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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Eliza M. Gill. (search)
Eliza M. Gill. In the recent passing of Miss Eliza M. Gill, who died at Waltham, Mass., February 10, the Historical Society of Medford loses one of its most loyal members and a frequent contributor to the pages of the register. Miss Gill was born in Melrose, April 5, 1851. She was of old New England Colonial stock, bof the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, also of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Prior to her removal from Medford to Waltham her health had failed and in Waltham she entered a private hospital where, after many months of weakness and much suffering at times, she finally passed away. Waltham she entered a private hospital where, after many months of weakness and much suffering at times, she finally passed away. In all this later experience she was upheld by her patient and cheerful spirit and her strong Christian faith. Always a great reader, toward the end she could only be read to and found then her chief comfort in the Bible and Whittier's poems, her especial favorite being his Eternal Goodness. As Miss Gill's church minister for