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Harvard college with the class of 1810, but with- drew before graduation to study law. He prac- tised law in Salem, Mass., 1811-19; and Paris, Maine, 1819-29. He was appointed assistant U.S. district attorney in 1815 and was a representative from Massachusetts in the 15th and 16th congresses, 18- 17-21, and from Maine in the 17th, 18th and 19th congresses, 1821-26, when he resigned to become the Democratic nomi" nee for governor of Maine, to which office he was elected, and reelected in 1827 and 1828, but declined re- nomination in 1829. He defended the right of the state to the ceded territory on the New Brunswick boundary, advocated making Augusta the capital city, and supported public improvements and ad- vanced educational methods. He made his last public address at the laying of the corner stone of the capitol at Augusta, in July, 1829. Bowdoin col- lege gave him the honorary degree of M.A. in 1821. He read an original poem at the centennial celebration of the fight at Lovewell's Pond; and is also the author Okf The Village, a poem (1816); papers on the Indian language and the French missions in Maine in the " Maine Historical Collections" and an unfinished book: Maine's History and Resources. He never married. He died in Augusta, Maine, Oct. 8, 1829.

LINCOLN, Heman, clergyman and educator, was born in Boston, Mass., April 14, 1821; son of Ensign and Sophia (Larkin) Lincoln; grandson of David and Elizabeth (Fearing) Lincoln and of Oliver Larkin of Charlestown, Mass.; and great grandson of Israel and Martha (Gibbs) Fearing. The Lincolns and Fearings were among the earliest settlers of Hingham, Mass. His father, (born Jan. 8, 1779, died Dec. 2, 1832) was the se- nior partner of the publishing house of Lincoln & Edmunds, Boston. Heman Lincoln was grad- uated at Brown university, A.B., 1840, A.M., 1843; was principal of the academy at Derby, Vt. , 1840-42; was graduated from the Newton Theo- logical institution in 1845, and was ordained in Boston, Mass., Sept. 21, 1845. He was pastor of the Baptist church at New Britain, Pa., 1845-50; the Franklin Square Baptist church, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1850-63; the Baptist church, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1853-59, and the Central church, Providence, R.I., 1860-68. He was married in 1851 to Jane Elizabeth Tascombe ("Kate Camp- bell "), a well known contributor to various period- icals. He was professor of ecclesiastical history at the Newton Theological institution, 1868-73, and 1878-87, and professor of homiletics, pastoral duties and church polity, 1873-78; member of the board of curators of Bucknell university, 1848-54, and chancellor of the board, 1850-54; trustee of

Brown university, 1862-79; fellow, 1879-87, and a member of the Pennsylvania Historical society. He was an associate editor of the Christian Chronicle, 1844-48, editor, 1848-53; editor of the Watchman and Reflector, 1854-67; and corre- spondent of the Examiner, New York city, and the Journal a.nd. Morning Star, Boston, Mass. Roch- ester university conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1865. He is the author of: Outline Lectures in Church History (1884); Outline Lect- ures in History of Doctrine (1885); The Quiet Hour, and contributions to religious papers. He died at Newton Centre, Mass., Oct. 18, 1887.

LINCOLN, Jeanie Gould, author, was born in Troy, N.Y., May 28, 1853; daughter of Judge George and Sarah McConn (Vail) Gould; grand- daughter of Judge James and Sally McCurdy (Tracy) Gould and of George and Jane (Thomas) Vail; great granddaughter of Gen. Uriah Tracy and of Gen. David Thomas; and a descendant of Dr. William Gould, born at The Croft, North Sawton, Devonshire, England, Feb. 21, 1692, who came to Branford, Conn., in 1720, where he died Jan. 14, 1757. Her father was chief justice of the court of appeals of the state of New York. She was educated under tutors and governesses, and devoted herself to literary work. Slie was married, Jan. 10, 1877, to Nathan Smith Lincoln, M.D., LL.D. She was elected a member of the Society of American Authors in 1899. Her published volumes include: A Cluqjlet of Leaves {18Qd); Marjorie's Quest (1872); Her Wash- ington Season (1884); A Genuine Girl (1896); An Unicilling Maid (1897); and A Pretty Tory (1899).

LINCOLN, John Larkin, educator, was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 23, 1817; son of Ensign and Sophia (Larkin) Lincoln; grandson of David and Eliza (Fearing) Lincoln, and a descendant of Stephen Lincoln, who came from Wymondham, England, to Hingham, Mass., in 1638. He was prepared for college in the Boston Latin scliool, and was graduated from Brown university, A. B., 1836, A.M., 1839. He Avas tutor in Columbia college, Washington, D.C., 1836-37; a student at Newton Theological institution, 1837-39, and tutor in Greek at Brown university, 1839-41. With Professor Horatio B. Hackett he spent the academic year 1841-42 in Halle, studying theology with Tholuck and Julius Miiller, and philosoi^hy with Gesenius in Hebrew, and with Bernliardy in the classics. He studied in Berlin, 1842-43. and in Geneva and Rome, 1843-44; was assistant pro- fessor of the Latin language and literature in Brown university, 1844-45, and full professor, 1845-91. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Brown in 1859. He contributed articles to periodicals, and edited: " Selections from Livy " (1847); " The Works of Horace (1851-

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