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JOSEPH EDWARD ROOT, M.D., was born 4th March, 1854, at 

 Greenwich ; prepared for college at Barre Academy. B.Sc., Bos- 

 ton Univ., 1876; teacher, Institution for Education of Feeble 

 Minded Youth, Barre, 1876-78 ; asst. supt., Walnut Hill Asylum, 

 Hartford, Ct. , 1878-79 ; studied medicine with Thomas D. Crothers, 

 M.D., at Hartford, Ct., 1878-79, and at College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons, N. Y. City, 1879-83; M.D., Coll. of Phys. and 

 Surg., 1883; asst. physician, Retreat for the Insane, Hartford, 

 Ct., 1883-84 ; physician, Hartford, Ct., since 1884. In conjunc- 

 tion with another physician established the Hartford Free Dis- 

 pensary. Member of Connecticut, Hartford County, and Hartford 

 City Medical Societies. Married, 4th March, 1885, Ella Goodman 

 Moseley, of Hartford, Ct. Address, 839 Asylum Avenue, Hart- 

 ford, Ct. 



JOHN MILTON SEARS was born 12th December, 1854, at Ashfield ; 

 prepared for college at Sanderson Academy, Ashfield. B.Sc., 

 Boston Univ., 1876 ; engaged in farming, teaching, and surveying, 

 Ashfield, 1876-85 ; in the employ of Belding Bros. & Co., North- 

 ampton, since 1885. Member of Ashfield School Committee, 

 1879-82. Address, Northampton, Mass. 



THOMAS EDWIN SMITH was born 27th December, 1854, at South 

 Hadley ; studied at Springfield High School, three years. Student, 

 Boston School of Oratory, 1877 ; manufacturer at West Chester- 

 field, since 1878. Married, (1) 10th September, 1879, at Ches- 

 terfield, Alma I. Baker, who died 24th September, 1882 ; (2) 20th 

 August, 1884, at Chesterfield, Anna W. Baker. Two sons and a 

 daughter. Address, West Chesterfield, Mass. 



CYRUS APPLETON TAFT was born 8th September, 1856, at 

 Whitinsville. B.Sc., Boston Univ., 1876; machinist, Whitins- 

 ville, 1876-83, and draughtsman, Whitinsville, since 1883. Ad- 

 dress, Whitinsville, Mass. 



GEORGE PETER URNER was born 16th May, 1856, at Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. B.Sc., Boston Univ., 1876 ; asst. chemist, Stanno Chem- 

 ical Co., Long Island City, N. Y., 1876-77; buyer and book- 

 keeper for Magic Ruffle Co., N. Y., 1878-80; in the engineering 

 department, Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1880-83 ; sheep raiser, 

 Melville, Mon., since 1883. Address, Melville, Gallatin Co., Mon. 



