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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Susanna Rowson. (search)
There is also given Mary Lane of Ten Hills Farm, Medford; but I am told Ten Hills Farm belongs to Somerville. Of this number the fullest account is of Miss Hannah Swan, as she considerately kept her own name to the end. Miss Hannah Swan and Miss Ann Rose of London were Mrs. Rowson's assistants. The former was the daughter of Major Samuel Swan and Hannah (Frothingham) Lamson, and was born August 13, 1785. She died in Medford, August 8, 1862, aged seventy-six years, eleven months. Mr. Abijah Thompson gives the following account of Miss Swan:— My first remembrance of Miss Swan was in my youthful days, 1835-36. While in Woburn, Massachusetts, she made her home in the family of the Rev. Joseph Bennett, pastor First Congregational Church. I well remember attending a children's party with my little sister, given to the children at the parsonage. This was to introduce her preparatory to organizing an infant class. It proved a success, and Miss Swan may be considered the founder
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Medford Historical Society. (search)
n. Walter F. Cushing. Edw. W. Teele. Clifton Loring. J. L. Brockway. Mortimer E. Wilber. Percy W. Richardson. Papers and addresses. David H. Brown, Chairman. Walter H. Cushing. Charles H. Morss. John H. Hooper. William Cushing Wait. Miss Agnes W. Lincoln Historic Sites. James Hedenberg, Chairman. L. J. Manning. Francis A. Wait. Miss Ella L. Burbank. John F. Libbey. Moses W. Mann. Frederick H. Kidder. Genealogy. Geo. S. Delano, Chairman. Miss Ella S. Hinckley. Miss Eliza M. Gill. Rev. C. L. Eaton. Miss Hetty F. Wait. Chas. H. Barnes. Mrs. Emmie N. Cleaves. Heraldry. F. H. C. Woolley, Chairman. W. A. Thompson. Percy W. Richardson James Hedenberg. Mrs. J. W. Dalrymple. Library and Collection. Miss A. W. Lincoln, Chairman. Miss M. E. Sargent. Miss Ella A. Leighton. Miss Katharine H. Stone. Abijah Thompson. Benj. F. Fenton. Geo. S. Delano. Wm. Cushing Wait. Horace D. Hall. Arthur C. Symmes. Henry Brooks.