History of Middlebury, (Addison County) Vermont United States of America

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Francis Hovey Stoddard, author, was born at Middlebury, Vt., April 25, 1847; son of Solomon (a native of Northampton, and professor of languages at Middlebury college) and Frances Elizabeth (Greenwood) Stoddard; grandson of Solomon and Sarah (Tappan) Stoddard, and of James and Eliza (Carr) Greenwood; and a descendant in the sixth generation from Anthony Stoddard, who came from London, England, to Boston, Mass., in 1639, was admitted freeman in 1640, was for twenty-five years a representative in the general court and was the father of Solomon Stoddard, who graduated from Harvard college in 1662; was its first librarian, and afterwards became minister of the church at Northampton, Mass., in which town his descendants were still living in 1903. Francis Hovey Stoddard was graduated from Amherst college, A.B., 1869, and was married, May 14, 1873, to Lucy Maria, daughter of Hinsdale and Lucy C. (Root) Smith of Springfield, Mass. For some years after graduation he was engaged in teaching; taking up afterward the study of English philology. He attended Oxford university, England, 1884-86; was instructor in English, University of California, 1886-88; and was appointed professor of English language and literature, New York university in 1888, which position he still held in 1903. He received the degree of A.M. from Amherst in 1886, and that of Ph.D. from the Western University of Philadelphia, 1896. He is the author of: References for Students of Miracle Plays and Mysteries, 1887; Introduction to the Works of Lord Byron (1899); The Evolution of the English Novel (1900); Life and Letters of Charles Butler (1903); and contributions to the Anglia Englische Studien, New Englander, Andover Review, Academy, and other publications.

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

Thomas Treadwell Davis, representative, was born in Middlebury, Vt., Aug. 22, 1810; son of the Rev. Henry and Hannah Phoenix (Treadwell) Davis, and grandson of Thomas Treadwell. His father was president of Hamilton college, 1817-33, where he was graduated in 1831. He was admitted to the bar in 1833. He became interested in railroad and mining enterprises both as counsel and as an investor. He was a representative to the 38th and 39th congresses, 1863-67, and thereafter withdrew from political life and devoted his time to his law practice and business interests. He died in Syracuse, N.Y., May 2, 1872.

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

William Worthington Fowler, author, was born in Middlebury, Vt., June 24, 1833; son of William Chauncey and Harriet (Webster) Fowler. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1854, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1857. He practised in New York city, 1857-64; engaged in the brokerage business there, 1864-71; then removed to Durham, Conn., and in 1879 was in the Connecticut senate. For twelve years he was New York correspondent for the Commercial Bulletin of Boston, Mass. He published a pamphlet, The Fowlers of Buckinghamshire, England; also Ten Years in Wall Street (1870); Life and Adventures of Benjamin F. Moneypenny; Fighting Fire (1873); Woman on the American Frontier (1877); and Twenty Years of Inside Life in Wall Street (1880). He died in Durham, Conn., Sept. 18, 1881.

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