Watertown People

description - Photograph of painted portrait hanging in the Watertown Library. Dr. Hunnewell was born in Cambridge, August 4, 1769. He graduated at Harvard College in 1787, in the same class with John Quincy Adams, William Cranch, Thaddeus Mason Harris, James… subject - Portraits.; Hunnewell, Walter -- 1769 - 1855.; relation - Identifier - figure 755

description - First wife of poet James Russell Lowell, from daguerreotype taken in Philadelphia, 1844. Maria Lowell was a poetess herself. She became heavily involved in the temperance movement and was a supporter of women's rights. On November 6, 1839, she was… subject - Portraits.; Lowell, Maria White -- 1821-1853.; relation - Identifier - figure 752

description - Born July 27, 1810, benefactor of Watertown Public Library in memory of his father, Walter Hunnewell, town physician. Horatio Hollis Hunnewell (July 27, 1810 - May 20, 1902), was a banker, railroad financier, philanthropist, amateur botanist, and… subject - Portraits.; Hunnewell, Horatio Hollis -- 1810 - 1902.; relation - Identifier - figure 749

description - Watertown physician. Dr. Hunnewell was born in Cambridge, August 4, 1769. He graduated at Harvard College in 1787, in the same class with John Quincy Adams, William Cranch, Thaddeus Mason Harris, James Lloyd, and Samuel Putnam. He studied medicine… subject - Portraits.; Hunnewell, Walter -- 1769 - 1855.; Cooke, Susanna -- 1776 - 1841.; relation - Identifier - figure 747

description - Dr. Hiram Hosmer was born in 1798 in Walpole, NH. Helped his father on the farm and learned the trade of cabinet maker. He received his degree from Harvard in 1824. He married Sarah Watson Grant of Walpole, NH in 1827. Of his four children only the… subject - Portraits.; Hosmer, Hiram --1798-1862.; relation - Identifier - figure 745

description - Cousin of Harriet Hosmer and nephew of Dr. Hiram Hosmer. Dr. Alfred Hosmer was born in Newton Upper Falls in 1832. He graduated with honors from Harvard College in 1853.He entered into practice with his uncle, Dr, Hiram Hosmer, and studied in Paris.… subject - Portraits.; Hosmer, Alfred -- 1832 -1891.; Hosmer, Helen Augusta Stickney.; relation - Identifier - figure 743

description - Principal, Phillips High School. subject - Portraits.; Groce, Bryon.; Phillips High School -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 732

description - Milton Lord, Director, Boston Public Library; Catherine M. Yerxa, Director Watertown Free Public Library; Robert J. Glennon, Library Trustee, Town Moderator. subject - Yerxa, Catherine M.; Glennon, Robert J.; Lord, Milton.; relation - Identifier - figure 729

description - A teacher at the Bird singing school at the Bird Tavern (originally Richardson Tavern at the junction of Belmont and Mount Auburn Streets). The first lending library in Watertown was in Bird Tavern. subject - Portraits; Bird, Joseph.; relation - Identifier - figure 714

description - Minister of First Parish Church, 1819 -- 1842, from the portrait by Alexander in the Watertown Free Public Library. He was the last minister to be hired by the Town. He was minister for twenty-three years. He moved the First Parish from… subject - Portraits; Francis, Convers -- 1795-1863.; First Parish -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 710

description - Minister of First Parish Church, 1819 -- 1842. He was the last minister to be hired by the Town. He was minister for twenty-three years. He moved the First Parish from congregationalism to Unitarianism without the usual anger that accompanies this… subject - Portraits; Francis, Convers -- 1795-1863.; First Parish -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 708

description - Minister of First Parish Church, 1819 -- 1842. He was the last minister to be hired by the Town. He was minister for twenty-three years. He moved the First Parish from congregationalism to Unitarianism without the usual anger that accompanies this… subject - Portraits; Francis, Convers -- 1795-1863.; First Parish -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 703

description - The daughter of John and Mary Fowle became famous beauties who inspired the often quoted toast (attributed to Robert Treat Paine) "To the fair of every town, and the Fowle of Watertown". She married Samuel Welles in Paris, France in 1816. After his… subject - Portraits; Fowle, Adeline 1799-1869.; relation - Identifier - figure 699

description - The daughter of John and Mary Fowle became famous beauties who inspired the often quoted toast (attributed to Robert Treat Paine) "To the fair of every town, and the Fowle of Watertown". She married Samuel Welles in Paris, France in 1816. After his… subject - Portraits; Fowle, Adeline 1799-1869.; relation - Identifier - figure 698

description - Photograph of oval painted portrait. On 3 October 1828, Major Fowle assumed command of Fort Dearborn near Chicago, Illinois. Killed in an explosion of the boilers of the steamboat "Moselle" opposite Cincinnati, Ohio in 1838. subject - Portraits; Fowle family.; Fowle, John, Jr. -- 1789 - 1838; relation - Identifier - figure 695

description - Daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Fowle Jr. She married Henry Fowle Durant May 23, 1854. Wellesley College was founded by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant, believers in educational opportunity for women. subject - Portraits; Fowle family.; Fowle, Pauline Adeline -- 1832-1917.; relation - Identifier - figure 693

description - Watertown businessman and inventor. Manufactured bicycles and invented the quadricycle. He also invented the turning mechanism for the automobile. Although this patent expired in 1907, the records show that a number of early automobile manufacturers… subject - Portraits; Elliott, Sterling -- 1852-1922.; Inventor.; relation - Identifier - figure 685

description - Crusader for more humane treatment of the mentally ill. During the Civil War, she served as Superintendent of Army Nurses beating out Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. She submitted her resignation in August 1865. She was born in the town of Hampden, Maine,… subject - Portraits; Dix, Dorothea Lynde -- 1802-1887.; relation - Identifier - figure 683

description - A founder of the Watertown Free Public Library and the Watertown Savings Bank in 1870. The WS Bank was one of the first banks to open every day and one evening a week which insured its growth. subject - Portraits; Coolidge, Joshua -- 1813-1908.; Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 674

description - Born November 4, 1807. Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, who wrote dissenting opinion in Dred Scott Case, and later defended President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial. Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American attorney and United States… subject - Portraits; Dred Scott Case --U.S. Supreme Court.; Curtis, Benjamin Robbins -- 1807-1874.; relation - Identifier - figure 673