Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 85

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768

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(VI) Gershom Cutter, son of Gershom Cutter (5), born February 19, 1733-34, died suddenly of apoplexy, West Cambridge, April 20, 1804. He resided in "Under the Rocks," and owned a mill privilege near his house and erected a mill for grinding and turning edge tools, in which business he was engaged for many years. His dwelling was entered by British troops during the retreat from Lex-

ington, the furniture damaged, and the house set on fire. The house was saved, however, from destruction. A British regular, killed on the estate, was buried in the meadow, forty rods distant, in the rear of the house. Cutter was a member of the Baptist church in Menotomy. He married, March 15, 1757, Rebecca Crosby, of Billerica, who died Sep- tember 28, 1813, aged seventy-five. Children : I. Gershom, born November 6, 1757; mar- ried first, September 14, 1780, Hannah Newell; second, June 22, 1786, Catherine Sumner ; third, March 15, 1789, Deborah Tor- rey ; died August 20, 1799. 2. Rebecca, born August 1, 1760 ; married first, Andrew Cutter ; second, October 29, 1797, Captain Wallis Rust ; died March 21, 1834. 3. Amos, born February 27, 1763; died February 28, 1878, unmarried. 4, Hannah, born March 17. 1768: married, December 3. 1789, Lieutenant Ben- jamin Locke, Jr .; died April 9, 1795. 5. Rhoda, born July 14, 1770; died September 8, 1794, unmarried. 6. Aaron, born June 4. 1772; married first, August 23, 1796, Polly Putnam; second, October 25, 18II, Mary Howe : died December 25, 1822. 7. Susanna, born October 27, 1774; married, April 5, 1798, John Adams, Jr., (See Adams family) ; died November 25, 1833. 8. Sarah, born May 20, 1778; married, November 14, 1797, Na- than Locke; died October 29, 1823. 9. Anomalous, born June 15, 1780; died same day.

( For ancestry see George Abbott I).

(II) Timothy Abbott, son of ABBOTT George Abbott (1), of And- over, Massachusetts, was born in 1676. He was taken captive by the In- dians when only seven months of age, but was returned by a squaw. He settled on a farm in Andover, which remained in the fam- ily for many generations, down to the present time. He married, January, 1690, Hannah Graves, who died November 16, 1726. Chil- dren: I. Timothy, born July 1, 1693; men- tioned below. 2. Hannah, born October 19, 1695; died February 11, 1751 ; married Abiel Holt, son of Nicholas Holt; removed to Wind- ham, Connecticut. 3. Dorcas, born May 6, 1698 : married, 1717, Nicholas Holt.

(III) Timothy Abbott, son of Timothy Abbott (2), born in Andover, July 1, 1693, died July 10, 1766. He lived with his father in the garrison house in Andover. He was an honest, useful and respectable citizen. He married, December, 1717, Mary Foster ; chil-

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dren: I. Mary, born October 16, died No- vember 8, 1718. 2. Timothy, born November 6, 1719; died April 6, 1745. 3. Asa, born October 28, 1721 ; died December 22, 1796. 4. Mary, born January 18, 1724; died March 20, 1745; married Ephraim Abbott, of Am- herst. 5. Hannah, born July 1, 1726; married Joseph Parker. 6. Nathan, born January 18, 1729 ; mentioned below. 7. Sarah, born May 16, 1731 ; married Edward Farmer. 8. Lydia, born April 8, 1733; married Thomas Farnum. 9. Dorcas, born October 13, 1735; married Samuel Bailey. 10. Phebe, born February 27, 1737; married William Daniel. II. Caleb, born August 30, 1738; died September 18, 1738.

(IV) Nathan Abbott, son of Timothy Abbott (3), was born January 18, 1729. He resided in Wilton, New Hampshire. He mar- ried, 1759, Jane Paul. Children : I. Paul. 2. Nathan, married Mary Wilson; resided in Billerica. 3. Timothy. 4. Polly. 5. Patty. 6. Caleb, mentioned below.

(V) Caleb Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott (4), resided in Wilton, New Hampshire. He married first, 1779, Lucy Lovejoy, who died February 21, 1802, aged forty-four ; he mar- ried second, Deborah Baker, who died in 1819: Children of first wife, born in Wilton: I.

Caleb, born November 10, 1779 ; died Decem- ber 5. 1846. 2. Timothy, born January 13, 1781. 3. Orlando, born November 23, 1782; died August, 1834. 4. Lucy, born February 20, 1784; married Samuel Cummings. 5. Charles, born January 8, 1786; mentioned below. 6. Gardner, born September 29, 1787. 7. Daniel, born June 5, 1789; died April 13, 1796. 8. Elizabeth, born July 27, 1791 ; married, 1818, Samuel S. Valpey. 9. Mary, born March 25, 1793; married, 1820, Carlton Parker, of Charlestown. 10. Samuel, born January 28, 1795; died young. II. Phebe Foxcroft, born February 8, 1797; married Daniel Saunders. 12. Daniel, born February 19, 1799. 13. Samuel Phillips, born and died 1801. Children of second wife. 14. Clarissa, born August 25, 1803 ; married Rev. Ebenezer Poor. 15. Emily, born August 6, 1805; died September 1, 1833; married, 1825, David Gray.

(VI) Charles Abbott, son of Caleb Abbott (5), was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, January 8, 1786. He married, 1807, Dorcas Hart. Children: I. Charles F., born October 20, 1807. 2. Orlando, born September 21, 1809; mentioned below. 3. Lucy F., born September 17, 1811 ; married, 1834, Charles S.

Carter, of Charlestown. 4. Dorcas L., born March 28, 1814: married, 1835, Leonard H. Ingalls. 5. Emeline Jane, born May 31, 1816. 6. Martin B., born February 28, 1821; died March 6, 1907. 7. Hannah C., born May 17, 1823.

(VII) Orlando Abbott, son of Charles Abbott (6), was born at North Andover, Sep- tember 21, 1809. He married Charlotte Stevens. He was a farmer. Both he and his wife were killed in 1877, their carriage being struck by a locomotive while they were driv- ing across the railroad tracks in Lawrence. Children, born at North Andover: I. George W. 2. Sarah S., died 1899. 3. Charles Abbott, died 1865. 4. Emma, married Jud- son E. Reynolds, of Sidney, Maine. 5. Lucy, unmarried. 6. Rebecca F., married George F. Knapp, of North Andover. 7. Charlotte M., married Fred Simonds, Jr. 8. Susan Underwood, born June 12, 1857; married Edward Adams, of North Andover. (See Adams family).

BICKNELL Zachary Bicknell, the immi- grant ancestor of the Bick- nell family in America, came from England early in the spring of 1635 and landed at Wessaguscus, now Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, within the limits of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He came with the Rev. Joseph Hull and one hundred and one others, mostly from Somerset and Dorset, in the southwest part of England. The ship's record is as follows: "Zachary Bicknell, aged 45 yeare. Agnis Bicknell, his wife, aged 27 yeare. Jno. Bicknell, his sonne aged II yeare. Jno. Kitchin, his servannt 23 yeare." From this little family has sprung a numerous pro- geny, scattered over all parts of the country.

Zachary Bicknell built a house upon land granted by the town, and died the year fol- lowing his arrival before March 9, 1636-37. The house and land was sold the next year to William Reed. The general court, under date of March, 1636-37, ordered "that William Reade, having bought the house and twenty acres of land at Weymouth, unfenced, which was Zachary Bicknell's for seven pounds thir- teen shillings four pence of Richard Rocket and wife, is to have the sale confirmed by the child when he cometh of age, or else the child to allow such costs as the court shall think meet." Zachary Bicknell's widow married again soon after her husband's death, and was probably the second wife of Bicknell, and the mother of his son Jolin, mentioned below.

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(II) John Bicknell, son of Zachary Bick- nell (1), born in England, about 1623, came to New England with his parents and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was select- man many years, and member of the general court in 1677-78. In 1661 he was one of a committee to repair the old North Church. He married first, about 1650, Mary

who died March 25, 1657-58; second, Decem- ber 2, 1658, Mary, daughter of Richard Por- ter, of Weymouth. She died in 1679. His will, dated November 6, 1678, proved Janu- ary 20, 1678-79, bequeathed all real estate to his wife except twenty acres and one and one- half acres of salt meadow which he gives to his son John, so long as she shall remain his widow, to bring up the children to the age of twenty-one. He bequeaths to his daughters fifteen pounds each, and to the three children of John Dyer (John, Thomas and Benjamin), his grandchildren, five pounds each. Chil- dren of first wife: 1. John, born 1653-54;

mentioned below. 2. Mary, married John Dyer ; died 1677-78. 3. Naomi, born June 21, 1657. Children of second wife: 4. Ruth, born October 26, 1660; married James Rich- ards ; died February 12, 1728. 5. Joanna, born March 2, 1663. 6. Experience, born Oc- tober 20, 1665. 7. Zachary, born February 7, 1668; married Hannah Smith; removed to Swansea, Massachusetts. 8. Thomas, born August 27, 1670; died February 17, 1718; married, February 16, 1696, Aun Turner, of Hingham, and removed to Middleborough, Massachusetts. 9. Elizabeth, born April 29, 1673. 10. Hannah, born November 15, 1675. II. Mary, born March 15, 1678; married Maurice Truphant : died October 13, 1764. 12. Child, born April 10, 1682 ; died young.

(III) John Bicknell, son of John Bicknell (2), was born at Weymouth, 1653-54. He resided at Weymouth, and married Sarah All the other members of the fam- ily removed from their native town. Chil- dren: 1. John, born November 24, 1688; mentioned below. 2. Zachariah, born Octo- ber 28, 1691. 3. Benjamin, born June 8, 1699. 4. Joseph, born February 28, 1700. Probably other children.

(IV) John Bicknell, son of John Bicknell (3), was born November 24, 1688, at Wey- mouth. Children: 1. John, born 1715; chil- dren : i. John, born 1744; ii. Thomas, 1748; iii. Jacob, 1751. 2. Joseph, born 1719; men- tioned below. 3. Nathaniel, born 1725; set- tled at Abington ; children : i. Luke, born 1749, captain in the revolution, and colonel in mili-

tia, town clerk thirty years, married Olive Gurney; ii. Nathaniel, born 1756; iii. Hum- phrey, 1762: iv. Otis, 1764.

(V) Joseph Bicknell, son of John Bicknell (4), was born in 1719. He married, probably second, Jane , born 1735, died 1824, aged eighty-nine. She survived her husband. Children: I. Joseph, Jr., born 1754; men- tioned below. 2. Daniel, born 1761. 3. James. Probably daughters.

(VI) Joseph Bicknell, son of Joseph Bick- nell (5), was born 1754. He resided at Abing- ton, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Edward Cobb's com- pany, Colonel Mitchell's regiment, at the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775; also in the expedition to Bristol, Rhode Island, December 9, 1776; in Captain James Allen's company, Colonel Eliphalet Cary's regiment, in 1777, and in Captain Nathan Snow's company, Colonel Hawes' regiment, same year. He also served in 1780. He settled in Lunenburg, Worcester county, Massachusetts, in 1788, buying a farm there of Daniel Brown of Lunenburg, Bick- nell being described as a yeoman of Abington. The farm consisted of two sixty-acre lots, with buildings, excepting twenty acres deeded to Thomas Oldham, and including six acres in Pearl Hill meadow bought by Brown of Joseph Eaton. This deed, dated April 16, 1788, is on record at Worcester. He added from time to time to his holdings by purchase in 1793 from Thomas Kimball and Amos Hazeltine, in 1799 from Thomas Oldham, mentioned above, and Joseph Curtis; in 1804 from Reuben Bathrick and Jacob Caldwell, and in 1805 from Jacob Welsh. He gave a farm to his son Seth, in deed dated 1824. He married Abigail (Nabby) who sur-

vived him. He died in 1826. In his will

proved that year he mentions as legatees : Son Seth, who was executor; James; Nabby, married John Marshall; Joseph; Silvia Whit- ney and Jetson ; grandchildren: James Fitch (?), William I. Bushnell, James T. Bushnell, Joseph G. Bushnell and Mary Jane Bushnell. His son Jetson died two years before his father. leaving a widow Sophia.

(VII) James Bicknell, son of Joseph Bick- nell (6), born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, March 12, 1775, died February 11, 1838. He bought land in Lunenburg of Joseph Turner, in 1801, and of Marlbry Turner the same year. About 1804 he removed to Belfast, Maine, where he lived a short time, and about 1807 removed to Green Plantation, now called Bel- mont, Maine. He married, March 21, 1798,

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Hannah Marshall. He was a mason by trade. Their first two children were born at Lunen- burg, the next two at Belfast, Maine, and the rest at Belmont, Maine. Children: I. Leb- beus, born August 18, 1799 ; married, January, 1821, at Belmont, Maine, Betsey Clay ; died February 5, 1839. 2. Edmund, born Septem- ber 29, 1802 ; married, March, 1825, at North- port, Maine, Nancy Gardner ; died at Belfast, Maine. 3. Nancy, born April 27, 1805 ; mar- ried, May 19, 1825, Otis Cushman; died at Monroe, Maine. 4. Hannah, born August 8, 1808; married, September 20, 1831, Samuel Fletcher ; died at Belmont, Maine. 5. James, born June 16, 1810; mentioned below. 6. Abigail, born March 21, 1812; married, Oc- tober 8, 1839, at Belmont, Warren Cunning- ham; died January 2, 1844. 7. Sarah, born September 13, 1813; married, October 18, 1838, John Watson; died July 1, 1843, at Andover. 8. Mary L., born April 22, 1817; died at Belmont, unmarried, December 2, 1844.

(VIII) James Bicknell, son of James Bick- nell (7), born at Green Plantation, now Bel- mont, Maine, June 16, 1810, died in Lawrence, Massachusetts, January 4, 1895. He was a farmer. He married first, May 7, 1837, Han- nah McKeen ; married second, April 26, 1842, at Belfast, Maine, Elvira Pitcher, born at Bel- fast, April 1, 1818, died January 14, 1892, daughter of William Pitcher. Child of first wife: I. Mary L., born February 2, 1840; married James Barker; resides in Pasadena, California. Children of second wife: 2. James, born at Belmont, January 4, 1844; died May 18, 1906; married Josephine Neal; one child, Adelaide L., married Daniel C. Smith, of Lawrence, Massachusetts. 3. Ed- mund, born July 23, 1846; mentioned below. 4. Ephraim, born October 23, 1849; died Jan- uary 31, 1850. 5. William P., born January 14, 1852 ; married Lillian Marriner ; one child, Leslie M. 6. Annette E., born May 28, 1855; died December, 1893, unmarried.

(IX) Edmund Bicknell, son of James Bick- nell (8), was born July 23, 1846, at Belmont, Maine, then known as Green Plantation. He grew up on his father's farm, and attended the old district school in winter, working on the farm at other seasons, like other farmers' sons of his day. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school himself, and continued as teacher for five years in the winter terms. Many of the farmers in that section were also coopers by trade, and there was a cooper's shop on the Bicknell farm where during the

slack season on the farm lime and mackerel barrels were made and, to use Mr. Bicknell's own language, "this was our muscle-develop- ing headquarters, between hoeing and haying, to prevent undue hilarity." Thus his last years before leaving home were divided in summer between farming and coopering, and in winter between coopering and teaching school. Mr. Bicknell supplemented his own schooling by a course of study in the Bangor Commercial School. At the age of twenty- six, like his brother James, he left the home- stead to come to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to make his own way in the world. He began his career as clerk in the clothing store of his brother James, who was in business under his own name, J. Bicknell, Jr. At the end of his first year he invested his savings in the busi- ness, and was admitted a partner by his broth- er. Since then the business has been conduct- ed under the firm name of Bicknell Brothers. With the increased capital, greater knowledge of business on the part of the two brothers, and the added energy and enterprise of the younger, the store grew prosperous, business increased rapidly and four years after the store was opened the business had outgrown the quarters. The firm moved to the new Howard's Block, 523 Essex street. Soon these quarters also proved inadequate for the business of the firm. The land on which the present build- ing of the firm is located, at 469 Essex street, was bought, and the block erected especially for the store purposes. The new quarters were occupied in the autumn of 1879. The store was at that time one of the largest and most elaborately appointed clothing houses in New England outside of Boston. From the "Style Book," issued by the firm we quote : "Our competitors had a right to be jealous, and they were. They watched the growth of the so-called "Mushroom Clothing House," and when our elaborate opening came they were profuse in their prophecies of failure. While they were waiting for their prophecies to materialize, the people were encouraging Bicknell Brothers in their efforts to please them by their patronage, and thus our trade rapidly increased. In one feature of the man- agement of our business during these thirty- seven years we feel justified in claiming a degree of pride ; namely, we have never bor- rowed a dollar with which to pay for a bill of goods. Neither have we ever paid for a bill of goods with a promissory note. Other features, which have led to the little success we have had, would perhaps seem like boast-

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ing, and thus be out of place in this historical sketch. Our extreme modesty forbids."

The firm of Bicknell Brothers has remained in the front rank of clothing merchants of Massachusetts, its record for fair dealing, courtesy and uprightness in dealing unsur- passed, its enterprise and energy unexcelled and in many respects unequalled. The Bick- nell Brothers had the instinct of advertising, and the business world concedes that the bright, catching, humorous advertising of this firm constituted its greatest asset, developing new business constantly and keeping their house in the lead. Edmund Bicknell, who has charge of the advertising, has a special gift for clever phrasing and attractive announce- ments-original, unique, fetching. His liter- ary ability is revealed very clearly in the mem- orial volume to his son Ralph, printed for the family. This volume is a worthy monument to a gifted and beloved son, prepared in the shadow of the greatest sorrow that had enter- ed the father's life. From it we shall quote in sketch of Ralph Bicknell. Mr. Bicknell loves music and is a player of some skill on the violin. In politics he is a Republican. He and his family attend the Universalist church. He is a member of the Bradley Farm Golf Club; the Home Club of Lawrence; the Home Mar- ket Club of Boston, and the Republican Club of Boston. He is a director and vice-president of the Lawrence National Bank.

Mr. Bicknell married, December 4, 1874, Susan Bennett Dyer, born April 2, 1856, daughter of George and Ruth A. ( Boardman) Dyer. Her father was born in New Haven, Maine, January 1, 1815, and died in Belfast, Maine, son of George Dyer, and descendant of an old provincial family of Maine. He was a farmer in Scarsmont most of his life, and was also owner of a saw-mill in that town. He was a Democrat in politics, and active in public affairs, holding the office of selectman and other positions of trust and responsibility. George Dyer, father of George and grand- father of Mrs. Susan B. (Dyer) Bicknell, was born in New Haven, Maine, and died in Searsmont. He was also a farmer and miller. Children of George and Ruth A. (Boardman) Dyer: i. Ellen Dyer, died aged six years ; ii. Joseph Dyer, died aged two years; iii. George B., married first, Abbie Thayer, and second, Laura Toothacher (children of first wife, Percy and Joseph Dyer ; of second wife, Raymond and Sabra Dyer) ; iv. Annie F. Dyer, died 1902, married Uriah Dyer, no chil- dren; v. Susan B. Dyer, mentioned above,

married Edmund Bicknell; vi. Charles E. Dyer, died 1901, unmarried; vii. Esther F. Dyer, died 1908, married first, Herbert Barker, mar- ried second, W. O. Sergeant (child by first husband, Karl Barker ; children by second lius- band: Ruth D. Sergeant, Winthrop O. Ser- geant) ; viii. Edwin K. Dyer, married Grace Robinson; ix. Alexander P. Dyer, died 1887, unmarried.

Isaac Boardman, father of Ruth A. Board- man, mentioned above, was a resident of New Haven, Maine. He died at Belfast, Maine. He followed the sea all his life, and became a captain. He married Farrow. Their children: i. Captain Isaac Boardman, also a sea captain, who died in Belfast, married Keziah Emery, and had one child, Emery Boardman; ii. Amelia Boardman, married Joseph Cann (children-Etta, Joseph, George, Minnie and Grace) ; iii. Ruth A., married George Dyer, mentioned above; iv. Georgi- anna Boardman, married Frank Frederick (children-George Frederick, Walter Fred- erick and Frank Frederick).

The children of Edmund and Susan Bennett ( Dver ) Bicknell, born in Lawrence: 1. Ralph Edmund, born October 31, 1881 ; mentioned below. 2. Paul R., born December 1, 1886; died May 6, 1894, in Lawrence. 3. Philip Dyer, born November 30, 1895 ; died Septem- ber 4, 1896, in Pasadena, California.

(X) Ralph Edmund Bicknell, son of Ed- mund Bicknell (9), was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, October 31, 1881. He received his education in the public schools of his native city, and during his last year in school was business manager of the Esser School Journal, in the columns of which appeared many articles of interest from his pen. This little magazine is said to have been the only publication of its kind issued in any grammar school in the United States at that time, and it was certainly a marvel of excellence, con- sidering the youth of its editorial and business staffs. His enthusiasm for a higher education was unbounded, but his school life was terminated a few months before his class graduated from the grammar school, though he received his diploma in due course. In March, 1896, he took a sudden and severe cold, and the disease which finally caused his death developed. A battle for life and health lasting eight long years followed. In May he went to Pasadena, California, with his father and mother and their infant son. Thence the family went directly into the heart of the Sierra Madre mountains, four thousand fect

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above sea level, and built a cloth tent in which they lived for five months. There the child died, inflicting another grievous blow upon the stricken family, especially upon the elder brother, who was struggling with the great white plague. The following winter was spent in a cottage in the foothills at Altadena, and Ralph and his father spent much of their time in the saddle. In April, after the rainy season, they made a trip to the Yosemite Val- ley in a prairie schooner, covering 1170 miles in the space of fifty days. In July they re- turned to Lawrence, and Ralph divided his time between his beautiful home, Granite Park, in Lawrence, the seashore at Ogunquit Beach, and the White Mountains at Conway, New Hampshire, until October, 1899, when he went to The Home, a first-class hotel at Den- ver, Colorado, designed especially for health- seekers. His mother accompanied him. In spring they went to Guadalajara, Mexico, to avoid the unpleasant spring weather of Color- ado, and in May returned to Colorado Springs, where they remained until autumn. Returning to Lawrence in October, 1899, Ralph spent the holidays at home, and in Jan- uary went back alone to Colorado Springs. His courage was good, and the prospect of cure seemed good, but in the following July his parents were called to his bedside. He had a serious attack of typhoid nature. He was taken to a health resort at Manitou Park, situated at an elevation fifteen hundred feet higher than Colorado Springs, and his mother remained with him. Three months later they returned to Colorado Springs, and in Decem- ber Ralph was so much better that his mother came home. Each year during his eight years of sickness he improved in the cold weather, and each year his hot weather setback was greater than his gain in cold weather. In April, 1901, his mother was called to him again, and they removed to the lower altitudes of California, returning two months later to Manitou Park, and his mother returned home. In September his condition was so much bet- ter that he also came home. That was his last visit to Lawrence. Though he looked well, he was still in the clutches of tuberculosis, and December 2 again started for Colorado Springs, sleeping outdoors there even when the weather was below zero. In July his annual relapse came. His mother went to him and took him to the mountain foothills near Palmer Lake, where he again recovered rapid- ly. They returned to Colorado Springs and settled in winter quarters, his mother return-

ing to Lawrence later in the month. Ten months later, in August, 1903, he had an attack of typhoid fever and his mother was again called to his bedside. In the words of the father, taken from the memorial volume, the last chapter of the story must be told : "The best effort in medical skill by his faith- ful doctor, together with the joy of his moth- er's presence, and her tender care and tireless nursing, soon drove away the fever, but the effect on his strength and wasted form, after eight years of constant fighting, was too much to be overcome. Seven long months of the sweetest patience, unbounded gratitude and most heroic reconciliation ever put forth by man, and the end came. No warrior or gener- al ever fought a braver battle. None deserve greater praise for heroism. Had his case been simply disease of the lungs, a complete cure would have long since been accomplished. It was the many complications, all of a tubercu- lar nature, that baffled every effort to bring about a cure. Who can say that the victory he has gained is not many times greater than would have been the cure for which he so desperately fought?" He died March 31, 1904.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 85

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 768

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768