History of West Bloomfield, (Ontario County) New York United States of America

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Ebenezer Fitch, educator, was born in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 26, 1756; son of Dr. Jabez and Lydia (Huntington) Fitch; grandson of Col. Jabez and Lydia (Gale) Fitch, and of Dea. Ebenezer Huntington; great-grandson of Maj. James and Alice (Adams) Fitch, and great, great-grandson of the Rev. James and Abigail (Whitfield) Fitch, who immigrated to America from England and settled in Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale in 1777 with valedictory honors, remaining there two years as a resident student. He taught school in Hanover, N.J., for one year, was tutor at Yale, 1780-83; and for the three years following was engaged in mercantile pursuits in which he was unsuccessful. He was again tutor in Yale, 1786-91, acting at the same time as librarian. He was licensed to preach in May, 1787. In October, 1790, he was elected preceptor of a new academy at Williamstown. Mass., and entered upon his duties in October, 1791. He was married in May, 1792, to Mrs. Mary (Backus) Cogswell, daughter of Maj. Ebenezer Backus. In 1793 the academy was incorporated as Willliams college, and Mr. Fitch was elected its first president. On June 7, 1795, he was ordained to the ministry by the Berkshire association. He resigned the presidency of Williams college in May, 1815, and in November of the same year was installed pastor of the West Bloomfield, N.Y., Presbyterian church, continuing as such during the rest of his life. He was a trustee of Williams, 1793-1815. He received the degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1800. He died in West Bloomfield, N.Y., March 21, 1833.

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

John Uri Lloyd, author, was born in West Bloomfield, N.Y., April 19, 1849; son of Nelson Marvin and Sophia(Webster) Lloyd; grandson of John Lloyd and of Uri Webster; and a descendant of Governor John Webster, an original settler of Hartford (1590-1661); of Gov. William Leete, president of the United Colonies of New England (1613-1683); of Capt. Josiah Gates of Connecticut (1725-1807); of Samuel Ashley of New Hampshire (1720-1792); and of James Coe of Massachusetts (1740-1794). John Uri Lloyd removed with his parents to Kentucky and was educated in private schools. He became a practical pharmacist and chemist and was made manager of the laboratory of H.M. Merrell & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1871, and was received into the firm in 1877. In 1878 he was made professor of chemistry in the Eclectic Medical Institute in that city. He also served as professor of pharmacy in the Cincinnati Institute of Pharmacy, 1882-87; was elected president of the board of trustees of the Eclectic Medical Institute, and in 1887 of the American Pharmaceutical association. His name with four other Americans received place in "Reber's Biography of Eminent Pharmacists of the World" (Geneva). He received the degree of Ph.M. from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and that of Ph.D. from Ohio university, in 1897. He is the author of: Chemistry of Medicines (1881); Drugs and Medicine in North America (1884-85); A Study in Pharmacy (1894), and collaborated with Dr. John King in the preparation of King's American Dispensary (1880). His works of fiction include: Etidorhpa, or the End of the Earth (1896); The Right Side of the Car (1897); Stringtown on the Pike (1900); Warwick of the Knobs (1901), the last two first appearing in serial form in the Bookman.

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