Header img
Beyond Penn's Treaty

Samuel Boyd Tobey



Profile

Other Names: Samuel Boyd Tobey

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1806

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1867

Death Place: Providence

Affiliations: New England Yearly Meeting , New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee , Providence Friends meeting , Society of Friends

Notes: Studied to become a physician, married Sarah Fry. 1821-25 taught at Moses Brown School. Set up a medical practice but continued interest in the school; 1829-67 was on the Moses Brown School Committee. 1846-66, Clerk of New England Yearly Meeting. Member and minister of Providence Monthly Meeting. Not fewer than 1500 attended his funeral.

→ go back to list of profiles