Vannevar

Rev. John Vannevar, born on June 23, 1857, in South Malden, Massachusetts, was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Malden High School, he earned a Bachelor of Divinity from Tufts College in 1880 and was ordained in the Universalist church. His early ministry included the Universalist society in Amesbury and the First Universalist Society in Canton. In 1892, he shifted to farming before returning to the pulpit at the White Memorial Church in Concord, where he served happily until 1896.