Enos Foord
Enos Foord (October 21, 1796 - April 22, 1861) was the Registrar of Deeds in Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1821 until his death in 1861.[1][2] He was born October 21, 1796 in Milton and died April 22, 1861.[3]
He was the son of James Foord and Hannah (nee Blake) and the father of James Foord.[3] Both his father and son were Registrars of Deeds.[1][2][4] Foord was married to Elizabeth Davenport and at times they lived with their extended family.[4] He was a member of the Allin Congregational Church.[5]
He was from Dedham, Massachusetts and, prior to being elected, was a teacher and assistant in the Registry while his father was in office.[4][1] Foord taught in a private school, but one brother and four sisters[lower-alpha 1] taught in the Dedham Public Schools.[3] He was also treasurer and treasurer of the Dedham Institution for Savings.[4][3] He was an early member of the Dedham Historical Society and served as an auditor there.[6] Foord also served as an auditor of the Dedham Public Library, which he helped found.[7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Registers of Deeds The Early Years, Norfolk County Registry of Deeds: Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, 225th Anniversary Notable Land Records Project
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Louis Atwood Cook (1918). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918. S.J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 478. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Slafter, Carlos (1896). "The Schools and Teachers of Dedham". The Dedham Historical Register. Dedham Historical Society: 43. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kolodny 2014, p. 8.
- ↑ Worthington, Erastus (1827). The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2019. Search this book on
- ↑ Tuttle, Julius Herbert (1890). Brief Sketch of the Dedham Historical Society. The Dedham Historical Register. 1 (1 ed.). Dedham Historical Society. pp. 3–5. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Search this book on
- ↑ Dedham Public Library (Mass.) (1879). Annual Report of the Trustees of the Dedham Public Library. The Dedham Public Library. p. 28. Retrieved 23 November 2019. Search this book on
Works cited[edit]
- Kolodny, Kelly Ann (1 April 2014). Normalites: The First Professionally Prepared Teachers in the United States. IAP. ISBN 978-1-62396-690-4. Retrieved 23 November 2019. Search this book on
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