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 . repartee. This hospitable home Avas the home of happinessin every sense. Xever were children more rrratefully affectionate than daughters, brought up under her influence and guidance, repaid her,not only by their devoted attention, but by renewing her example for theii-own children, and by the loving joy she found in their beauty, dignity, andgrace. Dear as she was to the yet younger g
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 . repartee. This hospitable home Avas the home of happinessin every sense. Xever were children more rrratefully affectionate than daughters, brought up under her influence and guidance, repaid her,not only by their devoted attention, but by renewing her example for theii-own children, and by the loving joy she found in their beauty, dignity, andgrace. Dear as she was to the yet younger generation, to whom her house wasa paradise of pleasiire, she did not win them to it by any undue possessed their respect as well as their affection. She inculcated uponher grandchildren the active use of the faculties: If you have a gift, dear,use it, is recollected by them as one of her precepts. The gift of embroidery, which she added to so many others, she contin-ued to practice through life. She designed her own patterns, sometimes SAR.\H (GOOLL) PirTNAM. [54-55. VI. .] From the Crayon by CHENtv, now in t»e possession ofRoHERi H.\LE B.\ , OF V y ;IM <<»: -W=CJ^SW,g=S^^-^ _«.AJS^<»»!C??!?3?^ -^!\ ^ ^- Q, - .^/ r / -^^ SAMUEL 154-55- VI. 10^.] From the Portrait by Chester Harding, now in the possession ofAugustus Lowell, Esq., of Boston. 1 SIXTH GENERATION. 253 turiiiliii;- wix-atliri or sprays of flowers from lier garden, and transfemngth, 111 in crewel to aprons or little diesses for her younger tlie ago of ninety or more, she was earnestly engaged in embroid-^r\- for the fairs held in behalf of our soldiers. She was one of thosewoiiifu who, in their devotion to the home, do not forget that they have At the time of Mrs. Putnams death, a printed notice of her was distrib-uted among her relatives and frii-nds. She is therein spoken of as greatlyn;vered by them, a
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