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

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Gilbert Haven, M.E. bishop, was born in Malden, Mass., Sept. 19, 1821; son of Gilbert and Hannah (Burrill) Haven, and grandson of Jotham Haven, Jr. He was prepared for college at Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass., graduated at Wesleyan university in 1846, and became a teacher of Greek and German in the Amenia seminary, N.Y., of which his cousin Erastus Otis Haven had just been made principal, and he succeeded to the principalship, serving, 1848-51. He joined the New York conference of the M.E. church in April, 1851; was stationed at Northampton, Mass., 1851-53; at Wilbraham, 1853-55; at Westfield, 1855-57; at Roxbury, 1857-59, and at Cambridgeport, 1859-61. He was married in 1851 to Mary, daughter of George Ingraham of Amenia, N.Y. His wife died in 1860. He was chaplain of the 8th Massachusetts militia mustered in for three months' service, and his commission was the first issued to a chaplain in the volunteer service, bearing date April 18, 1861. He was pastor of the Clinton Street church, Newark, N.J., 1861-62; and was appointed to the church at Maiden, Mass., 1862, but was allowed to travel in Europe for rest and recreation during the year. He was stationed at the North Russell Street church, Boston, 1863-65, and established the congregation in Grace church, Temple street, in 1864, and in seven months freed it from debt, In April, 1863, he began a movement to provide religious instruction for the freedmen in the south and he was appointed a missionary in Vicksburg, Miss., but declined to serve as his policy to make no distiction of classes and colors in reorganizing the church did not accord with that of the ruling bishops. His health failed in 1865, and he gave what service he could as a contributor to the church journals and in March, 1867, he was unanimously elected editor of Zion's Herald, the organ of New England Methodism and in addition to enlisting the best talent of his own church in contributing to its columns he welcomed as contributors Drs. Cuyler, Nehemiah Adams, F. D. Huntington and H. N. Powers, leaders outside the Methodist church. In May, 1872, he was elected bishop of the M.E. church, making his official home at Atlanta, Ga., and was active in educational work among the freedmen, and later in his episcopacy returned to his home in Malden, Mass. He travelled all over the United Sates and founded missions in Mexico, 1872-73, and in Africa, 1876-77. He was a delegate to the general conference in 1868 and 1872, and a trustee of Wesleyan university, 1879-80. His son William Ingraham Haven, born Jan. 30, 1856, in Westfield, Mass., was graduated A.B. at Wesleyan university in 1877, and B.D. at Boston university in 1881; was stationed at Egleston Square, Boston, Mass., 1881-82, and at Brookline, Mass., 1895-96, and edited with notes his father's "Christus Consolator" (1893). Bishop Haven is the author of: The Pilgrim's Wallet, or Scraps of Travel gathered in England, France and Germany (1866); National Sermons (1869); Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher (with the Hon. Thomas Russell, 1872); Our Next Door Neighbor; and A Winter in Mexico (1875). See Memorial of Gilbert Haven, edited by W. H. Daniels (1880); and The Life of Gilbert Haven by George Prentice, D.D. (1883). He died in Malden, Mass., Jan. 3, 1880.

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

Darius Cobb, painter, was born at Malden, Mass., Aug. 6, 1834; son of the Rev. Sylvanus and Eunice Hale (Waite) Cobb. With his twin brother, Cyrus, he attended the Lyman school of East Boston; afterward studied the classics under Prof. I. N. Eyers, mathematics at the Norway liberal institute, and oratory under Wyzeman Marshall, at the same time studying music, art and literature. In 1862 the brothers enlisted in the 44th Massachusetts infantry, doing service in North Carolina. In their art work their great instructor was Nature. They also received instruction from a relative and pupil of Washington Allston, who imparted to them in their youth many valuable ideas of that master. Cyrus chose sculpture and Darius painting. Darius was art editor of the Boston Traveler, 1872-79, and became prominent in musical and literary circles and on the lecture platform. Among his more noted pictures are: portraits of Louis Agassiz (1875), and Rufus Choate (1876); "King Lear" (1877); "Judas in the Potter's Field" (1877); "Christ Before Pilate" (1878); "For Their Sakes" (1879); "Washington on Dorchester Heights" (1880); portraits of Gen. B. F. Butler (1889),and Rev. Phillips Brooks (1893); "Immortality" (1893); portraits of John A. Andrew (1894), and Charles P. Clark (1897). In 1897, assisted by his brother Cyrus, he decorated the walls of the banquet ball of the Tuileries, Boston, with panels illustrative of French history. Of the nine panels he painted six: "Jeanne d'Arc"; "An Intrigue in the Court of Louis XIII"; "Richeliea and the Mayor of Rochelle "; "A Troublesome Edict of Louis XIV"; "The Storming of the Tuileries"; and "The Downfall of the Second Empire." In 1898 he painted two large pictures for the town hall at Revere, Mass., the subjects being scenes in the ride of Paul Revere.

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

Adoniram Judson, missionary, was born in Malden, Mass., Aug. 9, 1788; son of the Rev. Adoniram and Abigail (Brown) Judson. His father was a Congregational minister. He entered the sophomore class of Brown university in 1804, and was graduated valedictorian in 1807. He was at this time sceptical in matters pertaining to religion, and intended to adopt dramatic authorship as his profession. To familiarize himself with the regulations of the stage he joined a theatrical company. The sudden death of a classmate, under peculiar circumstances, changed the whole course of his life and caused him to regard religion seriously. He taught a private school in Plymouth, Mass., 1808-09, and was graduated from the Andover Theological seminary, Sept. 24, 1810. He consecrated himself to the work of foreign missions, February, 1810, and found in the seminary kindred spirits as earnest and zealous as himself in urging on the Christian churches the needs of the heathen. He was licensed by the Orange association of Congregationalist ministers in Vermont, May 17, 1810. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was formed, June 28, 1810, and sent him to England to confer with the London Missionary society, to which he offered himself as a missionary to Tartary or India and was accepted. He set sail in the ship Packet, Jan. 1, 1811, but was captured by the French privateer L'Invincible Napoleon and imprisoned in Bayonne, France, from which place he was soon released, returning to England and thence to the United States. In the meantime the American board had decided to work independently of any other organization and Judson was ordained Congregational missionary, Feb. 6, 1812. He set sail for Calcutta under their patronage from Salem, Mass., Feb. 19, 1812, with his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson, whom he had married, Feb. 5, 1812. Reaching Calcutta, India, June 17, 1812, he identified himself with the Baptist denomination and by this act severed his connection with the American board. Burmah had been his destination, but he was not well received there, owing to England's trouble with that government, and he proceeded to the Isle of France, where he worked some months. He then ventured into Burmah and settled in Rangoon, July 14, 1813, and proceeded at once to master the Burmese language, a formidable task. The Baptists of America formed a missionary union, May 18, 1814, and took him under its care. After a five years' residence in Rangoon, a rayat was built and opened with appropriate religious services, and as soon as his knowledge of the language permitted, Dr. Judson commenced to preach. He baptized Mong Nau, the first convert to Christianity, June 27, 1819. In 1824 he removed to Ava, when the war between England and Burmah broke out. The missionaries suffered much during this war, and he was cast into prison, where he spent two years hourly expecting death. He was rescued and returned to Rangoon, and then to Amherst, where his first wife died, Oct. 24, 1826. In 1831 he removed to Maulmain and on April 10, 1834, married secondly, Mrs. Sarah Hall Boardman, who died in St. Helena, Sept. 1, 1845. He married thirdly Emily Chubbuck, June 2, 1846. He went on missionary tours all through India and in his forty years' labor converted thousands to the Christian faith. He was stricken with the fever of the country and a sea voyage was recommended. He sailed for the United States, April 8, 1850, and died and was buried at sea. His name was one of the twenty-one in "Class E, Missionaries and Explorers," submitted as eligible for a place in the Hall of Fame, New York university, in October, 1900, and received thirty-six votes, the largest number given in the class, but fifteen less than necessary to secure a place. Brown university gave him the degree of D.D. in 1823. He published: Elements of English Grammar (1809); A Dictionary of the Burman Language (translated, 1826); The Holy Bible (translated, 1835; 2d ed., 1840); Grammatical Notices of the Burman Language (1842); An English and Burmese Dictionary, including a Grammar (1850). He died on the Indian Ocean, April 12, 1850.

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

Bernard Richardson Green, civil engineer, was born in Malden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1843; son of Ezra and Elmina Minerva (Richardson) Green, grandson of Bernard and Lois (Diman) Green, and of Ralph and ??? (Childs) Richardson, and a descendant of James Green who came from England to Boston prior to 1634. He attended the Lawrence scientific school, Harvard university, 1861-63, and entered the government service as a civil engineer early in the latter year. He was with the officers of the U.S. corps of engineers engaged in the construction of fortifications in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, 1863-77, and, as assistant to Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey at Washington, D.C., he undertook the erection of the state, war, and navy building, the completion of the Washington monument; and the construction of the building for the library of congress, having local charge of its construction, and was appointed superintendent of the building and grounds in June, 1897. On Oct. 2, 1889. he was elected a member of the American society of civil engineers, of which he was elected a director in 1894, 1895 and 1896. He was married, Jan. 1, 1868, to Julia E., daughter of Marvin and Asenath (Brooks) Lincoln of Malden, Mass.

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