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grandson of John luul Hannah Dwiglit, inuni- fjranls to Dedhani. Mass., in 1(>;U. lie was grad- uated at Yale in ITtSl*. was a law student under Fisher Ames; and travelled in Europe, 1801' -04. He was a merchant in Springheld, ^lass., and a meml>er of the lirm of William IT. & J. W. Dwight after 1815, wiiich lirnx in 1822 founded the manufacturing village of Chicopee P"'alls, in 1S31 the village of Chicopee, and in 1847 the vil- lage of Holyoke. Mr. Dwight was one of the pro- jectors of the Western railroad from Worcester, Mass., to Albany, N.Y., and was a director for many years and president of the road in 1849. He projKtsed and heli)ed to organize the Massa- ii-husetts stJite board of education and to establish the normal school system under the direction of the board. His offer to donate to the normal school fund §10,000 secured an equal sum from the state. He was one of the founders of the American anti<iuarian society in 1812 and was a representative in the state legislature for a num- ber of years. His son, Edmund, born in 1824, Har- vard, 1844, was a member of the executive committee of the French relief fund, and pub- lished the report in 1872. Edmund Dwight, Sr., died in Boston, Mass.. April 1, 1H49.

DWIQHT, Harrison Gray Otis, missionary, was born in Conway, Mass., Nov. 22, 1803; son of Seth and Hannah (Strong), grandson of Ensign Josiah and Tabitha (Bigelow), great-grandson of Capt. Seth and Abigail (Strong), great^ grand- son of Capt. Henry and Lydia (Hawley), great' grandson of Capt. Timothy and Anna (Flint), and great* grandson of John and Hannah Dwight, who came to America from England in 1634-35. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1825 and at Andover theological seminary in 1828. He was married, Jan. 4, 1828, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Barker of North Andover. She died in 1837 and he was married in 1839 to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Otis and Elizabeth (Paine) Lane. He was a missionary of the A.B. C.F.M., 1828-29; was ordained at Great Barring- ton, Ma-ss., July 15, 1829; explored Asia Minor, Persia, Armenia and Georgia, with Dr. Eli Smith, 1830-31 ; was one of the founders of the Armenian Mission, Constantinople, Turkey, 1831, and mis- sionary there, 1831-Gl. He travelled thousands of miles on hor.seback through Asia Minor, 1859- 60. He revisited the United States six times to report on his work and to collect funds for its further prosecution, and on his last visit met his death in a railroad accident. Hamilton con- ferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1852. He translated much of the Bible and wrote tracts and books in the languages of the East, and pub- lished: HfKcarrhes of Smith and Dicifjht in Armenia (1833) ; Memoir of Mrs. Elizaheth B. Dwif/ht, his wife (1840) ; Christianity Revived intheEuKt (1850) ;

Christianity in Turkey (1854) ; and A Complete Cat- ahxjue of Literature in America contributed to tlie JihtiriKil of tiie American Oriental society. He died in Vermont, Jan. 25, 1802.

DWIGHT, Henry Edwin, educator, was born in New Haven, Conn., Ajnil 19, 1797; son of Pres- ident Timothy and Mary (WooLsey) and grandson of Maj. Timothy and Mary (Edwards) Dwight. He was graduated at Yale in 1815; received his A.M. degree in 1818; was a clerk in the store of his brother Benjamin in Catskill, N.Y., and in that of his brother Timothy in New Haven, 1815- 23; was a divinity student at Andover, 1823-24, student at the University of Gottingen, 1824-28; helped to establish the Microscope in 1828, which was short lived, and conducted the New Haven gymnasium in connection with his brother Sereno Edwards. He lectured on European travel, and published: Travels in the North of Germany (1826). He died in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 11, 1832.

DWIGHT, Henry Williams, representative, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., Feb. 26, 1788; son of Henry Williams and Abigail (Welles), grand- son of Gen. Joseph and Abigail (Williams), gi"eat- grandson of Capt. Henry and Lydia (Hawley), great^ grandson of Timothy and Anna (Flint), and great^ grandson of Jolin and Hannah Dwight, immigrants to Dedham, Mass., 1634. His father was a soldier of the continental army and treas- urer of Berkshire county, 1784-1804. Henry Williams was a student at Williams, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1809, and became a lawyer in Stockbridge. He was married, Nov. 10, 1824, to Frances, daughter of the Hon. Samuel and Jemima (Lyman; Fowler. He was a representa- tive in the state legislature in 1818 and again in 1834, and a repi-esentative in the 17th-21st con- gresses, 1821-31. He was an extensive farmer and among the first in America to import merino sheep and Devonshire cattle. He retired from the practice of law in 1837 and subsequently re- moved to New Y^'ork city. He received the hon- orary degree of M.A. from Williams in 1822, and was a trustee of that institution, 1829-37. He died in New York city, Feb. 21, 1845.

DWIGHT, John Sullivan, nmsical critic, was born in Boston, Mass., May 13, 1813; son of Dr. John and Mary (Corey), grandson of John of Shir- ley, Mass., great-grandson of John of Dedham, great^ grandson of John of Medford, and a de- scendant of John Dwight, an original settler of Dedham, 1634-35. He attended the Boston Latin school and was graduated at Harvard, class poet, in 1832, and from the divinity school in 1836, mean- while teaching in Northborougli, INFass. , and Mead- ville. Pa. He i)reached in various Unitarian churches, 1836^0, and was pastor of the Unitarian church, Northampton, Mass.. 1839^1. He was one of the original members of the Transcendental club