Memorial of Henry Wolcott, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of some of his descendants . ential Election of 18S0 has occurred while the precedingrecord was in press, and the notes of joy with which its result was receivedare still echoing around us. The reason of this exultation is the convic-tion of the majority, that some of the fruits of the late war were staked onthe issue of the election ; and they feel a corresponding satisfaction in thebelief that it has saved those fruits, and that they are now safe grief would be inconsolable if the sacrifice had been
Memorial of Henry Wolcott, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of some of his descendants . ential Election of 18S0 has occurred while the precedingrecord was in press, and the notes of joy with which its result was receivedare still echoing around us. The reason of this exultation is the convic-tion of the majority, that some of the fruits of the late war were staked onthe issue of the election ; and they feel a corresponding satisfaction in thebelief that it has saved those fruits, and that they are now safe grief would be inconsolable if the sacrifice had been fruitless. Butthere is unspeakable comfort in the thought that lives like the above —that of one who though as a refined and gallant young man he has not,probably, left a superior, is only a representative of thousands as patriotic—were not laid in vain upon the altar of their country. Such lives fulfilledtheir high destiny; and though they closed in the prime of manhood, or ofyouth, they were longer, measured by results, than are the lives of most ofthose who live out their threescore years and LIEOT. HDOTINGTON rEOTHINGHAM WDLCOTT SEVENTH GENERATION. 401 A Memorial Volume, prepared by his mother, illustrating the career ofhonor which he had completed before he reached the age of twenty, is oneof the treasures of the household. The likeness which we give is froma portrait painted by the late W. M. Hunt, who had known him longand well, and who wrote after his death: He combined the character ofthe lovely boy and noble and devoted patriot and soldier in a morestriking manner than any one I have ever known. Lieutenant Wolcottwas buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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