"Hannah Dwight Hollister, as the widow of Rodolphus Wright Field, married about 1818, her second husband, Hon. Josiah Pomeroy, Jr., of Warwick, Mass. She being his second wife. ... Hon. Josiah Pomeroy, Jr., born in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 1, 1767, was a son of Josiah Pomeroy and Joanna (Wright) of Northampton, and of Warwick, Mass. He married as his first wife, Mary Barnes, of Warwick, born, in Marlboro, Mass., March 29, 1765. She died in Warwick, June 5, 1816. He died in Greenfield, Mass., March 18, 1848, in his eighty-first year. His death occurred suddenly, while in Greenfield, attending to business from an attack of apoplexy, having fallen upon the street in a faint, from which he never recovered. He possessed a powerful physique, being over six feet in height, having broad shoulders, and an erect, stately carriage. He had great ability, and represented his district, as a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts at Boston. His genial nature and kindly disposition gained for him the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. he was a great musician, a powerful singer, his loud deep-toned voice being full of melody."
