JOHN LEWIS HILDRETH was born in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 29, 1838, and graduated from the New Ipswich Appelton Academy in 1860, and from Dartmouth College in 1864, having served in the field in the employ of the United States Sanitary Commission during the latter part of his college course. He had begun to teach school in 1857, and in 1865 became Principal of the Peterborough Academy, a position which he held for nearly three years, at the same time studying medicine at the Harvard and Dartmouth Medical Schools. Graduating from the latter in 1867, he first established himself in Townsend, Massachusetts, but removed in 1870 to Cambridge, where he has since resided. Dr. Hildreth has held many public appointments in the line of his profession and otherwise, among which may be mentioned almost continuous service on the Cambridge School Board from 1873 to 1889. He has always been active in
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forwarding all forms of public improvement, particularly hygienic and sanitary. In 1873, he organized the Cambridge Dispensary, and acted as its clerk for six years. Among the notable things accomplished by him as a member of the School Committee are: the rule forbidding children in whose homes a contagious disease exists from attending school, which is now copied in almost all the cities and towns of the United States; the introduction of laboratory methods into the scientific courses of the High Schools; and a careful attention to the hygienic and sanitary arrangements of all school houses in the city.
My cousin Ollie Niemi lives at 4 Hildreth Pl in the old Wheeler house. The dam is next to his house. I'm guessing that the picture shown is what we call the Martin property today. The only other property on Hildreth Pl is at the end but too far from the dam to have both the dam and house in the same picture. The Chauncy Perry poem was interesting. Perry's grandson, also named Chauncy Perry was (is) a friend of mine. Last I knew he was living in Waltham. They owned a summer home on River Rd. Beautiful home, no electricity, murals painted by a vagabond when it was an inn (built in 1750), victim of arson in 1970s.
A relative of Chauncey Perry, Dotty Perry, recently moved to Maine. This Spring she showed John P. And me where her mother's house was off of River Rd.
I visited the Perrys a lot in the 50s and 60s. In the late 50s and early 60s Helen, Chauncy's sister, was living there with her husband John. I had a 49 Ford pickup that was olive green but I repainted bright green and yellow, sold it to John for $125. He complained to me that people would toot their horns at him thinking it was me. In 1954 I was clearing what was to become our driveway and had trouble moving a large rock. Helen, quite pregnant, happened to be walking by and helped me move that rock. Helen's child would be approximately 68 today. What was Dotty relationship to the Perrys?
Dotty is Helen's daughter. Dotty had an older sister who died not to far back and she has a younger sister now in Texas. Yes, John Bateman is her dad. Dotty is either 68 or 69 now. She showed us the swing set that was hers , still in the woods.
Yes they were. Chauncy's father was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. Chauncy graduated from Northeastern in electrical engineering the year I started at Northeastern. He got me interested in NU. He worked for Raytheon. I lived with them in Waltham in my first semester at Northeastern.
JOHN LEWIS HILDRETH was born in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 29, 1838, and graduated from the New Ipswich Appelton Academy in 1860, and from Dartmouth College in 1864, having served in the field in the employ of the United States Sanitary Commission during the latter part of his college course. He had begun to teach school in 1857, and in 1865 became Principal of the Peterborough Academy, a position which he held for nearly three years, at the same time studying medicine at the Harvard and Dartmouth Medical Schools. Graduating from the latter in 1867, he first established himself in Townsend, Massachusetts, but removed in 1870 to Cambridge, where he has since resided. Dr. Hildreth has held many public appointments in the line of his profession and otherwise, among which may be mentioned almost continuous service on the Cambridge School Board from 1873 to 1889. He has always been active in
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forwarding all forms of public improvement, particularly hygienic and sanitary. In 1873, he organized the Cambridge Dispensary, and acted as its clerk for six years. Among the notable things accomplished by him as a member of the School Committee are: the rule forbidding children in whose homes a contagious disease exists from attending school, which is now copied in almost all the cities and towns of the United States; the introduction of laboratory methods into the scientific courses of the High Schools; and a careful attention to the hygienic and sanitary arrangements of all school houses in the city.
In 1894 Dr. Hildreth accepted a call to the chair of Clinical Medicine at Tufts, and has entered into his work at the school with characteristic enthusiasm. -https://dl.tufts.edu/teiviewer/parent/dz011115g/chapter/c6s15
My cousin Ollie Niemi lives at 4 Hildreth Pl in the old Wheeler house. The dam is next to his house. I'm guessing that the picture shown is what we call the Martin property today. The only other property on Hildreth Pl is at the end but too far from the dam to have both the dam and house in the same picture. The Chauncy Perry poem was interesting. Perry's grandson, also named Chauncy Perry was (is) a friend of mine. Last I knew he was living in Waltham. They owned a summer home on River Rd. Beautiful home, no electricity, murals painted by a vagabond when it was an inn (built in 1750), victim of arson in 1970s.
A relative of Chauncey Perry, Dotty Perry, recently moved to Maine. This Spring she showed John P. And me where her mother's house was off of River Rd.
I visited the Perrys a lot in the 50s and 60s. In the late 50s and early 60s Helen, Chauncy's sister, was living there with her husband John. I had a 49 Ford pickup that was olive green but I repainted bright green and yellow, sold it to John for $125. He complained to me that people would toot their horns at him thinking it was me. In 1954 I was clearing what was to become our driveway and had trouble moving a large rock. Helen, quite pregnant, happened to be walking by and helped me move that rock. Helen's child would be approximately 68 today. What was Dotty relationship to the Perrys?
Dotty is Helen's daughter. Dotty had an older sister who died not to far back and she has a younger sister now in Texas. Yes, John Bateman is her dad. Dotty is either 68 or 69 now. She showed us the swing set that was hers , still in the woods.
Do you have Dotty's address? I'll be in Maine for the month of Sept.
I do not but I will get I for you. I believe it is up in Northern central Maine. Sure she would like to hear from you.
The Perry's fit in there somehow. She showed us the Perry lot in Center Cemetery. N.I. Quite a distinguished family!
Yes they were. Chauncy's father was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. Chauncy graduated from Northeastern in electrical engineering the year I started at Northeastern. He got me interested in NU. He worked for Raytheon. I lived with them in Waltham in my first semester at Northeastern.