SMITH, Margery Puffer

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• Residence: 1910, Worcester, MA
• Residence: 1920, Worcester, MA
• Residence: 1931, Worcester, MA
• Residence: 1949, Worcester, MA

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  227385536
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• Residence: 1880, Springfield, MA

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Graduate from the Springfield High School; 1885; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1890 (S.B.). In 1899 he received the degree of M.S. from the W.P.I. He was assistant in the mechanical engineering laboratory at W.P.I., 1890-1; instructor there in mechanical drawing, 1891-1900; assistant professor of drawing and machine design, 1900-6; and professor since 1906. He is a member of the America Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education; the Worcester County Mechanics Association and the Royal Arcanum. Resided at 18 McKinley Road, Worcester.

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Alton married HARTSHORN, Mabel on 29 Nov 1894 in Worcester, MA. Mabel (daughter of HARTSHORN, Newton Timothy and BARKER, Hannah Maria) was born on 28 Jun 1868 in Reeds Ferry, NH; died in 1933 in Worcester, MA; was buried in Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Descended probably from the Hartshorns of Hartshorn, England and from an early American pioneer.

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Descendent of Francis Smith, immigrant, who lived in Watertown, MA and R eading, MA and died in 1651.

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James married PUFFER, Sophia Elizabeth on 13 Mar 1861 in Niagra Falls, NY. Sophia (daughter of PUFFER, Capt. Reuben and WALKER, Nancy) was born on 5 Sep 1835 in Sudbury, MA; died on 24 Aug 1905 in MA; was buried in Springfield, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Civil War veteran
Newton Timothy Hartshorn enlisted in the New Hampshire National Guard shortly after the beginning of hostilities. In October, 1861 he enlisted in the regular army, joining the U.S. Engineer Corps. Advancing from private to corporal in October, 1862 he saw extensive service and was engaged in the construction of pontoon bridges and fortifications. In April, 1864 he was commissioned Captain of Company C. War Department Rifles and was assigned to duty at the White House, guarding president Lincoln. During the war he kept a diary in which he made many sketches.

His artistic ability was demonstrated during a trip home when he painted a portrait of the girl he would soon marry, Hannah Maria Barker. He refused an offer of promotion and began a career as a portrait artist. An attempt at living in the wild was short lived after buying and selling land in Minnesota, property that would later be bought by The Pillsbury Flour Co.

His greatest achievement was the charcoal sketch he did of Ulysses S. Grant. The remarkable sketch together with a letter of introduction from the president served him well. He painted the portraits of many prominent individuals, both in America and in Europe, during his two trips there. During one of these trips, he stayed in the Hartshorn House in Hartshorn, Derbyshire. In was in this house that Sir Walter Scott wrote the book, Ivanhoe. He reflected on the origins of the Hartshorn family and did a brief genealogical study. Many of the portraits that he painted presently hang in libraries and museums in New England. Several are on display at the Baker Library at Dartmouth College. Some of his commissions were paid for with merchandise in kind. One such painting made of the president of the International Silver Company was paid for with a complete silver service. A serving pitcher from this service is presently in the possession of this compiler, as well as letters of commendation, including one signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.

Newton Hartshorn was satisfied to live off the laurels of his artist's reputation and did little else to sustain himself or his family in his later years. He became a gentleman farmer, retiring to Sandisfield, in the foothills of western Massachusetts. During the autumn harvest, he could be seen with a horse-drawn wagon, taking a load of home-grown apples to market in Boston, a distance of over 125 miles. He suffered from stomach cancer and spent his remaining months with daughter, Caroline, in Springfield where he died at the age of 80.

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Newton married BARKER, Hannah Maria on 15 Nov 1864 in Bradford, NH. Hannah was born on 29 Sep 1843 in Hopkinton, NH; died on 6 May 1931 in Nashua, NH; was buried in Amherst, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Descendant of Francis Smith, immigrant, who lived in Watertown and Reading and died in 1651.

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Stephen married KENNY, Matilda on 26 Nov 1829 in Washington, NH. Matilda was born on 8 Apr 1809 in Reading, MA; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Unity, NH; was buried in East Washington, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was educated in the public schools of Stow and lived in that town an d Sudbury. He married in the old Walker garrison house. He was a twin of Phineas.

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Reuben married WALKER, Nancy on 18 May 1832 in Sudbury, MA. Nancy (daughter of WALKER, Paul and BOGLE, Elizabeth) was born on 2 Apr 1807 in South Sudbury, MA; died on 12 Mar 1903 in Stow, MA; was buried in Stow, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1800, Springfield, MA

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See #187 in Puffer Gen.

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