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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Black , John Charles 1839 - (search)
Black, John Charles, 1839-
Lawyer; born in Lexington, Mass., Jan. 27, 1839; enlisted in the federal army as a private in 1861; retired as brevet brigadier-general in 1865; commissioner of pensions in 1885-89 and member of Congress in 1893-95.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hudson , Charles 1795 -1881 (search)
Hudson, Charles 1795-1881
Author; born in Marlboro, Mass., Nov. 14, 1795; became a Universalist clergyman in 1819, and was pastor at Westminster, Mass., for twenty years; was a member of Congress in 1841-49.
He was the author of History of Westminster; History of Lexington; Genealogical register of Lexington families.
He also prepared congressional reports, including Protective policy; Capital punishment; The northeastern boundary; and The incompetency of witnesses on account of religious belief.
He died in Lexington, Mass., May 4, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muzzey , Artemas Bowers 1802 -1892 (search)
Muzzey, Artemas Bowers 1802-1892
Clergyman; born in Lexington, Mass., Sept. 21, 1802; graduated at Harvard College in 1824, and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1828; was ordained in the Unitarian Church.
His publications include Personal recollections of men in the battle of Lexington; Reminiscences of men of the Revolution and their families; and many others of a religious nature.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., April 21, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parker , Theodore 1810 - (search)
Parker, Theodore 1810-
Clergyman; born in Lexington, Mass., Aug. 24, 1810.
His grandfather, Capt. John Parker, commanded the company of minute-men in the skirmish at Lexington.
Theodore began to study Latin at ten years of age, Greek at eleven, and metaphysics at twelve.
He was an earnest naturalist, and before he was ten he knew all the trees and shrubs of Massachusetts.
In 1829 he entered Harvard College, but did not graduate; taught school until 1837, when, having studied divinity at Cambridge, he was settled over a Unitarian society at West Roxbury.
He became an acute controversialist, for he was a profound thinker, and had the courage of his convictions.
In 1846 he became minister of the 28th Congregational Society in Boston, which, in November, 1852, occupied Music Hall for the first time.
Parker became the most famous preacher of his time.
His place of worship was always crowded, and people came from all parts of the country to hear him. He urgently opposed the war