necrology of alumni of harvard college 1851 52 to 1862 63

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 1852-53. 1787. —Hon. Samuel Putnam, of Boston, died at Somer- ville, 3 July, 1853, aged 85. He was son of Gideon Putnam, and was born at Danvers, 13 April, 1768 ; commenced the practice of law in Salem about the year 1790; was senator for Essex in 1808 and 1809, representative from Salem in 1812, and again senator in 1813 and 1814. On the death of Chief Justice Sewall, in 1814, he was appointed, by Gov. Strong, Judge of the Supreme Court. 1790. —Rev. Micah Stone died in Brookfield, 20 September, 1852, aged 82. He was son of Rev. Eliab Stone, of Reading (H.C. 1758), and was born in that town, 22 September, 1770; ordained pastor of the Second Church in Brookfield, 11 March, 1801. 1791. —Ezekiel Hersey Derby died in Salem, 31 October, 1852, aged 80. He was son of Hasket Derby, of Salem, where he was born 1 November, 1772; was early in life a merchant, but for the last thirty-five years was a conspicuous and active agriculturist. 1793.—Rev. Charles Coffin, D.D., died in Greenville, Tenn., 3 June, 1853, aged 77. He was born in Newburyport, 15 August, 1775, and was successively president of Greenville and Knoxville Colleges in Tennessee. 1793.—Dr. Charles Williams Winship died in Rox- bury, 27 August, 1852, aged 78. He was son of Dr. Ainos Winship (H.C. 1771), and was born in Boston, 22 June, 1774, and was considered a skilful physician. He practised successively in the western country, in Havana, Cuba, in Boston and Roxbury. 1794.—Hon. Chakles Humphrey Atherton died in Amherst, N.H., 8 January, 1853, aged 79. He was son ofHon. Joshua Atherton (H.C. 1762), and was born in Amherst, 14 August, 1773 ; read law with his father, and with Hon. William Gordon, of Amherst (H.C. 1779) ; was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Amherst in 1797 ; appointed register of pro... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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