...comfortable circumstances, his father being in command of a packet-ship sailing between Boston and Liverpool. His early education was received in the public schools of his native place, though before graduating at the high school the family removed in 1849 to South Berwick, Maine,...

...SOLOMON PENDEBGAST is a native of Barnstead, New Hampshire, and was born on the 15th of November, 1833. His early education was received in the public schools of his native town, and afterwards, at Gilmanton Academy, later, he attended Guilford Academy, at Meredith Bridge....

...Wilkes Wood, also judge of probate for Plymouth County for many years prior to the date of his death. His early education was received in. the public schools of his native town, at Peirce Academy and Brown University, where he was entered at the age of nineteen, and graduated...

...of his army life contained in this volume. James M. Nichols was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1835. His early education was received in the public schools of his native town, and he prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He graduated at Williams College...

...1634, near the site of Newburyport, on the spot where the railroad bridge now crosses the Merrimack. His early education was received in the public schools of his native town. He was prepared for college in the Haverhill Academy, now known as the Haverhill high school, from which...

...Marcus B. anil Elizabeth F. (îleason Webber, was born in Bedford, Middlesex county, August 13, 1856. His early education was received in the public schools of his native town, and in a commercial college in Boston. In 1874 he entered the Blackstone National Bank of Boston,...

...United States Army, was killed in active service when the subject of this sketch was two years old. His early education was received in the public schools of his native city, upon the completion of which he entered a private academy where he remained until he subsequently...

...experience that will prove invaluable in years to come. He was born in Lake County, Illinois, March 7, 1858. His early education was received in the public schools of his native State. When eighteen years of age he left Illinois and started West. Upon reaching Colfax County, New...

...and Dr. Armstrong. Albert N. Raub, AM, Ph. D., was born in Lancaster county, Pa., March 28th, 1840. His early education was received in the public schools of his native county. At the age of sixteen years he entered the State Normal school at Millersville, Pa., and graduated...

...WILSON, CHARLES G., MD, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was born January 9, 1860, at Sturgis, Michigan. His early education was received in the public schools of his native city. In the year 1879 he commenced the study of medicine, and during the winter of 1880-81 he attended...