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Samuel Henry Eells.
Hospital Steward 12th Michigan Vols. (Infantry), February 7, 1862; Assistant Surgeon February I, 1863; died at Detroit, Mich., January 31, 1864, of disease contracted in the service.
Samuel Henry Eells was the Samuel Henry Eells was the son of Rev. James Henry and Maria Antoinette (Fletcher) Eells, and was born in Oberlin, Ohio, August 19, 1836.
A few months after his birth, his father was drowned in attempting to cross the Maumee River. Ten years later the family removed to BostonEells, and was born in Oberlin, Ohio, August 19, 1836.
A few months after his birth, his father was drowned in attempting to cross the Maumee River. Ten years later the family removed to Boston, and young Eells was placed at the Brimmer Public School.
Thence he was transferred to the Quincy School, where he received a Franklin medal; and thence entered the public Latin School, where he was fitted for college.
In 1854 his mother died, anEells was placed at the Brimmer Public School.
Thence he was transferred to the Quincy School, where he received a Franklin medal; and thence entered the public Latin School, where he was fitted for college.
In 1854 his mother died, and he came under the guardianship of his uncle, George N. Fletcher, Esq., of Detroit, Michigan.
His college life was quiet and uneventful, and most of his classmates knew him very little.
Yet he always looked back with warm affection upon this pe
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)