Whitefield's
famed
Scammon Brothers


                              

Charles Melvile
Scammon
1825* – 1911

Eliakim Parker scammon
1816 - 1894

Jonathan Young
Scammon
1812 - 1882

* Captain of a ship filled with men from Gardiner sailing San Fransisco and the great 1849 Gold Rush *
* Discovered what became Scammon's Lagoon *
* Wrote & Illustrated "Marine Mammals of the Pacific" a scientific milestone *
* Captained Ship laying 1st telegraph cable to Russia via Siberia to St Petersburg *
* popular adventure author *



* actually Charles was born ½ mile over the Whitefield townline in East Pittston, where his father was now was a town official.

 * West Point Graduate *
* Taught at West Point *
* Fought in Seminole War *
* Future President's McKinley and Hayes both served under him *
* Fought at Antietam *
* promoted to Brigadier General *
*President of the Ohio Military Academy
*
* Prolific Essay Writer *
* United States Foreign Counsel to P.E.I. *

*First public attorney in 1835 Chicago *
*published "Seammon's Reports" (4 vols., 1832-'43) *
*Founded Chicago Journal (1844) Newspaper *
*Founded railroads in Chicago*
* Founded the Hahnemann hospital in Chicago*
*Founded the Swedenborgian
Church in Chicago“
* Main Speaker at Lincoln's Nomination *
* wrote the original ordinances to set up the Chicago public schools
*
 *Founder of the original University of Chicago *
* Founder of Chicago Historical Society *
* Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral *
* one of the wealthiest men in America *
*Scammon Art  Lecture Series at U. of Chicago *
*Through bequest and purchase, the Scammon property became the site of the Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago *
*donated the money for the observatory tower and dome anjd salary of the astronomer of the Chicago Astronomical Society
*
*president of the Marine Bank *

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