Doctor Amariah Brigham

1798 - 1849  (50 years)

• Name	Amariah Brigham
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	26 Dec 1798	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Library book: History of the Brigham Family	365
  Occupation	He received his medical training at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduation, he spent the following year in Europe to further his medical education. He returned to Massachusetts to establish a practice. In 1840, he became Superintendent of the Hartford Retreat, a public institution for the care of people with mental illness. and in 1842, moved to the Utica State Hospital, the first public mental hospital in New York State. He authored books on the subject of mental illness and was well published in medical journals.
  Death	8 Sep 1849	Utica, Oneida, New York
  		Dr. Amariah Brigham Obituary Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 11 Sep 1849, Tuesday, Page 2
  		Dr. Amariah Brigham Death Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 12 Sep 1849, Wednesday, Page 2
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Reverend John Clark Brigham, D D,   b. 10 Feb 1794, New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 10 Aug 1862, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  2. Harry Brigham,   b. 19 Jun 1796, New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 16 Oct 1864, Chatham, Columbia, New York
  3. Eliza Brigham,   b. 27 Aug 1801, New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 24 Jun 1870
  4. Lewis Brigham,   b. 1805   d. 1829
  5. Phebe Ann Brigham,   b. 1808
  Person ID	I4129	Nagel
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John Brigham,   b. 1767
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Phebe Cark
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan C Root,   b. 23 Aug 1811   d. 12 Nov 1896, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1833	Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Dec 1798 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marriage - 23 Jan 1833 - Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Death - 8 Sep 1849 - Utica, Oneida, New York Burial - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Dr Amariah 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
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