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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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gton) Baldwin, grand-daughter of Tilly and Rebecca (Hoard) Baldwin and Rev. Charlesand Anna (Smith) Wellington, and a descendant from Roger Welling-ton who came from England to Watertown, Massachusetts. Mr.and Mrs. Bates have three children, — Almira Wellington Bates,teacher in East Boston High School, Helen Bigelow Bates, andJosephine Baldwin Bates, teacher of the violin. Teaching, says Mr. Bates, is the opportunity of presentingthe proper occasion for right mental activities. Discipline is avery important factor in teaching, as every member of the profes-sion knows, and it is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in thepath of the teacher in training. Mr. Bates is inclined to be old-fashioned in his notions in regardto the training of Young Americans, believing in good example,plenty of work, and high regard for truth, honesty, sobriety, patriot-ism, pride in the fine old type of New England life, lived by ancestorsas a good foundation on which to build sound ideals of Americanlife.
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<_y /W^dsOCM <yj/&Cl&6atir C^Tr r PRESCOTT BIGELOW PRESCOTT BIGELOW was born in Boston, Massachusetts,July 3, 1861, was a lifelong resident, and died there January20, 1918. He was the son of Prescott and Caroline (An-drews) Bigelow, and the grandson of John and Annie (Brown)Bigelow. John Bigelow was one of the founders of the BostonPublic Library and a Mayor of the City of Boston. The early school days of Prescott Bigelow were passed in aprivate school in Boston, and he was a student at the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology for one year. Upon leaving the In-stitute he engaged in the stock brokerage business, and continuedsuccessfully in it until his death. In business relations he was clear headed, honorable, energetic,and just. He was sagacious in his judgment of men and motives,wise and generous in advising others, and conscientious and firmin maintaining his own ideals of good citizenship. The ability andsuccess of Mr. Bigelow are best expressed in the estimation

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