History of Greene, (Chenango County) New York United States of America

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Nathan Smith Davis, physician, was born in the township of Greene, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1817; son of Dow and Eleanor (Smith) Davis. He was graduated in medicine from the College of physicians and surgeons of the western district of New York (Fairfield) in January, 1837, and practised at Binghamton, N.Y., 1837-47. He removed to New York city in 1847, and in addition to general practice, he was assistant demonstrator of anatomy and lecturer on medical jurisprudence in the College of physicians and surgeons of New York, and editor of the Annalist, 1847-49. He was professor of physiology and pathology in the Rush medical college, Chicago, Ill., 1849-50, and of principles and practice of medicine, 1850-59; and held a similar position in the Chicago medical college, afterward the Northwestern university medical school, 1889-92, officiating as dean of the faculty, 1865-98. He was one of the chief founders of the Mesey hospital of Chicago in 1850, and was one of the attending physicians and clinical instructors until 1892. He was also professor of medical jurisprudence in the Union college of law, afterward Northwestern university law school, 1875-96. He was one of the chief founders of the American medical association in 1846-47, of the Illinois state medical society, and of the Chicago medical society, both in 1850. He took an active part in the international medical congress in connection with the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia, 1876, giving the address on the progress of medical education during the first century of our national history. He also took a leading part in organizing the ninth international medical congress held in Washington, D.C., 1887, first as secretary-general and subsequently as president. He was one of the organizers and active supporters of the Chicago academy of sciences, the Northwestern university, the Chicago historical society, the Relief and aid society, and the American medical temperance association. He edited the Chicago Medical Journal, 1855-59; the Chicago Medical Examiner, 1860-73, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1883-89. He was married to Anna M., daughter of John and Alvira (Wadhams) Parker. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the Northwestern university in 1871, and that of LL.D. from the Illinois Wesleyan university in 1878, and from the Northwestern university in 1897. Besides numerous contributions to medical periodicals, the transactions of medical societies and other medical works, he is the author of: A Textbook on Agricultural Chemistry Designed for use in the Public and High Schools (1848); A History of Medical Education and Institutions in the United States (1850); A History of the American Medical Association (1855); Clinical Lectures on Various Important Diseases (1878); and Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Medicine (1884, 2 ed., 1886).

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

Alvah Hovey, educator, was born in Greene, N.Y., March 5, 1820; son of Alfred and Abigail (Howard) Hovey; grandson of Amos and Emilia (Calkins) Hovey, and of Abijah and Priscilla (Cushman) Howard, of Thetford, Vt., and a descendant of Daniel and Abigail (Andrews) Hovey, residents of Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1637. His parents came to New York state from Thetford, Vt., and after the birth of their son returned to their native place, where he spent his summers on a farm and his winters in attendance at the district school until sixteen years of age. He was fitted for college in the academy at Brandon, Vt.; was principal of academies, at Derby, Vt., 1841-43, and at New London, N.H., 1844-45; was graduated at Dartmouth in 1844, and from the Newton Theological institution, 1848. He was acting pastor at New Gloucester, Maine, 1848-49; was ordained to the Baptist ministry, Jan. 13, 1850; was instructor in Hebrew in the Newton Theological institution, 1849-54; librarian, 1849-62 and 1863-66; professor of church history, 1853-55; professor of theology and Christian ethics, 1854-99, and president of the institution, 1868-98. He preached his last annual baccalaureate sermon to the members of the graduating class of 1899 on June 4, and resigned the presidency after a service of thirty years as president and fifty as instructor and professor. He was a trustee of Brown university, 1870-74, and was made a fellow in 1874. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Brown university in 1856, and that of LL.D. from Richmond college, Va., and Denison university in 1876. He is the author of: Life and Times of the Rev. Isaac Backus (1849); State of the Impenitent Dead (1859); Miracles of Christ as Attested by the Evangelists (1864); Scriptural Law of Divorce (1866); God With Us (1872); Normal Class Manual, Part I.: What to Teach (1878); State of Man after Death (1874); Religion and the State (1874); Doctrine of the Higher Christian Life Compared with the Teachings of the Holy Scriptures (1876); Progress of a Century (1876); Manual of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics (1877); Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles to the Galatians in An American Commentary on the New Testament (1885); Biblical Eschatology (1888); Studies in Ethics and Religion (1891); Christian Teaching and Life (1895). He was also the translator(in part)of Life of Chrysostom (1854); general editor of An American Commentary on the New Testament (1881-90), and a frequent contributor for many years to the Christian Review ; the Baptist Quarterly; Bibliotheca Sacra; the Examiner and Chronicle; the Watchman; the Standard and other religious periodicals.

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