"Farewell! my fond and loving wife, Farewell! my children near and dear: My Savior call's me from this life, To join in Heaven the angels there: And Oh! on Canaan's happy shore, May we all meet to part no more."

Moses was born to Moses and Mary (Pierce) Harrington on November 8, 1759. Though his birth was recorded in Grafton, MA the church record states he was born in Watertown, MA. He was their second child and second son. In 1776 aged only 17 Moses served during the Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer’s Company in Col. Nicholas Dike’s Regiment. They were stationed at Dorchester Heights, and he was given an allowance for the two days it would take him to walk hom

Private Daniel P. Peters 55th Massachusetts Company C US Civil War