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An old Medford Schoolboy.
On February 10, at New Bedford, there passed away one, a native of
Medford (and whose boyhood days were spent here), who is kindly remembered by his old associates still living.
These lines are not intended as obituary; rather an appreciative mention of one we have never met, or even heard of, till in recent years.
Thomas Meriam Stetson was the son of
Rev. Caleb Stetson, the second
Unitarian pastor of
Medford's First Parish.
His birth occurred in the house on High street, later the home of
Rev. Charles and
Miss Lucy Ann Brooks, June 15, 1830.
His later boyhood home was the parsonage house, erected on the site of the present
St. Joseph's parochial residence.
His early education was in the schools of
Medford (public and private), and his college course was at
Harvard, graduating there in 1849.
After study in the
Dane Law to the bar in 1854.
His father's pastorate (of twenty-one years) in
Medford closed in 1848, prior to the son's graduation, and this may account for the settlement of this
Medford boy elsewhere.
He began the practise of law in New Bedford, in 1854, associated himself with an eminent and established law firm, and himself attained and maintained high rank.
This is evidenced by the important cases of
