Doctor Franklin Whiting Brigham

1841 - 1899  (57 years)

• Name	Franklin Whiting Brigham
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	13 Sep 1841	Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Library book: History of the Brigham Family	739
  Military Service	U.S. Navy
  Occupation	Dr. Brigham graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1865, and after serving two years as Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. N.{1863-1865), settled in his native town, where he continued to reside, one of its most beloved and useful citizens. His father had been known as " The Doctor of Shrewsbury," which applied with equal force to the son. Not only Shrewsbury, but all surrounding towns looked to him for health when ill. Probably no physician in central Massachusetts was so often sought in consultation; none have been more universally mourned. He was long conspicuous in the Massachusetts Medical Society and repeatedly at the head of the Worcester District Medical Society, always having been a close student. Without political aspirations, his opinions were sought, irrespective of party lines, upon all local improvements; chiefly to his influence the town owed its public library; to all the needy, he was a generous friend. His home, with its beautiful old-fashioned furnishings, was charming, and none who ever visited there will forget it or the cordial greeting of the master of the house.
  Death	28 Feb 1899	Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts
  		Franklin Whiting Brigham Obituary. From: The Official Report of the First Six Meetings of the Brigham Family Association by Willard I Tyler, Self published, Chicago, 1900.
  Burial	Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Frederick Adolphus Brigham,   b. 1 Apr 1835, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 11 Apr 1919
  2. Arthur Knowlton Brigham,   b. 12 Dec 1850, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 15 Feb 1851, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I2145	Nagel
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Doctor Adolphus Brigham,   b. 4 Dec 1802, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 30 Apr 1859, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rebecca W Knowlton,   b. 9 Oct 1810   d. 11 Jun 1894 (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice R Bates,   b. 10 Feb 1850   d. 3 Feb 1872 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Sep 1841 - Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Death - 28 Feb 1899 - Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Burial - - Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  Doctor Franklin Whiting Brigham The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907