History of Hudson, (Summit County) Ohio United States of America

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Henry Hallock Hosford, educator, was born in Hudson, Ohio, July 12, 1859; son of Henry Brown and Mary Eliza (Plant) Hosford; grandson of Stephen and Amy (Brown) Hosford and of Benjamin and Sarah Mason (Plant), and a descendant from William Hosford, one of the earliest settlers of Massachusetts Bay colony, and from Sampson Mason, an officer in Cromwell's army, whose son, Phillip Mason, settled in Rehoboth, Mass., about 1649. Henry was graduated from Western Reserve college, A.B., 1880, and from Adelbert college of Western Reserve university, A.M., 1883. He was a teacher in the Western Reserve academy at Hudson, Ohio, 1880-83; engaged in stock-raising in Lincoln county, Nebraska, 1883-86; was again a teacher in Western Reserve academy, 1886-87; was professor of Latin at Doane college, Crete, Neb., 1887-89, studied and practised electrical engineering, 1889-92, and was appointed professor of chemistry and physics in Deane college in 1892. 'He was married, Aug. 25, 1892, to Jennie, daughter of Dr. W. I. Chamberlain, of Hudson, Ohio.

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

Thomas Day Seymour, educator, was born in Hudson, Ohio, April 1, 1848; son of Nathan Perkins and Elizabeth (Day) Seymour; grandson of Charles and Catharine (Perkins) Seymour and of the Hon. Thomas and Sarah (Coit) Day, and a descendant of Richard Seymour (who was in Hartford in 1639); of Robert Day (one of the original proprietors of Hartford, in 1636); of Governor William Bradford, Governor Thomas Dudley of the Plymouth colony, of Jetta Haynes (first governor of Connecticut), and of many other notables of early New England. He was graduated from Western Reserve college, A.B., 1870, A. M., 1873; studied classical philology at the universities of Berlin and Leipzig, 1870?72, and was professor of Greek in Western Reserve college, 1872?80. He was married, July 2, 1874, to Sarah Melissa, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Henry Lawrenee and Clara (Ford) Hitchcock of Hudson, Ohio. He was Hillhouse professor of Greek at Yale from 1880, and senior-officer of the Greek department from 1884. He received the honorary degree of A.B. from Yale in 1870; that of LL.D. from Adelbert college, Western Reserve university, 1894, and from Glasgow university, Scotland, 1901. He was made honorary member of the Archaeological Society of Athens (Greece), 1895; and associate fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1898. He became chairman of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, in 1887, and thus the official representative of that institution in the United States until 1901; and was made vice-president of the American Archaeological Institute in 1897. He was co-editor of the "College Series of Greek Authors" from 1884, and American co-editor of the Classical Review from 1887. He also edited: Selected Odes of Pindar, with Notes (1882); Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer (1885); "Homer's Iliad," College Series (books I-VI, 1887?90; Homeric Vocabulary (1889); School Iliad (books I-VI, 1889, new ed., 1900); Introduction and Vocabulary to School Odyssey (8 books, 1897).

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

Rev. Charles B. Storrs, first President of the Western Reserve College, was born at Long Meadow, Massachusetts, in May, 1794. He was a son of Rev. Richard S. Storrs. He was educated at Princeton, and studied theology at Andover. After completing his studies he journeyed South for the benefit of his health, and also to preach the gospel to the people of that section. In 1822 he took up his residence at Ravenna, Ohio. He remained here as a minister of the gospel until the spring of 1828. At this time he was elected Professor of Christian Theology in the Western Reserve College, and entered upon his duties in the December following. The institution was then in its infancy. Not more than a score of pupils were gathered there, and everything had to be done in the direction of organization. To this task he devoted all his energies, and his ability, industry and rare judgment enabled him to accomplish it most successfully. As a mark of appreciation of these preliminary labors he was, two years subsequently, in 1830, unanimously elected President of the college. Under his careful management and the selection of capable professors the institution gained rapidly in public estimation, and increased from a mere handful to nearly one hundred scholars. But for many years he had been suffering from impaired health, and in the summer of 1833 he left the institution to travel for its benefit. He died, September 15th following, at his brother's house in Braintree, Massachusetts. His loss was deeply felt, for he exerted a powerful influence in the community in which he labored.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

George Edmond Pierce, educator, was born in Southbury, Conn., Sept. 21, 1794; son of Samuel and Martha (Edmond) Pierce, and a descendant of Robert Edmond, a native of Ireland. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819; was principal of Fairfield academy, Conn., 1816-18; was graduated at Andover Theological seminary in 1821; was ordained July 12, 1822, and was pastor at Harwinton, Conn., 1822-34. On Dec. 7, 1824, he married Susan, daughter of Martin Rockwell of Colebrook, Conn. He was president of Western Reserve college, 1834-55, and during his administration a medical school was established at Cleveland in 1844, and an observatory, athen?um, chapel and several other new buildings erected. In 1850 he was sharply criticised for what was termed his extravagance, the attendance decreased, the theological department closed, subscriptions fell off, and he resigned his office in 1855, and was without charge at Hudson, Ohio, 1855-71. He received the degree D.D. from Middlebury college in 1838. He died at Hudson, Ohio, May 27, 1871.

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