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Dr. [blank] Morong wife & daughter from Rutland St.
Boston. Strangely I had never heard of this family.
Dr. Morong was a surgeon in the Army during the
Rebellion, and seems now to be independent.
The funeral services were in the Congretational Church
founded in 1642. Dr. Thos. Morong's father-in-law,
[blank] Bennett, was pastor there. The services
were held in the vestry room. About 2 dozen were
present. The services consisted of selections from the
Bible, remarks and a prayer. Small & I
remained afterwards and went to the grave
with the family. The remains were put in the
Bennett lot in the Cemetary. Dr. Morong
told me a good many facts about his brother's
early life in Alabama, Woburn, Amherst, Cam-
bridge, Ipswich &c. He promised to put them
down in writing for me. We took the 5.06
train back to Boston. Small goes right back
to New York to-night. I got home at 6.20, tired.
I am glad Dr. Morong is at rest. His son
says that he contracted acute bronchistis in
the south (he has a bad cough when he left
New York, Christmas time), and this developed
into tubercular consumption. Mrs. A. Morong
told me a good deal about Dr. Morong's last
illness at her home. Fine weather, cloudy P.M.
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