Blood, Charles Erastus, son of Leonard and Abigail Blood was born at Pepperell, Middlesex county, March 19, 1825.
He received his early education in the common schools of his native place. His first business connection was with Metcalf & Fisher, manufacturers of straw goods, of Medway village, in 1844. From this place he went to New York City. Here, and on Long Island, he remained until 1849, when he removed to Ware village, and was there engaged in the straw business till 1875, when he became interested in the drug business, his present occupation.
He has been overseer of the poor in Ware twelve years, selectman two years, member of school board five years. For the last fourteen years Mr. Blood has been special county commissioner of Hampshire county. He has served on the board of assessors one year, and since 1874 has acted as treasurer of the South Mutual Protection Association.
His church connections are with the Congregational church of Ware village, where he now resides.
Mr. Blood was married in Milford, in 1851, to Mary B., daughter of Josiah and Anna (Corbett) Perry. He has four children: Charles F., George F., Gertrude P., and Mary E. Blood.
Boardman, Halsey J., son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Boardman, was born May 19, 1834, in the town of Norwich, Windsor county, Vt.
In the common schools of his native town he fitted himself for higher educational work, entered Thetford Academy, from which he was graduated valedictorian of his class, in 1854. He entered Dartmouth College the same year, graduating with high honors in 1858.
He entered the law office of Norcross & Snow, Fitchburg, changing subsequently to the office of Philip Sears, Boston. He was admitted to the Suffolk county bar in 1860, commencing the practice of the law in Boston, in July of the same year. His first connection in business was as senior partner in the law firm of Boardman & Blodgett, Boston, the firm name remaining the same until the junior partner, Caleb Blodgett, was made judge of the superior court. Stephen H. Tyng was a subsequent partner, also Frank Paul, the present firm name being Boardman & Paul.
Latterly, owing to defective sight, he has found it necessary to throw off much of the labor incident to the legal profession, and, while seeking relief in various manufacturing and railroad interests, has been repeatedly called by his fellow-citizens to participate in the councils of the Commonwealth.
From 1862 to 1864 he held the appointment of commissioner of the board of enrollment, under President Lincoln, for the 4th congressional district. He was also chairman of the ward and city committee in 1874, president of the common council in 1875, Republican candidate for mayor in the same year, representative to the General Court in 1883-'85. He was elected to the Senate in 1887 and '88, serving as president both years. He is a prom-
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Halsey J. Boardman.
inent member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. His business relations have made him influential as a railroad official, being president of the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad, and director of several others.
In Boston, November 6, 1862, Mr. Boardman was united in marriage with Georgia M., daughter of George and Maria C. (Moseley) Hinman. Their children are Flora M. and Millie I. Boardman.
Bond, George William, son of George and Ann Sigourney (Hammatt) Bond, was born in Boston, June 22, 1811. He is a lineal descendant of William Bond, who came from England to this country and settled in Watertown, in 1649. A trace
