Lesson 13:Joseph Warren An American Hero

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Early YearsJoseph Warren was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in1741. His parents were farmers. Joseph grew up climbingapple trees and playing in the fields. Sometimes Joseph wentto Boston to sell milk from his family’s cows. He was proudof the new kind of apple his father developed. The apple hadthe family name. It was called the “Warren russet.”Then, one day, something terrible happened to theWarren family. Joseph’s father was gathering apples in theorchard. Mr. Warren fell off a ladder and broke his neck.The fall killed him. Fourteen-year-old Joseph was now theman of the family. Whenever he was home from college,he did some of the harder work on the farm.Joseph Warren grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts.Roxbury is now a neighborhood in Boston.3
Joseph started at Harvard College the year hisfather died. A story from those days shows that Josephdid not fear anything. As a joke, some college friendslocked Joseph out of the room where they lived. Josephclimbed up to the roof. Then he climbed down an olddrain pipe. When he reached his window, he climbedthrough it. Just then, the drain pipe broke and fell tothe ground. Joseph could have fallen, too! Afterward,he calmly said that the pipe had done its job.Joseph Warren’s courage was also clear in other partsof his life.A Colonial DoctorAfter graduating from college, Joseph Warrenbecame a doctor. Around that time, an epidemic startedin Boston. Many people became ill from smallpox.Dr. Warren worked hard caring for smallpox patients.He lived in the hospital for several months. During thattime, Dr. Warren treated hundreds of patients.When the epidemic ended, Dr. Warren was wellknown in Boston. People said he was gentle, charming,and sensitive. In 1764, he married Elizabeth Hooton.She was a wealthy and beautiful young woman.4
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