CHEEVER, George Barrell, clergyman and author, born in Hallowell, Maine, 17 April, 1807. He was the son of Nathaniel Cheever, who removed from Salem, Massachusetts, to Hallowell and established the "American Advocate," was graduated at Bowdoin in 1825, at Andover seminary in 1830, and was ordained pastor of Howard street Congregational church, Boston, in 1832. He published many works on religion, travel, mountaineering and literature.
