Family member names: Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Bacon Titus
Tree branch: Pearson
Lifetimes: 1817-1903 and 1818-1903
Relation: My 3x great grandmother and grandfather (my dad's dad's mom's mom's parents)
The Cambridge Chronicle - January 11, 1902
I also have the original photo that was used in the article. How cute are they??
HAVE BEEN MARRIED SIXTY-THREE YEARS.
Mr. and Mrs. Simeon B. Titus Begin Their Sixty-fourth Year of Wedded Life - Live with Their Daughter on Oxford Street.
It is generally considered a matter worthy of comment when a couple celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, and as a usual thing a great deal of attention is given to such an occasion. But this week an aged couple residing in this city quietly celebrated an anniversary besides which a mere 50 years of wedded life seems insignificant. Mr. and Mrs. Simeon B. Titus, both natives of Vermont, now living with their daughter, Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen, at 61 Oxford Street, are the couple and Monday they celebrated the completion of the 63d year during which they have been married.
Mr. Titus was born in Vershire, Vt., June 6, 1817, while his wife, was born in the adjoining town of West Fairlee May 14, 1816. Until ten years ago Mr. Titus continued to reside on the farm on which he was born, and it was only at the age of 74 that he was induced to retire from work and come to live with his daughter. He was one of 12 children, of whom all but he are now dead. In his veins runs some of the patriotic blood of the sturdy New England farmers. His grandfather, Lenox Titus, was one of those who aided in routing the British at the battle of Bennington, and thus indirectly contributed to the final defeat and surrender of Burgoyne's army of invaders at Saratoga. Later he removed to Vershire where he was one of the pioneer settlers. The farm on which Mr. Titus was born has been in the family 100 years.
Mr. Titus's youth, and, indeed, his whole life, has been like many another New England farmer's life. He attended the district school three months in winter, working on the farm during the rest of the time. All his brothers and sisters went out into the world and to him as the youngest, it fell to remain at home and take care of the farm. But if Mr. Titus himself did not go into the world or engage in the defense of his country during her wars, his sons evidently inherited the patriotic impulses of the family. Of his six sons three entered the Civil war, all being under age at the time. Two gave their lives in defense of the flag. One, after suffering months in the prison pen at Andersonville, returned home a physical wreck. Mrs. Fanny Titus Hazen, the eldest daughter, was a nurse in the Columbian College United States hospital, Washington in 1864-1865. She is now president of the Army Nurse association of Massachusetts.
Mrs. Titus, too, seems to have come from a family as patriotic as that of her husband, for her paternal grandfather, William Morris, was in the battle of Concord and Lexington [Note: This is unfortunately not true. He was sent as a soldier to Boston after those battles] and rose in the service until he became a first lieutenant. Her mother was a Morse and was first cousin to the famous inventor of the Morse telegraph system, which has conferred untold benefits on the country and the world. Of the 11 children of Mr. and Mrs. Titus, five are still living, four daughters and a son. The son is Charles M. Titus, of Boston. Of these, three were present at the celebration of the anniversary.
Mr. Titus's age would seem to be in no way very remarkable for he comes from an exceptionally long lived family. His mother lived to be 95 years old, while one of his brothers died at the age of 93. A sister reached the age of 86 and all the others, with one or two exceptions, lived to a good old age. He has a large number of descendants in various parts of the world, including several great grandchildren. At the celebration Monday, which was private and quiet, the aged couple were made happy on this anniversary by the presence of three children, grand and great grandchildren - four generations.
Mr. and Mrs. Titus until within a few years attended the Epworth Methodist church at Harvard Square. Mrs. Titus rarely goes out owing to a fall which she sustained some time ago and in which she injured her ankle so that she does not move around much. Otherwise she is in perfect health. About the same time her husband left off attendance, although he still preserves his interest and remains on the visiting list of the pastor. He is in the best of health with all his faculties seemingly untouched by the advance of age and with the same enjoyment of life which he had fifty years ago.
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