History of Medway, (Norfolk County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Joseph Leonard Daniels, educator, was born at Medway, Mass., Aug. 1, 1833; son of Paul and Eliza (Breck) Daniels; grandson of Jeremiah and Pearllee (Richardson) Daniels, and of Daniel and Martha (Learned) Breck; and a lineal descendant of Robert Daniell, who settled in Watertown, Mass., prior to 1636. He was graduated at Phillips Andover academy in 1856 and at Yale college in 1860. He took the full course in the Yale theological seminary, 1860-63, attended a course of lectures in the Yale medical school in 1861, and was principal of the Guilford institute, Guilford, Conn., 1863-65. In 1865 he accepted the chair of Greek in Olivet college, Mich. He was librarian of the college, 1865-74 and 1883-98. After serving several years as college preacher he was ordained in 1876 by the Olivet conference. He was a trustee of Olivet college, 1876-90; acting president of the college, 1892; president of the Michigan home missionary society, 1895-98; and chaplain of the Michigan sons of the Revolution, 1896-98. He was married Nov. 26, 1863, to Julia Burrage Allen of Leominster, Mass., and their son, William Breck Daniels, was graduated at Olivet in 1890 and became a lawyer in Detroit. Professor Daniels received from Yale the honorary degree of D.D. in 1894. He is the author of History of Olivet College (1884); and of numerous magazine and newspaper articles.

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

William Taylor Adams, "Oliver Optic," author, was born at Medway, Mass., July 30, 1822. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, and began life as a teacher being connected at various times, with the Harris school in Dorchester, and the Dwight, Boylston, and Bowditch schools in Boston. He turned his attention to literary work in 1853; edited The Student and Schoolmate, 1858-'66; Oliver Optic's Magazine, 1867-'75, and Our Little Ones, and Our Boys and Girls for the Russell publishing Company. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1869; visited Europe more than twenty times and traveled in Asia and Africa, He is the author of: "Hatchie the Guardian Slave, or the Heiress of Bellevue" (1853); "The Boat Club Series;" "Army and Navy Stories;" "Boat Builder Series;" "Great Western Series;" "Lake Shore Series;" "Outward and Upward Series;" "Riverdale Story Books;" "Starry Flag Series;" "Household Library;" "Blue and Gray Afloat;" "Blue and Gray on Land;" "All-Over-The-World Series;" "Woodville Stories;" "Yacht Club Series;" "Young America Abroad Series;" "Across India or Five Boys in the Far East" (1895); "A Lieutenant at Eighteen" (1895); "In the Saddle" (1895), and over 1000 short stories. He died at Dorchester, Mass., March 27, 1897.

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

Abner Morse, clergyman and genealogist, was born in Medway, Mass., Sept. 5, 1893; son of Abner and Mille (Leland) Morse; grandson of Ezekial and Rebecca (Cozzens) Morse; great-grandson of Henry and Sarah (Kibby) Morse, and a descendant of Capt. Joseph Morse, who settled in Bogistow, now Medway, Mass., about 1670, married Mehetable Wood, served as a captain of the Bogistow company of militia, and was a representative in the general court in 1715. Abner Morse was prepared for college in Day's academy, Wrentham, Mass.; was graduated at Brown university, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819, and at Andover Theological seminary in 1819. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Dec. 16, 1819; served as pastor of the Congregational church at Nantucket, Mass., 1819-22.; of the Presbyterian church, Sennett, N.Y., 1827-28; lived in Hartford, Ohio, 1828-29; at Boundbrook, N.J., 1832-33, and was pastor at South Bend, Ind., where he procured the charter for a college, and became one of the professors. He left South Bend in 1841, devoted himself to the study of natural history, and to lecturing on geology and scientific subjects in different cities and settled in Sharon, Mass., where he engaged in genealogical research and writing. He was married, first, Oct. 1, 1832, to Sarah Ann Voorhees of Boundbrook, N.J., and secondly, Oct. 15, 1836, to Hannah Peck of South Bend, Ind. He was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical society, 1846-65. He is the author of Memorial of the Morses (1850); Descendants of Lawrence and Litchfield (1855); Genealogy of Early Planters in Massachusetts (1855); Genealogical Register of Sherborn, Hollister and Medway, Mass. 1855); Descendants of Capt. John Grant (1857); Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans (3 vols., 1857-60); and A Genealogical Record of Several Families Bearing the Name of Cutler in the United States (1867). He died in Sharon, Mass., May 16, 1865.

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

Joel Hawes, clergyman, was born in Medway, Mass., Dec. 22, 1789. He was graduated from Brown university in 1813, taught in Phillips academy, Andover, 1816-17, and was graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1817. On March 4, 1818, he was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church, Hartford, Conn., where he became senior pastor in 1860, and pastor emeritus in 1864. He travelled in Europe and the East in 1844, visiting Turkey, where his daughter was a missionary. Brown university conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1831. Besides contributions to the religious and secular press he is the author of: Lectures to Young Men (1828); Tribute to the Memory of the Pilgrams (1830); Memoir of Normand Smith (1839); Character Everything to the Young (1843); The Religion of the East (1845); Looking Glass for the Ladies (1845); Washington and Jay (1850); Offering to Home Missionaries (1865). He died in Gilead, Conn., June 5, 1867.

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