James Lincoln Huntington
1880 - 1968
James Lincoln Huntington (1880-1968) was born in Malden on May 30, 1880. He grew up in Ashfield, Massachusetts and Hanover, New Hampshire. He was an obstetrician and gynecologist, and he was instrumental in developing the procedure for caesarian sections. Later in life, he became interested in the history of his family and their home, "Forty Acres," which is now a museum.
Below is a list of the important events of his life:
1895-1896 Attended St. John's Military School, Manlius, New York
1901 Summer at Arrowpoint Camp, New Preston, Connecticut
1902 Graduated from Dartmouth College
1902-1903 Taught at St. John's School, Manlius and lived in Syracuse with his grandparents Frederic Dan and Hannah Huntington
1903 Moved to Cambridge
1904 Summer at Cloyne House, Newport, R.I.
1907 Graduated from Harvard Medical School
1909 Studied medicine in Germany
1910 Began practice of obstetrics and gynecology in Boston
1911 Married Sarah Higginson Pierce on June 1
1911-1915 Staff of Boston City Hospital
1911-1922 Assistant in Obstetrics at Harvard Medical School
1911-1922 Staff of Boston Lying-in Hospital
1922-1923 Consulting obstetrician at Cambridge Hospital
1921 Head of obstetrical department at Mt. Auburn Hospital
1929 Aquired full ownership of "Forty Acres"
1940 Began practices in Hadley and Northampton and was consulting obstetrician at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital
1943 Moved to "Forty Acres" in Hadley
1944 Divorced Sarah Pierce on June 28
1944 Married Agnes Genevieve Keefe Huntington on December 29
1955 Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation formed House and contents donated by James L. Huntington
1968 Died on May 5