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Mary Leavitt Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Oliver Edwards |
Mary Leavitt | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 12/10/1855 | Watertown MA |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Elmer Hewitt Capen | 2/12/1877 | Brookline MA | Samuel Capen | Almira Paul |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 4/3/1838 | Stoughton MA | 3/22/1905 | Tufts College MA | |
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Sumner Robinson | 4/1908 | Winchester MA | Charles Robinson | Rebecca Ames |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 10/1865 | Charlestown MA |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Samuel Paul Capen | 3/21/1878 | Tufts College MA | ||
| Ruth Paul Capen | 5/19/1879 | Tufts College MA | ||
| Rosamond Edwards Capen | 8/30/1889 | East Boothbay ME | ||
Comments:
Family located: Tufts College MA
Occupation: Clergy man; Educator;
Third President of Tufts College
Elmer Hewitt Capen graduated from Green Mountain Liberal Institute, and from Tufts College (1860) from which he received the degree A. B. St. Lawrence University conferred upon him the degree D. D. in 1879.
He was ordained as a minister in 1865, and became President of Tufts College in 1875.
He was President of New England Commission on Admission Examinations, Chairman of Massachusetts State Board of Education, served on various committees in connection with Massachusetts normal schools, for twenty years a Trustee of Universalist General Convention, and in 1888 a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
He was charter member of Kappa charge (1856) of Theta Delta Chi, and one of the organization members of Delta chapters of Massachusetts of Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity.
Samuel Paul Capen received the degree AM from Tufts College (1898) and from Harvard University (1900); the degree Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1902). He was formerly Professor of German, Clark College; now Specialist in Higher Education, U. S. Bureau of Education.
Member of Theta Delta Chi, and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities; and National Institute of Social Sciences.
Ruth Paul Capen received the degree A. B. from Tufts College (1902). Member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority.
Other Info:
| Census: |
1880 Somerville (Middlesex) MA
Vincent George 68 Gardener England England England
_____ Margaret 69 Wife Keeping house Ireland Ireland Ireland
_____ George I 28 Son Clerk City MA England Ireland
_____ Sophia E 32 Daugh in law at home MA ME ME
_____ Martha E 5 gr daughter MA MA MA
_____ Susan M 3 gr daughter MA MA MA
_____ Alice M 1 gr daughter MA MA MA
Mumleth Isabella 17 Servant House work Canada Canada Ireland
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For more information and a picture, see this page of Tufts Interactive Timeline.