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

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Philip Hale, musical critic, was born in Norwich, Vt., March 5, 1854; son of William Bainbridge and Harriet Amelia (Porter) Hale; grandson of Harry Hale (born at Rindge, N.H., 1780, died at Chelsea, Vt., 1861); and a descendant in the eighth generation of Thomas Hale, who was born in Warren, England, in 1606 and settled in Newbury, Mass., about 1635. He was graduated from Yale college in 1876 and was admitted to the bar in Albany, N.Y., in 1880. He went to Europe in 1882 and studied music in Berlin under Haupt and Bargiel, 1882-84, at Munich, Stuttgart, and in Paris under Guilmant, 1885-87. He returned to America in 1887. He was organist at St. Peter's church, Albany, N.Y., 1879-82; at St. John's church, Troy, N.Y., 1887-89; and at Dr. James de Normandie's church, Rexbury district, Boston, Mass., after 1889. In December, 1891, he became one of the editorial staff of the Boston Journal, and its musical critic. He became editor of the Musical Record, Boston, in 1897.

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

Ezekiel Jewett, soldier and scientist, was born in Rindge, N.H., Oct. 16, 1791. His father was a physician, and the boy was educated in the common school. At the opening of the war of 1812 he enlisted, and was commissioned lieutenant in the 11th U.S. infantry, serving in the brigade of Gen. Winfield Scott in the battles of Lundy's Lane. Chippewa, and Fort Erie. He was commended by General Scott for distinguished bravery at Fort Erie. He crossed the South American continent from Buenos Ayres to join the Revolutionary army in Chili, S.A., in 1814, where he volunteered his services to Gen. J?s? Miguel de Carrera. He was given command of a regiment of lancers, and later of the entire cavalry force. On the defeat of the Revolutionists at Rancagua, Oct. 2, 1814, he fled with Carrera to Buenos Ayres, and accompanied him to the United States in 1815. He lived in New Hampshire, 1818-26, and pursued his studies in the natural sciences. He was in the quartermaster's department of the U.S. army, and commanded at Fort Niagara, N.Y., 1826-43, where he continued his ethnological studies, making a collection of material pertaining to the American aborigines. He removed in 1843 to Lockport, N.Y., where he gave his entire time to the study of geology, and in this connection traveled throughout Central America and the United States, gathering one of the finest collections of geological specimens in existence. He spent some months in California in 1849, investigating the mineral deposits along the coast, both for his own study and interest and for an English mercantile house. He was curator of the State museum at Albany, N.Y., 1856-66, and from 1866 spent his time in travel in California and the southern and western states. He also, at the suggestion of Agassiz, organized a summer school in geology, which he continued four years. He was corresponding member of the California Academy of Sciences. He gathered one of the finest collections of coins and medals in the United States, 1859-64, and was also a student of conchology, making an interesting collection of shells while on the Pacific coast. He gave his ethnological collection to the Smithsonian Institution, and his geological collection to Cornell university. He was married, in 1819, to Elizabeth Arnold, of Westmoreland, N.H., who died in 1862, and he then accompanied his daughter, Mrs. A. A. Boyce, to California. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton college, in 1862. He died at Santa Barbara, Cal., May 18, 1877.

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