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From: (Marcia Payne)
Subject: [MAWORCES] Walter Virgil Spaulding biography
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:50:37 -0500 (CDT)

"History of Worcester and Its People" by Charles Nutt; Volume 3

page 56


Secretary and assistant treasurer of the Graton & Knight
Manufacturing Company, was born in Worcester, March 14, 1881, son of
Walter Marcellus and Sarah A. (Hill) Spaulding. He attended the public
schools here, and graduated from the Worcester Classical High School in
1901. He then entered Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1905
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In September after graduating from
college he became purchasing agent of the Graton & Knight Manf. Co. In
April 1909 he was elected a director, and assistant treasurer of the
corporation, and has filled these offices since that time. Mr. Spaulding
is a member of the Amherst Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta
Kappa fraternities, te Worcester Country Club, the Amherst Alumni Assoc.
of Worcester County, the Worcester Congregational Club, the Worcester
Oratorio Society and the Worcester County Musical Assoc. He has been
scribe of the Old South Congregational Church (1912-14) and served 5
years on the music committee. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Spaulding married in Worcester, June 17, 1909 to Lora Belle
Lincoln, who was born June 5, 1884, at North Brookfield, daughter of
Frederick A. and Elizabeth J. (Pepper) Lincoln. Her father was born in
Oakham, May 20, 1840, died at Redlands, Calif., Jan. 30, 1916. He lived
in North Brookfield, Worcester and Redlands. While in this city he was a
partner in the firms Garland, Lincoln & Company and F.A. Lincoln &
Company, No. 592 Main Street, dealers in hay, flour and grain. He
married Elizabeth J. Pepper, who was born in Barre, April 30, 1850; she
is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding in their home at No. 44 May
Street. The Lincolns are descended from the original pioneers of
Hingham, Mass.; of the same stock as President Abraham Lincoln, Governor
Levi Lincoln and other distinguished descendants of the Lincolns who are
among the original settlers and founders of Hingham. Mrs. Spaulding is a
member of the Woman's Club and Daughters of the American Revolution; and
other social organizations. They have 1 son; Walter Lincoln Spaulding,
born April 18, 1913.

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