Alonzo Freeman

Alonzo married Vesta Delphine Ketchum about 1843. Vesta was born on 5 May 1824 in Cortland County, New York; died on 28 Feb 1893 in Massachusetts; was buried in Needham Cemetery, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Boston. For ten years she was professor of Obstretrics and Gynecology in that institution, and she was member of many medical societies and other organizations.

The History of Needham would be Incomplete without some reference to Dr. Vesta Delphlne Miller, who was devoted to many good causes, particularly to that of Temperance. For more than thirty years she practiced medicine, and was skilful, faithful and self-sacrificing, often in emergencies acting as nurse for many hours at a time, regardlessof her own health. Many families depended upon her as their physician and friend, and her comparatively sudden death on February 23, 1908, caused sorrow in numerous homes. Her funeral was on the afternoon of the 25th, and was largely attended, the Rev. Charles E. Sawtelle and the Rev. Robert L. Webb officiating. Mrs. Miller brought comfort and hope not only to many, who recovered from illness, but to others who could not, and no one was more sincerely esteemed than she was. She received the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Boston, but had previously studied at the New England Female Medical College, 1865, and at the Cincinnati Medical College. Subsequent to obtaining her degree she attended the New York Post-Graduate Medical School.

Vesta married Doctor Albert Ebur Miller on 26 Nov 1866. Albert (son of Ezekiel Miller, Jr. and Polly Hogaboom) was born on 7 Apr 1831 in Covert, Seneca County, New York; died on 21 Apr 1913 in Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in Needham Cemetery, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]