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 WITT. WOOD. 667 him was presented by citizens of Massa- chusetts to the speaker's gallery in the Capitol at Washington. Congress also appointed him, in 1885, to deliver the ora- tion on the completion of the great Wash- ington Monument, in laying the corner- stone of which he had delivered the oration in 1847. In 1S52 he published a volume of ad- dresses and speeches, followed in 1867 by a second, and in 1879 by a third, and in 18S6 by a fourth volume. Taken as a whole, they are not surpassed by any similar collection in our literature. In 1864 he published the first volume of '• Life and Letters of John Winthrop." The second volume appeared in 1S67. Mr. Winthrop has received the honorary degree of I.L. I), from the University of Cambridge, England, from Harvard Uni- versity, and Bowdoin College. Mr. Winthrop was married in Boston in March, 1X32, to Eliza Cabot, daughter of Francis and Marianne (Cabot) Blanchard. Of this union were three children : Robert C, John, and Eliza C. Winthrop. His present wife is a daughter of the late Hon. Francis Granger, of Canandai- gua, N. Y. WITT, Charles T., son of Thomas and Rachel L. (Porter) Witt, was born July 18, 1848, in Norway, Oxford county. Me. He received his educational training in the common schools and high school of Norway. He came to Boston in Man h, [SOS; worked two years in the milk business ; then went into the same busi- ness for himself, and has followed it ever since. Mr. Witl was married in Norway, Me., October 18, 1874, to Ella F., daughter of Hiram and Marantha (Pray) Hathaway. f this union were four children : Althea E., Alice H., Charles 11. (deceased), and Edith M. Witt. Mr. Witt served live years on the ward ami city committee, Boston ; represented the 1st Suffolk district in the Legislature m is.s.s and '89, serving on the com- mittee on banks and banking in '88, and in 'So on the committee on street rail- ways. He has held various offices in Masonic bodies; served as master of Baalbec Lodge, F. & A. M., two years ; thrice illus- trious master of East Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters, for three years, and is now holding offices in chapter and com- mandery. He is treasurer of the Masonic board of directors, and a director in the Union Masonic Relief Association of Mas- sachusetts. He is a member of the I O. 0. F., and past regent of Maverick Coun- cil, Royal Arcanum, and was the collector CHARLES T WITT, for six years. lie is a member of various other benevolent orders II is residence is East Boston. WOOD, HENRY, son of Elijah and Elizabeth Farmer Wood, was born in Concord, Middlesex county, August 17, 1825. The common schools of his native town furnished his early mental training. This was supplemented by a course of study in the Concord Academy. He began the manufacture of shoes in 1848, in company with his father. In 1S50 he changed Ins business, in favor of agri- cultural pursuits, also the raising of stock, dealing in cattle, and the general business of a large stock farm owned by him in West Bedford, where he still resides, a farmer. Mr Wood was married in Concord, No- vember 25, 1848, to Lydia Augusta, daugh- ter of Howard and Lydia Hadley Willis. Of this union were two children : Lizzie F. and Charles H. Wood. Mr. Wood has been called to serve his town in nearly every office, and also rep- resented the iSth district in the House of Representatives in 18S5. He was enroll-