The Register of the Malden Historical Society (Volume 4-6)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916. Excerpt: ... NECROLOGIES FREDERICK N. JOSLIN. Within two years, three members of the Malden Historical Society passed away who were natives of the town of Webster--Judge William Schofield, Mayor George L. Farrell and Frederick N. Joslin. The name of Joslin is familiar in the locality near Webster. The family originated in this country in Hingham, crossed Rhode Island or possibly the Blackstone Valley into Killingly, now Thompson, Connecticut, and from thence spread into Worcester County in Masssachusetts. One of the landmarks of Webster is the Joslin House, for years kept by Mr. Joslin's father, as the father of Elisha Slade Converse and his fathers before him kept the Converse Tavern in the neighboring Thompson Parish in Killingly. Malden owes much to this region, for to the names mentioned above should be added that of Col. Charles L. Dean, our lamemted former mayor and senator, born on Ashford, and for many years engaged in business in Thompson and Stafford Springs. Mr. Joslin died October 19, 1914, after a long illness, at the age of 48 years. While well known in Malden, this fact was not due to his having been active in public or social life, but to his being the head of the great department store which has long borne his name. To this, until a few months before his death, he gave himself with an absolute devotion; he won success because he determined to deserve it, but he won it at the expense of his personal comfort, his health and his life. Naturally retiring and unassuming, he did not lack public spirit, but his view of what public spirit meant in his case was to build for the people of Malden a trade center which should rival the great department houses of Boston, and this ambition he realized. Mr. Joslin was educated in the public schools of Webster and in ...