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Abiel Abbot Livermore
Abiel is the given name of: *Abiel (biblical figure), two minor biblical figures *Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American clergyman *Abiel Chandler (1777–1851), American merchant *Abiel Foster (1735–1806), American clergyman and politician *Abiel Holmes (1763–1837), American clergyman and historian *Abiel Leonard (1848–1903), American Anglican bishop *Abiel Abbot Low (1811–1893), American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist *Abiel Wood (1772–1834), American politician See also *Abeel Abeel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Abeel (1804–1846), American Christian missionary *Gustavus Abeel (1801–1887), American Christian pastor, missionary and writer *Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), American merchant ... {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel (biblical Figure)
Abiel is the given name of: *Abiel (biblical figure), two minor biblical figures *Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American clergyman *Abiel Chandler (1777–1851), American merchant *Abiel Foster (1735–1806), American clergyman and politician *Abiel Holmes (1763–1837), American clergyman and historian *Abiel Leonard (1848–1903), American Anglican bishop *Abiel Abbot Low (1811–1893), American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist *Abiel Wood (1772–1834), American politician See also *Abeel Abeel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Abeel (1804–1846), American Christian missionary *Gustavus Abeel (1801–1887), American Christian pastor, missionary and writer *Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), American merchant ... {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Abbot
Abiel Abbot (August 17, 1770 – June 7, 1828) was a prominent clergyman. He was born to John and Abigail Abbot in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1788 he went on to study at Harvard University. In 1792 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. He was an assistant teacher at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, until August 1793. He started working as a preacher in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1794 and remained there through 1803, having been selected as pastor in 1795. He married Eunice Wales in 1796. He moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1803, and became a pastor there of the First Church. He remained in that position through the end of his life. In 1821, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Harvard University. To recover his health he passed the winter of 1827–1828 in and near Charleston, South Carolina, and embarked for Cuba in the spring of 1828. In Cuba he visited the cities, villages and plantations at Matanzas and Havana. He died of yellow fev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Chandler
Abiel Chandler (1777–1851) was a native of New Hampshire who prospered as a commission merchant in Boston, Massachusetts during the early nineteenth century. He was the seventh of eight children born to Daniel and Sarah Chandler in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended Fryeburg Academy and later Phillips Exeter Academy. After earning of land from a family friend, Chandler realized the value of a college education and sold his land to attend Harvard. He was a teacher until 1817 when he entered the commission merchant business and acquired the substantial fortune of almost $100,000. He bequeathed $50,000 to Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ... to establish the Abiel Chandler School of Science and the Arts, founded a year after his death, in 1852. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Foster
Abiel Foster (August 8, 1735 – February 6, 1806) was an American clergyman and politician from Canterbury, Province of New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress. Biography Foster was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1735, the son of Captain Asa Foster of Colonel Ebenezer Colonial Regiment and Elizabeth Abbot. A relative of Jedediah Foster, a judge, American Revolutionary and Harvard Law graduate (1744), the first member of the Foster family in America to receive a "liberal education". Abiel Foster was inspired to follow in the footsteps of Jedediah and entered Harvard College, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1756. After studying in theology, he was ordained as a pastor in Canterbury, January 26, 1761, he married Hanna Badger in that year. He served as pastor in Canterbury until 1779. At that time Abiel Foster retired to private life but would not be long before he returned to public service. During his 18 years as Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Holmes
Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763 – June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Biography Holmes was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. He was the son of David Holmes and Temperance Bishop. He graduated from Yale College in 1783. In 1784, while ministering in South Carolina, he was recruited to be the minister at the Congregational Church in Midway, Georgia. He returned to New England to be ordained in 1785 and once for health reasons between 1786 and 1787, but returned to Midway and remained there until 1791. Holmes married Mary Stiles, the daughter of Ezra Stiles, the president of Yale. Mr. Stiles was the subject of a laudatory biography penned by Holmes. In 1792, Rev. Holmes became the minister at First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1803. In 1805, he published a history entitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Leonard
Abiel Leonard (June 26, 1848 – December 3, 1903) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, serving from 1888 to 1903. He was succeeded by Franklin Spencer Spalding. Biography Abiel Leonard was born in Fayette, Missouri on June 26, 1848. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Dartmouth College, and the General Theological Seminary. He married Flora Terry Thompson on October 21, 1875, and they had five children. Abiel Leonard died from typhoid fever in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ... on December 3, 1903. References 1848 births 1903 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in the United States Dartmouth College alumni 19th-century Anglican bishops in the United States People from Fayette, Missouri General Theolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Abbot Low
Abiel Abbot Low (February 7, 1811 – January 7, 1893) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist who gained most of his fortune from the China trade, importing teas, porcelains, and silk, and building and operating a fleet of reputable clipper ships. Early life Abiel Abbot Low was one of twelve children (eight sons, four daughters) of a Salem, Massachusetts, drug merchant, Seth Low. Abiel grew up attending public schools; became a clerk in the house of Joseph Howard & Company, a company engaged in the South American trade, and moved to New York with his family in 1829. There, Seth Low's pharmaceutical business flourished, importing drugs and India goods. China In 1833, Low sailed to Canton, China, and started working as a clerk for the mercantile house of Russell & Company, the largest American firm in China and also the country's leading American opium trading and smuggling enterprise. Founded by Samuel Russell, Low's uncle, William Henry Low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiel Wood
Abiel Wood (July 22, 1772 – October 26, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Early life Born in Pownalborough in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine (now known as Wiscasset), he was the son of Gen. Abiel Wood (1743–1811) and Betsey Tinkham, both originally of Middleborough. He was the second of eleven children. Education and career Wood attended the common schools, then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1807–1811, and again in 1816. Wood was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress, but served as delegate to the constitutional convention of Maine in 1819. He was a Maine State councilor, after which he resumed mercantile pursuits and also engaged in shipping. He served as Bank commissioner for Maine until his death in Belfast on October 26, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeel
Abeel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Abeel (1804–1846), American Christian missionary *Gustavus Abeel (1801–1887), American Christian pastor, missionary and writer *Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), American merchant and public official *Cornplanter (died 1836), a Seneca Seneca may refer to: People and language * Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America ** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extrat ... chief and descendant of Johannes Abeel who was also known as John Abeel III. See also * Abiel {{surname, Abeel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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