Dearborn, Henry
soldier, physician, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1751, in Northampton, N. H. In 1789 Washington appointed him marshal of the district of Maine. He was a member of congress from Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797. In 1801 he was appointed secretary of war, and held the office till 1809, when he was appointed to the office of collector of Boston. In 1812 he received a commission as senior major-general in the army of the United States. He died in 1829 in Roxbury, Mass.
DEARBORN, HENRY ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, soldier, congressman, author, was born March 3, 1783, in Exeter, N. H. In 1812 he was brigadier of militia, and had the command of the troops in Boston harbor; in 1821 was a member of the convention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts; and in 1829 was a representative in the legislature from Roxbury; and the following year a state senator. From 1831 to 1833 he was a representative in congress; and was soon appointed adjutant-general of Massachusetts, and continued in that office till 1843. In 1847 he was chosen mayor of Roxbury, which office he held until his death. He died July 29, 1851, in Portland, Maine.