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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 13
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Hannah 1755 -1831 (search)
Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Historian; born in Medfield, Mass., in 1755.
By an early fondness for study, which was promoted by her father, a man of literary tastes, she obtained a knowledge of Latin and Greek from some divinity students broading at her father's house before she had arrived at full womanhood.
Her father, a shopkeeper, failed in business when she was seventeen years of age, and his children were compelled to help themselves.
During the war for independence she supported herself by teaching and lace-making.
Miss Adams wrote a History of the Jews, in which she was assisted by the Abbe Gregoire, with whom she corresponded.
She also wrote a History of New England, published in 1799.
She also wrote hooks on religious subjects; and, in 1814, published a Controversy with Dr. Morse (Rev. Jedidiah). Her autobiography, continued by Mrs. G. G. Lee, was published in 1832.
Miss Adams was small in stature, very deaf in her old age, fond of strong tea, and an inveterate snuff
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gammell , William 1812 -1889 (search)
Gammell, William 1812-1889
Educator; born in Medfield, Mass., Feb. 10, 1812; graduated at Brown University in 1831; became Professor of History and Political Economy there in 1880.
His publications include the lives of Roger Williams and Gov. Samuel Ward, in Sparks's American biographies; History of American Baptist missions, etc. He died in Providence, R. I., April 3, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inness , George 1825 -1894 (search)
Inness, George 1825-1894
Artist; born in Newburg, N. Y., May 1, 1825; removed to New York in 1845; studied art; and was chosen a member of the National Academy in 1868.
He was one of the greatest landscape-painters America has produced.
His pictures include American sunset; Delaware water-gap; View near Medfield, Mass.; An old roadway, long Island; and Under the Green Wood.
He died in Scotland Aug. 3, 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mason , Lowell 1792 -1872 (search)
Mason, Lowell 1792-1872
Composer; born in Medfield, Mass., Jan. 8, 1792; at an early age became a teacher and composer of music, and at the age of twenty years went to Savannah, Ga., where he gave instruction and led choirs and musical associations.
In 1821 he published in Boston his Handel and Haydn collection of Church Music, which was so successful that he returned north and settled in Boston, where, in 1827, he began the instruction of classes in vocal music.
He taught juvenile classes gratuitously on the Pestalozzian system, and published many collections of music, glee-books, etc. In connection with Professors Park and Phelps, he complied a Collection of Psalms and hymns for public worship, published in 1858.
He died in Orange, N. J., Aug. 11, 1872.
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry . (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12 Norfolk County . (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)