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

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Abbott Fuller Graves, painter, was born in Weymouth, Mass., April 15, 1859; son of dames G. and Eliza Nichols (Fuller) Graves; grandson of George and Mary (Osborn) Graves, and of Isiacca and Matilda (Nicholes) Fuller, and a direct descendant on the maternal side of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the first physician to the Plymouth colony who came in the Mayflower. He was graduated at the Massachusetts institute of technology, school of design, took up flower painting and studied in Paris under Georges Jeannin in 1888. His works were represented at the Paris salon in 1888-89, and he received medals in 1887 in 1890 and in 1892. On his return to the United States in 1889 he opened a studio in Boston. Mass., where he worked from October to May of each year, spending the summer months at Kennebunkport, Maine. He was chairmen of the exhibition committee of the Paint and Clay club; a member of the Society of Boston water-color painters; a member of the Boston art students' association and of the Boston art club. He executed some notable decorative work for Hotel Brighton, Paris, France, and Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass. His well-known paintings include: Rose-Fields of Perigny; Flowers of Venice; Fashion's Flower; The Chrysanthemum; The Country Store; Nearest of Kin; Making Things Shine; The Silent Partner; The Reader; The Other Side; Jamaica Sunset and among his portraits, The Dutch Maid.

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

Maria Weston Chapman, reformer, was born at Weymouth, Mass., in 1806; daughter of Warren Weston of Weymouth. Her early education was obtained in her native town, and she was then sent to England to complete her studies. During 1829-30 she was principal of the young ladies' high school in Boston. In 1830 she married, and two years later became an ardent abolitionist. After the death of her husband in 1842 she resided in Paris, France, where she employed her pen in behalf of the anti-slavery cause. In 1856 she returned to the United States, and published a life of Harriet Martineau in 1877. She died at Weymouth, Mass., in 1885.

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

William Cranch, jurist, was born in Weymouth, Mass., July 17, 1769; son of Richard and Mary (Smith) Cranch. His mother was a sister of Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, and his father came to Massachusetts from Devonshire, England, and was a judge of the court of common pleas and author of "Views of the prophecies concerning Anti-Christ." The son was graduated at Harvard in 1787 and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He practised for a time in Braintree and Haverhill, Mass., and removed to Washington, D.C., in 1794, where he was commissioner of public buildings in 1800. In 1801 President Adams appointed him to the bench of the circuit court of the District of Columbia. He was reporter of decisions of the supreme court, 1801-15. He was appointed chief justice of the circuit court of the District of Columbia by President Jefferson, Feb. 24, 1806, and continued at the head of the court till 1855. It is recorded that out of all his decisions only two were overruled by the U.S. supreme court. He was married to Anna, daughter of the Hon. William Greenleaf, sheriff of Suffolk county, Mass., 1775-90. He was a member of the American academy of arts and sciences and of the American antiquarian society. Harvard gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1829. He published in six volumes the reports of the circuit court of the district, 1801-41, and also nine volumes of the reports of the U.S. supreme court. He prepared a code of laws for the District of Columbia and published a memoir of John Adams in 1827. He died in Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 1855.

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

Frank Herbert Loud, educator, was born in Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 26, 1852; son of Francis Elliot and Mary Tolman (Capen) Loud, and grandson of Joseph and Thankful (Bates) Loud and of Abraham and Mary (Tolman) Capen. His father had four ancestors in the Mayflower company, including Elder William Brewster and John Alden, and his mother was a descendant of Roger Clap of Dorchester. He attended the public schools of Weymouth, Mass., was graduated from Amherst college, A.B., 1873, and studied one year each at Clark university, at Harvard, and at Haverford college, Pennsylvania. He was Walker instructor in mathematics at Amherst, 1873-76, and was elected professor of mathematics at Colorado college in 1877. He was married, July 13, 1882, to Mabel, daughter of Dr. Martin and Emma (Danforth) Wiley of Colorado Springs, Col. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and became a member of the American Mathematical society in 1891. He received the degree of A.M. from Harvard university in 1899 and that of Ph.D. from Haverford college in 1900. He published: An Introduction to Geometry on the Analytical Plan (1880) and contributed to various mathematical journals.

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