. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . fromactive management, still retaining alarge share of the stock of the com-pany. He was also largely interested ina chemical factory in Troy, N. Y.,and an extensive owner of land andlive stock in Nebraska. He met withmarked success in his business enter-prises and acquired a large served as colonel of a New Hamp-shire regiment of militia, 1841-45;was postmaster of Henniker for someyears. He was a man of broad en-lightenment and high ideals, and borehimself in a most modest manner; hisacts of chaiity w
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . fromactive management, still retaining alarge share of the stock of the com-pany. He was also largely interested ina chemical factory in Troy, N. Y.,and an extensive owner of land andlive stock in Nebraska. He met withmarked success in his business enter-prises and acquired a large served as colonel of a New Hamp-shire regiment of militia, 1841-45;was postmaster of Henniker for someyears. He was a man of broad en-lightenment and high ideals, and borehimself in a most modest manner; hisacts of chaiity were manifold and Col. Robert Bradford Eaton. generous. He was a noted pedestrian and in middle life it was usual for himto walk to and from Boston to Woburn, a distance of twenty miles, to super-intend his chemical business. He was senior warden of the Trinity Epis-copal Church, Woburn, for many years. He was married December 4, 1856, to Adelaide Abigail, daughter ofFranklin Elmore of Peru, N. Y. She died March 24, 1S74; one child, a son, wasborn to them, who died in REV. LUTHER JACOBS FLETCHER, D. D. Luther J. Fletcher, son of David and Polly (Wakefield) Fletcher, was bornin Croydon, N. H., November 25, 1818, and died in Franklin, Mass., January20, 1884; was buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N. Y. He pre-pared for college at the Unity, N. H. Academy and entered the University in1838, from Langdon, N. H., in advance standing and remained two years,receiving the certificate from the Classical department. Soon after leaving the University h(^ began studying for the Universalistministry. In early life he was a Baptist, and later joined the Methodist Cluirch,but while a cadet he became converted to Universalism. II(^ was ordained,in 1843, pastor of the church in Swanzey, N. H., wh(>r(^ ho i-emained until1845; supi)lied in Brattleboro, 1843-45, and was pastor August, 1845-46. Hispastorates were: Cambridgcport, Mass., 1846-48; Shattuck Street Church,Lowell, 18
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