History of New Haven, (Addison County) Vermont United States of America

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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, representative, was born in New Haven, Vt., Dec. 22, 1821; son of Myron and Catherine, and grandson of Reuben Grinnell. He was graduated at the Oneida institute in 1843 and at the Auburn theological seminary in 1847, was ordained in 1848, and preached at Greenwich and Union village, N.Y., 1848-52. New York city, 1852, and Washington, D.C., 1853-54. He was married, Feb. 5, 1852, to Julia Ann Chapin of Springfield, Mass. In 1854 his voice failed and he removed to Iowa, where he purchased 6000 acres of land and laid out the town of Grinnell. He founded the Congregational church there and was its pastor without pay for several years. He also engaged in wool growing. He was a founder of the Republican party in Iowa and supported John C. Fr?mont for President in 1856 and 1864. He was a state senator, 1856-60; special agent of the post-office department, 1861-63; a representative in the 38th and 39th congresses, 1863-67, where he served on important committees; author of the Iowa free school law; special agent of the U.S. treasury department, 1868, and commissioner of the U.S. bureau of animal industries, 1884. He supported Grant for President in 1868 and Horace Greeley in 1872. He was a friend and confidant of John Brown, the abolitionist, and an active conductor on the underground railroad during the Kansas troubles. He helped to build in Iowa six railroad lines and laid out two towns in Iowa and three in Kansas. He gave to Grinnell university, which he founded and which in 1859 merged in Iowa college, the land on which it was located and the proceeds of the sale of building lots in its neighborhood. He was a trustee of Iowa college, 1859-90, and president of the executive committee, 1861-63, 1864-84 and 1885-90. He is the author of Homes of the Badgers (1845); Cattle Industries of the United States (1884) and various pamphlets and addresses. He died in Grinnell, Iowa, March 31, 1891.

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

Milo Judson Hickok, clergyman, was born in New Haven, Vt., Aug. 22, 1809. He was graduated at Middlebury college, Vt., A.B., 1835, A.M., 1838; was professor of languages at Delaware college, 1835-38; a student at Union Theological seminary, 1838-41; and a tutor at Middlebury college, 1840. He was ordained a Congregational; minister, May 4, 1841; was tutor at Marietta college and pastor at Hanover, Ohio, 1841-44; stated supply at Utica, N.Y., 1844-45; pastor at Rochester, N.Y., 1845-54; stated supply at Montreal, Canada, 1854-55; and pastor at Scranton, Pa., 1855-68. He was a trustee of Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., 1863-73; and an invalid at Marietta, Olde, from 1868 until his death. He was a delegate to the synod of Presbyterian churches in Ireland and Scotland, 1867. He received the degree of D.D. from the College of New Jersey, Princeton, in 1861. He died in Marietta, Ohio, July 19, 1873.

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