History of Haverhill, (Essex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Edward Follensbee Noyes, governor of Ohio, was horn in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 3, 1832; son of Theodore and Hannah (Stevens) Greely Noyes. He learned the printer's trade in Dover, N.H., prepared for college at Kingston academy, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1857, and studied law under William Wier Stickney and Amos Tuck, at Exeter, N.H. He was graduated at the Cincinnati Law school in 1858, practised in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1858-61, and enlisted in the 39th Ohio volunteer infantry. He was appointed major of the regiment, July 8, 1861, served in the Missouri campaign of that year; at the siege of New Madrid, Island No. 10, and Corinth, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel, July 8, 1862, and colonel, Oct. 1, 1862. He was with his regiment in the battles of Iuka, Parker's Cross Roads, Resaca, Dallas, and Bluff Mills, Ga., where he lost a leg, while leading an assault upon the enemy's works, July 4, 1864. He took command of Camp Dennison, Ohio, in the autumn of 1864; was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and left the army April 22, 1865. He was married, Feb. 15, 1863, to Margaretta, daughter of Benjamin Proctor of Kingston, Ohio. He was city solicitor of Cincinnati, 1865-67; judge of the probate court for Hamilton county, 1867-70, and was elected governor of Ohio by the Republican party in 1871, serving, 1871-73. He was defeated for re-election in 1873, by William Allen, Democrat, was appointed U.S. minister to France by President Hayes in 1877, and made several official visits to Turkey during the Russo-Turkish war, and was a special U.S. commissioner to the Paris exposition. He returned in August, 1881, resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, and was elected judge of the superior court of Hamilton county for a term of five years, in 1889. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1890.

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

Daniel Appleton, publisher, was born in Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 10, 1785, son of Daniel and Lydia (Ela) Appleton, He began his commercial career as clerk in a dry goods store and early established himself in the dry goods business in Haverhill and later in Boston. In 1825 he removed to New York city, and locating in Exchange Place opened an establishment for the sale of dry goods and books, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Jonathan Leavitt. In 1830 Mr. Leavitt withdrew from the concern, and William Henry, Mr. Appleton's eldest son, took his place as head of the book department. Later the dry goods business was abandoned, and Mr. Appleton removed to larger premises in Clinton Hall, corner of Beckman and Nassau streets, where he devoted his capital and energy to importing and selling books. In 1830 he made his first venture as a publisher, and issued a volume three inches square, and a half inch thick, with 192 pages, entitled "Crumbs from the Master's Table," consisting of bible texts compiled by W. Mason. A copy of this book is preserved in the Appleton family. A still smaller volume, "Gospel Seeds," appeared in the following year, and w a s followed in 1832, the year of the cholera epidemic, by "A Refuge in Time of Plague and Pesthence." In 1838 Mr. Appleton visited Europe and established the London agency of the house at 16 Little Britain; he also purchased in Paris a number of rare illuminated missals and MSS. specimens of the work of the early monks, which were eagerly bought in America and afforded the firm a large profit. In 1838 William Henry Appleton was admitted to a partnership, and the firm became D. Appleton & Co., and removed to 200 Broadway. In 1840 they issued Tract No. 90 by Dr. Pusey, which was followed by the writings of Drs. Newman, Manning, Palmer, Maurice and others of the Oxford school. In 1848 Mr. Appleton retired, making the proviso that the official signature of the firm should remain Daniel Appleton & Co. A printing house and bindery were established by the firm in Franklin St., N.Y., in 1853. In 1857 the "New American Cyclop?dia" was begun, the last volume being issued in 1863. The work proved a success, upwards of thirty thousand sets being sold. In 1868, owing to the increase of business, the mechanical departments were transferred to Brooklyn, where an immense block of buildings had been erected to accommodate them. In 1861 the first copy of "The Annual Cyclop?dia" was issued, a volume appearing every year thereafter, uniform in style and size with the American Cyclop?dia, of which during the years 1873-'76 a revised edition was prepared with engravings and maps. "Appleton's Cyclop?dia of American Biography," a valuable work of reference, in 6 vols., was commenced in 1886 and "Johnson's Universal Cyclop?dia Revised" in 1893, in 8 vols. The wide range of books published by the Appletons comprises school textbooks, medical and scientific works, Spanish books for the Central and Southern American trade, the literature concerning the civil war, poems, novels; covers, in fact, the whole range of literature. The works of Darwin, Huxley, Spencer, and Tyndall were first printed in America by this firm under royalty agreement with the authors. Owing to the theological prejudices of the time, the publication of these books brought odium upon the Appletons. They were also the first to produce in New York the works of Mine. Muhlbach, one of the most popular novels published by the house being her "Joseph II. and His Court," the sale of which was rivalled by Disraeli's "Lothair," of which eighty thousand copies were sold. Among the firm's illustrated publications are: "Picturesque America," "Picturesque Europe," "Picturesque Palestine," and "The Art of the World." In the selection of names for the Hall of Fame, New York university, October, 1900, Mr. Appleton received seven votes for a place. He died in New York city, March 27, 1849.

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

Hannah Duston, pioneer, was born probably in 1660, and was married to Thomas Duston of Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 3, 1677. When Haverhill was captured by the Indians in 1697, Hannah Duston and Mary Neff, her nurse, were spared the tomahawk, which dealt death to her infant, scarcely a week old and to many of the inhabitants. The two women were made captive by the savages, and her husband with their seven elder children, at her earnest entreaty, fled to a place of safety. The captive mother was obliged to walk through the snow without shoes day after day until they reached the wigwam of the Indian chief on an island near the present site of Concord, N.H. Aided by Samuel Leonardson, a white lad, who had been captured at Worcester one year before, she planned escape. On an appointed night with the aid of her nurse and the lad she made an attack on the sleeping Indians. She herself scalped nine braves, Leonardson killed the chief, and only a squaw and a badly wounded Indian boy escaped. They then provisioned one canoe, sinking the remainder, and on reaching Haverhill she found her family safe. She had with her the Indians' scalps, tomahawks and guns, as trophies and she presented them to the governor of Massachusetts colony. The general court gave to Mrs. Duston and the Worcester lad each $250. The island, the scene of their prowess, was named Duston's island, and a granite monument was erected at Haverhill, by the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1874, on the tablets of which were inscribed the names of Hannah Duston, Mary Neff and Samuel Leonardson. Mrs. Duston died in Haverhill, Mass.

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

Edward Capen, librarian, was born at Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1821, son of the Rev. Lemuel and Mary Anne (Whiting) Capen. He graduated from the Boston Latin school with the Franklin medal in 1838; from Harvard college in 1842, and in 1845 from the Cambridge divinity school. He engaged for one year as minister over the Unitarian society in Westford, but owing to his sympathy with the views of Theodore Parker he was obliged to abandon the ministry. In 1852 he became secretary of the school committee of Boston, and later in the same year was appointed librarian of the Boston public library. In 1853 he resigned the office of secretary of the school committee, and under direction of the library trustees prepared the first catalogue. He resigned in 1874; was librarian at Haverhill, Mass., 1874-99 and librarian emeritus 1899-1901. He died at Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 20, 1901.

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