Joseph Hopkins Twichell

Joseph Twichell graduated from Yale University in 1859. He moved to New York to attend Union Theological Seminary. Before being ordained, the Civil War broke out. Twichell felt a calling…

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Rev. John James McCook

Rev. John James McCook was an Episcopal minister, college professor, and social reformer. The Fighting McCooks John James McCook was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, the youngest in a family…

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Reverend Francis Goodwin

After graduating from Hartford High School, Francis Goodwin worked for dry good merchants Howe, Mather & Co. of Hartford and Morton & Grinnell of New York City. His interest in…

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