History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

Andrew Fiske was a student at Harvard College
from 183:i to 1834, but did uot graduate.
Alpheus Hubbard Bigelow, of Weston, was a
member of the Freshmau class at Harvard College
in 1834.
James Melledge Flagg, born April 18, 1817,
graduated at Harvard College in the class of ]8.j9.
He received the degree of M. A. in 1858. He was
the inventor of a remarkable loom by wiiich weaving
could be done in an entirely dift'erent manner
from that now in use. He had exhibited his loom
to the leading cotton and woollen manufacturers,
and it had received much attention. He was unsuccessful
in completing negotiations for its manu-
facture, and becoming despondent at his failure,
he committed suicide at Providence, December 18,
1879.
Frank Winthrop Bigelow, sonof Alpheus Bigelow,
graduated at Harvard College in the class of ISoi
received the degrees of M. A. and LL. B. in 1857.
He is now living in Weston.
John Lawrence Slack was a member of the
Freshman and Sophomore classes at Harvard Col-
lege from 185^ to 1854, but did not graduate.
Charles Henry Fiske, son of A. H. Fiske, Esq.,
born in Boston, October 26, 1840, graduated at
Harvard College in the class of 1860. He then
studied law in his father's office, and was admitted
to the bar, December 6, 1864, and began practice
in Boston. After his father's death, in March,
1865, he formed a partnership with Joim A.
Loring, which continued two years. He is now
practising in Boston.
Henry Slade Milton graduated at Harvard Col-
lege in 1875; studied law at tiie Boston Univer-
sity Law School, taking the degree of LL. B. in
1876. He married at Weston, November 7, 1877,
and is now practising law in Boston.
John Luke Parkhurst, great-grandson of Deacon
Joim Parkhurst, born September 7, 1789, gradu-
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ated at Brown University in 1812 ; studied theology
at Andover Theological Seminary, and was
licensed to preach by the Mendon Association, but
devoted his life to teaching. He died at Gorham,
Maine, May 30, 1850.
Alfred Wellhigton Cooke, born in Cambridge,
August 25, 1830, graduated at Harvard in 1852,
and died August 3, of the same year. He was an
earnest student, and gave great promise of emi-
nence as an artist and musician.
Daniel S. Lamson, born in Boston, June 2, 1828,
was educated in France, and graduated from the
Koyal College Bourbon in Paris, in 1846 ; passed
one year in Harvard Law Scliool in 1852, two
years in office of Sohier and Welch, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1854, but never practised law.
He was appointed major of the 16th Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in 1860, and
was promoted in 1862 to lieutenant-colonel, commanding
regiment; Avas discharged for disability
in 1864, and has since resided in Weston.
Edward Fiske, son of Augustus H. Fiske, born
in Concord, Massachusetts, September 2, 1832,
graduated at Harvard in 1853; studied law with
his father, and jjractised in Boston a few years;
died in Weston, January 31, 1870.
George Fiske, brother of Edward, born Decem-
ber 28, 1S50, graduated at Harvard in 1872, and
lives in Weston.
Andrew Fiske, another brother, born June 4,
1854, graduated at Harvard in 1875, and at the
Dane Law School in 1878. He married, June 22,
1878, Gertrude, daughter of Professor E. N. Hors-
ford, of Cambridge. He studied law in the office
of E. R. Hoar, Esq., in Boston, and was admitted
to the bar, February 16, 1880.
Edmund Hamilton Sears, son of Rev. Dr. E.
H. Sears, was born April 20, 1852 ; graduated
at Harvard in 1874, and is now teaching iu Cali-
fornia.