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1843. Residence : Stockbridge, N.Y. 1846-9. Principal of Sauquoit Academy, N. Y. 1849. Went to Texas. Reported dead.
232. ADIN SPAULDING BOYDEN.
Born, Aug. 30, 1815, in East Barnard, Vt.
1844-66. Taught and preached in Columbus, Ga.
1866. Returned to East Barnard, Vt. 1872-3. Member of Vermont Legislature.
Married, 1847, Anna S. Rhodes. Child : Charles Olin, born Dec. 2, 1849 ; B.A., Univ. of Vt , 1871. 1873. Address : East Barnard, Vt.
233. MAJOR PLUMER CRAFTS.
Born, June 16, 1817, in Washington, Vt.
Went South and engaged in teaching.
1845. Teacher in Brownwood Institute, LaGrange, Ga.
1846. Principal of Hamilton Academy, Ga.
1847. Principal of Female Academy, Pontotoc, Miss.
1853-62. Principal of Corpus Christi Academy, Texas. .
1862. In the Confederate Marine Service ; captain of the gun-boat " Surf."
1865-73. In the Book and News Business, Terra Haute, Ind. Married, June 18, 1846, Miss Lydia E. Webster of Burlington, Conn. Children : five, of whom two are living.
1873. Address : Terra Haute, Ind.
234. * ORAN FAVILLE.
Born, Oct. 13, 1817, in Manheim, Herkimer Co., N.Y.
1844. Teacher of Ancient Languages in Oneida Conf. Seminary (now Central N. Y. Conf. Sem.), Cazenovia, N.Y.
1846. Teacher of Ancient Languages in Troy Conf. Academy, West Poultney, Vt. ; afterwards Principal.
1852. Prof. of Anc. Lang McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill.
1853, Pres. of Ohio Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio.
1855. Resigned on account of ill health ; lived on a farm in Mitch- ell Co., Iowa. Subsequently filled the office of County Judge, Lieut .- Governor, and President of State Board of Education.
1863. Acting Secretary of State Board of Education. Appointed Visitor to U. S. Military Academy, West Point.
1863-7. Editor of " Iowa School Journal."
1864-6. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and President of State Teachers' Association.
1867. Resigned these positions on account of ill health.
1867-72. Resided in Waverly, Iowa.
Died, Oct. 3, 1872, in Waverly, Iowa.
Married, July 24, 1845, Miss Maria M. Peck, De Witt, N.Y. 1873. Address of widow : Fulton, N.Y.
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235. FRANCIS SOUTHACK HOYT.
Born, Nov. 5, 1822, in Lyndon, Vt. Brother of Nos. 284 and 394. 1854-60. President of Willamette University, Salem. Oregon. 1860-72. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History in Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. 1872. Delegate to General Conference, M. E. Church.
1872-3. Editor of " Western Christian Advocate."
Has received degree of D.D.
Married, Dec. 25, 1848, Miss Phoebe Martha Dyer of Phillips, Me. Children : Fannie E., born Dec. 6, 1852 Charles Albert, born Aug. 22, 1854. Edgar Freeman, born Aug. 2, 1856. Willson Dyar, born March 12, 1859. Francis Corliss, born Aug. 26, 1862. George Benjamin, born Aug. 20, 1865.
1873. Address : 190 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
236. * PHILIP OLMSTEAD HYATT.
Born, Jan. 15, 1822, in Ridgefield, Conn.
1849. Received degree of M.D.
1852. Surgeon in Kings County Hospital. Went to Florida. Died, July 7, 1851, in Ridgefield, Conn.
237. GILBERT BOARD LAWRENCE.
1843. Residence : New York City.
1868. In Hall of Records, Grand Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1873. Address : Brooklyn, E.D., N.Y.
238. LAFAYETTE CHARLES LOOMIS.
Born, July 7, 1824, in Coventry, Conn. Brother of No. 239.
1844-50. Assoc. Princ. Adelphian Acad., N. Bridgewater, Mass.
1851. Teacher in Mount Hollis Seminary, Holliston, Mass.
1852. Vice-Principal of Irving Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y. 1853. Principal of same.
1854-7. Professor of Natural Science and Belles-Lettres in Wes- leyan Female College, Wilmington, Del.
1857-8. President of same.
1858. Published " Mizpah."
1859-63. Principal of Lafayette Institute, Washington, D.C.
1863. M.D., Georgetown College.
1864. Acting Assistant Surgeon, Army of the Potomac.
1865-8. President of Wheeling Female College, W. Va.
1867. Published " Mental Culture."
1868. Prof. of Physiology, Howard Univ., Washington, D.C.
1870-3. President of the Department of Literature, Music, and Fine Arts in the American Union Academy of Literature, Science, and Art, Washington, D.C.
Married, Oct. 1, 1847, Esther Lucretia Lincoln of Holliston, Mass. Married, Oct. 20, 1870, Mary Williams of Canandaigua, N.Y.
Child : Charles Lincoln, born Sept. 9, 1859.
1873. Address : Washington, D.C.
239. SILAS LAWRENCE LOOMIS.
Born, May 22, 1822, in Coventry, Conn. Brother of No. 238. 1845-52. Assoc. Princ. Adelphian Acad., N. Bridgewater, Mass.
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1854. Teacher of Mathematics in Dunbarton Academy, D.C.
1855-9. Principal of Western Academy, Washington, D.C.
1856. M.D., Georgetown College.
1857. Astronomer to the Lake Coast Survey.
1858. Published " Normal Arithmetic."
1859. Published " Analytical Arithmetic."
1859-60. Prof of Physiology, Medical Dept., Georgetown College. 1860. Special Instructor in Mathematics to U.S. Naval Cadets, and ordered on a cruise in the Atlantic.
1861-7. Prof. of Chemistry and Toxicology, Georgetown College.
1862. President of Washington Scientific Association.
1862. Surgeon attached to McClellan's Staff, Army of the Potomac. 1863-5. Acting Asst. Surgeon on Steamer "State of Maine," and in Patent Office, Finley, and Mt. Pleasant Hospitals.
1862-72. Member American Medical Association.
1867. Professor of Practice of Medicine, Medical Department, How- ard University, Washington, D.C.
1867-9. Dean of Howard University. Delegate to Convention of American Medical Colleges to establish a higher curriculum of Medical Study.
1 868-72. Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in same.
1869-73. President Department of Physics and Chemistry, Amer- ican Union Academy of Literature, Science, and Art, Wash- ington, D.C.
1870. Chairman of Special Comm. to examine Mathematical and Chemical Instruments to be used in Revenue Service.
1872. President American Union Academy of Literature, Science, and Art.
Married, Jan. 22, 1847, Betsey A. Tidd, who died 1850.
Married, May 28, 1851, Abby C. Paine.
Children : Annie Elizabeth, born Sept. 24, 1850. Stephen Lawrence, born May 10, 1853 ; died May 5, 1861. Edwin Silas, born Dec 29, 1858.
Emma Paine, born April 22, 1867.
1873. Address : 639 Pennsylvania Av., East, Washington, D.C.
210. RUSSELL ZELOTES MASON.
Born Jan, 17, 1819.
1843. Residence : Sheldon, Vt.
1844. Joined Troy Conf., M. E. Church.
1 844. Stationed at Whitehall, N.Y .; 1845, Rutland, Vt.
1846. Teacher of Mathematics in Troy Conference Academy.
1849. Went to California.
1851. Teacher of Mathematics in Troy Conf. Academy.
1851. Prof. of Mathematics and Nat. Sciences in McKendree Col- lege, Lebanon, Ill. Joined Illinois Conf.
1854. Prof. of Mathematics and Nat. Sciences in Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis. Transferred to Wisconsin Conf.
1859. Acting President of Lawrence University.
1861. President of Lawrence University.
1865. Mayor of Appleton, Wis.
1866. LL.D., Wisconsin State University.
Married, 1844, Mary A. Adams, who died 1852.
Married, 1853, Mary A. E. Pierce, Middletown, Conn.
Children : Caroline Augusta, born Aug. 5, 1845.
Olin Raymond, born June 27, 1848 ; died Oct. 23, 1851. William Adams, born Oct. 19, 1852 ; died Oct. 8, 1857,
Samuel Pierce, born Sept. 27, 1854 ; died Oct. 15, 1857. Annie Sophia Stevens, born Sept. 24, 1856.
James Russell, born Nov. 9, 1858 ; died June 22, 1865. Edward Cooke, born March 2, 1863.
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Ellen Moore, born Dec. 20, 1860. Eben Pierce, born March 12, 1867. Russel Teal, born May 18, 1870.
1873. Address : Appleton, Wis.
241. CHARLES THOMAS POOLER.
Born, Aug. 30, 1822, in Brooklyn, Conn.
1845. Principal High School, Middletown, Conn.
1847. Teacher of Mathematics in Ogdensburgh Academy, N.Y. 1849. Admitted to the Bar in Oswego, N.Y.
1849-50. Practiced Law in Hermon, N. Y.
1851. Teacher of Math. and Nat. Sci., St. Lawrence Acad., N.Y.
1853. Principal of Independent Academy, Potsdam, N.Y.
1857-60. Superintendent of City Schools, Akron, Ohio.
1861-3. Principal of Deansville Academy, N.Y.
1863-72. School Commissioner in Oneida County, N. Y.
1867. Elected President of N.Y. State School Commissioners and City Superintendent's Association.
1868. Patented " Pooler's Perpetual Calendar."
Married, 1853, Elizabeth U. De Longé, Potsdam, N.Y.
1873. Address : Deansville, Oneida County, N.Y.
242. WILLIAM CHASE PRESCOTT.
Born, Oct. 23, 1821, in Gilmanton, N.H.
1845. Principal of High School, Malden, Mass.
1846. Studied Law with Franklin Pierce, Concord, N.H.
1848. Deputy Secretary of State, N.H.
1849. Secretary of New England Fire Insurance Company.
1850. Colonel of N. H. Volunteer Militia.
1851. President of Bowditch Insurance Co., Salem, Mass.
1852. President of Hamilton Insurance Co, Salem, Mass.
1856-7. Member of Massachusetts Legislature.
1857. Justice of Municipal Court, Salem, Mass.
1860. Major of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
1861. U. S. Deputy Surveyor, Custom House, Boston, Mass.
1865. Visited California and Nevada on a Geological and Mining Tour.
1 866. Stock Broker in New York City.
1868. Vice President of First National Eclectic Assurance Society of the United States, New York City.
1869. Connected with the North American Life Insurance Com- pany, New York City.
1870-2. Traveled in Europe as Foreign Secretary of the North American Life Insurance Company.
1872-3. Foreign Secretary of the Continental Life Insurance Co. Married, Dec. 25, 1849, Annie Curtis, Concord, N.H.
Child : Gertrude, born Dec. 17, 1859.
1873. Address : 35 and 36 Lombard St., Plough Court, London, E. C., England.
243. * ALPHONZO ROLLINS.
Born, 1816, in Hallowell, Me.
1844. Principal of High School, Sheffield, Mass.
1845. Principal of Hempstead Seminary. N. Y.
1849. Professor of Languages in Delaware College, Wilmington, for several years. Died, May 29, 1854, in Morristown, N.J.
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Married, October, 1847, Miss Caroline M. Trench of Middletown, Conn., who died June 30, 1866 Children : Alphonzo W., born Aug. 28, 1848. Clara Anna, born June 30, 1853.
244. JAMES ARNOLD SAWYER.
Born, Oct. 13, 1810, in Austerlitz, Columbia County, N.Y.
1845-6. Principal of Spencertown Academy, N.Y.
1846. Principal of Burlington Academy, Wis.
1847. Principal of Sheffield Academy, Mass.
1848-53. Principal of various graded schools in Western N. York.
1856-73. Engaged in farming in Wisconsin.
Married, June 14, 1847, Adaline Cady of Genesee County, N. Y., who died May, 1849.
Married, Oct. 20, 1856, Pamelia Cummings White.
Children : Nathaniel Cady, born June 16, 1848. Fred Dennison, born Sept. 11, 1857.
Julia Adaline, born Dec. 9, 1859. James West, born April 7, 1862.
Charles, born Aug. 16, 1864 ; died in infancy.
Ada Pamelia, born Jan. 10, 1866. Dwight Cummings, born March 31, 1868. Elizabeth Reance, born June 13, 1870.
1873. Address : Koro, Winnebago County, Wis.
245. BENEDICT STARR.
Born, Aug. 4, 1822, in Danbury, Conn.
1845. Principal of Danbury Academy, Conn.
1847. Principal of Danbury Select School.
1849. Teacher in Newark Wesleyan Institute, N.J.
1853. Principal of same.
1856-61. Professor of Ancient Languages and Mathematics in Wesleyan Female College, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1862. Principal of Boys' School, Hamilton, Ohio.
1866-73. Proprietor of Starr's Institute, Seven Mile, Ohio.
Married, 1846, Frances Eliza Andrews of Danbury, Conn.
Children : Oliver Andrews, born Nov. 1, 1848. Sarah Frances, born March 10, 1857 ; died Sept. 28, 1859. 1873. Address : Seven Mile, Butler County, Ohio.
246. JAMES STRONG.
Born, Aug. 14, 1822, in New York City.
1844-6. Teacher of Ancient Languages in Troy Conf. Academy, West Poultney, Vt.
1846. Resigned this position in July, and resided the ensuing winter in New York City ; for a year and a half thereafter at New- town, N.Y .; the succeeding ten years at Flushing, N. Y., during two of which he was President of a Company en- gaged in constructing a railroad to New York City.
1852. Published " Harmony and Exposition of the Gospels."
1853. Published " An Abridgment and Questions for Schools."
1854. Published " Greek Harmony of the Gospels ; " since pub- lished several smaller works.
1856. D.D., Wesleyan University.
1858. Prof. of Bib. Lit. and Acting Pres. Troy University.
1868-73. Prof. of Exeg. Theol., Drew Theol. Sem., Madison, N.J.
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1872. Lay Delegate to General Conference, M. E. Church. Is now engaged in the preparation of the "Cyclopedia of Sacred Literature," also engaged on "Isaiah " for American edi- tion of Lange's Commentary. Member of American Branch Palestine Exploration Society ; member of American Com- mittee for revising Authorized Version of the Bible.
Married, July 18, 1845, Miss Marcia A. Dustin of Middlebury, Vt. Children : James F., born June 13, 1848. Mary D., born Dec. 8, 1851 ; died Feb. 17, 1854. Stella M. born June 18, 1856. Emma F. born July 30, 1858. Cyrus J., born March 3, 1862. Harriet Judd, born Aug. 28, 1867.
1873. Address : Madison, N.J.
247. GEORGE HEDDING WILEY.
1843. Residence : Portland, Me. 1853-73. Prof. of Ancient Languages, Centenary Coll. Jackson, La. Married Mrs. Mary Magruder.
1873. Address : Jackson, La.
248. WILLIAM BENNET WILLIAMS.
Born, May 12, 1818, in Hancock, Delaware County, N.Y.
1844. Joined New-York Conf., M. E. Church.
1844. Appointed to Delaware Mission, N.Y .; 1845, Deposit and Canonsville.
1845. Appointed Missionary to Africa and Principal of Monrovia Seminary. Died, Jan. 5, 1846, in Liberia.
Married, Oct. 26, 1845, Miss Elizabeth Trench of Middletown, Conn.
249. GEORGE WASHINGTON WINCHELL.
Born, Jan. 14, 1821, in Kensington, Conn.
1845-53. Engaged in teaching.
1853. Engaged in business, Wolcott, Conn.
1857. Member of Connecticut Legislature. 1863. Engaged in business, Meriden, Conn.
1864-73. Engaged in farming, Kensington, Conn.
Married, Aug. 14, 1851, Phebe Norton, Wolcott, Conn.
1873. Address : Kensington, Conn.
250. * DENISON GARDNER YORK.
Born, Aug. 19, 1817, in Brookfield. N.Y. 1844. Joined the Oneida Conf., M. E. Church, stationed at Tunk- hannock, N.Y. Died, Dec. II, 1844, in Tunkhannock, N.Y.
Married, Aug. 19, 1844, Miss Ann Eliza Irvin of Whitney's Point, N.Y. ; deceased.
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251. JAMES BOWLER BATCHELLER.
Born in Marblehead, Mass.
1854. Adjunct Prof. of Mathematics in Burlington College, N.J. Taught in High Schools fifteen years.
1867. Discontinued teaching.
1873. Address : Marblehead, Mass.
252. JOHN WESLEY BEACH.
Born, Dec. 26, 1825, in Trumbull, Conn.
1845-9. Taught and studied in Philadelphia, Pa.
1850-I. Teacher in Amenia Seminary, New York.
1851-4. Principal of same.
1854. Joined New York Conference, M. E. Church.
1854, 5. Stationed at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ; 1856, 7, Eighteenth St., N. Y. City ; 1858, 9, Newburg, N.Y. ; 1860, I, Hudson, N.Y. ; 1862, Greene St., N. Y. City ; 1863, 4, Sheffield, Mass .. ; 1865-7, Kingston, N. Y. ; 1868, 9, White Plains, N. Y. 1870. Transferred to New York East Conference.
1870-2. Stationed at Mamaroneck, N.Y .; 1873, First Church, New Haven, Conn.
1872. D.D., Wesleyan University.
Married, July 12, 1852, Miss Elizabeth A. Vail of Amenia, N.Y., who died Sept. 25, 1852.
Married, Jan. 16, 1855, Miss Eliza M. Vail of Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Children : Burton Thompson, born Dec. 24, 1855; Freshman Wesleyan University.
Elizabeth V., born Dec. 29, 1857.
Jarvis V., born Aug. 4, 1861 ; died Aug. 29, 1865.
John H., born May 12, 1864 ; died Nov. 6, 1865.
Francis A., born Aug. 21, 1866. Mary R., born Oct. 15, 1869.
Emeline, born Nov. 22, 1871.
1873. Address : New Haven, Conn.
253. JONATHAN KELSEY BURR.
Born, Sept. 21, 1825, in Middletown, Conn.
1845. Teacher in Adelphian Academy, Mass.
1846. Studied in Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
1847. Preached on Clinton Circuit, N.J.
1848. Joined New Jersey Conf., M. E. Church ; appointed to Rome and Wantage Circuit, New York and New Jersey.
1849, 50. Stationed at Mitford, Pa. ; 1851, 2, Orange, N.J. ; 1853, 4, Union Church, Burlington, N.J. ; 1855, 6, Hoboken, N.J. ; 1857, Union St., Trenton, N.J.
1858. Transferred to Newark Conference.
1858, 9. Stationed at Clinton St., Newark, N.J. ; 1860, I, Orange ; 1862, 3, Market St., Paterson ; 1864-6, Hoboken ; 1867-9, Central Church, Newark; 1870-2, Morristown ; 1873, Hoboken.
1867-8. Professor Extraordinary of Hebrew and Exegetical The- ology in Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J. 1872. Delegate to General Conference M.E. Church.
1872. D.D, Wesleyan University.
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Married, March 29, 1858, Miss Pamela C. Brown, Jersey City, N.J. Children : Joseph M. Brown, born July 10, 1862. John Kelsey, born Sept. 19, 1869.
1873. Address : Hoboken, N.J.
251. * JOHN STEVENS COVEL.
Born Dec. 16, 1823.
1842-4. Residences : Glen's Falls, N. Y. ; Troy, New York.
1846. Engaged in commission business in New York City.
1850. Removed to Iowa.
1851. Studied Law in Dubuque, Iowa. Appointed Deputy Clerk of District Court.
1852. Admitted to the Bar in Dubuque.
1854. Elected Prosecuting Attorney for two years.
1856. Relinquished practice on account of ill health.
1857-62. Again in the practice of Law.
Died, 1864, in Dubuque, Iowa.
Married, 1847, Mrs. M. J. Henderson of New York City, who died November, 1849.
Married, July 5, 1854, Miss Sarah J. Chapin, formerly of Holyoke, Mass., who died Jan. 18, 1856.
Child : James C., born Jan. 14, 1856.
255. * STEPHEN C. DILLINGHAM.
1844. Residence : Sandwich, Mass.
1845-50. Teacher in Lawrence Academy, Falmouth, Mass.
1851. Taught in Monument, Mass.
1852-3. Teacher in Spring Hill Boarding School, Sandwich, Mass. Chairman of School Committee of Sandwich, Mass.
Died, 1854, in Sandwich, Mass.
256. JONATHAN GOODIER.
Born, Feb. 6, 1822, in Herkimer County, N.Y.
1845-6. Teacher in Whitestown Seminary, N. Y.
1846-9. Taught in Washington, D.C. 1850. Traveled in Europe.
1851-73. Engaged in lumber business in Utica, N.Y.
Married, Aug. 12, 1851, Miss Clara S. Treadway of Middletown, Conn.
Children : Mary Elizabeth, born Jan. 24, 1854. Lewis Edward, born March 23, 1857. Wadsworth Leach, born Aug. 13, 1858. George William, born Oct. 3, 1864. John Frederick, born Nov. 29, 1868 ; died Jan. 29, 1871.
1873. Address : Utica, N.Y.
257. * ELISHA BOANERGES HARVEY.
Born, Oct. 1, 1819, in Wyoming. Valley, Luzerne County, Pa.
1845, 6. Teacher in Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. 1846. Admitted to the Bar in Wilkes Barre, Pa. 1846-61. Practiced Law in Wilkes Barre.
1848-50. Registrar of Wills for Luzerne County, Pa. 1851-6. Superintendent of Common Schools in Wilkes Barre. 1856. Appointed District Attorney, Luzerne County.
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1861-2. Colonel of Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, McCall's, Division, U. S. A. Engaged in most of the battles of the Peninsular Campaign; wounded at Charles City Cross- Roads ; resumed command at Malvern Hill, where he was again wounded. At Harrison Landing taken with fever, and left the army July 4, 1862.
1863. Resumed practice of Law, and opened a private academy, in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
1863-72. Practiced Law in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
1867-9. Burgess of Wilkes Barre Borough.
1868-72. Alderman Fourth Ward, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Died, Aug. 20, 1872, in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Marrie !, Oct. 15, 1845, Miss Phoebe Maria Frisbie of Bradford County, Pa.
Married, July 1, 1850, Miss Sarah Marie Garretson of Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Children : Olin Frisbie, Oscar Jewell, Mary Ella, Sarah Lizzie, Charles Elisha, Carrie Arista, Benjamin N., Edith Rose, Gilbert Alexander.
258. * ELI HUBBARD.
Born, 1818, in Central New York.
1846. Taught in Somerville, Ala.
1853-61. Proprietor of Boarding School in Macon, Miss.
Died, Dec. 22, 1863, in Louisville, Miss.
Married Miss Georgiana Leach of Durham, Conn., who died 1852. Married again 1860.
Children : Edward Mellville, born Jan. 12, 1847. Leverett Marsden, born April 23, 1849.
Zuilee, born 1865.
259. JARVIS NICHOLS HUSTED.
Born, July, 27, 1823, in North Greenwich, Conn.
1845. Taught in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y.
1846-7. Taught in Westfield, N.J.
1848-9. Studied Medicine.
1850. M.D., University of New York.
1850-61. Physician in New York City.
1861-5. Physician in Middletown, Bergen County, N.J.
1865-9. Physician in New York City.
1869. Inspector of Metropolitan Board of Health.
Married, May 15, 1851, Miss Mary Ann Van Pelt, New York. Children : Emma Augusta, born June 18, 1852. Singleton, born Dec. 6, 1853. Frances Collier, born Dec. 17, 1856.
1873. Address : 188 East Broadway, New York City.
260. WILLIAM ROSS JOHNSON.
Born, Jan. II, 1826, in Troy, N.Y.
After graduation, studied Law for two years, but abandoned it for the Ministry
Ordained Priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
1851-6. Rector of St. Paul's Church, Windsor, Vt. Resigned on account of feeble health.
1857-8. Rector at Little Falls, Herkimer County, N. Y. 1858. Rector of St. John's Parish, St. Louis.
1858-61. Rector at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N.Y. Resigned on account of ill health.
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1862-4. Rector of the Parish of Holy Innocents, Albany, N. Y.
1864-9. Rector of Christ Church, Hudson, N.Y.
1870-3. In Insane Asyluni, Utica, N. Y.
Married, 1849, Adeline Dickinson of Middlefield, Conn.
Children : William Everett, born April 6, 1857. Edward Campbell, born March 1, 1859. Ada, born Jan. 8, 1861 ; deceased. Herbert Redfield, born May 10, 1865 ; deceased.
Irving Peake, born Nov. 5, 1866. Norman Dickinson, born Jan. 16, 1869 ; deceased.
1873. Address : Utica, N.Y.
261. * JOSEPH JAMESON LANE.
Born, Jan. 3, 1825, in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
After graduation, taught in Georgia ; was subsequently teacher of Mathematics in Centenary Institute, Summerfield, Ala .; afterward Principal of Female Department of same. Also a preacher in the M. E. Church, South.
Died March 28, 1851.
Married, Sept. 9, 1847, Frances E. Grant of Georgia.
Children : Mary Louisa, born June 17, 1848 ; died Sept. 22, 1849. Mary Frances, born Feb. 13, 1850 ; died Dec. 26, 1850.
262. JOHN TAYLOR MCLEAN.
Born, Oct. 4, 1823, in New York City.
1845-7. Taught, and studied Medicine in Wilkinson Co., Miss.
1848. Studied Medicine in University of New York.
1849. Studied Medicine in University of Louisiana, New Orleans, La.
1849. M.D., University of Louisiana.
1850-3. Practiced Medicine in Santa Cruz, Cal.
1853-61. Practiced Medicine in Marysville, Cal.
1856. Wrote the first Republican Address to the people of Califor- nia, and helped to organize the Party.
1856-61. Member of Republican State Central Committee.
1861-5. Surveyor of Port of San Francisco.
1866-8. Quartz-miner, Peñon Blanco, Mariposa, Cal.
1869-71. Special Agent, U. S. Treasury Department, for Cal.
1871-3. Quartz-miner, Peñon Blanco, near Coulterville, Mariposa Co., Cai.
Married, Feb. 10, 1853, Mary Eliza Sterling, Staten Island, N. Y. Children : Sterling, born Nov. 18, 1854.
Seward, born July 7, 1856; died Aug 13, 1857.
Margaret Elizabeth, born Jan. 26, 1858 . died Jan. 27, 1858. Mary Helen, born Jan. 3, 1859. Einest, born June 2, 1862 ; died Jan. 27, 1864. Elizabeth Margaret, born June 29, 1865.
1873. Address : San Francisco, Cal.
263. ROBERT CARTER PITMAN.
Born, March 16, 1825, in Newport, R.I.
1845. Studied Law in New Bedford, Mass. 1846. Taught, and studied Law in West Feliciana, La. 1848. Admitted to the Bar in New Bedford. 1848-73. Practiced Law in New Bedford. 1858. Appointed Judge of Police Court. 1864, 5, 8. Member Massachusetts Senate.
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1869 President Massachusetts Senate. 1869. Judge of Superior Court.
1869. LL D., Wesleyan University. Married. Aug. 15, 1855, Frances R. Thomas, New Bedford. .
Children : Robert Kent, born July 1, 1857.
Frederick Robertson, born Jan. 17, 1869 ; died May 20, 1870. Frank Carter, born Oct. 22, 1872.
1873. Address : New Bedford, Mass.
264. JOHN EASTMAN SANBORN.
Born, Aug. 17, 1824, in Gilmanton, N.H.
1845. Taught High School in Malden, Mass.
1846. Taught in Sacarappa, Me.
Afterward taught in Upper Marlboro', Md.
1848-9. Studied in Medical School of Harvard University.
1850. M.D., Harvard University. Located at Medford, Mass. 1852-5. Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica in Iowa Uni- versity ; resided in Keokuk.
1855. Delegate to American Medical Association, Philadelphia. Resigned professorship from ill health.
1857. Practiced Medicine in Epworth, Iowa.
1862-5. Successively Surgeon of the 27th Iowa, Brigade-Surgeon and Surgeon-in-Chief of 2d Division, 16th Army Corps.
1868-73. Practicing Medicine in Rockport, Mass.
Married, October, 1852, Rebecca M. Tate of Middletown, Conn. Children : Willie Jacob, born September, 1853. Mary Eliza, born May, 1856. Fanny Margaret, born June, 1859. Clarence Herbert, born January, 1868.
1873. Address : Rockport, Mass.
265. HIRAM FRANCIS SAVAGE.
Born, Oct. 16, 1819, in Edinburg, Saratoga County, N.Y.
1846. Teacher in High School, Troy, N. Y.
1848. Teacher of Lang, Fergusonville Acad., Delaware Co., N.Y.
1849. Engaged in farming in Edinburg, N.Y.
1850. Principal of Bakersfield Academy, Franklin Co., Vt.
1853. Principal and Proprietor of Boarding-School, Edinburg, Sara- toga Co., N.Y.
1856. Vice-Principal of Seward Institute, Orange Co., N.Y.
1857-63. Principal of Weaversville Acad., Northampton Co., Pa. 1863. Principal of Norwich Collegiate Institution, Norwich, Conn. 1873. Prin. and Proprietor of Jonesville Acad., Saratoga Co., N.Y. Married, Oct. 30, 1849, Miss Sarah Bainbridge of New York. Children : Emily Frances, born Dec. 11, 1851. Sarah Elizabeth, born Nov. 27, 1857. Clara E., born May 21, 1860. 1873. Address : Jonesville, Saratoga Co., N.Y.
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