MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE N EW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TOWNE M EMORIAL FUND Volume V III 1880— 1 889 BOSTON PUBLISHED B Y THE SOCIETY iS Somerset Steeet 1907 MEMORIALS A ND AUTHORS PAOB INTRODUCTION GEORGE W ASHINGTON JONSON, A.B. 1 Mr. EBENEZER TRESCOTT FARRINGTON. 35: 96 1 Mr. SIMEON PRATT ADAMS. By Harrison Ellery. 35: 390 2 Mr. STRONG BENTON THOMPSON. 36:331. 3 Mr. NATHANIEL CUSHING NASH. By William Carver Bates. 3 5:95 4 Mr. WILLIAM HENRY TUTHILL. By James William Tot- hill. 35: 190 5 Mr. RICHARD WILLARD SEARS. By Samuel Pearce Mat. 35:96 6 M r. CHARLES IRA BUSHNELL 7 Mr. THOMAS CARTER SMITH. By H. E. 35: 193 8 Mr. AARON CLAFLIN MAYHEW. By William Carver Bates. 3 5:94 10 JOHN WADDINGTON, D.D. By William Carver Bates. 35: 1 95 11 Mr. JOSEPH LEEDS 12 HENRY WHITE, A.M. 35: 189 12 PELEG SPRAGUE, A.M., LL.D. By Harrison Ellery. 35: 1 92 13 Rev. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WHITNEY, A.M. By William Carver B ates. 35: 192 14 Mr. WILLIAM BROWN SPOONER. By William Carver Bates. 3 5:190 16 Mr. JOHN TAYLOR CLARK. By William Carver Bates. 35: 1 91 17 Rev. DAVID TEMPLE PACKARD, A.M. 18 Mr. JOHN TRULL HEARD. By John Theodore Heard, M.D. 36:353-359 1 9 Mb. N ATHAN BOURNE GIBBS. By William Carver Bates. 35:191 2 1 Mb. J OHN SARGENT. 35:290 22 ill iv M EMORIALS AND AUTHORS PAGE SAMUEL W EBBER, A.M., M.D. 35:289 23 Mr. T HOMAS CRANE WALES. 24 Mr. J OHN ALONZO BOUTELLE. By Ephraim Cutter, A.M., M.D., L L.D., and William Richard Cutter, A.M. 25 EDWIN H UBBELL CHAPIN, A.M., D.D., LL.D. By Rev. Anson T itus. 38: 121-131 27 Mr. L EONARD THOMPSON. By William Richard Cutter, A.M. 3 5:393 30 Rev. W ILLIAM CHAUNCEY FOWLER, A.M., LL.D. 35: 194 32 EBENEZER A LDEN, A.M., M.D. By Increase Niles Tar- box, A.M., D.D. 35:309-318 34 Mr. G EORGE DANIELS. By Thomas L. Livermore. 37: 214 36 DANA B OARDMAN PUTNAM, A.M., M.D. 35: 195 38 Mr. T HOMAS DENNIE QUINCY. 35:287 39 Mr. W ILLIAM MAKEPEACE. 35:289 40 Mr. E BEN WRIGHT. 36:91 41 ALEXANDER H AMILTON VINTON, A.M., M.D., D.D. 35:288 42 Mr. W ILLIAM LAWTON. 35:286 43 CHARLES H UDSON, A.M. By Edward Griffin Porter, A.M., and o thers. 35:395 44 Mr. H ORATIO NELSON OTIS. 41:419 47 Mr. H ENRY SMITH. 35:392 48 Mr. A MBROSE HASKELL WHITE. 49 Rev. J AMES ROYAL CUSHING. 36: 92 50 JOHN S TEVENS ABBOTT, A.M. 35: 392 , 51 Mr. E BENEZER CLAPP. 36:331 51 GEORGE S HELDON, A.B., D.D. 35:393 53 Mr. A LEXANDER STRONG. 35:392 54 Mr. J OSEPH JESSE COOKE. 35:391 55 Mr. W ILLIAM EWING DU BOIS. 35:394 56 CHARLES W ESLEY TUTTLE, A.M., Ph.D. By John Ward Dean, A .M. 42:9-27 57 NATHAN C LIFFORD, LL.D. 35:395 59 Mr. A LDEN JERMAIN SPOONER. 35:394 60 EUGENE A NTHONY VETROMILE, D.D. 36:204 61 SAMUEL F OSTER HAVEN, A.M., LL.D. 36:202 62 Mr. J OHN WOOD BROOKS. 36: 90 63 Mr. J OHN JAY SMITH. 36:332 64 Mr. E NOCH REDINGTON MUDGE. 36:90 65 MEMORIALS A ND AUTHORS V PAOB CALEB F ISKE HARRIS, A.M. 66 CHRISTOPHER C USHING, A.M., D.D. 36:91 67 Mr. T HEODORE AUGUSTUS NEAL. 36: 334 68 EDWIN A UGUSTINE DALRYMPLE, D.D. 36:330 69 STEPHEN W HITNEY PHCENLX, A.M., LL.B. By Jacob Bailey M oore. 36:206 37:229-232 70 Rev. H ORATIO ALGER, A.M. 36:414 72 CONRAD E NGELHARDT, R.S.N. A. 36:337 73 JOHN B OYD, A.M. 36:203 73 SOLOMON L INCOLN, A.M. By Arthur Greene Loring. 36:414 7 5 HARVEY J EWELL, A.B., LL.D. 36:330 76 Mr. W ILLIAM FLETCHER WELD. 45:115-117 77 ROBERT S AFFORD HALE, A.B'., LL.D. 36: 420 79 Mr. G EORGE EDWIN LINCOLN 81 Mr. G REGGS JOSEPH FARISH 81 LEONARD B ACON, A.M., D.D., LL.D. 37: 95 82 Mr. M INOT TIRRELL. 83 JOHN P LUMMER HEALEY, A.M., LL.D. By Arthur Greene Loring. 3 6:338 84 JOHN P HELPS PUTNAM, A.M., LL.B. 36:207 85 DELANO A LEXANDER GODDARD, A.M. 38:352 86 ALEXANDER H AMILTON BULLOCK, A.B., LL.D. By Arthur G reene Loring. 36:413 87 HENRY W HITNEY BELLOWS, A.B., D.D. 36:417 88 EZRA W ILKINSON, A.M. 36: 417 89 ROBERT P ATTERSON DU BOIS, A.M., D.D. 91 CHARLES F REDERICK SEDGWICK, A.M. 36:334 91 GEORGE S MITH, M.D. By Charles Henry Hart. 36: 419 92 Mr. W ILLIAM ELLERY BRIGHT. 36:332 94 LYMAN C OLEMAN, A.M., D.D. 36: 415 95 OLIVER H ENRY PERRY, A.M. 36:333 96 ELISHA R EYNOLDS POTTER, A.B. 36:416 97 Mr. W ILLIAM SUTTON. 36:336 98 THEOPHILUS R OGERS MARVIN, A.M. 36: 335 99 JAMES M ORISON, A.M., M.D. 36:338 100 JOSEPH L EMUEL CHESTER, D.CL., LL.D. 38:1-20 101 BENJAMIN P ARKE, LL.D. 103 WILLIAM C USHING BINNEY, A.B., LL.B. 36:416 104 Vi M EMORIALS AND AUTHORS PAGE Mr. J OHN PARMELEE ROBINSON 105 Mr. J OSIAH GILES BACHELDER 106 Mr. A LFRED MUDGE. 36:419 37:99 107 FREDERICE D PEYSTER, A.M., LL.D. 37:98 108 Rev. J AMES DIMAN GREEN, A.M. 37:94 109 WILLIAM H ENRY ALLEN, M.D., LL.D. 37:98 110 Mr. O TIS NORCROSS. 37:208 112 Mr. A LBERT THOMPSON. 37:97 113 JOSEPH B LACKBURNE BOND, M.D. 114 EVELYN P HILIP SHIRLEY, M.A., F.S.A. 37:97 114 Mr. R OYAL WOODWARD. 37:211 115 WILLIAM A LBERT PARKER, U.S.N. 37:209 116 Mr. W ILLIAM DUANE. 38:351 117 Mr. J EROME GEORGE KIDDER 118 SAMUEL W HITE THAYER, A.M., M.D., LL.D. 37:210 119 Mr. J AMES SHEPHARD PIKE. 37:212 120 HENRY C RUSE MURPHY, A.B., LL.D. By Dr. Henry R. Stiles. 3 7:213 12J Rev. H ENRY OLCOTT SHELDON. 37:212 122 Mr. C HARLES PERRIN SMITH 123 ELIAB K INGMAN, A. M. 38:93 123 JOHN M ILTON FESSENDEN, A. M. 37:213 124 SAMUEL L EONARD CROCKER, A. M. 37:412 125 MARSHALL J EWELL, A.M. 37:415 126 PAUL A NSEL CHADBOURNE, A.M., M.D., D.D., LL.D. 37:412 128 Rev. H IRAM PARKER CROZIER. 129 NATHANIEL T HAYER, A.M. 37:413 129 Mr. H UGH MONTGOMERY. 37:317 130 WILLIAM G REENE, A.M. 37:317 131 Rev. H ENRY ADAMS, A.M. 132 Mr. H OLMES AMMIDOWN. 37: 413 132 PETER C OOPER, S.D., LL.D. 37:318 133 Mr. W ILLIAM OGILVIE COMSTOCK 134 Mr. S AMUEL BAKER RINDGE. By Francis J. Parker. 38:236. 4 5:3-7 134 Mr. C HARLES BINGLEY HALL. 38:91 136 Mr. D UDLEY RICHARDS CHILD. 37:414 137 ISRAEL W ASHBURN Jr., LL.D. 38: 99 138 GEORGE W ASHINGTON WARREN, A.M. 38: 95 139 MEMORIALS A ND AUTHORS vii PAOB JOHN D ICKSON BRUNS, A.M., M.D. 38:238 140 Mr. W ILLIAM PIERCE 38:236 141 Mr. E DWARD WINSLOW. 38: 98 142 MOSES T HOMPSON WILLARD, M.D. 38: 92 143 DAVID P ARSONS HOLTON, A.M., M.D. By Henry R. Stiles, M.D. 3 8: 100 144 HORATIO N ELSON PERKINS, A.B. 38: 454 145 Rev. C HARLES COTESWORTH BEAMAN. 38: 100 146 JOHN D ENNISON BALDWIN, A.M. 38: 90 147 Mr. G EORGE CRAFT. 38: 91 148 Mr. G INERY TWICHELL. 38: 89 149 FRANCIS J OSIAH HUMPHREY, A.M., LL.B. By George Lamb. 3 8: 98 150 HORATIO S MITH NOYES, A.B. 38:239 150 Mr. J OHN GALLISON TAPPAN. 38: 92 151 JOSIAH A THERTON STEARNS, A.M., Ph.D. 38: 101 152 Mr. JOHN ROGERS KIMBALL. By Rev. Edward G. Porter. 38: 1 02 153 Mr. R OBERT HOOPER, Jr. 154 Mr. O TIS DRURY. 38: 96 155 Mr. G USTAVUS VASA FOX. By Charles Levi Woodbury. 38:237 1 56 WILLIAM L EVERETT DICKINSON, A.M. 38: 94 157 WILLIAMS L ATHAM, A.B. 38: 95 158 BENJAMIN O SGOOD PEIRCE, A.B. 38: 101 159 SAMUEL R ICHARDSON KNOX, U.S.N. 38: 94 160 Mr. N APOLEON BONAPARTE MOUNTFORT. 38: 97 161 GEORGE W ILLIAM BAGBY, M.D. 38:97 162 Mr. R OGER AVERILL. 38: 93 163 Mr. D AVID OAKES CLARK. 38:237 164 Mr. C HARLES WILLIAM FREELAND 165 Mr. G ERRY WHITING COCHRANE. 38: 236 166 EDWARD S PRAGUE RAND, A.M., LL.B. 38:454 167 Mr. J ONATHAN MASON. 38:235 168 Mr. G EORGE ARTHUR SIMMONS. 38:238 169 DORUS C LARKE, A.M., D.D. By Henry A. Hazen, A.M., D.D. 3 8:253-261 170 Mr. C HARLES AUGUSTUS JONES. 39: 88 172 Rev. T HOMAS WILLIAM DAVIDS. 39: 395 173 Viii M EMORIALS AND AUTHORS PAGE Mr.