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Title: Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950
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Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Biographical Society
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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the Sabbath School; was deacon for many years, which office he held at the time of his death, and chairma nof the parish committee for many years. In fraternal and social circles he was a member of the Norfolk Lodge of Free Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Needham Grange, and several other organizations. He also served as the first commander of Galen Orr Post Number 18, Grand Army of the Republic. Doctor Kingsbury was married on June 2, 1875, to Julia Emma, daughter of Edmond B. and Charlotte (Folsom) Fowler. Two children were born of this union, one of whom survives: Alberta Beatrice, now Mrs. Ralph Bowers of Framingham, Massachusetts. Few men indeed attained the unanimous confidence and esteemw hich were his. To quote one of his patients: He was always a gentleman with instincts so fine that one could not help but feel his superiority over other men. He never angled for the praise of the people, but he won that which was better than praise, and he won it simply because he was faithful to every trust.
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ANDRE GERIN LAJOIE. ANDRE GERIN LAJOIE, one of the leading French citizens of Worcester, Massachusetts, was born at St-Simon de Bagot, Province of Quebec, Canada, on June 29, 1852, and died March 17, 1918, at Worcester, Massachusetts. His father was Jean Gerin Lajoie (April 19, 1802-March, 1852) and Angelique (Hetue) Lajoie. His father was a farmer, possessing a strong sense of justice, independent and absolutely honest. Jean Gerinwas the immigrant ancestor, emigrating from Dauphine, France, about 1757 or 1758, and settling in Canada. Mr. Andre Gerin Lajoie and four or five brothers were the first of the Gerin family to settle in the United States in 1869. Mr. Lajoie attended the town school and the commercial college at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. As a boy he was a great lover of the study of history and geography. He helped on a farm before and after the school sessions. This made him appreciate the value of self-reliance, and also what it would mean in manhood. Throughout his early career the influen

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