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old—fashioned house fronting on the Mall, which his kindly presence brightened to the day of his death. The light of his pleasant wood—fire in winter has smiled through the flower—graced windows upon all the passers—by. Dr. Hazard con— tinued the practice of surgery and medicine in connection with the drug business, and we may safely say has prescribed for more men, women, and children, than any other living physician in the city. His manner was indescribably kind and gracious, his tenderness toward children was unvarying, and his charity and de— votion to the suffering poor was Without limit. He literally prescribed and gave medicine and attention gratuitously, to thousands who were unable to pay; our older people will recall him in his little oflice, which was the perfection of neat— ness and order, devoting himself at almost all hours to his patients, humming an old tune as he prepared his medicines, or beaming with kindly eyes upon some little child.

“ He had great love for agriculture, and purchased two fine farms near the town, which he delighted to cultivate and beautify, in what he called his leisure hours. He was athletic, erect and agile, and at seventy years of age could outwalk almost anybody, delighting to allude to the ‘ Narragansett white-oak ’ of his bones and smews.

“ His house was overflowing with hospitality, and we doubt if there was a res— idence in Newport where more friends were welcomed and entertained.

“ He was a man of great modesty and reticence, but ofstrong convictions of right, and great fixedness of purpose, and healthy conservatism; he abhorred shams, and detested ill-advised radicalism.

“About twenty years ago he retired from active business and surrendered his drug establishment to his nephew, Rowland Hazard, and Mr. Philip Caswell, and shortly after removed to his country seat, which he called “ Bird’s Nest,” because there the feathered songsters most did congregate, attracted by his kind attentions, and protected and fed by his hand; he used to say that he could re— cognize them as they came back to their nests year after year. As he grew older and more infirm he returned to his city home, and resided there until he died, surrounded by his many relatives and friends, and comforted and cared for by his faithful and devoted wife, sustained and soothed by a trusting faith which seemed like that of a little child towards a kind father. The morning of the day of his death as he lay upon his bed, calm and patient, the only words he could utter were; ‘ God is Master of the World’; and unto the hands of that God we com-

mit his spirit.”

§ 728. GEORGE HAZARD, 7 (Thomas, 6; George, 5; George, 4; Thomas,3; Robert, 2; Thomas, I), married Ann Barnet, of England.

CHILDREN 1287. VICTORIA HAZARD.

1288. OLIVER HAZARD. 1289. ROWLAND ROBINSON HAZARD, married Margaret leder. 1290.