Evening star., 1909-05-20
IN MEMORY OF WOMEN
Another Shaft as Mark of
Honor to Hannah Ouston.
TRIBUTE TO Jennie WADE
Artistic Statue in Portland, Ore, Of
Young Squaw.
GUIDE FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
Woman Points Out Path for the Ex-
pedition-Called Mother of
the State.
GUIDE FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
BY WILLIAM r. CURTIS.

1t appears that there is still another
monument to the memory of Hannah
Dustin of Haverhill. Mass. the lady who
an island in the Merrimac river in 1897,
making three monuments and one me-
mortal tablet to remind this and future
generations of her extraordinary bravery
and endurance.
In 1855 an association was organized
at Haverhill for ''the purpose of purchas
ing. inclosing and improving" the site
upon which her house stood on Monu-
ment street, about tUo miles from the
city hall and to erect a memorial there
on. This site consisted of about a half
acre of ground surrounded by the farm
Of Reuben James. A contract was made
In 1861 with Pickering & Co, who erect
ed a shaft of Italian marble with
square base OF granite, altogether twen-
ty-four feet in height.
Inscriptions on Monument.
On the front face was shield surround
ed by the various war like implements
peculiar to the times intended to be COM
memorated, viz: musket. ball pouch. pow
der horn. bow and arrows, tomahawk,
scalping knife, etc, and the inscription:
Erected by the Dustin Monument Asso-
citation. A. D. 1851" The other face bore
the following inscriptions: On the back:
Thomas Duston married Hannah Emer-
nah. born August 90. 1878; Elizabeth,
born May Z, 1880; Mary. born November
!. 1881; Thomas, born January :. 1883;
Nathaniel. born May Is. 1855; John. born
February .. 1888; Sarah, born July I,
1888; Abigail. born October. 1880: Jona-
nd
Mehitable. born September "a, 1894: Mar
tha. born March 8. 1877; Lydia, born Oc-
tober 4, 1885,
On the right:
nah Emerson. wife of Thomas Duston.
Born in this town, December 23. 1857;
captured by the Indians, March Ii, 1897
tat which time her baby. then but six
days old. was barbarously murdered. by
having it's brains dashed out against a
tree), and taken to an island in the Mer-
rimac, at Pennacook. near Concord, n. H.
On the night of April %, 1897. assisted
by Mary Neff and Samuel Lennardson,
she killed ten of the twelve savages in
her captor's gun, ais trophies of her re-
markahle exploit, she embarked on the
waters of the Merrimac, and after much
suffering arrived at her home in safety"
On the left:
Thomas Duston, on the memorable
18th OF March. 1887, when his house was
attacked and burned. and his wife cap
tured by the savages. herocally defend
ed his seven children and successfully
covered their retreat to garrison"
Take Down Marble Column.
Owing to misunderstanding which it
is unnecessary to relate the bill of Pick
ering & Co., the contractors, amounting
to $1.10O, was not paid, and In 1863 they
took down the marble column and re-
moved it to Barre, Mass, where it is
now standing as a memorial to the Grand
Army OF the Republic.
In the meantime the site OF Thomas
Dustin's house was neglected until 1909.
when one of his descendants undertook
the patriotic duty of redeemng it and
placing a new memorial upon the old
foundation. A boulder, washed by the
waters of the Merrimac from the slopes
OF the White mountains, a distance OF
more than 2OO miles, in some past age,
was selected as proper monument. 1t
weighs thirty-five tons: and is covered
porphery. and is symbolical of the stern
and determined character of the heroine
1t Is intended to honor. The old aSsOcia
tion had some money in the bank, which
has been increasing from the interest
since tt was contributed half a century
ago. THE Dustin Genealogy," an asso-
citation of Hannah Dustn's descendants,
contributed something; a prominent Of
fetal in Washington gave generous do
nation, and the remainder of the ex
penses were paid by the citizens of Hav
erhill. The committee is now laying out
the grounds, and the monument will be
dedicated during the summer time.
Marble Figure of Woman.
In the citizens cemetery Of Gettysburg
is a marble figure of a beautiful woman
wearing loose robe. which was erected
several years ago by the Woman's Re-
lief Corps of the Department of Iowa, as
memorial TO Miss Jennie Wade, who
was killed on the morning of July ,, 1868,
while baking bread for the Union soldiers
in little brick house on Baltimore street.
citizen of Gettysburg who was killed dur
ing the battle. The house, which is a
small one-story structure of brick. with
an attic, Is now used as q museum for
relics of the Gettysburg battlefield, and
shows hundreds of scars from bullets and
shell.
Mr.. s. D. McUmber of Danville, H..
says "A sister of Miss Wade Is Mrs.
Matte Wade McClelland, for many years
past resident of Denison. iowa. and
prominent in the ranks of the w. r. {.
of that state. The parental home of
these two women was located on the Get
tysburg battlefield, and July >, and I,
1900, was in the center Of that memoir
a BILE conflict. At the time Mrs. McClel-
land was lying i'll with a newborn babe
in her mothers home. The mother-Mrs.
Wade-and her younger daughter. Jen
ME, busted themselves during the battle
in caring for the wounded soldiers of the
Union army, filing canteens with water
from the family well, baking bread for
the hungry men, etc. During a brief
respite from their patriotic labors Jennie
Wade entered the room occupied by her
sick sister, Mrs. McClelland. to admins
ter to the needs Of the invalid, and while
standing by the sisters bedside a shot
from the Confederate army crashed
through the walls of the house, killing
her instantly
Some six or seven years ago, out of
love and respect for Mrs. McClelland,
who is a past department president of
the W. r. c. of Iowa, the patriotic
ladies OF that organization contributed
the money to pay for a monument in
honor of the mart. red sister of their be-
loved comrade, which marks the spot
where repOses the dust Of noble Jennie
Wade"
Won a High Record.
In The Women of the Century Mrs 4
Phoebe a. landlord says: The women
Of Gettysburg won for themselves a high
and honorable record for their faithful
ness to the flag, their generosity and
their devotion to tine wounded. Chief
among these, since she gave her life for
the cause, we must reckon Mrs. Jennie
Wade. who continued her generous work
of baking bread for the Union army till
a rebel shot killed her instantly. a
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