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Excerpt from Memorial of Lydia W. Shattuck
The father, tall, large, with light blue eyes under a mas sive brow crowned with light hair early turning white, was a man of strong intellect and of deep and fimi convictions. He was strict in all religious Observances himself, yet would not require his children to adopt either his practices or his opinions. He was often called to visit the sick and dying, and was active in all good works.
The mother - short and somewhat stout; of dark hair, eyes, and complexion; of reticent habits, with a certain fine feeling and a love of the beautiful - often found companion ship in nature rather than among the neighbors of their sparsely settled community.
The daughter was like her father in form and features, bright blue eyes and delicate complexion. Her light curling hair turned white with years, but always curled; her pearly teeth kept sound and beautiful as long as she lived. Full of life and strength, the active maiden was an attraction through the neighborhood; and though she never Spoke of it, rumor says that she had admirers not a few, who would have been glad to gain her heart and hand.
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