History of Hebron, (Oxford County) Maine United States of America

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Merritt Caldwell, educator, was born in Hebron, Oxford county, Me., Nov. 29, 1806. Immediately after his graduation at Bowdoin college in 1828 he was elected principal of the Wesleyan seminary at Readfield, Me., succeeding his brother Zenas. He was elected vice-president of Dickinson college, Pa., in 1834, retaining the position during the remainder of his life, and filling the chairs of mathematics 1834-37, and metaphysics and English literature 1837-48. He was a delegate to the world's convention which met in England in 1846 and formed the evangelical alliance, and he was also a delegate to the world's temperance convention. He wrote The Doctrine of the English Verb (1837); Manual of Elocution (1846); Philosophy of Christian Perfection (1847), and Christianity Tested by Eminent Men (1852). His memoir was published by S. M. Vail, D.D. He died in Portland, Me., June 6, 1848.

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

Zenas Caldwell, poet, was born in Hebron, Me., March 31, 1800; brother of Merritt Caldwell. After his graduation from Bowdoin college, in 1824, he was appointed first principal of the Maine Wesleyan seminary, holding the position until his death He is the author of a volume of prose and poetry, published in 1855. He died Dec. 21, 1826.

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

Albion Keith Parris, governor of Maine, was born in Hebron, Maine, Jan. 19, 1798; son of Samuel and Sarah (Pratt) Parris; grandson of Benjamin and Millicent (Keith) Parris, and a descendant of Thomas Parris, the immigrant, who came from London, England, to Long Island, N.Y., in 1683, removed to Boston, Mass., and then to Pembroke, Mass. Samuel Parris served as an officer both on land and sea during the Revolution, and was afterward judge of the court of common pleas for Oxford county, a representative in the general assembly and a presidential elector on the Clinton ticket in 1812. Albion Keith Parris was graduated at Dartmouth college, A.B., 1806, A.M., 1809, studied law under Chief-Justice Whitman in New Gloucester and Portland, and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He was married in 1810 to Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Levi Whitman of Wellfleet, Mass. He settled in practice in Paris, was prosecuting attorney for Oxford county in 1811, represented Paris in the general court in 1813, and was a state senator in 1814. He was a Democratic representative from Massachusetts in the 14th and 15th congresses, 1815-18; judge of the district court of the United States for Maine, 1818-20: a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1819; judge of probate for Cumberland county, Me., 1820-21; governor of Maine, 1822-26; U.S. senator from Maine, 1827-28, resigning in June, 1828, and associate justice of the supreme court of Maine, 1828-36. He was appointed second comptroller of the U.S. treasury by President Van Buren in 1836 and held the office until 1850, when he resumed practice in Portland. He was elected mayor of Portland in 1852, declined a second nomination in 1853 and was the defeated candidate for governor in 1854, Anson P. Morrill being elected the first Republican governor of Maine. He died in Portland, Maine, Feb. 11, 1857.

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