EDWIN FREEMAN AMBROSE
Source: "Memorialia of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884, Chicago

EDWIN FREEMAN AMBROSE

Edwin Freeman Ambrose, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts) Ambrose, was born January 12, 1837, at Ossipee, New Hampshire. He commenced his classical education at New Hampton, New Hampshire, and entered college at the beginning of Freshman year, August 24, 1860. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry, and served for the period of enlistment, returning to the class in the Fall of the same year.

Biography of Edwin F. Ambrose member of the Class of 1864 at Dartmouth College:
Immediately after graduating, in September, 1864, he took charge of the academy at Fryeburg, Maine, and remained as its Principal for one year. In August, 1865, he went to Chicago, Illinois, where he remained two years, the first being spent in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, and the second in the bookstore of S. C. Griggs & Co. He returned to the East in July, 1867, and was engaged one year as assistant in the Liberal Institute of Norway, Maine, and was then its Principal for one year. In the Spring of 1869, he was elected Principal of the High School at Dexter, Maine, which position he held until the close of the Spring term in 1877, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health. He was a member of the School Committee of the town of Dexter for three years. After some time spent in recruiting his health, he went to Massachusetts, and has ever since that time been engaged in mercantile pursuits in and near Boston. He is now engaged in the retail grocery business at Revere, Massachusetts, which town is also his residence.

He is a member of the Congregational church. In politics, he is a Republican.

He was married November 25, 1869, to Miss Emily Jane Goodwin, of Norway, Maine. They have one child, Thomas Lyford, born September 28, 1872.

Submitted by Deborah Crowell