Medway, Norfolk co, Mass Bios ? Surnames beginning with D
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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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DEA. WILLIAM DANIELS.
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WILLIAM DANIELS, son of Henry and Mary Ann (Pike) Daniels, and son-in-law of Dea. Paul and Eliza (Breck) Daniell, was born Feb. 3, 1825, in East Medway. Mr. Daniels received a good English education and was a teacher in the public schools. He settled on the farm of his ancestor, Mr. Henry Daniels, who was of the fourth generation of the name in America. He became a prominent citizen, filled all the important offices in the town, and served in the State Legislature two years, in 1863 and 1864, during the trying period of the War for the Union. He held the office of deacon in the First Church of Christ, and was for many years the superintendent of the Sunday School
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CHARLES FISKE DANIELS
CHARLES FISKE DANIELS, son of Luke and Jemima (Fiske) Daniels, was born July 19, 1817, in Franklin, Mass. For some years he was engaged in the straw goods business, being for a while a successful manufacturer of straw goods in Lowell, Mass. In later life Mr. Daniels became a real estate broker. He removed to Medway in 1867, and at once was recognized as a prominent citizen. He was chosen on the board of selectmen four years, on the board of school committee three years, and was a trustee of the Medway Savings Bank. He was associated for many years in the sale of real estate, with the Hon. J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton, Mass. Mr. Daniels was a self-made man, and acquired a good property. His residence on Holliston Street was one of the finest in the town. He was esteemed a man of good judgment, and his death, Aug. 2, 1884, was a public loss
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OLIVER DEAN, M. D.
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OLIVER DEAN, son of Seth and Edna (Pond) Dean, was born Feb. 18, 1783, in Franklin, Mass. After learning the English branches in the town schools he studied Latin in Framingham Academy and Greek with the Rev. Dr. Crane, of Northbridge. He began the study of medicine with Dr. James Mann, of Wrentham, but completed it with Dr. Ingalls, of Boston, and received his degree of M. D. from the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1S09. He practiced in Boston until 1812, when he removed to Medway, but his health broke down under his labors here and in 1817 he left his profession to assume the Agency of the Medway Cotton Manufactory which position he held nine years. In 1826 he was elected Superintendent of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H., and continued there for eight years. Having by skillful management accumulated a fortune he retired in 1834 to a small farm in Framingham, Mass. From 1844, until 1851, he resided in Boston, Mass. He next purchased a portion of the farm of the deceased Dr. Emmons and made Franklin his home till his death, which occurred Dec. 5, 1871. Dr. Dean devoted his last years chiefly to plans for the education of youth which resulted in the founding of the Dean Academy in Franklin, and which by his ample fortune is well endowed. He contributed largely to the endowment of Tufts College, to the Franklin Library, and to Grace Church, and will be long remembered in Medway as the founder and liberal patron of the Dean Library Association. Although of a different religious faith, he was an early and life-long friend of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Ide, of West Medway. While in Medway he was largely instrumental in the settlement of Dr. Ide, whose declining years he cheered with liberal tokens of his regard, and by his will provided largely for his future wants. Dr. Dean first married Caroline Francoeur, of Wrentham. She died Oct. 27, 1866, and in 1868 he married Mrs. Louisa C. Haines, of Wrentham, who still survives. He left no children. He was frugal and temperate in his habits, industrious and sagacious in business, intelligent and persistent in plan and purpose, and rarely failed in their accomplishment. He administered his own estate and has left enduring monuments of his skill and genius for business, and of his regard for knowledge and virtue as essential to all human progress.???? Vid. The History of Franklin, Mass.
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CHARLES HENRY DEANS, Esq.
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CHARLES HENRY DEANS, son of Samuel and Hannah Le Baron (Wheaton) Deans, was born May 2, 1832, in Easton, Mass. He pursued a course of classical study in the academy in New Hampton, N. H., for four years, and entered, in 1854, the Sophomore class of Brown University, Providence, R. I. At the close of his Junior year his health failed, and he was obliged, to leave college without graduating. His class graduated in 1857. Subsequent to leaving college he studied law with Samuel B. Noyes, Esq., and Ellis Ames, Esq., of Canton, Mass., and was admitted in 1858 to the Bar of Bristol County. He immediately opened an office in West Medway, where he has continued in the practice of his profession to the present time. Mr. Deans held the office of Trial Justice for twenty-one years. He has served on the school board for eighteen years, and is still a member. He was a Trustee of the Medway Savings Bank, and for fourteen years the President of the New England Awl Company. He was also the President of the Evergreen Cemetery Association.

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REV. DAVID DEMING.
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DAVID DEMING, son of David and Mary Deming, was born July 20, 1681, in Wethersfield, Conn. He graduated, at the age of nineteen years, from Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass: He was the first pastor of the Church of Christ in Medway, his ministry extending from 1715 to 1722. Vid. THE CHURCHES. Nothing is known of his family beyond the following town record: "Jonathan Deming, the son of Mr. David Deming and Mariah his wife was born March 5, 1719." The Rev. Mr. Deming died in 1746, at the age of sixty-five years.
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