History of Lebanon, (York County) Maine United States of America

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Charles Coffin Jewett, librarian, was born at Lebanon, Maine, Aug. 12, 1816; son of the Rev. Paul and Eleanor (Punchard) Jewett. He was graduated from the Salem Latin school, Mass., and entered Dartmouth college, but transferred to Brown university, where he was graduated in 1835. He was principal of an academy at Uxbridge, Mass., 1835-37; and was graduated from Andover Theological seminary in 1840, but was not ordained. He was librarian at Andover, 1837-40; was principal of Day's academy, Wrentham, Mass., 1840-41; was in charge of the library at Brown university and re-arranged and catalogued the books, 1842-48; and was professor of modern languages at Brown, 1843-48. While holding the chair at Brown, he spent two years and a half in France, Germany and Italy, studying the language of each country and making purchases of English and classical books amounting to seven thousand volumes under the direction of the library committee. Upon his return he was made librarian and assistant secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., serving as such, 1848-58. He was superintendent of the Boston public library, 1858-68. He perfected a system of cataloguing by a stereotypic process, thereby saving both money and space. He is the author of: Close of the Late Rebellion (1842); Catalogue of the Library of Brown University (1843); Facts and Considerations Relative to Duties on Books (1846); Notices of Public Libraries in the United States (1851); On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and their Publication by Means of Separate Stereotyped Titles (1852); Catalogue of the Boston Public Library. He died at Braintree, Mass., Jan. 9, 1868.

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

Sumner Increase Kimball, U.S. treasury official, was born at Lebanon, Maine, Sept. 2, 1834; son of Increase Sumner and Miriam (Bodwell) Kimball; grandson of Nathaniel and Mary (Horn) Kimball, and of John and Sarah (White) Bodwell, and a descendant of Richard Kimball, who landed at Ipswich, Mass., in the ship Elizabeth in 1634. He was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1855, studied law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar in 1858, establishing himself in practice at North Berwick, Maine. He was a representative in the Maine legislature in 1859; clerk in the second auditor's office, U.S. treasury, 1862-70, becoming chief clerk in 1870; chief of the revenue marine service, 1871-78; a member of the board of civil service examiners in 1872; acting chief clerk of the treasury department, 1876-77, and in 1878 he had developed the life-saving system with efficient stations, manned by disciplined crews on all the ocean coasts of the United States and upon the great lakes. He was appointed general superintendent of the newly organized life-saving service bureau, June 18, 1878. He was a delegate to the international marine conference at Washington, D.C., in 1889, and served as chairman of the committee on life-saving systems and devices. He was acting register of the U.S. treasury in 1892; acting first comptroller of the treasury in the same year; acting comptroller of the treasury, 1900, and acting solicitor of the treasury, 1900. He was elected a member of the Geological and National Geographic societies of Washington, D.C. He received the degree of Sc.D. from Bowdoin college in 1891. He is the author of: Organization and Methods of the United States Life-Saving Service (1889).

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

Charles Edgar Littlefield, representative, was born in Lebanon, Maine, June 21, 1851; son of the Rev. William H. and May (Stevens) Littlefield, both descendants of early Piscataqua settlers. His father was an expert millwright and the son learned the carpenter's trade after attending the public schools and Foxcroft academy. He was admitted to the Knox county bar in 1876, and formed a partnership with Jonathan P. Cilley, and later with his brother, Arthur S. Littlefield. In 1878 he married Clara H., daughter of Gen. William Ayer of Montville. He was a Republican representative in the state legislature, 1885-87, and speaker of the house in 1887; attorney-general of the state, 1889-93, and chairman of the Maine delegation at the Republican national convention of 1892 and at the St. Louis convention, 1896. He was elected a representative in the 56th congress, June 19, 1899, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nelson Dingley, and was re-elected to the 57th and 58th congresses 1901-05. He was a member of the judiciary committee and the special committee of nine appointed by the house to investigate the matter of seating Brigham Henry Roberts, elected a representative to the 56th congress from Utah. With Representative de Armond of Missouri, he made a minority report, recommending the seating of Roberts as the constitution provided, and that he be expelled immediately afterward on the ground that he was a polygamist. He also made a notable speech against the Porto Rico tariff bill.

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

George Baker Jewett, educator, was born at Lebanon, Maine, Sept. 11, 1818; son of the Rev. Paul and Eleanor (Punchard) Jewett. He was graduated at Amherst in 1840 and at Andover Theological seminary in 1843. He was a tutor at Amherst, 1842-44; teacher at Lowell and Salem, 1845-49, and professor of Latin and modern languages at Amherst, 1850-54. He was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church at Nashua, N.H., May 24, 1855, serving one year, when he lost his leg in a railroad accident. He invented an artificial leg on an entirely new principle, and removed to Salem, Mass., where he engaged in the manufacture and sale of artificial limbs. He also devoted much time to literary work. He is the author of: Baptism vs. Immersion (1869); A Critique on the Greek Text of the New Testament, as Edited by the American Bible Union (1869); edited Punchard's History of Congregationalism (Vols. III. and IV., 1880-81), and was assistant editor of Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1886). He died in Salem, Mass., June 9, 1886.

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