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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852 (search)
Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852 Sculptor; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 6, 1805; graduated at Harvard in 1825; evinced a taste and talent for the cultivation of art in Horatio Greenough. his early youth; and soon after his graduation he went to Italy, where he remained about a year. On his return to Boston in 1826 he modelled several busts, and then returned to Italy, making Florence his residence. Ever active, ever learning, and exceedingly industrious, he executed many pieces of sculpture of great merit. Among them was a group—The Chanting Cherubs—the first of the kind ever undertaken by an American sculptor. He made a colossal statue of Washington, half nude, in a sitting posture, for the Capitol at Washington, but it was so large that it could not be taken into the rotunda, its destined resting-place, and it occupies a position before the eastern front of the great building. He also executed a colossal group for the government—The rescue—which occupied the artist about
4, d. 29 Dec. 1863; Joseph Stacey, b. 17 Aug. 1787, a saddler and harness maker, d. 24 May 1853; James, b. 19 Nov. 1789, a merchant in Boston, d. 24 Dec. 1870; John, b. 10 Sept. 1793, a merchant, d. 14 June 1871; Elizabeth, b. 4 Aug. 1795, m. Josiah N. Marshall 23 July 1823, d. 8 May 1860; William, b. 10 May 1798, d. 15 July 1799; William, b. 12 Ap. 1800, a merchant in Boston, res. on Appleton Street; Mary, b. 19 Sept. 1803, accidently killed by a runaway team 4 Jan. 1854; Lucy, b. –, d. 6 Sept. 1805, a. 2 months. Joseph Stacey the f. was a saddler and for many years Postmaster. He was bur. 12 Oct. 1836; his w. Esther was bur. 25 Sept. 1843, a. 78. 6. James, s. of James (4), m. Mary Stebbins Brown, dau. of Maj. John Brown, and had Eliza, b. 13 Aug. 1800, m. Nahum Stratton of Richmond, Va., 13 Aug. 1826; James Barnard, b. 26 Aug. 1802, m. Emily, dau. of Maj. Jonas Wyeth 9 Nov. 1828, and res. in Boston. James the f. was a merchant and spent several years in the Island of Tobago, wh
4, d. 29 Dec. 1863; Joseph Stacey, b. 17 Aug. 1787, a saddler and harness maker, d. 24 May 1853; James, b. 19 Nov. 1789, a merchant in Boston, d. 24 Dec. 1870; John, b. 10 Sept. 1793, a merchant, d. 14 June 1871; Elizabeth, b. 4 Aug. 1795, m. Josiah N. Marshall 23 July 1823, d. 8 May 1860; William, b. 10 May 1798, d. 15 July 1799; William, b. 12 Ap. 1800, a merchant in Boston, res. on Appleton Street; Mary, b. 19 Sept. 1803, accidently killed by a runaway team 4 Jan. 1854; Lucy, b. –, d. 6 Sept. 1805, a. 2 months. Joseph Stacey the f. was a saddler and for many years Postmaster. He was bur. 12 Oct. 1836; his w. Esther was bur. 25 Sept. 1843, a. 78. 6. James, s. of James (4), m. Mary Stebbins Brown, dau. of Maj. John Brown, and had Eliza, b. 13 Aug. 1800, m. Nahum Stratton of Richmond, Va., 13 Aug. 1826; James Barnard, b. 26 Aug. 1802, m. Emily, dau. of Maj. Jonas Wyeth 9 Nov. 1828, and res. in Boston. James the f. was a merchant and spent several years in the Island of Tobago, wh
er d. 1 Nov. 1828, a. 54. 9. John, m. Mary Locke, 29 Jan. 1809, and had John B., who m. Hannah Maria W. Locke, 23 Aug. 1835—Hannah Maria, wife of John B., d. 10 Feb. 1842, a. 29. Had also Joseph; Mary, m. Thomas Russell; Maria P., m. Paul Dodge. Capt. John the father d. 31 Oct. 1837, a. 57. 10. Anna, m. George Douglass, 2 Sept. 1773, dau. (?) of James (3)—see Wyman, 739. Lydia, m. Josiah Mixer, of Waltham, 29 Nov. 1773 (see par. 3). Mrs. Mercy, d. 26 Oct. 1793, a. 85. Mrs. Amy, d. 6 Sept. 1805, a. 41. (See Bond's Wat., 403, 872, for possible reference.) Phelps, Hannah, m. John Adams, 6 July, 1786, Camb. Philbrick, Newell, of Charlestown, and Mary Philbrick, of Boston, m. 7 Nov. 1835. Phillips, John, of Camb., m. Lydia Kemp, of Westford, 18 May, 1764. John, o. c. Pct. ch. 9 July, 1769. Had John, b. 25 June, bap. 9 July, 1769; Aaron, b. 14, bap. 16 June, 1771. 2. Thomas, had Mary, b. 26 Apr., bap. 3 May, 1772, d.—Sept. 1772, a. 5 mos.; and a dau., d. 22 Oct. 1772