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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 1: lineage and education. (search)
gh School I finished my fitting for college, to which I went very unwillingly. Just before I was to enter, my mother asked the Hon. Caleb Cushing, then a member of Congress from Massachusetts, to give me an appointment at West Point, a thing of which I was very desirous. He had known my mother, and knew that she was a soldier's widow, and he expressed a willingness to appoint me at the next vacancy. But that vacancy would be a little time thence. My mother then made application to the Hon. Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, who was supposed to be all-powerful in such matters with Jackson's administration. He replied that he would see to it that such appointment was given to the son of a soldier who was his own early friend. But here a difficulty arose. My much loved mother was a very devout Christian, believing in the doctrine of Calvin, and viewing unbelief as the unpardonable sin. I had been very religiously brought up. I had been taught in the Sunday school, and by her, until I w
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
interview with, 195; correspondence with, 208, 211. Hildreth, Dr., Israel, father-in-law of Benj. F. Butler, 78. Hill, Col. D. H., commanding Confederate forces at Big Bethel, 267; reference to, 646; as General, reference to, 691. Hill, Hon., Isaac, of New Hampshire, 57. Hinks, Gen. E. W., march from Baltimore to Washington, 200, 202; embarks at Fortress Monroe, 640; seizes City Point, 640; occupies Spring Hill, 642; ordered to move against Petersburg, 645; order countermanded, 648treacherous conduct of, 391. Speech, Butler's, at Lowell in ten-hour law election contest, 100, 105. speed, Attorney-General of the United States, 1007. Spottsylvania Court-House, Grant's march to, 647; reference to battle, 710. spring Hill, occupied by Hinks, 642. Stackpole, Maj. J. L., on Butler's staff, 897. Stafford, Col. S. H., on Butler's staff, 896. Stanbury, Attorney-General, counsel for President Johnson, 929-930. Stansbury, on Milligan vs. United States case, 10
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, Isaac 1788-1851 (search)
Hill, Isaac 1788-1851 Journalist; born in Charlestown, Mass., April 6, 1788; removed to Concord, N. H., where he edited the New Hampshire patriot; served in both branches of the State legislature. In 1829 Hill, with Duff Green (q. v.), editor of the United States telegram, and Amos Kendall, editor of the Argus of Western America, were stigmatized as Jackson's kitchen cabinet. He was elected United States Senator in 1830, and resigned in 1836 to become governor of New Hampshire. In 1840 N. H., where he edited the New Hampshire patriot; served in both branches of the State legislature. In 1829 Hill, with Duff Green (q. v.), editor of the United States telegram, and Amos Kendall, editor of the Argus of Western America, were stigmatized as Jackson's kitchen cabinet. He was elected United States Senator in 1830, and resigned in 1836 to become governor of New Hampshire. In 1840 he was appointed United States sub-treasurer at Boston. He died in Washington, D. C., March 22, 1851.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
to Rev. Mr. Cooke's record, but the gravestone is inscribed 1760), and he m. Hannah Adams 17 Dec. 1761. His chil. were a son, b. 18 and d. 21 Oct. 1759; James, b. 30 Ap. 1763; Walter, b. 3 May 1765, m. Frances, dau. of Ammi Cutter, 26 June 1783; perhaps f. of Walter, who d. at Boston in Jan. 1835, a. 37, and was buried at Arlington; Thomas, b. 9 June 1767, m. Margaret Adams 25 Nov. 1788; a son. b. and d. 8 Oct. 1769; Hannah, b. 8 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill about 1788, and was mother of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; Nathaniel, b. 15 Ap. 1774; John, b. 29 Aug. 1776; Joseph, b. 15 Mar. 1779; a dau. b. and d. 17 Feb. 1782. Walter the f. res. at Menot. on the Chs. side, and d. 5 Mar. 1782; his wid. Hannah m. Enos Jones of Ashburnham 26 Dec. 1790, and d. 17 Oct. 1836, a. 93. 29. Philemon, s. of Joseph (18), m. Elizabeth Wyman of Woburn, and had Philemon Robbins, b. 18 Oct. 1769; Elizabeth, b. 1771, d. 22 Ap. 1778; David, b. about 1773; Jesse, b. 11 June 1775; Susanna, b. 10 Oct.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, R. (search)
to Rev. Mr. Cooke's record, but the gravestone is inscribed 1760), and he m. Hannah Adams 17 Dec. 1761. His chil. were a son, b. 18 and d. 21 Oct. 1759; James, b. 30 Ap. 1763; Walter, b. 3 May 1765, m. Frances, dau. of Ammi Cutter, 26 June 1783; perhaps f. of Walter, who d. at Boston in Jan. 1835, a. 37, and was buried at Arlington; Thomas, b. 9 June 1767, m. Margaret Adams 25 Nov. 1788; a son. b. and d. 8 Oct. 1769; Hannah, b. 8 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill about 1788, and was mother of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; Nathaniel, b. 15 Ap. 1774; John, b. 29 Aug. 1776; Joseph, b. 15 Mar. 1779; a dau. b. and d. 17 Feb. 1782. Walter the f. res. at Menot. on the Chs. side, and d. 5 Mar. 1782; his wid. Hannah m. Enos Jones of Ashburnham 26 Dec. 1790, and d. 17 Oct. 1836, a. 93. 29. Philemon, s. of Joseph (18), m. Elizabeth Wyman of Woburn, and had Philemon Robbins, b. 18 Oct. 1769; Elizabeth, b. 1771, d. 22 Ap. 1778; David, b. about 1773; Jesse, b. 11 June 1775; Susanna, b. 10 Oct.
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 5 (search)
,000 tons of ice for sale at No. 103 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. Mr. Hill was a distinguished ice-cutter, and in 1844, when Boston Harbor waoint of expense, as if it were cut from a pond on Boston Common. Gov. Hill says— Just before the cars commenced running, we visited ouwill be suffered to stand at least as long as we shall live. Governor Hill died at Washington, D. C., March 22, 1851. The house has outlivo the introduction of a remarkable letter written by a kinsman of Gov. Hill, at the age of 102 years. This aged centenarian, with his fat her first husband, and owned a black wench and a little brat. Gov. Hill says the possession of this accession of blacks was regarded in tn West Cambridge, on the old road to the colleges. The father of Gov. Hill removed in 1798 to Ashburnham, and the remainder of the article icept this broken scroll from your sincere friend, John Adams. Hon. Isaac Hill. 1848 The Hon. James Russell, in behalf of the committe
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
y, d. 24 Sept. 1790, a. 2 yrs. 11. Isaac, s. of Abraham (4), m. Hannah, dau. of Walter Russell, and was father of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; rem. to Ashburnham. (Son Isaac, Isaac Hill, politician and journalist of New Hampshire, born Cry Ann, or Mercy Ann, m. Jonathan V. Fletcher, of Medford, 3 Nov. 1836. James the father d. 2 Feb. 1852, a. nearly 79. Mrs. Hill survived him. A sermon preached at West Cambridge, 8 Feb. 1852, on the Sabbath succeeding his death, by his pastor Jame, 10 Dec. 1873, a. 66.) 22. Mary, m. William Codner, of Boston, 5 Dec. 1745—fee £ 2 —dau. of Abraham (see Paige, 582). Hill (girl), funeral 25 Aug. 1775. Ebenezer, belonged to the Baptist Society, 1787. Mrs. Elizabeth, d. 5 July, 1794, a. 32. n, stillborn, 8 Oct. 1769; Hannah, b. 3, bap. 16 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill, and rem. in 1798 to Ashburnham-parents of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire, who was born eldest of a family of nine children, 6 Apr. 1789, in the house where his gr.—father W