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McDuffie, of South Carolina, whom he lamed for life ; while his nephew, General Alfred Gumming, served with distinction in the Confederate army, till disabled by wounds received at the battle of Jonesboro, August 31, 1864), was appointed by President Buchanan, in 1857, Governor of Utah Territory, and sent thither with an escort of twenty- five hundred United States troops under General A. S. Johnston, the celebrated " Utah Expedition " of that year. Governor Gumming held his office till the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, when he was superseded by Stephen S. Harding. He died at Augusta, Georgia, October 9, 1873, No children were born to Governor and Mrs. Gumming.

2. John Witt, born November 6, 18 13, and died at Rox- bury, Jan. 25, 1892.

3. Belinda Lull, born January 17, 18 16, and died at Roxbury, March 14, 1897.

4. Maria Hayward, born October 5, 1820, and died at Boston, May 25, 1842.

5. Hannah Adams (who changed her own name to Anna Gheckley), born June i, 1824, and died at Boston, April 23, 1862.

Dr. John Randall, notwithstanding his removal to Boston and his deep interest in his profession, retained a strong affection for his native town, and above all for the home of his ancestors. The prosperity which rewarded his in- dustry enabled him by degrees to buy out all his brothers and sisters, and finally to re-unite the whole of his father's farm under a single owner again. He built a new and more comfortable dwelling-house near the site of the origi- nal homestead, which had fallen into decay ; and it became a cherished summer resort for him and his family. But his home was in Winter Street, Boston, on the site of what is now [1898] the store of Shepard & Norwell, which,

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