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DEARBORN, Heman Allen, educator, was born lu w eare, N.H., May IS, ISol; son of Josiali and Sarah (Greene) Dearborn; graadson of Josiah and Susannali (Emerson) Dearborn; and a descendant of Godfrey Dearborn, a native of Exeter, county of Devon, England, who, with his son Henry, settles ai Exeter, N.H., in 1639, subsequently removing to Hampton, N.H. He attended Francestovvn (N.H.) academy and in 1848 began to teach school. He prepared for college and was graduated from Tufts in 1857, valedictorian of the first class to receive degrees from that college. He was principal of the Clinton (N.Y.) liberal institute, 1857-64, and professor of Latin at Tufts college, 1864-97. He was sixteen months abroad, 1878-79, chiefly in Rome and other cities of Italy, engaged in special research, and again in England in 1889. He was secretary of the faculty of Tufts college, 1880-94, registrar, 1894-97, and acting assistant treasurer until 1895. In 1897 he founded the " scholarship of the class of 1857 "' for women students. He was married, March 24, 1858, to Julia A., daughter of Isaac and Sabina (Starrett) Patch. He died at Medford, Mass., May 4, 1897.

DEARBORN,' Henry, soldier, was born in North Hampton, N.H., Feb. 23, 1751; son of Simeon and Sarah (Marston), grandson of John and Abigail (Batchelder). great grandson of Henry and great ^ grandson of Godfrey Dearborn, who emigrated from Exeter, England, in 1639. He was educated as a physician and began the practice of med- icine in Nottingham Square, N.H., in 1772. When the news of the battle of Lexing- \ ton reached the town ite men and led them over the country roads sixty-five miles to Cambridge, which place he reached the next morring. He was made a captain in Colonel Stark's regiment and with his com- pany covered the retreat of the patriot army, having reached the American redoubt on Bunker Hill by marching across Charlestown neck under a galling fire from the British forts and fleet. He was an officer in Arnold's army in its march tlirough the forests of Maine in September, 1775, to attack Quebec. Illness from fever caused his detention at a farmhouse for ten days, but he rejoined the expedition in time to take part in the attack. He was taken prisoner and confined in Halifax, N.S., not securing his exchange until
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the spring of 1777. He then joined Colouel Scammell's 1st New Hampshire regiment aa major, and fought at Stillwater, Saratoga, Mon- mouth and Newtown. He was promoted lieu- tenant-colonel, and at Monmouth his regiment inade a gallant charge, forcing the main line of the British army to flight. This action called forth the special commendation of the com- mander-in-chief. When Col. Alexander Scam- mell was made adjutant-general on the staff of Washi-igton, Colonel Dearborn was made deputy quartermaster-general with the rank of colonel, and accompanied Washington to Yorktown, where he served during the siege and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. At the close oi the war he retired to a farm on the Kennebeo river. He was made brigadier -general of the Massachu.setts militia in 1787 and major-generaJ in 1795. President W^ashington appointed him U.S. marshal in 1789. He represented Massachu- setts in the 3d and 4th congresses, 1793-97, and was secretary of war in President Jefferson's cabinet during his two administrations. Presi- dent Madison made him collector of the port of Boston and he served, 1809-12. On Jan. 27, 1812, he was made senior major-general in the U.S. army in command of the United States army and was succeeded by Maj.-Gen. Jacob Brown, June 15, 1815. He directed the troops in the capture of York and Fort George in 1818 and was recalled and placed in command of the city of New York. His recall, June 15, 1815, was a matter of political intrigue in the war depart- ment and his demand for a court of inquiry was never granted. President Monroe appointed him minister to Portugal in 1822 and after two j^ears' service in Lisbon he resigned and settled in Roxbury, Mass. He published an account of the battle of Bunker Hill and of his expedition to Canada. His charge of cowardice against General Putnam, in his account of the battle of Bunker Hill, led to a long controversy between him and Daniel Putnam, the general's son. He was married three times : first to Mary Bartlette ; secondly, to Dorcas Osgood ; and thirdly, to Sarah Bowdoin, widow of the patron of Bowdoin college. By his first wife he had a daughter, Augusta, in whose honor the name of the town of Harrington, Maine, was changed to Augusta. He died at Roxbury, Mass., June 6, 1829.

DEARBORN, Henry Alexander Scammell, representative, was born in Exeter, N.H., March 3, 1783; .son of Maj.-Gen. Henry Dearborn, Revo- lutionary patriot. He was graduated at William and Mary in 1803, studied law in Washington, D.C., and practised for a time with Judge Story in Salem, Mass. He later removed to Portland, Maine, where he superintended the erection of forts for the protection of the harbor. In 1812,