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Necrological Report
FKE8ENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OP
Pbincetoii Tjeolocicsi Sehinab?
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 8th, 1888.
PRINCETON, N. J.
C. S. ROBINSON & CO., UNIVERSITY PRINTERS. 1888.
Necrological Report
PRESE>'TED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Peiketon Tbeolocicjl Sehinjbi
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 8th, 1888.
By a Committee of the Association.
PRINCETON, N. J.
C. S. ROBINSON, A CO.. UNIVERSITY PRINTERS. 1888.
NOTICE.
The Committee appointed by the Alumni Association to prepare a Necrological Report for the Annual Meeting of next year, for the more perfect attainment of its object earnestly solicit the aid of all the alumni of the Seminary. When an alumnus dies, newspaper obituary notices, funeral or memorial sermons— and information in any shape — will be gratefully received. Let these be sent as soon as possible after tbe death of the person to whom they relate, to
CHARLES A. AIKEN, D.D.,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1888-9.
Rev. George Alex.\nder, D.D., President.
“ Theo. L. Cuti.er, D.D., Vice-President.
“ William E. Schenck, D.D., j
^ Secretaries.
“ Joseph H. Dulles, -•
“ W. Henry Green, D.D., LL. D., Treasurer.
“ S. M. Stcddiford, D.D., “ William B. Waller,
“ James A. Worden, D.D.,
Additional Members of the
Executive Committee.
COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.
Rev. Charles A. Aiken, D.D.
“ Henry C. Cameron, D.D.
“ William H. Roberts, D.D.
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CONSTITUTION
OF THE
ALUMNI SSSOCIITION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
I. The Name of this Association shall be The Alumni Association OF Princeton Seminary.
II. All who Lave been students in the Seminary shall be regarded, if they please, as members of this Association.
III. The object of the Association shall be the promotion of brotherly love among its members, and the advancement of the interests of the Seminary.
IV. The Professors, Directors and Trustees of the Seminary shall be regarded as ex-officio members of this Association.
V. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice-Presi- dent, a Secretary or Secretaries, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and continued in office until others are chosen to succeed them.
VI. The officers, with three other members, annually chosen, shall be an Executive Committee, with power to attend to the business of the As- sociation in the intervals of its meetings.
VII. The Stated Meetings of the Association shall be held annually, in Princeton, on the same day with the closing exercises of the Seminary at the close of the Seminary year, at such hour as may be appointed from year to year.
VIII. Special meetings of the Association shall be called by the Presi- dent, on the written request of live members, notice thereof, and the object thereof, being given in two religious papers at least two weeks pre- vious to its occurrence.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMXI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Princeton, N. J., Mat 8, 1888.
The Alumni Association met in the Seminary Chapel at 11 A. M., and in the unavoidable absence of the President, the Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., the chair was occupied by the Rev. George Alexander, D.D., of New Y"ork City, the Vice-President,
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and approved. The constitution was also read.
The following gentlemen, not alumni, who were pres- ent, were invited to sit as corresponding members, viz : Rev. Prof. Philip Schalf, D.D., LL.D,, of Union Theological Seminary, New ITork City; Rev. Alexander Alison, of Philadelphia; Rev. P. H. Mowry, D.D., of Chester, Pa.; Rev. Joseph Vance, D.D., of Chester, Pa.; Rev. Robert F. Sample, D.D., of New York City; Rev. John Hart, of Neshanic, N. J.; Rev. Eugene Hill, of Three Bridges, N. J.; Rev. VT. B. Voorhees, of Blawenburg, N. J.; the Rev. N. J. M. Bogert, of Clover Hill, N. J.; the Rev. J. C. Chapman, of Philadelphia; and the Rev. John H. Salisbury, of Tren- ton, N. J.
It was resolved to adjourn from the dinner table, without further motion.
The Executive Committee, by the Rev. Horace G. Hinsdale, reported the names of the following persons for
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oflficers during the ensuing year, and they were unanimously elected, viz :
President — Rev. George Alexander, D.D.
Vice-President — Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.
Secretaries — Rev. William E. Schenck, D.D.
Rev. Joseph H. Dulles.
Treasurer — Rev. Wm. Henry Green, D.D., LL.D.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev. S. M. Studdiford, D.D.; Rev. William B. Waller, and Rev. James A. Worden, D.D.
The Executive Committee also reported that hy agree- ment with the Committee of the Board of Directors having that matter in charge, and with the Faculty of the Semi- nary, arrangements had been made for the Association to attend the exercises connected with the inauguration of Prof B. B. Warfield, D.D.,in the first Presbyterian Church, at 11.30 A. M., instead of having the customary discussion on some selected topic. The Report was approved.
The Report of the Necrological Committee was pre- sented and an abstract of it read by the Rev. Charles A. Aiken, D.D., its chairman. It was accepted with the thanks of the Association, was approved, and ordered to be printed and distributed as usual.
The Committee on Necrology was re-appointed, and consists of. the Rev. Charles A. Aiken, D.D.; the Rev. Henry C. Cameron, D.D.,and the Rev. W. H. Roberts, D.D.
The Rev, W. H. Green, D.D,, LL.D., Treasurer of the Association, presented his report, which was referred, with accompanying accounts and vouchers, to the Rev, H. C. Cameron, D.D., and audited by him and reported to be correct, and the balance now in the Treasury to be $503.45.
The Treasurer’s Report was then approved, and the thanks of the Association voted to Dr. Green for his excellent performance of his duties as Treasurer.
The Rev. Alexander Proudfit, D.D., of Baltimore, offered the following, which was unanimously adopted, viz :
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Resolved, that the Alumni Association respectfully requests the Board of Directors to take into consideration the question of instruction in sacred music as a feature of the Seminary course.
The Association then proceeded to the First Presby- terian Church and attended the services connected with the inauguration of Prof. B. B. Warfield, D.D., as Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology.
On re-assem*bling at dinner in Stuart Hall, the Asso- ciation was addressed at the close of the meal by the Rev. F. L. Patton, D.D., LL.D.; the Rev. William C. Cattell, D.D., LL.D.; the Rev. S. C. Logan, D.D., of Scranton, Pa.; the Rev. Philip Schatf, D.D., LL.D., of Union Theological Seminary, in ]^ew York City; the Rev. George D. Baker, D.D., of Philadelphia; the Rev. Prof. George S. Burroughs, D.D., of Amherst College, Mass.; and the Rev. H. 1. Rubin- kam, of Jamestown, N. Y.
The Association then adjourned after singing the Hymn, “ Blest be the tie that binds,” and receiving the apostolic benediction from the Rev. W. H. Green, D.D., LL.D.
WILLIAM E. SCHENCK, JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Seci'etaries.
Necrological Report
PRESENTED TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON THEOLO- GICAL SEMINARY AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING,
MAY 8, 1888.
The Committee on Necrology report for the year ending March 31, 1888, the deaths of one lay member of the Board of Trustees, Robert L. Kennedy, Esq., and of thirty- three matriculated students of the Semi- nary.
They also report the deaths of two Alumni, which occun’ed within the preceding Seminary year, but had not come to our knowledge in time to be included in the last report.
Three of these Alumni were in their 89th year. The youngest was in his 28th year ; his brief pastorate was less than two months and a half.
The average age of the thirty-five reported is 67 years and 3 months.
The Committee earnestly invite the co-operation of the Alumni in their effort to prepare, and to keep in permanent form, the Necrological Record.
Charles A. Aiken,
Henrt C. Cameron, William H. Roberts.
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This Report contains the names of the following :
TRUSTEE.
R. L. Kennedy.
ALUMNI.
1820. C. C. Darling.
1825. M. N. McLaren, D.D.
1826. William Hague, D.D.
Samuel Montgomery.
Alden Scovel.
1827. S. J. Miller.
1829. Abraham De Witt.
1830. J. R. Agnew.
Benjamin Cory.
1833. H. C. Fries.
1834. S. B. Ayres.
1835. Duncan Kennedy, D.D. Alexander Gulick.
1838. H. S. Dickson, D.D.
W. A. Smith.
1840. S. N. Howell.
1841. Samuel Mahaffey.
1843. C. P. Taylor.
1844. T. W. Cattell, Ph.D.
1845. J. W. Pratt, D.D.
1846. J. B. Davis, D.D.
C. N. Waldron, D.D.
1849. A. C. Heaton, D.D.
M. L. Hofford, D.D.
L. W. Oakley, M. D.
1855. Augustus Brodhead, D.D.
1856. S. G. VisscHER.
1858. H. M. Corbett.
1859. C. W. Hassler.
C. M. Wines.
1862. H. P. Deckert.
1865. A. S. Hoyt.
1867. Leo Baier.
1877. D. C. Porter.
1884. E. W. Russell.
Note. — For alphabetical list see last page of the Report.
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TRUSTEE.
EGBERT LENOX KENNEDY.
Robert Lenox Kennedy, son of Daniel S. and Rachel (Lenox) Kennedy, was born Nov. 24, 1822, in New York City ; graduated from Columbia College in 1840 ; studied law, but never entered upon the practice of the legal profession. He engaged in the banking business with his father. In 1859 he was elected a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New York, and was for ten years its president. His uprightness of character and strong mental endowments led to his being called to positions of trust in connection with numerous business and charitable institutions. Banks, railroads, insurance companies, hospitals and church institu- tions were glad to enjoy the benefit of his counsel. His interest in the spread of the gospel was open-handed. The principle of stewardship controlled him in the use of the means which Provi- dence put in his hands. His gifts to the institutions of the church and to private charities were large and frequent. For many years he was a member of the Boards of Home and Foreign Missions, and it was largely through his influence and personal generosity that these Boards, with the Board of Church Erection, secured the property in which they now have their offices. He was a devoted friend of Princeton Seminary, and was for twenty-four years one of its trustees. He died Sept. 14, 1887, on the Steamship Trave, when returning from Europe. Mr. Kennedy was twice married : (1) to Miss Louisa Vanuxem, daughter of Charles S. and Mary (Vanuxem) Wurts, in Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 1852, who died, April 26, 1877 ; (2) to Miss Sophia Heatly, daughter of Joseph Heatly and Margaret (Welsh) Dulles, in Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 1879, who survives him.
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ALUMNI.
CHARLES CHAUNCEY DARLING,
Son of Samuel and Clarinda (Ely) Darling, was born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 27tli, 1799; was graduated at Yale College in 1820 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the full course; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick (with his classmate Albert Barnes), April 22, 1823 ; was ordained by the New York Presbytery, May 19, 1867 ; served for a time as an editor of the Spectator, at New Haven. Removing to New York, he devoted himself to local benevolent and Christian work ; he acted as an agent of the New York Sunday School Society, as one of the Secretaries of the “Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor,” and for thirty years as a missionary of the New York City Mission. He was for more than thirty-seven years, ending Jan. 1, 1874, Chaplain of the New York Magdalen Benevolent Society. As he was then near the end of his 75tli year he retii'ed from active work. From 1882 his home was with his only surviving son in Utica, N. Y., where he died somewhat suddenly, Sept. 15, 1887, in the 89th year of his age. His life had been devoted with the truest Christian sympathy, with a rare combination of dignity and gentleness, and great practical wisdom and efficiency, to the service of the poor and the outcast. He was married in Hartford, Conn., July 28, 1829, to Miss Adeline Eliza Dana, of Boston, who died Sept. 11, 1882. One of their two sons suiwives him.
MALCOLM NEILL McLAREN, D.D.,
Son of Finlay and IVlargaret (Camjjbell) McLaren, was born in Albany, N. Y., July 1, 1799; was graduated at Union College in 1824 ; after one year spent in the private study of theology entered Princeton Seminary, where he remained one year ; was licensed June 6, 1826, by the A. R. Presbytery of Washington ; was ordained by the A. R. Presbytery of Saratoga in Sept., 1827 ; was
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pastor of the A. E. Church at Broadalbiu, N. T., 1827-33; at Hamptonburg, N. Y., 1833^3 ; supplied the Presbyterian Church at Johnstown, N. Y., from Aug., 1843, to May, ’45 ; was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Kochester, N. Y., 1845-47 ; of the Central Church (K. D.) of Brooklyn, 1847-49 ; of the R. D. Chnrch of Newburgh, 1850-59, and of the First Presbyterian Church of Caledonia, N. Y., 1860-71. He afterward resided, with somewhat impaired health, at Auburn, N. Y., where he died, July 2, 1887, having just entered upon the 89th year of his age. He had received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton College in 1849. He was married in Auburn, N. Y., July 25, 1827, to Miss Susan Young Patty, who survives him, with one son and two daughters. Dr. McLaren was an eloquent preacher, and eminently steadfast and faithful in his long ministry.
WILLIAM HAGUE, D.D.,
Son of James and Ann (Bayly) Hague, was born at Pelham, West- chester Co., N. Y., Jan. 4, 1808 ; was graduated at Hamilton College in 1826; was matriculated in Feb., 1827, in the Princeton Seminary, where he spent his Junior year, completing his course in 1829 at the Newton Seminary ; was licensed to preach by the Oliver St. Baptist Church, in New York City; and ordained and installed in 1829 by a council called by the First Baptist Church in Utica, N. Y. His later pastorates were as follows : First Bap- tist Church, Boston, Mass., 1831-37 ; First Baptist Church, Provi- dence, R. I., 1837^0 ; Foui'th Baptist Church, Boston, 1840^8 ; Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1848-50 ; South Baptist Church, Newark, N. J., 1850-52 ; Peai-1 St. Baptist Church, Albany, N. Y., 1852-58 ; Madison Avenue Baptist Chui’ch, New York, 1861-63 ; Shawmut Avenue, Baptist Church, Boston, 1863-69 ; University Place Church, Chicago, 111., 1869-70; Orange, N. J., 1870-74; and at Wollaston Heights, Mass., from 1877 to the time of his death. While at Chicago he was Professor of Homiletics in the Baptist Theological Seminary ; and in 1847-50 was editor of the Watchman and Reflector, the leading religious j^aper of his denomination in New England. He was for many years i-ecognized as, in every way, one of the foremost men in the denomination to which he belonged ; a scholarly, eloquent and scriptural preacher, a wise pastor, a ready
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and polished writer, interested and effective in educational and philanthropic service. He was for fifty years a Trustee of Brown University, and a Trustee of Vassar from the beginning. He received the degree of D.D. from Brown, in 1840, and from Howard, in 1863. He was suddenly stricken with apoplexy about noon, Aug. 1, 1887, on Tremont Street in Boston, and died in a few moments, just within the doors of Tremont Temple, where he had often preached. He was in the 80th year of his age. He was married at Salem, Mass., in Oct. 1831, to Miss Mary B. Moriarty, who died in Jan., 1870, at Orange, N. J. Three sons and a daughter survive him.
SAMUEL MONTGOMERY,
Son of William and Jane (Hayes) Montgomery, was born in Dan- ville. Northumberland Co., Pa., April 15, 1804; was graduated at Dickinson College in 1824 ; after two years spent in the private study of theology, entered Princeton Seminary in 1826, and remained six months ; was licensed by the Presbyter/ of Northum- berland, Oct. 18, 1827, and ordained by the same Presbytery Oct. 21, 1830. After a term of home missionary service in central Pennsylvania, was installed in 1831 as pastor at Plumb Creek, Allegheny Co., where he spent three years ; was pastor at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., 1836-44. The next twenty years were spent in missionary service for various periods in Portage, Medina, Lorain, Seneca and Ashland counties, 0., in western Pennsyl- vania, and Michigan. From 1864 he resided at Oberlin, 0., where he died March 19, 1887, in the 83d year of his age. He was married at West Alexander, Pa., Aug. 30, 1832, to Miss Mary E. McKeehau, who still lives, with four of their six children.
ALDEN SCOVEL,
Son of Jonah and Sally ( ) Scovel, was born in Pera,
Mass., April 4, 1801 ; was graduated at Tale College in 1826 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the full course ; was licensed by the Albany Presbytery, April 22, 1829, and ordained as evangelist by the same body, Aug. 17, 1831. He was stated supply of the Second Church, Hudson, N. Y., (Stockport)
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1831-46, and of the Presbyterian Church at Bordentown, N. J., 1846-60. He subsequently removed to Illinois, where he resided until 1873, in Bloomington, and later in Chicago, where he died, July 16, 1887, in the 87th year of his age. While at Bloomington he was engaged for a time in teaching, as he had been previously while pastor at Stockport and Bordentown. He was married at Princeton, N. J., (while yet a student in the Seminary), Sept. 27, 1827, to Miss E. B. Hutchinson, who survives him, with five sons and three daughters.
SAMUEL JAMES MILLER,
Son of John and Jane (Watson) Miller, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., June 11, 1802; before entering Princeton Seminary had attended West Nottingham Academy, and had also pursued for a time privately the study of theology there and at Lancaster, Pa.; was connected with the Seminary from June, 1827, to March, ’28 ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle, April 2, 1828 ; was ordained by the Miami Presbytery, Oct. 7, 1829, and installed pastor at New Lexington, O., where he remained 1829-36 ; was pastor at Pleasant Ridge, O., ’36-43; was stated supply at Bethel and Pisgah, 0., for two years, and subsequently at Wilmington, O., until ’51 ; was pastor at Washington C. H., O., 1851-66, and afterward stated supply at New Holland and Wilmington, and later at Washington C. H., where he spent the closing years of his fife. He died there Sept. 24, 1887, in the 86th year of his age. The last three years of his life he had suffered from total blindness. He was married April 23, 1829, to Miss E valine Fergus, of West Charleston, 0. Their golden wedding was pleasantly commemo- rated in 1879. She survives, with three of their nine children.
ABRAHAM BE WITT,
Son of Abraham and Catharine (Shipman) De Witt, was born in Greenwich, N. J., Dec. 2, 1798 ; studied at Easton, Pa., and Bloom- field, N. J., and taught for a time ; entered Princeton Seminary in 1829, and took the full course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Newark, Oct. 6, 1831, and ordained by the same Presbytery as an Evangehst, Oct. 3, 1832 ; was stated supply of the churches in Great
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Bend, Pa., and Conklin, X. T., 1832-3 ; was pastor at Lewes, Cool Spring and Indian River, Del., 183-1^8 ; taught in Princeton, X. J., 1839-40 ; was pastor of the Rock Church, Cecil Co., Md., 1841-55 ; continued to reside at Fair Hill, preaching for many rears in the vicinity, as there was need or opportunity. He died at Fair Hill at the home of his sou, Oct. 23, 1887, in the 89th year of his age. His ministry was crowned by very considemble accessions to the churches to which he ministered. He was married at Princeton, X. J., Sept. 27, 1832, to Miss Anna Terhuue, who died July 10, 1880. Two children, a son and a daughter, survive.
JOHN ROBINSON AGNEW,
Son of James and Elizabeth (Fiudley) Agnew, was born in Mc- Connellsburg, Pa., June 8, 1810; was graduated at Dickinson Col- lege in 1829 ; after a year and a half spent in Union Seminary, Ta., entered Princeton Seminary in the sj^riug of 1831. and remained a year and a half ; was licensed by East Hanover Presbytery, April 24, 1834; was missionary among the Choctaws on Red River. 1834- 36 ; after preaching for a time as a supjily was ordained by the Presbytery of Allegheny, April 3, 1838, and installed pastor of the Scrubgrass Church, Venango Co., Pa., where he remained until the autumn of 1845 ; supjdied meanwhile other churches also, and was from Oct. 1, 1839, pastor at Harrisville. A disease of the throat prevented his holding again the pastoral office. He occupied, however, numerous temporary j'Ositions as stated supply, domestic missionary, agent, superintendent, chaplain, etc., in Pennsylvania, Maryland. Ohio, Tennessee and Missouri, in which he performed a large amount of clerical and other service. The last years of his life were sjrient at Greencastle, Pa., where he died, Feb. 3. 1888, in the 78th year of his age. He was married in Philadelphia, June 4, 1839, to Miss Harriet J. Agnew, who survives him, with one child.
BENJAMIN CORY,
Sou of Mulford and Maria (Conklin) Cory, was born near West- field, X. J., Feb. 24, 1807 ; was graduated at the College of Xew Jersey in 1831 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and
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took the reJ^ular course ; was liceused bv the Presbvtery of Eliza- bethtown, April 17, 1834; was ordained by the same Presbytery, May 6, 1835, and installed as pastor at Perth Amboy, where lie had been preaching; for six months ; was dismissed Oct. 3, 1860, to to Ohio, but by a series of liereavemeuts was detained at the East and S2)eut three years at his old home in Elizabeth ; in May, 1863, became stated supply of the First Church in Plainfield, N. j., over which he was installed as pastor Jan. 21, 1864, and held the office until July 6, 1868; remained a few years in Plainfield, and after this resided in Elizabeth until his cleath, of heart failure, March 18,- 1888, in the 82d year of his age. During these last years he preached occasionally, and very acceidably, as he had opportunity. He was married at Elizabeth, Nov. 18, 1835, to Miss Mary Mitchel Crane, who survives him, with two daughters.
HENRY CONRAD FRIES,
Son of Conrad and Maria ( ) Fries, was born at Frankford,
Pa., Sept. 29, 1813 ; took a partial course at Lafavette College ; entered Princeton Seminary in 1833, and remained nearly three years; was licensed by the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, A]jril 13, 1836; was ordained by the Presbytery of Lewes, April 13, 1837 ; was stated sujijily at Greensborough and Mispilliou, Del., and Denton, Md., 18.3/'— 40; and at Laurel, Indian River and Black- water, Del., for an equal period, and later at Millville, N. J., and Banca Creek Springs, Md. He also taught at Middletown, Del., nearly three years. His later residence was Laurel, Del., where he died, July 14, 1887, in the 74th year of his age. The feeble health which had interrujjted his college course appears to have greatly limited his life’s work. He was married at Laurel, Sept. 16, 1841, to Miss Matilda J. Green, who died some years before him ; one daughter survives.
SAMUEL BRITTAIN AYERS,
Son of Moses and Mary (Brittainj Ayers, was born at Lower Mount Bethel, Pa., Aug. 13, 1811 ; was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1834; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the full regular course ; was licensed by the Pres- bytery of Newton, Oct. 4, 1837 ; was ordained by the Classis of
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Orange (R. D. Chiireb), June 28, 1838, and installed pastor of the church at Minisiuk, Orange Co., N. Y., where he remained three years; was pastor of the R. D. Church at Ellenville, 1841—54; was pastor and missionary at Yanderveer, 111., 1854-67 ; was missionary and Bible agent in Menard Co.. 111., 1867-69 ; entering the Pres- byterian Church in 1869, engaged in missionary labor in Sangamon Co., 111., supplying the church at Pleasant Plains and later that at lYilliamsville. The last years of his life he resided at Tallula, 111., where he died, Dec. 15, 1887, in the 77th year of his age. He was married at Lawreuceville, N. J., Sept. 13, 1838, to Miss Sarah H. Roy.
LUNCAN KENNEDY, D.D.,
Son of Robert and Annie Kennedy, was born in Amsterdam, N. Y., May 16, 1809; was graduated at Union College in 1835; the same year entered Princeton Seminary, where he comjilcted the regular course; Avas licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, April 24, 1838; Avas ordained by the same Presbytery, Oct. 17, 1839, and installed as pastor of the church at GalAvay, N. Y., Avhere he remained about two years ; was pastor of the North Dutch Church, of Albany, N. Y., 1841-55 ; was pastor of the Second Street Church, Troy, N. Y., 1855-67 ; in 1868-69 supjilied for a time the Second Presby- terian Church, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; was pastor of the Westminster Church, of Bloomfield, N. J., 1870-81 ; he died in Bloomfield of heart failure, Dec. 30, 1887, in the 79th year of his age. Tlie important pastorates that he filled for forty years are proof of his poAver and acceptablcness as a minister of the Gospel. Hamilton College conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D., in 1845. He was married at Utica, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1841, to Miss Clarissa Spencer, daughter of Hon. Joshua A. Sjjencer, who surA’iA'es him, with three sons and one daughter.
ALEXANDER GULICK,
Son of David and Catharine (Tenbrook) Gulick, was born in NeAv York City, April 9, 1814 ; Avas graduated at Rutgers College in 1835 ; entered Princeton Seminary in Sept., 1836, and remained two years, conn)leting his course the next year at Union Seminary, New York ; was licensed by the First Presbytery of New York, in
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April, 1840 ■, was ordaiued Dec. 9, 1841, by the Presbytery of Miami, aud installed pastor of the churches of Mt. Pleasant, Granville aud Union, O., where he remained until April, 1843 ; was pastor of the R. D. Church of Woodstock, N. Y., 1845-54, and of the R, D. Church of West Harley, 1854-64; pastor of the Presby- terian Church, Bridf^eville, Del., 1866—67 ; stated supply of the Presbyterian Church, Jasper, N. Y., 1868-73, after which time (with the exception of a service of a few months at Kingwood, W. Va.), he resided without charge at Woodstock, N. Y., until his decease, April 1, 1887, in the 73d year of his age, as the result of a softening of the brain. He was married at Kingston, N. Y., May 21, 1862, to Miss Maria Louisa Coons, who survives him, with two children.
HUGH SHEHIDAN DICKSON, D.D.,
Son of Alexander and Sai’ah (McKee) Dickson, was born at Rath- friland. County Down, Ireland, Nov. 13, 1812 ; was graduated at Union College in 1839 ; he had entered Princeton Seminarv the year before (1838;, where he completed the regular course in 1841 ; was licensed by the Second Presbytery of New York, April 15,. 1840 ; was ordained by the Presbytery of Louisville, May 5, 1843 ; was stated suiiply for the First Presbyterian Church, Natchez, Miss., 1841^2 ; being unable to endure the climate, he accepted a call to Bardstown, Ky.. where he was installed (1842-44); was pastor at Fort Wayne, Ind., 1844 47 ; being again obliged by the climate to change his residence, preached for the Broadway Church, Baltimore,. Md., during the winter of 1847-48 ; was pastor of the Westminster Church, Utica, N. Y., 1848-58 ; su])plied the church at Washington Heights, New York, 1858-59; was pastor at Lewisburg, Pa., 1860- 66. In consequence of severe injuries in a railroad accident he withdrew from pastoral work, and from this time onward resided in Westchester, Pa., 1866-73 ; and in Philadelphia, from 1873 to the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 17, 1887, in tlie 75th year of his age. His wise counsel and efficient help were given in many ways to all good causes during these latter years, and the multiplied testimonies of his brethren gave emphatic proof of their high appreciation of his character and work. He was married in Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1855, to Miss Sarah M. Stoever, who survived him, with their four children.
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WILLIAM ALLISON SMITH,
Sou of David aud Sarah Jaue ( ) Sinith, was born at
Bowliug Green, Ky., June 9, 1808 ; was graduated at Jackson Col- lege, Teun., in 1836 ; after two years spent in teaching entered Princeton Seminary aud took the full course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 11, 1841, aud ordained by the Presbytery of Mrdileuberg, Sept. 16, 1843 ; was never installed, but preached aud taught, first in Kentucky, at Franklin, Scottsville aud Morgaufield ; later at Shawueetown, 111. ; then at Oakland College, Miss., and subsequently in Texas, at Austin, Lockhart, Bastrop (where he remained seventeen years). Unity aud Comanche. In the spring of 1881 he removed to Des Peres, Mo., to the home of a son there settled in the ministry, aud preached occasionally until near his death, which occurred (as the result of disease of the bladder and kidneys), at Des Peres, Aug. 4, 1887, in the 80th year of his age. He was manled at Bowling Green, Ky., June 27, 18S6, to Miss Amelia Holmes Lewis, who survives him, with two sous.
SAMUEL NEWELL HOWELL,
Son of Samuel aud Mary (Merrett) Howell, was born in New York City, Oct. 28, 1817 ; was graduated from the College of New Jer- sey in 1840 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year aud re- mained four years ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April 19, 1843 ; was ordained by the Pi'esbyterv of Huntingdon, June 24, 1845, and installed soon after as pastor of the churches of Clearfield and Cauwinsville, where he remained about two 3'ears ; in 1847-51 was an agent of the Pennsylvania Bible Society ; in 1853 was pastor at Litchfield, N. H. ; in 1854 principal of an academy at Amsterdam, N. Y. ; in 1855-57 at Mystic, Conn.; in 1858-64 at Sing Sing, N. Y. ; in 1865-72 at Reed’s Ferry, N. H. ; in 1874—80 at Morristown, N. J. ; in 1881 at Watertown, Mass., where he resided, performing occasional ministerial duties, until his death (after a long illness), Feb. 24, 1888, in the 71st year of his age. He was married at Litchfield, N. H., June 13, 1853, to Miss Harriet D. Chase, who survives him.
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SAMUEL MAHAFFEY,
Son of John and Agnes (Jordan) Mahaft’ev, was born in Washing- ton Co., Pa., March 25, 1816; was graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1840 ; after a year spent in teaching entered Princeton Seminary in 1841, where he remained nearly three years ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 6, 1843 ; was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of St. Clairsville, Sept. 11, 1846; was Professor in Delaware College, 1843; stated supply in Nottingham, 0., 1844, and pastor-elect in ’45 ; stated supply at Antrim, ’46; President of Madison College, O., ’46-48; Principal of Miller Academy, ’48-50 ; stated supply at Antrim and Preejiort, ’46-52 ; stated supjtly at Birmingham, ’52-57 ; stated supply of Concord Church in ’57, and pastor, ’57-61 ; stated suj)ply again at Freeport, ’62-70, and at Olive, ’62-65; pastor-elect at West Car- lisle and Jefferson, ’74-75, and at Mt. Zion and High Hill, ’76. His later residence was at Washington, O., where he died, Nov. 17, 1887, in the 72d year of his age, prostrated by complicated disease. His work, although done in quiet and humble spheres, was very useful. He was married April 11, 1848, to Miss Mary Jane Law- rence of Washington, O., who survives him, with one daughter, four children having gone before.
CHAUNCEY PERKINS TAYLOR,
Son of Isaac and Lydia (Perkins) Taylor, was born in Athens, O., Dec. 2, 1818 ; was graduated at Ohio University in 1836 ; after two years spent in teaching and travelling entered Lane Seminary, where he remained two years ; devoted the next three years to teach- ing, and in 1843 entered Princeton Seminary, where he took his Senior year ; was licensed by the Presbyteiw of New Brunswick, April 24, 1844; was ordained by Columbus Presbytery, Jan. 22, 1846, and served four years (1845-49), as stated supply of the churches of Mount Sterling, Midway and Scioto, O. ; was pastor of McArthur, 0., 1850-56, and at Fort Madison, Iowa, 1856-63 ; was two years chaplain at Memphis, 1864-66 ; devoted the next ten years to teaching at Jackson and Perrysbm’g, O., to 1877 ; was installed pastor at Morrow, 0., in Sept., 1877, where he remained two years; was pastor of Augusta, N. Y., 1879-82; stated supply
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at Eureka, Kan., 1882-84, and jjastor at Conway Springs, Kansas, from 1884 until bis death, from pneumonia, March 6, 1888, in the 70th year of his age. He was married: (1) to Miss Emily D. Rogers, of Cincinnati, O., June 26. 1849, who died, ;
(2) to Miss Mary A. Eanaels, of McArthur, 0., April 3, 1853, Avho survives him, with three children,
THOMAS WARE CATTELL, PH.I).,
Sou of Thomas Ware and Keziah (Gilmore) Cattell, was born at Salem, N. J., July 10, 1823; was gi'aduated from the College of New Jersey in 1842 ; after two years entered Princeton Seminary, where he spent three years and a half, serving meanwhile for one year as tutor in the college ; was licensed by the Presbytery of West Jersey, Oct. 6, 1847 ; was ordained by the same body. May 23, 1 848, and installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cedarville, N. J. He was released from this charge Sept. 2, 1851, when he became joint principal of the Edgehill Grammar School at Princeton, N. J., which was then under the care of the college. Here he remained until 1855, becoming pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Deerfield, "N. J., Oct. 9, 1855, and continuing there until Feb. 9, 1860, when he returned to the charge of the Edgehill school. In 1869 he transferred the school to Merchantville, N. J. In 1873 he was elected Professor of Mathematics in Lincoln Uni- versity, and in 1874 was also elected to the Chair of Sacred Geog- raphy and Biblical Antiquities in the Theological De])artment of the same institution. Here he remained until his death, June 29th, 1887. He was a pastor for eight years, principal of an academy for seventeen years, and professor for fourteen years. He received the degree of Ph.D. from his Alma Mater in 1867. He was married in Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1847, to Miss Anna C. Ashburner, who survives him, with a sou and five daughters.
JOHN WOOD PRATT, D.D.,
tSou of Rev. Horace S. and Jane Earley (Wood ) Pratt, was born at St. Mary’s Ga., May 12, 1827 ; was graduated at the University of Ala. in 1844; entered Princeton Seminary the next year, and
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remained nearlv three years ; was licensed by the Tuskaloosa Presbytery, May 6, 1848; was ordained by the South Alabama Presbytery, Oct. 21, 1849 ; supplied the Marion Church, Perry Co., Ala,, as pastor-elect, for several mouths in 1849-50, but was not installed ; w'as Professor of Logic, Rhetoric and Oratory in the University of Ala., 1850-65 ; resided at Piermout, N. T., 1866-67 ; was Principal of the High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1867-68; was pastor in Lexington, Va., 1868-74, and at Richmond, Ky., 1874-77 ; was President of the Literary Department of Central University in the same place, 1874-79 ; resided in Cincinnati, O., 1880-81, and in Louisville, Ky., from 1881 until his death, of paralysis, March 24, 1888, in the 61st year of his age. He was, in 1881-83, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church there, but resigned on account of impaired health. He received the degree of D.D. from Washing- ton and Lee University, in 1873. He was married: (1) in Tuska- loosa, Ala., Dec. 25, 1848, to Miss Mary Grace Crabb, who died in Lexington, Ya., Aug. 31, 1869; (2; in Lexington, Va., Aug. 23, 1871, to Miss Maria L. Waddell, who survives him, as do also two children of each marriage.
JESSE BROOKS DAVIS, D.D.,
Sou of Ezra and Mary ( ) Davis, was born in Hamp-
stead, N. H., Dec. 13, 1818; was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1846 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the regular course; was licensed by the Piesbytery of New York. April 18, 1849; was ordained by the Presbytery of Burlington, March 19, 1850 ; was installed the same day as pastor of the Plattsburg and Plumstead Churches in New Jersey ; this pastoral relation was dissolved May 10, 1852. He was installed at Titusville, N. J., Sept. 14, 1852, where he remained until Dec. 24, 1861 ; was installed at Bridesburg, Pa., March 17, 1862, whei’e he remained until Aug. 31, 1869; Nov. 10, 1869, was installed at Hightstowu, N. J., where he spent the I'emaiuder of his life. His pastoral relation was dissolved Oct, 4, 1887, although he retained the title of pastor emeritus. He died Feb. 7, 1888, in the 70th year of his age, of pneumonia, which came upon him wdieu already greatly enfeebled by chronic disease. He succeeded Rev. Dr. R. K. Rodgers as Stated Clerk of the Synod of New Jersey in 1879.
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He received the decree of D.D. from the Uiiiv. of Western Penn- sylvania in 1884. He was married (1) at Blawenbnrg, N. J., to Miss Jane P. Voorhees ; (2) at Lawrenceville, N. J., to Miss C. M. Hendrickson, who survives him, with four children born of the first marriage.
CHAELES NEWMAN WALDEON, E.D.,
Son of Henry and Julia Ann (Newman) Waldron, was born at Albany, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1821 (?); was graduated at TJuiou College in 1846 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the regular course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Feb. 7, 1849; was ordained by the Classis of Watervliet, Oct. 3, 1849, and installed pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Cohoes, N. Y. ; his pastoral relation was dissolved March 17, 1879, after which he resided for three years at Hillsdale, Mich., and sub- sequently at Detroit, Mich., where he died suddenly on March 2, 1888, of heart disease, in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church, to which he had gone to conduct the weekly prayer meet- ing. His entire ministerial work was of a high order, and during his last years he was almost constantly engaged in rendering occa- sional service. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Union College in 1871. He was married: (1) at Cohoes, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1852, to Miss Eveline Adams, who died Dec. 21, 18-53 ; (2) at Waterford, N. 1^., July 1, 1857, to Miss Georgie Waldron, who survives him, with three sous and two daughters.
AUSTIN CAEPENTEE HEATON, D.D.,
Sou of William and Martha (Childs) Heaton, was born at Thet- ford, Vt., May 28, 1815 ; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1840 ; taught a classical school at Alexandria, Va., for eight years, during six of which he was studying theology with Rev. Elias Harrison, D. D. ; entered Princeton Seminary in 1849 and remained one year; was licensed by tlie Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 24, 1850 ; was ordained by the Presbytery of Winchester, June 21, 1851, and installed pastor at Harper’s JYrry, Va., where he remained three or four years ; after a short term of service as stated supply of the Third Church of Baltimore, was installed.
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Nov. 30, 1855, as pastoral Manokin, Md., where he remained until June, 1880 ; removed to Lewes, Del., where he was installed in 1882, continuing in this pastorate until Oct., 1887, when failing health obliged him to seek release. He died at Middletown, Del., Dec. 14, 1887, in the 73d year of his age. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Delaware College in 1877. He was married : (1) Oct. 2, 1861, at Princess Anne, Md., to Miss Ariana F. Jones, who died Jan. 1, 1878 ; four of their six children survive ; (2) Feb. 12, 1885, at Middletown, Del., to Miss Anna M. Roberts, who sur- vives him.
MARTIN LOWRIE HOFFORD, D.D.,
Sou of John and Hannah (Wilson) Hotford, was born near Doyles- town. Pa., Jan. 27, 1825; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1849 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and remained two years ; was licensed by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, July 14th, 1851 ; was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Burlington, April 22, 1862 ; was stated supjdy at Tamaqua, Pa., 1851-52 ; at Beverly, N. J., 1852-62, being also Principal of the Beverly Institute dui’ing the same period ; was Principal of the Collegiate Institute at Allentown, Pa., 1862-67 ; was stated sup])ly and afterward pastor at Fairview, N. J., 1867-76; during part of this time, 1868-73, was principal of a school at Camden, N. J., and in 1873-76, of the High School at Beverly, N. J.; was stated supply at Morrisville, Pa., 1877, and pastor 1878-86 ; resided afterward without charge at Beverly, N. J., where he died Jan. 9, 1888, of disease of the brain. He married; (Ij April 8, 1851, Miss Mary Gr. Hinkle, who died Nov. 11, 1853, leaving one son; (2) March 27, 1856, Miss Carrie J. Jones, of Beverly, N. J., who survives him. He received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1884 from Highland University.
LEWIS WILLIAMS OAKLEY, M.D.,
Son of Samuel and Abigail (Williams) Oakley, was born in New York City, Nov. 22, 1828; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1849; was matriculated in Princeton Seminary the same year, but, changing his plans during the ensuing vacation, never
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took his place as a student of theology ; adopting the medical pro- fession took his medical degree in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in 1852 ; after a considerable time spent in European travel, entered upon the practice of his jirofession in Elizabeth, N. J., which was his home for the remaiuder of his life. In 1861-64 lie was connected with the army ; first, as Assistant Surgeon, and later as Brigade Surgeon, and rendered valuable ser- vice in the field and in imiiortant hospitals. He died March 3, 1888. in the 60th year of his age. He married : (1) Sejit. 14, 1853, Miss Henrietta Baldwin, of Elizabeth, who died August 9, 1860; (2) Miss Anna Magie, of Elizabeth, N. J., daughter of Eev. Dr. David Magie, who survives him, with three daughters.
AUGUSTUS BRODHEAD, B.D.,
Son of John H. and Louisa (Ross) Brodhead, was born at Milford, Pa., May 13, 1831 ; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1855; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and completed the regular course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Hudson, and ordained an evangelist l>y the same Presbytery, June 4, 1858, being under commission tif the Pi'esbyterian Board of Foreign Missions as a missionary to India; sailed from Boston, Sept. 17, 1858, and reached Calcutta in April, 1859 ; was stationed at Mainpuri, 1860- 62 ; at Ferrukhabad, 1863-67, and later at Allahabad, where he was Professor of Church History iu the Seminary, and editor of the Christian Treasnry. He was the author of uumei’ous tracts and translations in Hindi and Urdu. Impaired health obliged him to leave the mission finally, iu 1876. He was jiastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Bridgeton, N. J.. from 1881 until his deejily lamented death, from enlargement of the heart, at Toronto, Can., Aug. 29, 1887. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Western Pennsylvania iu 1870. In IMay, 1887, he was elected a member of. the Board of Trustees of Princeton Semi- nary, but had ueveracted with them. He was married at Princeton, N. J., July 15. 1858. to Miss Emily Cummings, who suiwives him, with two sous.
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SIMON GREENLEAF VISSCHER,
Sou of Jesse and Anna (De Graff) Yisscher, was born at Tribes Hill, Moutgoiiierv Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1828 ; was graduated at Union College in 1855 ; after a year spent in teaching at Bergen Point, N. J., entered Princeton Seminary in 1856, where he spent three years, taking, however, in consequence of impaired health, only a partial course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, May 5, 1858 ; was never ordained as minister ; preached as stated sujjply at Cliurchville, Harfoi'd Co., Md., 1860-61 ; and at Taberg, N. y., 1861-62 ; subsequently resided at Rome, N. Y., where he was engaged mainly in mercantile pursuits, although the Presby- tery of Utica continued his license and he ])reached occasionally. He was, for the last fifteen vears, an efficient and useful elder in the church at Rome, where he died Dec. 24, 1887, in the 60th year of his age, of pleurisy. He was married: (1) at South Bend, Ind., May 20, 1863, to Miss Adelaide Green; (2) at Rome, N. Y., June 14, 1865, to Miss Isabella E. Denio, who died in 1884. Three children survive him.
HENRY MARTYN CORBETT,
Son of Penuel and Mary Ann (Bourne) Corbett, was born in Bris- tol, R. I., Dec. 14, 1832 ; was graduated at Westminster College, Mo., in 1858 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and remained two years ; was licensed April 7, 1860, lyv Hillsboro Presbytery ; was ordained by the same body, April 15, 1861 ; was in charge of the Sugar Creek and Trenton Cliiu’ches in Illinois as stated supply two years, from Sept. 1, 1860, and of the Trenton Church the next three years ; spent paid of the years 1865-6 in mission work in East St. Louis, Mo.; was acting pastor of the Winfield Church, Iowa, 1866-70 ; of the Presbyterian Chiu'ch in Munson, 111., 1870-75, and of the Church in Sharon, 111., 1875-77, after which he withdrew from the active work of the ministry, and resided the last eight or nine years of his life at Nelson, Neb., where he died July 6, 1886, in the 54th year of his age, of cerebro- spinal sclerosis. He was married at Rochester, Yt., March 7, 1861, to Miss Melinda E. Richmond, who survived him with five children. His ministry had been very useful and productive, and
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the ei^ht years of disability that were ap2^ointed him before the end came illustrated remarkably the power and jireciousness of the grace of God.
CHARLES WILLIAM HASSLER,
Sou of Charles A. and Anna J. (Nourse) Hassler, was born in Washington, D. C., July 16, 1838 ; was gi’aduated at Columbia Col- lege, D. C.,iu 1859 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year; after about two mouths Avas forced to leave by an accident that disabled him for two years ; on the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861 he entered the navy as jjay'waster. and continued in that service until 1870 ; studied law at the Columbia Law School, and after graduation in 1876 entered ujAon the practice of law in New York City, in which j)rofession he spent the remainder of his life, devot- ing himself mainly to railroad cases. His last sickness came upon him at Wiusted, Conn., where he had gone to argue a case, and where he died, Feb. 19, 1888, in the 50th year of his age. His home was at Englewood, N. J. He was married, May 17, 1866, at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Miss Clara B. Smith, who survives him, with three daughters.
CASPAR MAURICE WINES,
Sou of Rev. Dr. Enoch C. and Emma (Stansbury) Wines, was born in Philadelphia, May 13, 1841; was graduated at Washington College, Pa., in 1859 ; entered Pi'iuceton Seminary the same year, but remained only a few months ; spent about one year in teaching in St. Louis, I860 61 ; entered the Seminary again in the fall of 1861, and completed the regular course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 22, 1863 ; sui>2>lied the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jersey City in 1864; in ’65 was called to the pastorate of Calvary Presbyterian Church, NeAvburg, N. Y'., and the same year to the First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, N. Y., where he was ordained and installed, March 16, 1866; in July, 1868, resigned, and became 2Aastor of the Harvard Congrega- tional Church, in Brighton, Mass., where he remained two years ; was pastor of the Fourth Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn., 1870-74; entered the E2>isco2>al Church, and was ordained deacon
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in January, and priest in May, 1875 ; was rector of St. Paul’s Church, Cleveland, O., 1875-76 ; aiul in Yonkers, N. Y., 1876-79. He was subsequently an assistant to the rector of Calvary Church, New York ; stated supply at St. Stephen’s Church, Philadelphia, and afterward at Abingdon, Pa. ; rector at Cooperstown, N. Y., 1883-84, and an assistant in 1885-86, in Trinity Church, Newark, N. J. He died in Chicago, 111., Jan. 12, 1888, in the 47th year of his age. He was married June 7, 1866, at Jersey City, to Miss Kachel M. Imbrie, who survives him, with one child.
HOWARD PORTER DECHERT,
Son of Elijah and Mary W. Dechert, was born in Reading, Pa., July 25, 1836 ; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1862 ; entered Princeton Seminary the same year and took the regular course ; was licensed by the First Presbytery of New York, April 20, 1865, and ordained as an evangelist by the same Presbytery, April 19, 1866; wasengagedinevangelisticworkinSouth Carolinain 1865 ; was an army missionary for several months in 1865-66 ; was stated supply at Falls Church, Va., 1866-69, and domestic missionary of the Potomac Presbytery ; impaired health then compelled him to give up regular ministerial work. For a time he was engaged in teaching in Minnesota. The climate still proving unfavorable he purchased a farm at Lincoln, Wis., where he was jsreparing a home for his family, when he was attacked by congestive chills after ex- posure in a storm, and died June 2, 1887, in the 51st year of his age. He was married in New York City in 1869 to Miss Caroline C. Sandford, who sui'vives him, with one daughter.
ALEXANDER STEVENSON HOYT,
Son of Daniel J. and Rachel T. (Alexander) Hoyt, was born in West Milton, N. Y., July 24, 1839; was graduated at Union Col- lege in 1864 ; entered Princeton Seminary in 1865, and took the regular course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, June 12, 1867; was ordained by the Classis of Saratoga, October 20, 1868, and installed pastor of the Refonned Church at Oreenwich, Wash- ington Co., N. Y., where he remained until Aug. 31, 1871 ;
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entered upon his work as pastor-elect at Ballstoii Centre, N. Y., in Oct., 1871, and was installed Feb. 21, 1872 ; in March, 1883, was installed pastor of the Ogden Centre Church, Spencerport, N. Y., where he remained until his death, of apoplexy, March 25, 1888, in the 49th vear of his age. He was married at Johnstown, H. Y., Oct. 27, 1868, to Miss Ellen E. Foote, who survives him.
LEO BAIER,
Sou of Catholic parents, Andreas and Magdalene ( ) Baier,
was born at Diirrheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, April 11, 1845; was graduated at Westminster College, Mo., in 1866; after teaching one year in Lindenwood Female College, St. Charles, Mo., entered Princeton Seminary and I’emaiued one year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Missouri, Sept. 19, 1868, and ordained by the same body. Sept. 24, 1869 ; was stated sujiply in 1868-69 at Glasgow; in 1869-71, at Hannibal; in 1871-3, at Shelbiua and Shelby ville ; at Hannibal again in 1873-4, and at Shelbiua in 1874- 78, (all in Missouri). Before he entered college, while a college student, and during these years of his ministry, he was often en- gaged in teaching. In 1871-7 he was President of Hannibal Col- lege, Mo., and in 1878-81, President of St. John’s College, Little Rock, Ark., jireachiug also at Searcy Springs. He removed with impaired health in 1881 to Minneapolis, Minn., where he engaged as he was able in literary work. After intense suffering from a spinal disease he died at Minneapolis, July 8, 1887, in the 43d year of his age. He was married: (1) at Brunswick, Mo., June 15, 1869. to Miss Mary A. Smith, who died April 18, 1883. Three of their five children survive. He was married : (2) iu Nov., 1884, to Miss Florence C. Nichols, of Oberliu, O.. who survives him, with one child.
DANIEL CLARK PORTER,
Sou of Jose2>h Clark and Margaret Porter, was born at Leouards- burg, Ohio, Se])t, 9, 1849 ; was graduated in 1876 at the University of Wooster; after a year sjient iu teaching entered Princeton Seminary, where he completed the course iu 1881, having spent the year 1879-80 in Edinburgh ; was licensed by the Presbytery of
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Mariou, Mav 6, 1879 ; was ordained by the Presbytery of Mon- mouth, July 13, 1881, and installed as pastor of the church at Mount Holly, N. J., where he labored usefully and acceptably until his death, of typhoid fever, August 11, 1887, in the 38th year of his age. He was married May 6, 1886, to Miss .Jennie H. Reeves, of Bridgeton, N. J., who survives him.
BD&AR WEBSTER RUSSELL,
Sou of Edward W. and Maria (Marshaui) Russell, was born in Loudon, England, April 16, 1 860 ; his early studies, after his parents’ removal to Hew York, were interrupted by poor health, and he learned the printers’ trade, which he followed both before and after a second residence in Loudon (1875-81), while pursuing private studies, and engaging vigorously and very usefully in mis- sionaiw ivork, first in connection with Marlborough Chapel, Lon- don, and later in the Wooster Street Mission, New York : entered Princeton in 1884 and took the regular course ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 27, 1887, and ordained by the Presbytery of Chester, May 19, 1887, at which time he was in- stalled pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Nottingham, Pa. He died of bilious fever, resulting from overwork, Aug. 2, 1887, in the eleventh week of his pastorate and the 28th year of his age. He was buried from the Church of the Strangers, in New York City, with whose church work he had been very closely and efficiently con- nected.
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INDEX.
Page.
Agxew, J. R 14
Ayres, S. B 15
Baier, L 27
Brodhead, a 24
Cattell, T. W 20
Corbett. H. M 25
Cory, B 14
Darlixg, C. C 10
D.avis. J. B 21
Dechert, H. P 26
De Witt, A 13
Dickson, H. S 17
Fries, H. C 15
Gulick, a 16
Hague, W 11
Hassler, C. W 25
Heaton, A. C 22
Hofford, M. L 23
Howell, S. N 18
Hoyt, A. S 27
Kennedy, D 16
Kennedy, R. L 9
McLaren, M. N 10
^Iahaffey, S 18
Miller, S. J 13
Montgomery, S 12
Oakley, L. 'W 23
Porter, D. C 28
Pr.att, j. W 20
Russell, E. W. 28
Scovel, a. ... 12
Smith. W. A 18
Taylor, C. P 19
VissciiER, S. G 24
W'^ALDRON, C. N 22
Wines, C. M 26
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