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 JILLSON. JILLSON. 339 He has been a director in the Wamesil National Bank, Lowell, since 1861 ; vice- president of the Merrimac River Savings Hank, and a member of the committee of investment. lie is a member of the I. O. O. F.; also of the grand lodge of Massachusetts ; was elected grand master, and was representa- tive of the sovereign grand lodge of the United States two years ; has been member of the Mutual Benefit Association, Lowell, since its organization ; member of William North Lodge of Masons, Lowell, many years ; member of the Chapter R. A. M. of Ahasuerus Council, and of Pilgrim Com- mandery, since 1S70 ; was a member of the common council, Lowell, i86.i-'65, alder- man 1868 and '69, and mayor of Lowell, 1873, '74 and '75. lie was a member of the state Senate 1 S 7 7 and '79, and a member of the govern- or's council 1887, 'SS and '89. Hisresidence is Lowell. .111.1. SON, CLARK, son of David and Waity (Williams) Jillson, was born at Whitiiigiiam, Windham county, Vt., April 11, 1X25. He was educated in the common schools and in I he academy of his native town. His father was a farmer and blacksmith. During the year 1844 he was employed by John Russell & Co., at the Green River works, in Greenfield, Mass. In the fall ol 1845 he went to Worcester, where he found work, first in a blacksmith shop, afterwards in a machine shop, where he remained till the spring of 1S54, when he removed to Southbridge. He remained there about two years, during which time he was one of the editors and proprietors of the "South- bridge Press." In 1853 he was elected president of the Young Men's Rhetorical Society of Wor- cester, and delivered the annual address before that society, December 26, 1853. On the nth day of April, 1855, he was married in Worcester, by Rev. Horace James, to Ruth Elizabeth Lilley, who was born in Oxford, April 29, 1825. She was the only child of Lewis and Hannah (Albee) Lilley. Their children are : Lewis Lilley, Franklin Campbell, and Mary Jillson. Lewis died of scarlet fever, January 21, 1870. Mr. Jillson remained in Southbridge till November, 1855, when he disposed of his interest in the paper, and with his family returned to Worcester, where they now reside. After Mr. Jillson's return from South- bridge to Worcester, he again turned his attention to mechanics. He has obtained letters-patent for about twenty inventions, some of which have been extensively used. In 1S60 he was appointed by Governor Banks clerk of the police court of Worces- ter, and on the 10th of April was commis- sioned a justice of the peace, an office he now holds. The office of clerk having been made elective, he was elected to that office in iS6r, and again in 1866. Jan- uary, 187 1, he resigned the office of clerk and accepted that of chief justice of the 1 st district court of southern Worcester, which position he now holds. In 1872 he was appointed trial justice of juvenile offenders, and re-appointed in 1875. He was elected and served as mayor of Worcester, 1873, '75 and '76. He was the first president of the Sons and Daughters of Vermont, and delivered before that society the first annual address, on the 10th day of February, 1874. On CLARK JILLSON. the 21st day of June, 1878, he read a poem before the alumni and school of Nichols Academy, Dudley, he being president ol the board of trustees. On the 10th of Oc- tober he delivered the annual address be- fore the North River Agricultural Society in his native town. July 15, 1879, he de- livered an address before the New Hamp- shire Antiquarian Society, upon " New