Abraham Whitney (1754 – )

”Abram Whitney, born 1754, married first, Hitty Ware, born 1759; second, Saeah Whitman, born 1760; third, Catherine Wood, born 1766; fourth, Mrs. Sarah Conant Jewell, born 1762. Mr. W. moved from Stow, Mass.; was high sheriff of Middlesex county, came … Continue reading →

Stephen Elmer Slocum (1875 – )

”SLOCUM, Stephen Elmer, university prof.; b. Glenvllle, N.Y., June 5, 1875; s. William Warren and Mary E. (Conde) S.; B.E., Union Coll., N.Y., 1897; Ph.D., Clark U., 1900; m. Anna Jeannette Ware, of Cincinnati, June 25, 1902. Instr. civ. engring., … Continue reading →

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 →