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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gray, Asa 1810-1888 (search)
Gray, Asa 1810-1888 Botanist; born in Paris, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1810; studied botany under Dr. John Torrey, Professor of Natural History at Harvard College in 1842-73; became widely known by his textbooks on botany, which are in general use throughout the United States. He was the author of Elements of Botany; Structural and systematic Botany; Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States; Gray's botanical text-book, and many others. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 30, 1888.
m. Olive Orcutt 28 Feb. 1805; she d. 11 Oct. 1809, aged 34, and he m. Isabella Rice of Wayland 5 June 1811, who was bur. 29 May 1838, aged 48. His chil. were Ann Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1807, m. John Dolbeare of New York 19 July 1813; Sarah, b. 16 Sept. 1809, m. Josiah W. Cook 1 Oct. 1829; Mary Torrey, b. 10 June 1812, m. Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1 Jan. 1833; Isabella, b. 28 July 1815, m. Shepard R. Laughton of Pittsford, Me., 11 Aug. 1846; Abigail Louisa, b. 16 Sept. 1817, d. unm. 29 Nov. 1843; ,John Torrey, b. 26 Ap. 1820, res. in Chatfield, Minn.; Horace Augustus, b. 22 Nov. 1823, m. Nancy M. Fuller 21 Sept. 1848. and res. in Texas; Charles Edward, b. 10 Nov. 1827, m. Abby Hanscom 9 Oct. 1850. Torrey the f. was a blacksmith and res. on the southerly side of Brattle Street, near Story Street; he d. at St. Catherines, Canada, while on a visit 18 Mar. 1852, and was buried here. Harlakenden, Roger, whose ancestry is traced from William Harlakenden (who d. in Wood-Church in Kent 30 Ap. 108
m. Olive Orcutt 28 Feb. 1805; she d. 11 Oct. 1809, aged 34, and he m. Isabella Rice of Wayland 5 June 1811, who was bur. 29 May 1838, aged 48. His chil. were Ann Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1807, m. John Dolbeare of New York 19 July 1813; Sarah, b. 16 Sept. 1809, m. Josiah W. Cook 1 Oct. 1829; Mary Torrey, b. 10 June 1812, m. Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1 Jan. 1833; Isabella, b. 28 July 1815, m. Shepard R. Laughton of Pittsford, Me., 11 Aug. 1846; Abigail Louisa, b. 16 Sept. 1817, d. unm. 29 Nov. 1843; ,John Torrey, b. 26 Ap. 1820, res. in Chatfield, Minn.; Horace Augustus, b. 22 Nov. 1823, m. Nancy M. Fuller 21 Sept. 1848. and res. in Texas; Charles Edward, b. 10 Nov. 1827, m. Abby Hanscom 9 Oct. 1850. Torrey the f. was a blacksmith and res. on the southerly side of Brattle Street, near Story Street; he d. at St. Catherines, Canada, while on a visit 18 Mar. 1852, and was buried here. Harlakenden, Roger, whose ancestry is traced from William Harlakenden (who d. in Wood-Church in Kent 30 Ap. 108