History of Hopkinton, (Merrimack County) New Hampshire United States of America

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John Stocker Coffin Knowlton, editor, was born in Hopkinton, N.H., Dec. 11, 1798; son of Daniel and Mary (Stocker) KnowIton, and a descendant of Ezekiel Knowlton, who emigrated from England and settled in Manchester, Mass. He attended Hopkinton and Phillips Andover academies, and was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1828. He was married, Sept. 17, 1829, to Anna Wheeler Hartwell, of Littleton, Mass. He was editor and publisher of the Palladium, Worcester, Mass., 1830-71; was a state senator, 1853-54; mayor of the city of Worcester, 1855-56; and high sheriff of the county, 1856-71. He died in Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1871.

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

Carlton Chase, 1st bishop of New Hampshire, and 42nd in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Hopkinton, N. H., Feb. 20, 1794. He was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1817, ordained a deacon at Bristol, R.I., Dec. 19, 1818, and advanced to the priesthood at Newport, R.I., Sept. 27, 1820. His ministry was spent at Immanuel church, Bellows Falls, Vt., 1820-44. In 1839 he received the degree of D.D. from the University of Vermont. He was consecrated bishop of New Hampshire at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 20, 1844, and removing to Claremont, N. H., assumed the cure of Trinity church in that place, which he held for several years. The standing committee of the diocese of New York, after the suspension of Bishop Onderdonk and before the election of Bishop Wainwright, invited Bishop Chase to perform the episcopal duties in that state, which he did with great satisfaction to the diocese, making three visitations, 1850-51 and '52. He published sermons and addresses. He died at Claremont, N. H., Jan. 18, 1870.

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

Sarah Towne (Smith) Martyn, author, was born in Hopkinton, N.H., Aug. 15, 1805; daughter of the Rev. Ethan Smith. She obtained her education under her father's tuition and was married in 1841 to the Rev. Job H. Martyn of New York city. She resided in New York, 1837-66, and established the Ladies' Wreath, which she edited, 1846-51. Her husband removed in 1851, to Waukesha, Wis., where she resided for a short time, and on her return to New York, she again devoted herself to literary pursuits, writing largely for the American Tract society. She made a special study of the Reformation period. She is the author of: Evelyn Percival, Allen Cameron, Happy Fireside, The Huguenots of France and Jesus in Bethany (1865); Effle Morrison, Sybel Grey, The Hopes of Hope Castle and Lady Alice Lisle (1866); Margaret of Navarre and William Tyndale (1867); Daughters of the Cross, Nettie and her Sister, Wilford Parsonage and Women of the Bible (1868); The Crescent and the Cross (1869); Dora's Mistake (1870), and Hillside Cottage (1872). She died in New York city, Nov. 22, 1879.

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

Stephen Harriman Long, engineer, was born in Hopkinton, N.H., Dec. 30, 1784; son of Moses and Lucy (Harriman) Long, he was graduated from Dartmouth college, A.B., 1809, A.M., 1812, and taught school, 1809-14. He entered the U.S. army as 2d lieutenant of engineers, Dee. 12, 1814, and was professor of mathematics at the U.S. Military academy, 1815-18. He was brevetted major of topographical engineers, April 29, 1816, and had charge of governmental explorations of the territory between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains, 1818-23, and discovered the peak in Colorado which bears his name. He was married March 3, 1819, to Martha Hodgkins of Philadelphia, Pa. He explored the sources of the Mississippi river, 1823-24; was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, April 29, 1826, and was engaged in surveying the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 1827-30, he was engineer-in-chief of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad in Georgia, 1837-40, where he introduced a system of curves in the location of the road and a new truss bridge called by his name. At about this time he was connected with the proposed national road from Portland, Maine, to Canada. He was promoted major in the topographical engineer corps, July 7, 1838, on the organization of that corps. In 1860-61 he was on duty at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and was called to Washington and advanced to the rank of colonel, Sept. 9, 1861; served in the war department there, and on June 1, 1868, was retired on surgeon's certificate, but continued to perform important official duties until his death. For his work as an explorer he received recognition in American literature in Edwin James's "Account of the First Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-20, from notes by Major Long and others" (1828); and William H. Keatings two volume work, "Long's Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake of the Woods" (1824). He was a member of the American Philosophical society and the author of: Railroad Manual (1829), the first work of this title published in the United States. He died in Alton, Ill., Sept. 4,1864.

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