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He conformed to the ordinances of the church of which he was an active member and for many years a deacon. He never enjoyed any educational advantages, but by assiduous endeavor attained a good standing among his townsmen. He was a man of unpretending manners. His success in life he ascribed under God to the judicicus influence of his excellent wife.

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Mrs. Cutter was a person of sound sense, interesting in manners and conversation. Notwithstanding her great weight, between three and four hundred pounds, she was remarkably agile, and her footstep noiseless and grace

ful. Her death was the result of an accidental fall, and occurred Jan. 29, 1823.

Dea. Ephraim and Deborah (Locke) Cutter had issue :

i. DEBORAH, b. 18 June, 1791; d. Sept. 7, 1802.

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ii. FRANCES, b. 25 July, 1792; d. Sept. 26, 1795.

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iii. ANNA, b. 7 Sept. 1793; m. (1st) Sept. 8, 1811, Jonathan Benjamin, of Charlestown; (2d) May 11, 1816, Peter Tufts, Esq., d. Cambridge, May 17, 1825, æ. 50.* Mrs. Tufts died on a voyage from Boston to New Orleans, Jan. 23, 1853. Issue by second marriage:

i. ELBRIDGE, b. Charlestown, 1 Oct. 1817; m. Catherine E. Copeland, of Cambridge, and Sallie Tooly, of New Albany, Ind.; d. Monroe, La., 5 May, 1866.-ii. MARTHA, b. 20 Dec. 1818; d. 5 Feb. 1819.-iii. ANN, b. 30 March, 1819; m. P. J. Hughes, of Ireland, and William H. Bradley, of Monroe, La.; d. Monroe, 5 Dec. 1857. Issue :-Malinda Hughes, Anna T. and Ann Bradley.-iv. ADELINE, b. 5 Nov. 1820; m. John Dowell, of Monroe, La., and Joseph Bailey, of Groton, Ct.: d. in Rio de Janeiro, South America, 28 June, 1850. Issue:-Henry E. Dowell, killed in battle at Sharpsburg, Md., 17 Sept. 1862.-V. DEBORAH CUTTER, b. Cambridge, 10 Aug. 1822; m. John M. Herring, of Boston, Mass., and Hypolite Filhiol, a gentleman of high parentage of French descent; r. Monroe, La. Issue:-Roger Herring, Ann E., Heloise A., and Grammot Filhiol.-vi. GORHAM, b. 19 Jan. 1824; m. Esther Clarke, of New Albany, Ind.; and d. New Orleans, La., 19 Feb. 1850, leaving a son Gorham.-vii. PETER EUSTIS, b. 11 Aug. 1825; m. Lovinia Mulford, of Memphis, Tenn., and there resides. Issue :-Oliver and Harry L.

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iv. EPHRAIM, b. 2 Dec. 1794; m. Oct. 12, 1817, Sarah A., dau. of Thomas and Margaret (Adams) Russell, of Ashburnham, Mass. He was a meal-merchant in West Cambridge, and d. of an accident in Malden, April 4, 1826. His widow m. Joseph Harris, of Ashburnham, April 7, 1829, and there resides. Issue:

Vide Book of Lockes, 162, 163.

i. EPHRAIM, b. 4 Oct. 1818; resides in Ashburnham.

ii. SARAH ADAMS,7 b. 12 Nov. 1820; m. Nov. 29, 1838, Luther Leavitt Barrell, of Westminster, Mass., afterwards of Boston, and St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Barrell d. in St. Louis, May 20, 1866, æ. 51.

The death of Mr. Barrell was caused by a melancholy accident. While returning from a drive to Bellefontaine Cemetery, with several members of his family, he stopped to discharge a revolver he had in his possession. After firing all the barrels, as he thought, at a small target-a piece of money-he proceeded to replace the pistol in his pocket. In doing so, the remaining barrel was accidentally discharged, the ball entering his abdomen, inflicting a wound from which he died twelve hours afterwards. He was an excellent citizen, and at one time was a partner in business with ex-Mayor Daniel G. Taylor, of St. Louis. He was a member of the Knights Templar Order of the Masonic Fraternity, and a week or two previous to his death, with his accustomed hospitality, he entertained the Cyrene Commandery, of Memphis, while they were on a visit to St. Louis. Mrs. Barrell resides in St. Louis. Her issue:

Wilbur Fiske, b. 29 Oct. 1839; m. Elizabeth Nash, of Boston, 12 Aug. 1865; r. in St. Louis.—Agnes, b. June, 1847; m. Harry Hall, 18 Dec. 1865; r. St. Louis-and five others who died in infancy.

iii. CLARA CHADWICK, b. 12 Jan. 1823; m. Feb. 14, 1843, William Fillebrown, of West Cambridge. Mr. Fillebrown resides in North Cambridge, and does business in Boston. Issue:-Martha Clara, b. 3 Feb. 1844; m. James O. Hills, of Somerville, 1 Oct. 1863; r. Brooklyn, N.Y. -Sarah Cutter, b. 24 July, 1846.-Antoinette, b. 22 June, 1849; m. William Wood, of North Cambridge, 8 Nov. 1869.-Emma Eliza, b. 27 May, 1853; d. 4 Dec. 1859.-Isabell, b. 12 Jan. 1857.-Ellen Harris, b. 23 Nov. 1861.

iv. CHARLES RUSSELL, b. 27 Jan. 1825; m. Dec. 23, 1847, Pamelia A., dau. of Hollis and Pamelia A. (Pease) Parker, of Cambridge. Has been foreman of the Boston City Stables, and in the city employ for twenty years. Resides in Boston Highlands. Issue:

1. Charles Russell, b. Boston, 24 June, 1850.

2. Millie A.,8 b. 5 Oct. 1854.

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V. ESTHER PIERCE, b. 28 April, 1796; d. June 29, 1798.

vi. AммI, b. 5 Aug. 1797; m. Dec. 2, 1819, Lucy, dau. of Peter and Martha (Locke) Tufts, of Cambridge. He was a miller, and resided near the old stone mill in Somerville, and in West Cambridge, where he d. Dec. 2, 1840. His widow resides in Arlington. Their issue:

i. LUCY TUFTS,7 b. 10 September, 1820; m. March 3, 1841, Samuel F.
Winn, of West Cambridge, now of Burlington, Mass. Issue-Samuel
Frost, b. 9 Dec. 1841; d. 1 Jan. 1842.-John Jewett, b. 15 July, 1843;
d. 13 Jan. 1817.-James Henry, b. 24 July, 1845; m. Julia Cummings,
of Millbury, Mass., 25 Nov. 1868; r. Woburn; issue-Arthur Locke, b.
8 Sept. 1869.-Ammi Cutter, b. 18 Feb. 1849.-Lucy Frances Russell, b.
9 June, 1851.

ii. AMMI, b. 10 Oct. 1823; accountant, S. A. Fowle's Mills, Arlington.
iii. AMANDA TUFTS,7 b. 24 May, 1827; m. June 4, 1845, Stephen Kimball,
of West Cambridge, d. Nov. 29, 1866, æ. 46. Mrs. Kimball resides in
Arlington. Issue-Addison Tufts, b. 12 Sept. 1846; d. 6 Dec. 1846.—
Ellen Amanda, b. 15 June, 1848 d. 26 Jan. 1855.-Lucy Tufts, b. and
d. Sept. 1850.-Charles Tufts, b. 18 July, 1851.-Frederic Gray, b. 7
Nov. 1855.-Edwin Fiske, b. 29 April, 1858.-Dora Locke, b. 21 Oct.
1859; d. 18 April, 1864.-Eliza Whittemore, b. 6 Sept. 1862; d. 10 Apr.
1864.-George Willis, b. 1 April, 1866.

iv. DEBORAH LOCKE,7 b. 27 Aug. 1835.

V. ELIZA ANN WHITTEMORE, b. 6 Sept. 1838.*

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viii. SAMUEL LOCKE, b. 15 Jan. 1800; d. Sept. 1, 1802.

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ix. BENJAMIN, b. 7 Sept. 1801; d. Sept. 8, 1802.

*Vide Book of Lockes, 162, 163, 285.

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