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Immediately after graduating, in September, 1864, he took charge of the academy
at Fryeburg, Maine, and remained as its Principal for one year. In August, 1865, he went
to Chicago, Illinois, where he remained two years, the first being spent in Bryant &
Stratton's Commercial College, and the second in the bookstore of S. C. Griggs & Co.
He returned to the East in July, 1867, and was engaged one year as assistant in the
Liberal Institute of Norway, Maine, and was then its Principal for one year. In the
Spring of 1869, he was elected Principal of the High School at Dexter, Maine, which position he
held until the close of the Spring term in 1877, when he was compelled to resign on
account of ill health. He was a member of the School Committee of the town of Dexter
for three years. After some time spent in recruiting his health, he went to Massachusetts,
and has ever since that time been engaged in mercantile pursuits in and near Boston.
He is now engaged in the retail grocery business at Revere, Massachusetts, which town is
also his residence.
He is a member of the Congregational church. In politics, he is a Republican.
He was married November 25, 1869, to Miss Emily Jane Goodwin, of Norway,
Maine. They have one child, Thomas Lyford, born September 28, 1872.
Source: "Memorialia
of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by
John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884,
Chicago
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