ELLIS GRAY LORING FAMILY

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(According to the Loring Genealogy , Pope and Loring; Cambridge, 1917)

Ellis Gray Loring was the son of James Tyng Loring and Relief Faxon. In one place his birth is given as April 14, 1802 and in another place as April 14, 1803. His father was a member of the Boston Light Infantry. He was a druggist by trade.

The following quotation is from the Loring Genealogy :

"Ellis Gray Loring, born in Boston, April 14, 1803; married October 29, 1827, Louisa Gilman, daughter of Frederick Gilman and Abigail Gilman, born at Gloucester, January 1, 1797, died May 25, 1868.

"He entered Harvard College in 1819 - but was not graduated, though a member of the Hasty Pudding Club and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The following extract from the College faculty explains this matter: 'June 27, 1824. Loring who left college in May, 1823, at a time a large part of the class was dismissed for resistance of college authority, applies for his degree. - Voted, that Loring's request be not granted, as the Govt. cannot make any distinction between his case and that portion of his class who were dismissed in May, 1823.'

"He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1827. He was Counselor-at-law, master in chancery, and solicitor for the Western Railroad Company. Was one of the early 'abolitionists'. In 1836 he secured the release of the girl 'Med' who had escaped from slavery and was brought before the courts. Whittier wrote a poem about him, after his death, May 24, 1858.

"Child: Anna, B. Nov. 10, 1830. To her Lydia Maria Child dedicated her book, Fact and Fiction . She m. Oct. 29, 1863, Otto Dresel, pianist and composer, b. at Geisenheim on the Rhine, Dec. 22, 1826, d. Beverly, July 26, 1890. She was Vice president of the Sanitary Commission of Boston during the Civil War, president of the Vincent Hospital. She died in 1896.

"Children: (1) Louisa Loring Dresel, 1864-195-(2) Ellis Loring Dresel, 1865-1925, Harvard, A.B. 1887, L.L.B. 1892, lawyer in Boston in the firm of Goodwin, Dresel, and Parker. Was attached to the U. S. Embassy in Berlin in 1915, was assigned to the Embassy at Vienna and later to the Legation at Berne . His most recent work has been with American prisoners of war."

From the guide to the Papers, 1828-1919, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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creatorOf Papers, 1828-1919 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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correspondedWith Adolphe Dresel. person
correspondedWith Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. person
associatedWith B. A. Gould person
correspondedWith Baker, C. Alice. person
correspondedWith Bancroft, George person
associatedWith Blanchard, Laman person
correspondedWith Carl Dresel person
correspondedWith Cary, Sallie G. person
associatedWith Charles J. Bowen person
correspondedWith Clarke, Lillian. person
correspondedWith Coleridge, Derwent person
correspondedWith David Lee Child person
correspondedWith Dresel, Helene person
correspondedWith Dresel, Julius. person
correspondedWith Emil Dresel person
correspondedWith Emil Trefftz person
correspondedWith Ezra Ripley person
associatedWith F. H. Underwood. person
correspondedWith Fields, Annie. person
correspondedWith Follen, Charles person
associatedWith George N. Briggs person
associatedWith George S. Boutwell person
associatedWith Gilman, Caroline person
correspondedWith Greenough, Harriette H. person
correspondedWith Gustav Dresel person
correspondedWith Guyot, A person
correspondedWith Henckel, Gustave Paul. person
correspondedWith Hermann Dresel person
associatedWith i. Dresel, Anna Loring, 1820-1896 person
associatedWith ii. Dresel, Ellis Loring, 1865-1925 person
associatedWith iii. Dresel, Louise Loring, 1864- person
associatedWith iv. Dresel, Otto, 1826-1890 person
associatedWith ix. Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888 person
correspondedWith Jackson, Anna person
correspondedWith Jackson, Francis. person
associatedWith Joel A. Matteson person
correspondedWith Johanna Dresel person
correspondedWith John Albion. person
correspondedWith John Codman Hurd. person
associatedWith John G. Palfrey person
associatedWith John G. Whittier person
associatedWith John H. Adams person
correspondedWith John Quincy Adams person
associatedWith John S. Dwight person
correspondedWith Julius D. Dresel person
correspondedWith Kiddy King. person
correspondedWith King, John G. II person
correspondedWith King, Susan person
correspondedWith King, Susan G. person
correspondedWith Knapp, Maria B. person
correspondedWith Loring, C. W. person
correspondedWith Loring, Relief person
correspondedWith Louisa Gilman person
associatedWith Louise Loring person
correspondedWith Lowell Maria. person
associatedWith Mann, Horace person
correspondedWith Martineau, Harriet person
correspondedWith Motte, M. J. person
associatedWith Nathaniel P. Banks person
associatedWith Nona Loring. person
correspondedWith Parker, Theodore person
associatedWith Pierce, Franklin person
associatedWith Quincy, Edmund person
correspondedWith Quincy, Mary T person
associatedWith Robert W. Winthrop person
associatedWith Rodman M. Price person
correspondedWith Rudolph Dresel person
correspondedWith Salcedo, Dolores. person
correspondedWith Sarah Orne Jewett person
associatedWith viii. Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 person
associatedWith vii. Loring, Louisa Gilman, 1797-1868 person
associatedWith vi. Loring Ellis Gray, 1802-1858 person
associatedWith v. King, John Glen, 1787-1857 person
correspondedWith Weston, Emma person
associatedWith xi. Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary, 1822-1907 person
associatedWith xii. Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 person
associatedWith xiii. Cary, Emma, 1833-1918 person
associatedWith xiv. Andrew, John Albion, 1818-1867 person
associatedWith xix. Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 person
associatedWith x. Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 person
associatedWith xv. Cary, Sarah Gray, 1830-1898 person
associatedWith xvi. Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 person
associatedWith xvii. Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith xviii. Clarke, Sarah, 1830? - person
associatedWith xx. Fields, Annie Adams, 1834-1815 person
associatedWith xxi. Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860 person
associatedWith xxii. Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 person
associatedWith xxiii. Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 person
associatedWith xxiv. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 person
associatedWith xxix. Quincy Fanny person
associatedWith xxv. Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 person
associatedWith xxvi. Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 person
associatedWith xxviii. Quincy, Eliza S. person
associatedWith xxvii. Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 person
associatedWith xxxiii. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
associatedWith xxxii. Story, Joseoh, 1779-1845 person
associatedWith xxxi. Quincy, Josiah Phillips, 1829-1910 person
associatedWith xxxiv. Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895 person
associatedWith xxx. Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1863 person
associatedWith xxxvi. Weld, Angelina Grimke, 1805-1879 person
associatedWith xxxv. Webb, Charles Henry, 1834-1905 person
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