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He was born in
Marblehead, Mass., November 4, 1818, died, in
Somerville December 19, 1901, and was son of Isaac and
Sarah Martin (
Bowen) Story.
He was nephew of
the Hon. Joseph Story, justice of the supreme court of the
United States, grandson of
Dr. Elisha Story, who was a surgeon in the
Revolutionary War, a member of the Sons of Liberty, and of the
Tea Party, and was one of the patriots who captured the
British cannon on Boston Common, one of which is now in
Bunker Hill monument.
He fought in the battles of
Lexington and
Bunker Hill beside
General Warren, an intimate friend, and later was in charge of the wounded at
Winter Hill, and was with
Washington at
Long Island,
White Plains, and
Trenton.
His maternal grandfather,
Sergeant, afterwards
Lieutenant,
Nathan Bowen, was one of the soldiers who, under
General Heath, guarded the Hessian prisoners on Winter Hiil, and his father, Isaac Story, commanded the
Marblehead Light Infantry in the
War of 1812.
Mr. Story was educated at the Lynn Academy, and at the
Pierce Academy,
Middleborough.
In 1839, at twenty years of age, he was principal of the Franklin Academy,
Kutztown, Pa., and afterwards of Bertie Union Academy, North Carolina, and later taught in
Maryland.
He studied law in
Philadelphia, Pa., and in
Lynn, Mass. In 1843 he entered the law office of
Hon. Charles Theodore Russell, father of
Governor Russell, where he was associated with
John A. Andrew, later war governor of
Massachusetts.
He was admitted to the bar in 1844, and to practice in the
United States courts in 1845, practicing most of the time in
Boston until 1873, when he was appointed justice of
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tile police court of
Somerville, holding his court in the present city hall until the erection of the court house on Bow street. He held the office of justice until his death.
He was married in 1846 to
Elizabeth Bowen Woodbury, of
Beverly, who died in 1888, and second to
Mary Ann Chase, of
Lynn.
Judge Story came to
Somerville in 1853, and had resided here ever since, excepting from 1857 to 1861.
In 1856 he represented
Somerville in the legislature, and was for many years on its school board.
He was a student of genealogy and history, a gentleman of literary tastes and abilities, his favorite study being Egyptology, his research into its history and mysteries extending over very many years.
A widow and three sons survive him. One son, William E., is a professor of mathematics in Clark University, another, Frederick W., is an attorney-at-law in
Baltimore, Md., and the third, Isaac M., an engineer of great experience, being for some time chief engineer of the Boston & Lowell railroad, and now representing the city of
Somerville in the legislature.
Judge Story was a gentleman of friendly mien and courtly planners, and as a magistrate he tempered justice with mercy and sympathy.
His loss is mourned by all who knew him.
