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Biography of Nathan C. Brackett Nathan Cook Brackett, son of Joshua and Mary (Cook) Brackett, was born July 28, 1836, at Phillips, Maine. He pursued his preparatory course at the Maine State Seminary, Lewiston, Maine, and entered Waterville College in the Fall of 1860, where he remained until the close of Junior year. He came to Dartmouth and joined our class at the beginning of Senior year. Soon after graduating, in August, 1864, he entered the service of the United States Christian Commission, and was sent to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. In September following, he was appointed field agent of the Commission, and served in that capacity until the close of the war. He spent July and August, 1865, in North Carolina, and became much interested in the Freedmen. In October, 1865, he went to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, as an agent of the American Missionary Association, to organize schools for the Freedmen. He served in that capacity until 1867, at which time Storer College was organized, and he was elected President, which position he still occupies. They have buildings worth sixty thousand dollars, and an attendance of about two hundred and fifty pupils. It has both Academic and State Normal departments. He was appointed County Superintendent of Free Schools in 1869, and held the office for two years. In 1870 he was clearly elected to the Legislature of West Virginia, but not being on good terms with the officers who held the ballot-box, he was counted out. He then retired from politics. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, at its Commencement in June, 1883. During the past year, he has purchased a Summer residence in Phillips, Maine, his
native town, and expects in future to spend his Summers there with his family. He has His religious preferences are Free-Will Baptist; in politics, he is a Republican. He was married October 16, 1865, to Miss Louise Wood, of Lewiston, Maine. They have had five children: James Wood, born June 20, 1867; Mary, born November 13, 1868; Celeste Elizabeth, born June 12, 1871 ; Ledru Joshua, born March 29, 1873; Virginia Edith, born May 22, 1878. Virginia Edith died July 11, 1879.
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