| covenant_signed | Weak, emaciated, with chest, throat, mouth & lips sore, fever, 1852.02.06. Erysipelas 1852.02.24. Symptoms: peeling skin, chills, swelling, 1852.03.23. Unable to speak above a whisper 1853, NOC. Weakness, fever, roaring in his head, pain in neck, 1853.09.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Lost weight, 1854.03.10. Gradually failing, 1854.07.15. To Saratoga Springs for his health, very much impaired, 1860.07.20, NOC.TDM.
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| health | Nephew of Mother Lucy Wright: see Woodbridge Wright. Names, Ages & Birth Places, OClWHi.III:A-8. Appointed to Hancock Ministry Oct 1816[?], MPH.8342. Wrote diary 1818-1860, DeWint.857. Moved from Tyringham to Hancock 1818.10.20, MPH.4395. 2d Elder, Hancock Ministry 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Conferred with Ministry at New Lebanon 1821.08.29, DLCms.42. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. 2d in Hancock Ministry 1843.04.20, OClWHi.II:B-126. Supported pork ban: GW letter to Rufus Bishop, 1848.06.05, OClWHi.IV:A-19. Told New Lebanon Ministry about 2d Family using pork, 1849.02.26, NOC.TDM. Tirade about hypocrites, letter 1849.04.19, OClWHi.IV:A-19. At inquiry into Solomon Wollison, 15 brethren decided to excommunicate 1849.06.21, NOC.TDM. GW & Thomas Damon painted Meetinghouse exterior, 'A big days work for two hands,' 1850.06.03, NOC.TDM. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 61, born MA. 'Weak & emaciated, with chest, throat, mouth and lips full of soreness, fever & disorder,' Thomas Damon letter to Ministry, 1852.02.06, OClWHi.IV:A-10. 'Mary Whitcher was in the right ... as to my disease ... Erysipelas ... about 10 days after my return to Enfield, the Erysipelas made its appearance on the surface. – My hands have pealed nearly all over ... now quite tender,' other symptoms: chills, swelling, GW letters to Grove Blanchard 1852.02.24 & 1852.03.23, OClWHi.IV:A-20. For years 'partially deprived of his voice and at this time is not able to speak above a whisper,' 1853.06.14, NOC 12,792, p11. GW confidential letter to Grove Blanchard, 1853.07.25, OClWHi.IV:A-20. More symptoms & trip to salt water: Hancock Ministry letter to Ministry, 1853.09.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Lost 10-12 lbs, Hancock Ministry letter to Grove Blanchard, 1854.03.10, OClWHi.IV:A-20. 'Failing quite gradual,' Hancock Ministry letter to Ministry, 1854.07.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Wrote pocket diary (1854), DeWint.822-1. 1855 MA census Hancock family 24 (Chh Family): age 66, minister, born MA. 'Go to N. Lebanon. Eld. Grove proposes to be released from his official burden on account of ill health. Request not granted,' 1855.10.05, NOC.TDM. Made 801 swifts & 201 pails,1855; 1152 swifts & 200+ pails, 1856; 925 swifts & 292 pails, 1857; 466 swifts & 197 pails, 1858, MPH.4395. Comments on turn-backs, GW letter to Harvard Ministry 1858.12.10, OClWHi.IV:A-10. Wrote pocket diary (1860), DeWint.822-2. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee Chh family 2215: Hancock Ministry 1st Elder, age 71, born MA. To Saratoga Springs for Water Cure 2 weeks; 'At first he seemed to improve considerable, his appetite was better, and his voice which had almost entirely failed him during the summer, appeared to gain its wonted tone,' but in few weeks, lost all he had gained, 1860.08.04, NOC.TDM. Left Hancock Ministry for health reasons 1860.10.07, MPH.8000 p1. Retired due to ill health, Grove Wright letter to Harvard Ministry 1860.10.10, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Attended Meeting with Chh & took leave of the society, 'An affecting scene. All felt that he had been a friend and father to them. Elder Grove goes to Enfield to stay thro the winter, it being his choice to do so,' 1860.10.28-29, NOC.TDM. Described: medium height, a large head filled with common sense, peaceable, quiet, retiring, & 'not considered a good public man,' MPH.8338. Death, Hancock Ministry letter to New Lebanon Ministry 1861.05.02, OClWHi.IV:A-10. Died of heart disease & pleurisy 1861.04.25, OClWHi.III:A-12. Memorial: 'Having been actively engaged in the counsels of the Ministry for nearly half a century, combining in a desirable degree a copious & retentive memory, his advice was frequently sought & with the same faith and confidence that attatches to an oracle. But his sweet voice, always kind and persuasive, is forever hushed to our outward senses. He only lives in our memories, in the bright & spotless example he has left us and the good that he has done to the cause of truth & virtue,' Hancock Ministry letter to Harvard Ministry 1861.10.20, OClWHi.IV:A-65.
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