Dorchester Illustration 2719 Andrew Jackson Vose
“Andrew J. Vose (1833-1912) was brought up and educated in his native town of Dorchester. In 1849 he became associated with R. Gleason & Sons as clerk in the silver-plating business, and he continued to act in that capacity for twenty-five years. Since then he has given his attention to looking after his estate.
“He was married December 29, 1870, to Miss Abbie T. Buzzell, of West Newfield, Me., daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Rogers) Buzzell, and a representative of an old Maine family. His only child, Sadie Lizzie, born March 26, 1873, died May 2, 1896, at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Vose are still living at the old homestead, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent and busy life. They attend the Unitarian church. Andrew died in 1912.”
Vose sold much of his inherited estate in 1892, and it became subdivided for houses along Athelwold Street, Merlin Street and Thane Street. He continued to live in a house at 22 School Street (pictured) but that house was later demolished, and the parcel became Champlain Circle.
Source: American Series of Popular Biographies. Massachusetts Edition. (Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1891)