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oard at Philadelphia, he was appointed medical
cadet of the United States army, and was
soon on duty at the Wasliington general hospital
at Memphis, Tenn., where he served until
Feb. 11, 186-i, and for the balance of his
year, until March lltli, he was on duty at the
Brown general hospital at Louisville, Ky. Dr.
Hayward then returned home, and entered tho
medical school at Bowdoin College, Maine,
from which, having passed the required examination
at the United States Medical School,
at New York City, he was appointed assistant
surgeon of United States volunteers by President
Lincoln. He was ordered to report to
position until an act of legislation discharged
all its military officers. In 1877 he was appointed
United States pension surgeon. In
1878 he was added to the faculty of the Boston
University School of Medicine, as especial
lecturer upon fractures, dislocations and gun-
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ton from the beginning. Fond of field sports
in the way. of recreation and rest, with dog,
gun and fishing rod, this taste was recognized
by the incorporated association having for its
name "The New England Field Trial Club,"
and for its object the improvement of the
hunting dog and the promotion of legitimate
field sports, by choosing him for its president.
Dr. Hayward died Nov. 21, 1905.
On June 10, 1866, Dr. Hayward married
Lemira Harris, daughter of John R. Drake,
of Easton, and they had four children : Ernest
Lowell, born Aug. 28, 1868; Ralph Morris,
born July 8, 1870; Walter Barrows, born Oct.
General Butler in Virginia, and was sent to
the 2d Division of the 10th Corps in front of
Petersburg. In a few days he was made operating
surgeon of the 10th Corps, Artillery Brigade,
making his headquarters with the 4th
New Jersey Battery. After General Butler
was superseded by General Ord, Dr. Hayward
was assigned to the position of staff surgeon,
in which capacity he was present at the fall
of Petersburg and Lee's surrender. Reaching
Richmond April 12, 1865, he was detailed
upon the department staff as assistant medical
director, which position he held until his resignation
in November following. On March
13, 1865, he was brevetted major. United
States volunteers. In the winter of 1865-66
Dr. Hayward attended lectures at Bellevue
Medical College, New York City. On April 1,
1866, he formed a partnership with Dr. George
Barrows, of Taunton, the partnership continuing
six years. In 1867 he was commissioned
surgeon of the 3d Mass. V. I., and in 1874 was
made medical director of the 1st Brigade with
the rank of lieutenant colonel, holding this
31, 1872; and Josephine Lemira, born May 11,
1876, who married Henry Burt Wright, son of
Dean Henry R. Wright, of Yale University.
(VII) Walter Baeeows Haywaed, M. D.,
son of Dr. Joseph Warren, was born in Taunton
Oct. 31, 1872, and began his education in
the public schools of his native place, graduating
in 1891. He then entered Brown
University School of Medicine, graduating
in 1897. After one year in the Boothby
hospital at Boston he began the practice of
his profession with his father in Taunton, and
continued in such relation until the death of
the latter Nov. 21, 1905. He belongs to the
Homeopathic School of Medicine, and is a
member of the staff at Morton hospital.
GEORGE TABER RUSSELL, during Ks
life a well-known citizen of the town of Acushnet,
one of the largest land owners there and
a man whose business and public activities entitled
him to recognition as one of the town's
most valuable residents, was a descendant of
one of the oldest families of Bristol county,
Mass. The first of the name in New England
was (I) John Russell. He and his wife Dorothy
were residents of Marshfield as early as
1642 or 1643, where according to the town
records Mr. Russell was elected constable. In
February, 1643-44, he was granted land. He
shot wounds, and was still acting in that capacity
at the time of his death. He was a member
of the Massachusetts Homeopathic State
Medical Society, and served as its president ;
he was also a member of the American Institute
of Homeopathy. Dr. Hayward served
twenty-one years — 1876-1897—on the school
board of Taunton, thus giving much valuable
time to its educational interests, notwithstanding
the demands of his large practice. He was
elected a director of the Parental Home Asso-
was made a freeman by the General Court at
Plymouth in June, 1644, and in the fall of
that year was granted thirty acres of land. He
is mentioned in the summer of 1645 as among
those who were willing to support a school,
and in 1646 he was chosen one of the committee
to the next court. He was chosen in
1648 one of the raters and in that same year
he was surveyor of highways of Marshfield.
Seven years later he was chosen grand juryman.
In March, 1661, he bought from the
ciation of Boston, a charitable institution for
the care of homeless children. He was one of
attorney of Miles Standish his share of the
town of Dartmouth, for the "sum of £42; and
the directors of the Morton hospital in Taun- in the deed it is "John Russell of Marshfield."'