Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . were abolished betw^een that section of Middlesex countvand Boston, conferring a great blessing upon the he moved to Medford, where he died of pulmonaryconsumption. May 22. 1866, aged forty years, at the very thresh-old of a promising career. He served but two months in theoffice of Clerk of Courts, when he resigned, as methodical officework was not to his liking, and being nervous and excitable to theextreme, he fretted like a hound in the leash, t
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . were abolished betw^een that section of Middlesex countvand Boston, conferring a great blessing upon the he moved to Medford, where he died of pulmonaryconsumption. May 22. 1866, aged forty years, at the very thresh-old of a promising career. He served but two months in theoffice of Clerk of Courts, when he resigned, as methodical officework was not to his liking, and being nervous and excitable to theextreme, he fretted like a hound in the leash, to be back to theactive and strenuous life of his chosen profession, saying to a friendthat had he stayed another month he would have gone crazy!He seemed to absorb knowledge without apparent effort, and be-came a worthy antagonist of men of the stamp of Benjamin , against whom he was often pitted in court, and upon theforum. In debate he had the fire and courage of John Randolph,in cutting sarcasm the tongue of Wendell Phillips, while hisoratorical powers were not only impetuous, but seductive GENERAL JAMES DANA, of of Courts 1859. ANCTENT MIDDLESEX. 177 General James Dana, of Chai-Iestown, September tf 1859, to De-cember It J859 (3 months). J^^j^j/v^t^ <?C^^ Born there Novemher 8, 1811. Graduated from Harvard in1830. Son of Hon. Samuel Dana of Groton, a distinguishedstatesman, lawyer and jurist, and the first County Attorney oflUiddlesex County. General Dana was Mayor of , 1859, 1860. To him was due the introduction of water intothat city. Captain Charlestown Light Infantry, Colonel FourthRegiment, First Brigade Second Division, and Brigadier-GeneralThird Brigade Massachusetts Militia. A lawyer in his nativecity for many years, associated with Moses G. Cobb, who raisedCobbs, subsequently Nims battery, which performedvaliant service in the Civil war. He moved from Charlestownin 1875, to Dorchester, where he died June
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