History of Jaffrey, (Cheshire County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Theodore Phinney Greene, naval officer, was born in Montreal, Canada, Nov. 1, 1809. He was given a warrant as midshipman from Vermont in 1826 and was assigned to the Mediterranean squadron. He was promoted passed midshipman in 1832 and on board the Vincennes circumnavigated the globe, 1834-36. He was commissioned lieutenant in December, 1837, and during the war with Mexico he was attached to the Congress, meanwhile commanding the land forces at Mazatan for several months. He was made commander in September, 1855; was lighthouse inspector, 1858-60; on duty at Mare Island, Cal., 1860-62; was promoted captain, July, 1862; was ordered to the East Gulf squadron in 1863 as commander of the San Jacinto and became commander of the squadron in 1864 during the absence of Rear-Admiral Bailey in the United States. He was transferred to the West Gulf squadron as commander of the Richmond in 1865 and directed the landing of troops for the attack on Mobile, Ala., protecting them by his gunboats. He was ordnance officer at the Portsmouth navy yard, 1866; commanded the Powhatan of the Pacific squadron, 1867, and the Pensacola navy yard, 1868-70. He was made commodore, July, 1867, and after leaving the Pensacola navy yard he was on various shore service till placed on the retired list with the rank of rear-admiral in March, 1872. He died at Jaffrey, N.H., Aug. 30, 1887.

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

John Millott Ellis, educator, was born in Jaffrey, N.H., March 27, 1831; son of Seth Brittian and Lucy (Jocelyn) Ellis; grandson of Millot and Rebekah (Ransted) Ellis; and a descendant of Col. Timothy Ellis of Keene, N.H. In 1840 he removed with his parents to Oberlin, Ohio, where he worked in his father's planing mill and earned the money for a college course. He was graduated from Oberlin in 1851, was professor of languages in Mississippi college, Clinton, Miss., 1852-55, and was graduated from the Oberlin theological seminary in 1857. He was professor of Greek language and literature in Oberlin, 1858-66; intellectual and moral philosophy, 1866-82; of rhetoric, 1866-94; and of intellectual philosophy, 1882-94. He was mayor of Oberlin, 1861-32, and after his ordination in 1865, acted as associate pastor of the Second Congregational church there from 1867 to 1874. In 1891 he was sent abroad as a commissioner for the World's Columbian exposition and visited the capitals of all the greater European powers, securing valuable exhibits of art and manufacture. In 1893 he received from Oberlin the first honorary degree of D.D. conferred by that college. He died in Chicago, Ill., March 29, 1894.

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

Joel Parker, jurist, was born in Jaffrey, N.H., Jan. 25, 1795; son of Abel and Edith (Jew-ett) Parker; grandson of Samuel and Mary Robbins (Proctor) Parker, and sixth in descent from Samuel Parker, who emigrated from England prior to 1643, first settled in Woburn, Mass., in 1644, and was one of the first settlers at Chelmsford. Abel Parker was a native of Westford, and served in the Revolutionary war as 2d lieutenant of the Middlesex and Worcester brigade under Gens. Gates and Heath. Joel Parker attended Groton academy, and was graduated from Dartmouth college, A.B., 1811, A.M., 1814. He studied law with his brother Edmund of Amherst, N.H., was admitted to the bar in Cheshire county in 1817; practised at Keene, 1817-21, and at Columbus, Ohio, after 1821. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1824-26; associate justice of the superior court of New Hampshire, 1833-38, and cheif justice, 1838-48. While associate justice he originated the bill abolishing the court of common pleas and providing that trial terms should be held by a single judge, empowered to try all causes except murder and treason, and giving the court full chancery powers. He was chairman of the committee appointed to revise the laws of the state in 1840; professor of medical jurisprudence at Dartmouth college, 1847-57, and professor of law, 1869-75. He removed to Cambridge, Mass., in 1847, and practised law in Boston with his brother-in-law, Horatio G. Parker. He was married, Jan. 20, 1848, to Mary Morse, daughter of Elijah Parker of Keene, N.H. He was Royall professor at Dane Law School, Harvard university, 1847-75. He was a representative from Cambridge in the constitutional convention of 1853 and a member of the commission for the revision of Massachusetts statutes in 1855. In his will he made provisions for founding the professorship of law at Dartmouth college, of which he was a trustee, 1843-60. He was president of the New Hampshire Medical society and of the Northern Society of Arts and Sciences. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Dartmouth in 1837 and by Harvard in 1848. He is the author of: Progress (1840); Daniel Webster as a Jurist (1853); A Charge to the Grand Jury on the Uncertainty of Law (1854); The Non-Extension of Slavery (1856); Personal Liberty Laws and Slavery in the Territories (1861); The Right of Secession (1861); Constitutional Law (1862); Habeas Corpus and Martial Law (1862); The War Powers of Congress and the President (1863); Revolution and Construction (1866); The Three Powers of Government (1869), and Conflict of Decisions (1875). He died in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 17, 1875.

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

Calvin Cutter, physician, was born in Jaffrey, N.H., May 1, 1807; son of John and Mary (Batcheleder) Cutter. He studied medicine under his uncle, Dr. Nehemiah Cutter of Pepperell, attended lectures at Bowdoin, Dartmouth and Harvard, and was graduated in medicine at Dartmouth in 1831. After three years' practice at Rochester, N.H., he received private instruction from Dr. Valentine Molt of New York city and from Dr. George B. McClellan of Philadelphia, Pa. He practised in Nashua, N.H., 1834-37, and in Dover, N.H., 1837-41. In 1842 he determined to devote himself to educating the masses in the rudiments of anatomy, physiology and hygiene, and for fourteen years he travelled from place to place visiting nearly all the states in the union and lecturing before schools, colleges, teachers' institutes, and popular audiences. He was an early abolitionist and in 1856 was selected by the Emigrant aid company of Boston, Mass., to convey a supply of Sharp's rifles to the free-state men of Kansas, which difficult task he successfully accomplished. He remained in the territory for more than a year helping the cause of freedom. In the civil war he was regimental and brigade surgeon and afterward became surgeon-in-chief of the 9th corps, army of the Potomac. He was twice wounded and at the battle of Bull Run was taken prisoner. He published: Cutter's Anatomy and Physiology (1845, 6th edition 1847); The Physiological Family Physician (1845); Physiology for Children (1846); First Book on Anatomy and Physiology (1848, revised edition, 1852). He died in Warren, Mass., June 20, 1872.

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