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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1837. (search)
er of my conversation and feelings, induced my friends to suppose that I had inherited the deep religious cast of mind that distinguished my mother, and I therefore received the name of the little minister. It was my custom to assemble, in all sobriety and simplicity, my little playmates, and, imitating the parson's robe, to be their chorister and priest. In my sixth year I was attacked with lung-fever, which again brought me to death's door. He was fitted for college chiefly by Rev. Daniel Kimball of Needham, and entered with his class in 1833. Rev. John Weiss was his first room-mate, and has told me that Richardson showed, within the very first week of his college career, that peculiar nervous excitability which never entirely left him, and which at that early period sometimes caused serious anxiety among his friends. Mental labor would just a little unsettle his delicate temperament; and this was combined with internal disorders, of which nobody could ever tell— either then
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1852. (search)
e, as kept by his devoted friend, displays many touching incidents of tender, confiding affection, and evinces a truthfulness of spirit, an unwearied and almost systematic inquisitiveness and a power of self-absorption in an idea, very unusual in a child; all of which traits were eminently characteristic of his mature years. The subsequent portion of his childhood, previous to his residence in Worcester, he passed in the care of his grandparents at Dedham, and at the family school of Rev. Mr. Kimball, in an adjoining town. He went to Worcester in 1839,—his father having removed thither two years before, —and received the remainder of his preparatory education in the public schools of that city. At the age of seventeen he entered Harvard College, and graduated in the Class of 1852,—the last of four successive generations of his name and family in the Catalogue of the Alumni of that University. Soon after graduation he entered upon his medical studies as the pupil of Dr. Henry Sa<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
ce; that he was not conscious of having had a single thought for himself after the first bullet was fired. He added that he believed he had the confidence of Colonel Kimball. He lay through this day and the next suffering a good deal, and gradually growing weaker, but with his mind perfectly clear and calm. There is too much of evotion to my country may not be lost. After a slight pause he said: It may be well for you as surgeons to make a certificate of my death, and send it to Colonel Kimball. His address is, Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Sedgwick's Division, Washington, District of Columbia. He then crosLieutenant-Colonel Kimball, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Sedgwick's Division, Washington, District of Columbia. He then crossed his hands over his breast, and said, Now the sooner it is over, the better. He then lay for a few hours quietly, giving occasional slight directions for arranging his position, &c., till about nine o'clock, A. M., when he asked for water, which he could not swallow. He then seemed sinking fast. He opened his eyes once mor
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
, I. 116. K. Kearney, Philip, Maj.-Gen., I. 142,143; II. 400, 401;, 420, 421. Kedgie, Dr., I. 391. Kershon, Mr., I. 205. Keyes, E. D., Maj.-Gen., I. 213, 214;, 422. Kilby, Mr., I. 163. Kilpatrick, J., Maj.-Gen., 361, 416. Kimball, Daniel, Rev., I. 40,180. Kimball, J. W., Col., I. 444, 445;. Kinsley, L. J. D., I. 263. Kirby, Mr., I. 154. Knapp, F. N., Rev., I. 45. Kraitsir, Charles, Dr., I. 350. Krill, Private, I. 250. Krum, Judge, I. 163. L LafKimball, J. W., Col., I. 444, 445;. Kinsley, L. J. D., I. 263. Kirby, Mr., I. 154. Knapp, F. N., Rev., I. 45. Kraitsir, Charles, Dr., I. 350. Krill, Private, I. 250. Krum, Judge, I. 163. L Laflin, Mr., I. 174. Lamb, Daniel, Dr., I. 440. Lamprey, J. A., II. 372. Lamson, Alvan, Rev. Dr., I. 41. Lander, F. W., Maj.-Gen., I. 421; II. 34-154. Lane, J. H., Maj.-Gen., I. 159. Lathrop, J., Capt., I. 245, 250;. Lawrence, S. C., Col., I. 328, 331;. Leavitt, Eliza, II. 243. Leavitt, J. M., II. 243. Leavitt, T. J., Lieut., Memoir, II. 243, 249;. Lee, F. L., Col., II. 84, 391;, 444, 460, 462. Lee, R. E., Maj.-Gen. (Rebel service), I. 15, 124;, 206, 218, 219, 4
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Unpublished Manuscripts. (search)
he church under Dr. Osgood. President Andover Theological Seminary. Died there Aug., 1854, aged 81. 1798, 1799. David A. White of Methuen, to Aug., 1799. Afterward Latin tutor in Harvard College nearly four years, State senator, member of Congress, judge of Probate, Essex Co. Died Mar. 30, 1861, aged 84. 1800 to 1802. Abner Rogers of Hampstead, N. H. Afterward proctor in Harvard College, then a highly respectable lawyer in Charlestown. Died there Feb. 23, 1814. 1802. Daniel Kimball of Bradford. Afterward minister in Hingham, then principal of Academy in Needham. 1802. Peter Nourse, six months. Afterward librarian of Harvard College, then minister in——. Aug., 1803, Aug., 1805. Daniel Swan of Medford. Studied medicine with Gen'l Brooks, afterward physician in Brighton and in Medford since 1816. Died Dec. 5, 1864, aged 83. 1805. Jacob Coggin of Woburn, six weeks during college vacation. Afterward minister in Tewkesbury. Died there in 1855. 1