Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-09-13
SUDDEN DEATH OF
NJ. HOSEA WHITTEMORE.
Passed Away at His Home in New
Hampshire from Heart Failure.

Word was received here Monday of
the sudden death of \. Hosea White
more. formerly of this city which oc-
CURED late Saturday night at his home
in TamWorth n. II. He retired that
night apparently in his usual health,
but toward morning his wife awoke
upon hearing him groaning and when
she reached him he was dead. His
death was due to heart failure brought
on by Indigestion.
Nathaniel Hosea Whittemore was
born in South Boston ~ years ago, the
second son of the late Rev. Benjamin
WhittemOre and Mandana BallOu. His
father removed to Norwich in 1853
upon accepting the passionate of the
First Universalist church so that Mr..
Whittemore spent most of his boyhood
in this city His mother was the
daughter of the distinguished Univer-
salist divine, Hosea Ballou.
Entering the first class at the Nor
witch Free Academy. Mr. WhittemOre
was graduated in 1853 with the late
George c. Ripley, and his death re-
moves the last member of that class.
He was graduated from Tufts college
in 1852 with the degree of a. B. and
took up teaching as a profession. Re
turning to Norwich, he was made prin-
sjpal of the Broadway grammar school,
where he remained with marked sue
cess for about twelve years. Mr.. Whit
temOre had been very intimate with
Elbridge Smith. first principal of the
Free Academy and through his efforts
located in Dorchester in 1876, becoming
principal of the TileSton school at Mat
Japan and later principal of the Quincy
school on Tyler street. In March. 1880,
he was appointed master of the Harris
now the Mary HemenWay, school and
from that time until last spring he
remained in the service of the city of
Boston.
He was retired last summer as head
master of the Mary Hem AWAY district
under the new rule of the Boston school
department which required all teachers
to retire upon reaching the age Of TO-
AS a matter of fact his time was up
q year ago, but a later regulation al
lowed him to remain another year
Then it was that he decided to give
up teaching. and he took up his resi-
dence on his farm in New Hampshire
During his residence here Mr.. White
more was very prominent in church
affairs, and, like his brothers. the late
benjamin B. Whittemore and Maturin
NJ. WhittemOre, was especially inter-
ested in amateur theatricals Those
We're the days when the Universalist
society was the leading organization
IN Norwich in stage productions. Later
upon removing to Boston he was active
in the Grove Hall Universalist church
of Dorchester, of which he was a mem
Der at the time OF his death
AT lne Tune OF his retlreme nt in June
MIR. Whittemore was given a compIi-
mentary dinner at Young's hotel. Bos-
ton. by all the teachers he had been
associated with during his thirty wears
Of service in Boston and presented a
sold watch. He was a man of marked
intellectual gifts and those with the
advantages of a liberal education made
him very successful. as a teacher Per
.sonally he was delightful companion
with his rich fund of humor and his
faculty of mimicry He was member
of, Somerset lodge, No. "a. F. and A. NJ
and FRANKLIN chapter, No. 4. r A. NJ
of this city.
During his entire life he maintained
his interest in the Free Academy. and
on the occa sion of the fortieth ami
versary of the institution he made the
presentation of the portrait of Prof
Smith, his old teacher and valued
friend. HeaTis survived by hts wife
who was Miss Ida T. Billiard of Nor
witch, one son. Murray Whittemore of
Boston and q DAUGHTER. Mrs. Roscoe
r. Storer, of Needham. Mass. The
body will be taken to Lancaster. Mass
for burial.