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504 HISTOEY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
sachusetts, he was stricken down with a sudden
attack of blindness and dizziness. Rallying from
tins, he continued his labors for three years, until
February, 1852, when he was attacked by paralysis
as he was finishing a written argument to be delivered
before the United States Court at Washing-
ton. During his last illness he presented a rich
silver communion service to the Unitarian Church
where he worshipped, in Bangor. He died Octo-
ber 10, 1854, aged fifty-seven.
May Newell, of Weston, entered Harvard Col-
lege in 1814, and remained two years, but did not
graduate.
Nathan Welby Fiske, born April 17, 1798,
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1817, and
was a tutor there from 1818 to 1820; studied at
Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1823-24
Literature at Amherst College from 1S24 to 1836,
when he was transferred totiie chair of Intellectual
and Moral Philosophy. He was " a man justly
esteemed for his eminent talents as well as his virtues."
Speaking of him and his associates, Dr. H.
B. Hackett, at the semi-centennial of Amherst
College (1871), made use of these words: "The
age is heroic that produces heroic men ; and it was
these early trials of courage, faith, and disinterest-
edness, which gave us such characters as those of
Heman Humphrey, Edward Hitchcock, Nathan
W. Fiske, and others. I account it one of my
greatest obligations to the college that it gave me
the benefit of the example and teachings of such
men. I can truthfully say that my remembrance
of their disinterestedness, fidelity, and self-denial
has ever been among the best inspirations of my
life." He died in Jerusalem, May 27, 1847,
while on a journey in Palestine for the recovery of
his health, and his body was buried in a small
cemetery on Mount Zion, near the tomb of the
Psalmist David. Five years later Dr. Hackett, on
his visit to Jerusalem, made arrangements for the
planting of two cypresses over the gr;i\c of his
lioUDnil teacher and well-belovi'd IViciKJ. .V
l,atni epitaph, setting forth his cliaracter in just
terms, is inscribed upon his tonihslone. He pub-
lished a )l,nni,il of ClaHs'u-al ]/il,'mlin;-, based
upon the (lernian work of J. J. Kschcnbnrg, with
liiige addiiions and a suppletnentary vohnne of
plates, I'Inladelphia, 1830 (fourth edition IS 1.3);
also YoiDiff Peler's Tour aroninl l/n' ll'ar/J, and
Utori/ of Aleck; or, llldory of Pilau m'.s island.
Bradford Eussell, born N^ovember 17, 1796,
was graduated at Harvard College in 1818. He
studied law with Hon. James Prescott, of Grotoii,
three years ; was admitted to the bar, and estab-
lished himself in the practice of his profession in
Groton. He died July 8, 1864, in Clinton, Massa-
chusetts.
Elijah Bigelow, born November 3, 1799, brother
of Alpheus, graduated at Harvard College in 1819.
He died May 31, 1830.
Henry Payson Kendal, youngest son of Rev.
Samuel Kendal by his second wife, was born Jan-
uary 31, 1800 ;
baptized as Payson, and afterwards
had Henry prefixed to his name. He graduated at
Harvard College in 1820, and died in Weston, at the
house of his mother, February 4, 1832.
Charles Flagg, born April 25, 1799, graduated
spent a winter in Savannah, Georgia, in missionary at Harvard College in 1820. He became insane, and
labors ; was Professor of the Greek Language and was placed in the McLean Asylum, December 3,
1825, where he died August 26, 1832.
Augustus Henry Fiske, born in Weston, Sep-
tember 19, 1805, was fitted for college at Framingham
Academy, and graduated at Harvard in 1825.
He studied law at the Law School in Cambridge,
and with his father, and established himself in
Boston, where he met with remarkable success.
He entered into a partnership with Benjamin
Rand, which continued until the death of the lat-
ter. Charles Sumner was a student at their office.
" He was a most thoroughly read lawyer, and his
practice was extensive, almost without a j)arallel in
Boston." He married Miss Hannah R. Bradford,
daughter of Gamaliel Bradford, by whom he had ten
children. He died in Boston, March 22, 1865.
Francis Gourgas, of Weston, was a member of
the Freshman class at Harvard College in 1826.
Samuel Warren, of Weston, took the degree of
M. D. at the Harvard Medical School in 1829.
Josiah Quincy Loring, born in Boston, April 10,
1811, was fitted for college at the Boston Latin
School; entered Harvard College in 1825; left at
the end of his Sophomore year, but rejoined his
class at the beginning of the Senior year, and grad-
uated with them in 1829. He spent one year in
the Law School ; tried teaching and the mercantile
business, but finally removed to Weston, where he
purchased a farm, and engaged in agriculture the
remainder of his life. He married Miss Chris-
tian W. Rcnton, daughter of Dr. Peter Renton, of
Boston. He died April 6, 1862. He donated a
fine set of the ancient classics and several rare
volumes to Harvard College Library.