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	Dexter Family Charlton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dexter was interested in his younger days in city affairs, and from 1873 to 1878 he was a member of the common council, and for three years on the school board.
		Dexter’s father was well to do and there was no need for her to leave home or to work for her own livelihood but she was of an independent spirit and left home at the age of fourteen to work in a Saco, Maine mill.
		Dexter often had remarked that she believed the happiest day of her life was that on which she gave the keys of the new building to the superintendent of the college.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Fields/4791/charltondexter.html (2590 words)

	Dexter, Samuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel Dexter was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 1761, the son of a merchant and politician.
		Dexter was graduated from Harvard University in 1781 and then studied law at Worcester, Massachusetts with Levi Lincoln.
		In addition to his law practice, Dexter was public servant, serving in the State house of representatives (1788-1790), the Third Congress (1793-795), and then the United States Senate (1799-1800), when he was appointed by President John Adams to be Secretary of War.
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/dexter.html (180 words)

	Samuel Dexter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761–May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet.
		Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott's resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter as interim Secretary.
		He then briefly conducted the affairs of the foreign Office and administered the oath of office to Chief Justice John Marshall and declined the ambassadorship to Spain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Dexter (312 words)

	American President
		Samuel Dexter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1761, and graduated from Harvard University.
		Dexter, a lawyer by profession, began his career in public service as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1788-1790).
		By the end of the year, Dexter found himself fulfilling the duties of treasury secretary and secretary of state as well, a convenient solution for the final months of the Adams presidency.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/johnadams/cabinet/Cabinet/SamuelDexter/email.html (185 words)

	Dexter, Samuel
		Dexter, Samuel (1761-1816) Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War: Dexter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1761.
		Dexter practiced law for a few years in Worcester and Middlesex counties, he moved to Boston.
		Dexter took up the cause of temperance and became the first president of the first Massachusetts society for temperance.
	www.multied.com /bio/nn/Dexter.html (263 words)

	Samuel Dexter
		He was the son of Rev. Samuel Dexter, of Dedham, Massachusetts, who was graduated at Harvard in 1720.
		Dexter took very strong ground, basing his views on the legislative precedents in which he was well versed.
		His son, Samuel, jurist, born in Boston, 14 May 1761; died in Athens, New York, 3 May 1816, was graduated at Harvard in 1781, and.
	www.famousamericans.net /samueldexter (1003 words)

	Secretary of the Treasury - Samuel Dexter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Educated at Harvard and trained as a lawyer, Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) resigned his seat as Massachusetts Senator in June 1800 to accept the position of Secretary of War in the cabinet of President John Adams.
		Dexter served less than a year in Adams's cabinet and has no great acts associated with his name.
		His portrait of Dexter, painted in 1893, is a copy of an early nineteenth century portrait from life by Gilbert Stuart.
	www.ustreas.gov /offices/management/curator/collection/secretary/dexter.htm (228 words)

	Seeking the relations and ancestors of the Marrs & Hughes Family and the Rosales & Barrett Family - Person Page 8
		Samuel Phillips appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Kent, Kent Twp., Stephenson Co., Illinois, in the household of Adelia Brown.
		Samuel Marrs was born on 1 December 1740 at York Co., Pennsylvania.
		Samuel Marrs died on 27 December 1817 at Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., Kentucky, at age 77.
	home.comcast.net /~jrwhiskey/Upload-p/p8.htm (11978 words)

	A Pickle For The Knowing Ones - Split Pickle - Folio 3/4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A b striking my Dafter on hur side, as shee swares to grat lawyer Dexter and many others, I be leave it that knows the trouth; the bloue he gave hur on the side, she had to put plasters on hur side Neare three years; when likker is in, the wit is scattered.
		He says Dexter may cry them (the bands) down in the lower region. After some time they got published; then he insisted not to have any witness; went and hid.
		Dexter, that was, would have my daughter married to A. Bishop --- caused the agreement --- the sole cause.
	home.comcast.net /~fifth-estate/lord_dexter/the_split_pickle_3.htm (2334 words)

	Ionia Early History/Timeline
		The Dexter colony bartered with the Indians and for these huts and for the harvest of the crops that had been planted in the Spring.
		Samuel Dexter built the first sawmill just west of the present Armory in 1833, using the water power of the creek that ran across Main Street at Dexter.
		Following the settlement of the Dexter Colony, in May 1833, came Henry V. Libhart to the southwest corner of what is now Ionia township, the Cornells to Easton township, John E. Morrison to Berlin, and Philo Bogue and John Milne to Portland.
	www.rootsweb.com /~miionia/earlyhis.html (2332 words)

	Descendants - aqw03.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Richard REID "Dick" (Dexter, Samuel) was born 27 Dec 1938 in Quincy, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
		Joanne VAN BIBBER (Malcolm, Samuel) was born 1937.
		Beverly VAN BIBBER (Malcolm, Samuel) was born 1941.
	home.austin.rr.com /thereids/vanbibber/aqwg03.htm (133 words)

	Our History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel's father, who built the house, had died leaving him responsible for his mother and siblings.
		In direct line were Samuel's son, Dexter, Dexter's son, Lewis, Lewis" daughter, Alma who married Real Bryant, their son, Clifford who was the father of my husband, Calvin.
		In addition to Samuel and Polly were Sam's brother, Thomas, cousins, Goddard and Ebenezer Reed, as well as Rachel Lane, Sarah Payne, Deborah Smith, Desire Stoddard, Zebulon Payne, Lt. Elijiah Shaw, Ephriam Stetson, Nathan Stoddard, and Benjamin Vining, familiar names in Rockland for many years.
	home1.gte.net /respb1c6/id4.html (1222 words)

	Dexter, Michigan 48130 - InfoMI.com
		Dexter is located in western Washtenaw County, about 6 miles northwest of Ann Arbor, with easy access to I-94 just a few miles south.
		Dexter was named after Judge Samuel Dexter, who purchased the first land here in 1824.
		The town’s land was officially platted in 1830 and was eventually incorporated as a village in 1855.
	www.infomi.com /city/dexter (170 words)

	Famous LeComptes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel Dexter LeCompte is most often remembered as the first Chief Justice of the Kansas Territorial Supreme Court, a position he held for 5 turbulent years (1854-1859) as the settlers of that territory wrestled violently over whether Kansas would be admitted to the Union as a free-state or a slave-holding state.
		Samuel Dexter LeCompte was born December 13, 1814 in Dorchester County, MD, eldest of Samuel D. LeCompte and Araminta (Frazier) Smoot.
		Samuel's parents, Samuel and Araminta, were both previously married and widowed, so in addition to his three younger sisters, Henrietta, Margaret, and Araminta, Samuel had two half-brothers, and two half-sisters.
	www.lecompte.net /famous.htm (5771 words)

	Descendants - aqw04.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kelly REID "Cucumber" (Richard REID, Dexter, Samuel) was born 11 Nov 1962 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Steven REID "Turtle" (Richard REID, Dexter, Samuel) was born 19 Jan 1964 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Michelle DE BOYES (Joanne VAN BIBBER, Malcolm, Samuel) was born 1950.
	home.austin.rr.com /thereids/vanbibber/aqwg04.htm (100 words)

	Katharine Dexter McCormick
		Her great-grandfather, Samuel Dexter, was secretary of war under President John Adams and secretary of the treasury under Adams and Jefferson.
		Samuel W. Dexter, her grandfather, was a co-founder of the University of Michigan; and her father, Wirt Dexter, was a distinguished jurist in Chicago who helped lead the city after the great fire of 1871.
		That fall, Miss Dexter married Stanley R. McCormick, the youngest son of Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper.
	web.mit.edu /mccormick/www/history/kdm.html (1934 words)

	Dexter Township, Michigan - History of Dexter Township
		The first settlement was made in 1825, on the northeast fractional one-fourth of section 36, by two brothers and their families.
		Samuel W. Dexter purchased the east half of section 12 where the Dover Mills were later located.
		The first town meeting of the original Dexter Township was held in the home of Judge Dexter, May 28, 1827.
	www.twp-dexter.org /about/history (768 words)

	RE/MAX Four Seasons of Whitmore Lake - The Community
		Founded in 1824 by Judge Samuel Dexter, this quaint village is located just 10 minutes west of Ann Arbor off I-94.
		The main street was built in the 19th century, and Judge Dexter platted the village with 99-foot-wide streets to accommodate the occasional U-turns made by a buggy and team of horses.
		Dexter lies at the gateway of the "chain of lakes" with 30 lakes within a 15-mile radius.
	www.remax-4seasons-wl-mi.com /community/communities.html (1094 words)

	Samuel Dexter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761–May 4, 1816) was an early (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American statesman who served both in Congress and in the (Click link for more info and facts about Presidential Cabinet) Presidential Cabinet.
		He then briefly conducted the affairs of the foreign Office and administered the oath of office to (The judge who presides over a supreme court) Chief Justice (United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)) John Marshall and declined the ambassadorship to Spain.
		He died the same year and is buried in (Click link for more info and facts about Mount Auburn Cemetery) Mount Auburn Cemetery in (Click link for more info and facts about Cambridge, Massachusetts) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/samuel_dexter.htm (386 words)

	Dexter's Last Will and Testament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I give and bequeath unto my wife, Elizabeth Dexter, fifty dollars, in addition to two thousand pounds that I have already given her.
		I give to my son, Samuel Lord Dexter, three thousand dollars, to be paid him by my executors, in twelve months after my decease.
		Timothy Dexter in High street all the Household Furniture belong to said Dexter's estate; Feather Beds, Bedsteads, andc., also a number of handsome carved Images, well painted, designed to represent some of the first characters in the United States of America and in Europe, with the pillars on which they stand.
	fifth-estate.home.comcast.net /lord_dexter/will.htm (628 words)

	Biography of John Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Adams (http://www.usa-presidents.info/adams.htm) had none of the qualities of popular leadership which were so marked a characteristic of his second cousin, Samuel Adams; it was rather as a constitutional lawyer that he influenced the course of events.
		His advice was followed and he returned home in time to be elected a member of the convention which framed the Massachusetts constitution of 1780, still the organic law of that commonwealth.
		With James Bowdoin and Samuel Adams, he formed a sub-committee which drew up the first draft of that instrument, and most of it probably came from John Adams's pen.
	biography-1.qardinalinfo.com /a/Adams_John.html (1696 words)

	Dexter - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On July 4, 1827, Judge Samuel William Dexter told a group of farmers that America would soon have its own railroad system and that their village would be connected to it.
		Today, the village of Dexter remains small, with a quaint downtown complete with village green, but its environs are rapidly growing.
		Near plenty of recreation and natural areas, and with easy access both to unspoiled farmland and to the cultural attractions of Ann Arbor, Dexter is one of the most attractive places to live in Washtenaw County.
	www.arborweb.com /cg/dexter-overview.html (145 words)

	Samuel Dexter Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel Dexter is the son of Ebenezer Dexter and Lydia.
		Samuel Dexter (1771, Nova Scotia - 1831, Nova Scotia)
		Samuel Dexter (1771, Nova Scotia - 1831, Nova Scotia)
	goodies.yi.org /Genealogy/Godfrey/Godfrey_I928.html (161 words)

	Samuel Lord Dexter, Esther Rose - Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Samuel was the son of Lord Timothy Dexter, who gave his title for his son's middle name.
		According to the description in Timothy Dexter Revisited, by John P. Marquand, he was "...in spite of an expensive education, the boy was naturally imbecile and his mind was stored with nothing useful or ornamental...extremely cowardly, and, in toto, rotten to the core."
		Newburyport Marriages: Dexter, Esther, and Samuel Lord Dexter, Jan. 11, 1807.
	www.gravematter.com /dexter-rose.htm (91 words)

	Cub-Baa-Moo-Sa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the year 1833, the Dexter colony arrived on the 28th of May at what is now the City of Ionia.
		Samuel Dexter, the leader of the party, had scouted the Grand River Valley the year before and had purchased land both at Ionia and Grand Rapids.
		Dexter paid the Indians the sum of twenty-five dollars for the crops.
	www.msu.edu /user/johns116/Cub-Baa-Moo-Sa.html (599 words)

	Samuel Cooke, The True Principles of Civil Government (1770)
		Samuel Cooke graduated from Harvard College in 1735, during the administration of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Governor (and Harvard College Overseer) Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757).
		Samuel Cooke for his Sermon preached yesterday before the General Court, being the day of the election of Councillors; and to desire of him a copy thereof for the press.
		Samuel Adams, Clerk, and now "the most active member of the House," will see that it is published and circulated.
	www.belcherfoundation.org /civil_government.htm (8579 words)

	Samuel Dexter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He spent most of his professional career in Boston, Massachusetts, exhibiting his work at the Boston Athenaeum, the Apollo Association, and the National Academy.
		He painted the portraits of Secretaries Pickering, Dearborn, and Eustis, in addition to Secretary Dexter’s, for the Army’s portrait gallery of civilian leaders.
		His Pickering portrait was donated to West Point.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Sw-SA/Dexter.htm (72 words)

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