198 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



WILLIAM L. GREEN. 



William Lawrence Green, eldest child of Dr. Joshua 

 and Eliza (Lawrence) Green, died at his father's home in 

 Groton, on October 21, 1847. The following notice of him 

 appeared in "The Boston Olive Branch," November 8, 1847, 

 and was written by the late Dr. David Keyes Hitchcock, of 

 Newton. 



MR. WILLIAM L. GREEN. 



Died in Groton, Mr. William L. Green, of the firm of Jewett, 

 Tebbetts & Green, of Boston, aged 2 1 years. 



One of the most interesting and promising young men in our city 

 has been smitten in death. In the morning of life, in the midst of 

 usefulness, surrounded by a large circle of devoted friends, the manly 

 form has been laid low by the King of Terrors. Disease which 

 before had never visited him, soon assumed a dangerous form ; 

 and in a few days — and to his affectionate relatives, days of 

 anxious fear and hope — life's silver cord was loosed and the 

 golden bowl was broken ! 



Bitter as is this bereavement, it cannot but be a sweet conso- 

 lation to the afflicted parents to know, that though death has 

 deprived them of a most amiable, affectionate and beloved son, it 

 cannot rob them of the sweet recollections of his virtues or the 

 sacredness of his memory ; for as deep as the wounds which this 

 bereavement has made, are they embalmed in their hearts, where 

 time shall neither deface nor erase them, but where they shall live 

 forever. 



The funeral of the deceased was numerously attended, and among 

 those assembled were to be found a number from the city. The 

 Rev. Mr. Phelps, of G, made an appropriate address and a very im- 

 pressive prayer, and all present seemed to feel that they were in the 

 "house of mourning." As the tear stole down the cheeks of those 

 who came to pay their last tribute of respect and affection to the 

 memory of the departed, the silent prayer ascended to heaven in be- 

 half of the sorrowing parents, that they might be sustained in this 

 their hour of trial and sadness, and that it might work out for them 



" a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 



H. 



