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Last name Tobey
First name Samuel Boyd
Display name Samuel Boyd Toby
Other names Samuel Boyd Tobey
Birth date 1806
Death date 1867
Death place provi
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee, Providence Friends meeting
Bio 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.

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New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook