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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. | 21 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Deacon Samuel Train.
[This brief memoir is the substance of a most enjoyable informal talk by Mr. Hall at a Saturday evening gathering in the rooms of the Medford Historical Society.]
IT is remarkable that neither Brooks's nor Usher's history makes any mention of Deacon Samuel Train, who was for many years a well-known and highly respected citizen of Medford.
He was born at Weston, Mass., on the twenty-first of July, 1781.
I am indebted to Mr. Train's daughter Rebecca (Mrs. George H. Lemist, of Sheffield) for much valuable information.
I quote from her letter, dated May 23, 1899: He was a man of few words, but he was always interested in all the young men, who enjoyed his quaint and bright chat on different subjects.
I wish I could do his character justice, but we never value our parents until they are gone or until we ourselves are nearing the close of life.
The memories of those days are sweet and precious.
I am hardly the one to write of my father.
To me he was a