History of Hopkinton, (Middlesex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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William Henry Ryan, representative, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., May 10, 1860; son of Patrick and Jane (Cleary) Ryan. In 1866 he removed with his parents to Buffalo, N.Y., where he was educated in the public schools, and engaged in business as a contractor. He was married, Sept. 19, 1887, to Ellen, daughter of Terence Cosgrove, of Buffalo, N.Y. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Erie county, 1895?99, and its chairman, 1898, and was a representative from the thirty-second district of New York in the 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1899?1905.

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

Mary Bucklin (Davenport) Claflin, author, was born in Hopkinton, Mass., in July, 1825; daughter of Samuel D. Davenport. In 1845 she was married to William Claflin, afterward governor of Massachusetts, then in business in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after their marriage they removed to Newtonville, Mass., where they built the "Old Elms," afterward famous for its many noted guests. Mrs. Claflin was a trustee of Wellesley college from its foundation, and of Boston university from 1878 to 1896. In 1876 she founded the society for the aid of impecunious young college women, which, in November, 1897, established a memorial scholarship in honor of its founder. She published Brampton Sketches; Old-time New England Life (1890); Personal Recollections of John G. Whittier (1893); and Under the Old Elms (1895). She died in Whitinsville, Mass., June 13, 1896.

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

Frederick Luther Gamage, educator, was born in Hopkinton, Mass., June 19, 1860; son of Henry Richard and Abbie (Lackey) Gamage; grandson of Joseph and Mary (Taft) Gamage; great-grandson of Richard and Betsey (Phipps) Gamage; and a descendant in the sixth generation from Joshua Gamage, who was born in Bristol, England, in 1685, settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1708 and married Deborah Wyeth. He was prepared for college at the Westboro, Mass., high school and was graduated at Brown university, A.B., 1882, A.M., 1885. He was instructor in Greek at Delaware academy, Delhi, N.Y., 1882-85; principal of Oxford, N.Y., academy, 1885-93, and during this time served the regents of the University of the state of New York as inspector of academies. In 1893 he was elected head master of St. Paul's school, established and endowed by Alexander T. and Cornelia Stewart in connection with the P.E. cathedral at Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. He was married, Sept. 23, 1886, to Isabella Horner of Delhi, N.Y. He was elected a member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in 1897 and of the New York University club in 1898. The honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him by Hobart college in 1898.

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

Lee Claflin, philanthropist, was born in Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 19, 1791. He was a tanner and afterward a manufacturer of boots and shoes in Boston. He amassed a fortune, a portion of which he distributed among various institutions of learning, giving large endowments to Wesleyan academy; to Wesleyan university, of which he was a trustee, 1849-71; to Wilbraham academy, and to the Boston theological seminary, afterward Boston university, of which he was an incorporator, and a trustee and benefactor, 1847-71. He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 23, 1871.

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