The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . As a naval officer he Avas intrepid and efficient. Hisintegrity and meekness gained him the esteem of all, and the poor neigh-bors whom he employed viewed him with the respect and affection thatchildren feel for a father. 58. VI. 110. Lurena Cole, the wife of Timothy Pickering, born inFarmington, Conn., died in Boston. On the death of her husband, Mrs. Pickering and her children becameinmates o
The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . As a naval officer he Avas intrepid and efficient. Hisintegrity and meekness gained him the esteem of all, and the poor neigh-bors whom he employed viewed him with the respect and affection thatchildren feel for a father. 58. VI. 110. Lurena Cole, the wife of Timothy Pickering, born inFarmington, Conn., died in Boston. On the death of her husband, Mrs. Pickering and her children becameinmates of Colonel Timothy Pickerings family,—an event which addedgreat happiness to his life. At this time he writes of her: I am more and * Life of John Pickering, by his daughter, ifary Orne Pickpriug. Told by bis widow, Lureua Pickeriug, to her daughter-in-law, Charlotte Pickering. The Life of Timothy Pickering, by Charles W. Upham, Vol. III. pp. 43, 325-326,and VoL IV. pp. 31, 32, 113, 117, 111). :,.«^-^!. HENRY PICKERING. [5S- VI. III.]FkOM THK Miniature by Richard, PAiNxrD in Paris, Fr.^nce, ix NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF HeNRY PICKERING, EsQ,, OF BOSTON. SIXTH GENEBATIOX. 26 inore pleasod witli the g-ood sense and discretion of Lurena. ^ In a letterto his wife, dated at Washington, Feb. 21. 1808, lie thus alludes to her: Tier p-ood sense and amiable qualities entitle her to our love. For theseand for her husbands sake she will be ever dear to us. Iler sweet andb(.autiful temperament, her cheerful spirit and manners, and her practicalwisdom were of great value to all the inmates of tlie family. She was thecompanion of Colonel Pickering and his wife to the end of their days, andproved a constant blessing to tliem. She gradually assumed the manage-ment of the household, and relieved them, as they grew older, of burdensthey were becoming less able to bear. 3Irs. Pickering was a woman of decidedly scholarly tastes, and readRees Cyclopa}dia from beginning to end. During the latter par
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