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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Porter family record. (search)
idd, May 13, 1824. 2d, Adeline S. Child, May 16, 1855. Children. Susan Emily; bap. June 19, 1828; m. Thomas A. Cunningham; and d. in Medford, March 15, 1902. Theodore Child; b. in Medford, Jan. 20, 1860; m. 1st, Josephine (Rowell) Williams; 2d, Lucia Morris Row, Jan. 27, 1904. George W. Porter;3 m. Elizabeth Hall, Feb. 17, 1824. Settled in Medford. She d. May 6, 1862, aged 61 yrs., 3 mos. Children. Elizabeth A.; b. in Medford, Nov. 27, 1824; d. in Medford, Nov. 20, 1844. Helen; b. in Medford, Oct. 23, 1828; d. in Medford, Aug. 7, 1899. Frances; b. in Medford, Feb. 20, 1832; d. in Medford, June 11, 1870. Frances Porter;4 m. Henry W. Bigelow, Jan. 2, 1854. Children. Howard Porter; b. in Medford, July 11, 1859; d. in Medford, July 18, 1877. Elizabeth Hall; b. in Medford, Aug. 29, 1863; d. March 4, 1865. Edward Turner; b. Oct. 30, 1866. Edward Turner Bigelow;5 m. Elizabeth Gleason, of Medford, Nov. 17, 1896. Child. Elizabeth; b. September 18, 1898.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16., Medford's postmasters. (search)
building and the post-office was located in the station during Mr. Hervey's term. John H. Eames was appointed postmaster March 17, 1870, by President Grant. Mr. Eames was a member of the Lawrence Light Guard and responded to President Lincoln's call for volunteers, April 20, 186, serving three months. On the second call he went as sergeant of Co. C, 39th Mass. Vol., and was in many battles. Through Mr. Eames' efforts, a building for the post-office was erected on Riverside avenue by Henry W. Bigelow. During his administration Mr. Eames saw many changes in the postal service, including the introduction of the money order system and the issuing of the postal card. Letter postage was reduced from three to two cents, and the collection of paper postage from individuals was eliminated and the pound rate established. Valued as a curiosity is the clumsy hand-stamp now in a cabinet in the rooms of Post 66, G. A. R. It did service in Medford's ancient post-offices many years. Mr. Eames
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16., Medford parsonage and later occupants. (search)
lifax with the English army on the evacuation of Boston in 1776, He was a tall slender man, and very deaf He moved to Jamaica Plain about 1811, and his son sold the house to James Prentiss, Merchant of Boston (Bond & Prentiss, who failed in 1813, for a large amount and paid 4 cents in the dollar) Mr Prentiss lived there one Summer and sold it to Capt. Gilchrist in 1812, who moved in, but after a month or two, Mrs Gilchrist not liking the house, went back to his former house opposite to Mr. Bigelow's, and rented the house to Capt Ebenezer Stocker of Boston (formerly of Newburyport) who lived there one or two years, until his sudden death in Havana, of fever, when his family moved into Boston In 1813 or 1814 Capt Gilchrist sold the house to Mr William Furness, Cashier of the Union Bank, Boston. He died in April, 1836, aged 69, and the house was soon after sold to Mr Jonathan Porter, of rising reputation as a lawyer, until ill health compelled him to relinquish his profession