.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - e-mail message dated 4 Nov 1997 - p. 8
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Tyler, William (I36364)
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William was born before 1822.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - e-mail message dated 4 Nov 1997 - p. 7
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Tyler, William H. (I36331)
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William was born on the family farm. | Monroe, William Smith (I30458)
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William was born on the Seaver Farm in Roxbury, Massachusetts about the time his father's broken health compelled him to abandon farming. His infancy and youth shared the most severe trials of his father's humble fortunes. He was not a strong boy and he had but very irregular advantages of even the little school education within the reach of the boy of that day.
At thirteen years he was for a while at his grandfather Parker's farm in Roxbury. Though feeling at home there, he did not like farming well enough to stay, as he desired to learn a trade. At fourteen he was with a wheelwright for a short time, but there he thought he had a hard fare and hard usage. Leaving this place, he was next with a cabinetmaker, where he found but little chance of properly learning the trade and left.
It was not until he was about seventeen that he found a place where he had good treatment and an opportunity to do himself credit. He went to work for his second cousin, Deacon Nehemiah Munroe, a cabinetmaker on the Main Street, Roxbury. In the cabinetmaker's shop, William soon showed that he had capacity, and, before leaving it, stood at the head, as the best workman in it, the finest and most difficult work being entrusted to his hands.
Before finishing his apprenticeship, he had felt conscious of having powers that were cramped. He often had innovative ideas about new ways of making or onamenting his work, but the rules of the shop did not permit innovations. On one occasion, however, he defied them by proceeding quietly to hang a table leaf by its hinges on a plan not known to the rules. After getting a good start, someone informed the Deacon who became angered at this disobedience. William was allowed to finish what he had started, however, and the result was so superior that William's invention became the new way of hanging table leaves.
After arriving of age, he remained with the Deacon about six months as a journeyman, earning the means of buying a humble outfit and some tools. He left Roxbury for Concord on 1 Jun 1800 on the invitation of his older brothers, Daniel and Nathaniel. They had already established themselves as clockmakers, and wished him to make clock cases for them. He was thus employed part of the time as partner with them until 1804.
After their marriage, William and Patty moved into part of the brick county house near the Middlesex Hotel. About two years later, they moved to the neighborhood of Barrett's Mills, near where Patty's mother lived. William had his shop in a part of the house standing east of the Mill Brook. He was employed making clockcases and timepiece cases and a few showcases for his brothers. He also made some articles of furniture which he took to Boston for sale.
In 1810 he made a voyage to Norfolk, Virginia with clocks taken in payment for the cases which he had made. He sold his clocks, invested the proceeds in corn and flour, and came back with them in mid-winter, barely escaping shipwreck on the voyage. He sold most of the flour to Abel Prescott, a baker of Concord. Instead of cash, which he could not collect from Prescott, a round about trade was made, by which he obtained the shop on the Mill Dam, which he owned and occupied for several years.
In 1811 he moved from Barrett's Mills to the village into the small house south of the meeting house. Living there and working in the shop on the Mill Dam, he made the attempt to get a support as a regular cabinetmaker. He says "In this I continued about a year, when finding that I could make with my own hands more furniture than I could sell, business of every kind being dull, and my family expenses increasing, I found that, unless I could make money faster, I should in a few years at most, even if I should have my health, be poor. I was worth a few hundred dollars, and that not in cash." This was at the beginning of the war with England. Non-intercourse, non-importation, and embargo laws were in force, and business of nearly every kind much depressed.
The demand for articles that hitherto had only been made abroad was, however, an exception. For these, non-importation created a scarcity, so invention in that direction was encouraged and well rewarded. William first attempted to produce cabinetmakers' squares. He succeeded without difficulty and readily sold all that he made at a good profit. Then decided to try to make and sell lead pencils.
He procured a few lumps of black lead. This he pulverized with a hammer and separated the fine portions by their suspension in water in a tumbler. From this he made his first experimental mixture in a spoon. The result was not very encouraging, but with more experimentation and invention, he finally came up with an acceptable product. Before the war of 1812, no pencils were made in America and because the supply was cut off by the war they became scarce and expensive. William's first pencils, his own invention, were sold to Benjamin Andrews in Boston. These were the first to be made in America.
William overcame the problems of mass production and began to prosper. When the war was over and English pencils were again on the market, he overcame the problems of increasing the quality of his pencils to stay competitive. In 1819 he finally sold his cabinet shop, taking pencil woods as pay, and began concentrating only on making pencils.
William soon found himself established as not only the first, but the best of American pencil makers. Improvements continued until 1830 when the trade sought him, rather than he the trade. He made as high as four thousand gross a year, of such quality that they readily outsold the imported ones and were evntually conterfeited by foreign makers. His wife remained his only confidante, and was a most efficient helpmate.
William is given credit for his achievements by Josephine Swayne in "The Story of Concord," (1923), in Kane's book "Famous Firsts," in an article in the Scientific American for 4 Jan 1879 (refuting another claim in Scribner's Magazine for Apr 1878), and in several books of reference.
In Apr 1821 the family moved to the farm near Barrett's Mills, which William had long owned. The old house was thoroughly renovated and additions made to accomodate his business. He paid little attention to farming, except for showing some originality in the cultivation of teasel.
In Nov 1844 he moved to a new residence in the village nearer the railroad. There he spent the rest of his life.
He took little part in public affairs, but once allowed his name to be entered to run for state senator. When he lost the election, as he predicted he would, he felt releived that he wouldn't have to serve. Politically he called himself a Federalist of the old school, and a Whig. He greatly admired the political character and views of Daniel Webster.
William was quiet and retiring, more fond of his home and family than of society. He was fond of music and was an excellant singer. It was as leader of the choir in church that he found among the singers there was a young woman who became his wife, Patty Stone, the daughter of Capt. John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts.
In religious matters, William was all his mature life a consistant Christian, but little demonstrative, though devout and reverent. He joined the church with his wife soon after his marriage and was chosen deacon in 1837. However, for reasons personal to himself, he declined to serve, though strongly urged by Dr. Ripley and friends. He could not accept the dogmas then current through the teachings of the Assembly's Catechism. He preferred the plain rules of duty for his creed and the teachings of the Bible, for which his reverence was unbounded, and with which he was very familier.
William was never a robust man. His helath was at times feeble, yet, till past sixty, he appeared young for his years. At about seventy, a chronic trouble, which had hitherto given him but slight suffering developed itself more seriously. From that time his health gradually failed. After a few years he was confined to his house, and was finally oblidged to keep his room. After years of slow physical decline, surrounded by loving caretakers, he died at age 83 years, 3 months.
Ref: Lexington Munroes, 2nd ed. 15-21-3
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, William (I7876)
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William was buried at "Bingamon". | Monroe, William (I952)
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William was buried at Fletcher Cemetery. - no tombstone | Allen, William Mitchell (I19794)
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William was buried at the Baptist Church. | Lytle, William (I61806)
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William was buried at the Bloomfield Cemetery. | Monroe, William Wesley (I3328)
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William was buried at the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. | Grayson, William Leon II (I37189)
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William was buried at the Dexter Cemetery. | Monroe, William Hall (I3375)
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William was buried at the Dodge Cemetery. | Ball, William (I61161)
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William was buried at the Enterprise Cemetery. | Crawford, William Monroe (I62412)
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William was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater, Minnesota. | Munro, William George (I1062)
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William was buried at the Fairview Cemetery. | Monroe, William Henry Harrison (I635)
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William was buried at the Jniper Hill Cemetery. | Hoar, William (I64108)
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William was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery. | Monroe, William Hicks (I8839)
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