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 HARTWELL. HARVEY. 287 Legal Society ; is one of the medical examiners for Middlesex county, and presi- dent of Worcester North Medical Society at Fitchburg ; has served seventeen years on the school board — several years itschair- man ; is one of the trustees of Lawrence Academy, Groton ; president of the Mid- dlesex North Savings Bank, and one of the directors of the National Bank of Ayer. He served one year in the Legislature ( 188S), acting on the committees on finance and expenditures. Dr. Hartwell is a lineal descendant on the maternal side, in the fifth generation, from Governor Gardner, and on the pater- nal from William Hartwell, who settled in Concord, Mass., coming from Kent, Eng- land, in 1636. HARTWELL, HARRIS C, son of Ben- jamin Franklin and Emma (Whitman) Hartwell, was burn at Groton, Middlesex county, December 2X, 1X47. He was fitted for college at Lawrence Academy, Groton ; entered Harvard Col- lege iii 1865, and graduated in the class of E869. After graduating, he studied law with Hon. Aniasa Norcross in Fitchburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1S72, when he at once commenced the practice of law with him, under the firm name of Norcross & Hartwell, and still continues to practice under the same firm name. He was city solicitor for the city of Fitchburg from 1S76 to 'S6 ; a member of the House of Representatives in 1883, '84 and '85, and a member of the Senate in 1887 and '88, and was re-elected in 1889, receiving at the hands of his fellow-mem- bers a unanimous vote for the presidency of that body. He was chairman of the I louse judiciary committee in 1885, and chairman of the Senate judiciary commit- tee in 1887 and '88. He was married in Groton, November 22, 1877, to Effie M. F., daughter of Hon. Daniel Needham, of Groton, by whom he has one child : Norcross N. Hartwell. Mr. Hartwell has always taken a lively interest in all matters affecting the city of Fitchburg, and is an active member of the Worcester county bar. HARVEY, Edwin Bayard, son of Eben and Rozella (Winslow) Harvey, was born in Deerfield, Rockingham county, N. H., April 4, 1834. His early education was received in the common schools. Subsequently he at- tended the Military Institute, Pembroke, N. H., and the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Northfield, N. H. He was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in the class of 1S59. The year following he taught in Poultney Academy, Poultney, Vt. In i860 he was elected principal of Macedon Academy, Wayne county, N. Y., which position lie resigned after two years' service, to accept the professorship of natural science in Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham. In 1864 he entered the medical department of Har- vard University. After receiving the de- gree of doctor of medicine in 1866, he immediately commenced practice in West- borough, where he still resides. In 1872 he visited the principal universi- ties in Europe in the study of his profes- sion. He is widely known as a skillful practitioner ; has a large consultation EDWIN B. HARVEY. practice, and is recognized as the leading surgeon in his locality. For fifteen years he has been councilor of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was its anniversary chairman in 1886 ; has been censor, orator, vice-president, and president of the Wor- cester District Medical Society. For nearly twenty years he has been a member of the school board, and at the present time is superintendent of schools. Under his management, the schools have made great progress and taken rank with