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 FIELD. FISHER. 213 Mr. Field was assessor in 1869; town clerk. 1873 to '77, inclusive ; and represent- ative to the General Court, 1S7S and '82. He was commissary-sergeant, 36th regi- ment, Massachusetts volunteers, October 15, 1863 ; made quartermaster-sergeant, February 19, 1864 ; 2d lieutenant, Novem- ber 1, 1S64, and 1 st lieutenant, November 13, 1864. Mr. Field is vice-president of the Clinton 'board of trade, and member of the pru- dential committee of the First Baptist church. He was coroner from 1865 until the law was changed requiring a medical examiner. He is past high priest, Clinton R. A. Chap- ter, past grand king, grand R. A. Chap- ter of Massachusetts, past commander of Post 64, G. A. R., and treasurer of Clinton Lancaster Driving Park Association, and at present treasurer of the town. FIELD, WALBRIDGE ABNER, son of Abner and Louisa (Griswold) Field, was born in Springfield, Windsor county, Vt., April 26, 1833. His father was a descend- ant of the Fields of Rhode Island, and his mother's ancestors were from Connecticut. Mr. Field was educated at private schools and academies until fitted for college, when he entered Dartmouth and graduated in the class of 1855. He was tutor in the college in 1856 and '57, and again in 1S59. He studied law in Boston with Harvey Jewell and at the Harvard law school ; was admitted to the bar in Boston in i860, and began practice with Mr. Jewell. In 1S65 he was appointed assistant United States attorney for Mas- sachusetts under Richard H. Dana, and remained with him and with George S. Hillard till 1869, when he was appointed by President Grant assistant attorney-gen- eral of the United States. This office he resigned in August, 1S70, and became a partner with Mr. Jewell and William Gas- ton, under the firm name of Jewell, Gaston & Field, and after Mr. Gaston became governor of Massachusetts, Edward O. Shepard was taken into the partnership, and the firm name became Jewell, Field & Shepard, and so remained until Mr. Field became associate justice of the supreme judicial court in February, 1SS1. Judge Field was a member of the Boston school board in 1863 and '64, and of the common council in 1865, '66 and '67. In 1876 he was declared elected to the House of Representatives of the 4Sth Congress of the United States from the 3d district of Massachusetts, but his seat was contested, and after about a year's service he was unseated. He was again a candidate for the House of Representatives, was re-elec- ted, and taking his seat in the 46th Congress, served without contest. Judge Field was married in 1869, to Eliza E. McLoon, who died in March, 1877, and by whom he has two daughters : Eleanor Louise and Elizabeth Lenthal. In October, 1882, Judge Field was married to Frances E., daughter of the Hon. Nathan A. Farwell of Rockland, Maine. FISHER, HENRY NOAH, son of Noah and Esther (Page) Fisher, was born in Barton, Orleans county, Vermont, June 5, 1842. His father's family moved to Nashua, N. H., when he was an infant, and his early education was obtained in the com- mon schools of that city. His father died while he was yet young, and Mr. Fisher was obliged to relinquish the pursuit of knowledge, and seek an entrance into mer- cantile life. He commenced as a clerk in a grocery store in Nashua, and in 1859 came to Waltham, seeking employment in the fac- tory of the American Watch Company. He obtained a position as a boy, and by his diligent application, and an earnest desire to become thoroughly proficient in his trade, gradually rose from one position to another, until he finally came to have the entire charge of one of the most im- portant departments in that concern. This place is where he is now to be found when he is not engaged with the important mul- tiform duties of the high office to which his fellow-citizens have of late years repeat- edly called him. Mr. Fisher was unable to resist the patriotic call for men at the front, and in July, 1S62, he enlisted in company D, 35th Massachusetts regiment, and partici- pated in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. On the 17 th of September, 1862, he was wounded at Antietam, his right shoulder being fractured by a shell. He was confined to the hospital for some six months, and being finally compelled to return home in consequence of his wound, on March 4, 1S63, received an honorable discharge. Mr. Fisher is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held high and important offices in that institution. He is past master of the Isaac Parker Lodge, F. & A. M., of Waltham ; past high priest Waltham Royal Arch Chapter ; a member of the DeMolay Commandery K. T., of Boston, and of the Massachusetts Consis- tory, 32d degree, Aleppo Temple, an order