History of East Sheldon, (Franklin County) Vermont United States of America

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Calvin Butler Hulbert, educator, was born in East Sheldon, Vt., Oct. 18, 1827; son of Chauncey and Charlotte (Munsell) Hulbert. He prepared for college at the academies at Bakersfield and Thetford and was graduated at Dartmouth, A.B., 1853, and at Andover Theological seminary, 1859. He taught school in Vermont, 1853-56; was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational church, New Haven, Vt., Oct. 20, serving 1859-69. He was pastor of the Bellville Avenue church, Newark, N.J., 1870-72; of the Second Congregational church, Bennington, VT., 1872-75; president of Middlebury college, 1875-80; acting pastor of the Congregational church, Lydworth, 1880-86; and became pastor at East Hardwick in 1886. He subsequently removed to Old Mission, Mich. He was elected a trustee of Middlebury college in 1866. He was married to Mary Eliabeth Woodward. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Dartmouth in 1875.

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

Henry Woodward Hulbert, educator, was born in East Sheldon, Vt., Jan. 28, 1858; son of Calvin Butler and Mary Elizabeth (Woodward) Hulbert. He was graduated from Middlebury college, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882. He was employed by the U.S. bureau of education to investigate the rural schools of England, 1879-80; was professor of Latin and Greek at Mechanicsville academy, N.Y., 1880-81, and instructor in history and literature at Middlebury college, 1881-82. He studied at the Union Theological seminary, 1882-85, was instructor of church history at the Theological seminary at Beirut, Syria, 1886-88; and was ordained by the Presbytery of Athens, Ohio, in 1889. He was professor of history and political science at Marietta college, Ohio, 1888-94; professor of church history at Lane Theological seminary, 1894-97, and became a pastor in the First Presbyterian church at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Middlebury and Marietta colleges in 1900.

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