William Arms
Notes de recherche
- Situé soit à Stanstead ou à Rock Island, incertain.
The British Colonist
- Vol. I, Nº1, 1 mai 1823
- WILLIAM ARMS
- Forgeron, Hâches et bèches
- Vol. II, Nº8, 24 juin 1824 et Vol. IV, Nº3, 22 juin 1826
- « Scythes »
B. F. Hubbard, Forests and Clearings
p. 141
- Family of William. Arms, Esq,
- William Arms, b. in Deerfield, Mass., May 28, 1794; in 1818 m. Miranda, dau. of Rev. J. Haven, of Croydon, N. H. He was engaged for many years in the manufacture of axes and ploughs at Stanstead Plain; was appointed deacon of the Congregational church in 1821. In 1836 he removed to Sherbrooke, where he built an extensive iron foundry, and carried on a successful business for several years; received the appointment of magistrate in 1841; took an active part in public affairs, and was a liberal contributor to benevolent objects. He d. February 4, 1853. His wife d. in 1870.
- Children
- Adeline, b. July 27, 1821—m. Samuel Tuck, of Sherbrooke. A son d. in the late war; another m. a dau. of Judge Sanborn, and is in business.
- Miranda, b. April 16, 1827—m. Thomas Goldsmith, lives in Troy, N. Y.
- Adelia, b. July 20, 1829—m. J. McNicol, of Sherbrooke.
- Calista, b. September 19, 1831—m. Lemuel Farwell, of Sherbrooke.
- Two children died young.
