History of Pittsford, (Rutland County) Vermont United States of America

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Ellen Kelley Hooker, educator, was born at Shoreham, Vt., May 23, 1833; daughter of George Wing and Sibbel Dew (Sweat) Kelley; granddaughter of Eliphalet and Prudence (Mathewson) Kelley, and of Theophilus and Lydia (Dew) Sweat, and great granddaughter of Joseph Kelley, a justice of the peace in Smithfield, R.I. Her grandmother, Prudence (Mathewson) Kelly, was a preacher of the Society of Friends. Her father, George Wing Kelley, was a leading Abolitionist, and his house was an open station for the underground railroad. She was graduated from Troy Conference academy, Poultney, Vt., in 1852; taught school in Vermont, 1848-52, and became assistant principal of a girls' school at Chatham, N.Y., in 1853. She was married at Pittsford, Vt., to Dr. Samuel L. Hooker, a lineal descendant of Thomas Hooker, and in 1855 removed with him to Dane county, Wis., where they conducted a large private school, 1855-60. She became connected with leading educators in furthering advanced educational plans; was teacher of French and English in Le Roy collegiate institute, 1867-76; taught English in Ingham university, Le Roy, N.Y., 1876-78; was principal of that university, 1878-84, and received the degree of A.E. from there in 1882. She opened and conducted Park Place school for young ladies at Batavia, N.Y., 1884-88; was principal of Sage college, the woman's branch of Cornell university, 1888-97, after which she conducted private classes in English and gave Browning readings. She was elected a member of the College Woman's club of New York; and of the Saginaw Woman's club of Michigan in 1898; and is the author of occasonial contributions to periodicals.

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

Samuel Ward Boardman, educator, was born in Pittsford, Vt., Aug. 31, 1830; son of Deacon Samuel Ward and Ann (Gilbert) Boardman; grandson of Deacon Timothy and Mary (Ward) Boardman and of Simeon and Sarah (Nye) Gilbert; and a descendant of Samuel Boardman who came to Ipswich, Mass., in 1637, and removed in 1640 to Wethersfield, Conn. Samuel Ward Boardman was graduated from Middlebury college in 1851 and from Andover theological seminary in 1855. He taught at Castleton seminary, Clinton, Mass., 1852-'53, and was ordained to the Congregational ministry, April 16, 1857. He was pastor at Norwich, Vt., 1857-'59; professor of English literature, rhetoric and intellectual philosophy in Middlebury college, 1859-'61; pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at Auburn, N.Y., 1862-'77; supplied pulpits at Syracuse, N.Y., and elsewhere, 1877-'79; was pastor at Sterling, Ill., 1879-'82, and at Stanhope, N.J., 1883-'89. He was president of Maryville college, Tenn., 1889-1902. He received the honorary degrees of A.M. from Dartmouth in 1859, D.D. from Hamilton in 1870, and LL.D. from Middlebury in 1890.oardman, Charles

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

Reuel Keith, educator, was born in Pittsford, Vt., June 26, 1792. He received a common school training, was clerk in a mercantile house, prepared himself for college, and was graduated from Middlebury in 1814. He studied at the Andover Theological seminary, Mass., in 1815, and was a tutor at Middlebury college, Vt., 1816-17. He was made a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church, May 10, 1817, and ordained priest, May 24, 1818. He was assistant minister of St. John's church, Georgetown, D.C., 1817-19; rector of Christ church, Georgetown, D.C., 1819-22; professor of humanities and history at the College of William and Mary and rector of the Bruton parish, Williamsburg, Va., 1822-26, and professor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral theology at the newly organized Virginia Theological seminary at Alexandria, Va., 1827-40. He received the degree D.D. from Middlebury in 1827. He is the author of: a translation of Hengstenberg's Christology of the Old Testament (1836); Commentary on the Predictions of the Messiah by the Prophets (3 vols., 1836). He died at Sheldon, Vt., Sept. 3, 1842.

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