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jects of separate biographical articles;, those close of kin being his 

 father, one nephew and one son. 



James Kent, the celebrated jurist, was the father of William Kent, 

 judge of the United States Circuit Court of New York, a lawyer who 

 gained a high reputation. 



Henry Ward Beecher was a son of the noted Rev. Lyman Beecher 

 and was one of five distinguished brothers and sisters, among others, 

 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," herself an 

 elect of the Hall of Fame as of first choice of the electors of 1910. 



Joseph Story was called " the most extraordinary jurist of his age." 

 His son, William Wetmore Story, gained most of his laurels in a very 

 different channel. He is considered one of the few great American 

 sculptors. 



John Adams, second president of the United States, a member of 

 one of the most notable families that America has produced, claims 

 many distinguished relatives, if distant kinsmen be included. Samuel 

 Adams was his second cousin. Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, noted physician, 

 who was the first to introduce inoculation for smallpox in America, 

 was his great-uncle. If only the close of kin be reckoned, then John 

 Adams counts two in son and grandson. 



John Quincy Adams, himself in the inner shrine of fame (elected 

 in 1905), tallies as many as five of the " eminent" class. His position 

 on the pedigree is at the center of the Adams group. With mother as 

 well as father internationally famous, with a son, Charles Francis 

 Adams, the bulwark, during our Civil War, of the rights of the United 

 States in England; and with two grandsons reaching distinction in 

 literature, John Quincy Adams rivals Beecher, Edwards and Lowell in 

 the profusion of his lustrious kinships. 



James Fenimore Cooper is not particularly affiliated to others of 

 exceptional gifts. Still, his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper, became 

 known as an author and philanthropist. She is in the group of 3,500. 



James Russell Lowell had eight eminent close relations. His 

 grandfather, Judge John Lowell, was a member of the convention 

 which framed the constitution of Massachusetts, secured the insertion 

 of the clause " all men are born free and equal " in the Massachusetts 

 Bill of Eights. It is indeed rather ironical that this phrase should be 

 coined by a Lowell. The poet's uncle, John Lowell, was an " able 

 lawyer and political writer." Another uncle, Francis Cabot Lowell, 

 was one of the principal founders of the city of Lowell, to which he 

 gave his name. He was a merchant and manufacturer. The father 

 of J. R. Lowell' was Rev. Charles Lowell. Rev. Robert T. S. Lowell, 

 brother of the famous poet, is also noticed in Lippincott's " Biograph- 

 ical Dictionary " as an author. Mary Lowell Putnam, " a distin- 

 guished polyglot linguist," was his sister. Her son, W. L. Putnam, 



