History of Sharon, (Litchfield County) Connecticut United States of America

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Milo Lyman Bennett, jurist, was born at Sharon, Conn., in 1790. He was graduated from Yale college with the class of 1811, studied law, and began practice at Burlington, Vt. In 1839 he was elected associate justice of the supreme court of Vermont, and with the exception of one year he was re-elected to that office annually till his death. "He was," says L. E. Chittenden in "Personal Reminiscences," "a judge whom no inducement could swerve one hair's-breadth from his judicial duty." He received the degree of LL.D. from Dartmouth college in 1851. His death occurred July 7, 1868.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Jacob Chamberlain, clergyman, was born at Sharon, Conn., April 13, 1835. He was graduated at the theological seminary of the Reformed Dutch church, New Brunswick, N. J., and at the College of physicians and surgeons, New York city. Immediately upon graduation he went to India as missionary, where he had unusual success in the fields of Palamainer and Madanapalli, at each of which stations he established a hospital and dispensary. He was chairman of the committee to bring out a new translation of the Old Testament in the Telugu language, and as well of that which had in hand the revising of the Telugu New Testament. He was elected in 1878 to the vice-presidency for India of the American Tract society. Among his published works are: The Bible Tested (1878), which reached a sale of twenty-one thousand; Winding up a Horse, or Christian Giving (1879), and Break Cocoa-nuts over the Wheels (1885), the last reaching a sale of twenty thousand.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Daniel Kimball Whitaker, editor, was born in Sharon, Conn., April 30, 1801; son of the Rev. Jonathan Whitaker (1778-1835); and grandson of Nathaniel Whitaker . He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1820, A.M., 1823; removed to South Carolina and was a partner of John Lyde Wilson in the practice of law. He founded and edited the Southern Literary Journal; Whitaker's Magazine; the Southern Quarterly Review (1841-61), and the New Orleans Monthly Review (1866-81). He was married in 1849 to Mary Scrimzeour, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Furman of South Carolina, and widow of John Miller. She was a well-known poet and writer. Mr. Whitaker was a member of and corresponding secretary for the New Orleans Academy of Sciences. In 1878 he became a Roman Catholic. He died in New Orleans, La., April 10, 1881.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor