Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)

Born 29 Nov 1799 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (May) Alcott — married 23 May 1830 in Boston Village, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1888 at age 88 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Bronson Alcott was a part of the Civil Rights Movement.

Biography

Bronson Alcott was a transcendentalist philosopher, abolitionist, and teacher. He was full of dreams and schemes, an idealist who founded a commune called Fruitlands and became a vegan before the term even existed. Fruitlands failed miserably, and Alcott got by on loans from others, including his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, but the Alcotts were often without money.

He married Abigail May on May 23, 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

Bronson Alcott died on March 4, 1888; a few days earlier, bedridden, he had told his visiting daughter Louisa, "I am going up. Come with me." She replied, "I wish I could." As it turned out, she followed him just two days later, dying of a stroke at age 55.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8X-32N : 4 November 2017), Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May, 23 May 1830; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277237.
2. ↑ http://writersalmanac.org/

• Orcutt, Samual. History of the Town of Wolcott (Press of The American Printing Company in Waterbury, Conn, 1874) Page 230
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Louise M Alcott

Birth Date: abt 1833

Event Type: Death

Event City: Boston

Death Date: 6 Mar 1888

Death Age: 55

Father Name: A Bronson

Mother Name: Abby M Bronson

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8X-32N : 4 November 2017), Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May, 23 May 1830; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277237.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS8-H6D : 29 October 2019), A B Alcott, Boston, ward 8, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 173, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
A B Alcott		Male	50	Connecticut
Abby Alcott		Female	49	Massachusetts
Anna B Alcott		Female	19	Pennsylvania
Louisa M Alcott		Female	17	Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Alcott		Female	15	Massachusetts
Abby M Alcott		Female	9	Massachusetts

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWV-KXL : 9 March 2018), A Bronsen Alcott, Ward 06, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,959.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCQ-Z47 : 14 December 2017), A B Alcott, 1860; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCF-YCY : 1 June 2018), A Bronson Alcott, 1865; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD36-ZZ1 : 12 June 2019), Alcott, 1870; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH65-GX4 : 8 September 2017), A Bronson Alcott, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 362, sheet 188B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,538.

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
A Bronson Alcott	Self	Male	80	Connecticut, United States
Anna Bronson Pratt	Daughter	Female	49	Pennsylvania, United States
Frederic A Pratt	Grandson	Male	17	Massachusetts, United States
John S Pratt	Grandson	Male	14	Massachusetts, United States
Louisa M Alcott	Daughter	Female	49	Pennsylvania, United States
Mary Hartroy	Other	Female	28	Ireland

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2018), memorial page for Amos Bronson Alcott (29 Nov 1799–4 Mar 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #5594, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
• Biographical Dictionary of American Educators, Vol. 1, ed. John F. Ohles, 1978, Westport CT/London, Greenwood Press...JR 1/2018
• Wikipedia: Amos_Bronson_Alcott