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     Mary Pickering Bowditch was born on 17 August 1838.^3,1 She died on 7 September 1838 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.^2,1 She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.³

     Charles Pickering Bowditch was born on 30 September 1842 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.^2,3 He married Cornelia Livingstone Rockwell, daughter of Julius Rockwell and Lucy Forbes Walker, on 7 June 1866 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.^2,3 He died on 1 June 1921 at home in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 78 from heart disease.⁴ He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery (Tulip Path Lot 1208) in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.⁵
     He graduated with an A.B. degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, in 1863^3,6, then joined Co. A of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for service in the Civil War. This was an all-black unit (except for the officers), formed in May 1863 at Camp Meigs in Readville, Massachusetts. He entered as a 2nd lieutenant, commissioned on 23 May 1863, was promoted to 1st lieutenant two weeks later, on 7 June, then to captain three weeks after that, on 29 June. The regiment left Camp Meigs on 21 July, traveling by ship and train to Folly Island, just south of Charleston, South Carolina, where they built defenses and performed other fatigue duty (i.e., non-combat work) in the area.⁷
     On 26 September 1863 he requested leave due to ill health. A statement of certification by the regimental surgeon says he had been suffering from diarrhea for four weeks, would be unfit for duty for at least 30 days, and should return to the north. He was granted 20 days leave on 2 October, and received two additional 20-day extensions before returning to duty on 2 December.⁸
     He was mustered out of the 55th Infantry on 6 February 1864, to accept an appointment as captain of Co. F in the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry.⁹ This was also an all-black unit, formed at Camp Meigs in late 1863 and early 1864.¹⁰ Charles's brother Henry also joined the regiment, as a major, on 26 March 1864.¹¹
     They left Camp Meigs in early May, traveling to Washington, D.C., then to Fort Monroe in northern Virginia. They engaged Confederate forces at Baylor's Farm on 15 June during the advance on Petersburg, losing three men killed and nineteen wounded. The regiment's commander was among the wounded, and Charles's brother Maj. Henry Bowditch took command. They attacked Confederate lines that evening, capturing five artillery batteries and driving the Confederates back toward Petersburg. The regiment then moved to Point Lookout, Maryland, in late June, where they performed guard duty over Confederate prisoners.¹⁰
     On 5 August 1864 he wrote a letter resigning his commission, having never fully recovered from the chronic diarrhea he had contracted while with the 55th Infantry a year earlier. His resignation was accepted, and he was formally discharged on 23 August.¹²
     He returned to Harvard, graduating with an A.M. degree in 1866.^3,6 He worked in Pennsylvania for a time digging oil wells, then as an estate trustee in Geneseo, Livingston Co., New York,² where he and his wife Cornelia are listed in the 1870 census.¹³ They moved to Boston in November 1872¹⁴, where they lived the rest of their lives. They were at 99 Moss Hill Rd. in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood from at least 1900 to 1920, and were apparently fairly wealthy. Their census entries include from 2-4 servants, mostly Irish women.^15,16,17,18
     He worked primarily as an estate trustee, but he also served as a director at various firms, including several cotton mills in Massachusetts and Georgia, the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., the Boston and Providence Railroad, American Telephone and Telegraph, and American Bell Telephone.¹⁴ He was vice president of American Bell from 1 October 1883 to 1 December 1886.² He was also a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum¹⁴, and for many years was on the board of the Farm and Trades School in Boston, including time as the school's president and treasurer.^4,19
     He traveled extensively, with trips to England and Scotland in the summer of 1886, to Mexico and Yucatan in early 1888², to Florida, Nassau, Cuba, and Honduras from January to April 1890²⁰, to North Africa, Italy, and England from February to October 1898, to North Africa, Italy, Spain, and England from November 1901 to July 1902², and to China and Japan in 1911.²¹
     He was very interested in anthropology and archeology, and was a founding member of the American Anthropological Association. He was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1892, serving as treasurer from 1905 to 1915, and as president from 1917 to 1919.⁶
     His trip to Mexico in 1888 sparked a strong interest in the Mayan civilization, and he began planning and funding anthropological expeditions to the area through Boston's Peabody Museum. He was elected as a trustee of the museum in 1894, helped establish Harvard's Division of Anthropology, and published and translated several papers and other works in the area.⁶
     He was also interested in history and genealogy, and was a member of numerous historical and genealogical organizations. In 1897, with Harrison Ellery, he wrote and published the three-volume Pickering Genealogy. His interest in the controversy over the authorship of Shakespeare's works led to his publication of "Bacon's Connection with the First Folio of Shakespeare."⁶

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     William Bowditch was born on 30 January 1845.¹ He died on 14 February 1845.¹

     Charlotte Bowditch was born on 25 February 1846.¹ She died on 3 September 1919 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California, at age 73.¹

     Lucy Bowditch was born on 10 March 1850 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.² She married Richard Stone, son of Richard Stone and Mary Goodwin, on 30 August 1875.² She died on 31 July 1918 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 68.²

     Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch was born on 25 November 1852.¹ She died on 22 November 1890 at age 37.¹

     Alfred Bowditch was born on 6 September 1855 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.² He married Mary Louisa Rice, daughter of George Woods Rice and Adelaide Walker, on 8 January 1880 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.² He died on 22 February 1918 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 62.²
     He graduated in 1876 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with an A.B. degree.² He worked as a trustee, with his brother Charles.²

     Nathaniel Bowditch was born on 6 December 1839.¹ He was engaged to Katharine Day Putnam.² He died on 18 March 1863 in Virginia at age 23.¹ He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.²
     He served during the Civil War as a 2nd lieutenant in the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, and died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Kelly's Ford in Virginia on 17 March 1863.^1,3

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     Olivia Yardley Bowditch was born on 1 December 1842.¹ She died on 22 January 1928 at age 85.¹

     Edward Bowditch was born on 19 January 1847 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.² He married Lucy Rathbone, daughter of John F. Rathbone and Mary Baker, on 24 April 1873 in Albany, Albany Co., New York.² He died on 19 July 1929 in Murray Bay (now La Malbaie), Quebec, Canada, at age 82.²
     He graduated in 1869 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with an A.B. degree.² He worked in manufacturing with Rathbone, Sard & Co. in Albany, Albany Co., New York.²

     Vincent Yardley Bowditch was born on 7 July 1852 in Weston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 20 December 1929 at home at 506 Beacon St. in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 77.¹ He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery (Tulip Path, Lot 1206) in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.³
     He graduated in 1875 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with a bachelor's degree, and went on to earn his medical degree in 1879.¹ He studied in Europe until September 1881, then began practicing in Boston.⁴ He taught at Harvard Medical School from 1892 to 1899, then served as attending physician at Carney Hospital in South Boston and at the State Sanitorium at Rutland, Massachusetts, from 1899 to 1906. He later served as medical director of the Sharon Sanatorium for Pulmonary Diseases, which he helped found in 1881, president of the Central New England Sanitorium at Rutland, and consulting physician at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, Boston City Hospital, and St. Luke's Home for Convalescents.^1,2
     Like his father, he specialized in the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis, and his obituary described him as "one of the best-known tuberculosis specialists in the country." He served as president of the National Association for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis from 1908 to 1909, and as president of the Massachusetts Tuberculosis Association. He authored many medical papers and articles¹, as well as a two-volume biography of his father, Life and Correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, published in 1902.⁵

     Fanny Bowditch Dixwell was born on 12 December 1840.¹ She married Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on 17 June 1872.¹ She died on 30 April 1929 without issue in Washington, D.C., at age 88.¹

     Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born on 8 March 1841.¹ He married Fanny Bowditch Dixwell, daughter of Epes Sargent Dixwell and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, on 17 June 1872.¹ He died on 6 March 1935 in Washington, D.C., at age 93.¹
     He was a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.¹

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     Esther Sargent Dixwell was born on 19 September 1843 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.² She married Charles Hunter Owen, son of Elijah Hunter Owen and Susannah Boardman, on 18 October 1866 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.³ She died on 20 September 1927 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, at age 84.² She was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery (Section I) in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.⁴

     Susan Hunt Dixwell was born on 3 June 1845 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.² She married Gerrit Smith Miller, son of Charles Dudley Miller and Elizabeth Smith, on 21 November 1867 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.² She died on 3 February 1924 in Peterboro, Madison Co., New York, at age 78.²

     John Dixwell was born on 21 March 1848.¹ He married Katherine Mary Gurney on 6 October 1875.¹ He died without issue on 17 April 1931 in Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 83.¹
     He graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with an A.B. degree in 1870, and from Harvard Medical School with his M.D. in 1873.¹

     Katherine Mary Gurney was born on 8 March 1853.¹ She married John Dixwell, son of Epes Sargent Dixwell and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, on 6 October 1875.¹ She died on 1 March 1929 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 75.¹

     Arria Sargent Dixwell was born on 1 June 1850.¹ She married Archibald Murray Howe on 4 June 1881.¹

     Archibald Murray Howe was born on 20 May 1848.¹ He married Arria Sargent Dixwell, daughter of Epes Sargent Dixwell and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, on 4 June 1881.¹ He died on 6 February 1916 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, at age 67.¹

     Mary Catherine Dixwell was born on 5 June 1855 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.² She married George Wigglesworth, son of Edward Wigglesworth and Henrietta May Goddard, on 20 June 1878 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.²

     George Wigglesworth was born on 3 February 1853 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ He married Mary Catherine Dixwell, daughter of Epes Sargent Dixwell and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, on 20 June 1878 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 26 November 1930 in Bermuda at age 77.¹
     He graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with an A.B. degree in 1874, an A.M. degree in 1875, and an LL.D. degree in 1878.¹ He was later an Overseer of Harvard College.¹

     James Higginson Bowditch was born on 27 May 1846 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.¹
     He graduated in 1869 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, with an A.B. degree.¹ He was a landscape gardener.¹

     William Ernestus Bowditch was born on 10 April 1850 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^1,3 He married Margaret Lyon Swann, daughter of Thomas Laurens Swann and Elizabeth Bowers Lyon, on 12 November 1889 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.^4,3 He died on 22 May 1918 at home in Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 68.^5,3 He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery (Tulip Path, Lot 1208) in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.⁶
     He later switched the order of his given names, going by Ernest William Bowditch.^7,5,3
     He studied chemistry and mining from 1865 to 1869 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, but left before graduating. He then went west to Nebraska, where he worked a few months for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. He returned home to Boston, and was appointed assistant mineralogist for the Darien Expedition, a canal survey expedition being sent to Panama.⁸
     In 1870 he began working as a civil engineer for Shedd & Sawyer in Boston, then set up his own office the next year. He was involved in the design of several large estates, including The Breakers and Chateau-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island. He also designed and improved many large parks and cemeteries, including the Metropark system, Rockefeller and Shaker Lakes Parks, and Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.⁸ He and his wife Margaret are listed in Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, along with their children and five servants.^7,9
     He was apparently interested in family history, and on 15 September 1900, after seeing a notice in the Boston Transcript about the death of Joseph Henry Bowditch in Micaville, North Carolina, addressed a letter "To the Heirs of Joseph H. Bowditch" asking about their relationship. He also asked about any family bibles, letters, or heirlooms they might have "perhaps with a view to acquiring them." He and Joseph's daughter Georgiana Bowditch apparently began corresponding, and 12 years later, on 24 January 1913, he and his daughter Elizabeth met Georgiana in Morganton, North Carolina, traveling there by train from New York. After having breakfast together, he and Elizabeth continued on to Asheville and the Biltmore estate. A thank you letter from Elizabeth written the next day says "I can't tell you what a pleasure it was to me to meet a new cousin and one whom I had heard of long ago as living away down south!"^10,11,12