Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...of Rev. Nicholas Street, who came from Taunton, Massachusetts, to New Haven, Connecticut, and succeeded Rev. John Davenport. (VII) Abraham (2) Ives, son of Abraham (i) and Eunice (Day) Ives, was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, August 15, 1803, died October 19, 1866. He succeeded to the homestead whereon his father and grandfather resided and brought it to a high state of cultivation. He was a prominent man in the community, inheriting in large measure the excellent characteristics of his forbears. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of West Springfield, as was also his wife. He married Harriet Knowles, born in East Hampton, near Mt. Tom, June 16, 1807, but resided in West Springfield from early childhood, died June 7, 1889, a daughter of Joshua Knowles. They were the parents of four children: Ann E., now deceased, was the wife of Alvin C. Pratt; Dwight H., of whom further; Ellen H., resides with Dwight H.; Julia ., now deceased. (VIII) Dwight H. Ives, son of Abraham (2) and Harriet (Knowles) Ives, was born on the paternal homestead in West Springfield, Massachusetts, January 28, 1836. He attended the public schools of his native town, and was later a student at the Suffield Literary Institute and Holyoke Academy. For the six years following the completion of his studies he assisted his father in the management of the large farm which had descended from his ancestor, and subsequently he assumed the entire management of the same, adding adjoining land by purchase from time to time until the farm embraced two hundred and thirty acres, one of the largest in that section, and devoted principally to dairying. The milk product was disposed of at retail in the city of Holyoke for twenty-one years, during which time Mr...."
