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they had children : Israel, born in 1689 ; Joseph, daughter,
1694; Thomas, 1697; Nathaniel, 1700; John,
1704. Nathaniel went to Easton and was there
in 1737 and 1729. John died in 1730, and his
brother Israel i?ettled his estate.
(III) Joseph Alger, son of Israel, married
in 1719 Mary, daughter of William Ames, and
Mrs. Kelley, at whose residence Mr.
Alger died in August, 1901. He was buried in
Cochesett cemetery. West Bridgewater.
In 1843 Mr. Alger was married, in East
Bridgewater, to Elizabeth W. Lothrop, a native
of Livermore Falls, Maine, daughter of Cyrus
and Mary (Willis) Lothrop. Mrs. Alger was
they had children: Mary, born in 1720 (married
Abner Hayward in 1739) ; Joseph, 1723;
Patience, 1726 (married Isaac Lathrop in
1743); Bethiah, 1729 (married Isaac Lazell
in 1748); John, 1733; Susanna, 1734 (married
Ephraim Burr in 1755); Nathan, 1737;
Edmund, 1739.
(IV) Joseph Alger (3), son of Joseph, married
in 1747 Naomi, daughter of Elisha Hay-
ward, and they had children : Edward,
born in
1750; Bethia, 1752 (married Joseph Johnson
in 1771) ; Mary, 1754 (married Nathaniel Perkins
in 1775) ; Hannah, 1757 (married Jacob
Hewins in 1776) ; Silence, 1759 (married Barnabas
Dunbar in 1780): Joseph, 1762;
Susanna, 1767; Ebenezer, 1769.
(V) Ebenezer Alger, son of Joseph (3),
married in 1793 Polly Capen, of Sharon, and
had: Otis, born in 1793 (married Susanna Perkins
in 1817) ; Polly, 1795 (married Waldo
Hayward, Jr., in 1816 and died in 1817) ; Lucy,
1797; Ebenezer, 1799; Nancy, 1801 (married
Waldo Hayward, Jr., in 1818); Eliza, 1803;
Sanford, 1805; William, 1808.
(VI) Otis Alger, son of Ebenezer, resided in
the towTi of Bridgewater, Mass. He married
quite young when she moved with her parents
to East Bridgewater, which had formerly been
their home, and there she was educated. She
was a school teacher, before her marriage, and
throughout her long life was esteemed for her
intelligent, helpful nature and high principles.
She was her husband's able assistant during all
the years he was connected with the almshouse
in Plymouth county. She died Feb. 37, 1903,
at the age of eighty years, and is buried beside
her husband in West Bridgewater. Three
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Alger:
Charles F., born in 1845, now living in Hingham
(he was a soldier in the Civil war) ;
Frank, born July 8, 1846 ; and Mary E., born
in 1853, now the wife of Joseph Kelley and
residing in Brockton.
(VIII) Frank Alger, son of Columbus, was
born in West Bridgewater July 8, 1846, and
was educated in the public schools of that town.
At an early age he started in to learn the blacksmith's
trade at the Bridgewater Iron Works
Susanna Perkins in 1817 and they became the
parents of four cliildren : Columbus, William
0., Mary and Lucy Ann.
(VII) Columbus Alger, son of Otis, was born
in West Bridgewater, Mass., in 1830, and there
grew to manhood. He learned the trade of iron
molder in West Bridgewater, which trade he
followed for some time, until he received the
appointment of keeper of the poor farm at
West Bridgewater, where he spent five years.
After this experience he became keeper of the
poor farm at East Bridgewater, where he remained
one year, changing from there to Hinghani,
Mass., having been appointed superintendent
of the poor farm there. He was engaged
at that place eight years, until he resigned
to accept a like position at the new
almshouse at Eockland, Mass., where he also
served faithfully for eight years. His next
charge was at Abington, Mass., where he was
keeper of the town almshouse until the building
was destroyed by fire. From that time to
the end of his life he lived retired, making hi*
in Bridgewater, where
During
he spent three years.
home in Brockton, where he and his devoted
wife spent their declining years with their
the Civil war lie enlisted, in "jun^,
1863, at West Bridgewater, in Company I, 40th
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, Mounted
Infantry, under Col. Burr Porter, Capt. William
Harper. The company was in the battle
of Baltimore Cross Roads, Va., and was present
dui'ing the last day's fight at Gettysburg,
but did not participate in the battle. Its first
camp was at Miner's Hill, Ya., across the Potomac,
and thence the command went to the
forts in front of Charleston and took part in
the siege of Fort Wagner and battle of Morris
Island. Thence they were sent on the Florida
expedition. At that time the regiment was
commanded by Col. (later Gen.) Guy V. Henry,
who had succeeded Col. Joseph Dalton. Mr.
Alger was with the company up to and including
the battle of Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864,
at which engagement he was wounded and left
on the field in a supposedly dying condition.
The following letter explains itself:
Camp 40th Ma.ss. Vols., near Jacksonville,
Fla., Mar. 12, 1864.
Mr. Alqer.
Dear Sir:— It is with feelings of deep regret that
I am called upon to perform the painful duty of announcing
to you the death of your son, Frank Alger,
of my company. He was killed in the battle of
Olustee, on the afternoon of Feb. 20th, while nobly