Died as a result of exposure to the ocean.
died in childhood
died young
Went with his brother, Henry to Cuba. They worked at their trade a s carpenters and builders at Havanna in the winter of 1810-11. In th e spring they placed their effects on board vessel to embark for home , when one was stricken with yellow fever, the other remained to car e for him and both died."I wish to communicate to the Trustees of our Humane Society , a statement of a successful exertion in saving the life of a lad wh o had nearly perished in the watery element. I am satisfied the acti vity and enterprise of the agents will be thought deserving of your a ttention. Lowell Mason, a son of my nearest neighbor, of about sixte en, went into the Charles River to bathe, and unexpectedly to himsel f was carried by the current where the water was eight or nine feet i n depth. Having sunk and arisin twice, calling for help in the bes t manner his situation admitted, he went down for the third time. Tw o lads younger than himself being present--namely, Moses Wight and Jo seph Lovell--the former, with all his clothing upon him, plunged int o the water and brought his friend from the bottom, while the other v ery judiciously floated a rail on the surface and aided them both t o the land." Tilden's Medfield, 206. Thus was preserved to us the voice of him who published 'Carmin a Sacra' and who revolutionized musical methods and musical instrumen tation in America.
Died suddenly.
WWW was not sure of this one.----------child: Worley, Kleber (1800 - )
2d wife.spouse: Cook, John (1795 - 1837)
Died aged 2 1/2 years.
Killed by the fall of a cart wheel.
Was accidently drowned while in charge of the sheep ranch of Frederic k D. Wight (4566).
Died a soldier in the Civil War.spouse: Allen, Mary S
died in the Union Army.
Drowned at sea.