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FREDERICK H. JUDD, a gentleman of extended business experience and an esteemed resident of Westhampton, was born here July 14, 1839, being the descendant by both parents of old and honored pioneers of this section of Hampshire County.

His father, John Adams Judd, was a lifelong resident of Westhampton, and during the earlier years of his life was engaged in agriculture. Having the natural Yankee instinct for trade, however, he subsequently established in the village a store for the sale of general merchandise, and before many years became one of the most prominent merchants of Hampshire County. Later he was appointed Postmaster, and thereafter attended to the duties of that office, as well as to his mercantile business, until his death, which occurred July 25, 1860. His wife, whose maiden name was Wealthy Kingsley, was born and bred in this town, and here spent her life, dying February 13, 1876. The record of their children, four in number, is as follows: Amoret R., now deceased, was the wife of the late E. H. Lyman, formerly a prominent business man of this place, and for many years a member of the Board of Selectmen and a County Commissioner; Jane W., the widow of Josiah Hooker, lives in Springfield, Mass.; Harriet T. married Amos C. Shepherd, a carpenter in this town; and Frederick H. is the subject of this sketch. These children were given the best educational facilities afforded by the town. They attended public and select schools, and one of them graduated from the academy at Southampton.

Frederick H. Judd, who attained his majority a few days prior to the death of his father, at once assumed charge of the store and post-office, and carried on the business for five years. Going then to Springfield he worked on a farm in that vicinity for a year, and was employed as a clerk in the city for two years. After remaining there another year, during which time he was engaged in the insurance business, he returned to Westhampton, and has since made his home in this village. In 1880 he bought out his present business. He sells and repairs jewelry, and so far has met with limited success. A stanch adherent of the Republican party, Mr. Judd has served in various offices within the gift of his fellow-townsmen, always with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned. For the past twenty-five years he has been Town Clerk, and for some years was Town Treasurer and a member of the School Committee. He has always taken an active interest in religious work, and has served as clerk of the Congregational church for many years, he and his wife being among the prominent members of that organization.

Mr. Judd was married October 15, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth A. Hubbard, a native of Williamsburg, Mass., and a daughter of Sylvanus Hubbard, who is still living in that town. Six children have been born of their marriage, as follows: Myra L., wife of W. R. Jones, residing in Stamford, Conn.; Guy H., who died when nineteen years of age; Hattie F.; Fred H., who died in infancy; Ada M.; and Delbert L.