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Millar, Leslie, Sept. 12, '62, 44th E ; June 18, '63, expiration of service. Millar, Thenias, Aug. 19, '62, 5th K ; July 2, 63, expiration of service. Mc Bride, Michael, Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; died on paesage home from New beru, N. C., '62.
Morse, Lewellyn, Sept. 26, '62, 45th G ; May 7, '63, explration of ser- vice.
Moore, John F., Aug. 29, '62, 44th E ; June 18, '63, expiration of ser- vice,
Matthews, William H., June 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of service.
Murray, Henry, July, '64, 60th G ; '65, expiration of service, re-enlisted Dec. 24, '64.
Moore, Darius B., July 13, '63, 32d D ; killed at Laurel Hill, Va., May 12, '64.
Noonan, Edward J., Sept. 23,'61, 1st cav. L ; re-enlisted.
Nelson, Samuel, Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 3, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Newcomb, Jobn S., Dec. 3, '63, 2d H. artillery G ; died Aug., '64, at Andersonville prison.
O'Brien, Patrick, Sept. 23, '61, 1st cav. M ; discharged, re-enlisted.
O'Hern, Patrick, Jan. 16, '62, 99th N. Y. ; July, '65, expiration of eur- vice, re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64.
Parker, Anderson E., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Dec. 27, '63, disability.
Powers, Edwards, Oct. 5, '61, lat cav. L; Oct. 5, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Penbody, Henry W., July 25, '62, 35th D ; Jan. 9, '65, expiration of ser- vice.
Beck, John M, Sept. 16, '61, 14th Band ; Ang. 15, '62, Law discharging military bande of music.
Perry, John, June 29, '61, 16th HI ; June 29, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Polechio, Joseph, June 29, '61, 16th II ; June 29, '64, expiration of ser- vice, transferred to Co. D.
Piper, Nabum, June 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Parke, J. L., Sept. 23, '61, lat cav. M ; Feb., '63, disability.
Powers, John E., June 29, '61, 16th H ; '63, disability.
Parks, George E., Sept. 14, 'GI, Ist cav. M ; Sept. 24, '64, expiration of service.
Parks, Charles H., June 29, '61, 16th 11 ; July 26, '63. disability.
Peterson, Joseph, Ang. 22, '62, 40th B; June 16, '65, expiration of ser- vice.
Palioer, Masou M., June 29, '61, 16tb HI ; Dec. 24, '+2, disability.
Parmenter, Henry W., June 29, '61, 16th H ; June 29, '64, expiration of service, messenger at Washington, D. C., '65.
Potter, James M., June 20, 'til, 16th H ; Sept. 15, '63, disability.
Peck, Williner R., Sept. 17, '61, let cav. L; Jau. 1, '64, bospital stew- ard.
Pope, George B., Sept. 12, '62, 44th E; June 18, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Parsons, Charles G., Aug. 6, '62, 11th Mass, battery ; L. A. July 7, '63, expiration of service.
Parsons, William H., Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of service.
Perkins, Joseph 8., Ang. 19, '62, 6th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Priest, Francis HI., Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; died in the service at Newbern. Priest had been with the company front Newbern to Gouldsboro', N. C. ; had marched 160 mlles; was returoiog sick and exhausted ; in sight of Newbern he exclaimed, " Thank God, we are near home, " and soon after died.
Qualters, Jobu, July 2, '61, 16th K ; Jau. 14, '63, disability.
Quino, James, Jan., '62, 99th N. Y.
Qualters, Lawrence, July 25, '62, 35th D ; June 9, '65, expiration of ser-
vice.
Quaiters, M. J., Oct. 12, '61, let cav. L ; Nov. 15, '65, expiration of ser- vice, re-enlisted in '64 4th cav. L.
Roony, James, Sept. 23, '61, 1st cav. M ; April 15, '64, to re-enlist; re- enlisted. Died at Walthatu from exposure in Libby prison.
Ryan, George W., Nov. 21, '61, 32d B ; Jan. 22, '6a, disability.
Ryan, Samuel, Dec. 13, '61, 30th I ; Jan, 6, '66, promotion to U. S. C. T. 1st lient. of 1st Inf. Corps D'Afrique.
Reed, Lewis A., June 29, '61, 16th II; July 2, '64, expiation of ser- vice.
Rogers, John S .. Sept. 23, '61, 1st cav. M ; '65, exjarativo of service, re-enlisted '64.
Riddle, H. W., Sept. 23, '61, let cav. M , Sept. 24, 64, expiration of service, as absent, sick.
Rupert, Charles, June 20, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of our- vice, Ist lieut. Feb. 14, '61.
Russell, John H., Juno 29, '61, 16th H ; May 6, '63, disability, wounded Nov., '61.
Rodmao, John, July 2, '61, 16th K.
Rogers, Francis 1'. H., lieut., June 29, '61, Ioth H ; killed at Fair Oaks, Va., June 19, '62, promoted to lat lieut.
Robinson, N. s., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Oct. 17, '63, disability. Robinson, William Il., June 20, '61, 16th H; Feb. 16, '63, disability.
Robinson, George F., June 20, '61, 16th 11; Dec. 31, '62, wound received June 18, '62, uear Fair Oaks.
Robineon, Iliram \., Nov. 28, '61, 32d B, June 29, '15, expiration of service, re-enlisted Jan. 5, '61.
Rogere, Patrick, Nov. 9, '61, navy, served on the versol " Sagamore."
Roberts, William, chief engineer, Ang. 15, '65, navy resigned Sopt., '59
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reentered '61 ; served oo vessels " Michigan," " Roanoke," " Fulton," " Memphis," " Niagara," " Housatonic."
Rand, Nahum, Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, to re-enliet, re-enlisted and died in Andersonville, Aug. 13, '64.
Scott, Edward S., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Feb. 9, 63, for disability.
Stickney, George A., July 22, '62, 35th D ; June 9, '66, expiration of ser- vice.
Smith, Simeon, June 29, '61, 16th H ; Oct. 2, '62, disability, died on hie way home.
Spriog, George W., July 31, '62, 35th D ; Juoe 9, '65, expiration of ser- vice.
Stearns, William A., June 29, 61, 16th H Oct. 29, '62, disability.
Smith, John F., June 29, '61, 16th HI ; July 14, '65, expiration of ser- vice, re-enlisted in the 11th Iof.
Sandersou, Joho L., Sept. 23, '61, 1st cav. MI ; Sept. 24, '64, expiration of service.
Sanderson, Henry B., July 2, '61, 16th K ; July 27,' '64, expiration of service.
Sullivan, Daniel, Sept. 13, '61, 29th A ; died Feb. 15, '63, at New Or- leans.
Shermao, Hiram G., July 31, '62, 35th D ; Nov. 29, '64, expiration of service, promoted to 2d lieut.
Sanderson, Geo. O , Oct. 5, '61, lat cav. L. ; Oct. 5, '64, expiration of service.
Stearns, William H., July 12, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of service.
Stedman, Joho, April 20, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Sawin, John C., Sept. 23, '61, Ist cav. M ; Sept. 24, '64, expiration of service.
St. John, George B., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Feb. 14, '63, disability.
Smith, John J., July 2, '61, 16th K ; Feb. 11, '63, disability.
Sanderson, Converse S., Oct. 6, '61, let cav. L; Oct. 5, '64, expiration of service, transferred to Co. L, 4th cav.
Sawyer, Charles H., Oct. 23, '61, 1st cav. M ; Oct. 23, '64, expiration of eervice, transferred to Co. M, 4th cav.
Savage, Samuel G., Juoe 29, '61, 16th H ; 2d Lieut. May 6, '63, disabil. ity, died at Washington of wounds received et Chancellorsville.
Soule, Joho W., Juue 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of ser- vice, wounded at Glendale.
Stone, George G., June 29, '61, 16th H ; died at Waltham, Feb. 24, '66, transferred to V. R. C. Mar. 15, '64, surgeou's clerk, '65.
Shermao, Robert C., Ang. '61, 16th K ; killed July 2, '62, at Fair Oaks, Va.
Saudersoo, Hlorace, July 2, '61, 16th K ; killed May 3, '63, at Chancel- lorsville, Va.
Sullivan, Dennis, Sept. 16, '62, 6th K ; July 3, '63, expiration of service. Smith, Thomas G., Sept. 16, '62, 6th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Smith, Edward P., Sept. 12, '62, 44th E ; June 18, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Sherman, John M., Sept. 12, 62, 44th E, June 18, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Stearns, Ephraim, Sept. 26, '62, 45th G ; July 7, '63, expiration of ser- vice.
Smith, Thomas P., Sept. 26, '62, 45th G ; July 7, '63, expiration of service.
Smith, John S., May 6, '61, 5th Excelsior Brigado, N. Y .; '64, disability. Sullivan, James, 35th D.
Stickney, Warren, June 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Smith, William A., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Nov. 4, '€1, disability, Ist lieut., died at home from exposure in the army.
Stickney, Thomas E., Feb. 4, '64, 56th f ; May 29, '64, killed at North Anna River, Va.
Thompson, Samuel, Sept. 23, '61, lat cav. M ; Sept., '64, expiration of service.
Townsend, Jacob G., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Nov. 21, '62, disability.
Trayner, Charles, May 6, '62, 2d f; July 3, '63, he was killed at Gettys- burg.
Teadley, Daniel, 19th 1.
Thompson, Thomas W., Aug. 6, '62, 35th D ; June 13, '65, expiration of service.
Thompson, M. M., Aug. 16, '62, 85th D ; Aug. 9, '85, arm shot off at Treuton, N. J., July 4, '65.
Thomas, Hiram, Aug. 10, '62, 35th D, May 11, '65, disability.
Thompson, Levi, June 29, '61, 16th H : Dec. 20, '63, to re-enlist.
Thompson, C. H., July, '61, 16th K; July 27, '64, expiration of service.
Thayer, John G., Dec. 19, '61, 1st cav. M ; '64, disability, died in Cali- fornia from exposure io service.
Taylor, James C., Sept '61, 32d K ; Feb. '63, disability.
Tower, Herman C., Sept. 12,'62, 44th E ; June 18,'63, expiration of service Thompson, Heory R., Sept. 26, '62, 45th A ; July 7, '63, expiration of service.
Towusend, James A., 42d.
Viles, John, July 16, '61, 13th ; Sept. 1, '62, by act of Congress.
Viles, John E., July 1, '61, 16th il ; July 27, '64, expiration of service.
Viles, Walter 8., June 20, '61, 5th D, Sickles' Brig .; July 23, '63, leg amputated.
Whitney, John H., July 26,'62, 35th D ; June 9,'65, expiration of service. Wymao, John M., July 25, '62, 35th D ; April 23, '63, disability.
Whitney, William G., July 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of service.
Whiting, Charles A., June 29, '61, 16th H ; July, 27, '64, expiration of service.
Wormwood, A. F., Oct. 5, '61, 1st cav. M ; Sept. 24, '64, expiration of ser- vice.
Wheeler, George E., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Jao. 19, '63, disability.
Wheeler, Charles M., July 25, '62, 35th D ; April, '63, wound in arm, transferred to V. R. C.
Wheeler, Edward B., Aug. 16, '62, 35th D ; '62, disability, re enlisted and diecharged Feb. 27, '63.
Wills, William R., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Oct. 18, '62, white swelling on the knee.
Wright, Henry E., June 29, '61, 16th H ; Dec. 4, '62, wound in left hip. Wright, Aliuon, June 29, '61, 16th H ; July 27, '64, expiration of service. Wright, Jason B., June 29, '61, 16th H ; July 22, '63, disability, leg am- putated.
Wright, Lyman, June 29, '61, 16th H ; Jan. 29, '63, disability.
Whitcomb, Horace G., Oct. 5, '61, 1st cav. M ; '65, expiration of service. Watere, Michael, Oct. 6, '61, 1st cav. M ; Juue 2, '63, disability.
Weeks, Albert, Jao. 1, '64, 26th E ; Aug. 26, '65, expiration of service.
Waters, William, Dec. 13, '61, 28th D.
Wilkios, Ira D., Jr., July 12, '61, 16th G ; Jan. 4, '64, to re-eallat. Wood, William, Ang, 14, '62, 38th E ; July 23, '63, disability.
Wellington, Nathan, July 25, '62, 35th D ; June 9, '65, expiration of service.
Wellington, F. D., June 29, '61, 16th H ; May 13, '63, disability, injured severely by the falling of a tree.
Whitney, George A., Feb. 9, '62, 32d F ; April 19, '65, expiration of service.
Wellington, John M., Sept. 12, '62, 44th A ; June 18, '63, expiration of service.
Wellington, George F. S., Sept. 12, '62, 44th A; June 18, '63, expira- tion of service.
Wellington, Wm. S., Sept. 12, '62. 44th A ; June 18, '63, expiration of service.
Warren, Nathan, Sept. 26, '62, 45th G ; July 7, '63, expiration of service. Whitney, Henry L., Sept. 26,'62, 45th A ; July 7,'63, expiration of service. Whitcomb, Otis A., Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of service. Whaleo, John H., Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of service. Wormwood, James G., Sept. 19, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of service.
Winelow, Zenas, Sept. 16, '62, 5th K ; July 2, '63, expiration of service. Wellington, James L., March 3, '62, 32d F ; '65, expiration of service.
CHAPTER XLVII.
WALTHAM-(Continued). BY JOHN W. WILLIS, M.D.
AMONG the earlier doctors of Waltham was Uriah Hagar, M.D., who studied with Dr. Spring and Dr. Hunnewell, of Watertown. He probably took his medical degree at Harvard.
He was born in 1776, and began practice in Walt-
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ham about 1800. For nearly twenty years he was the only doctor in Waltham. He died in 1841.
Ebenezer Hobbs, A.M., M.D., was born in Weston in 1794. Graduated from Harvard in 1814; received his medical degree there in 1817, and settled in Walt- ham. He continued in practice but a few years, when he was appointed to the responsible position of superintendent of the Boston Manufacturing Com- pany of this town, which office he held for more than forty years, till failing health, which immediately preceded his death, compelled his resignation. A part of this time he was also the treasurer of this large corporation. He left its affairs in a highly prosper- ous condition.
This formal record falls short of showing the great influence which for many years he exerted upon the affairs of Waltham. A gentleman dignified, yet kindly, in manner; one to whom leadership is natur- ally accorded. He belonged to a school which seems to be passing from among us. He died in 1863. His successor seems to have been Samuel Luther Dana, A.M., M.D., LL.D., who was born at Amherst, N. H., July 11, 1795. He was prepared for college at Phil- lips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and with his brother, the late Prof. James Freeman Dana, entered Harvard in 1809.
The brothers were endowed with a love for the Natural Sciences, and entered upon the study of cer- tain branches of it with great enthusiasm. They often made excursions through the country lying thirty miles around Boston for the purpose of examining its geological structure and collecting mineralogical specimens.
The result of these researcbes was a volume pub- lished by the brothers in 1818, entitled the "Miner- alogy and Geology of Boston and its Vicinity."
Immediately after graduating, in 1813, young Dana commenced reading law with his uncle, Judge Samuel Dana, then residing in Charlestown.
Having, however, a military inclination, stimulated, perhaps, by the times, he received, March 12, 1814, an appointment as third lieutenant in the United States First Regimeut of Artillery. May 1st following he was promoted to second lieutenant, and served through the war with Great Britain, in New York and Virginia.
At the close of the war, in 1815, the army was re- duced, but Lieutenant Dana was offered retention in the artillery arm, which he declined, and resigned his commission May 31, 1815.
Shortly afterward he commenced the study of medi- cine with Dr. Amos Bancroft, of Groton, Massachu- setts. He received his medical degree and com- menced the practice of his profession in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1818.
From 1819 to 1826 he practiced in Waltham, re- linquishing which, he established there a chemical laboratory for the manufacture of oil of vitriol and bleaching salts.
He subsequently founded the Newton Chemical Company, occupying grounds which were then a part of Newton, but since annexed to Waltham.
He was manager and chemist for this company until 1834.
He then received the appointment of resident and consulting chemist to the Merrimac Manufacturing Company, Lowell, Massachusetts, whither he moved, and performed the duties of that office until his death, which occurred March 11, 1868.
Dr. Dana was an original investigator, especially in chemistry as applied to the industrial arts, and made many original observations and discoveries, notably in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. His investigations into the more obscure points of the art of printing on cotton-cloth shed much light upon the subject, and led to many improvements in the pro- cess. His discoveries with respect to bleaching cot- ton were first published in the " Bulletin de la Société Industrielle de Mulhause."
The principles there established have led to the American methods of bleaching, of which Persez, in his "Traité de l'Impression des Tissues," says, " It real - ized the perfection of chemical operations." While in England in 1833 he published a clear expositiou of the changes which occur in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
When the discussion of the dangers arising from the use of lead pipes for conveying water for drinking purposes came up in this country he took part in it, writing several pamphlets and making a report to the City Government of Lowell upon the subject.
His translation and systematic arrangement of the treatise of "Tanguerel on Lead Diseases " was an im- portant contribution to medical knowledge.
Dr. Dana gave much time to agricultural experi- ments, especially with reference to manures, and his " Farmers' Muck Manual" was a very valuable dis- cussion and exposition of an important subject. His " Essay on Manures " received the prize offered by the Massachusetts Agricultural Society in 1843.
Dr. Dana enjoyed the friendship and acquaintance of the leading scientific men of this country and Europe. He was twice married, his wives being sisters, daughters of Rev. Joseph Willard, president of Harvard University from 1781 to 1804.
Dr. Dana received the degree of LL.D. from Am- herst College in 1847.
Horatio Adams, M.D. was born in 1801. He took his medical degree from Harvard in 1826, and in 1857 the honorary degree of A.M. was conterred upon him also by Harvard.
His whole professional life was spent in Waltham. Very early in his residence here he took a prominent and leading position in his profession. In 1858 he gave the annual address before the Massachusetts Medical Society, and all through his life, by voice and pen, joined prominently in discussions of the medical questions of the day. A paper on the action
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of water on lead pipe, written by him, was published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was prom- inent in town affairs, and was on the first Board of Di- rectors of the Fitchburg Railroad.
He was also president of the American Waltham Watch Company. He died in 1861.
Benjamin Faneuil D. Adams, son of Horatio Adams, M.D., was born in Waltham in 1839. He took the degree of A.B. in 1860 and M.D. in 1864, from Harvard. After several months in Europe, he commenced the practice of medicine in Waltham. A large and responsible practice, in virtue of his own merits as well as in remembrance of his recently de- ceased and honored father, was at once accorded him. He was chairman of the first Board of Health formed in Waltham. He was obliged by ill health to relin- quish practice in 1882, and has since lived in Colo- rado Springs, Colorado.
Theodore Kittredge, M.D., was one in the long line of physicians of this name. The family line both in the number of generations and individuals seems of sufficient interest to be in part recorded here. It will be easier to follow the genealogy by numbering the generations.
1st. John Kittredge, born in England, was one of the founders of Billerica, where he received a land grant in 1660. He died there in 1676.
2d. Dr. John Kittredge, the first in the line of physicians, was born in Billerica in 1666. He ap- pears to have passed his life there and died in 1714.
3d. Dr. John Kittredge of Billerica, born 1685, died 1756.
4th. John Kittredge, born in 1709, appears not to have been a physiciau, but the hereditary tendency asserts itself directly with increased force for his son.
5th. Dr. Benjamin Kittredge, born 174I, died 1776, leaving eight sons, every one of whom became phy- sicans. They were named and located as follows:
6th. Benjamin, Exeter, N. H .; Henry, Tewksbury, Mass. ; John, Framingham, Mass .; Jacob, Billerica, Mass., removed to Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1815, and died there in 1824; Rufus, Portsmouth, N. H.
7th. George, Epping, N. H .; Theodore, Kittery, Maine; Charles, Watertown, Mass.
8th. Dr. Theodore Kittredge, son of George, was born in Epping, N. H., in 1801. He graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1823. He seems to have practiced medicine in his native town till 1832, when he removed to Waltham. He married Harriet Winslow, daughter of the distinguished Rev. George Pickering, one of the founders of Methodism in this country, and among the first to preach it in Massachu- setts. Dr. Kittredge was a man of much energy of character. He had a large practice in Waltham, and, from his prominence and extended acquaintance in the Methodist denomination, was often called to sur- rounding towns. He was a devoted member of the then new sect, a class leader for many years. With the exception of oue year spent in Bath, Maine, the
remainder of his life from 1832 to 1879 was passed in Waltham, making, with his Epping labors fifty-six years of continuous and active practice. He died in Waltham in 1879. He had two brothers, one of whom, Dr. George Kittredge settled at Newmarket, N. H. He was at one time a member of Congress from New Hampshire. The other brother, Charles, was a druggist.
9th. Dr. Frank Rufus Caleb Kittredge was born in Epping, N. H., in 1828. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1853. Most of his life was passed in Waltham. He was a man of much natural ability, well educated in his profession and otherwise. His pecuniary necessities never compelled labor, and he failed to take so prominent position in his profession as under other circumstances, his abilities natural and acquired, would have commanded. He died in 1888. It will be noticed that only the direct line-although two hundred and twenty-five years in length-has been followed from the first Dr. Kittredge to the Waltham branch. There has been and are many other doctors in and from other branches. It may well be doubted if any other name in this or any other country has furnished so many generations or so large a number of physicans as has that of Kitt- redge.
Royal S. Warren, M.D., was born in Alstead, N. H., in 1822, and received his degree from Harvard in 1846. He settled in Waltham in 1847, and commanded a large practice, till, in 1865, he met with a railroad accident from no fault of his. While cross- ing the Fitchburg Railroad at Moody Street he was run into and terribly injured. He was confined to his house for about a year, and barely escaped with his life. He was permanently disabled. In 1868 and 1869 he represented Waltham in the Legislature. He also served on the School Committee. He removed to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1880, where he has since resided.
Charles Dowse, M.D., was born in Brighton, Mass., in 1813. He was educated at Wesleyan University and Harvard Medical School, where he took his degree. For the last six years of his life he practiced in Waltham, where he died in 1860. His widow, a sister of Hon. Wm. Baldwin, of Boston, survives him.
The physicians, members of the Massachusetts Medical Society, now resident in Waltham are:
Theron Temple, Berkshire Medical College, 1856. Practiced in Waltham since 1882.
John Q. A. McCollester, Jefferson Medical College, 1856. Practiced in Waltham since 1888.
John W. Willis, Harvard, 1861. Practiced in Wal- tham since 1861.
Edward R. Cutler, Harvard, 1863. Practiced in Waltham since 1870.
Cornelius J. McCormick, Harvard, 1876. Practiced in Waltham since 1876.
William F. Jarvis, Harvard, 1880. Practiced in Waltham since 1882.
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Alfred Worcester, Harvard, 1883. Practiced in Waltham since 1883.
Henry A. Wood, Harvard, 1883. Practiced in Waltham since 1887.
Claribel M. Hutchinson, Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, 1887. Practiced in Wal- tham since 1889.
Walter S. Hays, Bellevue Medical College, 1885. Practiced in Waltham since 1889.
WAYLAND .- Among the older physicians of Way- land, or East Sudbury, as it was then called, was Ebenezer Roby, born in Boston in 1701, graduated at Harvard in 1719. He settled in Wayland about 1720, visited England, from whence his father came, in 1723, and traveled on the Continent. In 1730 he married Sarah, daughter of Rev. John Swift, of Fram- Į ngham.
One of the wedding presents from the father to his daughter was a negro slave. The house in which he lived was burned quite recently. He continued in the practice of medicine to the time of his death, which occurred in 1772. His tombstone, now stand- ing, testifies to the high esteem in which he was held as a man and physician.
His successor was his son, Dr. Ebenezer Roby, Jr., who was born 1732, and died in 1786.
Dr. Joseph Roby, son of Ebenezer, Jr., succeeded to the practice of his father ; making the third in line. He died in 1801.
Dr. Nathan Rice appears to have been next in the order of succession. He was born in Framingham in 1769, commenced the practice of medicine in Way- land in 1796, and died there in 1814. His father, David, and grandfather, Bezaleel Rice, M.D., were of Framingham.
A grandson is the present Watson E. Rice, M.D., of North Grafton, and two of his granddaughters are the wives respectively of Alvah Hovey, D.D., presi- dent of Newton (Baptist) Theological Institution, and John W. Willis, M. D., of Waltham. A third grand- daughter is the widow of Rev. - Carpenter, and is a missionary in Japan.
Dr. Ebenezer Ames succeeded Dr. Rice in 1814. He was born in Marlboro', 1788, graduated in medicine from Harvard, and spent the whole of his professional life in Wayland, where he died in 1861. Dr. Ames through his long career was much respected as a citizen and for his professional ability.
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