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NOTT, Richard Means, clergyman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 26 March, 1831; died in Wakefield, Massachusetts, 21 December, 1880. He was a descendant of the first Abraham Nott, and a son of the Reverend Handel Get-shorn Nott. He was graduated at Waterville college (now Colby university) in 1852, and at Rochester theological seminary in 1859, after spending several years in teaching. He at once became pastor of the 1st Baptist church in Rochester, which post he retained until 1865, when, on account of failing health, he resigned, and lived for several years in Atlanta, Georgia He subsequently resumed the ministry, and was pastor in Aurora, Illinois, and in Wakefield, Massachusetts In 1863 he visited Spain, Italy, and the Mediterranean. He was the author of the " Life of Abner Kingman Nott" (New York, 1860).--Another son, Richard Means's brother, Abner Kingman, clergyman, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, 22 March, 1834 ; died in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 7 July, 1859, was graduated at Rochester university in 1855, and at Rochester theological seminary in 1857. In the same year he was ordained to the ministry, and succeeded to the pastorate of the 1st Baptist church, New York city. During his brief ministry of two years he achieved extraordinary popularity. He was drowned while bathing.
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