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 POMEROY

POND

major in the militia, engaginl in the capture of Loui^hurj^in 174.1. and li:ul coniinand of a body of gunsuiitlis, who ilrilled the spikes from cannon captured tliere. Ue \v;is promoted lieutenant- colonel in 175."). and on the death of Ephraim Wil- liams succeeded him to the command of the regi- ment, which he led against theFrench and Indians at Lake George. He was a delegate to the Provin- cial congress. 177-1-7."); was elected a general officer in the Provincial army in October, 1774, and brig- adier-general in February. 177."). and joined the Patriot army under Cien. Artemas Ward at Cam- bridge. Mass., serving in the ranks in the battle of Bunker Hill. He wjis named as one of the eight brigadier-generals appointed by congress to the ContinentJil army, but his appointment as senior officer caused some difficulty in tiie adjustment of rank and he retired to his farm. After the repulse of Wa*hiiigton in New York and New Jersey, he led a force of militia for his relief, but died suddenly in Peekskill, N.Y., Feb. 19, 1777.

POMEROY, Theodore Medad, representative, was bf Timothy and Anna (Burt) Pomeroy and of Joshua and Esther (Bryant) Maxwell, and a descendant of Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from England in 1633. He was graduated from Hamilton college. N.Y., in 1842; was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practised in Auburn, N.Y., 1846-70. He was married, Sept. 4, 1855, to Eliza- beth Leitch, daugliter of Robert and Margaret (Standart) Watson of Auburn. N.Y.; was district attorney of Cayuga county, N. Y., 1851-56; a mem- ber of the New York assembly, 1857; a Republi- can representative in the 37th-40th congresses, 1861-69. and was elected speaker of the house to succeed Schuyler Colfax, March 3, 1869. He was mayor of Auburn, N.Y., 1875-76; state senator, 1878-79; engaged in the banking business in Auburn, after 1870, and was first vice-presi- dent anil general counsel of the American ex- press com|«iny. He was a delegate to the Re- publican national conventions of 1860 and 1876, and temporary chairman of the convention in 1876.

POND, Enoch, clergyman, was born in Wren- tham.:MaNS., July 29, 1791; son of Elijah and Mary (.Smith) Pond; grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Fales) Pond, and a descendant of Daniel (Ded- ham, Mass., 16.52) and Abigail (Shepanl) Pond. Enoch Pond was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1813, A.M., 1817, and ordained to the Congrega- tional ministry, March 1, 1815. He was pastor at Ward. Mass., 181.5-28. and editor of the Spirit of the Pilgrims, Boston, Mass., 1828-32. He was con- nected with the Bangor, Maine, Theological sem- inary as professor of systematic theology, 1832-56; professor of ecclesiastical history and lecturer oq

pastoral duties, 1856-70; president of the insti- tution, 1856-82, and professor emeritus, 1870-82. He was married, first, Aug. 28, 1814, to Wealthy Ann, daughter of William Hawes of Wrentham, Mass.; secondly, May 17, 1825, to Julia Ann, daughter of John Maltbj' of Northford, Conn., and thirdly, July 9, 1839, to Anne, daughter of Tha^deus and Anne (Smith) Mason of Dedham, Mass., and widow of John S. Pearson of Bangor, Me. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D. in 1835. He edited John Norton's " Life of John Cotton '"(18.52), and is the author of memoirs of President Samuel Davies (1829), Su- sanna Anthonu (1830), Count Zinzendorf (1839), John Knox{\SSyi), and The Rev. Harrison Fair- field (ISoS);Wickliffe and his Times (1841); Morn- ing of the Reformation (1842); Xo Felloicship with Roma n ism ( 1 843); TJie J/a ther Fa m ily (1844); Young Pastor s Guide (1844); The World's Sal- vat ion {18-io); Pope and Pagan (IS-iG); Probation (1846); Swedenborgiaiiism Reviewed (1846): Plato (1846); Lives of Increase Mather and Sir William Phipps (1847); The Church (18^8); The A7icient Cliurch (1851); The Wreck and the Rescue (1858); Swedenhorgianism Examined (1861); Sketches of the TJieologioal History of Neic England (1880). He died in Bangor. Maine. Jan. 21, 1882.

POND, Frederick Eugene, author, was born in Packwaukee, Wis., April 8, 1856; son of Simeon and Flora (Hotchkiss) Pond; grandson of William and Elvira (Forbes) Pond, and of Willis and Samantlia Hotchkiss. and a descendant of Samuel Pond, a pioneer of Windsor, Conn., who died at "Windsor, Conn., March 14, 1654. He attended the public schools of Montello, "Wis.; was field editor of the Turf, Field and Farm in New York, 1881-86; associate editor of the American Field in Chicago, 111., for six months in 1883, and editor of Wildicood's Magazine in Chicago, 111., 1888-89, which was then merged into Tuif, Field and Farm, and of which he be- came corresponding editor. He was married, June 22, 1892, to Frances Harriet, daughter of Frank and Harriet (Juneau) Fox, and a grand- daughter of Samuel Juneau, founder of Milwau- kee, "Wis. He was editor of the Sportsman's iJeriew at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1897; was prom- inent in organizing the National Game and Fisli Protective association in 1893, and was its secretary, 1893-96, and was one of the founders of the Wisconsin Sportsman's Association for the Protection of Fish and Game in 1.S74. He con- tributed to cyclt)p3edias, and edited Frank For- ester's works, including " Fugitive Sporting Sketches" (1879), "Sporting Scenes and Charac- ters " (2 vols., 1880); also Isaac McLellan's " Poems of Rod and Gun " (1883), " Sportsman's Directory " (1892), "A Strike "(1897), and wrote an introduc- tion to Frank Forester's "Poems" (1887). His