Named Entity Results, Exeter, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States)

Abbot, Benjamin, -1849 Educator; born, 1762. He was graduated at Harvard in 1788. Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., was conducted by him until 1838. Among his pupils were George Bancroft, Lewis Cass, Edward Everett, John G. Palfry, Jared Sparks, and Daniel Webster. He died in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 25, 1849. Abbot, Benjamin, -1849 Educator; born, 1762. He was graduated at Harvard in 1788. Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., was conducted by him until 1838. Among his pupils were George Bancroft, Lewis Cass, Edward Everett, John G. Palfry, Jared Sparks, and Daniel Webster. He died in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 25, 1849.

Cass, Lewis 1782-1866 Statesman; born in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1782; entered upon the practice of law about 1802, in Zanesville, O., and at the age of twenty-five was a member of the legislature. He was colonel of an Ohio regiment, under General Hull, in 1812, and was with the troops surrendered at Detroit (q. v.). In March, 1813, he was made a brigadier-general, and was volunteer aide to General Harrison at the battle of the Thames (q. v.), when he was appointed governor of Michigan Territory. As superintendent of Indian affairs in that region, he negotiated nineteen treaties with the Indians. In 1829 he organized a scientific expedition to explore the upper Mississippi. In 1831 he resigned the governorship and became Secretary of War, under President Jackson. From 1836 to 1842 he was United States minister to France, and from 1845 to 1848 United States Senator. He received the Democratic nomination Lewis Cass. for President in 1848, but was defeated, and was again i

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879 Military officer; born in Boscawen, N. H., July 24, 1798. After he left the academy at Exeter, N. H., he completed his studies in a French college at Montreal. He entered the army as a cadet in 1812, when the war with John Adams Dix. England began. While his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Dix, was at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, young Dix pursued his studies at St. Mary's College. In the spring of 1813 he was appointed an ensign in the army, and was soon promoted to third lieutenant, and made adjutant of an independent battalion of nine companies. He was commissioned a captain in 1825, and having continued in the army sixteen years, in 1828 he left the military service. His father had been mortally hurt at Chrysler's Field, and the care of extricating the paternal estate from difficulties, for the benefit of his mother and her nine children, had devolved upon him. He had studied law while in the army. After visiting Europe for his health, Captain Dix s

French, Daniel Chester 1850- Sculptor; born in Exeter, N. H., April 20, 1850; educated in Boston, Mass., and in Florence, Italy; had a studio in Washington, D. C., in 1876-78, and then established himself in Florence. His bestknown works are The minute-man of Concord, in Concord, N. H.; a life-size statue of General Cass, in the Capitol in Washington; Dr. Gallaudet and his first deaf-mute pupil; the Millmore Memorial; the colossal Statue of the republic, at the World's Columbian Exposition; and the Garfield Memorial, in Philadelphia, Pa. In April, 1901, he was chosen by the Lawton Monument Association, of Indianapolis, Ind., to make a memorial to Gen. Henry W. Lawton (q. v.), who was killed in the battle of San Mateo, Philippine Islands, Dec. 19, 1899.

Gilman, Nicholas 1755-1814 Legislator; born in Exeter, N. H., Aug. 3, 1755; entered the Continental army in 1776; and served during the remainder of the war. He was with Washington at the surrender of Yorktown, where it became his duty to take an account of the prisoners. In September, 1787, he was a delegate to the convention to frame the Constitution of the United States; and in 1805-14 held a seat in the United States Senate. He died in Exeter, N. H., May 2, 1814. Gilman, Nicholas 1755-1814 Legislator; born in Exeter, N. H., Aug. 3, 1755; entered the Continental army in 1776; and served during the remainder of the war. He was with Washington at the surrender of Yorktown, where it became his duty to take an account of the prisoners. In September, 1787, he was a delegate to the convention to frame the Constitution of the United States; and in 1805-14 held a seat in the United States Senate. He died in Exeter, N. H., May 2, 1814.

Ladd, William 1778-1841 Philanthropist; born in Exeter, N. H., May 10, 1778; graduated at Harvard in 1797; became an active champion of peace and took a conspicuous part in organizing the American Peace Society, of which he was for many years president. He wrote many essays in favor of peace, and edited the Friend of peace and Harbinger of peace newspapers, devoted to the cause. He went so far as to deny the right to maintain defensive war. He died in Portsmouth, N. H., April 9, 1841.

e Piscataqua, and called the place Portsmouth. He and Gorges had agreed to divide their domain at the Piscataqua, and Mason, obtaining a patent for his portion of the territory, named it New Hampshire. He had been governor of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, and these names were given in commemoration of the fact. In the same year (1629), Rev. Mr. Wheelwright, brother of the notable Anne Hutchinson, purchased from the Indians the Wilderness, the Merrimac, and the Piscataqua, and founded Exeter. Mason died in 1633, and his domain passed into the hands of his retainers in payment for past services. The scattered settlements in New Hampshire finally coalesced with the Massachusetts Colony (1641), and the former colony remained a dependent of the latter until 1680, when New Hampshire became a separate royal province, ruled by a governor and council, and a House of Representatives elected by the people. The settlements in New Hampshire gradually extended westward, and until 1764 it

Pearson, George Frederick 1796-1867 Naval officer; born in Exeter, N. H., Feb. 6; 1796; entered the navy as midshipman. March 11, 1815, and rose to captain in 1855. While he was at Constantinople, in 1837, the Sultan offered to give him command of the Turkish navy, with the rank of admiral, and the salary of $10,000 a year. It was declined. He effectually cleared the Gulf of Mexico of pirates. In 1865-66 he was in command of the Pacific squadron. Retired in 1861; promoted commodore in 1862, and rear-admiral in 1866 on the retired list. He died in Portsmouth, N. H., June 30, 1867.

Phillips, John 1719-1795 Philanthropist; born in Andover, Mass., Dec. 6, 1719; graduated at Harvard College in 1735. He founded Phillips Academy at Andover and Phillips Academy at Exeter. He died in Exeter, N. H., April 21, 1795. His nephew, Samuel Phillips, was born in Andover, Feb. 7, 1751; graduated at Harvard College in 1771; was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress four years; State Senator twenty years; and president of the Senate fifteen years; a judge of the court ofExeter, N. H., April 21, 1795. His nephew, Samuel Phillips, was born in Andover, Feb. 7, 1751; graduated at Harvard College in 1771; was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress four years; State Senator twenty years; and president of the Senate fifteen years; a judge of the court of common pleas; commissioner of the State to deal with Shays's insurrection, and was lieutenantgovernor of the State at his death. He left $5,000 to the town of Andover, the interest of which was to be applied to educational purposes. He was one of the founders of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston. He died in Andover. Mass., Feb. 10, 1802. Phillips, Wendell

Poor, Enoch 1736- Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., June 21, 1736; became a merchant in Exeter, N. H. After the fight at Lexington he was appointed colonel by the Provincial Congress, and after the evacuation of Boston his regiment was ordered to join the troops in New York that invaded Canada. In February, 1777, he was appointed brigadier-general, and as such commanded troops in the campaign against Burgoyne, after whose surrender he joined the army under Washington in Pennsylvania. He was in the movements near Philadelphia late in the year; spent the winter amid the snows of Valley Forge, and in June, 1778, was engaged in the battle of Monmouth. He accompanied Sullivan on his expedition against the Indians in 1779. When the corps of light infantry was formed (August, 1780), Poor was given command of one of the two brigades. He was killed in a duel with a French officer near Hackensack, N. J., Sept. 8, 1780. In announcing his death, Washington said he was an offic