Loretta Adeline (Loud) Sampson (abt. 1845 - 1866)

Born about Jan 1845 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

FROM THE TRIAL OF GEO C HERSEY, MURDER OF BETSEY FRANCES TIRRELL

Miss Loretta Adeline Loud sworn — examined by Mr. Foster. — I live in South Weymouth; I am sixteen years old. I live with my mother. My father is not living. I became acquainted with Mr. Hersey the September previous to the death of Mary Tirrell. I knew him as well as I knew other young men in the place. He commenced to pay me particular attention the 25th of March, '60. I was engaged to him between the 25th of March and the 29th of April. The engagement commenced two or three weeks after the 25th of March. The engagement was secret, at his request. He gave as the reason for wishing it kept secret, that.it was but a-short time since Mary died, and might be considered strange by Wilson Tirrell's family. Nothing was said about the length of time it should be kept secret. I told my mother. He was there as often as once or twice a week. I had conversations with him about Frances Tirrell. At one time, I told him I should think he would pay attentions to her, as she Was about his age, and in the same house. He said that Frances was a good girl, but he did not love her, never had been with her, and never intended to. He said at another time, that he had had a bad headache, and Frances was all attention, " you had better believe."

I had seen Frances at church one day, and she looked pale, and I asked him if she was sick, and he said that she had appeared blue for some time, and if she did not get better soon, he should not be surprised if she did not live long. Our engagement terminated on Sunday, the 29th of April. I terminated it, because he made improper propositions to me. It was by the advice of my mother that I terminated it.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS7-1T5 : 9 November 2014), Emily J Loud in household of Horatio B Loud, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 14, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96572727/loretta-adelaide-sampson

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Loud-57 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.