MEMO R IAL B I O G R A P H I E S OF [ .. THEEW N ENGLAND HISTORIC ) - GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TOWNE M EMORIAL FUND VOLUME I 1845–1852 BN O S T O PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 18 S oMERSET Street I88O ~ --- y” Copyright, 1 880, BY THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. UNIVERSITY P RESS: JoHN WILsoN AND SoN, CAMBRIDGE. MEMORIALS A ND AUTHORS PAGE INTRODUCTION. B y the Rev. HENRY A. HAzEN, A.M. .. 7 HoN. W ILLIAM DURKEE WILLIAMSON, A.M. By the Hon. Jose.PH W ILLIAMSON, A.M., of Belfast, Me. 13 BENJAMIN S HURTLEFF, M.D. By HIRAM S. SHURTLEFF, A.M., of B oston ....... ... .. 32 HoN.OB J DURFEE, LL.D. By the Hon. THOMAs DURFER, LL.D., C hief Justice of Rhode Island .. .. 37 LUTHER W AIT. By Mr. ABRAHAM D. WAIT, of Ipswich .. 60 SAMUEL J OHN CARR, M.D. By John WARD DEAN, A.M., of Bostoe ........ ... ... .. 6 3 HoN. J AMES KENT, LL.D. By Mr. JAMEs KENT, of Fishkill on Hudson,. N Y. .. .. .. .. 67 HoN. T IMOTIIY PITKIN, LL.D. By the Rev. THoMAs C. PITKIN, D.D.,f o Detroit, Mich. .. .. .. ... .. .. 76 HoN. S AMUEL HUBBARD, LL.D. By Mrs. ELIZABETH GREENE fBUCK, o Andover . 86 HoN, J OHN QUINCY ADAMS, LL.D. By the Hon. CHARLEs FRANCIS A DAMS, LL.D., of Quincy . .. ... 102 PROF. M ERRITT CALDWELL, A.M. By WILLIAM H. ALLEN, LL.D., P resident of Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. 136 HoN. N ATHANIEL MORTON DAVIS, A.M. By CHARLEs DEANE, LL.D.,f o Cambridge . ... .. .. .... 141 Hon. H ARRISON GRAY OTIS, LL.D. By AUGUSTUs T. PER KINS, A .M., of Boston . .. 146 BENJAMIN F RANKLIN THOMPSON. By HENRY ONDERDoNK, Jr., A .M., of Jamaica, N.Y. ... .. ... 161 IV M EMORIALS AND AUTHORS PAGE LOT E DWARD BREWSTER. By Mr. DANIEL T. W. HUNTooN, of C anton .. ... .... .. .. 164 IHoN. T HEODORE LYMAN, JR., A.M. By THEoDoRE LYMAN, A.B.,f o Boston . .. .. 169 DR. D ANIEL GILBERT. By Dr. DANIEL D. GILBERT, A.M., of Boston . .. .. .. .. .. 199 HoN. A LBERT GALLATIN, LL.D. By HENRY ADAMs, A.B., of Boston .. .. ... .. .... .. .. 203 REv. J OHN PIERCE, D.D. By Mr. WILLIAM B. TRASK, of Boston .. ... - 213 THEODORE C USHING. By Mr. WILLIAM T. Cushing, of Atlantic City, I owa .... .. ... • 227 HoN. S AMUELTURELL ARMSTRONG. By Mr. URIEL CRoCKER, of B oston . ... ... ..... 232 REv. W ILLIAM COGSWELL, D.D. By the Rev. EPHRAIM O. JAMEsoN, A .B., of East Medway ... • • 237 HoN. J OSEPH SEWALL. By the Hon. SAMUEL E. SEwALL, A.M., of M elrose ... ....... ... 252 HoN. D ANIEL PUTNAM KING, A.M. By the Hon. BENJAMIN C. P ERKINS, of Peabody . .. • 255 DANIEL P INCKNEY PARKER. By JoHN WARD DEAN, A.M., of Boston . .. ... .. •- - - 260 REv. W ILLIAM ELY, A.B. By the Rev. INCREASE N. TARBox, D.D.,f o Newton . •• •••• • 263 WILLIAM P ITT GREENWOOD, D.D.S. By IsAAC J. GREEN wood, A .M., of New York, N.Y. 268 WILLIAM S AVAGE. By Miss MARY J. Cooper, of Amherst . 272 HoN. H ENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMEL DEARBORN. By CHARLEs K. DILLAWAY, A.M., of Boston . • • LEWIS B RADFORD. By Mr. BRADFord KINGMAN, of Brookline HoN. L EWI WOODBURY, LL.D. By the Hon. CHARLEs LEvi WooDBURY, o f Boston . .. .. .. .. 295 WILLIAM I NGALLS, M.D. By WILLIAM INGALLs, M.D., of Boston ... .... ... 328 EBENEZER T URELL ANDREWS. By Mr. F. W. ANDREws, of Boston . • • •• • • 337 ISRAEL P UTNAM PROCTOR. By the late Mr. JoHN W. PRoc ToR,f o Danvers .. ... •* *•• • 339 REv. O LIVER ALDEN TAYLOR, A.M. By the Rev. JEREMIAH TAYLOR, D .D., of Providence, R. I. .... .. 341 MEMORIALS A ND AUTHORS PAGE HoN. H ENRY CLAY, LL.D. By the Hon. RoBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.,f o Boston .. .. .. .. 357 PROF. J AMES LUCE KINGSLEY, LL.D. By WILLIAM L. KINGs LEY, A .M., of New Haven, Conn. .. 396 HENRY H OLTON FULLER, A.M. By HENRY H. FULLER, M.D., of B oston .. .. .. .. .. .. 410 HoN. J AMES WHITCOMB. By Major BEN: PERLEY PoorE, of Washington, D .C. .. ...... .... • 423 HoN. D ANIEL WEBSTER, LL.D. By the Hon. CHARLEs H. BELL, A.M.,f o Exeter, N. H. • •• • • • • •• * ** * * * 430 PROF. D ANIEL DRAKE, M.D. By the Hon. CHARLEs D. DRAKE, of W ashington, D.C. .. .. .. .. 448 RALBH H ASKINS. By DAVID GREENE HAsKINs, Jr., A.M., of Cambridge . .. .. .. .. HoN. D AVID HENSHAW. By Mr. ANDREw HENSHAw WARD, of B ridgewater . .. .. .. 483 AMOS L AWRENCE. By WILLIAM M. CoRNELL, LL.D., of Boston 500 507 IU NT R O D C T ION THIs b ook is designed as the first of a series of vol. umes, devoted to biographies of deceased members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, which are to be printed at the expense of the “Towne Memorial Fund.” This is not the place either to repeat the facts of the life of WILLIAM BLANCHARD TownE, as they have been already sketched in the “New England Historical and Genealogical Register” for January, 1878, or to anti cipate the fuller record which should find place when his own name shall be reached in the series. But those who peruse this volume will find here a brief outline of the life of him to whose interest and munificence the pro posed series of biographic memorials are due. Mr. T owne was born in Bow, N. H., October 12, 1810, the son of Jonathan Towne, descended from William Towne, of Yarmouth, in England, who died in Topsfield, Mass, about 1672. His mother was Clarissa Hoyt, daugh ter of Captain John Hoyt; and from her he inherited vigor of mind and body. His early advantages were limited. At the age of sixteen, he went to Concord, N. H., in the employment of Dr. Josiah Crosby, who was then a young man, ready to give sympathy and aid to the studious and aspiring boy; and during the two years spent in his family received eighteen months of schooling and the help of a wise teacher; and to them he owed much. Between the years 1829 and 1834, while Mr. Towne was occupying the position of a clerk at Concord, he devoted his leisure hours to teaching in a Mission Sabbath-school. viii I NTRODUCTION His l abors here reveal to us the spiritual side of his nature, and prove that, turning aside from his own cares, he was not unmindful of preparing the young for the active duties of life. Next we find him in Boston occupying the same humble position as a clerk; soon, however, to be ex changed, by industry and application, for the position of partner in the firm of Bowker, Towne, & Co. In 1852, he became connected with the house of James M. Beebe & Co., and so remained thirteen years. Mr. Towne married, June 15, 1842, Nancy French Hill, daughter of Jeremiah, descended from Ralph of Billerica, Mass., in the line, Ralph,” Samuel," Ralph, Solomon,” Jeremiah." After living in Boston until 1846, he made his home in Brookline, and there his wife died, May 3, 1858, aged forty; leaving three sons, William Henry, now of Boston, and Charles Edward and Arthur French, now of Chicago, all members of the legal profession. In 1866, Mr. Towne visited Europe. Soon after his return, he married April 23, 1867, Miss Jennie S. Putnam, daughter of Daniel Putnam of Milford, N. H., who sur vives him. His home was afterwards in that beautiful town, where his parents at that time resided. He was a Representative of Milford in the Legislatures of 1873 and 1874, and held a leading position in the House. He was also Trustee and President of the Savings Institution and President of the Souhegan National Bank. As early as 1834, Mr. Towne was engaged in the study of his family history; in 1844, he had prepared an exten sive Towne genealogy; and, in 1852, he printed for pri vate distribution a genealogical chart of the family. He became, in that year, a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and his relations with this society were intimate and important until death. For ten years he was its Treasurer, and afterwards Chairman of its INTRODUCTION i x Finance C ommittee; he was also a Director, Vice-president for New Hampshire, and member of the Publishing Com mittee. For nine years he was Chairman and Treas urer of the “Register Club,” conducting gratuitously the business affairs of the “Historical and Genealogical Reg ister.” He was active also in the measures which secured the Society's House, and well deserved to have his portrait placed, as it is, in the Hall, among the leading benefac tors of the institution. To no one, except the president, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, is the Society so much in debted for the success of that important enterprise. He died at the home of his son, in Boston, April 10, 1876, aged sixty-five. On the 1st of January, 1864, Mr. Towne gave to the New England Historic Genealogical Society the sum of one thousand dollars, to be placed in the hands of trustees and to be invested and known as the “Towne Memorial Fund,” the principal and interest to be kept separate and apart from the other funds of the Society, and the income thereof to be devoted to the publication of memorial volumes of deceased members whenever the Society should deem it expedient. In 1870, Mr. Towne presented another sum of one thousand dollars to be added to the original amount. At the beginning of the year 1878, the fund having in creased to upwards of four thousand dollars, the President, the Hon.