Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 34

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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(X) Daniel, son of John (6) Gage, was born in 1639, according to his deposition made March 29, 1669, that he was aged thirty years. He died at Bradford, November 8, 1705. He married, May 4, 1675, Sarah Kimball, born about 1654, died September 15, 1692, daugh- ter of Henry and Mary (Wyatt) Kimball, of Wenham. Children, born at Bradford: I. Daniel, March 12, 1676, mentioned below. 2. John, January 1, 1677. 3. Sarah, April 29, died August 24, 1679. 4. Samuel, May 9, 1680. 5. Mary, February 1, 1681-82, married Samuel Griffin. 6. Mehitable, September 16, died November 6, 1683. 7. Lydia, January 30, 1684-85, married Ebenezer Burbank. 8. Sarah, January 4, 1686-87. 9. Abigail, Octo- ber 4, 1687, died October 2, 1723. 10. Han- nah, February 17, 1690.

(XI) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) Gage, was born in Bradford, March 12, 1676, died March 14, 1747-48 (gravestone at Bradford). He was a member of the North Regiment in Essex, under Captain Heseltine, of Bradford, in I710, the company which were appointed to keep snowshoes and moccasins. He lived in the northwest part of Bradford on

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the banks of the Merrimac river, on what was then the main road to Methuen. He owned a ferry which was known as Gage's or the Upper Ferry. On the place where he lived stood, at last accounts, the oldest house in the town, known as the Gage house. He married (first) March 9, 1697-98, Martha Burbank, born Feb- ruary 22, 1679-80, died September 8, 1741, daughter of Caleb and Martha (Smith) Bur- bank. He married (second) May 12, 1742, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan Harriman, and widow of Jonathan Boynton. She mar- ried (third) John Stewart. Children of first wife, born in Bradford: I. Mehitable, De- cember 20, 1698. 2. Josiah, December 3, 1701. 3. Martha, April 7, 1703-04, married James Wilson. 4. Lydia, May 24, 1705. 5. Moses, May 1, 1706. 6. Daniel, April 22, 1708. 7. Sarah, February 19, 1709-10, married, May 16, 1731, Edmund Hardy. 8. Jemima, Decem- ber 2, 17II, married (first) November 8, 1733, Richard Kimball Jr .; (second) John Webster. 9. Naomi, February 25, 1714-15, married, September 22, 1737, David Hall. IO. Esther, May 15, 1716, married Au- gust 1, 1739, Jonathan Currier. II. Amos, July 28, 1718, mentioned below. 12. Abigail, December 22, 1720, died young. 13. Mary, August 31, 1722, married, November 17, 1744, Ebenezer Goodhue. 14. Abigail, March 13, 1724-25.

(XII) Captain Amos, son of Daniel (2) Gage, was born in Bradford, July 28, 1718, died September 8, 1792. He was captain of one of the five companies raised by New Hampshire for reinforcing Fort Edward dur- ing the French and Indian war, and was sta- tioned at No. 4, now Charlestown, New Hamp- shire, by order of General Webb. Hc was also captain of a company of volunteers which marched from Pelham, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 29, 1777, and joined the Northern army at Saratoga, during the revolution. He married, December 18, 1740, Mchitable Kimball, born November 27, 1721, died Feb- ruary 16, 1794, daughter of John and Mar- garct (Hutchins) Kimball. Children, born in Pelham, New Hampshire: 1. Danicl, October 5, 1741, dicd in the French and Indian war. 2. Elizabeth, December 22, 1743, married (first) March 2, 1765, Benjamin Cole ; (scc- ond) September 10, 1778, Samuel Kimball. 3. Asa, April 5, 1746. 4. Sarah, August 20, 1748, married, April 29, 1791, Daniel Barker. 5. Betsey, 1751, died December 28, 1754. 6. Deborah, May 8, 1753, married, March 27, 1790, Peter Austin. 7. Abel, November 18,

1755, mentioned below. 8. Amos, August 9, 1758, in the revolution. 9. Daniel, September 28, 1761, in the revolution.

(XIII) Abel, son of Captain Amos Gage, was born in Pelham, New Hampshire, Novem- ber 18, 1755, the day of the great earthquake, and died September 3, 1846. He served as a soldier in the revolution in 1776, and received a pension for the last twenty-eight years of his life. He kept school several seasons in different parts of the town, in private houses. He was prominent in town affairs, an esteemed citizen. He was elected selectman for more than half the years between thirty and sixty of his own age. He held the office of deacon of the church for about forty-five years, until the infirmities of age forced him to resign. It is claimed that he was the first to attempt stone quarrying in the country, and was re- markably successful, considering his primitive methods. The centre meeting house in Dra- cut, built about 1782, the present town house in Pelham, as it was originally, afford speci- mens of his work. He married, January 13, 1780, Abigail Runnels (see Runnels family). She died August 2, 1825, aged seventy. Chil- dren, born in Pelham: 1. Sarah, January 20, 1781, married, May 11, 1819, Henry March ; died September 8, 1827. 2. Billy Runnels, February 20, 1783, mentioned below. 3. Me- hitable, January 30, 1785, died February 5, 1789. 4. Hannah, April 26, 1787. 5. Mehit- able, February 5, 1789, died July 31, 1861. 6. Amos, March 22, 1791, married Celinda Hovey. 7. Stephen, August 4, 1792, married, December 22, 1818, Olive Bradford ; died May 9, 1834. 8. Deborah, November 21, 1795; married (first) April 8, 1823, Joel Butler ; (second) Seth Cutter Jr., October 23, 1832; dicd September 14, 1864. 9. Abel, November 23, 1798, married, December 6, 1826, Anna Moody Johnson.

(XIV) Billy Runnels, son of Abcl Gage, was born in Pelham, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 20, 1783, died March 7, 1837. He resided in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He mar- ried (first) July 23, 1805, Abigail Hall, of Pelham, who died April 19, 1808, agcd twenty- three years, ten months. He married ( second) November II, 1813, Rebecca Wilson, of Pel- ham, who died November 30, 1816, aged thirty-four. Hc married (third) Nancy Ander- son, of Londonderry, who dicd August 19, 1865, aged eighty-one years, ten months. He and his three wives arc buried in Londonderry and gravestones mark their resting place. Child of first wife: Caleb, born October 2,

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1806, blacksmith of Manchester, New Hamp- shire; married Susan Claggett, of London- derry, June 25, 1830. By second wife : Charles, born March 5, 1815, carpenter of Bedford, New Hampshire; married Mary Newton, of Henniker. By third wife: I. William Wash- ington, born December 30, 1818, dry goods merchant of Boston; married, September 27, 1846. Sarah W. Griffin. 2. Leander, October 2, 1820, mentioned below. 3. Abigail, June 20, 1822, married, May, 1850, Charles Henry Hall. 4. Aaron Hardy, November 13, 1824, lived in Londonderry; married, May, 1850, Hannah Humphrey; served in the civil war and removed to California. 5. John Ander- son, June 25, 1827, boot and shoe maker of Derry, New Hampshire; married, May 6, 1851, Martha Tenney.

(XV) Leander, son of Billy Runnels Gage, was born October 2, 1820, in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He was a boot and shoe worker of Braintree, Massachusetts. He mar- ried there, June 18, 1844, Mary Denton Allen, of Braintree, born January 8, 1824, at East Braintree, died April 19, 1903. Leander Gage left Braintree about 1872 and was not after- ward heard from. Children : I. William Leander, born December 20, 1845, mentioned below. 2. Richard Allen, April 2, 1848, died January 30, 1851. 3. Charles Henry Hall, June 28, 1850, died June 9, 1863. 4. Richard Allen, July 16, 1852. 5. Elizabeth Denton, July 16, 1854, died October 7, 1854. 6. Fred- erick Allen, August 15, 1855, died October II, 1855.

(XVI) William Leander, son of Leander Gage, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, December 20, 1845. He received his edu- cation in the public schools of his native town. He began his career as a shoe manufacturer associated with his father. Later he was clerk and superintendent for several large concerns in Braintree. At present he is in the office of the Fore River Ship-building Company, Quincy. He enlisted for three months in the civil war, serving in the Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment in 1864. In politics he is a Repub- lican. In religion he is a Christian Scientist. He is a member of Grand Army of the Re- public, Post No. 87, General Sylvanus Thayer. He married, June 20, 1876, Mary Ella Burr, born April 15, 1852, daughter of Henry Dor- chester and Martha (Packard) Burr, of Quincy (see Burr family). Children, born at Braintree : I. Bessie May, May 14, 1877, mar- ried Harry Warren Bond, engaged in the First National Bank of Boston as discount

clerk; child, Marian Bond, born March 14, 1902. 2. Charles H., July 21, 1878, assistant manager of the Fisk rubber works of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. 3. Nina Belle, January 18, 1880, married, June 30, 1908, H. Clifton Woodsum, manager of the stock-room of the Boston Gear Works of Norfolk Downs. 4. Henry Chester, February 8, 1883, an elec- trician in Hartford, Connecticut.

(The Burr Line).

Simon Burr, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled in Hingham, Massa- chusetts. His wife Rose died June 24, 1647. He married (second) November 28, 1648, Hester -, who died February 3, 1692-93. He died February 7, 1691-92, and his son Simon was administrator. Children : I. Esther, died December 20, 1645. 2. Henry, died Feb- ruary 14, 1645. 3. Simon, baptized February 25, 1654-55. 4. Hannah, baptized February 25, 1654-55. 5. John, born January 6, 1659. 6. Jonathan, born June 13, 1665, died in the Canadian Expedition of 1690.

(VI) Timothy, descendant of Simon Burr, was born about 1780. He died at Haverhill, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Fairchild. Children : I. Samuel. 2. Henry Dorchester, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Sarah. 5. Charlotte. 6. Mary.

(VII) Henry Dorchester, son of Timothy Burr, was born in Boston, April 27, 1810, died March 7, 1893, at Quincy, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools, was a mariner until 1876, had charge of the road work in Quincy for a time. He was a Meth- odist in religion and a Republican in politics. He married Martha Packard, born May 30, 1818, at Milton, Maine, died July 4, 1880, at Quincy. Children : 1. Henry Dorchester, born September 24, 1837, married (first) Emily Leo; (second) Mary S. McCarthy ; child of first wife: Herbert Willis; child of second wife: Lillian ; he resides at Neponset, Massa- chusetts. 2. James, October 6, 1839, at Quincy, married Elizabeth A. Clapp; died in 1893; children : Elmer E., Fred L., George S., Mabel. 3. Child, died in infancy. 4. Martha A., 1842. 5. Joseph A., 1847, married Jessie A. Jollimore, of Brockton. 6. Mary Ella, 1852, married William Leander Gage (see Gage family). 7. Ida A., August, 1858, mar- ried Walter Rogers, of Marshfield; child, Lena Rogers.

(The Runnels Line).

The name Runnels is of Scotch origin, from Runnels, meaning a small brook. It has been

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thought by some that the families of Runnels or Runnells and Reynolds were the same, but they were evidently distinct. Many branches of the family have changed their name to Reynolds, but there are none of the Runnels name among the Reynolds families. The Reynolds family, moreover, is of English origin. The only coat-of-arms borne by the Runnels family is : Argent masoned sable upon a chief indented of the last, a plate charged with a rose gules, barbed and seeded, between two fleur- de-lis or. Crest: A fox passant or, holding in his mouth a rose, as in the arms slipped and leaved vert. Motto: Murus aheneus esto.

Underneath, Runnells.

(I) Sergeant Samuel Runnels was born, according to family tradition, in 1671, near Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The tradition says that he and an elder brother escaped from an attack of Indians or pirates on their father's residence near Halifax, and came in an open boat to New England. He resided in Brad- ford, Massachusetts, where he owned a farm. He also owned land in Boxford, and erected a house there, but probably never lived in it. He was admitted in full communion in the Brad- ford church, November 27, 1709. His will was dated March 6, 1744-45, and proved No- vember 25, 1745. He died October 27, 1745. He married, about 1700, Abigail Middleton, who died October II, 1753. Children : I. Stephen, born May 14, 1703, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, December 17, 1706. 3. John, March 9, 1710, died young. 4. John, April 8, 171I, died July 6, 1713. 5. Job, June 18, 1712. 6. Sarah, October 31, 1716. 7. Abigail, Novem- ber II, 1722. 8. Ebenezer, November 20, 1726.

(II) Stephen, son of Samuel Runnels, was born May 14, 1703, died March IO, 1753. He was a cooper by trade and lived in Bradford until January 14, 1735-36, when he bought of Zachariah Hardy land in Boxford, and settled there as a farmer. He married, in 1728, Esther Hovey, of Rowley, who married ( second) Luke Hovey, of Boxford. Stephen was ad- mitted to the Bradford church August 3, 1729. Children: I. Stephen, born 1729, mentioned below. 2. Martha, 1732, probably died young. 3. Esther, 1734. 4. Asa, 1737, died young. 5. William, January 28, 1740, in Boxford. 6. Daniel, September 15, 1742.

(III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Runnels, was born in Bradford in 1729, bap- tized October 19 of that year, and inherited his father's farm in Boxford. Administration of his estate was granted his widow Hannah, September 23, 1771. He married, April II,

1754, Hannah Pearl, of Boxford. Children, born in Boxford: I. Abigail, August 21, 1755, married Abel Gage (see Gage family). 2. Enos, February 20, 1757. 3. Hannah, Novem- ber 29, 1758, died young. 4. Eunice, January 6, 1761. 5. Billy, January 24, 1763, in the revolution, taken prisoner and died, it is sup- posed, in a prison ship in New York in 1781, aged eighteen. 6. Hannah, December 30, 1764. 7. Phebe, December 8, 1766. 8. Esther, Sep- tember, 1768, died March 2, 1789. 9. Sarah, November, 1770, died August 1, 1789.

RUSSELL John Russell, immigrant an- cestor, came to New England and settled first at Cambridge, where he was a proprietor in 1635. He was admitted a freeman, March 3, 1635-36, and was a town officer, and clerk of the writs. He was a subscriber to the orders drawn up for the town of Woburn, at Charlestown, in 1640, and was one of the first settlers of Woburn. He was a proprietor there in 1640. He was selectman of Woburn several years, and in 1644 was appointed on a committee for dis- tribution of land. He was deacon of the church, but afterwards became a Baptist, and about 1669-70 was admitted to the Baptist church of Boston, which at that time met for worship at Noddle's Island. He was later chosen elder of this church. For his change of faith he was summoned before the court at Charlestown in 1671 and sent to prison, but was soon released. He died June 1, 1676. His will was dated May 27, 1676. He married (first) Elizabeth , who died December 16, 1644. He married (second) May 13, 1645, Elizabeth Baker, who died January 17, 1689- 90. Children : 1. Samuel. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Mary, married, December 21, 1659, Timothy Brooks.

(II) John (2), son of John (1) Russell, was born about 1640 and died December 21, 1680. He settled first in Woburn and removed to Boston, where he was ordained to succeed Elder Gould as minister of the Baptist church, July 28, 1679. During the short period he was in office, he wrote a treatise in answer to some harsh reflections in a publication by Rev. Dr. Increase Mather, asserting "The Divine Right of Infant Baptism." The answer was entitled "A Brief Narrative of some consider- able passages concerning the First Gathering and Further Progress of a Church of Christ in Gospel Order, in Boston, in New England, Etc." It was dated in Boston, May 20, 1680, and sent to London for publication. He mar-

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ried, October 31, 1661, Sarah Champney, daughter of John Champney, of Cambridge. She died at Woburn, April 25, 1696. He is buried in King's Chapel burying ground, Bos- ton. Children : I. John, born August 1, 1662, died July 26, 1717; married, December 21, 1682, Elizabeth Palmer. 2. Joseph, January 15, 1663-64, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, February 3, 1667-68, died December 1, 1668. 4. Sarah, February 10, 1670-71. 5. Elizabeth, February 19, 1672-73, died June 5, 1743 ; mar- ried Pierce. 6. Jonathan, August 6, 1675, died June 20, 1708. 7. Thomas, January 5, 1677-78. 8. Ruth.

(III) Joseph, son of John (2) Russell, was born at Woburn, January 15, 1663-64, died at Boston, March 13, 1713-14. He married Mary , who died March 28, 1715. Both are buried in King's Chapel burying ground in Boston. Children: 1. Joseph, born December 12, 1687. 2. Mary. 3. Abigail. 4. Sarah, married Wakefield. 5. Elizabeth, mar- ried Joseph Hiller. 6. Mehitable. 7. Thomas, born July II, 1705, mentioned below. 8. Skin- ner, died in Boston, June, 1752. 9. Jonathan.

(IV) Thomas, son of Joseph Russell, was born July II, 1705, died September 1, 1760. He married (first) Elizabeth Condy, daughter of Jeremiah Condy, and sister of Rev. Jere- miah Condy. She was a well educated woman and possessed many accomplishments of the day. She constructed curious pictures of fili- gree work, also wax flowers and fruit of rare beauty. Her embroidery attracted much atten- tion, as did also a white Holland bed-spread that she made. While Boston was held by the British in the war of the revolution, soldiers were admitted to the house and ruined the spread with bloodstains. They also carried off her finest piece of embroidery, into which she had wrought gold and silver threads. In 1878 a white silk apron embroidered by her, 1710-20, had a prominent place in a loan ex- hibition in aid of the Society of Decorative Art in New York. A sampler of Miss Eliza- beth Russell, her only daughter, 1775-1776, is still preserved. Thomas Russell married (sec- ond) Honora Loud, who married (second) Deacon Philip Freeman. He is buried in King's Chapel burying ground. Children: I. Thomas, died 1752. 2. Joseph, born October 2, 1732, died May 18, 1792; married (first) Mary Checkly; (second) Amey Hopkins; (third) Ann Frances Lippitt. 3. Jeremiah Condy, died August 30, 1759. 4. John, born April 12, 1737, died July 8, 1813; married, October 15, 1761, Martha Martin. 5. William,

born September 12, 1739, died unmarried Feb- ruary 10, 1825. 6. Jonathan, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 7. Elizabeth, born April 15, 1757, married, November 20, 1777, Dr. Solomon Drowne. 8. Thomas, born Sep- tember 8, 1758, died February 19, 1801 ; mar- ried, November 29, 1783, Ann Handy.

(V) Jonathan, son of Thomas Russell, was born in 1741 and died February 17, 1788. He was a merchant in Providence, engaged in the importation of merchandise from London and the West Indies. His advertisements appear in the Providence Gazette of the period, his place of business being on the west side of the Great Bridge. During the revolution his busi- ness was broken up by the closing of the port. He then removed to Mendon, Massachusetts, where he died. He married, January 5, 1769, Abigail Russell, born November 24, 1737, daughter of James and Abigail (Lovett) Rus- sell, of Holliston, Massachusetts. Children : I. James, born October 31, 1769, died 1795; married Hannah Sherman. 2. Jonathan, Feb- ruary 27, 1771, mentioned below. 3. Abigail, November 25, 1772, died August 12, 1854; married Otis Ammidon, August 21, 1799. 4. Joseph Warren, February 6, 1775, died young. 5. Mary, August 5, 1778, died January 8, 1832 ; married, August 23, 1800, Liberty Bates. 6. Henry, August 27, 1785, died May 21, 1863. (VI) Hon. Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Russell, was born in Providence, February 27, 1771, died at Milton, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 17, 1832. He graduated at Rhode Island College, (now Brown University) in 1791 with the highest honors of his class. He studied for the law but embarked in com- mercial pursuits instead of practicing his pro- fession. He took great interest in politics and in 1810 acted as Charge d'Affaires at Paris. The following year he went to England in the same capacity ; was temporary minister when Mr. John Quincy Adams went for a time to Amer- ica. The notification of the declaration of war against Great Britain devolved upon him in his official capacity. On January 18, 1814, he was appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace with Great Britain at Ghent. At this time he was made minister plenipotentiary to Sweden, and went to Stockholm where he remained until October 16, 1818. Upon his return to America, he settled at Mendon, Massachusetts, and was soon afterward elected to congress, serving from 1821 to 1825. He was a member of the conven- tion to revise the laws of Massachusetts in 1820. He was said to have been "a versatile, forcible,

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elegant and facile writer, and when the sub- ject permitted, handled his pen with a caustic severity seldom surpassed." He left no printed evidenee of his literary ability aside from his foreign correspondenee, except an oration de- livered in Providence of July 4, 1800; an elo- quent tribute to the memory of Nathan Hey- wood, a classmate, and a few other addresses. The oration mentioned has been used by gen- erations of American boys for school declama- tion, and has been printed within a few years in the Providence Journal. He married (first) April 3, 1794, Sylvia Amidon, who died July 10, 18II. He married (seeond) at Boston, April 2, 1817, Lydia Smith, daughter of Bar- ney and Ann (Otis) Smith. She lived several years with her brother abroad, and attended Madame Campan's school at St. Germaine, France. She was skilled in drawing and re- ceived a gold medal from Napoleon I in 1807 for the best copied drawings. The medal and drawings are still in the possession of the family. In London she painted under West, who gave her his pallette of colors, and this, with drawings given her by Horace Vernet, are still preserved. She died at Milton, De- cember 20, 1859. Children of first wife: I. Amelia E., born January 3, 1798. 2. George Robert, May 5, 1800, mentioned below. 3. Caroline A., June 17, 1805, died April 8, 1879 ; married (first) October 20, 1829, Jazariah Ford; (seeond) June 24, 1842, Franeis Taft. 4. Anna Matilda, January 21, 1808, died April 14, 1834; married, June 12, 1833, Philip Am- midon. Children of second wife : 5. Ida, born April 10, 1818, at Stockholm, Sweden, died in Milton, February 20, 1855. 6. Geraldine I., Mendon, December 20, 1819, married (first) October 8, 1839, George Rivers; (second) June 22, 1858, George Bruee Upton. 7. Rosalie G., Mendon, July 10, 1822, died February 2, 1897. 8. Jonathan, Mendon, September 10, 1825, died September 25, 1875, unmarried; graduated at Harvard, 1845; was American consul at Manila several years.

(VII) George Robert, son of Hon. Jona- than (2) Russell, was born May 5, 1800, died at Manchester. Massachusetts, August 5, 1866. He graduated at Brown University in 1821, and studied law in Philadelphia, returning to Providenec to practice his profession which, however, he soon abandoned. He went to Lima, South America; thenec to China and Manila, where he founded the house of Russell & Sturgis, which soon became one of the great- est commercial houses in the east. Return- ing, he resided in West Roxbury, and after-

wards removed to Jamaica Plain. He made a trip to Europe on account of ill health, and on his return resided in Boston. In 1849 he delivered the oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Brown, his subjeet being "Commeree." It was said of the oration "Never have we listened to an oration which was more faithful to its subject, and united more manly sense and practical knowledge, with accurate learning, pointed wit, and fin- ished composition." He delivered other ora- tions which made an equally good impression. At the Commeneement of Brown University in 1849 he received the degree of LL. D. In January, 1857, he was chosen a resident mem- ber of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He married, December 1, 1835, Sarah Park- man Shaw, daughter of Robert G. Shaw, of Boston. Children: I. Elizabeth, born at La Boissiere, near Geneva, Switzerland, Novem- ber 2, 1836, married, November 28, 1856, Theodore Lyman. 2. Henry Sturgis, June 21, 1838, mentioned below. 3. Anna, West Rox- bury, April 23, 1840, died Deeember 22, 1873; married, November 15, 1860, Professor Alex- ander Agassiz. (See sketch of Agassiz family ). 4. Emily, January 26, 1843, married, January 19, 1874. Charles Lawrence Peirson. 5. Marian, November 14, 1846. 6. Robert Shaw, June 10, 1850, married Margaret P. Curtis. 7. Sarah, September 22, 1851, mar- ried James Barr Ames, dean of Harvard Law Sehool.

(VIII) General Henry Sturgis, son of Hon. George Robert Russell, was born on Savin Hill, Dorehester, June 21, 1838, died in Boston, February 16, 1905. He attended several sehools during his youth, and later studied several years at the private school of Mr. E. S. Dixwell, whenec in 1856 he went to Harvard College and graduated in 1860. In 1861 he was in the office of William Perkins, a Boston merchant. At the opening of the civil war he joined the Fourth Battalion and went with it to Fort Independenee, in Boston harbor. There, for a month, he was thoroughly drilled by General Thomas G. Stevenson. He went into active service as first lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, May 28. 1861. He was assigned a company Deeember 31, 1861, and his first serious engagement was at Cedar Mountain. When the regiment was ordered to retreat, he performed an act of loyalty to his friend, Lieutenant Colonel Sav- age, which was afterwards thus narrated by Governor Andrews: "I know of no incident of more perfeet, of more heroie gentility, be-

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 34

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924