TITLE: Archive Obituaries & Listed Deaths MA, CT, ME, NY, NH, RI, OH, SOURCE: New England Puritan, published Boston, Thursday, Jan. 29, 1852 & Thursday, Mar. 31, 1842 TRANSCRIBER: Marilyn Labbe ***************************************************************************** ************************ Thursday, Jan. 29, 1852 ************************ Death by Accident on a Railroad Mr. Arnold Welles Brown Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Arnold Welles Brown, a son of Dr. J. B. Brown, of this city, was killed on the Newton Branch Railroad. He had been out to Newton Lower Falls, on a visit to his uncle, Dr. Warren, and while crossing one of the bridges in that place, on his way to the depot to take the cars on his return, he was met by the train. The bridge was narrow, and although Mr. Brown, on discovering his perilous position, stood close against the railing, he was struck by the step of the second car, rolled under the cars, and thrown off the bridge a mangled corpse. His death was as sudden as it was awful. A coroner's inquest held on the body acquitted the conductor and the engineer of the train of all blame, every effort having been made to avert the catastrophe; but the jury found that the bridge was too narrow for safety. Mr. Brown was a student at Andover Theological Seminary, and was a young man of much promise. His sudden and afflictive death will be lamented by a large circle of friends. He was about 25 years of age.--Traveller of Thursday. OBITUARIES Capt. Tilley Richardson At the residence of Wines H. Skeels, Esq. in Watertown, NY, on the 14th inst., Capt. Tilley Richardson, 93. He has left to mourn his loss, one hundred and twenty children, grand-children, and great-grand-children. Capt. Richardson volunteered as a soldier at the commencement of the War of the Revolution; he was at the taking of Burgoyne in 1779; he emigrated from New Hampshire to Litchfield, in Herkimer Co., NY, in 1792, and from thence to Watertown in 1802, and settled on the farm on which he died. He was a kind husband and father, a good neighbor and a peace maker. He has never been a party in a litigated suit, and very rarely, if ever, has such a suit originated in his neighborhood. He had no enemies, and as many friends as knew him and enjoyed his acquaintance. His heart and hand has always been open to the wants of the poor. His integrity was never questioned. Community has lost a good citizen and his numerous family their best friend. The deceased was a maternal uncle of one of the editors of this journal. A daring exploit was performed by Capt. Richardson, when the American and British armies lay on Rhode Island. One day he observed two horses, who had strayed from the British lines toward the American camp. He formed the purpose of bringing them in, and went round them and started them for the American lines. The British saw him and commenced firing a cannon at him. The first ball came within a short distance of him; nothing daunted, he still continued to drive on his horses, at the same time keeping watch of the cannon. When he saw its flash, he fell upon the ground; each ball came nearer and nearer, one ball ploughing the ground by his side, half covering him with dust; he arose, swung his hat, and hurrahed. The British gunner felt sure of his object at the next shot; but Capt. R. reached a hay stack before the next discharge of the cannon. The ball passed through the edge of the stack, and did him no harm. He drove both horses into the camp, brought them to head-quarters, and received pay for them. This exploit was done in full view of both armies. The American army watched his progress with intense anxiety, cheering him only repeated huzzas. Mrs. Martha Brainerd Wilson In Marietta, OH, 10th inst., Mrs. Martha Brainerd Wilson, 70. She was born at Lebanon, CT Jan. 18, 1782, and married in 1798 to Stephen R., son of Col. Benjamin Wilson, an officer of the revolutionary army, and a member of the Virginia Convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States. During the ministry of the Rev. S. P. Robbins, in the year 1819, she united with the Congregational Church of Marietta, OH, of which her father was one of the first two deacons. Her life of active piety, her walks of usefulness and love, her unpretending yet watchful and sweet charities, as well as the beautiful symmetry of her whole character attest the genuiness of her faith in Christ. Her end was peace. Death came suddenly, perhaps unexpectedly; but it did not find her unprepared. At midnight there was a cry made; Behold the bridegroom cometh. We cannot doubt that her lamp was burning. DEATHS In the City, 10th inst., Mr. Joseph NEWELL, 23; 17th inst., Mr. William LAWSON, 45. In South Boston, 20th inst., of apoplexy, Mr. Francis HALL, 73y7m. In Lynn, 18th inst., Mr. James MUDGE, 67. In Salem, 23d inst., Mrs. Beulah, widow of the late Mr. Stephen B. DOCKHAM, 70. In Beverly, Mr. George Herrick HANNA, 82. He was of the fourth generation of the descendants of George HERRICK, an emigrant from England, who came to Salem in 1685. In Beverly Farms, 20th inst., Phillis, the well known faithful and laborious colored woman, who for half a century or more served so large a number of families in that town as washerwoman, and in other service. Many have supposed her to be over 100 years of age, but as according to her own recollection she was only about a dozen years old when the Battle of Lex- ington took place, her age was probably 90 at her decease. In Weston, 24th inst., Capt. Nathan FISKE, 91yrs 6m--a revolutionary pen- sioner. In Falmouth, 19th inst., Hon. E. SWIFT, 77. He represented his native town in the Legislature for several successive years, and for two years was a member of the Executive Council. In Attleboro, 22d inst., Capt. Caleb PARMENTER, 93 yrs. last August. Mr. P. leaves a widow of the same age, having lived together, in the marriage rel- ation, seventy-two years. He was a revolutionary pensioner, having served his country two years in the revolution, and was present at three engage- ments--on Dorchester Heights, in Rhode Island, and at Rowland's Ferry, near Fall River. In Stockbridge, 10th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth, mother of Rev. Dr. Chester DEWEY, of Rochester, NY, 93. In Cummington, 18th inst., Mr. Sylvanus SHAW, 87,--a revolutionary pensioner. In Hartford, 21st inst., Charles SEYMOUR, Esq., 75; 15th inst., Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Elisha ARNOLD, 36. In Litchfield, CT, 19th inst., Miss Sarah PIERCE, 84--for a long time at the head of a celebrated Female School in that place. In Providence, RI, 15th inst., Mrs. Abby W., wife of Mr. Otis T. STANLEY, 36; 18th inst., Mr. Robert C. WOODBURY, 24. In East Lyman, NH, Mr. Isaac PARKER, 88--one of the first settlers of the town. In Portland, ME, 21st inst., Dr. Warren E. CHASE, 45--formerly of Boscawen, NH. In Frankfort, ME, 16th inst., Capt. Lemuel KEMPTON, 73. In Augusta, ME, 15th inst., Capt. David WALL, 78. He died in the house where he was born, and where he had always resided. *********************** THURSDAY, MAR. 31, 1842 *********************** DEATHS In this city, on Tuesday last, in peaceful hope of a blessed immortality, Mrs. Susan GORE STODDARD, wife of Dea. Lewis T. STODDARD, aged 33 years. In Boston, Primus HALL, a respectable colored citizen, and a revolutionary pensioner of the United Sates, aged 84. In Malden, 15th inst. Mrs. Betsey, wife of Mr. Wm. BANKS, 74. In Salem, 26th inst., Mrs. Louisa GREEN, widow of the late Rev. Samuel GREEN, of Boston, 49. In Marshfield, 22d inst., Capt. Luther LITTLE, 86--a hero of the revolution. In Georgetown, ME, Mrs. Jane EMMONS, widow of the late Benjamin EMMONS, Esq. formerly of Boston, 75. In Lebanon, CT, 17th inst., Mrs. Abigail FITCH, 88. Mrs. F. was the sister of Hon. Jeremiah MASON of Boston. In Wethersfield, CT, 21st inst., Wm. MARTIN, aged 6, son of Amasa and Nancy CALDWELL. At Newington, CT, 23d inst., Miss Caroline DEMING, eldest daughter of Dea. Levi DEMING, 32--an example of early piety--charitable in life--peaceful in death. In East Windsor, CT, the 17th inst., Mr. Wm. F. ANDROSS, 46. In Brooklyn, CT, 11th inst., of consumption, Catharine B. SAGE, in the 49th year of her age, daughter of the late Ebenezer SAGE, Esq. of Middletown, CT. In Hartford, on the 19th inst., of a pulmonary complaint, Mr. Timothy C. 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