George Harris Monroe

1826 - 1903  (77 years)

• Name	George Harris Monroe
  Born	28 Aug 1826	Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Christened	13 Jul 1827
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Oct 1903	Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I8608	Munro
  Last Modified	27 May 2001

  
  

  Father	Harris Munroe,   b. 29 May 1793, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 26 May 1835, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Ellis,   b. 4 Apr 1803, Wrentham, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Apr 1882, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1821	Wrentham, , Massachusetts
  Family ID	F3247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Mira Ingalls,   b. 22 Sep 1828, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 17 May 1918, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	25 Aug 1850	Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. William Ingalls Monroe,   b. 1 Aug 1854, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. George Ellis Monroe,   b. 11 Aug 1856, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1947, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA  (Age 91 years)   3. Alice Ingalls Monroe,   b. 6 Aug 1858, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. John Brooks Monroe,   b. 3 Sep 1860, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1936, Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 75 years)   5. Charles Edward Monroe,   b. 8 Nov 1868, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F9517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George received his preliminary education at Day's Academy at Wrentham, Massachusetts. He was an ardent reader and while at the Academy, which had a small library, he read every book in it. A more thorough education was soon to begin, but not that of formal schooling. When he was sixteen he went to Boston to learn the printer's trade in the office of Samuel N. Dickinson. Soon his knowledge broadened and he became a proof reader and because of his love for reading and good literature, he was able to distinguish between good and bad writing. As his accomplishments in literature were inherent within the man, he then went to work at the University Press at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1859. Here he became acquainted with some of the tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne before they reached the public, this was a period in which Mr. Hawthorne was at his greatest and best productivity. In 1849, at the age of twenty-three he was for a short time an editorial writer for the Lawrence Courier. In 1857 he began writing Boston letters for the Dedham Gazette. In 1859 he bought the Norfolk County Journal, which was published weekly, he was sole publisher, editor, reporter and proof-reader. When Roxbury was annexed to Boston he changed the name of the paper to the Suffolk County Journal. He sold the paper sometime after 1866. As a journalist, George was noted for his "Templeton" letters to the Hartford Courant, over a period of thirty-five years. He had two passions outside of the work which gave him his livelihood. He was an omnivorous reader, particularly devoted to fiction, reading almost every new novel as it appeared. Baseball was his strong diversion, being a regular attendant at every professional baseball game in Boston, having his own seat in the grandstand, marked with his name. He knew the capacity and achievements of every prominent player, local or visiting. He served as Senator to the General Court of Massachusetts, from Suffolk County in 1869. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, which has the collection of his writings. George was proud of one incident in his life when he lived in Dedham. He acted as a conductor of Abraham Lincoln (who at this time had not attained great National importance) from Boston to Dedham, where Lincoln was to make a speech. His daughter told her nieces, that George was embarrassed because Mr. Lincoln removed his coat and sat in his shirt sleeves on the train trip. George became a Republican at the early stages when the party was being formed but was not a strict adherent to party lines. His wife was the daughter of Dr. William and Alice (Brazer) Ingalls of Boston, Massachusetts. Her maternal grandfather, John Brazer, took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Brazer tomb is on the Boston Common, near the Boylston Street subway entrance. He was the second largest tax payer in Boston at the time of his death in 1828. Alice's birth is recorded as 22 Oct 1829, but the family always celebrated her birthday on 22 Sep. Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-10/5-10/3