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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., The Thatcher Magoun house. (search)
. He lived in the house at the foot of the hill, formerly called Meetinghouse hill, taken down by Mr. Thatcher Magoun about 1835. Mr. Leathe was a shoemaker and made the shoes of Mrs. Samuel Swan [his mother] when he was quite young; his wife made ladies' stays, or corsets, They were very worthy people and members of the church. Their children were John b. 1742, d. in his father's house Sept. 1815, aged 73; Sally; Richard (a baker in Watertown); and Francis b. 1762, d. Mar. 19, 1840 in Mr. Roach's house, The cellar hole of the Roach house is still (1927) visible, close to High street, near the rectory of Grace Church. age 84. John and Francis were never sent to school, but Francis learned to read and write, and was well read in the history of England and the United States. He liked very much to read the works of Henry Kirk White, was very quick at figures, often doing sums in his head. Now we quote from another page of Mr. Swan:— The visit of General Washington to C