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Mabel Cummings Harrington:
Birth: 12 Jan 1874 in Salem, New Hampshire.
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Note: VI Leonard Harrington son of Leonard Bond and Margaret G Hersey Harrington was born in Salem Massachusetts September 4 1842 and died there March 4 1888 He was educated in the Salem schools and from the time he married until his death he always maintained a comfortable home in that city On September 15 1862 at the age of twenty one years he enlisted in Company A of the Fiftieth Massachusetts Infantry Salem Light Infantry for nine months and served one year under General Banks and took part in the siege of Port Hudson In 1863 at the end of one year in the service Mr Harrington was mustered out and returned to his home in Salem He had performed a soldier's duty faithfully and fortunately escaped without wound or serious illness while in the army but the hardships of soldier life in the far south in a region where climatic diseases were prevalent affected his general health in later years and proved a contributing cause of his untimely death His father had urged him not to enlist and offered to provide a substitute to take his place in the ranks but the young man felt it his duty to go and share the fortunes of war with his comrades of the Salem Light Infantry many of them his companions of boyhood days When the men of Company A took the train for New York City whence they were to sail for the south the elder Harrington went with them and on Thanksgiving day 1862 was host of the entire company at a complimentary dinner at which also a number of military officers and a few invited guests were present But that was only one of the characteristic kindnesses for which the elder Harrington was noted and he always took much pleasure in doing something that would contribute to the comfort and enjoyment of others Leonard Harrington was like his father in many respects a capable successful business man and his life all too short at best was characterized by the same straightforward honesty good judgment and generous spirit that marked his father's career and gave him such prominence in trade circles throughout the country and like his father the son was a man of kind impulses quiet domestic habits benevolent disposition and nowhere did his generous nature display to better advantage than within the sacred precincts of home at the fireside in his love of family and unselfish devotion to their comfort and in his loyalty to friends and in his loose pursestrings for the relief of distressed persons and the appeals of deserving charities Mr Harrington was a comrade of Phil Sheridan Post No 34 Grand Army Republic and a member of the Colonial Club He frequently attended post meetings occasionally was seen at club but he always felt that when released from the cares of business his most enjoyable place was home with wife and daughter to both of whom he was entirely devoted and they to him in equal generous measure In business life Mr Harrington was a manufacturer and jobber of leather for many years in partnership with John Cummings under the firm style of Jno Cumm ings & Co with tannery and factory at Wo burn and principal sales offices in Boston The destruction by fire of the firm's extensive plant at Woburn resulted in heavy financial losses and removal to Boston in 1873 but did not affect the stability of the concern in business circles On December 4 1871 Leonard Harrington married Ellen Langmaid a woman of admirable qualities of mind and heart and whose greatest pleasure is found in contributing to the happiness of those about here She was born in Salem daughter of John Pousland and Rebecca Morrison Taylor Langmaid granddaughter of Thomas and Grace Pous iand Langmaid and a descendant on both sides of good old New England stock see Langmaid family Mr and Mrs Harrington had one daughter Mable Cummings Harrington now Mrs Mabel Cox born in Salem January 12 1874. http://books.google.com/books?id=H89DXKVm4qcC&pg=PA1952&dq=genealogy+of+Matthew+Taylor,+Salem,+New+Hampshire&hl=en&ei=Y7uaTrziMoSeiQLclYywDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Taylor&f=false
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