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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trask, William Blake 1812- (search)
Trask, William Blake 1812- Historian; born in Dorchester, Mass., Nov. 25, 1812; received a common school education; was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker, and worked at his trade in 1823-35; was on the school committee of Dorchester; and became assessor in 1850, which he resigned soon after, owing to failing health. Later he became interested in historical studies. He copied the ancient town records of Boston; aided Gen. William H. Sumner in preparing a History of East Boston; contributed to the New England Historical and Genealogical register, and aided in preparing several genealogies; and published Memoir of Andrew H. Ward; Baylie's remarks on General Cobb; The Bird family, and The Seaver family. He was a member of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, and the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and was its historiographer in 1861-68.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward, Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864 (search)
Ward, Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864 Historian; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., May 26, 1784; graduated at Harvard College in 1808; admitted to the bar in 1811 and practised in Shrewsbury; was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publications include History of the town of Shrewsbury; Ward family: descendants of William Ward; and Genea, logical history of the rice family. He died in Newtonville, Mass., Henshaw 1784-1864 Historian; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., May 26, 1784; graduated at Harvard College in 1808; admitted to the bar in 1811 and practised in Shrewsbury; was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publications include History of the town of Shrewsbury; Ward family: descendants of William Ward; and Genea, logical history of the rice family. He died in Newtonville, Mass., Feb. 18, 1864.