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Martha Ann, 1.. Juiu' JO, iSi;; m. May 25, 1841, Jo!ni Elkana Forsyth, M. 1).
Lemuel James, b. Nov. 22, 1S20.
li'U/iaii! Mason, h. Jan. 3, 1S22. He died in earl_\ life. .Aprili4. 1.^39.
Hezekiah Holmes, b. Sept. 28, 1S24. He died in childhood, Jan. 29. 1S27.
Mary Rebecca, b. June 20, 1S27. Slie died in infanc\. Ang. 2S. 1827.
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Mrs. Anne (Cogswell') Morton in person was medium size. Slie had
clear blue ej-es, a broad but rather low foreheatl. which are characteristic fea-
tures of the descendants of her father, Mason Cogswell. She was a discreet,
witty, and a fine-looking lady. Some one said of her, " I ki]ow of no woman
who so nearly comes up to the standard of Solomon's description, 'Slie lookclli
well to the ways of ha- household.' " There were few specimens of useful or
fancy work then known in which she did not instruct her daughters. She
enjoyed with them, and encouraged their reading of sound literary and religious
books, and gave them an example which they could never forget. Her memory
is /'/ess,;/.
HON. JOHN MORTON.
Hon. John Morton, who married A/i/ie Cogswell, descended from an
English family, whose ancient homestead, dating 1300, was near Blackburn,
England. His earliest ancestor in this country was George Morton, who came
over in 1623 in the ship "Anne."
Mr. Morton's father, Lemuel Morton, was born Jan. 20, 1754, and died in
1810. His mother, Martha Newcomb, was born Oct. 12, 1760, and was the
first female child born among the colonists after their settlement in Xova
Scotia. She died Feb. 11. 1838. He was of excellent parentage, and had
good religious instruction. In early manhood he gave attention to agriculture,
and for several years had the oversight of his grandfather's farm ; subse-
quently, he purchased a tract of uncleared land, and with woodman's axe and
manly perse\erance he laid low the primeval forests and brought under ciil
tiwation many wide acres near the head waters of the Cornwallis Ri\er, not
far from the present town of Ijcrwick, X. S. ; afterwards, he sold liis new-
made farm in the wilderness, and in 1815 built a new house near where his
grandfather had lived.
Mr. Morton joined the local militia in 18 10, with the commission of Captain.
He gradually rose in command, until in 1S35 lie was appointed Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Si.xth Regiment. In 1827 he was chosen to represent Corn-
wallis in the Provincial Parliament in Halifa.x. He was appointed by the
Provincial Government, in 1835, Justice of the Peace for Kings Co., and
accepted the office of Commissioner of Sewers and Dykes. In 1840 he was
appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to the Legislative Council of the l'ro\
ince of Nova Scotia.
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