Mary Faxon (1800-1883), Adeline's mother. She grew up in Needham, MA and married John Gardiner Faxon in 1826.
Elizabeth ("Lizzy") Faxon (1837-1924), nearing age 13, is the author's younger sister. The family later moved to Walpole, NH where there are more than one accounts of her being the most beautiful woman in town. In 1857, she married William Benoni Tobey whose mother was Sarah Lockwood, sister of Amos Lockwood who married Sarah Fuller Deming, the sister of Elizabeth's mother. After living in other states, she returned to Walpole after the death of her husband in 1888.
John Faxon (1840-1902), age 10, was Adeline's younger brother. The family later moved to Walpole, NH, (on the Vermont border) and he enlisted with the 4th Vermont Infantry in September, 1861. He fought in the Civil War for three years and mustered out in 1864, later becoming a successful businessman in New Orleans.
Mary Faxon Howe (1829-1918), Adeline's oldest sibling, lived nearby with her husband of two years, Charles Oliver Howe, and their one-year old son, Edward ("Eddie"). Howe had been working at the dry goods store owned by his uncle Jabez Crosby Howe when he first met Mary. Their house in Brookline, on Boylston St., was right on the way to Adeline’s church, high school, and various friends living on Walnut Hill (map) and Adeline was a frequent visitor there.
In 1855, the Howes became early settlers in Clifton, Illinois where they moved in pursuit of greater opportunities after a business failure in Boston. The aforementioned uncle funded the purchase of a large tract of land for them there.
Edward ("Eddie") Gardiner Howe (1849-1931), one-year old child of Adeline's sister, Mary. From Wikipedia:
Howe returned to Massachusetts and studied at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in the early 1870s. He then became a science teacher and tutor for upper-class families such as the Burnhams and the Armors. He also authored two books about science education entitled Scientific Thinking.
Howe was so beloved by the families of his pupils that they funded a year's sabbatical for his mental health in 1889. He spent this year doing geological research and resting in Portugal. He returned to teach in Chicago for several years before becoming principle of the University of Illinois Preparatory School in 1893. During his work as a private educator and as a principle, Howe invented the idea of field trips for science classes, a component of most modern primary and high school science courses today. He married fellow teacher Mary Elizabeth Barnard in 1881, and died in 1931.
courtesy, Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
Ann Bent Ware (1830-1907), was a teacher at the high school who apparently played a key part in Adeline's life and is mentioned more than any other non-family member. Her father was Henry Ware, Jr., an eminent clergyman, abolitionist, and professor at the Harvard Divinity School. Seeking an improvement to his ill health, he decided to take a transatlantic tour with his wife. It was while they were in Rome that Ann was born. Ann Ware became an accomplished and important pioneer in women's education. She created a private school for girls in Winchester after her marriage to surgeon Frederic Winsor, in 1857. Her daughter, Mary Pickard Winsor, founded and was principal of the Winsor School for Girls.
While teaching at the high school, Ann boarded with the family of John and Elizabeth Bird whose family lived on the northwest corner of Cypress and Walnut, just down the road from the church and high school. There are also numerous references in the diary to "Hattie Bird". She is the only child of Jesse Bird and his much younger second wife, Sarah Dix Thwing. They lived right next door. John Bird, Ann's host, was Jesse's son from his first wife and was only eight years younger than Sarah Bird.
Hampton Court is one of the stories contained in Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle-Fields, Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry by William Howitt.
courtesy, The Digital Commonwealth
Hamilton Davidson Lockwood (1836-1875), age 14, is Adeline’s cousin. He is the son of Rhodes Greene Lockwood whose brother, Amos De Forest Lockwood, married Sarah Fuller Deming, the sister of Adeline’s mother. The family of Rhodes Greene Lockwood lived in this Charlestown mansion, acquired from Hamilton Davidson, a wealthy grain merchant and Lockwood's father-in-law, also living in Charlestown. There were regular visits between Charlestown and Linden Place and this house still stands.
See also: Lockwood-Deming family tree
Mary Jane ("Jenny") Lockwood (1837-1911). "Jenny" is most likely Hamilton's younger sister, Mary Jane, this is unconfirmed.
