The New American Cyclopaedia


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Through Three Centuries


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Charles Kendrick Colver was born 22 May 1821 in Clarendon, Vermont, the son of Dr. Nathaniel and Sally Clark Colver. He married Esther B. B. Hill, daughter of Samuel Hill of South Boston. Her life ended prematurely through an illness on 15 September 1855. He married secondly, Susanna Champney Reed on 25 August 1858 in South Abington, Massachusetts. He was then serving as pastor of the High Street Baptist Church of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Rev. Colver pastored churches in Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. He died 28 October 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. His second wife, Susanna, died 12 September 1889 also in Chicago.







The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates


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The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates has been a standard work of American history since it was first published in 1956. Expanded and updated regularly, this tenth edition contains more than 15,000 facts, dates, and events that trace and illuminate all facets of American existence - from colonial living to modern science, fashion trends to political movements, sports heroes to notorious criminals, architectural innovations to religious awakenings.