Edward Henry Hall (1831 – )

HALL, Edward Henry, clergyman; b. Cincinnati, Apr. 16, 1831; s. Edward B. and Harriet (Ware) H.; A.B., Harvard, 1851; grad. Harvard Div. Sch., 1855 (S.T.D., 1902). Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1859; chaplain Mass. vols. In Civil War; pastor Plymouth, Mass., 1859-67, … Continue reading →

Peter Clark (1781 -1865)

”Peter Clark, Free Baptist, son of Samuel and Mary (Folsom) Clark, was born Oct. 8, 1781. Began to preach in Gilmanton, 1798. Ordained Jan. 8, 1810, and pastor Third Church, 1810-65. Represented Gilmanton in the Legislature, 1826-9. Baptized about 300; … Continue reading →

Henry Thomas Daniel (1868 – )

THE good old English family of Daniel has furnished to our country at least seven strong men, every one of whom was either born in Virginia or descended from the Virginia family. For a name so widely spread, it is … Continue reading →

Arthur W. Orvis (1859 – )

ORVIS, Arthur W. Lawyer; b. Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1859; s. Chester and Esther A. (Ware) Orvis; grad. Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1886; m. Gouverneur, N. Y., June 12, 1889, Harriet Church. Associated with G. S. Conger … Continue reading →

John Lambert (1828 – )

”LAMBERT, John Physician, surgeon; b. Alfred, York Co., Me., Sept. 7, 1828; s. Porter and Mary Snow (Downs) Lambert; ed. Alfred and N. Yarmouth Acads.; grad. Bowdoin Med. Coll., M.D., 1852; honorary A.M., Bowdoin, 1889; m. 1st, Portland, Me., Dec. … Continue reading →

Joseph Allston Newhall (1847 – )

”NEWHALL, Joseph Allston, of Boston, leather merchant, was born in Saugus, May 29, 1847, son of Joseph Stocker and Emeline Augusta (Ware) Newhall. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Chauncy Hall, Boston. He … Continue reading →

James S. Gentry (1813 – )

”JAMES S. GENTRY, an old settler, as well as an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of this county, was born on January 9, 1813, in Kentucky, and is the second of three children given to Elijah and Elizabeth (Ware) Gentry, natives … Continue reading →