Charles was born in 1843 to James and Jane S. Johnson in Winsted, CT. He had at least one sibling, a younger brother named James Jr. James the younger died around age 10 in 1854. Jane's parents were named Prince and Rebecca Morris. James' parents were Robert and Phila Johnson. Both were born in Warren, MA, and were likely members of the free black community. They were married in 1842. James Sr. died in 1852 when Charles was around 11, and he lived with family members after h

Henry was born on November 6, 1846 to Harvey N. And Harriet E. (Nye) Parsons. His birthplace is listed in both Bangor, ME and Woodstock, NB, Canada. He worked in a lumber mill in Boscawen, NH where he met and married Jennie P. Thurston on January 11, 1870. They had five children together. In the 1880s they moved to Hopedale, MA where Henry worked as a woodworker for the Draper Machine Company and later the Hopedale Machine Company. Jennie died in the early 1900s, and by 1910

Elias was born in Millbury, MA to Elias Whitney and Sylvia F. (Adams) Boyden on May 7, 1832. He was the fourth of their eleven children, which included two sets of twins. Elias senior was a blacksmith. In the early 1850s Elias junior moved to the Rockdale District of Northbridge, MA and worked as a machinist in one of the local mills. He married Fidelia Smith in 1854. In 1855 Elias senior died, and Sylvia moved in with her son and daughter-in-law. Elias and Fidelia had th

Ralph and Mary Bowker South Hopedale Cemetery Hopedale, MA