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1803 - 1881 (77 years)
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Name |
George Washington Hosmer |
Born |
27 Nov 1803 |
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
1826 [1] |
Harvard, A. B. |
Occupation |
Between 1830 and 1836 [1] |
Pastor-First Congregational (Unitarian) Church of Northfield, |
Occupation |
Between 1836 and 1866 [1] |
Pastor-Church of Our Father, Buffalo, New York |
Occupation |
1862 [1] |
Non-resident professor of pastoral care, Meadville Theological School, |
Occupation |
Between 1866 and 1873 [1] |
President of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio |
Occupation |
Between 1873 and 1879 [1] |
Pastor-Channing Religious Society, Newton, Masschusetts |
Died |
5 Jul 1881 |
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States [1, 2] |
Cause: of Brights Disease |
Person ID |
I7796 |
TangledRoots |
Last Modified |
24 Aug 2017 |
Father |
Cyrus Hosmer, b. 28 Feb 1765, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America , d. 15 Mar 1818, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 53 years) |
Mother |
Patty Barrett, b. 12 Dec 1770, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America , d. 7 Apr 1838 (Age 67 years) |
Married |
30 Aug 1792 |
Family ID |
F3090 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Hannah Poor Kendall, d. Yes, date unknown |
Children |
| 1. James Kendall Hosmer, b. 29 Jan 1834, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States , d. 11 May 1927, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States (Age 93 years) |
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Last Modified |
16 Jan 2022 |
Family ID |
F3142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
George Hosmer published "Progressive Lessons for Sunday Schools" (5th ed., 1861), and many sermons and addresses. [Source: Ancestry Reference Library, 1998 edition, Ancestry Inc., Orem Utah; "The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans", Vol. 5, pg. 354]
HOSMER, George Washington, educator, b. in Canton, Mass., in 1804; d. there, 5 July, 1881. He was graduated at Harvard in 1826, and at the divinity-school there in 1830. He was pastor of the Unitarian church in Northfield, Mass., the next two years and a half, and from 1835 was pastor in Buffalo, N. Y.., till his election to the presidency of Antioch college, Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. While discharging these duties he was also non-resident professor of divinity in the Unitarian theological school at Meadville, Pa. Resigning the presidency of Antioch in 1872, he continued the next year to occupy the chair of history and ethics there. From 1873 till 1879 he was pastor of the Channing religious society of Boston, Mass. Dr. Hosmer was one of the most noted preachers in the Unitarian church of his day. — His son, James Kendall, author, b. in Northfield, Mass., 29 Jan., 1834, was graduated at Harvard in 1855. During the civil war he served in the 52d regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. He was professor in Antioch college in 1866-'72, in 1872-'4 occupied the chair of English and German literature in the University of Missouri, and in 1874 was elected to a similar professorship in Washington university, St. Louis, Mo., where he now (1887) resides. He has published “The Color-Guard” (Boston, 1864); “The Thinking Bayonet” (1865); “A Short History of German Literature” (St. Louis, 1879); “Life of Samuel Adams” (“American Statesmen” series, Boston, 1885); and “Story of the Jews” (“Story of the Nations” series, New York, 1886). [Source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography]
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Sources |
- [S1025] Ancestry Reference Library, Vol. 5, pg. 354 of "The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans".
- [S1520] Massachusetts: Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FamilySearch, p89 George W. Hosmer.
July 5 1881 George W. Hosmer, age 77y 7m 8d, Canton, male, married, clergyman, born Concord, Mass, father Cyrus Hosmer, mother Patty Hosmer, Brights Disease, burial Concord
Canton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
5 July 1881
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