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Billings Luther [son of ] Josiah & Hannah Billings, born in Groton Octo. 18, 1812.
200.
Billings Horace [son of] Same Parents born in Groton May 27. 1814. 200.
[Published] 1829. May 29. Mr Nathaniel Whittemore of Lan- caster, and Miss Amelia Stone of Groton. 238.
[Published] 1832. March 31. Mr Nathaniel Joslin of Lan- caster, and Miss Lovina Farnsworth of Groton. 239.
[Married] 1832. May 17. Mr Otis Haskell of Groton to Miss Nancy W. Stearns of Lancaster. 240,
[Published] 1835. May 9. Mr John Townsend of Groton, and Miss Caroline Phelps of Lancaster. 243.
[Published] 1835. Sep. 21. Mr Lowell Hartwell of Groton, and Miss Harriet Worster of Lancaster. 243.
[Married ] 1847. July 14. Samuel Worster, 50, of Lancaster, and Ann Nutting, 31, of Groton. 256.
[Baptized] 1713, Octob. 4th. Abigail Laken's Son of Groton Samuel. 274.
[Admitted] May, 13. [1744.] Zerviah Rugg, wife of Nathan Rugg upon a Letter of Recommendation from y" Chh in Groton. 291.
[Baptized] April 24th. [1743.] Nathan, Son of Nathan Rugg, the mother of y" Child a member in full Communion with ye Chh of Christ in Groton. 291.
[ Baptized] 1753 July 1st. John, Dorcas, children of John Solin- dine he having owned ye Covenant at Groton. 297.
[Dismissed 1758?] Converse Richardson and Wife to y" Chh. in Groton. 332.
[Admitted] 1808. June 2, Abigail Whipple, Certificate from Groton. 334.
[Died] 1823. Oct. 24. A child of Moses Carleton of Groton, I. Lung fever. 361.
[Died] 1836. Feb. 23. Mrs Ruth Barnes (of Groton), 58. Disease of the Heart. 367.
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MARRIAGES FROM THE WOBURN RECORDS.
LIST OF MARRIAGES FROM THE WOBURN RECORDS.
THE following list of marriages is taken from " Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part III. Marriages " (Boston, 1891), a work arranged by the Honorable Edward F. Johnson, the first mayor of Woburn. The figures at the end of each paragraph indicate the page of the volume, where the several entries are found.
Adam Gould of Groton and Hannah Knight of Woburn, Sept. 28, 1687. 114. John W. Knight and Caroline P. Brown, both of Groton, June 25, 1858. 158.
Joseph Lakin of Groton and Jerusha Simonds of Woburn, Oct. 23, I 770. 159.
Phineas Parker of Groton and Elizabeth Bowers of Lancaster, June 14, 1722.
200. Mousall Wright of Woburn and Susanna Spaulding of Groton, April 5, 1733. 311.
The two following items are taken from " Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part II. Deaths" ; and the pages of the work, where found, are indicated after each paragraph.
: Burgess. Mary J., d. of Levi and Lucy (b. in Groton), of con- sumption, July 28, 1854 ; 2 y. 6 m. 25.
Cutter. Susan, widow of Samuel, d. of - Brown (b. in Groton), of suicide, May 6, 1861 ; 73 y. 11 m. 6 d [72 y., gravestone ]. 49.
A Post-Office has been established at Pepperell, Mass. and JAMES LEWIS, Esq. appointed Post-Master ; and a similar Office, upon the same route, has been established at Holles, N. Il. and Mr. AMBROSE GOULD appointed Post-Master. Correspondents with those places, will please to notice the above, and direct their letters accordingly, which are now detained at Groton, Mass. and Amherst, N. H. by reason of a particular direction.
" Columbian Centinel " (Boston), August 15, 1818.
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EPITAPH.
EPITAPH.
THE following epitaph was copied by me, on May 20, 1891, from a slate slab standing on the easterly side of the Roxbury Burying-ground. Jonas was an elder brother of the Reverend James Delap Farnsworth, a graduate of Harvard College in the Class of 1818.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Jonas Farnsworth, Son of Lieu: Jonas Farnsworth of Groton and Mrs. Jane his wife who departed this life, on his birth day, Sep: 214 1800. aged 18.
A LETTER OF DISMISSION.
THE following letter of dismission is found written on the back of a Proclamation for Thanksgiving, on November 26, 1789, now in the possession of Mrs. Theodosia (Chaplin) Walton, of Chicago, a grand-daughter of the Reverend Dr. Chaplin.
The chh of Christ in Groton to ye Brethren in Tyngsborough who propose soon to be incorporated into a chh, sendeth greeting.
Whereas Jon: Bancroft & Martha his wife, inhabitants of Tyngs- borough, wo are members of this chh, & in regular standing, have requested a dismission from yr particular relation to us, & recom- mendation to you as suitably qualified for your fellowship, this is to signify o' compliance wh yr request. We hope you will receive ym & be enabled to promote yr edification in the faith of o' common L & savr. And on yr becoming members of y chh wh you we shall consider ym as dismissed from o' particular care & dis- cipline Wishing grace mercy & peace may be multiplied to you
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thro' o' Lord & X, & desireing an interest in your prayers at ye throne of grace, we subscribe your brethren in ye faith & fellow- ship of ye gpl.
GROTON, Nov. 26th 1789.
DAN" CHAPLIN Pastor]. in the name & by the vote of the chh.
AN INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY.
THREE years ago I published, in this Historical Series (II. 231-233), an article on some Instances of Longevity, and quoted the following paragraph from the "Daily Evening Traveller " (Boston), October 27, 1865.
A VENERABLE LADY. - Mrs. Rebecca Huse of Harvard, now 106 years old, is probably the oldest person in New England. She was born at Groton, but moved to Harvard at the age of 15, and has no near relative living except a single daughter, having buried a large family of children. This venerable relic of a bygone age still re- tains to a remarkable degree of perfection her sense of sight and hearing, being but slightly deaf, and is remarkably active, making her own fire in the morning, and attending through the day to a large part of her household duties. Till the present year she has kept and cared for a cow, and attended to some gardening.
Mrs. Huse's maiden name was Parker; and she died at Harvard, on September 14, 1869, at the age of 104 years, 2 months, and 12 days, according to the records of that town, which say also that she was a daughter of Ebenezer and Dinah Parker, of Groton. In my article I stated that her age, as given by the Traveller, was probably wrong, as it did not tally with that of the town-clerk, but I am now, for several reasons, inclined to think that it was correct. The only Re- becca Parker whose name is found on the Groton records, and whose age at all corresponds with that of the centenarian, is the eldest daughter of Oliver and Eunice Parker, who was born on November 22, 1760; while there is no entry of any Ebenezer and Dinah Parker. It is true that the records at
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that period are somewhat imperfect, and omissions of names often found. Mrs. Huse outlived most of those who came immediately after her, as well as her own generation ; and it would not be surprising if the returns made to the town-clerk at the time of her death were inaccurate. But the fact which has the most weight in deciding the question is the following incident, related to me by the Reverend John Barstow Wil- lard, of Still River, a long time before the article on Longev- ity was written, but which I did not try then to verify or corroborate.
Mr. Willard told me, perhaps ten years ago, that he never saw Mrs. Huse but once, and then she told him of a drowning accident that happened on the Nashua River, when she was four years old. It occurred on Election Day, and she could just recollect the event. Her account of the accident is sin- gularly confirmed by the following item from " The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser," June 4, 1764, a file of which news- paper I have examined with particular reference to this clew : -
Last Wednesday [May 30, Election Day of that year ] five Men going in a Canoe in Harvard [Nashua] River to catch some Fish, the Canoe sunk, and three of them were unfortunately drowned.
An occurrence attended with such fatal results would natu- rally leave a deep impression on a child's memory, and par- ticularly in a small country town, where for a long time it would have been the subject of general conversation.
CAPT. SAMUEL TARBELL.
THE following Resolves were passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, and are found in the several editions of " Re- solves of the General Assembly of the State of Massachusetts- Bay " of their respective dates. The petition, printed in the second volume of this Historical Series (page .jo), refers to the estate mentioned in Resolve CI.IL., and shows further-
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more that Tarbell was dead in the early part of 1781. See Hill's History of Mason, New Hampshire (page 220), for an allusion to him. The decease of his son, Captain Samuel Tarbell, is announced, under Deaths, at the end of this Number (page 114).
LXXXIX.
Resolve impowering Perez Morton to bring forward a Prosecution against Samuel Tarbell ; passed April 23, 1778.
WHEREAS Samuel Tarbell of Groton, in the county of Middle- sex, husbandman, on the fourth day of December last, by his bond became bound and obliged unto the Government and People of said State, in the penal sum of two thousand pounds, conditioned that the said Samuel Tarbell, shall well and truly from time to time during the sev- . eral Sessions of the Superior Court of Judicature, &e. in any and all the counties within this State, and during the several Sessions of the Superior Court of Fudicature, Et. within and for the several counties within the State of New-Hampshire, Ec. personally appear and attend at every of the said Courts, and give evidence in behalf of the Govern- ment and People of either of said States. But the said Tarbell has nevertheless absconded and failed of appearing agreeable to the conditions mentioned in the bond aforesaid ; and there is great danger of his dis- posing of the whole of his estate, and the public thereby be defrauded. And whereas the Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Esq ; Attorney General to this State, being necessarily absent attending the Superior Court : Therefore
Resolved, That Perez Morton, attorney at law be, and hereby is impowered and directed to bring forward a process upon the bond given by said Tarbell on the fourth of December last, in behalf of the Government and People of this State of Massachusetts-Bay, and pursue the same to final judgment and execution ; and law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
CLIII.
Resolve impowering James Prescott, Esq ; to lease out the Estate of Samuel Tarbell of Groton ; pass'd April 10, 1780.
Whereas this State by their Attorney did in the year 1778 put in snit one certain obligation and recovered a judgment of court against Samuel Tarbell, then of Colon (since flod to the enemy) for the for-
AN ODD MISTAKE.
feiture of the penalty mentioned in said obligation, and have since levied execution upon some real estate to satisfy said judgment, which real estate consisting of some land and buildings are now become the prop- erty of this State, and no person authorized to take care of the same : Therefore,
Resolved, That James Prescott, Esq; be and he is hereby ap- pointed and fully impowered to lease out for one year, ending the ist day of April 1781, the aforementioned lands and buildings for the most they will fetch, and to call upon any person or persons for any money justly due to said State for the past improvement of said estate (if any there be) and to pay in all such sums of money as he may receive to the Treasurer of this State, taking duplicate receipts therefor, and lodge one of said receipts in the Secretary's office.
AN ODD MISTAKE.
THE following announcement of a marriage is made in the "Columbian Centinel. and Massachusetts Federalist " (Boston), March 22, 1800 : -
At Groton, Mr. JOEL AMES to Miss LUCINDA HOWBOATH, of that place.
Knowing that Howboath was not a Groton name, and · thinking that there was a blunder somewhere, I was prompted to examine the Church records, where the following entry is found which fully explains the matter : -
March 2, 1800. Joel Ames of Medford to Lucinda Howe of Groton.
Without doubt Mr. Ames belonged to a Groton family, and a notice of his marriage, sent to the newspaper at the time, probably read "boath of Groton," following an old spelling of " both " ; and the printer did the rest.
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LIST OF DEATHS.
LIST OF DEATHS.
THE following list of Deaths is taken from the " Columbian Centinel " ( Boston ) of the respective dates, as enumerated : -
In Milford, N. H. Mrs. Susanna Bancroft, aged 61, formerly of Groton, Mass.
July 27, 1825.
Mrs. SUSAN, wife of Mr. Jacob Blood, . Et. 27.
April 3, 1813.
In Groton, 25th ultimo, William T. youngest son of Mr. Calvin Boynton, aged 11.
September 3. 1825.
In Pepperell, 14th inst. Mrs. Hannah Brazer, of Groton, aged 61. April 19, 1826
In Groton, on Sunday morning last [September 4], Henrietta, aged 2 years, youngest child of Mr. William F. Brazer.
September 7, 1825.
In Groton, James Brazer, Esq. He dropped down dead while attending to the ordinary business of his store.
November 18, 1818.
In Groton, on Monday last [ August 29], Miss Mary Paine Child, aged 18, only daughter of Mr. David C.
September 3, 1825.
In Groton, Mrs. Jemima, relict of the late Jonas Cutler, Esq. aged 82.
February 6, 1819.
At sea, Midshipman Charles Dana, aged 20, son of the Hon. Judge Dana, of Groton.
August 28, 1819.
In Groton, April 4th, widow Anna Dickson, aged 89, formerly of Cambridge.
April 7, 18tg.
She was a daughter of Samuel and Anne ( Harrington ) Cutter, boin at Cambridge, on January 30, 1730-31, and married to Walter Dickson, on May 3, 1750.
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In Groton, on Monday evening last [November 11], Miss Esther Edes, aged 52 years. Funeral from her brother in law's house, Lieut. BANCROFT, Tomorrow, at 2 o'clock, P. M. friends and [are ] requested to attend without further invitation.
November 13, 1816.
In Groton, Mr. Joseph Gragg, aged 58.
January 26, 1825.
[In Groton,] Clarissa Ann, youngest child of Mr. Jeptha R. Hart- well, aged 16 months.
September 3, 1825.
In Groton, Mr. Asa Lawrence, aged 61.
February 11, 1826.
In Groton, Caroline Frances, youngest daughter of Mr. Francis and Mrs. Hannah P. Lawrence, aged 14 months.
March 1, 1826.
In Groton, 29th ult. Mrs. Lucy, wife of Mr. Asa Lewis, aged 58. October 3, 1835.
On Friday [April 5], Mrs. ANNA, wife of Mr. James Mackay, and eldest daughter of Mr. Abel Woods, of Groton, AEt. 39.
April 10, 1811.
In Groton, Mr. Henry Parker, of Boston, aged 35.
May 12, 1824.
At Woahoo, one of the Sandwich Islands, zist of June, 1824, Mr. Oliver Prescott, jun. son of (). Prescott, Esq. M. D. of Newburyport.
March 26, 1825.
He was born at Groton, on April 26, 1797, and followed the sea. At the time of his death he was the first officer of the brig " Fredine."
[In Groton, ] On Saturday last [June 4], Mr. Frederick Augustus Richardson, son of the late Mr. Alpheus R. aged 19.
June 11, 1825.
In Groton, Muy 30th, Mrs. Catherine Shattuck, wife of Mr. Daniel S. aged 31.
June 11, IS25.
In Dunstable, N. H. while on a visit 18th inst. Miss Eunice Shattuck, of Groton, aged 19.
Munch 4, 18:6.
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On Thursday [ April 1], Capt. EZEKIEL SHATTUCK, of Groton, Æt. 48.
April 3, 1813.
In Groton, Captain Job Shattuck, aged 84, of much notoriety in the rebellion of 1786-7. His descendants were 135, of which 104 are living.
February 3, 1819.
In Groton, on Thursday [September 2], widow Prudence Shattuck, aged 49. She had, we learn, been in this town, attending on her sick children, when she was called home, on Sunday, the 29th ult. to attend the funeral of a son-in-law, who had left this town a few days before ; and was attacked by a malignant fever on Monday, and died the Thursday following.
September S, 1819.
In Groton, 17th instant, Mrs. Abi Stimson, formerly the wife of Jephthah Richardson, Esq. of Groton, aged 68.
May 25, 1825.
See page 18 of this volume for an allusion to Mrs. Stimson.
In Groton, 25th ult. Mr. Benjamin Tarbell, aged 88. He has left a widow with whom he had lived 64 years !
February 2, 1825.
In Groton, on the 17th inst. Miss Martha, aged 44, only daughter of Mr. Nehemiah Tarbell.
August 20, 1825.
At Groton, the 4th inst. Capt. Samuel Tarbell, late an officer in his Britannic Majesty's American Dragoons.
March 12, 1796.
In Groton, Mr. John Vose, aged 44, formerly of Boston. September 25, 1824.
In Groton, Mrs. Content, wife of Mr. Noah Whipple, aged 41 ; she has left 17 children, the youngest an infant.
June 8, 1835.
In Groton, Rev. Samuel Woodbury, of North Yarmouth, Me. July 14, 1819.
. In Groton, 8th inst. Col. Samson Woods, aged 65. [A son of General Henry and Deborah (Parker) Woods. ]
February 11, 1826.
GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1891.
HISTORICAL SERIES, VOL. III., No. III.
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES FROM GROTON.
THE American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions was founded in the year 1810, and was the first society organized in this country for missionary purposes in foreign lands. It has spread the light of the gospel among countless people of pagan and Mohammedan nations, and has been a mighty power in the civilization of the world. Among the devoted workers of this great organization, in distant parts, are several persons, connected with the town of Groton either by birth or long residence.
In the order of time, the first in the list is Hannah Maria, daughter of Joseph Danforth and Lucinda ( Keep) Nutting, who was born at Groton, on January 17, 1814. In the year 1832 she was attending school at Groton Academy, and, on March 4, 1839, was married to the Reverend Nathan Stone Benham, of Byron, New York. The following account of the exercises on that occasion is found under " Marriages," in the " Boston Recorder," June 7, 1839: -
Married, on Monday evening, March 4, 1839, by Rev. Dudley Phelps, at the Union Church in Groton, Mass., Rev. NATHAN S. BENHAM, of Byron, N. Y., Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to the Chinese in Siam, to Miss MARIA H. NurriNG, of the former place.
The Monthly Concert was held in the church itself, which was well filled ; many of the Unitarians as well as the Orthodox being present. The order of the exercises was as follows, viz. - 1. Chant " I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," &c. 2. Prayer, by Rev. D. Phelps. 3. Round - " Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim," &c.
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4. The marriage ceremony. 5. Prayer, by Rev. D. Phelps. 6. The New Missionary Hymn - " Yes, my native land, I love thee, All thy scenes, I love them well ;" &c. 7. Pastor's Address to the newly-married couple. 8. Prayer and remarks by D. H. Babcock, of Andover Theological Seminary. 9. Remarks and Prayer by the Missionary. 10. Contribution. 11. Hymn -" How beauteous are their feet." &c. 12. Benediction by the Pastor.
There is reason to believe that a very favorable impression was made by these services, and special gratitude is due to the Choir, for their successful efforts on the occasion.
Mr. Benham was born at Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, on August 23, 1810, and graduated at Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in the Class of 1835. Ilis wife had an uncle Rufus Nutting, who was for many years Professor of Latin and Greek in that college. On December 12, 1837, Mr. Benham was appointed by the American Board a mission- ary, and in 1838 he graduated at the Theological Seminary in Ifudson. He and his wife sailed from Boston in the ship " Arno," on July 6, 1839, in company with several other mis- sionaries, and arrived at Singapore, on the following October 23. They reached Bangkok, Siam, on March i of the next year ; but Mr. Benham's labors in that distant region were soon cut short by an untimely accident, as by the upsetting of a boat he was drowned in the Meinam River, on April G, only five weeks after his arrival. The following account of the event is given in "The Missionary Herald" (Boston) for November, 1840 :-
SIM. - Rev. N. S. Benham, one of the last reinforcement of the Siam mission, was drowned in the Meinam river, on the evening of the 6th of April, as he was returning home from the monthly con- cert for prayer. Ile was proceeding down the river against a strong flood tide, with none but Chinamen in his boat. They missed the landing-place, and on approaching the shore some dis- tance below, the boat was driven against the cable of a junk and overturned, by which Mr. Benham was thrown into the water and under the junk. His body was not found till the following morning. The boatmen all escaped. Mr. Benham had entered on his mis- sionary labors with much ardor, and with all the prospect of suc- cess which a strong and highly cultivated mind could give him.
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" His remarks and prayers, at the meeting, the evening of his death," says Doct. Bradley, who communicates the painful intelli- gence, "showed that he was panting after God, and longed to go and appear before him in the beauty of perfect holiness." Doct. Bradley also states that pulmonary disease appeared to have pre- viously fastened itself upon him, and would probably have made his Jife a short one, if he had not been removed by this stroke of God's providence. Mr. Benham arrived in Siam about the first of March (page 464).
Mrs. Benham returned to the United States in May, 1842, and, on October 21, 1845, was released from further service in connection with the American Board. On November 27, 1845, she married, secondly, at Dummerston, Vermont, Dr. Isaac Newton Knapp, a son of Ichabod and Catherine (Miller) Knapp of that town. Her death took place at Clear Lake, Minnesota, on January 18, 1884. In the several accounts, where the given name is printed, it is always " Maria Il.," but in the church record of her baptism it is " Hannah Maria," and in the general catalogue of Groton Academy it is " Hannah M."
The second missionary in the list is Lucy Maria, eldest daughter of Deacon Curtis and Lucy ( Merriam ) Lawrence, who was born at Groton, on March 8, 1825. In the year 1837 she was attending school at Groton Academy, and, on July 11, 1847, was married to the Reverend William Wood, of Hen- niker, New Hampshire. The following announcement is found, under " Marriages," in " The Boston Recorder," July 22, 1847 : --
In Groton, on Sabbath evening, July nth, {in the Orthodox Meeting-house, ] by Rev. Mr. Phelps of Groton, Rev. William Wood of Henniker, N. IL., to Miss Lucia Maria, daughter of Dea. Curtis Lawrence of Groton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood, together with Rev. George Bowen of New York, are expecting to embark in the ship Goodwin, Capt. Kennard, for Bombay, the field of their future anticipated labors.
Mr. Wood was a son of Eli and Lucy ( Rice) Wood, and born at Henniker, on December 2, 1818. He graduated at
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Dartmouth College in the Class of 1842, and at the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1847, where he was a classmate of the Reverend George Bowen, who went with him as a missionary to Bombay. The following paragraph is taken from " The Boston Recorder," August 5, 1847 :
DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES. - The American Board has sent a reinforcement to the Bombay mission in the Goodwin, Captain Kennard, which sailed from this pori on the 31st ult. The indi- viduals composing this reinforcement are the Rev. William Wood of Henniker, N. H., and Mrs. Wood of Groton, Mass., and the Rev. George Bowen of New York city.
They arrived at Bombay on January 19, 1848, after a pas- sage of nearly six months ; but in the providence of God, Mrs. Wood's labors in foreign lands were limited to a short period, for she died at Satara, India, on .August 13, 1851, leaving her husband and two sons to mourn her loss. In the year 1854 the boys were sent to the home of Mrs. Wood's father at Groton, where they followed their preparatory studies at Law- rence Academy, - Edward Addison Wood, the elder, gradu- ating at the Harvard Medical School in the Class of 1869, and William Curtis Wood at Yale College in the Class of 1868, though they are now both dead. " The Missionary Herald " (Boston) for December, 1851, thus notices Mrs. Wood's death : -
SATARA. - A letter from Mr. Wood, dated August 27, announces the death of his wife. She had a violent attack of rheumatic fever on the 28th of July, which assumed a remittent type at the end of ten days. On the 13th of August, Mr. Wood noticed a change in her appearance. " I at once called in her physician," he says ; " but it was evident that the hand of death was upon her ; and all that we could do was to point her to the Savior, bear her few last words, and commend her soul to God." She expired about seven o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Graves was at Satara at the date of this melancholy occurrence (pages 416. 417).
Mr. Wood was married, secondly, on July 24, 1856, to Eliza Maria, daughter of Welcome S. Howard, of Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts, who died at Satara, on November 18, 1859; and,
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thirdly, on April 10, 1865, to Elizabeth Woodhull Penny, daughter of Joseph and Harmony ( Squires ) Penny, of Green- port, New York, who survived her husband. His second wife was born at Dalton, on May 26, 1825. Mr. Wood re- turned from India in the year 1872, and was released from his connection with the Board. Soon after coming to this coun- try, he retired to a small farm at North Branford, Connecti- ent, where his health finally gave out, and he died at the Retreat for the Insane, Hartford, on February 22, 1887.
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