Identifier: biographicalhist091913elio (find matches)
Title: Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950
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Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Biographical Society
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ne in the city had a wider circle ofacquaintances. He will be widely mourned, for he was the finesttype of the New England merchant and philanthropist. Governor McCall paid the following tribute to him: In the passing of Mr. Shuman we all have suffered a distinctloss. Out of the sterHng qualities with which he was so richlyendowed he was ever ready to contribute in full measure to thecause of humanity. A respected and valued citizen, a real Ameri-can, and a humanitarian of whom we have all been proud has leftus, but the influence of his life will long remain. Lieutenant Governor Coolidge said: Mr. Shuman was a citizen of the finest type. We have perhapsknown him best as a philanthropist, and in that he has been dis-tinctive. His philanthropy has been as varied and extensive as ithas been wise and helpful. We have all lost a friend. The Stateand the city have been honored by him. It is proper that theState and city should in mindfulness of that do honor to him nowthat he has left us. ^
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RUFUS ADAMS SIBLEY RUFUS ADAMS SIBLEY was born in Spencer, Massachu-setts, December 3, 1841. His father was Brigham Sibley,who was born in 1807 and died in 1891. His family wasone of the earliest of the Enghsh immigration coming to Massa-chusetts, as his ancestor, John Sibley, came to Salem with Capt.John Endicott in 1628, two years before Governor Winthrop cameand settled at Boston. His mother was Adaline Adams. Herancestor was Henry Adams, who came from England and settled inBraintree. The line of descent is direct from Henry Adams,through Edward, John, Obadiah, David born in 1716 and Davidborn in 1744, to Rufus Adams, the grandfather of the subject ofthis sketch, who inherited the homestead. The grandparents were respectively Paul Sibley, Jr., 1769 to1851, and Abagail Livermore; and on his mothers side, RufusAdams, 1784 to 1864, and Susanna Guilford. Rufus Adams was representative to the General Court three or four terms and was Selectman and Assessor for many years. Rufus Adams Sibl

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