History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 65

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780

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In August of this year, 1862, Prof. Chamberlain re- signed his office to go into the army for the period of the war then raging. The boards, however, granted him leave of absence instead of accepting his resignation, and Stephen J. Young, class of 1859, was made Provisional Instructor in Modern Languages, to which, on Prof. Chamberlain's resigning in 1865, he was elected as professor.

Prof. Whittlesey also went into the army, and the duties of his chair were performed by members of the faculty. At the close of the war Prof. Whittlesey resigned, and Gen. Chamberlain was re-elected to the chair of Rhetoric and Oratory, which, however, he again resigned in 1866, to accept the office of Governor of Maine. He was followed by John S. Sewall, class of 1850, who held the chair until 1875, when Prof. Henry L. Chapman, Bowdoin, class of 1866, was transferred to this from the Chair of Latin.

In 1859, Paul A. Chadbourne, a graduate of Williams, was chosen Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. Ile was succeeded in 1863 by Cyrus F. Brackett, a graduate in 1859, tutor in 1863. In 1864, Prof. Brackett was ap- pointed Adjunct Professor of Natural Science, and in 1865 to a full professorship in the Josiah Little chair of Natural Science, to which, however, in 1868, George L. Goodale, a graduate of Amherst in 1860, was elected.

In 1852, William P. Tucker, class of 185 f, tutor since 1857, was instructor in mathematics for one year. IFe had in the mean time, as librarian, prepared an elaborate and valuable catalogue of the college library. In 1865, Edward N. Packard, tutor since 1863, was instructor, and in 1876 Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. The death of Professor Smyth, in 1868, while intensely engaged upon the building of Memorial Hall, left the chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy vacant, and Charles E. Rockwood. a graduate of Yale, was chosen to the place.

In 1864, Professor E. C. Smyth resigned the chair of Natural and Revealed Religion, and was succeeded by Pro- fessor Alpheus S. Packard, who was transferred from the chair of Ancient Languages, to which, in 1865, Rev. Jo- tham B. Sewall, class of 1848, tutor in 1851, was chosen. In 1871, Henry L. Chapman was chosen Adjunct Professor of Latin, and in 1872 a full professor.

In 1865 the alumni of the college voted to erect a build- ing, to be called Memorial Ilall, in honor of the graduates and students of the college who had died in the civil war. A subscription was at once started to carry the plan into execution, and a committee was raised for the purpose. A sufficient amount of funds was raised to warrant the prose- cution of the work, and the corner-stone was accordingly laid in 1866. The outside of the building has since been completed, but enough funds have not yet been secured to enable it to be finished inside. When more prosperous

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times return there is scarcely any doubt but that the original intention will be carried out.

President Woods resigning in 1865, Rev. Samuel IIar- ris, S.T.D., a graduate of 1833, was elected to his place in 1867. He took upon himself, also, the duties of the Pro- fessor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. Professor Upham being that year honored with the Emeritus title.

In 1871 the eminent scholar, civilian, and general, cx- Governor Chamberlain, was chosen to succeed President Harris, and at this time quite a reorganization of the col- lege occurred. A scientific department was established and several new chairs of instruction were founded. George L. Voce, C.E., was elected Professor of Civil Engineering ; Edward S. Morse, Ph.D., of Salem, Professor of Compara- tive Anatomy and Zoology ; Mr. James B. Taylor, Pro- visional Professor of Elocution and Oratory ; the chair of Latin was separated from that of Greek ; and United States officers were brought here by orders of the government, -- Brevet-Maj. J. P. Sanger, 4th United States Artillery, as Professor of Military Science, and John N. Mcclintock, class of 1867, of the United States Coast Survey, as in- structor in Topographical Engineering.

In 1872, Professor Brackett was made Professor of Chemistry and Physics, and Robert L. Packard, class of 1868, Assistant Professor of Applied Chemistry for one year. In 1873, however, Professors Brackett and Goodale resigned, and Henry Carmichael, a graduate of Amherst and of Göttingen, Germany, was elected Professor of Chem- istry and Physies, and Dr. Charles A. White, of Iowa, Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science. In the winter of the same year, Professor Rockwood resigned, and Charles II. Smith, a graduate of Yale, was Professor of Mathe- matics. Dr. White resigned in 1875, and the instruction has since been given by different persons, Professor A. S. Packard, Jr., class of 1861, giving an annual course of lec- tures ou entomology; Mr. George L. Chandler, class of 1868, giving instruction in natural history in 1875-76; and Mr. Leslie A. Lee, a graduate of St. Lawrence Univer- sity (Canton, N. Y.), class of 1872, in 1876-77.

In connection with the new plan arrangements were also made for other instruction in various branches, should they be needed. Professor Paul A. Chadbourne was engaged to give the instruction in mental philosophy. Exereise in the gymnasium was made regular and obligatory, and military science and tactics were required, to a certain extent, of all not specially excused. Professor Chadbourne was succeeded in 1873 by Rev. E. C. Cummings, and by President Mark Hopkins in 1874. This year, however, the Edward Little chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy was founded, and President Chamberlain was chosen as professor.

In 1875, Maj. Sanger's detail expired, and Brevet-Capt. Louis V. Caziare, Ist United States Artillery, was appointed in his place as Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Mr. Charles HI. Moore has been instructor in Latin since Professor Chapman's resignation, except one year, when Professor A. II. Davis held the chair provisionally.

Professor Young, having accepted the office of treasurer, relinquished the duties of his chair, and they were per- formed for one year by Instructor Moore, and since then by Charles E. Springer, class of 1874.

In 1873 the old Commons Hall was remodeled into a laboratory of analytical chemistry, and Mr. F. C. Robinson was chosen instructor in that department of chemistry. The same year the lower floor of Memorial HIall was fitted up as a gymnasium. llon. Peleg W. Chandler, of Boston, also this year, remodeled old Massachusetts IIall into a beautiful room, called the Cleaveland Cabinet, in memory of the late Professor Parker Cleaveland.

A picture-gallery has also been finished in the chapel, over the library. Two fine pictures have been added to the panels of the chapter, one given by Mrs. William S. Perry, in memory of her husband, the subject being " The Trans- figuration ;" the other, " Moses giving the Law," which is the beautiful memento left by the class of 1877. The last makes the seventh of the pictures which have been, from time to time, added to the chapel panels.

Since 1872 over $25,000 have been given the college as scholarships to aid deserving students, and $100,000 to- wards a general endowment of the college.

Measures have been taken to endow a " Longfellow Pro- fessorship of Modern Languages," and a " Cleaveland Pro- fessorship of Chemistry and Mineralogy." Efforts are also being made to add the " Upham Professorship of Mental Philosophy.""

Many valuable gifts have been made the college in the way of books and natural history collections. Especially notable are the collection of Mrs. Frederick Allen, of Gar- diner, comprising more than 1000 specimens, including many from Mount Etna, presented by her daughter, Mrs. Elton, of Boston, the Cushman collection of birds, of Maine, and the Blake herbarium.

The whole number of graduates from the college up to 1876 is 1887. The number of students at present is about 137, and of officers of instruction, 15.

The number of volumes in the college library is 17,500; in the medical library, 4000 ; in the libraries of the Athe- næan and Peucinian Societies, 13,100; and in the Histor- ical Society's library, which is placed in a room of the college chapel, 3000 ; making a total of books accessible to the student of 37,600 volumes. Large additions have also been made to the chemical and physical apparatus.

The public buildings of the college are at present,-

Massachusetts Ilall, containing the Cleaveland cabinet, lecture-room, and treasurer's office.

Winthrop Hall, containing, on the lower floor, the engi- neering-rooms and recitation-rooms, the upper floors being used as dormitories.

Maine Hall, having on the lower floors the Athenaan and Peucinian Societies' libraries and recitation-rooms ; and on the upper floor, dormitories.

Appleton llall, containing dormitories.

King Chapel, containing the picture-gallery, library- rooms, and Historical Society's rooms.

Adams Hall, containing the lecture-rooms of chemistry and physics, and the rooms of the Medical School.

Analytical Laboratory and Memorial Hall, containing gymnasium. These buildings, with the exception of Adans Hall and the Analytical Laboratory, will, when the original plau is completed, form a quadrangle, the side towards the public road being open.

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The present total estimated value of the college property, real estate and permanent material, is $375,000 ; the pro- ductive funds are $244,000; the total annual income is $30,000.

Besides the three literary societies of the college, already mentioned. it is proper to add that there have been, from time to time, several seeret associations formed, which are presumably for literary purposes. The principal ones, if not all, are designated as the Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Theta Delta Chi. The history of these societies is, of course, known only to the initiated.

THIE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE.

In 1820 an act was passed by the Legislature establish- ing a Medical School, to be connected with Bowdoin Col- lege, and also making an annual grant of $1000, during the pleasure of the Legislature, for the promotion of the objects designed in its establishment. Dr. Nathan Smith, a mem- ber of several societies, both in this country and in Europe, founder of the Medical School of New Hampshire, and an eminent physician and surgeon, was appointed Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. Ile also assumed the duties of instructor in anatomy and surgery. He was assisted in the latter branches by Dr. John D. Wells, who had just taken his medieal degree at Cambridge. At the close of the first course of lectures Dr. Wells was chosen to fill the chair of Anatomy, and immediately sailed for Europe, where he spent nearly two years preparing himself for the discharge of the duties of his office. After a short but brilliant career as a lecturer at this college, at the Berkshire Medical Institution, and at Baltimore, he died, and was succeeded, in 1831, by Dr. Reuben D. Mussey.

In 1825 the chair of Obstetrics was founded, and Dr. James McKeen was appointed professor. Dr. McKeen prepared himself for the duties of his office by a prelimi- nary study in the lying-in hospitals of Europe, and served acceptably until 1839, when he resigned, and was succeeded by Ebenezer Wells, M.D., as leeturer.

In 1846 the chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics was founded, and Dr. Charles A. Lee was chosen as lee- turer, and in 1854 as professor. He resigned in 1859, and was succeeded by Dr. Israel T. Dana as lecturer, and afterwards as professor in full. Dr. Thorndike resigned in 1861, and was succeeded by Dr. William C. Robinson.

In 1849 the chair of Medical Jurisprudence was founded, and Hon. John S. Tenney was chosen as lecturer.

In 1857 the chair of Anatomy was separated from that of Surgery and joined to that of Physiology, and Dr. David S. Conant was elected, at first as lecturer, and afterwards as professor. He was succeeded in 1863 by Dr. Corydon L. Ford. Edmund R. Peaslee, M.D., who had been chosen as lecturer on Anatomy and Surgery in 1843, and as a professor in these branches in 1845, was in 1857 appointed Professor of Surgery.

From 1820 until his death in 1858, Professor Parker Cleaveland gave an annual course of lectures on chemistry to the medical students.

Under the influence and by the exertions of these gen- tlemen and their successors, this medieal schoof has enjoyed a good degree of prosperity. At first, and for many years,

the lectures were given in the upper room of Massachusetts Hall, but in 1861 the Adams Hall was built expressly for the accommodation of this school.

The present accommodations are ample, and the school has a valuable cabinet and an excellent library of choice works and expensive plates. Clinical instruction is given several times a week, and students ean have the privilege of occasional visits to the hospitals of Portland at but slight expense.

This school, during the fifty-seven years of its existence, has graduated 1174 pupils, of whom 70 have been alumni of Bowdoin College. The last class numbered 90 members, and the present number of instructors is 10. The following is a list of the professors and lecturers not already men- tioned : of Chemistry, Professors Paul A. Chadbourne, Cyrus F. Brackett, and Henry Carmichael ; of Theory and Practice, Ilenry II. Childs, Daniel Oliver, Professor John De La Mater, Professor William Sweetzer, William Perry, James McKeen, Israel T. Dana, Professor Alonzo B. Palmer, and Alfred Mitchell, Adjunct Professor ; of Anat- omy and Surgery, Jedediah Cobb and Joseph Roby; of Anatomy and Physiology, Professors Thomas T. Sabine and Thomas Dwight; of Anatomy, Professors Thomas Dwight and Stephen II. Weeks; of Physiology, Professors Robert Amory and Burt G. Wilder; of Surgery, Pro- fessors Timothy Childs, David S Conant, and William W. Green ; Lecturers, Alpheus B. Crosby and Thomas T. Sabine; of Obstetrics, Benjamin F. Barker, Professor Amos Nourse, Theodore HI. Jewett, Professors William C. Robinson, Edward W. Jenks, and Alfred Mitchell; of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Professors Dana, Wil- liam C. Robinson, George L. Goodale, and Frederick II. Gerrish ; of Medical Jurisprudence, Cyrus F. Brackett, John Appleton, and Professor Charles W. Goddard.

This school has exerted a very marked influence on the interests of' medical science, and also upon the general interests of education in the State, and has annually sent forth a corps of physicians qualified not only to eope vigor- ously with the unseen, though certain foe of the human race, but who have also shown themselves, hitherto, alive to the material welfare and best interests of the State, and have thus far more than repaid the amount expended upon the school by the State.

CHURCHES.

FIRST PARISH.

In 1718, Rev. James Woodside was called to be the first parish minister. The first meeting-house was begun in 1719. It stood where the old burying-ground is, a mile south of the colleges. Mr. Woodside received a salary of £40 per annum, but he did not suit the people, and was dismissed after the expiration of one year. Rev. Isaac Taylor was his successor, who was employed to preach in Brunswick and Topsham for one year, 1721. The first minister after the incorporation of the town was Rev. Robert Rutherford, who commenced his labors in 1735, and elosed them in 1742. Among those who followed were Revs. Samuel Osborne and James Morton. Revs. Blowers, Crumble, and McClanathan are also mentioned, but none of them appear to have settled as parish ministers. In No-

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vember, 1742, Rev. Mr. Hodges, of Falmouth, was em- ployed to preach " five or six months, on a salary of £3 per week." The parish was without a minister from this time till March, 1747, when it was voted to settle Rev. Robert Dunlap, at a salary of £200 a year (old tenor). In 1754 the proprietors deeded him 150 acres of land. Mr. Dunlap continued to minister to the parish till October, 1760.

Rev. John Miller, of Milton, Mass., was ordained and settled over the parish in November, 1762, and remained till his death, in 1788. Rev. Abram Moore was the next minister, for six months, and was followed by Rev. Ebenezer Coffin, who was pastor till 1801. From this time till 1806, there was occasional preaching in the old meeting-house. In 1806 the old house was abandoned by the parish, and a new one, built on the hill, was occupied. At this date the town ecased to manage the affairs of the parish.

At what time the church was organized is not known. Its male members in 1761 were John Minot, Samuel Clarke, Ebenezer Stanwood, William Simpson, David Dunning, John Orr, Samuel Whitney, Isaac Snow, James Thomp- son, Aaron Hinkley, Samuel Stanwood, James Elliott, Wil- liam Ross, William Stanwood, Thomas Adams, Thomas Skolfield, and John Smart. The church was originally Presbyterian in form, and so continued during the ministry of Mr. Dunlap. It was then for a time Congregationalist, and then returned to fellowship in the Londonderry Pres- bytery. The north gallery of the new church edifice was reserved for students in the Bowdoin College.

After Mr. Coffin's dismissal, the parish for several years had only occasional preaching, and for considerable of the time was without any, so that in April, 1810, the parish voted to petition the Court of Common Pleas for a remission of the fine that had been imposed upon them " for not being supplied with preaching." In 1824 a bell was placed in the tower of the meeting-house.

The next pastor was Rev. Winthrop Bailey, who settled over the parish in 1811, and continued to officiate till 1814. Rev. Asa Mead was the next settled minister, in 1822. Ile was dismissed at his own request in July, 1829, and in No- vember Rev. George E. Adams was called, and was in- stalled December 29th. Dr. Adams was called from the professorship of saered rhetorie in the Bangor Theological Seminary. His ministry was continued with uninterrupted unanimity for a period of forty-one years, and closed in August, 1870. In December, 1870, Rev. Ezra 11. Bying- ton (graduate of the University of Vermont, 1852) was invited to supply the pulpit, and in January following be- came pastor of the church by a unanimous invitation.

The third edifice of the church was built in 1806, and dedicated in 1807. The building was remodeled and made more pleasant and commodious in 1833. Iu 1845 it was taken down and the present edifice erected upon its site.

BAPTIST CHURCHIES.

The first services in Brunswick by any preacher of the Baptist denomination were held in the year 1783. About this time Elders Case, Potter, and Lord preached here in some private houses, and the attention of the public was drawn to their theological views. On the 22d of October, 1783, Rev. Isaac Case preached in the house of Mr. Wood-

ward, and ou the following afternoon at the house of Mr. Samuel Getchell.

In 1789 or 1790, Samuel Woodward and others formed themselves into a Baptist Society and refused taxes to the First Parish. In May, 1790, Joseph Morse entered in the town records his protest against ever paying anything to any Congregational or Presbyterian preacher.

On June 29, 1794, Judah Chase, William Mariner, Aaron Snow, Samnel Mariner, John Getchell, John Mari- ner, Charles Cowan, Peter Jordan, Robert Jordan, Anthony Woodside, David Ferrin, John Ferrin, Robert Dunning, David Clark, Benjamin Getchell, Stephen Getchell, John Williams, George Williams, Philip Iliggins, Reuben Ilig- gins, Sylvanus Combs, Philip Higgins, Jr., Samuel Wil- liams, William Thompson, Joseph O'Donchne, Joseph Morse, Richard Orr, William Stanwood, Samuel Dunlap, Daniel Brown, Philip Owens, Samuel Huey, Joseph Ross, John Mariner, Jr., Josiah Simpson, Michael Grows, Nathan Combs, George Winslow, Joseph Saint Combs, William Dunning, Samuel Woodward, Peter Woodward, William Getchell, Jr., Ezekiel Spaulding, Ezekiel Spaulding, Jr., John S. Getchell, John Rideout, Samuel Getchell, John Matthews, David Linseott, William Woodside, Jr , George Combs, and George Combs, Jr., were incorporated by the name of " The Baptist Religious Society in Brunswick, Harpswell, and Bath." Previous to this time the society had no legal existence.

In May, 1795, the town voted to pass by the fourth article in the warrant concerning allowing the Baptists to use the meeting-houses a part of the time.

In 1799, Philip Owen, William Dunning, Daniel Brown, Jndah Chase, Samuel Dunlap, Josiah Simpson, Anthony Woodside, Michael Grows, and Joseph Ross withdrew from this society and formed one at Maquoit.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRUNSWICK.

This church was formed in 1799 by the following-named persons, dismissed from the Bowdoin and [larpswell churches for that purpose : Judah Chase, Samuel Dunlap, William Stanwood, Sarah Woodside, Philip Owen, Mrs. Ross, wife of William Ross, and J. Merrill.

The following is a list of the members of the church in 1803 : Deacon Samuel Dunlap, Judah Chase, Philip Owen, John Merrill, Esq., Wm. Woodside, Mrs. Sarah Woodside, Mrs. Ross, wife of Wm. Ross, Abraham Tooth- aker and his wife, Betsey Owen, Molly Toothaker, Jane Curtiss, Molly Merryman, Mr. Browning and Mrs. Brown- ing, Elisha Snow, Jean Dunning, Betsey Alexander, Mar- tha Hunt, Jane Martin, Mrs. Snow, wife of Elisha Snow, Mrs. Brown, wife of Daniel Brown, Sarah Alexander, Mrs. Sparks, litty Hlasey, Abner Melcher, Nabby Atherton, Katharine Willson, Andrew Blake, IIesiah Blake, Peggy Stanwood, Ann Chase, and Shimuel Owen.

On the 22d of February, 1803, Philip Owen, William Dunning, Daniel Brown, Judah Chase, Samuel Dunlap, Josiah Simpson, Anthony Woodside, Michael Grows, Jo- seph Ross, Samuel Stanwood, William Woodside, Andrew Blake, Abraham Toothaker, William Starbird, David Cur- tis, James Stanwood, Adam Woodside, David Dunning, William Ross, Frederick French, Nathaniel Chase, James

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Chase, William Swett, Shimuel Owen, Abner Melcher, William Low, Charles Ryan, Ephraim Hunt, William Lunt, Andrew Dunning, William Hunt, Anthony Chase, Gideon Toothaker, John Given, David Given, and Uriah Elliot were incorporated as the Baptist Society in Brunswick.

The pastors of this church have been Elders Williams and Kendall, prior to Elder Benjamin Titcomb; Benja- min Titcomb, 1804-21; Benjamin Titcomb, Jr., 1822 -27; Samuel Mariner, Adam Wilson, Shimuel Owen, Henry Randall, supplies, 1827-30; John Bailey, 1830-33; William Johnson, 1836-40; Noah Norton, 1840-45; Jo- seph Hutchinson, 1848-52; Grenville M. Atkins, 1867-68.

BAPTIST MEETING-IIOUSES.

The first meeting-house erected by the Baptists was built at Maquoit, in 1798 or 1799. It stood about a mile below the old First Parish meeting-house, where the old Maquoit burying-ground is. It was somewhat like the old First Parish meeting-house, having no steeple, and being roughly finished. In 1853 it was sold to Samuel Dunning, and moved to his ship-yard for a boarding-house.

The next building erected by the Baptists was at New Meadows, in the year 1800. In 1848 it was taken down, and the present edifice erected on its site.

The third Baptist meeting-house was what is now known as the Congregational Vestry. It was erected in 1826, by the " Second Baptist Society," and occupied by them for about ten years. In 1841 it was sold to the First Parish.

The fourth building erected by the Baptists was the one now occupied by the Catholics, on Federal Street. It was erected in 1829, by the Federal Street Baptist Society. It cost about $800. It was sold to the Methodists in 1836, was occupied by them until the erection of their present house in 1866, and was subsequently sold to the Catholics.

The Maine Street Baptist church was erected in 1840. In 1867 it was remodeled and greatly improved, at a cost of $2000. The pulpit and platform were remodeled and finished in black walnut and chestnut, to correspond with the newly-arranged pews, which were also made of chestnut, and without doors. The aisles were carpeted, the ceiling was frescoed, and gas-fixtures were put in.

FREE-WILL BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE.

The first Free-Will Baptist meeting-house was erected in 1810. It was a small, one-story building, and stood quite near the Freeport line. What became of this build- ing is not known. The society worshiping in it afterwards, in 1827, united with the Universalists and Congregation- alists in building the Union meeting-house at Growstown.

The village church of the Free-Will Baptists, ou O'Brien Street, was erected in 1876, the society having previously worshiped in Lemont IIall.

THE UNION MEETING-HOUSE AT GROWSTOWN

was erected in 1827. This house was built jointly by the Free-Will Baptists, the Congregationalists, and the Uni- versalists. Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, a Universalist, preached the first sermon in it. It is still used by the Free-Will Baptists, who, although it was built for a union meeting- house, have had control of it most of the time.

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History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 65

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 780

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780