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texts_Solomon Stoddard Jr. (1800-1847) - Find A Grave Memorial.pdf11/25/21, 1:41 PM Solomon Stoddard Jr. (1800-1847) - Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28466195/solomon-stoddard 1/2 Solomon Stoddard Jr. BIRTH 29 Nov 1800 Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 11 Nov 1847 (aged 46) Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Bridge Street Cemetery Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 28466195 YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1820 SOLOMON STODDARD, Junior, the eldest child of Solomon Stoddard (Yale 1790), of Northampton, Massachusetts, and Sarah (Tappan) Stoddard, was born in Northampton on November 29, 1800. He held the second rank at graduation, delivering the Salutatory Oration. He devoted himself to the work of teaching, and from 1822 to 1826 filled a tutorship in Yale. In 1828 he became a teacher in the New Haven Gymnasium, conducted by Sereno E. Dwight (Yale 1803) and his brother, and was there brought into intimate relations with Ethan A. Andrews (Yale 1810), which resulted in their combining to publish a Latin Grammar, which first appeared in 1836, and attained a wonderful circulation. Later he returned to Northampton, and early in 1838 he accepted the chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Middlebury College, Vermont, vacated by the death of Professor Edward Turner (Yale 1818). On May 29, 1838, he married Frances Elizabeth Greenwood, of Northampton. Later in the same year he was transferred to the chair of Latin and Greek, which he retained until his death, in Northampton, on November 11, 1847, at the age of 47. His children were two daughters and three sons. —Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, Connecticut, 1913), pp. 64-65. (Member #46960440) Inscription Family Members Solomon Stoddard/Born Nov. 29 1800/Died Nov. 11 1847 In him were united/eminent literary attainments/sound & discriminating judgment unaected modesty, & devoted Christain character/Aer being connected with various literary institutions he was for the last nine years of his life Professor of Languages in Middlebury College Parents Solomon Stoddard 1771–1860 Sarah Tappan Stoddard 1771–1852 Spouse Frances Elizabeth Greenwood Stoddard 1808–1883 (m. (married) 1838) Siblings Charles Stoddard 1802–1873 Children Sarah Tappan Stoddard Williston 1839–1912 Photo added by CarrieVirginia Added by P.K. Magruder Added by P.K. Magruder 11/25/21, 1:41 PM Solomon Stoddard Jr. (1800-1847) - Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28466195/solomon-stoddard 2/2 Created by: P.K. Magruder Added: 22 Jul 2008 Find a Grave Memorial 28466195 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28466195/solomon-stoddard : accessed 25 November 2021), memorial page for Solomon Stoddard Jr. (29 Nov 1800–11 Nov 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28466195, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377) . Copyright © 2021 Find a Grave® William Henry Stoddard 1804–1884  Lewis Tappan Stoddard 1807–1865 John Stoddard 1809–1879 Sarah Tappan Stoddard Smith 1814–1891 David Tappan Stoddard 1818–1857  David Tappan Stoddard 1818–1857 Solomon Partridge Stoddard 1841–1918 Louise Greenwood Stoddard Williston 1842–1923 James Greenwood Stoddard 1844–1908 Francis Hovey Stoddard 1847–1936