Augustus Bradford Endicott (September 10, 1818 – November 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts state legislator and sheriff of Norfolk County.

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Endicott, the son of Elijah Endicott and Cynthia (Childs) Endicott, was born September 10, 1818, in

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. He was a direct descendant of Gilbert Endicott, who arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1658. Following an apprenticeship as a carpenter, Endicott moved to

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at age 21 where he was employed for ten years as a pattern maker in a foundry. In 1853, Endicott moved to

Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham ( ) is a New England town, town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on Boston's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. First settled by E ...

, and was appointed deputy sheriff of Norfolk County for Dedham the same year. He served in that position until 1885. In 1885, he was elected sheriff of Norfolk County, a position in which he served for ten years. Endicott represented Dedham in the

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in 1872 and 1874. Endicott was active in Dedham civic affairs, and served as a member of the town's Board of Selectmen for twenty years. Endicott also served as an assessor, auditor, overseer of the poor, and was on the Board of Health for twenty-one years. He was the first chief of the

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. Endicott served as president of both the Dedham National Bank and the Dedham Institution for Savings, until there was a law passed by the Massachusetts state legislature that a person could not hold office in a savings bank and a national bank at the same time. Endicott also served as director of the Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1907 he was elected to as the clerk and treasurer of

The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is one of the "oldest continually existing horse thief apprehending organization in the United States, and one of Dedham's most venerable social organizations." Since its founding, there have ...

. He was also on the committee that built

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, Dedham's Town Hall and monument to the soldiers who died in the Civil War. Endicott married Sarah Fairbanks on July 22, 1845. She was the daughter of William and Millie Fairbanks and a direct descendant of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham. Endicott and his wife had three children who lived to adulthood: Mary Augusta, Elizabeth Blanche, and

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, the founder of the Endicott Shoe Company who built the

Endicott Estate The Endicott Estate is a mansion built in the early twentieth century, located at 656 East Street in Dedham, Massachusetts “situated on a 15-acre panorama of lush green lawn that is punctuated by stately elm, spruce and weeping willow trees.� ...

. Elizabeth was the mother of Phillip E. Young, who founded the

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. Augustus Bradford Endicott died November 21, 1910, in Dedham and is buried in the

Old Village Cemetery The Old Village Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts. History The first portion of the cemetery was set apart at the first recorded meeting of the settlers of Dedham on August 18, 1636, with land taken from Nicholas Phillips ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Endicott, Augustus Bradford 1818 births 1910 deaths Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives High sheriffs of Norfolk County Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves Burials at Old Village Cemetery Dedham, Massachusetts selectmen 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court

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