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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Eliza M. Gill. (search)
in which she was an expert. She was a life-long member of the Mystic Congregational Church and always a loyal participant in its activities as her strength allowed; also a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, where her mother, Ellen M. Gill, was so remarkable a figure in her culture of flowers for many years. Miss Gill was a charter member of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, D. A. R., a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, also of the Society for the Miss Gill was a charter member of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, D. A. R., a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, also of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Prior to her removal from Medford to Waltham her health had failed and in Waltham she entered a private hospital where, after many months of weakness and much suffering at times, she finally passed away. In all this later experience she was upheld by her patient and cheerful spirit and her strong Christian faith. Always a great reader, toward the end she could only be read to and found then her chief comfort in the Bible and Whittier's poems, her e
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., An appreciation. (search)
An appreciation. The editor wishes in this limited space to express appreciation of Miss Gill's work in the Historical Society and register. Rarely absent from a meeting, she was its capable secretary for some years; always a ready helper. Her contributions to our pages number some thirty articles, the result of careful study, and may be confidently referred to for information of Medford events and people. Her suggestions led others in lines she had not time or strength to follow, but in whose work she had much interest. The initial contribution to our building fund, though anonymous, may have been hers. Her failing health at last prevented her meeting with us there, and her last visit was an unexpected one while being taken out in her wheel-chair by her attendant. She came into our assembly hall, enjoying a rest for a little time, but not into the upper library, where she would have found her greater delight. Among her writings is (in Vol. Xix) Lafayette's Visit to M