History of Croydon, (Sullivan County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Augusta Cooper Bristol, educator, was born at Croydon, N.H., April 17, 1835. When a mere child she wrote graceful verses. She was especially precocious in mastering mathematical problems, and, after obtaining an academical education, she began teaching when only fifteen years old. She was married to Louis Bristol in 1866, became prominently identified with social questions, and wrote and lectured extensively. She went to Europe in 1880 to make a more careful study of sociology, and while there represented America at the international convention of Freethinkers at Brussels. For three years following her visit to Europe she acted as lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry in New Jersey, and afterwards travelled extensively as lecturer for the national organization. Among her published works are: "The Relation of the Maternal Function to the Woman's Intellect" (1876); "The Philosophy of Art" (1878); "Science and its Relations to Human Character" (1878); and "The Present Phase of Woman's Advancement" (1880); "The Web of Life" (1895).

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

Samuel Read Hall, educator, was born in Croydon, N.H, Oct. 27, 1795; son of Lieut. Stephen and Sarah (Taft) Hall. His mother was thrice married: first to John Brown, secondly to Samuel Read, and thirdly to Lieut. Stephen Hall. In 1814 he began teaching school at Rumford, Maine, and subsequently taught in an academy at Fitchburg, Mass. He studied theology with the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vt., and his first settlement was in 1823 over the Congregational church, Concord, Vt., where he established a training school for teachers, the first of its character in the United States and the first school to use a blackboard. He remained at the head of this school till 1830, when he became principal of the department of English in Phillips Andover academy. He conducted a teachers' seminary at Plymouth, N.H., 1837-40, preached at Craftsbury and Brownington, Vt., 1840-64, and conducted a teachers' seminary at Craftsbury, Vt., in connection with the academy of the latter town, 1840-66. In 1829 he assisted in founding the American institute of instruction. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hezekiah Hall. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by Dartmouth in 1839, and that of LL.D. by the University of Vermont in 1865. He is the author of: The Child's Assistant (1827): Lectures on School-Keeping (1829); Lectures to Female Teachers (1832); The Child's Instructor (1832); The Grammatical Assistant (1833); A School Hstory of the United States (1833); The Arithmetical Manual (1832); The Geography and History of Vermont (1864; rev. ed., 1874); and The Alphabet of Geology (1868). He died in Brownington Centre, Vt., June 24, 1877.

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