Falmouth Enterprise, Thursday, March 18, 1937; Page: 8
Illness Fatal To Henry H. Gifford
Lifelong Resident of Falmouth Dies at Home on Street Named by Father
Henry Hooker Gifford, one of the town's best-known citizens and one of the oldest, died last Friday morning at his home on Gifford street, the street named for his father and brother 75 years ago. He had been ill since New Year's week, when he was in bed for days with the grippe. Partly recovering from the first attack, he was slowly regaining strength when three weeks ago he was again stricken.
Mr. Gifford, born February 9, 1860, was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Green Gifford. His father and his uncle, David Gifford, built farmhouses on a country road that took its name from their homes. The original farmhouses stood near where Brick Kiln road is crossed by Gifford street. Mr. Gifford has lived on Gifford street, nearer town, since 1921.
From the farmhouse on Gifford street the boy Henry Gifford walked to school at the old Teaticket schoolhouse, the building which now, remodeled, is the home of Captain Frank Corey. He spent his one year away from Falmouth when he had finished the course at the country school. He spent the year in Brockton in a shoe factory. Returning to Falmouth he became an apprentice in the wheel shop of Arza Weeks, Dr. L.C. Weeks's father. The shop was on what is now a part pf the Beebe estate, across the tracks near the railroad station. When Mr. Gifford worked there, the Beebe estate was still untracked woodland; and the houses at Highfield and Tanglewood had not been built. When Mr. Weeks moved his shop to its later site, back of the present Weeks block, young Henry Gifford moved with it. He worked for seven years learning to make tipcarts and farm wagons.
In 1889 he left his trade to work for Mrs. Gardner Greene Hammond as caretaker at her estate, Waterside, on Shore street, later the Gulesian estate. That year he married Miss Blanche Cutting, and for thirty-two years they lived on the Hammond estate. Their six children were born there. After the transfer, of the estate the Giffords moved to their present home. For twelve years Mr. Gifford was caretaker at the Falmouth public library, and was known to library patrons until his retirement there in 1934. From 1923 to 1926 he was sexton of the First Congregational church, of which he was a member for more than 60years. He was for years the oldest deacon of the church. Mrs Gifford, who celebrated her 74th birthday last summer is the only deaconess of the church. Thomas and David Gifford, who built the farmhouses and named Gifford street, worked on the foundation of the church, when in 1857 the old building was moved from the Village Green to its present site. Mr. Gifford was named for the Rev. Henry N. Hooker, pastor of the old Church from 1837 to 1858.
The name Gifford is perpetuated in the street named for the two brothers, and by members of Mr. Gifford's family. Those of his children who have moved out of Falmouth return often to visit the family and to keep up acquaintance with the town. Those who live here are active in town affairs.
The eldest daughter, whose first husband was Henry W. Hall, for whom the Junior high school has just been named, is now Mrs. William Smith. She has five children, Arthur, who is married and lives in Brookline; Blanche, Helen, and Henry Hooker Hall, named for his grandfather; and Kenneth Smith. The younger daughter, Miss Ellen Madison Gifford is physical training supervisor in the Norwood schools. All her school vacations are spent in Falmouth. Stanley C. Gifford is assistant cashier of the Falmouth National bank and a member of the school committee. Walter Gifford is an engineer, living in Washington; with his wife and children he frequently visits here. Richard Gifford is employed to Boston with the firm of Wright and Ditson; Frank R.S. Gffford, for many years resident in St. Louis, returned to Falmouth within the past year. Besides Mrs. Smith's family, the Gifford grandchildren are Walter Giffford Jr., and Robert, and three-year-old Marcia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Gifford. There is also a great-grand-daughter, Janice Hall, born last year to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Gifford home, by the Rev. Frank Baker, who came from Reading for the service. He was a former pastor at the Congregational church here. Bearers were J. N. Howes, Harvey M Martin, Aubrey Travis, and Dr. S. E. Pond, all deacons of the church. Burial was at Oak Grove cemetery.
Illness Fatal To Henry H. Gifford
Lifelong Resident of Falmouth Dies at Home on Street Named by Father
Henry Hooker Gifford, one of the town's best-known citizens and one of the oldest, died last Friday morning at his home on Gifford street, the street named for his father and brother 75 years ago. He had been ill since New Year's week, when he was in bed for days with the grippe. Partly recovering from the first attack, he was slowly regaining strength when three weeks ago he was again stricken.
Mr. Gifford, born February 9, 1860, was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Green Gifford. His father and his uncle, David Gifford, built farmhouses on a country road that took its name from their homes. The original farmhouses stood near where Brick Kiln road is crossed by Gifford street. Mr. Gifford has lived on Gifford street, nearer town, since 1921.
From the farmhouse on Gifford street the boy Henry Gifford walked to school at the old Teaticket schoolhouse, the building which now, remodeled, is the home of Captain Frank Corey. He spent his one year away from Falmouth when he had finished the course at the country school. He spent the year in Brockton in a shoe factory. Returning to Falmouth he became an apprentice in the wheel shop of Arza Weeks, Dr. L.C. Weeks's father. The shop was on what is now a part pf the Beebe estate, across the tracks near the railroad station. When Mr. Gifford worked there, the Beebe estate was still untracked woodland; and the houses at Highfield and Tanglewood had not been built. When Mr. Weeks moved his shop to its later site, back of the present Weeks block, young Henry Gifford moved with it. He worked for seven years learning to make tipcarts and farm wagons.
In 1889 he left his trade to work for Mrs. Gardner Greene Hammond as caretaker at her estate, Waterside, on Shore street, later the Gulesian estate. That year he married Miss Blanche Cutting, and for thirty-two years they lived on the Hammond estate. Their six children were born there. After the transfer, of the estate the Giffords moved to their present home. For twelve years Mr. Gifford was caretaker at the Falmouth public library, and was known to library patrons until his retirement there in 1934. From 1923 to 1926 he was sexton of the First Congregational church, of which he was a member for more than 60years. He was for years the oldest deacon of the church. Mrs Gifford, who celebrated her 74th birthday last summer is the only deaconess of the church. Thomas and David Gifford, who built the farmhouses and named Gifford street, worked on the foundation of the church, when in 1857 the old building was moved from the Village Green to its present site. Mr. Gifford was named for the Rev. Henry N. Hooker, pastor of the old Church from 1837 to 1858.
The name Gifford is perpetuated in the street named for the two brothers, and by members of Mr. Gifford's family. Those of his children who have moved out of Falmouth return often to visit the family and to keep up acquaintance with the town. Those who live here are active in town affairs.
The eldest daughter, whose first husband was Henry W. Hall, for whom the Junior high school has just been named, is now Mrs. William Smith. She has five children, Arthur, who is married and lives in Brookline; Blanche, Helen, and Henry Hooker Hall, named for his grandfather; and Kenneth Smith. The younger daughter, Miss Ellen Madison Gifford is physical training supervisor in the Norwood schools. All her school vacations are spent in Falmouth. Stanley C. Gifford is assistant cashier of the Falmouth National bank and a member of the school committee. Walter Gifford is an engineer, living in Washington; with his wife and children he frequently visits here. Richard Gifford is employed to Boston with the firm of Wright and Ditson; Frank R.S. Gffford, for many years resident in St. Louis, returned to Falmouth within the past year. Besides Mrs. Smith's family, the Gifford grandchildren are Walter Giffford Jr., and Robert, and three-year-old Marcia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Gifford. There is also a great-grand-daughter, Janice Hall, born last year to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Gifford home, by the Rev. Frank Baker, who came from Reading for the service. He was a former pastor at the Congregational church here. Bearers were J. N. Howes, Harvey M Martin, Aubrey Travis, and Dr. S. E. Pond, all deacons of the church. Burial was at Oak Grove cemetery.
Falmouth Enterprise, Thursday, March 18, 1937; Page: 8
Illness Fatal To Henry H. Gifford
Lifelong Resident of Falmouth Dies at Home on Street Named by Father
Henry Hooker Gifford, one of the town's best-known citizens and one of the oldest, died last Friday morning at his home on Gifford street, the street named for his father and brother 75 years ago. He had been ill since New Year's week, when he was in bed for days with the grippe. Partly recovering from the first attack, he was slowly regaining strength when three weeks ago he was again stricken.
Mr. Gifford, born February 9, 1860, was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Green Gifford. His father and his uncle, David Gifford, built farmhouses on a country road that took its name from their homes. The original farmhouses stood near where Brick Kiln road is crossed by Gifford street. Mr. Gifford has lived on Gifford street, nearer town, since 1921.
From the farmhouse on Gifford street the boy Henry Gifford walked to school at the old Teaticket schoolhouse, the building which now, remodeled, is the home of Captain Frank Corey. He spent his one year away from Falmouth when he had finished the course at the country school. He spent the year in Brockton in a shoe factory. Returning to Falmouth he became an apprentice in the wheel shop of Arza Weeks, Dr. L.C. Weeks's father. The shop was on what is now a part pf the Beebe estate, across the tracks near the railroad station. When Mr. Gifford worked there, the Beebe estate was still untracked woodland; and the houses at Highfield and Tanglewood had not been built. When Mr. Weeks moved his shop to its later site, back of the present Weeks block, young Henry Gifford moved with it. He worked for seven years learning to make tipcarts and farm wagons.
In 1889 he left his trade to work for Mrs. Gardner Greene Hammond as caretaker at her estate, Waterside, on Shore street, later the Gulesian estate. That year he married Miss Blanche Cutting, and for thirty-two years they lived on the Hammond estate. Their six children were born there. After the transfer, of the estate the Giffords moved to their present home. For twelve years Mr. Gifford was caretaker at the Falmouth public library, and was known to library patrons until his retirement there in 1934. From 1923 to 1926 he was sexton of the First Congregational church, of which he was a member for more than 60years. He was for years the oldest deacon of the church. Mrs Gifford, who celebrated her 74th birthday last summer is the only deaconess of the church. Thomas and David Gifford, who built the farmhouses and named Gifford street, worked on the foundation of the church, when in 1857 the old building was moved from the Village Green to its present site. Mr. Gifford was named for the Rev. Henry N. Hooker, pastor of the old Church from 1837 to 1858.
The name Gifford is perpetuated in the street named for the two brothers, and by members of Mr. Gifford's family. Those of his children who have moved out of Falmouth return often to visit the family and to keep up acquaintance with the town. Those who live here are active in town affairs.
The eldest daughter, whose first husband was Henry W. Hall, for whom the Junior high school has just been named, is now Mrs. William Smith. She has five children, Arthur, who is married and lives in Brookline; Blanche, Helen, and Henry Hooker Hall, named for his grandfather; and Kenneth Smith. The younger daughter, Miss Ellen Madison Gifford is physical training supervisor in the Norwood schools. All her school vacations are spent in Falmouth. Stanley C. Gifford is assistant cashier of the Falmouth National bank and a member of the school committee. Walter Gifford is an engineer, living in Washington; with his wife and children he frequently visits here. Richard Gifford is employed to Boston with the firm of Wright and Ditson; Frank R.S. Gffford, for many years resident in St. Louis, returned to Falmouth within the past year. Besides Mrs. Smith's family, the Gifford grandchildren are Walter Giffford Jr., and Robert, and three-year-old Marcia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Gifford. There is also a great-grand-daughter, Janice Hall, born last year to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Gifford home, by the Rev. Frank Baker, who came from Reading for the service. He was a former pastor at the Congregational church here. Bearers were J. N. Howes, Harvey M Martin, Aubrey Travis, and Dr. S. E. Pond, all deacons of the church. Burial was at Oak Grove cemetery.
Illness Fatal To Henry H. Gifford
Lifelong Resident of Falmouth Dies at Home on Street Named by Father
Henry Hooker Gifford, one of the town's best-known citizens and one of the oldest, died last Friday morning at his home on Gifford street, the street named for his father and brother 75 years ago. He had been ill since New Year's week, when he was in bed for days with the grippe. Partly recovering from the first attack, he was slowly regaining strength when three weeks ago he was again stricken.
Mr. Gifford, born February 9, 1860, was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Green Gifford. His father and his uncle, David Gifford, built farmhouses on a country road that took its name from their homes. The original farmhouses stood near where Brick Kiln road is crossed by Gifford street. Mr. Gifford has lived on Gifford street, nearer town, since 1921.
From the farmhouse on Gifford street the boy Henry Gifford walked to school at the old Teaticket schoolhouse, the building which now, remodeled, is the home of Captain Frank Corey. He spent his one year away from Falmouth when he had finished the course at the country school. He spent the year in Brockton in a shoe factory. Returning to Falmouth he became an apprentice in the wheel shop of Arza Weeks, Dr. L.C. Weeks's father. The shop was on what is now a part pf the Beebe estate, across the tracks near the railroad station. When Mr. Gifford worked there, the Beebe estate was still untracked woodland; and the houses at Highfield and Tanglewood had not been built. When Mr. Weeks moved his shop to its later site, back of the present Weeks block, young Henry Gifford moved with it. He worked for seven years learning to make tipcarts and farm wagons.
In 1889 he left his trade to work for Mrs. Gardner Greene Hammond as caretaker at her estate, Waterside, on Shore street, later the Gulesian estate. That year he married Miss Blanche Cutting, and for thirty-two years they lived on the Hammond estate. Their six children were born there. After the transfer, of the estate the Giffords moved to their present home. For twelve years Mr. Gifford was caretaker at the Falmouth public library, and was known to library patrons until his retirement there in 1934. From 1923 to 1926 he was sexton of the First Congregational church, of which he was a member for more than 60years. He was for years the oldest deacon of the church. Mrs Gifford, who celebrated her 74th birthday last summer is the only deaconess of the church. Thomas and David Gifford, who built the farmhouses and named Gifford street, worked on the foundation of the church, when in 1857 the old building was moved from the Village Green to its present site. Mr. Gifford was named for the Rev. Henry N. Hooker, pastor of the old Church from 1837 to 1858.
The name Gifford is perpetuated in the street named for the two brothers, and by members of Mr. Gifford's family. Those of his children who have moved out of Falmouth return often to visit the family and to keep up acquaintance with the town. Those who live here are active in town affairs.
The eldest daughter, whose first husband was Henry W. Hall, for whom the Junior high school has just been named, is now Mrs. William Smith. She has five children, Arthur, who is married and lives in Brookline; Blanche, Helen, and Henry Hooker Hall, named for his grandfather; and Kenneth Smith. The younger daughter, Miss Ellen Madison Gifford is physical training supervisor in the Norwood schools. All her school vacations are spent in Falmouth. Stanley C. Gifford is assistant cashier of the Falmouth National bank and a member of the school committee. Walter Gifford is an engineer, living in Washington; with his wife and children he frequently visits here. Richard Gifford is employed to Boston with the firm of Wright and Ditson; Frank R.S. Gffford, for many years resident in St. Louis, returned to Falmouth within the past year. Besides Mrs. Smith's family, the Gifford grandchildren are Walter Giffford Jr., and Robert, and three-year-old Marcia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Gifford. There is also a great-grand-daughter, Janice Hall, born last year to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Gifford home, by the Rev. Frank Baker, who came from Reading for the service. He was a former pastor at the Congregational church here. Bearers were J. N. Howes, Harvey M Martin, Aubrey Travis, and Dr. S. E. Pond, all deacons of the church. Burial was at Oak Grove cemetery.
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