Medway, Norfolk co, Mass Bios
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES 
IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.

Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

BY
E. O. JAMESON,

THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC.

MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

 Copyright, 1886.

E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.

All Rights Reserved.

 J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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DR. WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN.

 

   WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN, son of Dea. Samuel and Julietta (Metcalf) Allen, was born July 2, 1S21, in Medway. In early youth he exhibited a desire to learn dentistry, and after -receiving an academic education he entered the office of his brother, Dr. C. C. Allen, in Norwich, Conn., whom he succeeded in that city, and after Dr. C. C. Allen's death, in 1857, he succeeded to his practice in New York City. He was a skillful operator and a high-minded man. He was one of the founders of the New York College of Dentistry, filling the chairs of president and professor, and was for several years president of the board of trustees of said college. He inherited an inventive and mechanical talent from his father, which served a good purpose in his practice. He married, May 10, 1853, Lizzie R. Bently, of Norwich, Conn., who died, and he married, in 1872, a second wife, Linda M. Sangree. He died Oct. 23, 1882, leaving a widow, but no children.

 
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REV. SETH J. AXTELL.

SETH J. AXTELL, son of Seth J. and Lucy B. (Stratton) Axtell, was born Dec. 18, 1841, in Worcester, Mass. He was descended from Thomas Axtell, who came from Burkhamstead, England, about 1642, to America, and whose brother was Colonel Daniel Axtell, a brave officer under Cromwell in command of the guards at the time of Charles I., and subsequently executed as a regicide, by Charles II. Thomas Axtell, immigrant, settled in Sudbury, Mass.; his son, Henry Axtell, was killed by the Indians April 21, 1676. Thomas Axtell, son of Henry Axtell, settled in Grafton, Mass. He is reported to have said of his two sons: "One was over much righteous and the other over much wicked." Seth J. Axtell, the subject of this sketch, from childhood was fond of books. Having passed through the public schools of Grafton he fitted for college at Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., and graduated from Brown University in 1864. While a member of college he served one year as a soldier of the Union army in the 41st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. He pursued his professional studies in Newton Seminary, Mass., and was ordained to the work of the ministry Jan. 31, 1868, and installed over the Baptist Church in Monroe, Mich. He resigned and Dec. 1, 1870, settled as pastor of the Baptist Church in West Medway, where he remained until April, 1878, when he became President of the Leland University in New Orleans, La. He held this position several years, and then became pastor of the Baptist Church in Weymouth, Mass.