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METCALF. MILES. 409 six hundred acres of the city's most valu- able suburban lands. In 18S0 he was a member of the Massa- chusetts Electoral College, but has taken no active part in politics for several years. He is president of the Roxbury Club, hav- ing been unanimously elected to succeed Nathaniel J. Bradlee, upon his decease. MOODY MERRILL. Quiet and unostentatious in manner, popular with his associates in club and so- cial life, strong in his political and com- mercial connections, he is to-day among the best known of Boston's public men. METCALF, Edwin Dickinson, son of William and Nancy E. (Crook) Met- calf, was born in Smithfield, Providence county, R. I., March 14, 184S. His early education was given him in the public schools, AVestford Academy and Eastman's Business College. In 1868 he began business life as clerk in a house furnishing-goods store in Provi- dence, R. I. He removed to Springfield in 1S75, ar| d with Mr. Luther, formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Met- calf & Luther, house furnishers. They have since continued in the same line, doing a constantly increasing business, with branch houses in Chicopee and Holyoke. Mr. Metcalf was married in Fall River, in September, 1873, to Carrie W., daughter of Samuel W. and Caroline (Walker) Flint. Of this union were two children : Edwin F. and Harold G. Metcalf. Mr. Metcalf is one of the leading busi- ness men of Springfield, and is also largely interested in banking and railroad proper- ties in the West. He is a director in the John Hancock National Bank, Massachu- setts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the Cayuga Woolen Company, Auburn, N. Y. He was president of the Spring- field & New London Railroad at the time of its consolidation with the New York & New England Railroad. He was a member of the House of Rep- resentatives in 1880 and '81 ; mayor of Springfield in 1886 ; state senator 1S89, and was three years on Governor Robin- son's staff, 1884, '85 and '86. MILES, Daniel Curtis, son of Daniel and Mary (Curtis) Miles, was born June 1, 1827. in the eastern part of Westmin- ster, Worcester county. His early educa- tion was obtained partly in the public and partly in private schools. Later he attended the academy at Westminster Centre. This period of school training was supplemented by the not less valuable discipline of teach- ing, in which he engaged for twelve terms, in the towns of Lancaster, Westminster and Gardner. Beginning his active business life upon a farm, Mr. Miles extended his interests to the lumber trade, and also became proprie- tor of a saw-mill, a grist-mill, and factory for the production of chair stock. Later he took an active part in erecting the chair factory and connected buildings at South Westminster, and for three and a half years he was a partner with Merriam & Holden in the manufacture of chairs and settees. He also owned and operated the Westminster ami Winchendon bakeries for three years. Prospering in these enterprises, Mr. Miles went into partnership in the manu- facture of cane-seat chairs at North West- minster, under the firm name of Miles & Lombard, afterwards changed to Miles & Son. This soon became an important in- dustry in that section of the town, giving employment to seventy-five persons. In the spring of 1875 Mr. Miles helped estab- lish the Westminster National Bank, of which he has ever since been the president. For the past few years he has operated ex- tensively in land in southern California and elsewhere, besides holding an interest in a large cattle ranch near Miles City, Mon- tana. This city was founded by his son, George M. Miles, and was named in honor of his brother, Gen. N. A. Miles, U. S. A.