The Worcester Family
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The Worcester Family
THE SEVENTH GENERATION - PAGE 3
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No. VII-88
JOSEPH EMERSON WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Bedford, N.H., Aug. 24, 1784, d Cambridge, Mass.,
Oct. 27, 1865; m June 29, 1841, Amy Elizabeth, dau Joseph McKean, D.D., L.L.D., formerly
Prof. of Rhetoric and Oratory, Harvard College; she was born Jan. 23, 1802, d Aug. 12,
1881.
In 1794 he removed with his father to Hollis,
N.H. With the exception of about eight months, during which he studied at Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass., Boscawen, N.H., with Dr. Wood, and at the Academy Salisbury, N.H,
and two years employed in teaching school, Salem, Mass., he resided in Hollis until March,
1809, when he entered the Sophomore Class of Yale College; grad. 1811; engaged in teaching
in Salem, several years; passed two years in Andover, Mass. After 1820 resided for the
most part in Cambridge, Mass, devoting himself to literary pursuits, and the preparation
of numerous and valuable publications, LL.D. Brown University, 1847; was a Fellow of the
American Academy; Historical Society and Corresponding member of the Royal Geographical
Society of London.
In 1828 he published the first of his long
series of dictionaries, an edition of Johnson’s English Dictionary, … with
Walker’s Pronouncing Dictionary, Combined. The following year he prepared an
abridgement of Webster’s large dictionary of 1828, and in 1830 his own Comprehensive
Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language. His 1830 dictionary
evoked from Noah Webster a rather ill-natured charge of plagiarism. This attack was the
first move in a half century battle for supremacy between the two great rival series of
dictionaries, a battle which degenerated later into the graceless and petty commercial
strife, between the rival publishers known as the "War of the Dictionaries."
Worcester, a more conservative, held more closely to British usage, especially that of
Johnson and Walker, while Webster, in the words of H.E. Scudder, "walked about the
Jericho of English lexicography, blowing his trumpet of destruction." The supremacy
of Webster was not established until 1864, when Webter’s … Unabridged. The
work of many competent hands, appeared.
His most important publications are, A Universal
Gazetteer; Sketches of the Earth and its Inhabitants; Elements of History: Remarks on
Longevity; Johnson's English Dictionary as improved by Todd, etc.; A Comprehensive
Pronouncing, and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language; and A Pronouncing,
Explanatory, and Synonymous Dictionary of the English Language. He also superintended
and abridgment of Webster's Quarto Dictionary, and was, for several years, the literary
editor of the American Almanac. His latest work was Worcester's Quarto
Dictionary Unabridged and Fully Illustrated.
No. VII-93
LEONARD WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Bedford, N.H., Mar. 22, 1794, d Oct. 1, 1876 (?), m June
1, 1823, Sarah Sternes, Worcester, b Nov. 14, 1801. Residence, Hollis, N.H., 1794-1814;
Worcester, 1814-1825; Rochester, N.Y., 1825-1836; Hollis, 1836-1840; Worcester, 1840-1850;
afterwards Shrewsbury, Mass. Machinist and yeoman.
Children of Leonard Worcester
VIII-194 Henry, b Nov. 9, 1824, d July
9, 1829.
VIII-195 Martha Eliza, b Nov. 26, 1826, d Sept. 12, 1827.
VIII-196 Sarah French, b June 6, 1828, d Feb. 4, 1904, m ____
Harrington.
VIII-197 Edward Joseph.
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No. VII-96
TAYLOR GILMAN WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Hollis, N.H., Apr. 6, 1799, d Sept. 7, 1879, m Feb. 13,
1837, Lucy S., dau James Bell, Esq., of Walden, Vt., b Apr. 6, 1804, d May 10, 1877. He
graduated at Harvard College in 1823; taught school in Brookline, Mass., one year,
graduated at the Theological Seminary at Andover, in 1827; engaged principally in teaching
at Orleans, and Roxbury, Mass., until the latter part of 1830; employed in Cambridge,
Boston, and Lancaster, Mass., in translating Swedenborg's "True Christian
Religion," until 1833; then removed to Hollis, N.H., where he has since resided
on the farm, which has been owned successively by his great-grandfather Francis, his
grandfather Noah, and his father Jesse.
Children of Taylor Gilman Worcester
VIII-198 Mary Jane, b Dec. 20, 1837, d Feb. 10, 1911, at the Worcester Homestead, Hollis, N.H., m Sept. 20, 1865, Curtis Harvey Bill, M.D., son of Dr. Noadiah Bill and Ruth Putnam Coburn, b Albany, Vt., July 2, 1835, d St. Luke's Hospital, New York, July 24, 1905. Dr. Bill attended the medical schools of Burlington, Vt., Hanover, N.H., and New York City. He was assistant surgeon in the 15th Tenn. Infantry and surgeon in the 5th Tenn. Cavalry. For five years after the Civil War he lived on the plantation near Fayetteville, Tenn., and then removed to Bridgeport, Conn., where he became one of the leading physicians of that city, residing there till his decease. Mrs. Mary Jane Bill took an active part in the literary and social life of Bridgeport. "She was possessed of a rare mind, richly stored with the best in literature; she was a generous member of local benevolent societies, and one of the founders of the English Literary Club of Bridgeport." A few years after her husband's death she returned to Hollis, N.H., and identified herself with the larger interests of her native town. Both she and her husband died of cancer. Dr. Bill underwent an operation for this at St. Luke's Hospital, from which he did not recover.
Children of Mary J. Bill
(a) Mary Elizabeth, b Fayetteville, Tenn., Jan. 7, 1867, d Hollis, N.H., Nov. 20, 1908. Peritonitis following appendectomy.
(b) Harold Worcester, b Fayetteville, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1870, d Fayetteville, Jan. 20, 1871.
(c) Infant, b Fayetteville, Dec. 10, 1870, d Dec. 17, 1870.
(d) Phillip Worcester, b Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 16, 1874, m Nov. 7, 1904, Edith Evelyn Selbie, b Aug. 24, 1873, dau Patrick Selbie, b May 18, 1835, Aberdeen, Scotland, d Bridgeport, Conn., Apr. 20, 1895, and Elizabeth Harris, b Leeds, Eng., 1835, d Bridgeport, 1891. Dr. Bill took his degree Ph.B. Yale, 1897, M.D. Columdia, 1901. He was on the house staff of Seney Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1901-1903. He succeeded to his father's practice in Bridgeport, making surgery his specialty.
(e) Harold Curtis, b Bridgeport, Sept. 18, 1875, d June 24, 1914, m Oct. 12, 1910, Edna Wigham, Danbury, Conn., b Feb. 20, 1880. Residence Bridgeport.
Children of Harold Curtis Bill
(i) Mary Worcester, b Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 6, 1913.
VIII-199 Lucy Elizabeth, b Hollis, N.H., Feb.
22, 1839. She early showed great love for study and in 1856 entered Mt. Holyoke Seminary,
So. Hadley, Mass., but before one year had passed she was obliged on account of ill
health to give up her hope of finishing the course. She taught school in Hollis and
Milford, and had a successful career in the Nashua High School. She has passed most of her
life on the old homestead and has always been a loyal and devoted citizen of her native
town.
VIII-200 William.
VIII-201 Henry.
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VIII-202 Sarah Alice, b Hollis,
N.H., Apr. 4, 1844. Graduated from the New London Literary and Scientific Inst., 1866. Was
engaged for thirty five years in High School and Collegiate work. In Urbana, Ohio,
she organized a chapter of the D.A.R. and represented the same for two successive years in
the National Congress at Washington. She has spent several years in Europe in the study of
modern languages. In 1903-4, under the auspices of Pere Hyacinthe and wife, she went
on a mission to Jerusalem to study conditions and report as to the apparent feasibility of
establishing an international non-sectarian college for girls in Jerusalem. She takes an
active interest in several philanthropic literary and patriotic societies in Boston and
vicinity. She has been for several years engaged in various kinds of literary work. In
1909 she undertook the revision of the Worcester Genealogy, published in 1856. In the
interest of genealogical research, she went to London in 1910, representing at the
same time the Cambridge New Church Society, as delegate to the International Swedenborg
Congress. Residence Cambridge, Mass., and Hollis, N.H.
VIII-203 Harriet Ellen, b Hollis, N.H., July 14, 1845, m Jan.
6, 1870, Hollis, William Hight Jordan, b Rockport, Mass., Oct. 30, 1845. Residence
Gloucester, Mass. Mr. Jordan has always been interested in the business interests of his
city and was the organizer of several lines of industry in the fishing business. He was
appointed Collector of Customs in 1900 and held that office for twelve years. He served as
Chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners for the term of years, and has been a member
of the School Board since 1880. He is now (1914) President of Gloucester National Bank and
Gloucester Electric Co. Harriet E. Jordan graduated from the New London Literary and
Scientific Institution in 1867. She taught school for several years in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. After her marriage she identified herself with the best interests of her
adopted city, is a member of several social, patriotic and literary societies. Has been
president of the Female Charitable Society since 1894, and is director on the Active Board
of Associated Charities.
Children of Harriet Ellen Jordan
(a) Alice Cary, b Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 22, 1870, m Gloucester, June 14, 1900, Robert Tillingast Babson, b Gloucester, Feb. 3, 1862. Lawyer in Boston. A.B. Harvard University, 1882; LL.B. Boston University 1885. Residence Brookline, Mass., and Gloucester. Alice C. Jordan graduated from Mrs. Hayes' Private School, Boston, 1891; instructor in Urbana University, Ohio, 1896-7; Life member Urbana Chapter D.A.R., 1897.
Children of Alice Cary Babson
(i) Harriet Worcester, b Brookline, Mass., Apr. 18, 1901.
(ii) William, b Brookline, July 24, 1903.(b) Annie Mansfield, b Gloucester, Apr. 17, 1872, d St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, appendicitis, May 13, 1907. She was at Smith College for two years, after that graduated at the Ogontz School, near Philadelphia, in 1891. Later studied stenography in Miss Pearce's School, Boston. In 1907 she accepted a position as a private secretary in the Singer Sewing Company, New York City.
VIII-204 Francis Jesse.
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No. VII-97
JOHN NEWTON WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Hollis, N.H., Feb. 7, 1801, d Hollis, Mar. 5, 1884; m Dec.
26, 1826, Sarah, dau Phineas Holden, b Charlestown, Mass., July 19, 1801, d Hollis, Jan.
4, 1874, of consumption. He spent the first years of his married life on the old
homestead, but after the coming to Hollis of Taylor G. Worcester, he founded in the
western part of the town the John Newton Worcester homestead, where he reared his large
family of children. He was much respected in his native town for his sound judgment and
strict integrity. He was chosen State Councilor in the years 1858-59. Farmer and
lumberman.
Children of John Newton Worcester
VIII-205 Sarah Caroline, b Hollis, N.H., Oct. 10, 1827, d Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 2, 1873, of consumption; m Sept. 13, 1855, Jabez Augustus Sawyer, b Bradbury, N.H., June 1, 1824. Graduated at Dartmouth College, A.B., 1848. Lawyer in Boston. Residence Roxbury and Cambridge.
Children of Sarah Caroline Sawyer
(a) George Augustus, b Roxbury, Mass., May 25, 1857, m Cambridge, Mass., June 18, 1884, Florence Emeline Ellis. A successful lawyer in Boston. Distinguished especially as a conveyancer.
(b) Rollin Worcester, b Cambridge, Jan. 12, 1861, d Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1868.
(c) John Howard, b Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 10, 1862, m Sept. 12, 1906, Theresa May Hardy, b Louisville, Ky., Nov. 26, 1880. Manager in firm of Worcester Bros., Cambridge. Residence Arlington, Mass.
Children of John Howard Sawyer
(i) John Howard, Jr., b Arlington, Mass., Aug. 10, 1907.
(d) Caroline Aiken, b Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 6, 1864. Graduated Boston University, A.B., Radcliffe College, A.M. Teacher for many years in the English High School, Cambridge.
(e) Walter Dean, b Cambridge, Mass., July 5, 1866, m 1st Mar. 10, 1896, Anna Blair Coursen, b Scranton, Pa., Mar. 25, 1866, d Arlington, Mass., Apr. 22, 1897, m 2d Oct. 20, 1906, Lucie Adelia Learned, b Jersey City, N.J., Jan 13, 1871. Residence Arlington, Mass. Sales manager, Cushing & Bliss, Boston.
Children of Walter Dean Sawyer
(i) Child of first marriage, Belle Coursen, died in infancy.
(ii) Child of second marriage, Geoffrey Augustus, b Arlington, Mass., July 29, 1909.(f) Lillian Whitney, b Cambridge, Apr. 26, 1869. Residence Cambridge, Mass.
(g) Edward Holden, b Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 16, 1870, d Pepperell, Mass., Apr. 30, 1871.
VIII-206 Frances Allen, b Hollis, N.H., July 4, 1830, d Elmira, N.Y., May 28, 1863, m Aug. 18, 1852, Charles Samuel Farra, b Pepperell, Mass., Aug. 7, 1826, d Evanston, Ill., Mar. 12, 1903. Graduate of Dartmouth College, A.M., Professor of Vassar College eleven years, then President of Milwaukee College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Children of Frances Allen Farra
(a) Ellen Worcester, b Oct. 1, 1853. Principal of the Dwight School, Englewood, New Jersey.
(b) Frances, b Oct. 26, 1855. Artist. Manager Farrar Collections of Lantern Slides, Elmira, N.J.
(c) Clara Thurston, b Sept. 21, 1857. Residence Elmira, N.Y.
(d) Julia Beecher, b Feb. 3, 1861. Residence Elmira, N.J.
VIII-207 Martha, b Hollis, N.H., May 12, 1833, d Pepperell, Mass., June 13, 1882, m Dec. 1, 1868, Samuel William Fletcher, b Groton, Mass., Sept. 18, 1831, d Pepperell, Apr. 13, 1910. Physician and surgeon. M.D. Harvard Medical School. Member, Mass. Medical Society; Quechet Club, London. Two years Surgeon in the War of the Rebellion.
Children of Martha Fletcher
(a) Martha Elizabeth, b Pepperell, Nov. 20, 1869, m Mar. 27, 1895, at Stoke Pogis, England, James Walter Smith, b East Boston, Oct. 27, 1868, Harvard, B.A. Chief editor Cassell's Publishing House, London, and a successful literary critic. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Wellesley College. Residence London, Eng.
Children of Martha Elizabeth Smith
(i) Hazel, b London, Jan. 9, 1896, d London, Feb. 15, 1896.
(ii) James Fletcher, b Feb. 21, 1897, London.
(iii) Walter Worcester, b Oct. 22, 1908, London.
(iv) Janette, b July 23, 1912, London.
VIII-208 Abby Elizabeth, b Apr. 1, 1835, d Jan. 2, 1880. She was for many years a successful teacher in her native town, in Pepperell and Cambridge, Mass. Her last work was at Exeter, N.H., where she was for several years Preceptress of the Robinson Female Seminary.
VIII-209 Charles Henry.
VIII-210 John
Howard.
VIII-211 Samuel
Augustus.
VIII-212 Frederick.
VIII-213 Franklin.
No. 98
HENRY AIKEN WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Hollis, N.H., Sept. 22, 1812, d Portland, Me., May 24,
1841; m Aug. 26, 1838, Olive, dau of Rufus Gay, Esq., of Gardiner, Me., b Dec. 30, 1804, d
Gardiner, Me., Apr. 29, 1881. He graduated at Yale College in 1828; studied theology at
New Haven, Conn.; preached some time in Abington, Mass., subsequently in Bath, Gardiner,
and Portland, Me., to Swedenborgian churches. A volume of sermons on doctrinal subjects
was published in 1837, and a small work, "The Sabath," was reprinted after his
death.
An obituary notice says of him: "Mr.
Worcester's amiable, frank and social qualities gained him many warm friends, and his
character and acquirements were such as to ensure to him universal esteem."
Children of Henry Aiken Worcester
VIII-214 Henry Parker.
VIII-215 Mary Olivia, b Gardiner, Me., Oct. 17, 1841, m Oct. 1,
1868, Walter Scott Swanton, b Bath, Me., Apr. 16, 1839, d St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 27, 1872.
Ship chandler and hardware dealer.
Children of Mary Olivia Swanton
(a) Walter Irving, b St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 6, 1869, m St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1904, Lucy Cerise Ross, b Jamaica, L.I. The following interesting item is given: She is grand-daughter of Emanuel Joseph Kibo de Bernales, oldest son and heir of the patriot banker who sacrificed his fortune to help Ferdinand and Christina of Spain establish a constitutional monarchy. Mr. Walter I. Swanton took his degree S.B. in Civil Engineering at Mass. Inst. of Technology, in 1893, civil engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service. Residence Washington, D.C.
Children of Walter I. Swanton
(i) Lucy Ada, b Washington, D.C., Mar. 15, 1906; m Orange, N.J., Apr. 13, 1940, Sheldon DeForest Clark, b Cleveland, Oh., Apr. 5, 1911. He received A.B., 1929 and M.D., 1938 from George Washington University. Member of the Society of Friends (Quaker). Chief clinician with Planned Parenthood Association of Cleveland, Oh. 1964-1967. Residences Washington, D.C. 1906-1938, Cleveland, Oh. 1938-1939, New York City 1939-1940, Columbus, Oh. 1940-1945, Cleveland, Oh. 1945-1967, Houston, Tx. 1967- 1969, thereafter Cleveland.
Children of Lucy A. Swanton Clark
a - Sheldon W. Hallett, b Columbus, Oh., June 19, 1941. Teacher Newmarket, Ont. Hiram College, BA, 1964; University of Toronto, MA, 1970, BEd, 1971. Residence, Richmond, Ind.
Children of Sheldon W. Clark
1 - Amber Swanton, b Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 6, 1976. Earlham College, BA.
b - Jared A. Swanton, b Columbus, Oh., Dec. 2, 1943. Town manager, Cumberland, Me.
(ii) Lily Edith, b Washington, D.C., Mar. 18, 1909; m Sept. 14, 1945, Reginald Lawrence Capon, b Montreal, May 28, 1903, d Aug. 3, 1959. B.A. American University, 1933; M.A. American University, 1934; B.L.S. McGill University Library School, 1942. Residences Washington, D.C., Montreal, Cambridge, Mass., and Auburndale, Mass.
Children of Lily Edith Capon
a - Ross Bertram, b May 31, 1947.
(iii) Walter Frederick, b Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 1910; m Sept. 27, 1940, Irene Wray, b Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1911. Attended Urbana Jr. College, Urbana, Ohio; B.S. Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1933; M.S. University of Rochester, 1947. Lt. USNR, 1943-1946. Chemical Engineer, Product Manager, The Pfandler Co., a div. of Sybron Corp. Chairman of the Liberal Party of Livingston Co., N.Y. Residences Rochester, N.Y., Annapolis, Md., Lynchburg, Va., Avon, N.Y.
Children of Walter Frederick Swanton
a - Susan Irene, b Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1941.
b - Carolyn Lois Rowe, b Annapolis, Md., May 1, 1945.(b) Henry Aiken, b St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28, 1870. S.B. Mass. Inst. of Technology. Draftsman, Bath, Me.
(c) John Reed, b Feb. 19, 1873, at Gardiner, Me., m Dec. 16, 1903, Alice, dau of Hon. Job Barnard of Washington, D.C., b Dec. 10, 1877, in Porter Co., Indiana. Dr. Swanson graduated A.B., 1896; A.M., 1897; Ph.D., 1900, at Harvard University. In addition to his Harvard degreed he studied at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University. Under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution he was sent to various points to study the Indian languages and peoples, among others, Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana and the Pacific Coast. He has collected valuable information in regard to the languages, myths and characteristics of the various tribes, most of which has been published in the Reports and Bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. Ethnologist. Residence Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Md.
Children of John Reed Swanton
(i) Mary Alice, b Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 1906. Residence Washington, D.C. until 1944, Newton, Mass. thereafter. Served as secretary with the 8th U.S. Army in Korea between 1961 to 1967.
(ii) John Jr., b Bethesda, Md., Nov. 12, 1909; m June 9, 1934, Louise May Ruhl, b Bronx, New York City, Mar. 19, 1934. S.B., Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1931. Consulting Mechanical Engineer with Polaroid Corp., 1938-1945; Aurthur D. Little, Inc., 1945-1973. Residences Washington, D.C., West Medford, Mass., and Newton,Mass.
Children of John Reed Swanton, Jr.
a - Virginia May, b July 4, 1935; m ____ Russell.
b - Dorothy Louise, b Jan. 6, 1939; m ____ Brown.
c - John Barnard, b Apr., 1942.
d - Barbara Jean, b June 12, 1943; m ____ Duffy.
e - Kenneth Reed, b May 15, 1951.(iii) Henry Allen, b Friendship Heights, Md., Mar. 11, 1915; m Sept. 2, 1949, Ethel May Dibb (Brown), b San Diego, Calif., Dec. 28, 1912. A.B. American University, 1937. Mechanical Engineer. Residences Washington, D.C., 1915- 1947; thereafter, San Diego, Calif.
Stepchildren of Henry Allen Swanton
a - Walter Allen Brown, b Feb. 13, 1933.
b - Louise Marie Brown Martin, b Sept. 23, 1936.
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No. VII-100
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Hollis, N.H., Jan. 28, 1807, d Townsend, Mass., Mar. 3,
1888; m Jan. 21, 1854, Jane M., dau of Charles Kellogg, Amherst, Mass.; b in Amherst,
Mass., Aug. 28, 1832; d Townsend, Mass., Sept. 23, 1904. He prepared for college in part
at the Pinkerton Academy, in Derby, NH, and in part at the Phillips Academy in Andover. He
graduated at Harvard College in 1831; studied law at Hollis, N.H., Groton and Cambridge,
Mass.; admitted to the bar in 1835; commenced practice of law in Bangor, Me., afterwards
practiced his profession in Townsend and Ayer, Mass. Member of the Mass. House of
Representatives in 1856.
Children of Frederick Augustus Worcester
VIII-216 Charles Frederick.
VIII-217 Frances Jane, b Townsend, Apr. 8, 1861, m Towndens, Apr.
19, 1900, Ranson Bixby Adams, b Townsend, May 28, 1862. Residence Townsend. Farmer.
VIII-218 Mary Elizabeth, b Townsend, Mar. 25, 1863. Clerk in
the National Shawmut Bank, Boston, Mass.
VIII-219 Joseph Emerson, b Townsend, Aug. 19, 1867, m July
14, 1912, Margaret Louise Lillis of Natick, Mass. LL.B. Boston University Law
School, 1901. Lawyer in Boston.
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No. VII-101
DAVID WORCESTER (Jesse6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Hollis, N.H., Apr. 13, 1808, d May 9, 1893; m June 6,
1832, Ellen, dau of Joseph Sewall, Esq., of Farmington, Me., b Mar. 5, 1813, d at Grand
Junction, Col., Sept. 5, 1895. He entered Harvard College in 1828; left in the junior
year. He spent a large part of his life in teaching. He was Preceptor of the Academy in
Farmington, Me.,
until Mar., 1833; then the Preceptor of the Academy in China, Me., until Dec., 1834; soon
after, Principal of the High School in Bangor, Me., which office he held for twenty years,
when in 1859 he engaged in private instruction in that city. In the sixties he returned to
his native town and lived a few years there. From Hollis he went to Minerva township in
1869 and lived on a farm for seven years. He the removed to Albion, Ia., where he died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. A. Garver. He was an accomplished scholar, and used to
spend some time each day in the latter part of his life in reading his favorite Latin and
Greek authors. "His character was exceptionally noble and pure and he had the respect
of all who knew him."
Children of David Worcester
VIII-220 Son, born and died Mar. 13,
1833.
VIII-221 Joseph Sewall, b Sept. 16, 1834, d Dec. 24, 1852.
VIII-222 William, b Nov. 10, 1836, d Feb. 3, 1839.
VIII-223 Sarah Maria b Jan. 7, 1839, d Mar. 9, 1867, m Oct.
16, 1866, Rev. James J. Townsend, a Baptist minister.
VIII-224 Henry Albert, b Mar. 1, 1841, d Nov. 14, 1883. He
was appointed by the Gov. of Maine, Military Agent of the State, with rank
of Lieut.-Colonel. He had charge of the exchange of prisoners of Maine men. He was
complimented by Sec. Stanton for his energy and success. He never married.
VIII-225 Francis D., b Apr. 6, 1843. Lived in Grand Junction,
Col.
VIII-226 Edward
Lewis.
VIII-227 George
Walter.
VIII-228 Charles Shaw, b Dec. 29, 1850, d Mar. 28, 1852.
VIII-229 John
Sayward.
VIII-230 Jessie Hannah, b June 27, 1856, m 1st Oct., 1891, Andrew
A. Garver, who died Feb. 22, 1895, m 2d Aug. 18, 1900, Laurence Hynes, b in
Cork, Ireland, 1848, died from an accident, Sept. 13, 1910. Journalist and fruit
grower.
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No. VII-104
SAMUEL AUSTIN WORCESTER (Leonard6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Worcester, Mass., Jan. 19, 1798; d Park Hill, Okla., Apr.
20, 1858; m 1st July 19, 1825, Ann, dau of John Orr, Desford, N.H., b Sept. 21, 1799, d
Park Hill, Indian Territory, Ok., May 23, 1840; m 2d Apr. 3, 1841, Erminia, dau of Rev.
Daniel Nash, Lowville, N.Y., b Oct. 12, 1801; d Apr. 20, 1859. In 1799 he removed with his
father to Peacham, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1819; Andover Theological Seminary, 1823;
was ordained Aug. 29, 1825, as a missionary under direction of the American Board.
Soon after his ordination he was
sent as a missionary to the Cherokee Indian Nation in Brainard, Tenn. In 1825 he removed
to New Echota (Calhoun, Georgia), the new national capital of the Cherokee Nation. There
he helped establish the first printing press and Native American newspaper, The
Cherokee Phoenix, edited by the yound Indian classical scholar, Elias Boudinot. It was
Rev. Worcester he who vitalized Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary by means of the printing
press in the original home of the Cherokees in the south and later in Indian Territory
West of the Mississippi.
Rev. Worcester "cheerfully went to prison
for the privilege of doing so" by Georgia state authorities. He sentenced to four
years of hard labor for refusing to swear allegiance to the state while residing within
the Cherokee Nation. His criminal conviction was successfully appealed to the United
States Supreme Court. In that case, Worcester v Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Peters) 515 (1832), Chief Justice
Marshall, established the principal that Indian tribes are domestic dependent nations. As
such, the jurisdiction of a state's authority cannot extend to Indian lands. The opinion
so infuriated President Jackson that he reportedly stated, "Justice Marshall has
issued his opinion, now let him enforce it." The decision and the subsequent refusal
by the state of Georgia to release him from prison emboldened the state of South Carolina
which promulgated an ordinance nullifying the United States revenue law within its
borders. Eventually the Governor of Georgia was enjoined to grant clemency to the
imprisoned missionary to avoid a major constitutional crisis.
Soon after his release from prison, Rev.
Worcester removed to Indian Territory located in present day Tahlequa, Oklahoma as part of
the infamous removal of all Cherokees West of the Mississippi along the "Trail of
Tears". He continued his life's work of translating and printing more than thirteen
million "talking leaves" - newspapers, textbooks, almanacs, and tracts from the
Bible in the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek languages. Before his death he could survey a
literate nation of Native Americans, made so by his untiring efforts as a pioneer printer
and publisher in a new land. In a cemetery at Park Hill, a marble shaft bears this
inscription:
"Rev. S. A. Worcester, D. D.
"For 33 years a Missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions among the Cherokees. To his work they owe their own Bible and Hymn Book."
A Congregational Mission School at Vrinta, Indian Territory, intended to give the best educational advantages to Indian boys and girls, was named Worcester Academy in his honor. The State of Georgia maintains a state park just outside the city limits of Calhoun where, along with a museum of Cherokee artifacts, original and reconstructed buildings of the national capital of the Cherokee Nation, New Echota, can be viewed. Among these buildings is the original Worcester homestead.
Pictures of
Cherokee Phoenix printing press building in New Echota.
Picture of Samuel's home in New
Echota.
Opinion of the Supreme Court in
Worcester v Georgia
Family picture of children.
Children of Samuel Austin Worcester
VIII-231 Ann Eliza, b Brainerd, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1826, d Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 19, 1905, m Park Hill, Ind. Ter. 16, 1850, Rev. William Schenk Robertson, of Tullahassee Mission Creek Nation, b Jan. 11, 1820, d June 26, 1881. By nature and inheritance this daughter seemed fitted to work among the Indians. After completing her education in Vermont under the careful guidance of her uncle, John H. Worcester, giving special attention to the study of language, she returned to aid her father in his mission work among the Cherokees. Her marriage simply transferred her to a wider field of missionary effort in the Creek Nation, where for more than half a century she worked with tireless zeal, aiding her devoted husband as teacher and translator. Through their joint efforts a literature was given the Creeks, which comprises in addition to a large part of the Bible, hymn books, readers and such religious and doctrinal instruction as was deemed best adapted to the needs of the Indian people. She also aided in the linguistic work of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology by her studies of Muskogean dialects and languages. In recognition of her unusual accomplishments the University of Wooster conferred upon her the honorary degree of Ph.D. - the first time a woman was so honored. The Bible translation was most of it done after the death of her husband, and much of the time she was a semi-invalid, practically confined to her couch. Though physically unable to teach in the class room she was made a professor emeritus of Henry Kendall College, and her helpful influence touched almost the entire student body. Loved and revered by the hundreds of the Creeks people who had been her pupils, her interest followed them, and in times of joy, sorrow, trial and temptation, her tireless pen indicated messages fitted to the especial need. One prominent Indian who since his boyhood had looked to her for advice and sympathy, said at her death: "The Creek people have lost their mother."
Children of Ann Eliza Robertson
(a) Ann Augusta, b Tullahasee Mission, Oct. 9, 1851, m 1st John Craig, Apr., 1877, who d Aug., 1880; m 2d Napoleon B. Moore, Nov. 20, 1882, d Oct. 10, 1911; a man of sterling integrity who held many positions of public trust prior to statehood in Oklahoma. Graduated from Cooper Seminary, 1871. She spent many years in mission work among the Creeks as principal or superintendent of schools at Tullahassee and Nuyaka.
Children of Ann Augusta Craig
(i) Alice Galloway, b June 26, 1879, d Mar., 1880.
(b) Mary Alice, b Tullahassee Mission, Jan. 2, 1854. A. M. Elmira College, 1884. Mission work among the Creeks 1879-1900; Government Supervisor of Indian Schools, 1900-1905. Theodore Roosevelt while a member of the Civil Service Commission after hearing her speak at the Mohawk Indian Conference was so impressed with her earnestness and ability that he showed his appreciation years afterwards by appointing her Postmaster at Muskogee, which office she held 1905-1913. Raised funds to build two Indian schools and was especially active in the education of girls. Though not a professional stenographer she had so good a command of shorthand as to be often called from her mission duties to report important councils or meetings, and did the first court reporting in the State of Oklahoma. She is (1914) a prominent worker in the D.A.R., and has held many offices in missionary, educational, and patriotic organizations. First woman elected to the United States Congress from the State of Oklahoma.
(c) Grace Leeds, b Tullahassee Mission, Dec. 18, 1856, m June 12, 1889, Henry Payson Merriman, M.D., who died Oct. 18, 1911. He was a prominent physician and surgeon of Chicago, Ill., and professor in Lake Forest University and Rush Medical College. After retiring from practice he removed with his family to Santa Barbara, Cal. She was graduated from Wheaton Seminary in 1878 and was a missionary teacher among Creeks until her marriage. She is (1914) as a writer of pleasing verse which she has been urged to publish but has not prevailed upon to do
Children of Grace Leeds Merriman
(i) Mary Augusta, b Chicago, Aug. 5, 1890, m Oct., 1913, James Roderick Thompson. Leland Stanford University, 1913.
(ii) Faith, b Chicago, Aug. 5, 1892, undergraduate Vassar, 1915.(d) Samuel Worcester, b Tullahassee, Ind. Ter., Sept. 18, 1860, m 1883, Grace Elva Knight, b Franconia, N.H., June 26, 1861. Grad. Dartmouth, 1882; A.B. Dartmouth, 1883, A.M., 1886. Prominent in educational work in Woodsville and Rochester, N.H., and later at Santa Barbara, Cal., where she is now (1914) a high school professor.
Children of Samuel Worcester Robertson
(i) Alfred Worcester, b June 29, 1889, Gilmanton, N.H., A.B., Stanford Univ., 1912; LL.B. Stanford, 1913; J.D., 1913. Studied, Dartmouth, Occidental and Stanford Universities. Attorney, Santa Barbara, Cal.
(e) Dora Platt, b Jan. 25, 1863, d Aug., 1884.
(f) John Orr, b Apr. 29, 1866, d Oct. 16, 1867.
(g) William Henry, b Apr. 29, 1866, d Oct. 9, 1867.
VIII-232 Sarah, b New Echota, Ga., Sept. 30, 1828, d June 30, 1857, m Park Hill, Ind. Ter., Feb. 15, 1853. Daniel Dwight Hitchcock, M.D., b Dec. 19, 1822, d July 17, 1867.
Children of Sarah Hitchcock
(a) Laura Hills, b Park Hill, Ind. Ter., Feb. 13, 1854, d Montreal, Jan. 3, 1911, m Tullahassee Mission, Ind. Ter., Aug. 26, 1879, Edmund Desire d'Albeans, b Toulouse, France, May 27, 1839, d Montreal, Mar. 26, 1905. M.A., University of Toulouse, France.
Children of Laura Hills d'Albeans
(i) Irene, b Denison, Tex., June 3, 1880, d Denison, Sept. 5, 1881.
(ii) Edmond Worcester, b Denison, Tex., Jan. 6, 1882, d Hiawatha, Kansas, Mar. 28, 1883.
(iii) Prosper Lewis, b Muskogee, Ind. Ter., Oct. 21, 1883, m Montreal, June 30, 1910, Eva May Poyser, b Bath, Eng., May 7, 1889. Residence Montreal. Bookkeeper.
Children of Prosper Lewis d'Albeans
a - Leonard Henry, b Montreal, Apr. 24, 1913.
(iv) Dwight Mason, b Wichita, Kan., Dec. 30, 1885, m Montreal, June 28, 1912, Florence Russell Wright, b Hamilton, Ont., Canada, Dec. 18, 1887. Residence Montreal. Sales clerk.
Children of Dwight d’Albeans
a - Grace May, b Montreal, Sept. 9, 1913.
(v) Paul Desire, b Montreal, Can., Sept. 8, 1891. Agricultural student, Montreal.
VIII-233 Jerusha, b Feb. 27, 1831, d Aug.
14, 1831.
VIII-234 Hannah, b Jan. 29, 1834, m 1st Jan. 30, 1852, Abijah
Hicks, b Mar. 2, 1819, d July 4, 1862, m 2d Dec. 22, 1864, Daniel Dwight Hitchcock,
M.D., b Dec. 19, 1822, d July 17, 1867. Grad. Amherst College and Bowdoin Medical
College. Surgeon in Civil War in charge of Brigade Hospital, Fort Gibson, Ind. Ter.
Children of Hannah Hicks
(a) Percy Wilton, b Park Hill, Ind. Ter., Nov. 24, 1852. Residence Fort Gibson, Okla.
(b) Emma Isadore, b Park Hill, June 19, 1854. Residence Fort Gibson, Okla.
(c) Ann Edith, b Park Hill, Jan. 6, 1856, m Toledo, Ohio, Apr. 3, 1883, Charles W. Smith. Residence Fort Gibson, Okla.
(d) Clara Austin, b Park Hill, Nov. 23, 1858, m Aug. 3, 1883, George I. Hopson.
(e) Herbert Worcester, b Park Hill, May 18, 1861, m Dec. 23, 1886, Rachel Cardwell. Residence Blue Jacket.
Children of Herbert Worcester Hicks
(i) Ethel Inez, b Dec. 24, 1889.
(ii) Homer Wilton, b Oct. 22, 1891.
(iii) Clifton Abijah, b Nov. 16, 1894.
(iv) Vera Clare, b Oct. 14, 1896, d 1900.
(v) Ralph Conner, b Mar. 30, 1903.
(vi) Herbert Morris, b June 3, 1907.(f) Sarah Daisy, b Ft. Gibson, Oct. 6, 1866, d Sept. 22, 1867.
VIII-235 Leonard.
VIII-236 John Orr, b Mar. 13, 1838, d Jan. 15, 1861, m Oct. 15,
1860, Julia Snow.
VIII-237 Mary Eleanor, b May 23, 1840, Park Hill, m 1st
Charles Yancey Nason of Norfolk, Va. Surgeon, U.S. Army, m 2d Mason Fitch
Williams, M.D., b Louiseville, Ky., Feb. 18, 1851, d Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 15, 1909.
A.B. Princeton, 1871; M.D., University of Louisville, 1879.
Children of Mary Eleanor Williams
(a) Henry Cummings, b Creek Agency, Okla., Oct. 4, 1873, d Muskogee, Okla., Mar. 17, 1903, m Minnie Mathews. A.B., Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1895; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, Presbyterian minister.
(b) Leonard Worcester, b Creek Agency, Ind. Ter., July 8, 1875. Killed instantly on an elevator in Harvard Medical School, Boston, Sept. 26, 1912; m Mar. 9, 1904, Martha Reynolds, dau of Prof. Benj. Franklin Clarke of Brown University, b Providence, R.I., May 20, 1872. A.B., Hanover College, Hanover, Ind., 1895; A.M., Princeton, 1899; Ph.D., Brown University, 1901. A useful career seemed suddenly brought to an end by the sad accident which caused Prof. William's death. He was appointed assistant professor of Biology in Brown Univ. in 1903, admitted to the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in 1908, in the department of comparative anatomy. He published several treatises in connection with his study of vertebrate development, spending several months in research work at the anatomical institute in Freiburg, Switzerland. "By his death the department of anatomy lost a member incessantly active in developing its collections and in research, whose skills and industry are shown by the well-filled cabinets in the laboratory corridor."
From a biographical sketch from the Anatomical Record (Feb., 1913), his friend and associate for many years, says in part: "He was a most careful and accurate investigator and his knowledge of comparative anatomy was very broad and thorough. Had he lived he would doubtless have stood among the very first of American comparative anatomists." Dr. Williams was a member of the Am. Assn. of Anatomists; the Soc. of Zoologists; the Soc. of Naturalists; Fellow of the Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Council Boston Soc. Natural History.
Children of Leonard Worcester Williams
(i) Mary Frances, b Providence, R.I., Apr. 26, 1905.
(ii) Henry Franklin, b Providence, R.I., Dec. 11, 1906.
(iii) Infant son, b and d Apr. 6, 1911.
(c) Infant dau, b and d Old Creek
Agency, Sept. 30, 1877.
(d) Edward Fitch, b Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 16, 1880, d Muskogee, Apr. 24,
1884.
No. VII-105
LEONARD WORCESTER (Leonard6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Peacham, Vt., Mar. 22, 1799, d Walpole, N.H., Aug. 24,
1835; m Aug. 18, 1828, Susan C., dau Thomas Seaver, Esq., Walpole, N.H., b June 5, 1808; d
May, 1835. Graduated Dartmouth College, 1825; was engaged in teaching, Newark, N.J., and
other places until his death in 1835.
Children of Leonard Worcester
VIII-238 Daughter, b Apr. 26, 1835, d May 3, 1835.
No. VII-110
ISAAC REDINGTON WORCESTER, M.D. (Leonard6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Peacham, Vt., Oct. 30, 1808; d Auburndale, Mass., Oct. 23,
1892; m Nov. 16, 1835, Mary Sophia, dau of Henry Sargent, Esq., Leicester, Mass., b Jan.
24, 1818; d Clifton Springs, N.Y., Nov. 22, 1902. He received a medical degree at
Dartmouth College, 1831; practiced medicine in Kingston, Mass., from Jan. to Aug., 1832;
in Leicester, Mass., from Mar., 1833, to Oct., 1834; was eight months a student in Andover
Theological Seminary; taught school in Newark, N.J., until Apr., 1837; was ordained pastor
of the Congregational Church, Littleton, N.H., Sept. 27, 1837; dismissed Dec. 13, 1842;
Sec. Vermont Dom. Miss. Soc. from Oct., 1842, until Sept., 1846; afterward an agent of the
A.B.C.F.M. On of the Pioneers in founding the village and Congregational Church in
Auburndale, Mass. "He was a man of strong intellectual power, and remarkably clear
judgment, with the vigor of a man, and the gentleness of a child." Residence,
Auburndale, Mass.
Children of Isaac Redington Worcester, M.D
VIII-239 Elizabeth Sargent, b Newark, N.J., Sept. 6, 1836, m May 8, 1861, Nathaniel George Clark, b Calais, Vt., Jan. 18, 1825, d West Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 3, 1896. He grad. Univ. of Vermont and Auburn Theological Sem., N.Y.; studied at University of Halle, Germany, and received the degrees D.D. and LL.D.; member of American Oriental Soc., and Victoria Inst., England; Prof. in Univ. of Vt., and in Union College until1865, then Foreign Sec. A.B.C.F.M. until 1895.
Children of Elizabeth Sargent Clark
(a) Mary Reed, b May 12, 1862, d So. Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 29, 1914, m Dec. 2, 1884, Henry Beecher Reed. Residence So. Weymouth, Mass.
Children of Mary Reed
(i) Helen Ainsworth, b Nov. 22, 1885, m Oct. 3, 1910, Chas. Edwin Bartlett, Philadelphia.
Children of Helen Ainsworth Bartlett
a - Josiah Reed, b Aug. 11, 1913.
(ii) Theodore Worcester, b June 25, 1887, m Katrina Macy Rodenbach, Jan. 19, 1911.
Children of Theodore Worcester Reed
a - Mary Rodenbach, b Oct. 11, 1912.
(iii) Josiah Fogg, b Mar. 2, 1889.
(iv) Nathaniel Clark, b May 14, 1891.
(v) Charles Sumner, b May 12, 1894.(b) Charles Worcester, b Dec. 23, 1863, d West Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 31, 1891.
(c) Clara Boyden, b May 29, 1869, m June 17, 1891, James Wingate Rollins, Jr. Civil Engineer of the firm Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins. Residence West Roxbury, Mass.
Children of Clara Boyden Rollins
(i) Elizabeth Sargent, b June 14, 1892.
(ii) Wingate, b Sept. 17, 1894.
VIII-240 Sarah, b June 3, 1838, d Nov. 16,
1843.
VIII-241 Samuel Austin, b Oct. 31, 1842, d June 2, 1843.
VIII-242 Henry Leonard, b Nov. 11, 1846, d June 25, 1855.
VIII-243 Mary, b Leicester, Mass., Mar. 3, 1849, m
Auburndale, Mass., July 31, 1873, Martin Luther Doge, b Zonnemaire, Holland, July 17,
1839; Prof. of Greek, Ann Arbor University; Ph.D. Leipsic; LL.D. Michigan Univ.; D.
Lit. Rutgers. Came to America in 1848 and has lived most of the time since in
Michigan. Studied at Michigan, Leipsic and Berlin Universities and Union Theological
Seminary.
No. VII-112
JOHN HOPKINS WORCESTER (Leonard6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Peacham, Vt., May 28, 1812, d Burlington, Vt., Jan. 15,
1897; m 1st Aug. 16, 1836, Sarah V., dau of William Wheeler, Esq., Peacham, Vt., b Apr.
18, 1812, d May 18, 1837; m 2d Nov. 30, 1840, Harriet E., dau Dea. Elnathan Strong,
Hardwick, Vt., b Aug., 1821, d Feb. 17, 1842; m 3d Aug. 23, 1843, Martha P., dau Dea.
Luther Clark, St. Johnsbury, Vt., b Aug. 21, 1822, d Aug. 23, 1848; m 4th Oct. 21, 1851,
Catherine, dau Robert Fleming. She had established a school for girls in Burlington before
her marriage. She and her husband conducted the school together until 1870 when it was
discontinued. He grad. Dartmouth, 1835-36; was ordained as the second pastor of the
Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Sept. 5, 1839; dismissed, Nov. 6, 1846; settled
Burlington, Vt., Mar. 10, 1847; dismissed Oct. 11, 1854; resided afterward in Burlington.
Children of John Hopkins Worcester by first m.
VIII-244 Leonard, b May 8, 1837, d
Mar. 22, 1838.
VIII-245 William, b May 8, 1837 (twin of Leonard), d June 2,
1837.
Children of John Hopkins Worcester by third m.
VIII-246 John Hopkins, Jr.
VIII-247 Infant son.
No. VII-114
EZRA CARTER WORCESTER, M.D. (Leonard6,
Noah5, Francis4, Francis3, Samuel2, William1) b Peacham, Vt., Feb. 28, 1816, d Thetford, Vt., July 29,
1887; m Littleton, N.H., Aug. 23, 1843, Ellen Hunt, dau of Dean Conant, Charlestown, N.H.;
b Sept. 20, 1826; d Thetford, June 20, 1902. He received a medical degree at Dartmouth in
1838; practiced medicine in St. Johnsbury, Vt., from Aug., 1841, to July, 1843, in
Chelsea, Vt., from July 1843 to July, 1846; then removed to Thetford where continued his
profession.
Children of Ezra Carter Worcester
VIII-248 William Leonard, b Chelsea,
Vt., Apr. 21, 1845, d Danvers, Mass., June 9, 1901. A.B., Dartmouth College, 1869; M.D.,
Columbia Medical College, Washington, D.C., 1873. In 1875-6 he pursued his medical
studies abroad. Returning to this country he engaged in general practice in Burlington,
Vt., but decided to devote himself to mental disorders, he was appointed assistant
physician in the Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo, Mich., where he remained for eleven
years. After six years in the State Asylum for the insane in Little Rock, Arkansas, and
several months' study in the hospitals of New York, he was appointed pathologist at the
Danvers (Mass.) Insane Hospital; there he remained until his death in 1901. He was the
author of many monographs which appeared in the American Journal of Insanity. To quote
from a medical friend's estimate of him: "Dr. Worcester possessed intellectual powers
of the highest order. He thought independently, and in an original fashion. He was an
acute reasoned, a ready, forceful and convincing public speaker. He was also an excellent
physician and a master of modern methods of diagnosis."
VIII-249 Catherine Ellen, b Thetford, Vt., Nov. 23, 1847. For
many years a successful teacher in Northampton, Mass.
VIII-250 George
Steele.
VIII-251 Alice Elizabeth, b Thetford, Vt., June 5, 1856, d Boston,
Jan. 3, 1889. She studied with Dr. Graham Bell his methods of teaching the deaf by visible
speech. In 1876 was appointed teacher of articulation in the Clarke School for deaf-mutes
in Northampton, Mass., where she spent the rest of her life as a teacher of the deaf. In
1886 she was made associate principal of the School. Certain new methods of indicating
pronunciation which she devised have been adopted by nearly all the oral schools of
America. Dr. Bell said of her in 1888 that she seemed to be recognized everywhere as the
leading articulation teacher in America. After her decease appreciative resolutions were
passed by the Board of Clarke Institution.
VIII-252 Jane Shedd, b Thetford, Vt., Mar 15, Apr. 13, 1858.
Graduate of the Normal School in Salem, Mass. Taught in the public schools
of Concord, Mass., in Hampton Inst., Virginia, and in Mystic, Conn. For five years
was associate principal of the Mystic Oral School for the Deaf.
VIII-253 Henry Evarts, b Thetford, Vt., Mar. 15, 1861.
Received his business training at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. He lived in
Boston and Chicago previous to going to St. Louis in 1907. Superintendent of the
Greeley Press in that city. He is now in business in New York.
VIII-254 Dean
Conant.
VIII-255 Eleanor Bonney, b Feb. 7, 1869. Educated as teacher of
the deaf. Taught in Clarke School, Northampton, Mass., Elmira, N.Y., and was for five
years associate principal of the Mystic Oral School for the Deaf, Mystic, Conn.
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