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Title: History of the town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass. : from its settlement to 1891, including a genealogical history of twenty three of the original settlers and their descendants, with anecdotes and sketches Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Dyer, Charles N. (Charles Newell), b. 1850 Subjects: Plainfield (Mass.) -- History Plainfield (Mass.) -- Genealogy Publisher: Northampton, Mass. : Press of Gazette Print. Co. Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: FishingTourist, published in 1873; Camp Life in Florida,1876; Sportsmans Gazetteer, 1877; Vacation Ramblesin Michigan, 1877; Our New Alaska, a very interestingwork, 1886; Salmon Fisher, 18!)0. He married AmeliaJ. Wardell of Newark, N. J. Visits Plainfield nearlyevery summer, usually remaining several weeks. He wasthe founder of the town of Hallock, county-seat of Kittsoncounty, Minnesota, at present the most flourishing localityin the Red River Valley. His portrait was received toolate to be indexed. 5. Homan, youngest son of Moses, in 1826 went as amissionary printer to the island of Malta, in the Mediter-ranean, and some years after to Smyrna. When the Ameri-can Bible Society commenced the publication of the ArabicBible in New York, it is said that only two persons in theworld understood the manufacture of the Arabic type.These were an aged German and Homan Hallock. Aboutthis time he returned to Plainfield where with the assist-ance of his son Samuel he carried on the manufacture of

Text Appearing After Image: t H.Wil.Ks HAl.l.i ><K. JOHN HAMLEN. 155 the Arabic type. When after a few years the work wastransferred to Beyrout, Syria, Samuel went there also andtook the position which his father had occupied, and isstill engaged in that work. Homan, in the course of his travels, became acquaintedwith and married an English lady, Mrs. Elizabeth John-son, a most estimable woman, who deceased Sept. 18, 1875,aged seventy-six. They had five sons, Moses, Homan B., Ge-rard J., Samuel and Wm. A., and two daughters, Margaretand Sarah. Margaret married Rev. T. L. Byington, May 30,1858, and for more than twenty years they were mission-aries among the Bulgarians and at Constantinople. Sarahmarried Chas. C. Streeter, May 11, 1859. They reside inCummington. Her father, aged nearly ninety, makes hishome with them. JOHN HAMLEN. [The writer has been able by referring to the printed record of the Hamlen family,compiled by the late Dea. Freeman Hamlen. and kindly loaned for the purpose byhis widow, Mrs. Mar

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