History of New Hampton, (Belknap County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Biographies:

Adoniram Judson Gordon, clergyman, was born in New Hampton, N.H., April 19, 1836; son of John Calvin and Sallie (Robinson) Gordon; grandson of Benoni Gordon and of Josiah Robinson; and a supposed descendant of John Robinson of Leyden. He was graduated from Brown in 1860, from the Newton theological institution in 1863, and was ordained pastor of the Baptist church at Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 29, 1863. He was pastor at Jamaica Plain, 1863-69, and pastor of the Clarendon Street Baptist church, Boston, Mass., 1869-95. He was a trustee of Brown university, 1874-88, and a fellow, 1888-95; trustee of the Newton theological institution; chairman of the executive committee of the American Baptist missionary union, and the founder of the Boston missionary training school in 1889. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Brown in 1878. His published works include: Grace and Glory (1881); The Ministry of Healing (1882); The TwoFold Life (1884); Ecce Venit (1890); The Holy Spirit in Missions (1892); The Ministry of the Spirit (1894); How Christ came to Church (1895). See a Biography, by his son E. B. Gordon (1896). He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 2, 1895.

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

Benjamin Franklin Kelley, soldier, was born in New Hampton, N.H..April 10, 1807. He settled in Wheeling, Va., in 1826, engaged as merchant's clerk, and was freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 1851-61. He was commanding officer of a local military organization, and on the call for volunteers in 1861 he raised the 1st Virginia regiment for the Federal army, and was active in saving western Virginia for the Union. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st West Virginia volunteers, May 25, 1861. He left Wheeling with his regiment for Grafton, May 27, which was then in possession of the Confederates under Col. G.A. Porterfield, who, on Kelley's approach, retreated to Philippi. He attacked them June 3, 1861, and after a short engagement won one of the first battles of the war. He was severely wounded in the battle, but after two months he assumed command of a railroad division to which he was assigned by General McClellan, having been promoted brigadier-general. He fought a successful battle at Romney, Oct. 22, 1861, and was appointed to the command of the department of Harper's Ferry and Cumberland, but on account of his wounds was relieved at his own request in January. 1862. In July, 1863, he returned to his command and was given charge of the department of West Virginia. He pursued General Lee after his passage of the Potomac, and dispersed the Confederate camp under General Imboden near Moorfield, Va., in November, 1863. He won the battles at Cumberland, Md., and at New Creek and Moorfield, Va., in 1864, and was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the let division of West Virginia in 1866, and was appointed by President Hayes superintendent of the Hot Springs, Ark., reservation, 1876. He was made examiner of pensions in 1883 by President Arthur. He died in Oakland, Md., July 16, 1891.

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