George Keyes Tufts

1841 - 1913  (71 years)

• Name	George Keyes Tufts
  Born	17 Oct 1841	New Braintree, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Feb 1913	Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I67324	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2013

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria Bush,   b. Aug 1858, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 21 Apr 1922, Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1885
  Children	1. Frances Tufts,   b. 21 Jul 1886, New Braintree, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1961  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2013
  Family ID	F26522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=%22george+keyes+tufts%22+%22new+braintree%22&sig=gJ8IKMX3L9zXHGNKoCp1Z9i_5JI&ei=MB15UdLtEanM0gGPz4CgAQ&id=ulodAQAAIAAJ&ots=hFMEOnvi9E&output=text George Keyes Tufts, son of Danforth Keyes Tufts, a farmer of New Braintree, Mass., and Hannah (Mathews) Tufts, was born October 17, 1841. His great-grandfather,Colonel Dan forth Keyes, served in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. His father died when he was eleven years old. His college preparation was obtained at a private school four miles from home, to and from which he walked daily, later at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and after a year of illness, at the High School in Worcester, Mass. He was admitted to Amherst College, but was drawn to Yale by his classmates in school. On account of ill health he left college the first term of Junior year, after receiving his Oration Appointment for Junior Exhibition, and returned for a short time in the Class of 1864, but in 1898 received the degree of Master of Arts with enrollment in 1863. He taught for a time, and then went into business in New Braintree, conducting his own grocery store for nearly thirty-four years, until July, 1900. He was a director and secretary of the New Braintree Cheese Co. for twenty years. He was actively interested in all local matters, was town clerk, member, and most of the time chairman of the New Braintree school committee forty years, postmaster thirtyfive years, selectman ten years, state representative in 1884 and 1890, state senator in 1902 and 1903, and library trustee. He was for many years chairman of the Republican town committee. Long a deacon and clerk of the New Braintree Congregational Church, he was also director of the choir, chairman of the building committee of the new church, and one of the three donors of the organ. During the last twelve years he had lived much of the time in Worcester, where he was president of the Men's Union of the First (Old South) Congregational Church. He was president of the Quaboag Historical Society, and vice-president of its committee having charge of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration of the founding of Brookfield and the publication of the official account of the same. He also gave the historical address at the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his native town, and had prepared two histories of the town, one of which is included in the History of Worcester County published by J. W. Lewis & Co. of Philadelphia. Mr. Tufts died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in Worcester, in the early morning of February 11, 1913. He was apparently recovering from an attack of the grip, and the previous evening had been busy with his daughter preparing his annual report as town clerk. He was 71 years of age. The burial was in New Braintree. He married, June 10, 1885, Annie Maria, daughter of Josiah and Sophina (Ingalls) Bush, of New Braintree. She survives him with their only daughter (B.A. Wellesley 1909). Mr. Tufts was a cousin of Rev. James Tufts (B.A. Yale 1838).