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1880, at the age of 61 years. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him, and was especially esteemed in railroad circles, being conspicuous for his practical good sense and calm judgment, which rendered him a safe adviser in mat- ters requiring equitable adjustment.
CAROLINE L. EDWARDS, now Mrs. William L. Smith, Springfield, Mass .- Hon. William L. Smith was a prominent lawyer. He compiled a work on probate law, issued in 1863 with revised editions down to 1884. He was a member of the common council in 1858, 1866, and 1867, the latter year its president ; a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1862 ; U. S. commissioner during the late civil war; mayor of Springfield in 1870-71 ; state senator in 1872. He was chairman of the committee of fifty having in charge the city's 250th anniversary in May, 1886. He died May 19, 1887, in the 63d year of his age.
MARY C. BLISS, now Mrs. Edmund D. Chapin, Spring- field, Mass .- Mr. Chapin, in 1828, entered as clerk the store of Dr. Elisha Edwards, who was the most prominent mer- chant in this vicinity engaged in the grocery and drug business. After seven years' service he went into the old Springfield Bank, then located on State street, where he remained until 1840. At that time James Byers was presi- dent and John Howard cashier. He afterwards engaged in business (1842) at the old stand of Dr. Edwards on Main street, in connection with the late Theodore Bliss, and Ben- jamin K. Bliss now of East Bridgewater, Mass., under the firm of Bliss, Chapin & Co. At the death of the senior partner in 1845, Mr. B. K. Bliss withdrew from the firm and the late William Gunn became a partner with Mr. Chapin, the firm being Chapin & Gunn. In 1848 Mr. Chapin retired from the business. In that year he accepted the cashiership of the Lee Bank at Lee, Mass., where he remained two years. In 1850 he accepted the position of cashier of the John Hancock Bank, then organized and
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located on the Hill. He held the cashiership until Janu- ary, 1890, a period of quite forty years, when he was elected its president, his predecessor retiring after a serv- ice of twenty-five years. Mr. Chapin is also a director of the bank. It was at the suggestion of the late James W. Crooks, Esq., that the bank was named in honor of John Hancock, "Esquire " Crooks being a great admirer of that fearless patriot, and of his bold signature.
MARTHA A. BLISS. - Married Frederick H. Harris, Springfield, Mass. She died Jan. 22, 1890, in the 65th year of her age. Mr. Harris entered the old Springfield Bank in 1839, as clerk, when located on State street. From 1848 to 1857 he was engaged in the lumber business, first with the late William Beebe, the firm being Beebe & Harris, then with Daniel Colton, under the firm of Harris & Colton. In 1858 he was appointed cashier of the Pynchon Bank (succeeding the late Henry Alexander, Jr.), where he remained until 1863. He was an alderman in the city councils in 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867. When the Third National Bank was organized in 1864, he was chosen cashier, holding the position until 1866, when, on the decease of Joseph C. Parsons, who was president of the bank, Mr. Harris was elected to fill the vacancy. He is also a director of the bank, and a director in the Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
SOPHIA ORNE EDWARDS, now Mrs. James H. Johnson, Bath, N. H .- Hon. James H. Johnson was a senator in the New Hampshire Legislature in 1839, and state councilor in 1842-43. He was a representative in Congress from 1845 to 1847, serving on the committee on manufactures. He died at Bath, N. H., Sept. 12, 1887, aged 85 years.
MARY MARSTON.
HENRIETTA JONES, Springfield, Mass., now Mrs. Lem- uel Davis .- Her husband was for many years a prominent dry goods merchant in this city.
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REBECCA AMES, now Mrs. Solomon J. Gordon, Spring- field, Mass .- Mr. Gordon graduated at Harvard College in 1847. He is now an eminent lawyer in New York city.
CAROLINE L. FROST .- Married Wellington Thompson. Residence, Cambridge, Mass. She died at Somerville, Mass., Dec. 1, 1865, aged 36 years.
HELEN BARDWELL, now Mrs. W. B. Angell, Boston, Mass.
REBECCA EATON, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
LOUISA EATON, now Mrs. S. H. Austin, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
LUCY LORING, resided in Philadelphia, Penn.
MARIA LORING.
SUSAN OAKS, Coldwater, Mich .- Married a Mr. Bullard.
JANE H. HATCH .- Went South. She died at Apalachi- cola, Fla., Aug. 29, 1851, in the 5 Ist year of her age.
FRANCES B. PEABODY, Springfield, Mass .- Died Jan. 29, 1844, at the age of 18.
MARIA CUMMINGS .- Famous as the authoress of " The Lamplighter." The book was published in Boston in 1869.
HANNAH A. EATON, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
JOHANNA EATON .- Died many years ago.
HANNAH T. CAREW .- Married Chauncey L. Covell, Springfield, Mass. She died Aug. 15, 1862, aged 42. Mr. Covell was a merchant and a prominent manufacturer. He was president and director of the Chester Paper Com- pany at Huntington, Mass., from its organization in 1877; also held the same positions in the Massasoit Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass. He was a member of the common council of Springfield in 1856-57 ; an alderman in 1859. He was a director of the Third National Bank from 1877 until his decease, and a director in the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. He died Nov. 22, 1887, in the 77th year of his age.
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MARTHA GLOVER .- Married a Mr. Simmons, Chicago, Ill
FANNY GLOVER, Chicago, Ill.
MARGARETTE E. HARDING, now Mrs. Rev. William O. White, Brookline, Mass.
OPHELIA HARDING, now Mrs. Judge Krum, St. Louis, Mo.
CAROLINE DRAPER, now Mrs. Dr. Edward Trask, Los Angeles, Cal.
MARY WARRINER, now Mrs. Judge Henry Morris, Springfield, Mass .- Judge Morris was a graduate of Amherst College in 1832. He was chairman of the board of selectmen of the town of Springfield and was president of the common council when it became a city. He was a member of the Legislature in 1855. The same year he was made judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a trustee of Amherst College. In 1869 the college con- ferred upon him the degree of LL.D. Judge Morris was a valued local historical writer of much worth. He was the essayist at the 250th Anniversary of the settlement of Springfield. He died June 4, 1888, in the 74th year of his age, greatly beloved in the community in which he had for so many years resided.
ELLEN CLARY, Springfield, Mass.
MARIA FOSTER, Springfield, Mass.
MARY S. DAY, Springfield, Mass .- Died in 1879, aged 58 years.
ELIZABETH D. DAY, Springfield, Mass .- Died July 10, 1839, aged 14 years.
MARTHA D. GRAVES, Springfield, Mass .- Died Oct. 19, 1840, aged 18 years.
LUCY MARIA ALLEN, Springfield, Mass .- Died Aug. 9, 1848, aged 24 years.
JULIA FOSTER, Springfield, Mass., now Mrs. Walter E. Chapin.
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HANNAH M. BRYANT, South Deerfield, Mass.
MARY MOORFIELD, Brookline, Mass.
MARY C. MOORE, North Hatfield, Mass., now Mrs. Asa W. Sanderson .- The late William S. Elwell, who died at Springfield, Mass., Aug. 12, 1881, at the age of 71 years, painted a portrait of Miss Moore when she was nine years old, and again at the age of nineteen. This portrait was so creditable to the artist as well as to the original, that the late Chester Harding, the eminent artist (who died April I, 1866, in the 74th year of his age), suggested that it be sent to Washington, D. C., where it hung in the White House for two years beside the portrait of Mrs. (President) Madison.
ELIZABETH SHIPLEY, Boston, Mass.
MARY EMERY, Dorchester, Mass.
CATHARINE CUMMINGS, Milton, Mass .- Married a Mr. Tileston.
SOPHIA C. TOBEY .- Married A. S. W. Goodwin, Esq., St. Louis, Mo. She died at Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 23, 1885, at the age of 70 years.
NANCY B. HATCH .- Married a Mr. Kent, Cincinnati, O. She died July 29, 1849, aged 26 years.
ANN OSGOOD .- Died in California, Jan. 26, 1857, aged 26.
HANNAH LYMAN .- Resided in Philadelphia, Penn.
HELEN WHITE.
FANNY BANGS .- Died several years ago.
SARAH BISHOP.
FANNY BISHOP.
THOMAS D. HOWARD, Charlestown, N. H .- A graduate of Harvard College in 1848. A Unitarian clergyman.
SAMUEL BOWLES, Springfield, Mass .- Journalist. Died Jan. 16, 1878, at the age of 53.
DAVID A. WELLS, Norwich, Conn .- A graduate of Har- vard College in 1851. An eminent political economist.
CHARLES W. CHAPIN, Springfield, Mass.
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ABIJAH W. CHAPIN, Deerfield, Mass .- He was postmas- ter of Springfield, Mass., from September, 1853, to April, 1861.
RICHARD STEBBINS, Omaha, Neb .- A physician. A graduate of Harvard College in 1846.
CHESTER HARDING, St. Louis, Mo .- A graduate of Har- vard College in 1847. A lawyer. Was at one time judge of the Circuit Court of Missouri. He was colonel of the 25th and the 43d Missouri Volunteers and brevet brigadier- general Union army during the war of the Rebellion. Gen- eral Harding threw all his influence on the side of the Union. A prominent Missourian said that he had " done as much as any man in the state to keep her in the Union." He died in St. Louis, Mo., in 1875.
HORACE HARDING, Tuscaloosa, Ala .- A graduate of Harvard College in 1848. A civil engineer. He was a member of the 20th Alabama regiment, but after eight months' service was detailed on railroad duty. Is now in government employ as engineer on river work in Alabama and Mississippi.
JAMES HARDING .- Settled in Missouri. Was quarter- master-general of the state at the outbreak of the war. Served through the war as chief quartermaster of General Price's command, and as an ordnance officer at Charleston, S. C., during the siege. He is now a railroad commissioner for Missouri.
GEORGE KINGSBURY, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. - Died Oct. 28, 1879, aged 56.
GEORGE L. FROST, Dodgeville, Wis .- A graduate of Yale College in 1850, and Harvard Law School in 1852 ; a prominent lawyer. He died Feb. 15, 1879, aged 49.
JAMES LATHROP, Brooklyn, N. Y. - Civil engineer. Book-keeper in Boston and New York. Confidential clerk to Sidney Dillon in New York. He died in Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 1884.
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tinued his school at his residence until about the year 1846. Among his pupils at this time from the prominent families of the town were : -
MARY SCHERMERHORN, now Mrs. Samuel Bowles, Spring- field, Mass.
MARY STERNS, now Countess Marie Catucci, Rome, Italy.
CHARLOTTE EDWARDS, now Mrs. B. F. Warner, Spring- field, Mass.
MARY BRYANT, South Deerfield, Mass.
ANNA B. DWIGHT, now Mrs. Baker, New York City.
MARTHA ALLEN .- Married J. W. A. Strickland, a mer- chant.
SARAH ALLEN, New York City.
FRANCES D. DAY .- Married Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, Cincinnati, Ohio. She died May 2, 1879, in the 58th year of her age.
HANNAH SCHERMERHORN .- Married Thomas L. Greene, Albany, N. Y. He was agent for the Boston & Albany Railroad at East Albany.
ELIZABETH HOWARD, now Mrs. Osmond Tiffany.
CATHARINE DWIGHT .- Married George Bliss, New York city.
ELIZABETH W. ASHMUN, now Mrs. James H. Morton, Springfield, Mass .- Judge Morton was a lawyer. He was educated at Brown University and Harvard College. On the incorporation of the town of Springfield as a city in 1852, he was appointed judge of the police court, which position he held until his death, May 9, 1876, at the age of 52 years.
RUTH H. BANGS .- Died Dec. 19, 1849, aged 20 years.
MARY A. SARGEANT, now Mrs. L. E. Day, Boston, Mass.
EVERETT PEABODY .- Graduated at Harvard College in 1849. He completed the biography of his Uncle Oliver, and edited the "literary remains" of his father, in 1850.
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LUCY ASHMUN, Springfield, Mass .- Married Josiah Hedden, a banker of New York city. She died March 24, 1877, aged 46.
C. ALICE BAKER, Cambridge, Mass., the historical writer. SOPHIA ROWLAND, Troy, N. Y .- Married Judge Beach.
ADDIE RIPLEY .- Married a Mr. Hooper, Boston, Mass.
MARY RIPLEY .- Married a Mr. Bartholemew, New York city.
WILLIAM DWIGHT .- Born in Springfield, Mass., July 14, 1831. From 1849 to 1853 he was at West Point Military Academy, but resigned before he graduated. He was engaged as a manufacturer from 1853 to 1861, and was residing in Philadelphia when the attack upon Fort Sumter was made. He was commissioned captain of the 13th Regiment U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. In June, 1861, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in the first regiment of the Excelsior Brigade, the 70th Regiment of New York Vols. His brigade was a part of General Hooker's division in 1861. At the battle of Williamsburg, Col. Dwight received three wounds and was left as dead upon the field but was found alive by the rebels and taken prisoner. On his release he was made brigadier-general, Dec. I, 1862, for his gallantry in that battle. He was assigned to Gen- eral Banks's division in the Department of the Gulf, Feb. 12, 1863, and was put in command of the first brigade of General Grover's Division, and ordered to Baton Rouge. He was in the Red River campaign and was General Banks's chief of staff in that expedition. In July, 1864, he was put in command of the first division of the 19th Army Corps under General Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. He rendered valuable service in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek ; at Winchester eminently so, when the Union army rallied and defeated the rebel forces of General Early. At the close of the war, Dwight's Division was a conspicuous feature in the final grand review
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at Washington. General Dwight remained in the army for some months after the war. He died at Boston, Mass., April 21, 1888, in the 57th year of his age.
WILDER DWIGHT .- Born in Springfield, Mass., April 23, 1833. He passed six months at the private military school of Mr. Kinsley at West Point; entered Harvard College in 1849, graduating in 1853. On leaving college he entered the law school at Cambridge. In 1855 he went abroad and passed over a year in foreign travel. On his return home to Boston he entered the office of the Hon. Caleb Cushing, attorney-general of the United States. He practiced as an attorney in Boston from 1857 to 1861. During the late war he was appointed major of the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry May 24, 1861, which position he held until June, 1862, when he was promoted by Governor Andrew to be its lieutenant-colonel. In the retreat of General Banks, through the Shenandoah Valley, he was taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862, but was paroled June 2d. He was mortally wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, and died two days after- wards of his wounds, near the field of battle, Sept. 19, 1862, in the 30th year of his age. As he lay wounded and alone upon the field between the two armies he wrote to his mother these words : -
" I am wounded so as to be helpless. Good-by, if so it must be. I think I die in victory. God defend our country. I trust in God, and love you all to the last. Dearest love to father and all my dear brothers. Our troops have left the part of the field where I lie.
"Mother, yours,
" WILDER."
HOWARD DWIGHT .- A graduate of Harvard College in 1857. He was captain and assistant adjutant-general U. S. Army in the war of the Rebellion. In the campaign against Port Hudson, he was surprised and killed by
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guerrillas near the Bayou Bœuf, La., May 4, 1863, in the 26th year of his age.
JOHN S. BARNES, New York City.
JAMES DWIGHT ORNE .- Was a civil engineer. He entered the Union army in August, 1861, as second lieu- tenant in the 18th Massachusetts Regiment, and was three times promoted for his gallant conduct in battle. He took part in thirty-six battles, under Generals McClellan and Meade, of the 5th Army Corps. He was reported dead and left as such on the field in the second Bull Run battle. At Chancellorsville the back of his saddle was shot off. At Gettysburg a piece of a shell nearly cut his hat into two pieces. He went through the whole Peninsular Campaign and took part in all its battles, except that at Antietam. He served in the war nearly four years, and was made success- ively first lieutenant, captain, and then provost marshal of the first division of the 5th Army Corps. After the war he was in business at Rochester, N. Y. He is now a manu- facturer of woolen goods at Philadelphia, Penn., where he resides.
JOHN BLISS .- Was in the service of the Wabash Rail- road Company from 1852 to 1857, residing in Lafayette, Ind. He was with the Milford Gas Company, Milford, Mass., from 1857 to 1864, and for twenty years was a mer- chant in Boston, Mass. He now resides in Springfield, Mass.
HORATIO L. SARGEANT, Springfield, Mass .- Was clerk in the Agawam Bank for fifteen months previous to 1855 ; he afterwards went west, and was general ticket agent of the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company at Davenport, Iowa, until June, 1858. He was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school in that place for three years. In November, 1861, he became chief clerk in the office of the general superintendent of the Michigan Southern & North- ern Indiana Railway Company, which position he held until about 1864. While in the service of the railway company
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at Toledo, Ohio, he united with the First Baptist Church at that place, May 27, 1859, and was an active and useful member for several years. He was chiefly instrumental in starting several mission schools and did a great amount of work for the cause of Christianity. He was pre-eminently "diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord" by strict system and untiring industry. While he was private secretary to the superintendent of the Lake Shore road, he was requested to sell tickets after midnight on Saturday, or rather on Sunday morning. To this he refused to comply, and tendered his resignation, which, however, was not accepted, but his salary was increased $300 per annum, and he was not obliged to break the Sabbath. He studied for the ministry and was ordained April 20, 1864. He was chaplain of the 14th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the late war, receiving his commission from Gov. John Brough, July 8, 1864, to date from the 28th of May, 1864. He was pastor of the church of Huntington, Mass., where he did noble work. He was a zealous and efficient worker in every religious cause. He died at West Springfield, Mass., July 25, 1866, at the early age of 32 years, greatly beloved and lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends.
EDMUND ROWLAND .- Graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1857, and received the degree of A.M. in course in 1861. He was rector of the Episcopal church at New Bedford, Mass., for nine years, when he was called to Clifton, from thence to Cincinnati, O. About six years ago (1884) he was called to the rectorship of St. John's Church, Waterbury, Conn., where he now resides. He has been in the ministry of the Episcopal church for nearly thirty years.
JAMES S. DWIGHT .- In 1853 at the age of seventeen, he went to sea, sailing from Boston in the barque "Kate Hastings," Capt. James B. Hatch. Before he was twenty- five years of age he was master of a vessel. He took com-
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mand of the ship "Cutwater," after the captain had been swept overboard during a heavy sea. He was master of the ships "Charger," and "Springfield," the latter having been named in honor of his native town ; his friends pre- sented him with a set of colors for the compliment. His voyages were made principally to China, Australia, Cali- fornia, and European ports. Among the sons of Springfield who have gone forth to win fame and fortune, none had brighter prospects, or was more highly esteemed, than Captain Dwight. Accomplished and of noble bearing, he was the beau ideal of an American sailor. While on the voyage from Calcutta to New York he was cruelly mur- dered at midnight, while asleep in his cabin on board the ship "Freeman Clark," by the cook and steward, who were Malay Chinese, May 27, 1882, at the age of 46 years.
EDWARD FOOT .- Was apprenticed at the American Machine Works on the "Hill" when under the manage- ment of the late Philos B. Tyler. He afterward entered the service of the Taunton Locomotive Works, Taunton, Mass. He was salesman for William B. Lang & Co., dealers in railway supplies, New York and Boston, and was in busi- ness with his brother Emerson in New York under the firm of Foot Bros. Upon the enlargement of their business the firm became Foot, Vibert & Co. He, having withdrawn from the firm, was for two years the purchasing agent at New York for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He was for several years a member of the 7th Regiment of New York. Of fine physique, and soldierly bearing, he was a fit representative of that famous regiment. He served in the regiment during the late war, at Washington and Fredericksburg, and went with it around Baltimore in April, 1861, for the relief of Washington. He died in New York city, July 27, 1885, at the age of 50 years.
EMERSON FOOT, New York City .- Was a member of the firm of Foot Bros. and Foot, Vibert & Co., dealers in railroad supplies.
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DANIEL A. DWIGHT, Boston, Mass.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, Cleveland, O. Merchant.
OLIVER EDWARDS, Warsaw, Ill.
EDWARD HARDING. - A civil engineer.
WILLIAM ORNE, Springfield, Mass .- He died Aug. 8, 1 862.
JAMES A. WHISTLER .- A famous artist, residing in France.
FRANKLIN ROBERTS .- Went to St. Louis, Mo.
Vive, vale.
Mr. Eaton excelled in mathematics. The unusual num- ber of boys (eleven) that have given evidence of his thorough training in that science, and have become eminent civil engineers, is somewhat remarkable.
The following list gives occupations of some of those under the several teachers at the Seminary and at Mr. Eaton's residence.
Merchants,
8 Physician,
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Lawyers,
6 Political economist,
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Clergymen,
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Architect,
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Journalists,
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The naval service,
Bankers,
2 Sea captain,
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Farmers,
2 Manufacturer,
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Railroad president,
I Artist,
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Railroad commissioner,
I Printer,
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Seven were officers in the Union army, during the war of the Rebellion : Everett Peabody ; the three Dwight brothers, William, Wilder, and Howard ; Chester Harding ; James Dwight Orne ; Edward Foot ;- all worthy descend- ants of a noble lineage.
Three served in the Confederate States army during the war of the Rebellion,
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Forty-three have died, their ages as recorded aggregat- ing 1735 years, an average age of 40 years.
The states and countries in which they are living and have died-nineteen states of the Union, the District of Columbia, and three foreign countries-are as follows :-
Arkansas.
Nebraska.
Alabama. Connecticut.
New Hampshire.
New York.
California.
Ohio.
Florida.
Pennsylvania.
Illinois.
Vermont.
Indiana.
Wisconsin.
Massachusetts.
District of Columbia.
Maryland.
England.
Michigan.
France.
Missouri. Mississippi.
Italy.
One of the scholars, now an eminent citizen in the city by the " Golden Gate," writes of Mr. Eaton's school : " I remember that I commenced the study of Latin there, and wept my eyes dry over 'musa, musc' and the rest of it. I recall the agony of mind with which I attempted my first public declamation, and the mess I made of it. I remem- ber the terraced garden and the brook and Bliss's pond at its foot, where I nearly drowned one summer's afternoon."
One of the "boys " from the "far West," who stands pre-eminent in his profession, writes as follows : " I have a very pleasant remembrance of those days, more, perhaps, from many delightful hours spent in play with a fine lot of boys and girls than from any particular amount of knowl- edge imbibed. Every half-hour during school hours there was an intermission of five minutes, when we had the lib- erty of the school-room for moving about and talking, fur- nishing the boy's weary brain an opportunity of interchang- ing little courtesies with the girls in the way of notes or conversation ; or we could consult with Mr. Eaton in regard to any difficulty in our lessons. We also had our regular
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recess of fifteen minutes out in the yard, where there was ample space for a frolic in summer. In winter we had glori- ous fun sliding down hill on Union street, corner of Maple street. Boys and girls both made the most of the sport, and the latter did enjoy having the boys capsize the sled and roll pell-mell into the deep snow! Chester Harding and I studied Latin and Greek grammar-the only ones, I believe, in the dead language department, and we duly felt our importance as we conjugated and declined in a loud voice words of mystic meaning to the others. The girls, I believe, caught on to the verb amo very readily."
Another pupil of a wealthy family, now residing in New York city, writes this : "Mr. Eaton was of gentle disposi- tion and ruled more by love than fear. He was very fond of minerals and had quite a good collection, which he dis- tributed among his best scholars as prizes. George Bliss, now known as the Colonel, obtained the first choice. The late Samuel Bowles was the big boy of the school, and many a tilt I have had with him at marbles, of which he was very fond."
The estimable daughter of an eminent physician, now residing in New York city, writes this recollection of the school : " I can see Mr. Eaton now, a quiet, conscientious gentleman, wholly incapable, I should say, of administering reproof or punishment to any scholar, and such was the tone of the school and the class of scholars that neither, I think, was ever needed. The highest praise I can give it is to say that I do not believe, anywhere, a school could be conducted on the same plan now. It seemed to me to have been ideal."
After leaving Springfield, Mr. Eaton went to Boston, living on Roxbury Neck, where he opened a school for young ladies. He served for several years in the Legisla- ture and on the Boston school board. He was also assist- ant master in the Boston Latin school. His health became somewhat impaired and he moved to Quincy and superin- tended the building of a horse-railroad from Wollaston to
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Boston. Subsequently he went to South America, return- ing in a few years to Massachusetts and spending the remainder of his life in Wellesley Hills with his sisters, where he died May 12, 1877, aged 65 years, greatly respected and beloved by all who knew him. Two of his children are now living at Wellesley Hills.
One of his scholars, who is now a prominent citizen residing in Connecticut, writes : "Of the boys that were under Mr. Eaton's instruction, it is somewhat remarkable how many have achieved more or less distinction." He might also have added that a large number of the girls that were under his tuition have obtained equal distinction and eminence through their husbands who have held positions of honor and trust in the city, state, and national govern- ments, both civil and military. He further writes : " The school was a good school for the time. Mr. Eaton was a very accomplished man, a graduate of Harvard, very popu- lar and pleasant in his ways. In connection with Rev. Dr. Peabody he was largely instrumental in establishing the Springfield cemetery, and contributed probably more than any other one person to laying out and beautifying the grounds. The row of elm trees that line the avenue from Maple street were planted by him from the seed about the year 1844." The consecration of the cemetery took place Sept. 5, 1841. Dr. Peabody was the first president of the Cemetery association. He graduated at Harvard College in 1816. Studied theology at Cambridge Divinity school, was licensed to preach in 1819. In October, 1820, he became pastor of the Unitarian Church, where he remained during his life-time. He was an accomplished scholar and poet. Dr. Peabody was one of the Commissioners of the Massachusetts Zoological Survey, for which he prepared a report on the birds of the Commonwealth in 1839. He contributed to the North American Review, wrote for " Sparks' American Biography " lives of Alexander Wilson, Cotton Mather, David Brainerd, and James Oglethorpe, and edited the Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred
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Worship in 1835. After his decease a volume of his ser- mons was published (in 1849) by his brother Oliver. He died May 28, 1847, in the 48th year of his age, greatly revered and lamented. A monument near the Chapin chapel bears this inscription : "Erected by citizens of Springfield in grateful recognition of his services in securing for them this beautiful resting place for their dead."
At a meeting of the proprietors of the seminary, April 18, 1843, a vote was passed to sell and distribute the pro- ceeds of the sale among the proprietors, according to the number of shares owned by them, and the next day the property was sold to Miss Margarette T. Emery for $ 1802.17. The following is a copy of a certificate of stock issued at the time : -
This certifies that Harvey Chapin is proprietor of two shares, No. 34, 35, in the capital stock of the proprietors of the Female seminary in Springfield, which shares may be assigned by a transfer on the back of this certificate, which, being recorded by the clerk, shall constitute such assignee owner of such shares.
Attest. JAMES BYERS, President.
Shares 25 dollars each.
BENJAMIN DAY, Clerk.
Miss Emery was the daughter of Capt. Robert Emery, who lived in the house that stood on the lot where the Bos- ton & Albany granite building now stands. When Miss Emery took possession of the house she made some improve- ments upon it, and resided there a number of years in unity with Mrs. Col. Edmund Rowland, whose husband was a dry-goods merchant, and Mrs. William Bliss, the mother of the president of Boston & Albany Railroad corporation. In their quiet retreat in the evening of their lives the place bore the sobriquet of "Saints' Rest." They were devout members of Rev. Dr. W. B. O. Peabody's society. On the death of Miss Emery, the trustees of the estate, John B. Stebbins and the late Henry Alexander, Jr., sold the prop- erty April 1, 1870, to Frederick H. Harris, for $ 10,000.
MEMBERS OF THE SEMINARY.
LADIES.
Alexander, Mrs. Henry. Allen, Miss Lucy Maria. Allen, Miss Sarah. Ames, Miss Elizabeth. Ames, Miss Mary. Angell, Mrs. W. B.
Austin, Mrs. S. H.
Avery, Mrs. Alexander H.
Bacon, Mrs. Daniel G. Baker, Mrs. Baker, Miss C. Alice. Bangs, Miss Elizabeth.
Bangs, Miss Fanny. Bangs, Miss Mary. Bangs, Miss Ruth H. Bangs, Miss Sarah. Bartholemew, Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Judge. Bishop, Miss Fanny. Bishop, Miss Sarah. Bliss, Miss Emily S. Bliss, Mrs. George. Bowles, Mrs. Samuel. Brinsmade, Mrs. William B. Bryant, Miss Hannah M. Bryant, Miss Mary. Bullard, Mrs. Catucci, Countess Marie. Chapin, Mrs. Edmund D. Chapin, Mrs. Walter E. Childe, Miss Lelia. Childs, Mrs. Clary, Miss Ellen. Covell, Mrs. C. L. Crosby, Miss Maria Louisa. Cummings, Miss Maria. Davis, Mrs. Lemuel. Day, Miss Elizabeth D. Day, Mrs. L. E. Day, Miss Mary S. Eaton, Miss Hannah A.
Eaton, Miss Johanna. Eaton, Miss Rebecca. Emery, Miss Mary. Foot, Mrs. Adonijah. Foster, Miss Maria.
Glover, Miss Fanny. Goodwin, Mrs. A. S. W. Gordon, Mrs. Solomon J. Graves, Miss Martha D. Greene, Mrs. Thomas L. Harris, Mrs. Frederick H.
Hatch, Miss Jane II. Hedden, Mrs. Josiah.
Hooper, Mrs. Howard, Miss Catharine L.
Howard, Miss Fanny A. Howard, Miss Lucinda O. Howard, Miss Sophia W.
Hurd, Mrs. Charles H. Ironsides, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. James H. Kent, Mrs. Krum, Mrs. Judge.
Lee, Mrs. William W.
Loring, Miss Lucy. Loring, Miss Maria. Lyman, Miss Hannah.
Marston, Miss Mary. Moorfield, Miss Mary.
Morris, Mrs. George B. Morris, Mrs. Judge Henry. Morton, Mrs. James H.
Osgood, Miss Ann. Peabody, Miss Frances B. Sanderson, Mrs. Asa W. Shipley, Miss Elizabeth. Shiverick, Mrs. Dr. Arthur W. Shurtleff, Mrs. William S. Simmons, Mrs. Skinner, Mrs. Rev. Thomas H. Smith, Mrs. Dr. David P.
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Smith, Mrs. William L. Stebbins, Miss Sophia. Sterns, Miss Elizabeth. Stockbridge, Mrs. Stocking, Mrs. Alexander. Stoeckl, Baroness de. Strickland, Mrs. J. W. A.
Swift, Mrs. Charles W.
Swift, Mrs. William H.
Thompson, Mrs. Wellington. Tiffany, Mrs. Osmond. Tileston, Mrs. Trask, Mrs. Dr. Edward.
Walker, Mrs. George. Warner, Mrs. Benj. F. Warren, Mrs. Daniel D. White, Miss Helen. White, Mrs. William O.
Willard, Miss Charlotte.
Willard, Miss Margaret.
Willard, Miss Sarah B.
Willard, Miss Susan S.
Wolcott, Miss Elizabeth H.
Wolcott, Miss Helen.
Wolcott, Miss Martha.
Wood, Mrs. Oliver E.
GENTLEMEN.
Ames, Mitchell. Barnes, John S. Barnes, W. H. L.
Bliss, George.
Bliss, John.
Bliss, William.
Booth, Alfred. Bowles, Samuel.
Chapin, Abel D.
Lathrop, James.
Chapin, Abijah W.
Lee, Edward R.
Chapin, Charles W.
Loring, Bailey.
Orne, J. Dwight.
Orne, William.
Peabody, Everett.
Peabody, Frank H.
Peabody, Oliver W.
Peabody, W. B. O.
Pease, Laure.
Robb, Owen Dorsey.
Roberts, Franklin.
Rowland, Edmund.
Sargeant, Horatio L.
Stebbins, Richard.
Swift, Charles W. Warriner, Ralph. Wells, David A.
Whistler, James A.
Willard, Mason.
Wolcott, George.
Wolcott, William.
Foot, Edward. Foot, Emerson. Frost, George L. Gunn, Elisha. Harding, Chester.
Harding, Edward.
Harding, Horace.
Harding, James.
Howard, Thomas D.
Hunt, John.
Kingsbury, George.
Kingsbury, Thomas D.
Kinsley, Edward W.
Cummings, Horace. Cummings, Thomas. Dale, George. Dale, Samuel. Dwight, Daniel A.
Dwight, Howard.
Dwight, James S. Dwight, Jonathan. Dwight, Wilder.
Dwight, William.
Eaton, James.
Edwards, Oliver.
Edwards, William. Flint, Edward. Foot, Adonijah.
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