IN MEMORIAM. i 



an earnest worker in the cause of the slave. In busmess he 

 was prompt, systematic and efficient, of good judgment and 

 practical in results. As a member of a christian church he 

 adorned his profession of nearly forty years by a consistent and 

 exemplary life." 



Mr. Adams was President of the Society in 1850 and 1851, 

 while a Town Society and called '' The Agricultural and Indus- 

 trial Association of Fitchburg." 



The first President under the acts of Incorporation as the 

 -' Fitcliburg Agricultural Society^^ in 1852, and the " Worcester 

 North Agricultural Society ^'^ in 1853, was Col. Ivers Phillips, 

 and we are happy to welcome him here as our guest to-day in 

 renewed and venerable years. Long may he be spared to tlie 

 activities of busy life. 



GENERAL MOSES WOOD, 



Your third President, vras born in Gardner, April 3d, 1803, 

 and died in this town, !*day 8th, 1869, aged sixty-six years. 

 He was a son of Aaron and Bethia Beard Wood. His father 

 was one of the early settlers, and a leading citizen of that town. 

 He died when the subject of this brief sketch was ten years old, 

 and all of his early years were spent upon the paternal home- 

 stead in anxious and careful industry for the support of his 

 younger brothers and sisters and his widov^cd mother. 



In his twenty-first year he commenced business as a merchant 

 in Gardner, which he successfully prosecuted until 1832, when 

 he removed to Providence, B. L, and there he was connected 

 with the mercantile firm of Child, Yial k Wood, engaged exten- 

 sively in the sale of Wooden Ware and Chairs, and afterwards 

 as dealers in Cotton and Western produce, and while a member 

 of this firm he was a leading Director and financier in the 

 Arcade Bank, long known as one of the " Government lyets,^- 

 as depository of the funds of the United States. In the year 

 1838, the General Assembly of PJiodc Island elected him 

 Brigadier General of Militia of Providence County. 



