POMEROY
POND
major in the militia, engaginl in the capture of
Loui^hurj^in 174.1. and li:ul coniinand of a body of
gunsuiitlis, who ilrilled the spikes from cannon
captured tliere. Ue \v;is promoted lieutenant-
colonel in 175."). and on the death of Ephraim Wil-
liams succeeded him to the command of the regi-
ment, which he led against theFrench and Indians
at Lake George. He was a delegate to the Provin-
cial congress. 177-1-7."); was elected a general officer
in the Provincial army in October, 1774, and brig-
adier-general in February. 177."). and joined the
Patriot army under Cien. Artemas Ward at Cam-
bridge. Mass., serving in the ranks in the battle of
Bunker Hill. He wjis named as one of the eight
brigadier-generals appointed by congress to the
ContinentJil army, but his appointment as senior
officer caused some difficulty in tiie adjustment
of rank and he retired to his farm. After the
repulse of Wa*hiiigton in New York and New
Jersey, he led a force of militia for his relief, but
died suddenly in Peekskill, N.Y., Feb. 19, 1777.
POMEROY, Theodore Medad, representative, was b<irn in Cayuga, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1824; son of the Hev. Medad and Lilly (Maxwell) Pomeroy; grandson <>f Timothy and Anna (Burt) Pomeroy and of Joshua and Esther (Bryant) Maxwell, and a descendant of Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from England in 1633. He was graduated from Hamilton college. N.Y., in 1842; was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practised in Auburn, N.Y., 1846-70. He was married, Sept. 4, 1855, to Eliza- beth Leitch, daugliter of Robert and Margaret (Standart) Watson of Auburn. N.Y.; was district attorney of Cayuga county, N. Y., 1851-56; a mem- ber of the New York assembly, 1857; a Republi- can representative in the 37th-40th congresses, 1861-69. and was elected speaker of the house to succeed Schuyler Colfax, March 3, 1869. He was mayor of Auburn, N.Y., 1875-76; state senator, 1878-79; engaged in the banking business in Auburn, after 1870, and was first vice-presi- dent anil general counsel of the American ex- press com|«iny. He was a delegate to the Re- publican national conventions of 1860 and 1876, and temporary chairman of the convention in 1876.
POND, Enoch, clergyman, was born in Wren- tham.:MaNS., July 29, 1791; son of Elijah and Mary (.Smith) Pond; grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Fales) Pond, and a descendant of Daniel (Ded- ham, Mass., 16.52) and Abigail (Shepanl) Pond. Enoch Pond was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1813, A.M., 1817, and ordained to the Congrega- tional ministry, March 1, 1815. He was pastor at Ward. Mass., 181.5-28. and editor of the Spirit of the Pilgrims, Boston, Mass., 1828-32. He was con- nected with the Bangor, Maine, Theological sem- inary as professor of systematic theology, 1832-56; professor of ecclesiastical history and lecturer oq
pastoral duties, 1856-70; president of the insti-
tution, 1856-82, and professor emeritus, 1870-82.
He was married, first, Aug. 28, 1814, to Wealthy
Ann, daughter of William Hawes of Wrentham,
Mass.; secondly, May 17, 1825, to Julia Ann,
daughter of John Maltbj' of Northford, Conn.,
and thirdly, July 9, 1839, to Anne, daughter of
Tha^deus and Anne (Smith) Mason of Dedham,
Mass., and widow of John S. Pearson of Bangor,
Me. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary
degree of D.D. in 1835. He edited John Norton's
" Life of John Cotton '"(18.52), and is the author of
memoirs of President Samuel Davies (1829), Su-
sanna Anthonu (1830), Count Zinzendorf (1839),
John Knox{\SSyi), and The Rev. Harrison Fair-
field (ISoS);Wickliffe and his Times (1841); Morn-
ing of the Reformation (1842); Xo Felloicship
with Roma n ism ( 1 843); TJie J/a ther Fa m ily (1844);
Young Pastor s Guide (1844); The World's Sal-
vat ion {18-io); Pope and Pagan (IS-iG); Probation
(1846); Swedenborgiaiiism Reviewed (1846): Plato
(1846); Lives of Increase Mather and Sir William
Phipps (1847); The Church (18^8); The A7icient
Cliurch (1851); The Wreck and the Rescue (1858);
Swedenhorgianism Examined (1861); Sketches of
the TJieologioal History of Neic England (1880).
He died in Bangor. Maine. Jan. 21, 1882.
POND, Frederick Eugene, author, was born in Packwaukee, Wis., April 8, 1856; son of Simeon and Flora (Hotchkiss) Pond; grandson of William and Elvira (Forbes) Pond, and of Willis and Samantlia Hotchkiss. and a descendant of Samuel Pond, a pioneer of Windsor, Conn., who died at "Windsor, Conn., March 14, 1654. He attended the public schools of Montello, "Wis.; was field editor of the Turf, Field and Farm in New York, 1881-86; associate editor of the American Field in Chicago, 111., for six months in 1883, and editor of Wildicood's Magazine in Chicago, 111., 1888-89, which was then merged into Tuif, Field and Farm, and of which he be- came corresponding editor. He was married, June 22, 1892, to Frances Harriet, daughter of Frank and Harriet (Juneau) Fox, and a grand- daughter of Samuel Juneau, founder of Milwau- kee, "Wis. He was editor of the Sportsman's iJeriew at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1897; was prom- inent in organizing the National Game and Fisli Protective association in 1893, and was its secretary, 1893-96, and was one of the founders of the Wisconsin Sportsman's Association for the Protection of Fish and Game in 1.S74. He con- tributed to cyclt)p3edias, and edited Frank For- ester's works, including " Fugitive Sporting Sketches" (1879), "Sporting Scenes and Charac- ters " (2 vols., 1880); also Isaac McLellan's " Poems of Rod and Gun " (1883), " Sportsman's Directory " (1892), "A Strike "(1897), and wrote an introduc- tion to Frank Forester's "Poems" (1887). His
