Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; . Cole, married, inHaverhill, Massachusetts, Charles R. Cogs-well ; they have three children: Harold, Annaand Truman. 9. Truman, killed in the Mex-ican war. Hezekiah Cook Bickford, M. D., fifth childand eldest son of Daniel and Patty (Adams)Bickford, born in New London, New Hamp-shire, April 27, 1817, died at Woburn, Mas-sachusetts, March 26, 1878. He obtained hismiddle name from the family name of hisgrandmother. He was able to go to schoolvery little during his childh
Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; . Cole, married, inHaverhill, Massachusetts, Charles R. Cogs-well ; they have three children: Harold, Annaand Truman. 9. Truman, killed in the Mex-ican war. Hezekiah Cook Bickford, M. D., fifth childand eldest son of Daniel and Patty (Adams)Bickford, born in New London, New Hamp-shire, April 27, 1817, died at Woburn, Mas-sachusetts, March 26, 1878. He obtained hismiddle name from the family name of hisgrandmother. He was able to go to schoolvery little during his childhood, owing to thewant of privileges in a remote country performed what work it was possible forhim to do on the farm, and about a year afterhis mothers death, the family having removedto Springfield, New Hampshire, he workedout. as the custom then was, and gave hisearnings to his father. He left home whenfifteen or sixteen years of age, and carryinghis small share of worldly goods, walked toStoneham, Massachusetts, and there foundwork for the summer with a family by thename of Richardson, and in the fall of that. ^ng .* byAH-Fdtcl^-^^ J-r-. C-^ MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 1905 year he entered the employinent of the SuffolkMlills at Lowell, Massachusetts, and there re-mained for ahout seven years. During hislast year there, he obtained evening- work asclerk in a store. After the work of the even-ing was done he did not idle away his time,but burned the midnight oil, and by hardstudy laid the foundation of his future useful-ness. He taught school when hardly twenty-one on Burpee Hill in his native town beforehe had finally separated himself from the Suf-folk Mills. At about the same time he taughtschool for one winter in Dracut, Massachu-setts. He was quick to seize the opportunitiesfor self-culture and personal advancement. Leaving the Suffolk Mills he came to Bos-ton with a view of going into business. Hisfirst venture was not successful, and he thenentered the employment of a
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