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His five great orations delivered in Eng- land during the Civil War in 1863, in be- half of the Union, were, in the difficulties he encountered, his self-poise and self- control, his abundant and varied re- sources, his final victory, and the imme- diate results produced, unparalleled in the world's history of oratory. There is no space in so brief a notice as this for any critical analysis of either the man or his teaching. More than any man of his time, he led the church and the community from a religion of obedience under ex- ternal law, to a life of spontaneous spiritu- ality; from a religion which feared God as a moral governor, to one which loves Him as a father; from one which re- garded atonement and regeneration as an inexorable, but too frequently dreaded necessity, to one that welcomes them as the incoming of God in the soul ; from one which yielded a blind intellectual sub- mission to the Bible as a book of divine decrees, to one which accepts it in a spirit
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of glad yet free allegiance, as a reflection of the divine character and purposes in the minds and hearts of his enlightened children.
Mr. Beecher was married, in 1837, to Eunice Bullard, who survived him; he also left four children, three sons engaged in business pursuits, and one daughter, married to Samuel Scoville, a Congrega- tional clergyman of New England. On January 13, 1893, a tablet in honor of its famous preacher was dedicated and unveiled in the vestibule of Plymouth Church. The tablet is of brass and enamel, mounted on a great panel of antique oak. A border of interlaced oak leaves sur- rounds the tablet, upon which appears a medallion bust in bronze. The inscription is in base relief: "In memoriam Henry Ward Beecher, first pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. 'I have not concealed Thy loving kindness and Thy truth from the great congregation'." Mr. Beecher died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, March 8, 1887.
FISKE, John, Author and Lecturer.
John Fiske was born in Hartford, Con- necticut, March 30, 1842, son of Edmund Brewster and Mary Fiske (Bound ) Green ; grandson of Humphreys and Hannah (Heaton) Green, of Delaware, and of John and Mary (Fiske) Bound, of Middletown, Connecticut, and a descendant from Phineas Fiske, of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, who came to America to Wen- ham, Massachusetts.
John Fiske's name was originally Ed- mund Fiske Green, and in 1855, on the marriage of his widowed mother to Edwin W. Stoughton, he took the name of his ma- ternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. He was brought up by his maternal grand- mother, who lived at Middletown, Con-
necticut. He displayed great precocity as well as diligence in preparing himself for college ; he had mastered Euclid, alge- bra, trigonometry, surveying and naviga- tion at twelve ; could read Plato and Hero- dotus and had begun German at fifteen; could read Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese at seventeen; and made a beginning in Sanscrit and Hebrew at eighteen, meanwhile continuing an inces- sant course of reading. He was gradu- ated at Harvard College in arts in 1863, and in law in 1865, having been admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1864. He never practiced law, devoting himself to litera- ture, gaining position as an author from the publication of his first article in the "National Quarterly Review" in 1861, a review of Buckle's "History of Civiliza- tion," which won for him the considera- tion of editors of both American and Eng- lish periodicals, and he became a frequent contributor to the leading magazines and reviews. He was university lecturer at Harvard, 1869-71, his subjects being "Positive Philosophy" and the "Doctrine of Evolution." He was instructor in history there, 1870; assistant librarian, 1872-79 ; and overseer, 1879-91. He was non-resident lecturer on American his- tory in the University College, London, England, 1879, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1880, and in Washing- ton University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1881- 85; and from 1885 non-resident professor of American history in that institution. After 1880 he gave his entire time to writ- ing and lecturing. He delivered in 1890, 1895 and 1898 three series each of twelve lectures on "The Discovery and Coloniza- tion of America :" "Old Virginia ;" and "The Dutch and Quaker Colonies" before the Lowell Institute, Boston. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; a member of the Historical societies of Massachusetts,
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Connecticut, Virginia, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Missouri, California, Oneida county, New York ; the Military Historical Soci- ety of Massachusetts, the Essex Institute, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Geographical Society and the American Folklore Society; was given the degree of Doctor of Laws by Har- vard in 1894, and that of Doctor of Litera- ture by the University of Pennsylvania the same year. He composed a mass in B minor, and several hymns and songs, and was president of the Boylston club of singers, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1876 to 1881. He was joint editor with James Grant Wilson of Appletons' "Cyclopædia of American Biography" (six volumes, 1887-89). His published works include : "Tobacco and Alcohol" (1868) ; "History of English Literature, abridged from Taine and edited for Schools" (1872) ; "Myths and Myth-Makers" (1872) ; "Out- lines of Cosmis Philosophy based on the Doctrine of Evolution" (two volumes, 1874): "The Unseen World" (1876) ; "Darwinism and Other Essays" (1879; new edition, 1885): "Excursions of an Evolutionist" (1883); "The Destiny of Man viewed in the Light of his Origin" (1884); "The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge" (1885) ; "American Political Ideas Viewed from the Stand- point of Universal History" (1885) ; "Washington and His Country" ( 1887) ; "The Critical Period of American His- tory," 1783-1789 (1888; illustrated edi- tion, 1897) ; "The Beginnings of New England : or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relation to Civil and Religious Liberty" (1889; illustrated edition, 1898) ; "The War of Independence, for Young People" (1889); "Civil Government of the United States, considered with some reference to its origins" (1890) ; "The American Revo- lution" (two volumes, 1891 ; illustrated edition, 1896) ; "The Discovery of Amer-
ica, with some Account of Ancient Amer- ica and the Spanish Conquest" (two volumes, 1892) ; "Franz Schubert" (in Millet's "Famous Composers," 1892) ; "Edward Livingston Youmans, Interpre- ter of Science for the People" (1894); "History of the United States, for Schools" (1894); "Old Virginia and Her Neighbours" (two volumes, 1897); "The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America" (two volumes, 1889) ; "Through Nature to God" (1899) ; and "Japanese Transla- tions of The Destiny of Man and The Idea of God," published at Tokio in 1894-95.
He was married, in 1864, to Abby, daughter of Aaron Brooks, of Petersham, Massachusetts. He died at East Glouces- ter, Massachusetts, July 4, 1901.
HADLEY, Arthur T., Educator, Author.
Arthur Twining Hadley, son of Dr. James (2) and Anne Loring (Twining) Hadley, was born in New Haven, Con- necticut, April 23, 1856.
He was prepared for college at the Hopkins Grammar School, and was grad- uated from Yale College in 1876, at the age of twenty, with the highest honors as valedictorian of his class, and taking the Woolsey and Bristed scholarships, one of the Winthrop prizes given to "stu- dents most thoroughly acquainted with Greek and Latin poets," the Clark prize for the solution of astronomical problems, and one of the Townsend prizes for Eng- lish composition. He studied history and political science at Yale College, 1876-77, and then went abroad and spent two years in study of the same subjects in the Uni- versity of Berlin, under Wagner, Treit- schke and Gneist, also taking up history. On his return home he was made a tutor in Yale College, remaining in that capac-
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ity until 1883, teaching various branches, but German principally. For three years following he was university lecturer on railroad administration. In 1886 he was elected professor of political science and was dean of the graduate department, which he held until May 25, 1899, when he was elected to the presidency of Yale University, to succeed Dr. Timothy Dwight, resigned. He entered upon his new duties on commencement day, 1899, the thirteenth president, the first layman, and also the youngest man chosen for the position. In 1885 Governor Harrison ap- pointed him Commissioner of Labor Sta- tistics in Connecticut, a position which he held for two years. In 1887-89 he was associate editor of the "New York Rail- road Gazette," having in charge the foreign railway department. He was pres- ident of the American Economic Associa- tion, 1899-1900, and is a member of the International Institute of Statistics, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the degree of Mas- ter of Arts from Yale in 1887, and has also the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, California and other universi- ties, and the degree of Doctor of Philoso- phy from Berlin. His published writings are: "Railroad Transportation; Its His- tory and Its Laws" (1885) ; "Reports on the Labor Question" (1885) ; "Report on the System of Weekly Payments" (1886) ; "Economics : An Account of the Relations between Private Property and Public Welfare" (1896), which is in use as a text- book in various colleges ; "The Education of the American Citizen" (1901); "Free- dom and Responsibility" (1903) ; "Bacca- laureate Addresses" (1907); "Standards of Public Morality" (1907) ; "Some Influ- ences in Modern Philosophic Thought" (1913). He was associated with Colonel H. G. Prout in the editorship of the "Rail-
road Gazette" from 1887 to 1889. He has contributed to various magazines, one of the most notable articles from his pen be- ing in "Harper's Magazine," in April, 1894, in appreciation of the value of Yale Democracy, and advocating the impor- tance of a high standard of scholarship, rigid adherence to it, and the utility of athletics as a factor in university life. He contributed articles on transportation to Lalor's "Cyclopedia of Political Science ;" also articles on railroads to the ninth edi- tion of the "Encyclopedia Brittanica," and in 1899 accepted the editorship of the sup- plement to that work.
Dr. Hadley married, June 30, 1891, Helen Harrison Morris, a Vassar gradu- ate, daughter of Governor Luzon B. Mor- ris. Children : Morris, born 1894; Hamil- ton, 1896; Laura, 1899.
STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence, Author, Literary Critic.
Edmund Clarence Stedman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, October 8, 1833, son of Major Edmund Burke and Eliz- abeth Clementine (Dodge) Stedman ; grandson of Griffin and Elizabeth (Gor- don) Stedman, and of David Low and Sarah (Cleveland) Dodge, and a descend- ant in the eighth generation, of Isaac Stedman, who was born in England, 1605, and immigrated to Massachusetts in 1635; settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1636; sold his farm there in 1650 and re- moved to Boston, where he became a mer- chant, and died in 1678.
After Edmund's father's death in 1835, he became the ward of his great-uncle, James Stedman, of Norwich, Connecticut, to whose home he was sent in 1839. He attended Yale College, 1849-51, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871, as a member of the class of 1853; and con- tinued his studies under private instruc-
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tion at Northampton, Massachusetts, 1851. He was editor of the Norwich "Tribune," 1852-53; and of the Winsted (Connecticut ) "Herald," 1854-55. He re- moved to New York City in 1856, where he contributed verse to leading publica- tions, and was editorially connected with the "Tribune," 1859-61. He was located at Washington, D. C., as war correspond- ent of the New York "World" during the Civil War days of 1861-63; and in the confidential employ of Attorney-General Bates, 1863-64. He was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, 1869-1900. He subsequently devoted his entire time to literary work, and made his home in Bronxville, New York. The honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1871, and by Dartmouth College in 1873; that of Lit- erarum Humaniorum Doctor by Colum- bia University in 1892, and that of Doc- tor of Laws by Yale University, 1894.
Mr. Stedman acquired a wide reputa- tion as a literary critic of unusual dis- crimination. He lectured at Johns Hop- kins University upon the "Nature and Elements of Poetry," upon the creation of the Turnbull chair of poetry, the first chair of its kind in America, 1891, and re- peated the same course at Columbia Col- lege, 1891, and at the University of Penn- sylvania in 1892. He was frequently chosen to deliver original poems on im- portant public occasions. He served as vice-president and president of the Ameri- can Copyright League. He edited, with Thomas B. Aldrich, "Cameos, from the Poems of Walter Savage Landor" (1874) ; "Poems of Austin Dobson" (1880) ; "The Library of American Literature," with Ellen M. Hutchinson (eleven volumes, 1888-89); "The Works of Edgar Allen Poe" (ten volumes, 1895), with G. E. Woodbury; "A Victorian Anthology" (1895); and "An American Anthology" (1900). He is the author of: "Poems,
Lyric and Idyllic" (1860) ; "Alice of Mon- mouth" (1864); "The Blameless Prince" (1869) ; "Poetical Works" (1873) ; "Vic- torian Poets" (1875); "Hawthorne, and Other Poems" (1879); "Poems now first Collected" (1884); "Poets of America" (1885); "The Nature and Elements of Poetry," lectures (1892). He died Janu- ary 18, 1908.
He was married, November 2, 1853, to Laura Hyde, daughter of Asa and Eliza- beth (Rogers) Woodworth, of Danielson- ville, Connecticut.
TINGIER, Lyman Twining, Jurist, Legislator.
Lyman Twining Tingier, of Rockville, was born June 9, 1862, in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, the son of Sey- mour Allen and Sarah (Twining) Tingier. Both of his parents were natives of the town of Tolland, Massachusetts, his father, born in 1829, the son of Edward Lay Tinker and Laura (Steele) Tinker, and his mother, born in 1832, the daugh- ter of Lyman Twining, of Tolland, Mas- sachusetts, and Paulina (Shepard) Twin- ing, of Blandford, Massachusetts. The family name of Tinker became Tingier in 1857.
Seymour Allen Tingier was a graduate of Williams College, and for many years was a practicing lawyer in Webster, Mas- sachusetts, removing in 1878 to Thomp- son, Connecticut, where he engaged in farming until his death in 1888. He held several public offices in Webster and Thompson. Sarah (Twining) Tingier died at Webster in 1864, and in 1870, Sey- mour Allen Tingier married Mary L. Tucker, daughter of Charles and Olive (Atwell) Tucker, of Webster, Massachu- setts, who survived him, dying at Thomp- son in 1902.
Lyman Twining Tingier attended the public schools of his native town, a pri-
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vate school at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Nichols Academy at Dudley, Massa- chusetts. He graduated from Yale Uni- versity Law School in 1888. The same year Mr. Tingier was admitted to the bar at New Haven, Connecticut, and for the ensuing year was engaged in the practice of law at Webster, Massachusetts. In the fall of 1889 he removed to Rockville, Con- necticut, where he has since resided. Mr. Tingier has been honored by his fellow- citizens in many ways. He has served in several public offices and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of the community. In 1890 he was elected judge of the Pro- bate Court for the District of Ellington, and was twice reëlected. In 1893 he was appointed clerk of the Superior Court, which position he continues to hold. In 1899 he was appointed judge of the City Court of Rockville, and served in that office for four years. In 1911 he was elected mayor of the city of Rockville, and served for two years, declining re- nomination. Mr. Tingier was a repre- sentative from the town of Vernon to the General Assembly during two sessions, 1909 and 1911. During the former ses- sion he was a member of the committee on incorporations and of the house com- mittee on constitutional amendments. In 191 I he was the candidate of his party for the speakership, thus becoming minority leader. In 1912 he was elected lieuten- ant governor and served for two years; in 1914 he was nominated for the office of governor, but suffered defeat with his party. In 1896 Mr. Tingier was a dele- gate to the National Democratic Conven- tion at Chicago. In addition to other offices held, he has been a member of the Vernon school board for several years, and is a director of the Savings Bank of Rockville. Fraternally Mr. Tingier is a Free Mason, a Knights Templar and a Shriner. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, Foresters of America,
and the Ancient Order of United Work- men.
On November 16, 1893, Mr. Tingier was married to Charlotte E., daughter of Nel- son D. and Isabelle (Brown) Skinner, of Vernon. They have no children, their son, Allen Seymour, dying in 1896.
Mr. Tingier is the descendant of sev- eral old families in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John Tinker, who came to America about 1637, settled in Windsor, and after living for several years in Bos- ton and Lancaster, Massachusetts, re- moved in 1659 to Pequod, now New Lon- don, where he became prominent. In 1660 he was chosen deputy to the Gen- eral Court, and he afterward became an assistant. From him Mr. Tingier is de- scended.
George Steele came to New England about 1631, settled first at New-Towne (now Cambridge), Massachusetts, and removed to Hartford with Rev. Thomas Hooker. He died in 1663 at an advanced age. John Steele, grandson of George Stcele, married Melatiah, daughter of Major William Bradford, son of Gov- ernor William Bradford, of Plymouth, and from them was descended Laura (Steele) Tinker, wife of Edward Lay Tinker, of Tolland, Massachusetts, par- ents of Seymour Allen Tingier, and grand- parents of Lyman Twining Tingier.
Sarah (Twining) Tingier was a de- scendant of William Twining, who came to New England about 1637, settling at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, whose de- scendants are found in nearly every State in the Union, and many of whom have attained prominence.
GOODMAN, Richard Johnston,
Lawyer, Manufacturer, Public Official.
In the affairs of State and country are often found descendants of the early Colo- nial families, whose strength of mind and
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magnetic force are felt and recognized by the most unobservant people. Notable among these men is Colonel Richard J. Goodman, of Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Goodman descends from one of the oldest families, the immigrant ancestor being of the same name.
(I) Richard Goodman, immigrant, was born in England, and came from there to America, first settling at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a proprietor of that town in 1633, and on May 14th of the following year was admitted a freeman. He formed one of the company of Rev. Thomas Hooker, and removed to Hart- ford, being among the first settlers. Later he removed to Hadley, Massachusetts, and there met his death on April 1, 1678. He was killed by the Indians in King Philip's War. During his residence in Hartford he married, December 8, 1659, Mary Terry.
(II) Richard (2) Goodman, second son of Richard (1) and Mary (Terry) Good- nan, was born March 23, 1663, in Hadley, and died in Hartford, May 14, 1730. The nventory of his estate was one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, seven shillings and eight pence, showing him to have been a man of thrift and prudence. He married Abigail Pantry, born January II, 678-79, died January 26, 1708, a daughter of John Pantry.
(III) Timothy Goodman, fourth child of Richard (2) and Abigail (Pantry) Goodman, was born September 22, 1706, and died March 12, 1786. Through his ather-in-law, John Pantry, he received ands, and on March 4, 1729, he located in West Hartford, near Farmington. His lome there was burned to the ground, and he Boston "Chronicle" of May 2, 1768, contains an account of this loss. He mar- ied Joanna Wadsworth, daughter of Jo- eph and Joanna Wadsworth, granddaugh-
ter of the intrepid Captain Joseph Wads- worth, whose name will long be famous because of his connection with the Charter Oak.
(IV) Richard (3) Goodman, sixth child of Timothy and Joanna (Wadsworth) Goodman, was born April 10, 1748, and died in May, 1834, in West Hartford. He served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Captain Seymour's company of Hartford. In 1771 he married Nancy Seymour, who was born February 16, 1751, at West Hartford, died January 27, 1792, a daughter of Captain Timothy and Lydia (Kellogg) Seymour.
(V) Aaron Goodman, son of Richard (3) and Nancy (Seymour) Goodman, born July 20, 1773, in West Hartford, was the first postmaster of that town, which office he held until his death, March 28, 1832. He married, April 15, 1804, Alma Cossitt, born December 10, 1780, at Granby, died at Plainfield, New Jersey, November 13, 1868, daughter of Asa and Mary (Cole) Cossitt.
(VI) Aaron Cossitt Goodman, son of Aaron and Alma (Cossitt) Goodman, was born in the town of West Hartford, on the old homestead, April 23, 1822, and his death occurred at the family home in Hartford, July 29, 1899. He was for many years one of the leading and prominent citizens of the city of Hartford. He in- herited many desirable qualities from worthy forebears, and at the tender age of thirteen years was employed in the book store of Sumner & Company of Hartford. With grim determination he applied him- self to his tasks, and so well did he suc- ceed that in 1841 he was asked to go to Philadelphia in the employ of a publish- ing house there. He only remained there a year, and in 1842 returned to Hartford, where he again became associated with his first employer, but as a partner of the
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firm. The name was changed to Sumner, Goodman & Company, and for six years a thriving business was enjoyed. In 1848 Mr. Goodman bought out the interests of Mr. Sumner, continuing alone until 1852. An advantageous opportunity presented itself at that time to engage in the paper business in New York, and Mr. Goodman disposed of his Hartford interests to re- move there. He met with success, but desiring to come to Hartford again, sold the business about the year 1872. Mr. Goodman was one of the original stock- holders of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, and in 1875 became its president, succeeding the Hon. Edson Fessenden. Upon the reorganization of the company in 1889, Mr. Goodman with- drew entirely, and was practically retired from business and public life from that time. He was a member of the old fire department ; captain of the Hartford Light Guard, on the staff of General Frank Bacon. A member of Trinity Church of Hartford, he was active in its good works.
Mr. Goodman married, April 10, 1857, Annie M. Johnston, born in New York City, a daughter of Robert Rhea and Mary Sears (Hatch) Johnston. Their children are: Emilie, wife of Rev. Rich- ard Wright, resides in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts; Edward, whose death occurred in 1872; Annie G., wife of Rev. John F. Plumb, of New Milford; Mary A., who lives at home; Richard Johnston, of fur- ther mention.
(VII) Richard Johnston Goodman, youngest child and only son of Aaron Cossitt and Annie M. (Johnston) Good- man, was born in the city of Hartford, March 23, 1875. The public schools of that city afforded him his elementary edu- cation, and he prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School, graduating in 1892. Four years later he was gradu-
ated from Yale College, subsequently pur- suing a law course at the Yale Law School, graduating in 1899. He was ad- mitted to the bar in January, 1899, and during his last year in the college prac- ticed his profession in New Haven, Con- necticut. In October of the same year, Mr. Goodman opened offices in his native city, and for six years was without a partner. In 1905, in association with Les- lie W. Newberry, he formed the law firm of Newberry & Goodman, which for over a dozen years was one of the leading law firms of the city. Outside interests of Mr. Goodman so pressed upon his legal affairs that he was obliged to relinquish his profession in order to give them the proper attention.
In 1908 the Bush Manufacturing Com- pany, manufacturers of automobile radia- tors, was organized and at that time Mr. Goodman became its president. He has continued to the present time in this office, and a large amount of credit is due to his management for the success of the corporation.
Mr. Goodman has long been active in military affairs. By his own force of will. he has risen up through the ranks to his: present colonelship, which commission he. received in July, 1914. He enlisted as a private, September 6, 1899, in Company. K, First Infantry, Connecticut National Guard; in November, 1902, he was com- missioned second lieutenant ; captain, in December of that year; major in 1907; lieutenant-colonel, in November, 1908; colonel, in July, 1914. Colonel Goodman served as an aide on the staff of Grand Marshal Chaffee, at the inauguration of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. During the Mexican Border trouble in 1915-16, Colonel Goodman was stationed at Nogales, Arizona, and served through- out the campaign. In 1917, upon the en-
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