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    Peter Chardon Brooks (January 6, 1767 – January 1, 1849) was a wealthy Massachusetts merchant. Brooks born in North Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay, on January...
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    Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (June 24, 1848 – February 13, 1927) was an American attorney, historian, political scientist and a critic of capitalism. Adams...
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    president, John Adams. His maternal grandfather was shipping magnate Peter Chardon Brooks (1767–1849). He graduated from Harvard University in 1853, studied...
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    candidate. Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams (née Hooper) (1843–1885). Brooks Adams (1848–1927)...
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  • Peter Brooks (writer) (born 1938), professor of comparative literature at Yale University Peter Chardon Brooks (1767–1849), American merchant Peter Brooke...
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    Cleveland metropolitan area. Chardon is named after Peter Chardon Brooks, who donated land to build Chardon Square. Chardon Township celebrates its incorporation...
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    September 3, 1829, he married Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889), whose father was shipping magnate Peter Chardon Brooks (1767–1849). She had two sisters, Charlotte...
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    Founding Fathers, had been U.S. Presidents. His maternal grandfather, Peter Chardon Brooks, was one of Massachusetts' most successful and wealthiest merchants...
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    originally included a second summer house called Point of Rocks, built by Peter Chardon Brooks III in 1859, but this was demolished by the city in the 20th century...
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  • (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    Brooks Adams; Arthur Adams, who died in childhood; Mary Adams, who married Henry Parker Quincy, of Dedham, Massachusetts; and historian Peter Chardon...
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  • football guard Peter Adam (disambiguation) Brooks Adams (Peter Chardon Brooks Adams, 1848–1927), American historian and political scientist Peter Caddick-Adams...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    Hollis Smith (1790–1791) Caroline Amelia Smith (1795–1852) married John Peter DeWindt of Fishkill-on-Hudson. In 1810, Smith was diagnosed with breast...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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  • Academy. Her maternal great-grandfather was Massachusetts businessman Peter Chardon Brooks. Hopkins was "one of Washington's most public-spirited and philanthropic...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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  • (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    took advantage of a tract of land donated by Peter Chardon Brooks called Chardon, Ohio. Despite Chardon being selected in 1809, the argument was never...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    Hollis Smith (1790—1791) Caroline Amelia Smith (1795—1852) – married John Peter DeWint of Fishkill-on-Hudson Smith was portrayed by Andrew Scott in the...
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    "Beautiful Meadow") Champaign County ("Open level country") Chardon (named for Peter Chardon Brooks, Massachusetts legislator) Clermont County (named for Clermont...
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    (1835–1915) Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) Marian Hooper Adams (1843–1885) Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (1848–1927) George Casper Adams (1863–1900) Charles Francis...
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    was once the bastion of some of Boston's elite families—including Peter Chardon Brooks, one of the wealthiest men in post-colonial America and father-in-law...
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  • She was married to American poet Peter Chardon Brooks (1918–2000), who was a great-great grandson of Peter Chardon Brooks (1767–1849) and grandson of Shepherd...
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    of John Bigelow House, "The Squirrels," Highland Falls, NY (1857) Peter Chardon Brooks III House, "Point of Rocks," Medford, MA (1859) Thomas E. B. Pegues...
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    Middlecott Saltonstall, an attorney, and Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, an heiress to the Peter Chardon Brooks fortune. Both families had deep colonial roots...
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  • months into his ministerial role in North Yarmouth. A Son of Liberty, Peter Chardon Brooks documented his father's exploits during the American Revolutionary...
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