Amherst was first a carder in a cotton mill and a shoemaker later in life. He first married Belila Swift on April 1, 1826 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA. Belila died at a young age, leaving him with five children: Hiram, Henry Charles, Saloma, Albert and Augustus. He next married Lydia Chaffee, with whom he had no children.
Amherst was first a carder in a cotton mill and a shoemaker later in life. He first married Belila Swift on April 1, 1826 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA. Belila died at a young age, leaving him with five children: Hiram, Henry Charles, Saloma, Albert and Augustus. He next married Lydia Chaffee, with whom he had no children.
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