Buried here with his wife, Lodisa Pratt Needham and two of his 3 children, Eunice and Henry M.
Needham.
He served as deacon of the church for 29 years, served in the War of 1812.
In his early adult life he dwelt in Stafford, CT., from which place he removed into this Town in 1819. In this Town he owned and occupied several different homesteads at diverse times, in various parts of the Town, but the llimited space allotted for this scrap of biography forbids particularization in their mention, besides, this would perhaps be disinteresting. He was a man of untiring industry; of rigid economy, always cautious and prudent, upright and honorable. He was many years a Deacon of the Baptist Church here, in which station he did nothing discreditable to himself or the Church - ay, better, in positiveness be it said, he bore his official honors so meekly and performed his official duties in a manner so modest and reverent, yet so dignified and manly, as to do himself and the Church much credit. In religionism he was imbued [saturated] with the spirit of toleration, liberality, and brotherly love, the culmination these of being seen in a life of Christian humility and devotedness to religious duty, in manifestations of universal good-will; and fraternal regards, and in deeds of neighborly kindness and charitable munificence. He carried an open hand and anopen purse for the deservers of charitable gratuities; and every throbbing of his heart seemed in sympathy for the unfortunate sufferer. An unsolicited, spontaneous effusion of his soul, and testimonial of the sincerity of his religious profession, and of his hearty attachment to the Church of which he was a member, was the generously presented donative from him to the Baptist Church and Society of this Town, of a splendid Organ to be set up for use in thier meeting house, costing some Six Hundred Dollars, delivered and set up here in July 1860. Pecumiarily, he was one of the main propo. of the Baptist Church here. Sorting wool for the "Wales Man'g Co." was his daily vocation for about 21 years, coming to within a week of his exit.
SOURCE: "A Family Record" by Absalom Gardner Pg. 339
History of So. Brimfield [ now Wales], Massachusetts
The family lived on the same street (#785)as Absalom Gardner (#789) in 1860 when the book was written.
Needham.
He served as deacon of the church for 29 years, served in the War of 1812.
In his early adult life he dwelt in Stafford, CT., from which place he removed into this Town in 1819. In this Town he owned and occupied several different homesteads at diverse times, in various parts of the Town, but the llimited space allotted for this scrap of biography forbids particularization in their mention, besides, this would perhaps be disinteresting. He was a man of untiring industry; of rigid economy, always cautious and prudent, upright and honorable. He was many years a Deacon of the Baptist Church here, in which station he did nothing discreditable to himself or the Church - ay, better, in positiveness be it said, he bore his official honors so meekly and performed his official duties in a manner so modest and reverent, yet so dignified and manly, as to do himself and the Church much credit. In religionism he was imbued [saturated] with the spirit of toleration, liberality, and brotherly love, the culmination these of being seen in a life of Christian humility and devotedness to religious duty, in manifestations of universal good-will; and fraternal regards, and in deeds of neighborly kindness and charitable munificence. He carried an open hand and anopen purse for the deservers of charitable gratuities; and every throbbing of his heart seemed in sympathy for the unfortunate sufferer. An unsolicited, spontaneous effusion of his soul, and testimonial of the sincerity of his religious profession, and of his hearty attachment to the Church of which he was a member, was the generously presented donative from him to the Baptist Church and Society of this Town, of a splendid Organ to be set up for use in thier meeting house, costing some Six Hundred Dollars, delivered and set up here in July 1860. Pecumiarily, he was one of the main propo. of the Baptist Church here. Sorting wool for the "Wales Man'g Co." was his daily vocation for about 21 years, coming to within a week of his exit.
SOURCE: "A Family Record" by Absalom Gardner Pg. 339
History of So. Brimfield [ now Wales], Massachusetts
The family lived on the same street (#785)as Absalom Gardner (#789) in 1860 when the book was written.
Buried here with his wife, Lodisa Pratt Needham and two of his 3 children, Eunice and Henry M.
Needham.
He served as deacon of the church for 29 years, served in the War of 1812.
In his early adult life he dwelt in Stafford, CT., from which place he removed into this Town in 1819. In this Town he owned and occupied several different homesteads at diverse times, in various parts of the Town, but the llimited space allotted for this scrap of biography forbids particularization in their mention, besides, this would perhaps be disinteresting. He was a man of untiring industry; of rigid economy, always cautious and prudent, upright and honorable. He was many years a Deacon of the Baptist Church here, in which station he did nothing discreditable to himself or the Church - ay, better, in positiveness be it said, he bore his official honors so meekly and performed his official duties in a manner so modest and reverent, yet so dignified and manly, as to do himself and the Church much credit. In religionism he was imbued [saturated] with the spirit of toleration, liberality, and brotherly love, the culmination these of being seen in a life of Christian humility and devotedness to religious duty, in manifestations of universal good-will; and fraternal regards, and in deeds of neighborly kindness and charitable munificence. He carried an open hand and anopen purse for the deservers of charitable gratuities; and every throbbing of his heart seemed in sympathy for the unfortunate sufferer. An unsolicited, spontaneous effusion of his soul, and testimonial of the sincerity of his religious profession, and of his hearty attachment to the Church of which he was a member, was the generously presented donative from him to the Baptist Church and Society of this Town, of a splendid Organ to be set up for use in thier meeting house, costing some Six Hundred Dollars, delivered and set up here in July 1860. Pecumiarily, he was one of the main propo. of the Baptist Church here. Sorting wool for the "Wales Man'g Co." was his daily vocation for about 21 years, coming to within a week of his exit.
SOURCE: "A Family Record" by Absalom Gardner Pg. 339
History of So. Brimfield [ now Wales], Massachusetts
The family lived on the same street (#785)as Absalom Gardner (#789) in 1860 when the book was written.
Needham.
He served as deacon of the church for 29 years, served in the War of 1812.
In his early adult life he dwelt in Stafford, CT., from which place he removed into this Town in 1819. In this Town he owned and occupied several different homesteads at diverse times, in various parts of the Town, but the llimited space allotted for this scrap of biography forbids particularization in their mention, besides, this would perhaps be disinteresting. He was a man of untiring industry; of rigid economy, always cautious and prudent, upright and honorable. He was many years a Deacon of the Baptist Church here, in which station he did nothing discreditable to himself or the Church - ay, better, in positiveness be it said, he bore his official honors so meekly and performed his official duties in a manner so modest and reverent, yet so dignified and manly, as to do himself and the Church much credit. In religionism he was imbued [saturated] with the spirit of toleration, liberality, and brotherly love, the culmination these of being seen in a life of Christian humility and devotedness to religious duty, in manifestations of universal good-will; and fraternal regards, and in deeds of neighborly kindness and charitable munificence. He carried an open hand and anopen purse for the deservers of charitable gratuities; and every throbbing of his heart seemed in sympathy for the unfortunate sufferer. An unsolicited, spontaneous effusion of his soul, and testimonial of the sincerity of his religious profession, and of his hearty attachment to the Church of which he was a member, was the generously presented donative from him to the Baptist Church and Society of this Town, of a splendid Organ to be set up for use in thier meeting house, costing some Six Hundred Dollars, delivered and set up here in July 1860. Pecumiarily, he was one of the main propo. of the Baptist Church here. Sorting wool for the "Wales Man'g Co." was his daily vocation for about 21 years, coming to within a week of his exit.
SOURCE: "A Family Record" by Absalom Gardner Pg. 339
History of So. Brimfield [ now Wales], Massachusetts
The family lived on the same street (#785)as Absalom Gardner (#789) in 1860 when the book was written.
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