Alice Cogswell was an eighth generation descendant of John Cogswell who was born at Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England in 1592. John married the Vicar of Westbury's daughter, Elizabeth Thompson. On May 25, 1625, they set sail for America aboard the Angel Gabriel. The ship crashed off the coast of Maine on August 15, 1625 and the family was washed ashore. They eventually moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where John received a grant of 300 acres in the vicinity. About 200 years later Alice Cogswell, was born at the family home on January 5, 1845. She attended the Ipswich seminary with her sister Lucy.
Judson Moss Bemis and Alice Cogswell were married on November 21, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at their sister's house on Craige Street. The couple soon moved back to St. Louis where their first child, Judson Cogswell Bemis, was born on December 8, 1867. The Bemis family resided in St. Louis until 1870 when they moved to Boston. Judson left his brother Stephen, now a full partner, in charge of the St. Louis operation.
A second son, Albert Farwell, was born soon after their arrival in Boston on November 11, 1870. The growing family moved to Newton, Massachusetts where they lived for the next ten years. While there, three more children were born: Lucy Gardner, who died of scarlet fever in childhood, Maude, who married Reginald H. Parsons, and Alice, who married Frederick M. P. Taylor.
Mrs. Bemis contracted a throat ailment in 1881 which the doctors felt would heal in a southern climate. She lived in Florida for a year but there was no improvement. The following winter the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. To the medical men at the time the city was famous for its high dry climate where a great deal of time could be spent out of doors. They rented a house on Weber Street until the residence at 506 N. Cascade was constructed in 1885.
Mrs. Bemis lived at the house with Albert, Alice and Maude. Mr. Bemis maintained his residence in Boston and visited the family occasionally. The oldest child, Judson Cogswell, had gone to St. Louis to attend a manual training school in 1883. Two years later he caught pneumonia and died on May 10, 1885.
While Mr. Bemis did not live in Colorado Springs, he devoted a considerable amount of his time to the development of the city and especially Colorado College. The second building on campus was the President's House which was purchased and remodeled with funds donated, in part, by Bemis.
Mrs. Bemis was also a public spirited person. She was the first life member of the Ipswich Historical Society and supported them over the years with monetary gifts. When the organization was in need of a new fire proof building she sent them a check which covered the majority of its costs. The president of the organization requested that the building be named in her honor, but she declined.
Mrs. Bemis had a tremendous interest in the development of Colorado Springs as well. She was an early contributor to the Day Nursery which she helped found in 1897. The organization provided day care services for the working mothers of the community. Its annual budget in 1916 was $5,000 partially supported by an endowment to which Mrs. Bemis had given $3,000. In February of 1916, she helped the local Y.M.C.A. by donating two lots and a sum of money so that their gymnasium could be built. She was a founding member of the first Women's club in Colorado Springs. The Wednesday Art Class, founded in 1885, was formed to discuss the current state of the arts. An art library was a substantial recipient. The collections were donated to the Colorado College library in 1926.
Judson and Alice celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on November 21, 1916 at their daughter's home on Wood Avenue in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Bemis's health had improved to the point that she no longer needed to spend all her time in the Colorado Springs climate. Mr. and Mrs. Bemis spent their summers at Mountain Head, Lake Mohawk, New York and wintered in Colorado Springs. Returning to Colorado in October of 1917, Mrs. Bemis caught a cold which quickly developed into double pneumonia. Alice Cogswell Bemis died in October, 1917 and was laid to rest in the Newton, Massachusetts cemetery.
Obituary - Sunday, October 21, 1917 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Mrs. Judson M. Bemis, an old resident of Colorado Springs, died at her home, 506 North Cascade avenue, on Thursday afternoon, October 18, after a brief illness, the result of pneumonia. Mrs. Bemis was a real New Englander, of a type all too rare in these degenerate days. Born in Ipswich in 1845, she came to Colorado Springs for her health's sake in 1882. For many years she was not very strong, and yet she was one of the least self-indulgent people that ever lived. Wealth was to her not a reason for luxury and pleasure-seeking, but an opportunity for helping others - with a lack of ostentation characteristic of her whole nature. She was truly a "secret helper." That the young should have their chance in life and that the paths of the needy should be made more easy, became increasingly the object of her life. In the wakeful hours of the night, she planned to relieve the sufferings of others - and her spirit of good will came from no weak sentimentality. Mrs. Bemis was a woman of good judgment and incisive mind, and a strong character. She was a wonderful loyal friend and her daily life centered in her own family circle, in a few personal friendships and in the benevolence which was her avocation. Colorado college and the Young Woman's Christian association have lost a foundation stone. To her they owe a debt never to be forgotten. Signed E. T. B., Colorado Springs, Oct. 20
Obituary - Saturday, October 20, 1917 - Boston Herald - Bemis at Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18 - Alice Cogswell Bemis, wife of Judson M. Bemis, in her 73d year. Interment at Newton, Mass. Cemetery. Funeral services at Cemetery Chapel, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Judson Moss Bemis and Alice Cogswell were married on November 21, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at their sister's house on Craige Street. The couple soon moved back to St. Louis where their first child, Judson Cogswell Bemis, was born on December 8, 1867. The Bemis family resided in St. Louis until 1870 when they moved to Boston. Judson left his brother Stephen, now a full partner, in charge of the St. Louis operation.
A second son, Albert Farwell, was born soon after their arrival in Boston on November 11, 1870. The growing family moved to Newton, Massachusetts where they lived for the next ten years. While there, three more children were born: Lucy Gardner, who died of scarlet fever in childhood, Maude, who married Reginald H. Parsons, and Alice, who married Frederick M. P. Taylor.
Mrs. Bemis contracted a throat ailment in 1881 which the doctors felt would heal in a southern climate. She lived in Florida for a year but there was no improvement. The following winter the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. To the medical men at the time the city was famous for its high dry climate where a great deal of time could be spent out of doors. They rented a house on Weber Street until the residence at 506 N. Cascade was constructed in 1885.
Mrs. Bemis lived at the house with Albert, Alice and Maude. Mr. Bemis maintained his residence in Boston and visited the family occasionally. The oldest child, Judson Cogswell, had gone to St. Louis to attend a manual training school in 1883. Two years later he caught pneumonia and died on May 10, 1885.
While Mr. Bemis did not live in Colorado Springs, he devoted a considerable amount of his time to the development of the city and especially Colorado College. The second building on campus was the President's House which was purchased and remodeled with funds donated, in part, by Bemis.
Mrs. Bemis was also a public spirited person. She was the first life member of the Ipswich Historical Society and supported them over the years with monetary gifts. When the organization was in need of a new fire proof building she sent them a check which covered the majority of its costs. The president of the organization requested that the building be named in her honor, but she declined.
Mrs. Bemis had a tremendous interest in the development of Colorado Springs as well. She was an early contributor to the Day Nursery which she helped found in 1897. The organization provided day care services for the working mothers of the community. Its annual budget in 1916 was $5,000 partially supported by an endowment to which Mrs. Bemis had given $3,000. In February of 1916, she helped the local Y.M.C.A. by donating two lots and a sum of money so that their gymnasium could be built. She was a founding member of the first Women's club in Colorado Springs. The Wednesday Art Class, founded in 1885, was formed to discuss the current state of the arts. An art library was a substantial recipient. The collections were donated to the Colorado College library in 1926.
Judson and Alice celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on November 21, 1916 at their daughter's home on Wood Avenue in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Bemis's health had improved to the point that she no longer needed to spend all her time in the Colorado Springs climate. Mr. and Mrs. Bemis spent their summers at Mountain Head, Lake Mohawk, New York and wintered in Colorado Springs. Returning to Colorado in October of 1917, Mrs. Bemis caught a cold which quickly developed into double pneumonia. Alice Cogswell Bemis died in October, 1917 and was laid to rest in the Newton, Massachusetts cemetery.
Obituary - Sunday, October 21, 1917 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Mrs. Judson M. Bemis, an old resident of Colorado Springs, died at her home, 506 North Cascade avenue, on Thursday afternoon, October 18, after a brief illness, the result of pneumonia. Mrs. Bemis was a real New Englander, of a type all too rare in these degenerate days. Born in Ipswich in 1845, she came to Colorado Springs for her health's sake in 1882. For many years she was not very strong, and yet she was one of the least self-indulgent people that ever lived. Wealth was to her not a reason for luxury and pleasure-seeking, but an opportunity for helping others - with a lack of ostentation characteristic of her whole nature. She was truly a "secret helper." That the young should have their chance in life and that the paths of the needy should be made more easy, became increasingly the object of her life. In the wakeful hours of the night, she planned to relieve the sufferings of others - and her spirit of good will came from no weak sentimentality. Mrs. Bemis was a woman of good judgment and incisive mind, and a strong character. She was a wonderful loyal friend and her daily life centered in her own family circle, in a few personal friendships and in the benevolence which was her avocation. Colorado college and the Young Woman's Christian association have lost a foundation stone. To her they owe a debt never to be forgotten. Signed E. T. B., Colorado Springs, Oct. 20
Obituary - Saturday, October 20, 1917 - Boston Herald - Bemis at Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18 - Alice Cogswell Bemis, wife of Judson M. Bemis, in her 73d year. Interment at Newton, Mass. Cemetery. Funeral services at Cemetery Chapel, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Alice Cogswell was an eighth generation descendant of John Cogswell who was born at Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England in 1592. John married the Vicar of Westbury's daughter, Elizabeth Thompson. On May 25, 1625, they set sail for America aboard the Angel Gabriel. The ship crashed off the coast of Maine on August 15, 1625 and the family was washed ashore. They eventually moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where John received a grant of 300 acres in the vicinity. About 200 years later Alice Cogswell, was born at the family home on January 5, 1845. She attended the Ipswich seminary with her sister Lucy.
Judson Moss Bemis and Alice Cogswell were married on November 21, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at their sister's house on Craige Street. The couple soon moved back to St. Louis where their first child, Judson Cogswell Bemis, was born on December 8, 1867. The Bemis family resided in St. Louis until 1870 when they moved to Boston. Judson left his brother Stephen, now a full partner, in charge of the St. Louis operation.
A second son, Albert Farwell, was born soon after their arrival in Boston on November 11, 1870. The growing family moved to Newton, Massachusetts where they lived for the next ten years. While there, three more children were born: Lucy Gardner, who died of scarlet fever in childhood, Maude, who married Reginald H. Parsons, and Alice, who married Frederick M. P. Taylor.
Mrs. Bemis contracted a throat ailment in 1881 which the doctors felt would heal in a southern climate. She lived in Florida for a year but there was no improvement. The following winter the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. To the medical men at the time the city was famous for its high dry climate where a great deal of time could be spent out of doors. They rented a house on Weber Street until the residence at 506 N. Cascade was constructed in 1885.
Mrs. Bemis lived at the house with Albert, Alice and Maude. Mr. Bemis maintained his residence in Boston and visited the family occasionally. The oldest child, Judson Cogswell, had gone to St. Louis to attend a manual training school in 1883. Two years later he caught pneumonia and died on May 10, 1885.
While Mr. Bemis did not live in Colorado Springs, he devoted a considerable amount of his time to the development of the city and especially Colorado College. The second building on campus was the President's House which was purchased and remodeled with funds donated, in part, by Bemis.
Mrs. Bemis was also a public spirited person. She was the first life member of the Ipswich Historical Society and supported them over the years with monetary gifts. When the organization was in need of a new fire proof building she sent them a check which covered the majority of its costs. The president of the organization requested that the building be named in her honor, but she declined.
Mrs. Bemis had a tremendous interest in the development of Colorado Springs as well. She was an early contributor to the Day Nursery which she helped found in 1897. The organization provided day care services for the working mothers of the community. Its annual budget in 1916 was $5,000 partially supported by an endowment to which Mrs. Bemis had given $3,000. In February of 1916, she helped the local Y.M.C.A. by donating two lots and a sum of money so that their gymnasium could be built. She was a founding member of the first Women's club in Colorado Springs. The Wednesday Art Class, founded in 1885, was formed to discuss the current state of the arts. An art library was a substantial recipient. The collections were donated to the Colorado College library in 1926.
Judson and Alice celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on November 21, 1916 at their daughter's home on Wood Avenue in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Bemis's health had improved to the point that she no longer needed to spend all her time in the Colorado Springs climate. Mr. and Mrs. Bemis spent their summers at Mountain Head, Lake Mohawk, New York and wintered in Colorado Springs. Returning to Colorado in October of 1917, Mrs. Bemis caught a cold which quickly developed into double pneumonia. Alice Cogswell Bemis died in October, 1917 and was laid to rest in the Newton, Massachusetts cemetery.
Obituary - Sunday, October 21, 1917 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Mrs. Judson M. Bemis, an old resident of Colorado Springs, died at her home, 506 North Cascade avenue, on Thursday afternoon, October 18, after a brief illness, the result of pneumonia. Mrs. Bemis was a real New Englander, of a type all too rare in these degenerate days. Born in Ipswich in 1845, she came to Colorado Springs for her health's sake in 1882. For many years she was not very strong, and yet she was one of the least self-indulgent people that ever lived. Wealth was to her not a reason for luxury and pleasure-seeking, but an opportunity for helping others - with a lack of ostentation characteristic of her whole nature. She was truly a "secret helper." That the young should have their chance in life and that the paths of the needy should be made more easy, became increasingly the object of her life. In the wakeful hours of the night, she planned to relieve the sufferings of others - and her spirit of good will came from no weak sentimentality. Mrs. Bemis was a woman of good judgment and incisive mind, and a strong character. She was a wonderful loyal friend and her daily life centered in her own family circle, in a few personal friendships and in the benevolence which was her avocation. Colorado college and the Young Woman's Christian association have lost a foundation stone. To her they owe a debt never to be forgotten. Signed E. T. B., Colorado Springs, Oct. 20
Obituary - Saturday, October 20, 1917 - Boston Herald - Bemis at Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18 - Alice Cogswell Bemis, wife of Judson M. Bemis, in her 73d year. Interment at Newton, Mass. Cemetery. Funeral services at Cemetery Chapel, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Judson Moss Bemis and Alice Cogswell were married on November 21, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at their sister's house on Craige Street. The couple soon moved back to St. Louis where their first child, Judson Cogswell Bemis, was born on December 8, 1867. The Bemis family resided in St. Louis until 1870 when they moved to Boston. Judson left his brother Stephen, now a full partner, in charge of the St. Louis operation.
A second son, Albert Farwell, was born soon after their arrival in Boston on November 11, 1870. The growing family moved to Newton, Massachusetts where they lived for the next ten years. While there, three more children were born: Lucy Gardner, who died of scarlet fever in childhood, Maude, who married Reginald H. Parsons, and Alice, who married Frederick M. P. Taylor.
Mrs. Bemis contracted a throat ailment in 1881 which the doctors felt would heal in a southern climate. She lived in Florida for a year but there was no improvement. The following winter the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. To the medical men at the time the city was famous for its high dry climate where a great deal of time could be spent out of doors. They rented a house on Weber Street until the residence at 506 N. Cascade was constructed in 1885.
Mrs. Bemis lived at the house with Albert, Alice and Maude. Mr. Bemis maintained his residence in Boston and visited the family occasionally. The oldest child, Judson Cogswell, had gone to St. Louis to attend a manual training school in 1883. Two years later he caught pneumonia and died on May 10, 1885.
While Mr. Bemis did not live in Colorado Springs, he devoted a considerable amount of his time to the development of the city and especially Colorado College. The second building on campus was the President's House which was purchased and remodeled with funds donated, in part, by Bemis.
Mrs. Bemis was also a public spirited person. She was the first life member of the Ipswich Historical Society and supported them over the years with monetary gifts. When the organization was in need of a new fire proof building she sent them a check which covered the majority of its costs. The president of the organization requested that the building be named in her honor, but she declined.
Mrs. Bemis had a tremendous interest in the development of Colorado Springs as well. She was an early contributor to the Day Nursery which she helped found in 1897. The organization provided day care services for the working mothers of the community. Its annual budget in 1916 was $5,000 partially supported by an endowment to which Mrs. Bemis had given $3,000. In February of 1916, she helped the local Y.M.C.A. by donating two lots and a sum of money so that their gymnasium could be built. She was a founding member of the first Women's club in Colorado Springs. The Wednesday Art Class, founded in 1885, was formed to discuss the current state of the arts. An art library was a substantial recipient. The collections were donated to the Colorado College library in 1926.
Judson and Alice celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on November 21, 1916 at their daughter's home on Wood Avenue in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Bemis's health had improved to the point that she no longer needed to spend all her time in the Colorado Springs climate. Mr. and Mrs. Bemis spent their summers at Mountain Head, Lake Mohawk, New York and wintered in Colorado Springs. Returning to Colorado in October of 1917, Mrs. Bemis caught a cold which quickly developed into double pneumonia. Alice Cogswell Bemis died in October, 1917 and was laid to rest in the Newton, Massachusetts cemetery.
Obituary - Sunday, October 21, 1917 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Mrs. Judson M. Bemis, an old resident of Colorado Springs, died at her home, 506 North Cascade avenue, on Thursday afternoon, October 18, after a brief illness, the result of pneumonia. Mrs. Bemis was a real New Englander, of a type all too rare in these degenerate days. Born in Ipswich in 1845, she came to Colorado Springs for her health's sake in 1882. For many years she was not very strong, and yet she was one of the least self-indulgent people that ever lived. Wealth was to her not a reason for luxury and pleasure-seeking, but an opportunity for helping others - with a lack of ostentation characteristic of her whole nature. She was truly a "secret helper." That the young should have their chance in life and that the paths of the needy should be made more easy, became increasingly the object of her life. In the wakeful hours of the night, she planned to relieve the sufferings of others - and her spirit of good will came from no weak sentimentality. Mrs. Bemis was a woman of good judgment and incisive mind, and a strong character. She was a wonderful loyal friend and her daily life centered in her own family circle, in a few personal friendships and in the benevolence which was her avocation. Colorado college and the Young Woman's Christian association have lost a foundation stone. To her they owe a debt never to be forgotten. Signed E. T. B., Colorado Springs, Oct. 20
Obituary - Saturday, October 20, 1917 - Boston Herald - Bemis at Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18 - Alice Cogswell Bemis, wife of Judson M. Bemis, in her 73d year. Interment at Newton, Mass. Cemetery. Funeral services at Cemetery Chapel, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.
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