Felch Mark Curtis b. 04 MAR 1848 Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA d.

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Birth 04 Mar 1848 Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA [1, 2, 3]

Gender Male

_UPD 31 OCT 2009 17:14:47 GMT-5

Person ID I153 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Felch John Thompson, b. 13 Mar 1808, Deering, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA , d. 20 Jun 1887

Mother Lewis Sally or Sarah, b. 23 Feb 1804, Greenfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA , d. 06 Apr 1889, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA

Married 04 Jun 1833

Family ID F1738 Group Sheet

Family 1 Griffin Laura J., b. 24 Nov 1850, Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA , d. 12 Apr 1887

Married 11 Mar 1870 Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [4, 5]

Children

	1. Felch Elsie Elwood, b. 30 Aug 1877, Massachusetts, USA , d. 17 Aug 1903
	2. Felch Morris Wilbur, b. 05 Oct 1873, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 13 Oct 1905
	3. Felch Alice Gray, b. 07 Feb 1875, Massachusetts, USA
	4. Felch Emma Laura, b. 03 Feb 1876, Massachusetts, USA
	5. Felch Kate Dinsmore, b. 16 Jun 1879, d. 18 Nov 1880
	6. Felch Edith Mary, b. 16 Feb 1881, d. 11 Mar 1881
	7. Felch Mark Curtis, b. 07 Jul 1882, d. 27 Dec 1895
	8. Felch Clara Edith, b. 01 Aug 1884

Family ID F67 Group Sheet

Family 2 Colburn Sarah Josephine or Mary J.

Married 30 Apr 1889 Merrimack, New Hampshire [4]

Children

1. Felch Edna Barron, b. 21 Apr 1891

Family ID F1740 Group Sheet

Notes	(VII) Mark Curtis Felch, son of John Thompson Felch (6), was born in Frances- town, March 4, 1848. He received his education in the common schools of his native town and in the Francestown Academy. He then worked one year in Lowell as clerk for Daniel Gage, dealer in meats and provisions, returning home to work on the farm and deal in cattle. When he came of age he bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, adjoining that of his father and known as the Charles Quigley estate. He cut off much lumber to good advantage and in addition to his farming traded in horses and cattle. In August, 1872, he removed to Somerville, Massachusetts, where he spent three years building houses to sell. He then bought the plant of A. G. Carter, wholesale butcher, on Beech street, Woburn, built a new slaughter house and began business there. He built up a large trade in Woburn and adjoining towns. After six years in this business, he added a refrigerator to his plant and became local agent of the Swiftsof Chicago, selling on commission for the sixteen years following and since he has been a wholesale dealer in beef, hay and grain. He has also bought c?.rloads of cows and horses to sell in Woburn and vicinity. At present Mr. Felch is in the hay and grain business with his place of business on Prospect street. He was formerly a partner in the Locke Regulator Company of Salem, a firm making damperregulators, steam valves and various steam appliances, composed of Nathaniel C. Locke, Albert N. Locke and Mr. Felch. After five years in this business he sold his interest to his partners. Mr. Felchis a Congregationalist in religion ; he gave the bell for the Congregational church in his native town. In politics he is independent ; formerly a Democrat and has attended as delegate various Democratic senatorial and other nominating conventions. He has been a member of the common council of the city of Woburn and for two years of the board of aldermen. He was made a Mason in Good Samaritan Lodge of Reading, Massachusetts. He married (first), at Somerville. March 11, 1870, Laura Griffin, who was born at Antrim, New Hampshire, November 24, 1850, and died April 12, 1887, daughter of Solomon Hopkins and Eliza (McCoy) Griffin. Her father was a farmer. He married (second), April 30, 1889, Sarah Josephine Colburn, at Merrimack, New Hampshire, the daiJghter of Ephraim and Charlotte (Barron) Col burn, of Woburn, Massachusetts. Ephraim Colburn was a plow manufacturer and farmer. Children of Mark C. and Laura Felch: i. Morris Wilbur, born October 5, 1873, at Somerville. died October 13, 1905.2. Alice Gray, born February 7, 1875,' married, September 4, 1905, Ernest H. Wellman, of Washington, Maine. 3. Emma Laura, born February 3, 1876, married, August 15, 1901, George Dur- ward, of Woburn, and had Laura Elizabeth Durward, born April 29, 1903. 4. Elsie Elwood, born August 30, 1877, died August 17, 1903; married, March 19, 1900. Harry Kimball, of Boston, and had Emily Hazel Kimball, born August 5, 1902. 5. Kate Dinsmore, born June 16, 1879, died November 18. 1880. 6. Edith May, born February 16, 1881, died March u. 1881. 7. Mark Curtis, Jr., born July 7, 1882, died December 27, 1895. 8. Gara Edith, born August I, 1884, married, June 13, 1905, Henry Kenty, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and had Mary Josephine Kenty, born February 4, 1907, died February 7, 1967. Child of Mark C. andSarah J. Felch: 9. Edna Barron, born April 21, 1891. (For first two generations see Henry 2). 7. Mark C., [b. in Francestown. March 4,1848, in. 1st, Laura Griffin of Antrim, 2nd, Mary J. Colburn of Medford, Mass., is doing a thriving business as meat dealer at Wolburn, Mass. The bell of the "new church" edifice in Francestown, was donated by him upon the completion of that building.] Added (ADV 10/25/09). MARK C. FELCH DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Was a member of Sinking Fund Commission ONE TIME ALDERMAN Death of Relatives Probably Cause of His Decline Former Alderman Mark C. Felch, for many years a resident of Woburn, and one of her best known citizens, a member of the sinking fund commission, died at his home, 26 Beach Street, this morning after a long illness. Mr. Felch was 61 years old. For more than three years he had made a vain struggle for life. In October, in a hope of checking the disease which had overtaken him, he had one of his legs amputated. The operation was not successful, however, and he never regained his health. Mr. Felch came to Woburn many years ago from Francestown, New Hampshire. He purchased the slaughtering business of Alfred G. Carter and later became a successful tradesman in cattle. ACTIVE IN BUSINESS He was for many years the local manager of the John P. Squire & Company business on High Street, and after that carried on an independent business on Prospect St. He suffered several bereavements in his family, and these were undoubtedly the cause of his decline in health. He gave up all business in October, 1907, to put himself under the surgeon's knife, and since then he has struggled in vain to preserve his life and close up his business affairs. Mr. Felch was a man of sterling integrity, and under a rather austere and at times a gruff manner there was a most kindly and sympathetic heart. He was greatly attached to his family, and the loss ofseveral of his children was a blow from which he never recovered. In business affairs his word was as good as his bond, and while he would do his best in a fair way to make a good trade, yet he would never take an underhand advantage of anyone, or resort to any business trickery.

Sources

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[S234] History of the town of Antrim, New Hampshire: from its earliest settlement to June 27, 1877, with a brief genealogical record of all the Antrim families, Warren Robert Cochrane, (Name: Mirror Steam Printing Press, 1880;), 521 (Reliability: 3).