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Henry Welles Smith, founder of Wellesley College. Son of William and Harriet (Fowle)
Smith. Born in Hanover, N.H., February 20, 1822. May 23, 1854 he married Pauline Adeline
Fowle, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Fowle,, Jr. Changed his name to Henry Fowle
Durant. |
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George Robbins. Born 1800. Selectman 1837 – 1839. Moderator 1835 – 1843.
Representative 1836 – 1837. |
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Ellen Robbins, 1828 – 1905. Lived on Pleasant Street. Watercolorist specializing
in the painting of natural subjects. |
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Isaac Robbins. Born April 21, 1803. Town Clerk 1830 – 1849. Selectman 1836
– 1837. Uncle of Benjamin Curtis. |
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George Frederick Robinson, 1859 – 1949. Author of “Great Little
Watertown” and “Watertown's Military History”. Town meeting member for 65
years, working for the beautification of the riverbank, the dedication of the Founder's
Monument and the recording of the Town's history. |
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Charles Pratt, born October 2, 1830. Made his fortune in the oil business
partnered with John D. Rockefeller. Founded the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Gave the
Watertown Free Public Library a trust fund in honor of his father, Asa. The Pratt Room is
located on the ground floor of the library. |
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Florence Russell, 1905 |
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Captain Moses Stone, Jr., Revolutionary soldier, 1749 – 1803. His profession
was medicine and he was owner of the land that later became the Mount Auburn Cemetery. |
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Josiah Stickney, 1789 – 1876. Became prosperous by his activities in trading,
whaling, and the sugar business. Held many positions on the boards of banks and railroads.
The grounds of the former Stickney Estate now belong to the Perkins School for the Blind. |
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Charles Sumner Tainter obituary, 1940. Born 1850 in Watertown and lived there
until 1879 when he became an associate of Alexander Graham Bell in the Volta Laboratories
in Washington, D.C. Moved to San Diego, CA, 1905. |
