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History of Barre, (Washington County) VermontOur database does not include an historic photo for Barre, (Washington County) Vermont, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of John Wesley Lindsay John Wesley Lindsay, educator, was born in Barre, Vt., Aug. 20, 1820: son of the Rev. John and Lucy (Nourse) Lindsay; grandson of Daniel Lindsay and of James Nourse, and a descendant of Christopher Lindsay, who came to Lynn, Mass., in 1629. He Was graduated at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1840, A.M., 1848; at Union Theological seminary, New York city, 1849, and joined the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1848. He was stationed at New Paltz an d Plattekill, N.Y., 1843-44, at Troy, N.Y., in 1845 and at Lenox, Mass., 1845-46; was tutor in Wesleyan university, 1847-48; professor of Latin and Hebrew there, 1848-60; pastor, New York city, 1860-65; president of Genesee college, Lima, N.Y., 1865-68; professor of exegetical theology in Boston Theological seminary, 1868-71, and in the school of theology, Boston university, 1871-83; dean of the faculty of liberal arts, Boston university, 1873-82, a trustee of the university, 1869-82, professor of New Testament Greek and exegesis there, 1883-84, and was made emeritus professor in 1884. He was married June 16, 1852, to Emily Bond of Baltimore, Md. He traveled in Europe in 1874; was presiding eider of the Boston district of the New England conference, 1884-88, and of the North Boston district, 1888-94. He was a member of the board of education of the M..E. church from 1868; a delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1864, 1868 and 1872, and fraternal delegate to the Canadian Wesleyan conference, 1870. He was a trustee of Wesleyan university, 1862-75, and was again elected to that office in 1887, and he received from Wesleyan the degree of D.D. in 1863. He contributed to the Methodist Quarterly Review and to the other denominational papers, and is the author of: Commentary on Deuteronomy (1874). |
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Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: BARRE, bar?re, a post-township of Washington county, Vermont, 6 miles S. by E. from Montpelier, is well watered by two branches of the Onion river, which affords good mill privileges. The soil is perhaps the best in the state. The township contains a quarry of superior granite, from which the stone used in building the state house was taken. Population, 1835. Barre is situated 194 meters above sea level. |