Kackemann Family Papers MHS Minot-Rackemann Family Papers, 1824-1952 : Guide to the Collection Page 1 of 10 THE MASSACHUSETTS About MHS Library Online In Print Education Events HISTORICAL SOCIETY Library: Finding Aids Search all Finding Aids List of Finding Aids Related Pages: ABIGAIL (online C Search within this finding aid: Search Search query is interpreted as a phrase. Combine multiple terms or phrases with AND, OR, or commas. Search for names in reverse order. For example: Adams, John Table of Contents Collection Summary Biographical Sketches Sources Minot-Rackemann Family Papers Collection Description Related Materials Arrangement 1824-1952 Acquisition Information Organization of the Collection Guide to the Collection Detailed Description of the Collection Preferred Citation Access Terms Photographs Removed from the Collection Collection Summary Creator: Minot-Rackemann family Abstract: Title: Minot-Rackemann family The collection consists of papers correspondence, receipts, and ephemera related to members of the Minot, Dates: 1824-1952 Rackemann, Wigglesworth and Sedgwick Physical 4 document boxes families, 1824-1952. Description: Call Ms. N-380 Note DOBR guests at Old Farm, Number: F.W. Rackimann, July, 1881 Repository: Massachusetts Historical 11 Society Elizabeth , August, 1880. 11 1154 Boylston Street Charles S. 11 4 , Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org Table of Contents http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0027 9/8/2006 MHS Minot-Rackemann Family Papers, 1824-1952 : Guide to the Collection Page 2 of 10 Biographical Sketches Individuals most heavily represented in the collection: Louisa Davis Minot (1788-1858) Louisa was born on 10 May 1788 to Daniel Davis and Lois Freeman. She married William Minot in 1810 and together they had five children: Mary, George Richards, William, Francis and Julia. For thirty years, she was president of the Bethesda Society and of the Franklin Infant School. In addition, she wrote in periodicals, painted, and taught drawing in public schools. She died on 21 January 1858. William Minot II (1817-1894) William was born on 7 April 1817 to William Minot and Louisa Davis. He married Katharine Maria Sedgwick, daughter of Charles Sedgwick and Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight, in 1842 and together they had seven children: Jane Sedgwick, Alice, William, Charles Sedgwick, Robert Sedgwick, Henry and Laurence. He died on 26 February 1894. Francis Minot (1821-1899) Francis was born on 12 April 1821 to William Minot and Louisa Davis. He graduated from Harvard University in 1841 and attended medical school on Mason Street, Boston. In 1859 he was elected visiting physician to the Massachusetts General Hospital, and later became consulting physician. Francis married Sarah Parkman Blake on 16 February 1861 and together they had one child, Julia, born 1 December 1863. He remained a consulting physician until his death on 11 May 1899. Sarah Parkman Blake Minot (1833-1869) Sarah was born on 19 June 1833 to Samuel Parkman Blake and Anne Boylston (Cunningham) Blake of Roxbury. She married Francis Minot on 16 February 1861 and had one daughter Julia. She died on 10 February 1869. Julia Minot (1823-1875) Julia was born on 23 January 1823 to William and Louisa Davis Minot. For many years she was an invalid and died on 22 March 1875, unmarried. Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) Catharine Maria was born on 28 December 1789 to Theodore Sedgwick and Pamela Dwight, in Stockbridge. She shared a close relationship with her brothers Theodore II, Henry Dwight, Robert and Charles. She eventually became one of America's most popular authors producing novels such as Redwood (1824) and Hope Leslie (1827). She remained unmarried until her death on 31 July 1867. Elizabeth Dwight Sedgwick Rackemann (1826-1891) Elizabeth was born on 15 July 1826, the third child of Charles Sedgwick and Elizabeth http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0027 9/8/2006 MHS Minot-Rackemann Family Papers, 1824-1952 : Guide to the Collection Page 3 of 10 Buckminster Dwight. On 20 June 1855 she married Frederick William Rackemann, son of Daniel Rackemann and Philippine Florentine (Marianne) Rackemann of Bremen, Germany. They had six children between 1857 and 1868: Charles Sedgwick, Frederick William, Felix, Elizabeth Sedgwick, Louise Sedgwick and Wilfred Rackemann. Frederick Rackemann died 16 August 1884 and Elizabeth on 24 September 1891. Fanny Pomeroy Rackemann (b. 1856) Fanny was born on 6 December 1856 to Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy and Isabella Low. She married Charles Sedgwick Rackemann, however her marriage and death date are unknown. Charles Sedgwick Rackemann (1857-1933) Charles was born on 21 June 1857 to Frederick William Rackemann and Elizabeth D. S. Rackemann. He became an prominent attorney in Boston, becoming senior member of the firm, Rackemann, Sawyer and Brewster. On 27 June 1900 he married Fanny Pomeroy, who was his third cousin. He died on 29 March 1933 and left no children. Felix Rackemann (1861-1934) Felix was born on 17 June 1861 in Lenox to Frederick William Rackemann of Bremen, Germany and Elizabeth Dwight Sedgwick Rackemann. He studied in the office of Francis V. Balch, entered Harvard Law School on 28 September 1882, left in 1883 and completed his studies in the office of Isham and Lincoln, Chicago. He was admitted to the Bar of Illinois in 1885 and the Massachusetts Bar in 1886. On 19 May 1886, he married Julia Minot, daughter of Francis Minot and Sarah Parkman Blake. They built a large house at 1065 Brush Hill Road, Milton where they raised their children: Francis, Elizabeth Sedgwick and Sarah Parkman. He began in Boston as a member of the firm Balch and Rackemann, later Dunbar, Rackemann and Brewster and then Dunbar and Rackemann. He also practiced in the United States District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Elizabeth Sedgwick Rackemann I (1863-1924) Elizabeth was born on 25 July 1863 to Frederick W Rackemann and Elizabeth D. Sedgwick. She died unmarried on 7 January 1924. Julia Minot Rackemann (1863-1945) Julia was the only child of Francis Minot and Sarah Parkman Blake, born on 1 December 1863. She married Felix Rackemann on 19 May 1886 and they had three children: Francis Minot, Elizabeth Sedgwick and Sarah Parkman. She died in Milton, Massachusetts in 19 April 1945. Edward Wigglesworth (1885-1945) Edward was born on 3 November 1885 to Edward Wigglesworth and Sarah Frothingham Johonnot. He graduated from Harvard University in 1908 and on 15 June 1914 married Sarah Parkman Minot. They had six children (see Sarah Parkman Rackemann http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0027 9/8/2006