Friday, January 10, 2025

52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandUncle Aurelius Brigham (1830-1878) of Sterling, Massachusetts

Aurelius Brigham[1–4], the second child and son of Lambert Brigham and Sophia Buck, was born on 3 February 1830 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] 

His father died in 1834, and his mother married, secondly, Thomas J. Newton soon after, and they had two children.  Aurelius may have lived with Brigham relatives during his childhood and teenage years.

Aurelius Brigham and Olive Merriam Wilson were married on 10 September 1853 in Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]

Olive Merriam Wilson, daughter of James Wilson and Persis Bruce, was born on 12 March 1834 in Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts.[5] She died on 21 November 1873 at the age of 39 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts.[6]

 Aurelius Brigham and Olive Merriam Wilson had the following children:

  • Edward Lorenzo Brigham, born 22 December 1853, West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Leola Wentworth Aspinwall, 29 August 1906, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.
  • John Willis Brigham was born on 4 November 1855 in Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 31 March 1860 at the age of 4 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • Edith Lavina Brigham was born on 10 October 1859 in West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts.  She died on 11 June 1878 at the age of 18 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was buried after 11 June 1878 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts., United States.
  • William Anderson Brigham, born 13 February 1863, West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Ella C. Ripley, 8 June 1889, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 7 January 1933, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • Albert Alonzo Brigham, born 5 September 1865, West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Mary Ambrosina Glassey, 22 August 1889, Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 26 November 1936, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Aurelius Brigham registered for the military draft in June 1863 in in West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts.[3] 

He died of valvular disease and heart dropsy on 26 July 1878 at the age of 48 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts.[4]  The death record says he was a shoemaker.  He may have been buried in West Boylston, Massachusetts.

SOURCES:

1. Frances Pratt Tapley, Vital Records of Sterling, Massachusetts (Sterling, Mass.: Sterling, Mass. Historical Commission, 1976), Births, Aurelius Brigham entry, 3 February 1830, son of Lambert and Sophia Brigham.

2. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Marriages, Volume 71, Page 249, Northborough; Aurelius Brigham and Olive Wilson, 10 September 1853.

3. "U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865," digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Massachusetts, 8th District, Volume 1 of 4, page 52, Aurelius Brigham entry.

4. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Deaths: Volume 303, Page 383, Sterling, Aurelius Brigham entry, 26 July 1878.

5. Systematic Historic Fund, Vital Records of Boylston, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Mass. : Franklin P. Rice, 1900), Births, Olive Merriam Wilson entry, 

6. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Deaths: Volume 258, Page 375, Sterling, Olive M. Brigham entry, 21 November 1873.

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Aurelius Brigham (1830-1878) is my 2nd great-granduncle and the brother of my 2nd great-grandmother, Sophia (Newton) Seaver (1834-1923).   

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-12 March 1834.grandparents and a number of close relatives.  Information about Lambert Brigham is in  52 Ancestors - Week 413: #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) of Westborough and Sterling, Massachusetts; information about Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 32: #39 Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882).

The "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  

I post the 52 Ancestors and 52 Relatives sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies page, in my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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