History of Melrose Highlands, (Middlesex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Alfred Ordway, painter, was born in Rox-bury, Mass., March 9, 1821; son of Thomas and Jerusha (Currier) Ordway; grandson of Dr. Samuel Ordway; and a descendant of James and Ann (Emery) Ordway. Alfred Ordway attended the public schools of Lowell, Mass., and began the study of art at an early age. He opened a studio in Boston, Mass., in 1845, where he was one of the founders of the Boston Art club in 1854, its first secretary and treasurer, its president in 1859, and its corresponding secretary in 1866. He was also curator of the annual exhibition of paintings at the Boston Athen?um, 1856-63. He resided in New York city, 1866-67, where he was officially connected with the National Academy Design, and he also spent a short time in Virginia. He was one of the founders of the Paint and Clay club, which organization gave him a banquet in March, 1896, on the occasion of his seventy-sixth birthday. His specialty was portraiture, but during the latter part of his life he devoted himself to landscape painting and was a frequent exhibitor in Boston. He was married March 19, 1860, to Annie Hill of Boston, Mass. He died at Melrose Highlands, Mass., Nov. 17, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Melrose Highlands, (Middlesex County) Massachusetts

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