History of Millbury, (Worcester County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Daniel March, clergyman and author, was born in Millbury, Mass., July 21, 1816; son of Samuel and Zoa March, grandson of Jacob March, and a descendant of Hugh March, the emigrant, 1653. He attended Amherst, 1834-36, and was graduated from Yale, A. B., 1840, A.M., 1843, and from Yale Theological seminary in 1845. He was licensed to preach in 1841, was ordained, April 25, 1845, by the New Haven association, and was pastor Cheshire, Conn., and of the First church, Nashua, N.H., successively, 1845-50; of the Clinton Street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1862-79; of the First Congregational church, Woburn, Mass., 1856-62, and 1879-95, and pastor emeritus of the latter after 1895. He travelled extensively in Asia, India, China and Egypt. He was married, Oct. 8, 1841, to Jane P., daughter of Abel and Anna Gilson of Proctorsville, Vt., and their son, Frederick William, born 1847 (Amherst, 1867; Princeton Theological seminary, 1873), was appointed missionary to Syria in 1873. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1864. He is the author of: Walks and Homes of Jesus (1866); Night Scenes in the Bible (1868); Our Father's House (1870); From Dark to Dawn (1873); Home Life in the Bible (1875); The First Khedive, and Morning Light in Many Lands. He was residing in Woburn, Mass., in 1902.

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

Francis Andrew March, philologist, was born in Millbury, Mass, Oct. 25, 1825; son of Andrew and Nancy (Parker) March; grandson of Tappan and Hannah (Patch) March, and of Arron and Sophia Parker, and a descendant of Hugh and Judith March. Hugh March, born in 1620, came from England, settled at Newbury, Mass., in 1653, and in 1658, at the solicitation of his townsmen, left his farm and set up the first "ordinary" or tavern in Newbury, a famous inn for many years. Francis studied in the public schools of Worcester, Mass., graduated at Amherst in 1845; taught academies at Swanzey, N.H., and at Leicester, Mass., 1845-47, and was a tutor at Amherst, 1847-49. He studied law in New York city, 1849-50, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. On account of ill-health he went to Fredericksburg, Va., where he taught, 1852-55. He was a tutor in Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., 1855-56, adjunct professor of belles lettres and English literature, 1856-57, and in 1857 was made professor of the English language and comparative philology. He was also a lecturer in the law department of Lafayette college, 1875-77. He was a pioneer in the philological study of the English classics and the historical study of the English language. He was president of the American Philological association, 1873-74, and 1895-96; of the Spelling Reform association from 1876, and of the Modern Language association, 1891-93. He was elected vice-president of the New Shakspere society established in London in 1874, an honorary member of the Philological society of London, of the L'Association Fonetique des Professeurs de Langages vivantes of Paris; a member of the National council of education in 1883, and of numerous learned societies. He also served as chairman of the commission of the state of Pennsylvania on amended orthography. He received the degrees LL.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1870, and from Amherst in 1871; L.H.D. from Columbia in 1887; D.C.L. from Oxford, England, in 1896, and Litt.D. from Cambridge, England, and from Princeton in 1896. He married, Aug. 12, 1860, Mildred Stone, daughter of Waller Peyton Conway of Falmouth, Va., a descendant of the Washington family, and great granddaughter of Thomas Stone, the signer. Their son, Alden March (born Sept. 29, 1869, Lafayette, 1890), was news editor of the Philadelphia Press after 1891, and Sunday editor, 1898-99; and the author of The Conquest of the Philippines and our Other Island Possessions (1899). Dr. March was the most frequent contributor to the transactions and proceedings of the American Philological association; contributed articles on philology to the publications of the United States bureau of education, the National Educational association, the Modern Language association, the Spelling Reform association, the "Jahrbuch f?r romanische und englische Literatur," in Berlin, and "Englische Studien," Heilsbronn. He also contributed variously to encyclop?dias and periodicals, his writings including articles on jurisprudence and psychology in the Princeton Review, one of which was reprinted in Edinburgh in 1861. He edited a series of college text-books of the Greek and Latin Christian authors including: "Latin Hymns" (1874); "Eusebius" (1874); "Tertullian" (1875); "Athenagoras" (1876); "Justin Martyr" (1877); superintended the work of the American readers for the Philological society (England), for the Historical Dictionary of English, published by the University of Oxford (1884 et seq), and was consulting editor of "A Standard Dictionary of the English Language," (1893-1900). He is the author of: A Method of Philological Study of the English Language (1865); Parser and Analyzer for Beginners (1869); A Comparative Grammar of Anglo-Saxon (1870); Introduction to Anglo-Saxon (1871).

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