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The  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  Bulletin 

VOLUME  XXII  AUGUST,  1928  NUMBER  2 


Necrological  Report 


Published  by 

The  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 


THE  ALUMNI  ALCOVE 

The  attention  of  the  Alumni  is  called  to  the  Alumni  Alcove  in 
the  Seminary  Library.  This  Alcove  was  established  some  years 
ago  and  is  intended  to  contain  the  publications  of  all  those  who 
have  been  students  in  Princeton  Seminary,  and  thus  be  a visible 
and  enduring  monument  of  the  large  literary  activity  and  influ- 
ence of  the  sons  of  Princeton,  who  have  done  so  much  toward 
moulding  and  directing  the  Christian  thought  of  this  and  other 
lands.  It  is  believed  that  the  Alumni  will  at  once  recognize  the 
desirability  of  such  a collection  and  the  consequent  desirability 
of  making  it  as  complete  as  possible.  To  this  end  they  are 
earnestly  requested  to  send  to  the  Library  their  printed  works, 
whether  books,  pamphlets  or  sermons. 

J.  H.  DULLES, 
Librarian 


NECROLOGICAL  REPORT 


PRESENTED  TO  THE 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

OF 

PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY 

AT  ITS  ANNUAL  MEETING 
May  8,  1928 


By  the  Editor 


Entered  at  the  Post  Office  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  as  second-class  mail  matter 


NOTICE 

The  Editor  of  the  Necrological  Reports  earnestly  solicits  the  aid  of 
all  the  Alumni  of  the  Seminary  in  the  preparation  of  these  Reports. 
When  an  alumnus  dies,  newspaper  notices,  funeral  or  memorial  sermons, 
and  any  other  information  will  be  gratefully  received.  Let  these  be  sent 
as  soon  as  possible  after  the  death  of  the  person  to  whom  they  relate,  to 

JOSEPH  H.  DULLES, 
Princeton,  N.J. 


Entered  at  the  Post  Office  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  as  second-class  mail  matter 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

FOR  THE  YEAR  1928-1929 

Rev.  Harvey  S.  Murdoch,  D.D.,  ’98,  President. 

Rev.  Charles  R.  Watson,  D.D.,  ’99,  Vice-President. 

Rev.  Robert  M.  Russell,  ’15,  Secretary. 

Rev.  Prof.  Charles  R.  Erdman,  D.D.,  ’91,  Treasurer. 

Rev.  George  Reynolds,  D.D.,  ’89 
Rev.  Marshall  Harrington,  DjD.,  ’99 
Rev.  William  M.  Kieffer,  ’09 
Rev.  Frederick  Scheitzer,  ’19 


Additional  Members 
of  the 

Executive  Committee 


1928] 


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497 


ANNUAL  MEETING 

OF  THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

OF  PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 
HELD  AT 

Princeton,  N.J.,  May  8,  1928 

The  Association  met  for  luncheon  in  the  gymnasium  of 
Princeton  University  at  12:30  o’clock  ivith  the  Reverend  Kerr 
Duncan  McMillan,  D.D.,  Class  of  1897,  in  the  chair. 

The  blessing  was  asked  by  the  Reverend  John  Barbour,  D.D., 
of  the  Class  of  1879. 

Dr.  McMillan  addressed  the  Association. 

The  Association  was  favored  with  selections  by  the  Semi- 
nary Chorus. 

President  McMillan  read  a letter  from  Dr.  Harvey  D.  Mur- 
doch regretting  he  could  not  be  present. 

The  Executive  Committee  nominated  the  following  persons 
as  Officers  and  Members  of  the  Committee  for  the  year  1928- 
1929: 

President — Dr.  Harvey  S.  Murdoch,  1898 

Vice-President — Dr.  Charles  R.  Watson,  1899 

Secretary — Rev.  Robert  M.  Russell,  1915 

Treasurer — Dr.  Charles  R.  Erdman,  1891 

Executive  Committee : 

1889  Dr.  George  Reynolds 
1899  Dr.  Marshall  Harrington 
1909  Rev.  W.  M.  Kieffer 
1919  Rev.  Frederick  Scheitzer 

These  were  unanimously  elected. 

Dr.  Erdman  read  the  report  of  the  Treasurer  which  was 
accepted. 


498 


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President  J.  Ross  Stevenson  addressed  the  Association  and 
introduced  Mr.  Irvin  W.  Underhill  of  the  Class  of  1928  as  the 
first  colored  representative  to  receive  appointment  under  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  to  West  Africa.  Mr. 
Underhill  addressed  the  Association. 

Dr.  John  Dixon  addressed  the  Association. 

Reverend  E.  A.  Odell,  Class  of  1873,  Secretary  of  the  Board 
of  National  Missions  addressed  the  Association. 

President  McMillan  asked  and  received  authority  from  the 
Association  to  authorize  the  Secretary  to  send  greetings  from 
that  body  to  Dr.  Francis  L.  Patton. 

The  Benediction  was  pronounced  by  President  Stevenson. 

ROBERT  M.  RUSSELL, 

Secretary 


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NECROLOGICAL  REPORT 


499 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  REPORT 

The  Report  for  the  year  ending  March  31,  1928,  contains 
notices  of  forty-eight  alumni.  Four  of  these  died  in  previous 
years ; but  the  fact  of  their  death  did  not  come  to  the  attention 
of  the  Editor  in  time  for  an  earlier  Report. 

The  oldest,  as  alumnus,  was  the  Rev.  Isaac  A.  Blauvelt,  D.D., 
’60,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years  and  seven  months. 
Five  had  passed  their  ninetieth  year,  eighteen  their  eightieth, 
and  nine  their  seventieth  year.  The  youngest  died  at  the  age 
of  thirty-one  years  and  four  months.  The  average  age  of  the 
forty-eight  was  seventy-three  years  and  eight  months.  This  is 
the  oldest  average  since  1875.  The  average  confessional  age  was 
sixteen  years. 

The  Report  contains  the  following  names : 


ALUMNI 

CLASS 

1860.  Isaac  Alstyne  Blauvelt,  D.D. 

1861.  Samuel  Thomson  Carter 

1863.  Oliver  Stone  Dean,  D.D. 

1864.  George  Crowe  Pollock,  D.D. 

1865.  Francis  Joel  Fairbanks 
George  Lockwood  Smith 

1866.  Thomas  Hackett  Hench,  D.D. 

Paul  Henry  Pitkin 

Henry  Ulyate  Swinnerton,  Ph.D. 

1867.  Hugh  Crozier 

George  Thomas  Le  Boutillier 
George  Macbeth  Milligan,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
Arthur  Rose,  D.D. 

Elwood  Morris  Wherry,  D.D. 

1870.  William  Warren  Curtis,  D.D. 

1872.  James  Fraser,  Ph.D.,  DjD.,  LL.D. 
Joseph  Patterson  Graham,  D.D. 


DIED 

Nov.  23,  1927 
Jan.  9,  1928 
Aug.  13,  1927 
May  4,  1927 
Sept.  13,  1927 
March  25,  1928 
Jan.  29,  1928 
Dec.  6,  1925 
May  12,  1927 
Jan.  23,  1928 
May  23,  1927 
March  22,  1928 
Oct.  31,  1926 
Oct.  5,  1927 
April  17,  1927 
Dec.  10,  1927 
May  9,  1927 


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[1928 

1874- 

Ananias  Lawrence 

Oct. 

15. 

1927 

1875- 

John  Joseph  Graham 

April 

II, 

1927 

Nicholas  Frederick  Stahl,  D.D. 

Dec. 

27, 

1927 

1877. 

Matthew  Anderson,  D.D. 

Jan. 

II, 

1928 

John  Adams  Ewalt,  D.D. 

June 

5, 

1927 

Oliver  Alexander  Kerr 

Oct. 

28, 

1926 

1878. 

John  P.  Campbell,  D.D. 

Nov. 

6, 

1927 

Samuel  Hall  Young,  D.D. 

Sept. 

2, 

1927 

1879- 

Thomas  Maskell  Finley,  D.D. 

Feb. 

22, 

1928 

i88i. 

Preston  Barr 

Nov. 

7, 

1927 

1882. 

Craig  Boyd  Cross 

Jan. 

9, 

1928 

William  Thaddeus  Elsing,  D.D. 

July  24, 

1927 

1884. 

William  Thorington  Doggett 

April  23, 

1927 

1886. 

Frank  Rosebrook  Symmes,  D.D. 

March 

22, 

1928 

1887. 

Smith  Ordway,  D.D. 

Oct.  26, 

1927 

1889. 

Thomas  Newsom  Potts,  D.D. 

July 

6, 

1927 

Edgar  Healy  Rowe 

April 

7, 

1927 

1891. 

Daniel  Edward  Jenkins,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

Nov. 

24, 

1927 

Pedro  Rioseco 

May  14, 

1927 

William  Walter  Warne 

Sept. 

6, 

1927 

1892. 

Thomas  Maxwell  Morrison 

May  10, 

1927 

Henry  Irvin  Nicholas 

Oct. 

26, 

1927 

1893. 

William  MacFarland 

March  25,  1928 

1894. 

Jacob  Twyman  Boyer,  D.D. 

Sept.  30, 

1927 

1896. 

John  Tatham  Dunn 

Jan.  31, 

1923 

1897. 

Chohachiro  Kajiwara 

Aug.  24, 

1927 

1900. 

John  Brower  McCreery 

July 

4, 

1927 

1906. 

Bert  B.  Harrison 

March  26, 

1928 

1916. 

Merle  Clayton  Winn 

Jan.  17,  1928 

GRADUATE  STUDENTS 

1904-1905.  Edwin  Lamont  Eagleson 

June 

II, 

1927 

1921-: 

[922.  Johannes  Gerhard  Plesscher 

April  30, 

1927 

1928] 


NECROLOGICAL  REPORT 


501 


ALUMNI 

ISAAC  ALSTYNE  BLAUVELT,  D.D., 

Son  of  William  Warren  and  Anna  Maria  (Hutton)  Blauvelt, 
was  born  March  31,  1839,  in  Lamington,  NJ.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Lamington,  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  He  pursued  his  preparatory 
studies  under  his  father  and  graduated  from  Princeton  Univer- 
sity in  1857.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there,  grad- 
uating in  i860.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth- 
town April  17,  i860,  and  ordained  as  an  evangelist  by  the  same 
Presbytery  May  8,  i860.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  German 
church,  Meyersville,  New  Egypt,  N.J.,  from  i860  to  1861 ; 
stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  New  Egypt  and  Plattsburg, 
N.J.,  from  1861  to  1862,  and  stated  supply  of  the  Plumsted  and 
Plattsburg  churches,  from  1862  to  1864.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Clinton,  N.J.,  from  June  4,  1864,  to  July  28,  1868; 
pastor  of  German  Valley  Church,  from  October  7,  1868,  to 
April  21,  1874,  and  pastor  of  the  church  at  Roselle,  N.J.,  from 
May  21,  1874,  to  October  24,  1910,  being  at  this  time  made 
pastor  emeritus.  He  continued  his  residence  in  Roselle  until 
1911  and  after  that  resided  in  Elizabeth,  N.J.,  until  his  death 
there,  November  23,  1927,  of  old  age  in  his  89th  year.  He 
was  buried  in  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  of  Elizabeth.  He  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1893  from  Princeton 
University.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  in 
1906.  He  published:  A Historical  Sketch  of  the  German  Re- 
formed and  Presbyterian  Church  of  German  Valley,  N.J., 
1870;  The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Clinton,  N.J.,  1880;  A Short 
History  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Roselle,  N.J.,  1899, 
also  several  sermons. 


502 


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[1928 


He  was  married  June  14,  1866,  in  Clinton,  NJ.,  to  Caroline 
Forman  Taylor,  who  died  May  25,  1907.  One  son  and  two 
daughters  survive  him. 

SAMUEL  THOMSON  CARTER,  D.D., 

Son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Thomson)  Carter,  was  born  July  22, 
1840,  in  New  York  City.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his 
faith  in  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York  City  at 
the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in 
the  Collegiate  School  of  New  York  City,  and  he  graduated 
from  New  York  University  in  1858.  Entering  the  Seminary  of 
Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three 
years’  course  there  and  graduated  in  1861.  He  then  spent  a year 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  Seminary,  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York,  April  17, 

1861,  and  was  ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery  November  13, 

1862,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  Westminster 
Church  of  Yonkers,  N.Y.  He  was  released  from  this  charge 
April  17,  1867.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Eighty-Sixth  Street 
Church  of  New  York  City,  from  October  18,  1867,  to  June  i, 
1868,  and  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Huntington,  L.I.,  from 
September  9,  1868,  to  October  8,  1901.  From  1896  to  1900  he 
was  Editor  of  the  Church  Union.  He  was  honorably  retired 
from  active  ministry  in  1905.  He  resided  without  charge  in 
New  York  City  from  1901  to  1907,  and  in  East  Orange  from 
1907  to  1910.  From  this  time  until  his  death  he  resided  in  Plain- 
field,  N.J.  He  died  in  Plainfield  January  9,  1928,  of  old  age, 
being  in  his  88th  year.  He  was  the  last  surviving  graduate 
of  his  class.  He  was  buried  in  Huntington,  L.I.,  N.Y.  He 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1901  from  New  York 
University. 

He  was  married  three  times:  (i)  April  13,  1864,  in  South- 


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503 


bridge,  Mass.,  to  Allie  P.  Pratt,  who  died  October  7,  1874; 
(2)  December  8,  1875,  in  Huntington,  L.I.,to  Emma  F.  Downs, 
who  died  June  26,  1907;  (3)  June  8,  1909,  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y., 
to  Susan  Maria  Ayres,  who,  with  five  sons  and  five  daughters, 
survives  him. 

OLIVER  STONE  DEAN,  D.D., 

Son  of  George  Tiedrich  and  Caroline  Elizabeth  (Hawley) 
Dean,  was  born  October  13,  1835,  in  Patterson,  N.Y.  He  made 
a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Patterson,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  Patterson  under  Homer  S.  Newcomb  and  he  grad- 
uated from  Lafayette  College  in  1858,  being  valedictorian  of 
his  class.  He  received  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  key.  He  spent  the 
next  year  as  professor  of  mathematics,  and  the  two  following 
years  as  principal  of  the  Susquehanna  Collegiate  Institute  of 
Towanda,  Pa.  During  this  time  he  pursued  the  study  of  theol- 
ogy privately.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1861 
as  a middler  and  graduated  in  1863.  He  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Bedford  April  16,  1862,  and  ordained  July  6, 
1864,  by  a Council  of  the  Litchfield  South  Consociation,  and 
installed  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Roxbury, 
Mass.  He  had  supplied  this  church  from  July  1863  until  in- 
stalled its  pastor.  He  was  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  from  October  15,  1867,  to  De- 
cember I,  1873 ; stated  supply  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  from  December  i,  1873,  to  March 
I,  1877 ; pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Milford,  Mass., 
from  September  20,  1877,  to  May  15,  1883 ; pastor  of  the  Win- 
throp  Congregational  Church  of  Holbrook,  Mass.,  from  June 
19,  1883,  to  June  25,  1891,  and  pastor  elect  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Patterson,  N.Y.,  from  June  9,  1893,  to  July  i,  1909. 


504 


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[1928 


He  continued  his  residence  in  Patterson  for  a year  and  then 
resided  in  Passaic,  N.J.,  until  his  death  there,  August  13,  1927, 
of  old  age  in  his  92nd  year.  He  was  buried  in  Patterson,  N.Y. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1888  from  Lafay- 
ette College.  He  was  president  of  the  Triennial  Convention  of 
Congregational  churches  in  1876.  He  was  twice  moderator  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  and  twice  commissioner  to 
the  General  Assembly.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Visitors  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  for  many  years.  He 
published : What  I Saw  in  My  Garden,  1923 ; several  memorial 
addresses  and  sermons,  and  wrote  numerous  articles  for  the 
newspapers. 

He  was  married  July  12,  i860,  in  Corning,  N.Y.,  to  Mrs. 
Anna  (Cooper)  Kellogg,  who  died  December  ii,  1909.  One 
son  survives  him. 

GEORGE  CROWE  POLLOCK,  D.D., 

Son  of  James  and  Catherine  (Crowe)  Pollock,  was  born  July 
13,  1834,  in  Monaghan,  Ireland.  He  made  a public  confession 
of  his  faith  in  the  Second  Clontibretch  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Monaghan,  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  Monaghan  and  in  Mt.  Bethel,  Pa.,  and  he  graduated 
from  Lafayette  College  in  1861.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at 
Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  where  he  took  the  full 
three  years’  course,  and  graduated  in  1864.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Newton,  April  27,  1864,  and  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Passaic,  November  15,  1864,  being  at  the  same 
time  installed  pastor  of  the  church  of  Lyons  Farms,  N.J.,  from 
which  he  was  released,  January  4,  1882.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
church  of  Mankato,  Minn.,  from  April  ii,  1882,  to  April  17, 
1887;  pastor  of  the  church  of  Fergus  Falls,  Minn.,  from  June 
12,  1887,  to  October  10,  1893;  served  the  church  of  Litchfield, 


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505 


Minn.,  as  pastor  elect,  from  June  i,  1893,  to  May  i,  1901,  and 
served  as  occasional  supply  in  the  Churches  of  Marshall,  Don- 
nelly, Longfellow,  Cedar  Mills,  and  Greenleaf,  Minn.  He  was 
chaplain  of  the  Minnesota  state  senate  in  1903.  He  was  honor- 
ably retired  from  the  active  work  of  the  ministry  in  1909.  He 
resided  in  Litchfield,  Minn.,  from  1901  to  1910  and  from  that 
time  until  his  death,  in  Norwich,  Conn.  He  died  May  4,  1927, 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  of  cancer  in  the  90th  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  of  Newark,  N.J.  He  received 
the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1890  from  Galesville  Univer- 
sity, Wis.  He  was  seven  times  a commissioner  to  the  General 
Assembly  and  was  moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Minnesota  in 
1887.  He  was  a delegate  to  the  Pan-Council  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Washington,  D.C.,  in  1901. 

He  was  married  June  13,  1867,  at  Lyons  Farms,  N.J.,  to 
Martha  Baldwin  Meeker,  who  died  May  5,  1915.  One  son  and 
one  daughter  survive  him. 

FRANCIS  JOEL  FAIRBANKS, 

Son  of  Emory  and  Eunice  (Hayward)  Fairbanks,  was  bom 
September  8,  1835,  in  Ashburaham,  Mass.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Ashburnham,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  the  Mt.  Hollis  Seminary,  Holliston,  Mass.,  and 
he  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1862.  He  entered  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  remaining 
one  year.  He  then  spent  a year  in  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary, New  York  City.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Worcester  North 
Congregational  Association,  April  28,  1863,  and  ordained  by 
a Congregational  Council  at  Westminster,  Vt.,  August  31,  1864, 
being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Westminster  from  which  he  was  released  May 


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[1928 


I,  1871.  After  this  he  served  the  following  Congregational 
churches:  Ayer,  Mass.,  as  stated  supply,  from  January,  1872, 
to  January,  1874;  Paxton,  Mass.,  as  stated  supply,  from  April, 
1874,  to  September,  1877;  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  as  stated  sup- 
ply, from  September,  1877,  to  April,  1885 ; Seymour,  Conn., 
as  stated  supply,  from  April,  1885,  to  April,  1886;  the  Second 
Church  of  Amiherst,  Mass.,  as  pastor,  from  1886  to  1893 ; the 
First  Church  of  Royalston,  Mass.,as  pastor,  from  1893  to  1909, 
and  the  Second  Church  of  Royalston,  as  pastor,  from  1909  to 
1920.  At  this  time  he  gave  up  the  active  work  of  the  ministry 
and  was  made  pastor  emeritus.  He  continued  his  residence  in 
South  Royalston  until  1925.  From  that  time  until  his  death  he 
resided  in  Merohantville,  N.J.  He  died  September  13,  1927,  in 
Merchantville,  of  old  age  in  his  93rd  year.  He  was  buried  in 
South  Royalston,  Mass. 

He  was  married  May  i,  1865,  in  Ashbunrham,  Mass.,  to 
Abbie  Smith  Russell,  who  died  November  i,  1922.  Two  sons 
and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

GEORGE  LOCKWOOD  SMITH,  D.D., 

Son  of  Samuel  Dibble  and  Sallie  Ann  (Delavan)  Smith,  was 
born  June  15,  1837,  in  Pound  Ridge,  N.Y.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  South 
Salem,  N.Y.,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  South  Salem,  under  the  Rev.  A.  L.  Lindsley 
and  in  Pound  Ridge,  N.Y.,  under  Rev.  R.  D.  Smith,  and  he 
graduated  from  New  York  University  in  1862.  Entering  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the 
full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduated  in  1865.  He  was 
licensed  by  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York,  April  26, 
1865,  and  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Passaic,  October 
25,  1865,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  First 


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Church  of  Boiling  Spring  (now  Rutherford  Park),  NJ.,  from 
which  he  was  released,  April  18,  1871.  After  this  he  was  pastor 
of  the  following  churches:  Ewing,  N.J.,  from  October  25,  1871, 
to  December  28,  1878;  the  First  Church  of  Cedarville,  NJ., 
from  April  25,  1879,  to  July  28,  1883;  Calvary  Church,  York, 
Pa.,  from  October  30,  1883,  to  April  12,  1898,  and  Elmer,  N.J., 
from  May  25,  1898,  to  June  1902.  He  then  resided  in  Cedar- 
ville, N.J.,  from  1902  to  1912.  He  supplied  the  Pencader 
Church,  of  Porters,  Del.,  from  1913  to  1917.  He  resided  in 
Trenton,  N.J.,  from  1917  to  1920  and  in  Cedarville,  N.J.,  from 
1920  until  his  death.  He  died  March  25,  1928,  in  the  hospital 
at  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried 
in  the  cemetery  of  Ewing,  N.J.  He  wrote  a number  of  sermons 
and  articles  which  were  published  separately.  He  was  commis- 
sioner to  the  General  Assembly  in  1901. 

He  was  twice  married : ( i ) November  21,  1865,  in  Princeton, 
N.J.,  to  Carrie  Newbold  Olden,  who  died  August  12,  1871 ; 
(2)  June  5,  1879,  Ewing,  N.J.,  to  Sarah  G.  Scudder,  who 
survives  him. 

THOMAS  HACKETT  HENCH,  D.D., 

Son  of  George  and  Mary  (Hackett)  Hench,  was  born  April  5, 
1840,  in  Centre,  Perry  Co.,  Pa.  He  made  a public  confession 
of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Centre,  at  the  age 
of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Loys- 
ville  Academy,  Loysville,  Pa.,  and  he  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton University  in  1861.  He  then  spent  a year  as  a graduate 
student  in  Harvard  University  and  a second  year  at  home, 
teaching  a district  school,  during  part  of  the  time.  He  entered 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1863,  taking  the  full  three  years’ 
course  there  and  graduated  in  1866.  He  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Carlisle,  April  12,  1866,  and  ordained  by  the 


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Presbytery  of  Iowa  City,  December  20,  1871.  Before  his  ordi- 
nation he  supplied  the  church  of  Lenox,  111,,  from  1866  to 
1867;  the  church  of  Shiloh,  111.,  from  1866  to  1869,  and  the 
church  of  Good  Hope,  111.,  from  1869  to  1870,  He  was  pastor 
of  the  church  of  Walcott,  Iowa,  from  December  20,  1871,  to 
November  22,  1875 ; stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Rock  Island, 
111.,  from  December  12,  1875,  until  installed  its  pastor.  May  2, 
1876,  being  released  from  this  charge,  July  25,  1878;  pastor  of 
the  church  of  Middletown,  Ohio,  from  May,  1879,  to  May, 
1883 ; pastor  elect  of  the  church  of  Connersville,  Ind.,  from 
1884  to  1894;  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Georgetown,  Ohio, 
from  1896  to  1904,  and  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Ce- 
dron,  Feesburg,  Felicity,  and  Higginsport,  Ohio,  from  1904  to 
1915.  While  supplying  these  churches  he  resided  in  George- 
town, Ohio.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Went- 
worth and  White  Oak,  Mo.,  from  1916  to  1917  and  stated 
supply  of  the  churches  of  Wentworth  and  Ritchey,  from  1917 
to  1918.  After  this  he  resided  in  Carthage,  Mo.,  until  1922  and 
then  in  Georgetown,  Ohio,  until  his  death,  January  29,  1928,  in 
Georgetown,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in 
Bushnell,  111.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1893, 
from  Hanover  College,  Ind. 

He  was  married  October  31,  1871,  in  Good  Hope,  111.,  to 
Caroline  Van  Dyke  Cruser,  who  died  May  18,  1904.  One  son 
and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

PAUL  HENRY  PITKIN, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  John  and  Eliza  (Wilson)  Pitkin,  was  bom 
October  30,  1841,  in  Milford,  Ohio.  He  made  a public  confes- 
sion of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Hayesville, 
Ohio,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  Hayesville  Academy  and  in  the  Academy  at 


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Martinsburg.  He  graduated  from  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College  in  1863.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course 
there,  graduating  in  1866.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Richland  May  3,  1866,  and  ordained  as  an  evangelist  by  the 
same  Presbytery  September  ii,  1866.  He  then  went  as  a mis- 
sionary to  Colombia,  South  America,  being  stationed  at  Bogota 
from  October  1866  to  the  spring  of  1872.  During  the  following 
year  he  labored  as  a missionary  in  Mexico.  Returning  to  this 
country,  he  was  stated  supply  of  the  church  at  Winnebago,  111., 
from  December,  1873,  to  December,  1874;  stated  supply  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Farmington,  N.H.,  from  June,  1875, 
to  July,  1877,  and  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
Marshfield,  Vt.,  from  1878  to  1881.  He  was  principal  of  the 
Pitkin  School  of  Languages  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  from  1882 
to  1925.  He  died  December  6,  1925,  in  Springfield  of  pneu- 
monia in  the  85th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  Springfield. 
He  was  author  of  Spanish  Pronunciation  Drill-book,  and  wrote 
missionary  letters  to  periodicals  from  1866  to  1873.  He  was 
also  editor  of  La  Antorcha  Evangelica  from  1872  to  1873. 

He  was  married  June  2,  1869,  in  Chester,  Vt.,  to  Rebekah 
Ellen  Pierce,  who,  with  one  son  and  two  daughters,  survives 
him. 


HENRY  ULYATE  SWINNERTON,  Ph.D., 

Son  of  James  and  Fanny  (Rutter)  Swinnerton,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 4,  1839,  in  Catskill,  N.Y.  He  made  a public  confession 
of  his  faith  in  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  of  Newark,  N.J., 
at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies 
under  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hutchins  of  Newark,  N.J.,  and  in  the 
Newark  Academy.  He  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in 
1863.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the 


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same  year  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there,  graduating 
in  1866.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Passaic  May 
10,  1865,  and  ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  same  Presby- 
tery April  25,  1867.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  church  of 
Morrisville,  Pa.,  from  March,  1867,  to  March,  1868,  and  pas- 
tor of  the  church  of  Cherry  Valley,  N.Y.,  from  June  18,  1868, 
to  September  26,  1906,  at  which  time  he  was  made  pastor 
emeritus.  After  this  he  resided  in  Penn  Yan,  N.Y.,  until  his 
death.  He  died  May  12,  1927,  in  Cherry  Valley,  N.Y.,  in  the 
88th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Cherry  Valley.  He 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  Ph.D.  in  1877  from  Union 
College.  He  was  a commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  in 
1875,  1881,  1891,  and  1901.  He  was  president  of  the  Board 
of  Commissioners  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary  in  1893.  He 
published : An  Historical  Account  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
Cherry  Valley,  N.Y.,  1876;  The  Story  of  Cherry  Valley,  1908; 
Princeton  Sixty-three — Fortieth-year  book,  1904;  Autumnal 
Sprays — Class  ’63,  Princeton,  1905,  and  many  articles  for  the 
secular  and  religious  press. 

He  was  married  June  21,  1871,  in  Roseboom,  N.Y.,  to  Le- 
vantia  Livingston  Roseboom,  who,  with  three  daughters,  sur- 
vives him. 


HUGH  CROZIER, 

Son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Brooks)  Crozier,  was  born  Decem- 
ber I,  1840,  at  Mono  Mills,  Ontario,  Can.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  St.  Andrew’s  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Toronto  at  the  age  of  twenty.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  Common  School  of  Mono  Mills  and  in  the  Jar- 
vis High  School  of  Toronto.  He  graduated  from  Knox  College 
in  1864.  He  attended  the  theological  department  of  Knox  Col- 
lege from  1864  to  1866,  entering  Princeton  as  a senior  in  the 


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latter  year  and  graduating  in  1867.  He  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  April  18,  1867,  and  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Grey,  Can.,  March  24,  1869,  being  at  the 
same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  churches  of  Holstein,  Amos, 
and  Fairbairn,  Ontario,  and  being  released  from  these  charges 
June  30,  1879.  He  was  pastor  of  the  churches  of  Port  Perry 
and  Prince  Albert,  Can.,  from  July  2,  1879,  to  May  15,  1884; 
pastor  of  the  churches  of  Grand  Valley  and  South  Luther,  Can., 
from  July  2,  1884,  to  July  2,  1899,  and  pastor  of  the  churches 
of  Ashbum  and  Utica,  Can.,  from  August  2,  1899,  to  June  16, 
1909.  After  this  he  resided  in  Guelph  from  1909  to  1921 ; in 
London,  Ontario,  from  1921  to  1927,  and  in  Thamesford  from 
1927  until  his  death  there,  January  23,  1928,  of  heart  trouble 
in  the  88th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant 
Cemetery,  London,  Can. 

He  was  married  October  7,  1869,  in  Kingston,  Can.,  to  Lu- 
cinda Turner  Gibson,  who  died  November  19,  1927.  Two  sons 
and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

GEORGE  THOMAS  LE  BOUTILLIER, 

Son  of  Philip  and  Louisa  Fanny  (Allbeury)  Le  Boutillier, 
was  bom  May  5,  1837,  in  St.  Helier,  Island  of  Jersey,  Channel 
Islands.  In  early  life  he  was  a baptized  member  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  confirmed  a member  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church.  He  united  with  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  His  preparatory  stud- 
ies were  pursued  in  the  Shaw  Academy  of  Collamer,  Ohio,  and 
the  High  School  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  was  for  a time  a student 
in  the  Western  Reserve  College,  his  course  there  being  inter- 
rupted by  the  Civil  War.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Prince- 
ton in  1864,  taking  the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  grad- 
uating in  1867.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presb)d:ery  of  New 


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Brunswick  April  18,  1866,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Burlington  July  9,  1867,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  of  Tuckerton,  N.J.,  from  which  he  was  released 
August  4,  1868.  During  this  time  he  served  also  the  church  of 
Bass  River,  N.J.,  from  July  to  December,  1867.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  Second  Church  at  Hanover  and  of  the  Church  of  Par- 
sippany,  N.J.,  from  August  9,  1869,  to  March  12,  1871,  and 
pastor  of  the  Bethany  Church  of  Utica,  N.Y.,  from  April  2, 
1871,  to  October  i,  1872.  He  was  ordained  deacon  of  the 
Episcopal  Church,  May  i,  1873,  and  priest.  May  6,  1874,  by 
Bishop  Huntington.  From  1872  to  1877,  he  engaged  in  work 
as  a missionary  in  the  diocese  of  Central  New  York,  and 
teacher  in  Oneida,  N.Y.  He  was  rector  of  the  Grace  Church 
in  Watertown,  N.Y,,  from  1877  to  1879;  labored  as  a home 
missionary  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  from  1879  to  1883  and 
engaged  in  home  missionary  work  in  the  diocese  of  West  New 
York  from  1883  to  1899.  After  this  he  engaged  in  general 
missionary  work  until  1900.  In  1903  he  retired  on  account  of 
failing  health  but  acted  as  a supply  almost  continuously  there- 
after. He  served  St.  Mary’s  Church  at  Provo,  Utah,  as  rector, 
from  1913  to  1914.  He  resided  in  Scottsville,  N.Y.,  from  1914 
to  1920,  in  Newark,  N.J,,  from  1920  to  1921,  in  Cedarhurst, 
L.I.,  from  1921  to  1924,  and  in  Kings  Park,  N.Y.,  from  1924 
until  his  death  May  23,  1927,  in  Kings  Park,  N.Y.,  from  pa- 
ralysis in  the  91st  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Pittsford, 
N.Y.  He  was  for  a time  dean  of  the  diocese  of  Colorado.  He 
published  several  sermons  and  a number  of  lectures  on  the 
Greek  Catholic  Church. 

He  was  twice  married:  (i)  August  21,  1862,  in  Mt.  Vernon, 
Ohio,  to  Sarah  Evalina  Upfold,  who  died  March  30,  1886; 
(2)  April  14, 1887,  in  Chicago,  111.,  to  Jeannie  Hawkins  Tucker, 
who,  with  two  sons  by  his  first  wife  and  two  by  his  second  and 


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two  daughters  by  his  first  wife  and  one  by  his  second,  survives 
him. 


GEORGE  MACBETH  MILLIGAN,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

Son  of  William  and  Catharine  (Macbeth)  Milligan,  was  born 
August  II,  1840,  in  Wick,  Scotland.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  the  Ulbster  Society  School  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland  and  he  graduated  from  Queen’s  University,  Kingston, 
Can.,  in  1862.  He  spent  the  next  two  years  in  the  Theological 
Hall  of  Queen’s  University.  From  1864  to  1866  he  engaged  in 
teaching  in  the  Bath  High  School,  Ontario,  Can.  He  entered 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1866,  as  a senior  and  graduated 
in  1867.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick 
April  18,  1867,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  London, 
Can.,  February  4,  1868,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor 
of  the  churches  of  Proof  Line  and  Vanneck,  Ontario,  and 
being  released  from  these  charges  June  9,  1869.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  from 
July  29,  1869  to  October  18,  1876,  and  pastor  of  Old  St.  An- 
drew’s Church  of  Toronto  from  1876  to  1910.  At  this  time  he 
was  made  pastor  emeritus  and  continued  his  residence  in  To- 
ronto until  his  death  there,  March  22,  1928,  of  paralysis  in  the 
88th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  The  Necropolis,  To- 
ronto, Can.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1894 
from  Knox  College,  Toronto,  and  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D. 
in  1903  from  Queen’s  University,  Kingston,  Can.  He  was  a 
frequent  contributor  to  the  secular  and  religious  papers.  He 
was  a member  of  the  Senate  of  Knox  College  and  a trustee  of 
Queen’s  University.  He  was  moderator  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Canada  in  1904. 

He  was  married  November  19,  1867,  in  Bath,  Ontario,  to 
Harriet  Eunice  Rowse,  who  died  July  21,  1891.  One  son  and 
two  daughters  survive  him. 


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ARTHUR  ROSE,  D.D., 

Son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Williamson)  Rose,  was  born  April 
17,  1836,  in  Belfast,  Ireland.  He  made  a public  confession  of 
his  faith  in  the  Fifth  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three.  He  spent  one  year  in  the  prepara- 
tory department  of  Hanover  College  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  in  1864.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there 
and  graduated  in  1867.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Madison,  May  8,  1866,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Bloomington,  June  23,  1869,  being  at  the  same  time  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Union  Grove,  111.,  from  which  he  was 
released.  May  2,  1871.  He  was  pastor  of  the  church  of  Prince- 
ville.  111.,  from  May  30,  1872,  to  July  24,  1877;  stated  supply 
of  the  church  of  Oxford,  Wis.,  from  September  30,  1877,  to 
March  28,  1880;  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Cottage 
Grove  and  Pierceville,  Wis.,  from  April  4 to  December  12, 
1880;  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Eureka,  111.,  from  De- 
cember 19,  1880,  to  March  19,  1882,  and  pastor  of  the  church 
of  Smithborough,  Ireland,  from  March  7,  1883,  to  August  22, 
1910.  After  this  he  resided  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  until  his  death 
there,  October  31,  1926,  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Balmoral  Cemetery  of  Belfast.  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1910  from  Hanover  College,  Ind. 
He  was  moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Armagh  and  Monaghan  in 
1907. 

He  was  twice  married:  (i)  July  23,  1868,  in  Shelbyville,  Md., 
to  Anna  Hamilton,  who  died  September  21,  1886;  (2)  Febru- 
ary 18,  1896,  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  to  Ellen  M.  Oliver,  who  sur- 
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ELMWOOD  MORRIS  WHERRY,  D.D., 

Son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Nesbit)  Wherry,  was  born  March 
26,  1843,  South  Bend,  Pa.  He  made  a public  confession  of 
his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Waynesburg,  Pa.,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the 
Eldersridge  Academy,  Pa.,  and  he  graduated  from  Jefferson 
College  in  1862.  He  organized  a select  school  at  Waynesburg 
and  taught  there  from  October  18,  1862,  to  October  18,  1864, 
entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  latter  year,  where 
he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  and  graduated  in  1867.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Donegal,  April  10,  1866,  and 
ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  same  Presbytery,  May  8,  1867. 
After  his  ordination  he  went  to  India  as  a missionary  and  was 
stationed  at  Rawal  Pindi,  from  1868  to  1869,  and  at  Lodiana 
from  1869  to  1883.  While  in  Lodiana,  he  had  charge  of  the 
mission  press  there.  He  was  professor  of  Old  Testament  Lit- 
erature and  Church  History  in  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
Saharanpur  from  1883  to  1888.  Returning  to  this  country,  he 
was  district  secretary  of  the  American  Tract  Society,  being 
stationed  at  Chicago,  111.,  from  1889  to  1898.  Going  back  to 
India  he  engaged  in  missionary  work  in  Lodiana  from  1898  to 
1922.  Again  returning  to  this  country  he  took  up  his  residence 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1922.  He  died  October  5,  1927,  in  Indi- 
ana, Pa.,  of  heart  disease  in  the  84th  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
buried  in  Cincinnati.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D. 
in  1885  from  Parsons  College,  Icm^a.  He  was  stated  clerk  of 
the  Synod  of  India  from  1883  to  1888  and  moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  India  in  1909. 
He  was  an  associate  member  of  the  Victoria  Institute  of  Lon- 
don. He  published : A Comprehensive  Commentary  of  the 
Quran,  4 vs.,  1886;  Islam,  or  the  Religion  of  the  Turk,  1894; 
The  Muslim  Controversy,  1905 ; Islam  and  Christianity,  in 


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India  and  the  Far  East,  1907,  and  Islam  refuted  on  its  own 
Ground,  1911.  He  also  wrote  many  booklets  and  tracts  on  re- 
ligious subjects  in  the  Urdu  and  Punjabi  languages. 

He  was  married  July  17,  1867,  in  Waynesburg,  Pa.,  to  Clara 
Maria  Buchanan,  who  died  January  28,  1926.  Two  sons  and  five 
daughters  survive  him. 

WILLIAM  WARREN  CURTIS,  D.D., 

Son  of  Luzon  and  Henrietta  (Danforth)  Curtis,  was  born  May 
8,  1844,  in  Charlton,  N.Y.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his 
faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Charlton  at  the  age  of  ten. 
His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Charlton  Academy 
and  he  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in  1864.  Entering 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  re- 
mained there  one  year.  Ill  health  interrupted  his  theological 
course.  He  spent  the  years  1865  to  1868  in  teaching  and  travel- 
ing and  in  business.  He  returned  to  Princeton  Seminary  in 
1868  to  complete  his  course  and  graduated  in  1870.  He  was 
licensed  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  June  15, 
1870.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Ballston  Centre, 
N.Y.,  from  June  to  October,  1870;  stated  supply  of  the 
churches  of  Lyndon  and  Osage  City,  Kan.,  from  March,  1871, 
to  May,  1874;  labored  as  a home  missionary  in  Silver  City, 
New  Mexico,  from  March,  1875,  to  March,  1876;  was  stated 
supply  again  of  the  churches  of  Lyndon  and  Osage  City,  Kan., 
from  March,  1876,  to  June,  1880;  was  pastor  of  the  church 
of  Osage  City,  Kan.,  from  June  24,  1880,  to  October  i,  1884; 
stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Belle  Plaine,  Kan.,  from  Octo- 
ber 18,  1884,  until  installed  its  pastor.  May  8,  1885,  and  was 
released  from  this  charge,  March  17,  1893;  was  pastor  of  the 
church  of  Eldorado,  Kan.,  from  March  30,  1893,  to  April  12, 
1899,  and  pastor  of  the  church  of  Caldwell,  Kan.,  from  1899 


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to  1909.  From  April,  1910,  to  May,  1911,  he  engaged  in  home 
mission  work  in  southern  Arizona.  From  1911  to  1920,  he  re- 
sided in  Ft.  Worth,  Kan. ; in  1920  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  and  was  honorably  retired  from  the  active  ministry. 
From  1921  until  his  death  he  resided  in  Eagle  Rock,  Calif.  He 
died  April  17,  1927,  in  Los  Angeles  of  “mitral  regurgitation” 
in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Belle  Plaine, 
Kan.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1901  from 
Emporia  College.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Kansas 
in  1905  and  at  one  time  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Em- 
poria. He  was  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Wichita  in  1909. 
He  was  four  times  commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly. 

He  was  married  March  17,  1880,  in  Osage  City,  Kan.,  to 
Katharine  Elinor  Roberts,  who,  with  one  daughter,  survives 
him. 


JAMES  FRASER,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

Son  of  Alexander  and  Margaret  (Conacher)  Fraser,  was  born 
December  8,  1838,  in  Perthshire,  Scotland.  His  preparatory 
studies  were  pursued  privately  and  he  was  a student  in  Knox 
College  and  Toronto  University,  Can.  He  received  the  degree 
of  A.B.  and  Ph.D.  from  Syracuse  University.  He  took  the  first 
two  years  of  his  theological  course  in  Knox  College,  Toronto, 
from  1869  to  1871,  entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the 
latter  year  as  a senior  and  graduating  in  1872.  He  was  licensed 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Chester,  April  ii,  1872,  and  ordained  by 
the  same  Presbytery,  May  22,  1872.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
church  of  Kennett  Square,  Pa.,  from  May  22,  1872,  to  May  9, 
1875,  and  again  from  June  13,  1876,  to  April  19,  1883;  pastor 
of  the  church  of  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  from  October  14, 
1884,  to  April  5,  1889;  pastor  of  the  church  of  Havre  de  Grace, 
Md.,  from  January  13,  1890,  to  April  26,  1891 ; pastor  of  the 
church  of  Sparrow’s  Point,  Md.,  from  May  10,  1891,  to  De- 


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cember  10,  1895;  professor  of  Ancient  Languages  in  New 
Windsor  College,  Md.,  from  1895  to  1899;  pastor  of  the  church 
of  Monaghan  (Dillsburg),  Pa.,  from  October  15,  1900,  to 
January  ii,  1901 ; and  president  of  New  Windsor  College  from 
1901  to  1912.  During  his  presidency  he  was  pastor  of  the  church 
of  New  Windsor  from  May  7,  1903,  to  June  27,  1920.  In  the 
latter  year  he  was  honorably  retired  from  the  active  ministry. 
He  continued  his  residence  in  New  Windsor  until  his  death 
there,  December  10,  1927,  of  hardening  of  the  arteries,  two 
days  after  the  completion  of  the  88th  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
buried  in  Kennett  Square,  Pa.  He  received  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  in  1907  from  Washington  College,  Md.,  and  the 
degree  of  D.D.  in  1912  from  New  Windsor.  He  was  the  first 
moderator  of  the  Synod  of  New  Mexico  and  several  times 
moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore.  He  was  a commis- 
sioner to  the  General  Assembly,  1887  and  1903. 

He  was  married  three  times;  (i)  September  14,  1876,  in 
Phila.,  Pa.,  to  Annie  Wright,  who  died  in  1877;  (2)  April  12, 
1882,  in  Kennett  Square,  Pa.,  to  Ella  E.  McFarland,  who  died 
January  19,  1919;  (3)  August  10,  1920,  in  York,  Pa.,  to  Mrs. 
Minnie  Estelle  (Lambert)  Slater,  who,  with  one  son  by  his  first 
wife  and  two  by  his  second  wife,  survives  him. 

JOSEPH  PATTERSON  GRAHAM,  D.D., 

Son  of  John  Brasch  and  Margaret  (Graham)  Graham,  was 
born  May  12,  1847,  New  Lisbon,  Ohio.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Washington,  Pa.,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory 
studies  were  pursued  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Lisbon  and 
Morristown,  Ohio,  and  he  graduated  from  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College  in  1869.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton 
in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course 


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there  and  graduated  in  1872.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Washington  April  26,  1871,  and  ordained  an  evangelist  by 
the  same  Presbytery  June  14,  1872.  In  October  of  the  same 
year  he  sailed  as  a missionary  to  India  and  was  stationed  in 
Kolhapur  until  1875.  After  this  he  was  stationed  at  the  follow- 
ing places  in  India:  Panalla,  1876-79;  Ratnagiri,  1880-83;  Kol- 
hapur, 1884;  Ratnagiri,  1885;  Sangli,  1887-1900;  Miraj,  1901- 
02,  and  Kodoli  and  Kolhapur,  1902-09.  He  spent  the  following 
year  on  furlough.  Resuming  his  missionary  work,  he  was  sta- 
tioned at  Miraj,  1910-1 1 ; Kolhapur,  191 1-12 ; Islampur,  1912-13, 
and  Sangli,  ^13-22.  He  then  gave  up  his  missionary  work  and 
returning  to  this  country,  resided  in  Pasadena,  Calif.,  until  his 
death  there.  May  9,  1927,  of  angina  pectoris  within  three  days 
of  the  completion  of  his  80th  year.  He  was  buried  in  the  Moun- 
tain View  Cemetery,  Pasadena,  Calif.  He  received  the  honor- 
ory  degree  of  D.D.  in  1909  from  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College. 

He  was  twice  married:  (i)  February  ii,  1873,  in  Kolhapur, 
India,  to  Mary  Bunnell,  who  died  February  21,  1901 ; (2)  April 
5,  1906,  in  Mahableshwar,  India,  to  Eliazbeth  Emily  Scheur- 
man,  who,  with  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  survives  him. 

ANANIAS  LAWRENCE, 

Son  of  Alpheus  and  Hannah  W.  (Parvin)  Lawrence,  was  born 
January  30,  1839,  in  Bridgeton,  N.J.  He  made  a public  con- 
fession of  his  faith  in  the  Methodist-Episcopal  church  of  Har- 
mony, N.J.,  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  the  Pennington  Seminary,  N.J.,  and  he  grad- 
uated from  Princeton  University  in  1871.  He  entered  the  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton  in  1871,  remaining  one  year.  He  was  licensed 
as  a local  preacher  by  the  New  Jersey  Conference  February  26, 
1863  > ordained  as  a deacon  by  Bishop  Scott  of  the  New  Jersey 


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Conference  March  25,  1866,  and  ordained  an  elder  by  the  New 
Jersey  Conference  March  22,  1868.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
Methodist  church  at  Port  Monmouth,  N.J.,  from  March  8, 
1864,  to  March  26,  1867;  pastor  of  the  Methodist  church  of 
Milltown,  N.J.,  from  March  26,  1867,  to  March  30,  1870;  pas- 
tor of  the  Methodist  church  of  Princeton,  NJ.,  from  March 
30,  1870,  to  March  5,  1872.  During  this  pastorate  he  was  a 
student  in  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  for  one  year,  1871-72. 
He  was  pastor  of  the  Trinity  Methodist  Church  of  Trenton, 
N.J.,  from  March  5,  1872,  to  March  16,  1875 ; pastor  of  the 
Methodist  church  of  Freehold,  N.J.,  from  March  16,  1875,  to 
April  4,  1876;  pastor  of  the  Methodist  church  of  Millville,  N.J., 
from  April  4,  1876,  to  March  12,  1879;  pastor  of  the  Method- 
ist church  of  Clayton,  N.J.,  1879-82;  pastor  of  the  Methodist 
church  of  Mt.  Holly,  N.J.,  1882-85 ; pastor  of  St.  Luke’s  Meth- 
odist Church  of  Long  Branch,  N.J.,  1885-86;  pastor  of  the 
Union  Methodist  Church  of  Camden,  N.J.,  1886-90;  pastor  of 
the  Broadway  Methodist  Church,  Salem,  N.J.,  1890-93 ; pastor 
of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  1893-95  > Pas- 
tor of  the  Hamilton  Avenue  Methodist  Church  of  Trenton, 
N.J.,  1895-99;  pastor  of  the  Commerce  Street  Methodist 
Church  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  1899-1903;  pastor  of  the  Methodist 
church  of  Swedesboro,  N.J.,  1903-05,  and  pastor  of  the  Meth- 
odist church  of  Toms  River,  N.J.,  1905-10.  At  this  time  he 
retired  from  the  active  ministry  and  resided  in  Island  Heights, 
N.J.,  until  his  death  there  October  15,  1927,  of  general  debility 
due  to  old  age  in  his  89th  year.  He  was  buried  at  Toms  River, 

NJ. 

He  was  twice  married;  (i)  March  29,  1866,  in  Cape  May, 
N.J.,  to  Henrietta  S.  McKaig,  who  died  December  12,  1885 ; 
(2)  December  27,  1887,  in  Mt.  Holly,  N.J.,  to  Hannie  J.  Harts- 
horn, who,  with  three  sons,  survives  him. 


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JOHN  JOSEPH  GRAHAM, 

Son  of  Matthew  and  Ann  (White)  Graham,  was  bom  Novem- 
ber II,  1845,  in  Athlone,  Kings  County,  Ireland.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
North  Sangamon,  111.,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory 
studies  were  pursued  in  the  North  Sangamon  Academy,  and 
he  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in  1872.  He  entered 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  remain- 
ing one  year.  He  completed  his  theological  course  in  the  Alle- 
gheny Theological  Seminary  from  which  he  graduated  in  1875. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Allegheny  June  16,  1874, 
and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Mahoning  April  28,  1875. 
He  then  served  the  following  churches : Mineral  Ridge,  Ohio, 
as  stated  supply,  1875-1878;  Mt.  Vernon,  111.,  as  pastor,  1879- 
1883;  West  Liberty,  W.Va.,  as  pastor  elect,  1884-1885;  the 
Highland  Church,  Perrysville,  Pa.,  as  pastor,  1886-1897;  the 
Valley  Church  of  Imperial,  Pa.,  as  pastor,  1898-1902;  and 
Lowellville,  Ohio,  as  pastor,  1903-1905.  After  this  he  resided 
in  Cheyenne,  N.Dak.,  from  1906  to  1912,  and  in  Geneva,  Ohio, 
from  1912  until  his  death  there  April  ii,  1927,  of  heart  trouble 
in  the  82nd  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Geneva. 

He  was  married  September  15,  1875,  in  Mineral  Ridge,  Ohio, 
to  Frances  Amanda  Whitney,  who  with  two  daughters,  survives 
him. 

NICHOLAS  FREDERICK  STAHL,  D.D., 

Son  of  Nicholas  and  Sarah  Ann  (Beebe)  Stahl,  was  born  Au- 
gust 30,  1847,  in  Galena,  111.  He  made  a public  confession  of 
his  faith  in  the  South  Presbyterian  Church  of  Galena,  111.,  at 
the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued 
under  private  tutors  in  Galena  and  in  Beloit  College.  He  grad- 
uated from  Princeton  University  in  1869.  After  his  graduation 
he  studied  law  and  engaged  in  its  practice  in  Galena,  Chicago, 


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and  San  Francisco.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  as 
a special  student  in  1874,  remaining  one  year  and  receiving  a 
special  certificate  in  1875.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Freeport,  August  10,  1875,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Wooster,  October  26,  1875,  being  at  the  same  time  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Bellville,  Ohio,  from  which  he  was 
released  April  26,  1876.  During  this  pastorate,  he  also  supplied 
the  church  of  Utica,  Ohio.  He  then  served  the  following 
churches ; Campbell  Park  chapel,  Chicago,  111.,  as  stated  supply, 
1877-78;  Muncy,  Pa.,  as  stated  supply,  from  August  18,  1878, 
until  installed  its  pastor.  May  7,  1880,  being  released  from  this 
charge  November  25,  1883;  Montgomery,  Pa.,  as  stated  supply, 
from  1880  to  1883 ; the  Green  Ridge  Church  of  Scranton,  Pa., 
as  pastor,  from  February  13,  1884,  to  April  21,  1897.  He  served 
as  chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army,  1898-99;  was  pastor  of 
the  church  of  Delaware  City,  Del.,  from  October  ii,  1900,  to 
January  8,  1904;  served  the  church  of  Elmhurst,  Pa.,  as  pastor 
elect,  from  1904  to  1905,  and  the  church  of  East  Mauch  Chunk, 
Pa.,  as  pastor,  from  November  14,  1905,  to  July  24,  1907.  From 
1908  to  1910,  he  was  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
Bradford,  Vt.,  and  from  1912  to  1924,  pastor  of  the  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Riverton,  N.J.  He  then  took  up  his 
residence  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  continuing  there  until  his  death, 
December  27,  1927,  of  heart  failure  in  the  81  st  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  buried  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  Cemetery  of  New 
Castle,  Del.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1906 
from  Richmond  College,  Ohio.  He  was  chaplain  of  the  Ezra 
Griffin  Post  139,  from  1889  to  1897,  and  of  the  13th  Regiment 
of  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  from  1898  to  1899. 

He  was  married  December  23,  1875,  New  Castle,  Del.,  to 
Mary  Amanda  Taggart,  who,  with  one  son  and  two  daughters, 
survives  him. 


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MATTHEW  ANDERSON,  D.D., 

Son  of  Timothy  and  Mary  (Croog)  Anderson,  was  bom  Jan- 
uary 25,  1845,  in  Greencastle,  Pa.  He  made  a public  confession 
of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Greencastle  at  the 
age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in 
Iberia  College,  Ohio,  and  in  the  Normal  Department  of  Oberlin 
College,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1874.  Entering 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took 
the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduated  in  1877.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle  June  ii,  1878,  and 
ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery  June  12,  1878.  From  1877  to 
1879  he  was  a student  at  the  Yale  Divinity  School,  and  during 
this  time  supplied  the  Temple  Street  Congregational  Church  of 
New  Haven.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  Gloucester  Mission, 
Philadelphia,  from  1879  to  1880.  This  Mission  became  the 
Berean  Church,  which  he  served  as  pastor  from  July  ii,  1880, 
until  his  death.  He  died  January  ii,  1928,  in  Philadelphia  of 
pneumonia  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in 
1904  from  Lincoln  University,  He  was  moderator  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Philadelphia  Central  in  1885.  He  published:  Outline 
History  of  the  Mendi  Mission,  West  Africa,  1877;  Presby- 
terianism in  its  Relation  to  the  Negro,  1897;  The  Forward 
Movement,  1903;  Economic  Aspect  of  the  Negro  Problem, 
1905;  Fallacious  Criticisms  of  the  Negro,  1907;  Manual  Train- 
ing Among  the  Negroes  in  the  North,  1908;  and  other  articles. 
He  was  a member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and 
Social  Sciences,  of  the  American  Negro  Academy,  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Abolition  Society,  and  the  National  Geographic  So- 
ciety. He  was  a delegate  to  the  Universal  Peace  Society  Con- 
vention in  Rouen,  France,  1903.  In  1889  he  founded  the  Berean 


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Manual  Training  and  Industrial  School  in  Philadelphia  and 
was  its  principal  until  his  death. 

He  was  married  twice:  (i)  August  17,  1880,  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  to  Mrs.  Caroline  V.  (Still)  Wiley,  who  died  June  2,  1919; 
(2)  July  14,  1920,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  to  Blanche  Williams, 
who,  with  two  daughters  by  his  first  wife,  survives  him. 

JOHN  ADAMS  EWALT,  D.D., 

Son  of  Zachariah  Tannehill  and  Belinda  (Adams)  Ewalt,  was 
born  January  25,  1846,  in  Howland,  Ohio.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Oberlin,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Oberlin  College 
and  he  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1874.  He  entered  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1874,  remaining  there  two  years.  He 
took  the  third  year  of  his  theological  course  in  McCormick 
Theological  Seminary  from  which  he  graduated  in  1877.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  April  25, 
1876,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ottawa,  May  10,  1877, 
being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  Park  Church  of 
Streator,  111.,  from  which  he  was  released  January  31,  1882. 
He  was  pastor  of  the  church  of  London,  Ohio,  from  April  ii, 
1882,  to  October  23,  1900;  stated  supply  of  the  Norwood 
Church  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  from  October,  1900,  to  April, 
1902;  pastor  elect  of  the  church  of  Winchester,  Ohio,  from 
April,  1902,  to  April,  1907;  pastor  of  the  church  of  Loveland, 
Ohio,  from  June  24,  1907,  to  December  20,  1915 ; pastor  of  the 
Rainier  Beach  Church  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  from  March  15,  1916, 
to  November  28,  1917,  and  stated  supply  of  the  Miflin  Church 
of  Gahanna,  Ohio,  from  1918  until  his  death.  He  died  June  5, 
1927,  in  Oakland,  Calif.,  of  pneumonia  in  the  82nd  year  of  his 
age.  He  was  buried  at  Moundsville,  W.Va.  He  received  the 


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honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1898  from  Wooster  University.  He 
was  stated  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ottawa  for  four  years 
and  of  the  Presbytery  of  Columbus  for  fourteen  years.  He  was 
commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  in  1881,  1887,  1895, 
1907.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Columbus  in 
1919. 

He  was  married  September  13,  1877,  in  Moundsville,  W.Va., 
to  Elizabeth  Mary  Ferguson,  who  died  October  13,  1926.  One 
son  and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

OLIVER  ALEXANDER  KERR, 

Son  of  William  and  Margaret  Ann  (Alexander)  Kerr,  was 
born  October  24,  1848,  in  Centre  Hill,  Pa.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Columbia, 
Pa.,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pur- 
sued in  Columbia,  Pa.,  and  Hightstown,  N.J.  He  graduated 
from  Princeton  University  in  1871.  During  the  next  three  years 
he  was  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  High  School  of  Lawrence- 
ville,  N.J.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1874,  tak- 
ing the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduating  in  1877. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Huntington,  April  12, 
1876,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1877,  being  installed  pastor  of  the  church  of  Borden- 
town,  N.J.,  from  which  he  was  released  September  26,  1899. 
This  was  his  only  pastorate.  After  1899  he  was  associated  with 
the  publishers,  Dodd,  Mead  & Company  of  New  York,  as 
salesman.  He  resided  in  Bordentown,  N.J.,  until  his  death  Oc- 
tober 28,  1926,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  of  pleural  pneumonia  four 
days  after  the  completion  of  his  78th  year.  He  was  buried  in 
the  Cemetery  of  Bordentown,  N.J. 

He  was  married  March  27,  1878,  in  Long  Branch,  N.J.,  to 


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Katharine  Morrell,  who  died  October  9,  1923.  One  son  survives 
him. 


JOHN  P.  CAMPBELL,  D.D., 

Son  of  Peter  P.  and  Margaret  (McKenzie)  Campbell,  was 
bom  August  4,  1850,  in  Caledonia,  N.Y.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  faith  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cale- 
donia, at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pur- 
sued in  the  Le  Roy  Academy,  Le  Roy,  N.Y. ; in  the  Falley 
Seminary,  Fulton,  N.Y.,  and  in  the  State  Normal  School  of 
Brockport,  N.Y.  He  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in 
1875,  entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  taking  the  full  three  years’  course  and  graduating 
in  1878.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Rochester,  April 
27,  1877,  and  ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  same  Presbytery, 
October  29,  1878.  He  supplied  the  Faith  Mission  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  from  1878  to  1886.  At  this  time  this  Mission  was  consti- 
tuted as  Faith  Church  and  he  was  installed  its  pastor  Decem- 
ber 28,  1886,  continuing  as  its  pastor  until  October  7,  1918. 
On  his  resignation  he  was  made  pastor  emeritus  and  resided  in 
Baltimore  until  August,  1927,  when  he  moved  to  Caledonia, 
N.Y.  He  died  November  6,  1927,  in  Caledonia,  in  the  78th  year 
of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  Mumford  Rural  Cemetery  of 
Caledonia.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1896 
from  New  Windsor  College.  He  was  commissioner  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  many  times.  He  was  also  several  times  moder- 
ator of  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore  and  was  moderator  of  the 
Synod  of  Baltimore  in  1916.  He  was  a delegate  to  the  Sunday 
School  Convention  in  Zurich,  Switzerland,  in  1913,  and  a dele- 
gate to  the  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches  held  in  Aberdeen, 
Scotland.  He  was  vice-president  of  the  Maryland  Tract  Society 
and  was  a member  of  the  Executive  Commission  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  1909-12. 


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He  was  married  February  27,  1890,  in  Salisbury,  Md.,  to 
Maria  Alice  Freeny,  who  died  April  ii,  1922. 

SAMUEL  HALL  YOUNG,  D.D., 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Loyal  and  Margaret  Porter  (Johnston) 
Young,  was  born  September  12,  1847,  in  Butler,  Pa.  He  made 
a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Congregational  church 
of  Benzonia,  Mich.,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  His  preparatory 
studies  were  pursued  in  the  Withersp>oon  Institute,  Butler,  Pa., 
and  under  private  tuition  of  his  father.  He  graduated  from 
Wooster  University  in  1875.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at 
Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  remaining  one  year.  He 
completed  his  theological  course  in  the  Western  Theological 
Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa.,  in  1878.  He  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  West  Virginia,  April  29,  1877,  was  ordained 
by  the  same  Presbytery,  May  5,  1878.  He  engaged  in  work  as 
a missionary  in  Fort  Wrangle,  Alaska,  from  June,  1878,  to 
July  18,  1888;  was  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Long 
Beach  and  Wilmington,  Calif.,  from  September,  1888,  until 
installed  pastor  in  February,  1889,  and  was  released  from  these 
charges  March  i,  1890.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  Calvary 
Church,  Chicago,  111.,  from  November,  1891,  to  October,  1892 ; 
stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  from  Octo- 
ber, 1892,  until  installed  its  pastor,  June  i,  1893,  being  released 
from  this  charge,  October  i,  1895;  was  stated  supply  of  the 
Westminister  Church  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  from  1896  to  1897. 
He  engaged  in  work  as  a missionary  in  Dawson  City,  Alaska, 
1897-1898;  in  Eagle  and  Rampart,  Alaska,  from  1898  to  1899; 
in  Nome  and  Teller,  Alaska,  1899-1900,  and  became  superin- 
tendent of  Presbyterian  Missions  in  Alaska  in  1901.  He  con- 
tinued his  missionary  work  in  Alaska  until  1912.  At  this  time 
he  was  made  a special  representative  of  the  National  Board  of 


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Missions  with  headquarters  in  New  York  City,  continuing  as 
such  until  1921.  From  this  time  until  1925  he  was  general  mis- 
sionary for  Alaska  and  again  special  representative  of  the  same 
board  until  his  death.  He  died  September  2,  1927,  in  Clarks- 
burg, W.Va.,  being  killed  by  an  electric  car  within  ten  days  of 
the  completion  of  his  80th  year.  He  was  buried  in  Syracuse, 
N.Y.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1899  from 
Wooster  University.  He  was  a commissioner  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  1901.  He  organized  the  first  Protestant  church 
in  Alaska  in  1879,  the  Fort  Wrangle  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
also  organized  churches  in  other  Alaskan  towns.  He  published : 
Alaska  Days  with  John  Muir,  1915;  Klondike  Clan,  1916; 
Adventures  in  Alaska,  1919;  Kenowan,  the  Hyda  Boy,  1919; 
The  Mushing  Parson,  An  Autobiography,  1927.  He  also  wrote 
many  articles  for  the  New  York  Evangelist,  the  Assembly 
Herald  and  many  magazines. 

He  was  married  December  15,  1878,  in  Sitka,  Alaska,  to 
Fannie  Eddy  Kellogg,  who  died  January  13,  1915.  Two  daugh- 
ters survive  him. 

THOMAS  MASKELL  FINDLEY,  D.D., 

Son  of  William  Marshall  and  Eleanor  (Caruthers)  Findley, 
was  bom  September  29,  1847,  in  Mahoning,  Pa.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Glade  Run,  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  Glade  Run  Academy  and  he  graduated  from 
Monmouth  College,  Illinois,  in  1874.  He  was  an  honor  man  in 
his  class.  He  spent  the  next  two  years  as  principal  of  the  High 
School  of  Morning  Sun,  Iowa.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at 
Princeton  in  1876  taking  the  full  three  years’  course  there,  and 
graduating  in  1879.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  April  28,  1879,  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 


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Des  Moines,  June  22,  1880,  being  at  the  same  time  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Indianola,  Iowa,  from  which  he  was 
released  June  10,  1883.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  churches 
of  Blunt  and  Canning,  Iowa,  from  July  4,  1883,  to  June  23, 
1885.  During  this  time  he  was  president  of  Pierre  University, 
South  Dakota.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  Ninth  Street 
Church  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  from  December,  1885,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1887.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  of  Duluth, 
Minn.,  from  January  25,  1888,  to  October  17,  1898.  From  1898 
to  1925,  he  labored  as  an  evangelist  in  the  Presbytery  of  St. 
Cloud,  serving  various  churches  in  the  Presbytery.  He  resided 
in  Spicer,  Minn.,  from  1898  to  1911;  in  Glenwood,  Minn., 
1911-1913;  in  Paynesville,  Minn.,  1913-1914;  and  in  Spicer, 
Minn.,  1914  until  his  death,  February  22,  1928,  in  Spicer,  of 
heart  trouble  in  the  81  st  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in 
Spicer,  Minn.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in 
1921  from  Macalester  College.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Synod 
of  Minnesota  in  1894  and  commissioner  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  1890  and  1902.  He  founded  Pierre  University  now 
Huron  College  and  founded  more  than  twenty  churches  in  the 
Synod  of  Minnesota.  After  1877  he  was  a special  contributor 
to  the  church  papers. 

He  was  twice  married:  (i)  June  18,  1879,  in  Tamworth  Iron 
Works,  N.H.,  to  Abbie  May  Runnells,  who  died  November  ii, 
1880;  (2)  September  ii,  1883,  in  Chicago,  111.,  to  Lou  M. 
Gregory,  who,  with  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  survives  him. 

PRESTON  BARR, 

Son  of  William  Taylor  and  Elizabeth  (McBride)  Barr,  was 
born  June  16,  1854,  in  Taylorsville,  Pa.  He  made  a public  con- 
fession of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Mattoon,  111., 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued 


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in  Elderton,  Pa.,  under  the  Rev.  Byron  Porter  and  he  grad- 
uated from  Princeton  University  in  1878.  Entering  the  Sam- 
inary at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the 
full  three  years’  course  there,  graduating  in  1881.  He  was 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Kittanning,  August  5,  1880,  and 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Winona,  April  26,  1882.  He  was 
stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Lanesboro  and  Henrytown, 
Minn.,  from  1881  to  1882;  pastor  of  the  churches  of  Newton- 
Hamilton  and  Petersburgh,  Pa.,  from  December  23,  1882,  to 
April  8,  1884,  and  stated  supply  of  the  Congregational  church 
of  Ludlow,  Mass.,  from  1884  to  1886.  Prom  the  latter  year 
until  1891,  he  resided  in  Lee,  Mass.  He  was  ordained  a deacon 
in  the  Episcopal  Church,  November  15,  1887,  by  Bishop  Pad- 
dock,  and  a priest,  November  30,  1888,  by  Bishop  Doane.  He 
served  St.  George’s  Episcopal  Church  of  Lee,  Mass.,  from  1888 
to  1891  and  St.  Mary’s  Church  of  North  East  Harbor,  Me., 
from  1891  to  1893.  He  was  rector  of  St.  Luke’s  Church,  Ta- 
coma, Wash.,  from  1894  to  1896  and  served  St.  Luke’s  Church 
of  Chatham,  N.Y.,  from  1896  to  1897.  He  was  rector  of  Christ 
Church  and  St.  Matthew’s  Church  of  Enosburgh  Palls,  Vt., 
from  1898  to  1900.  He  was  rector  of  St.  Martin’s  Church,  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  1901-1904.  From  1905  until  1908,  he  was 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Lee,  Mass.,  and  rector  of  St. 
John’s  Church,  Wilkinsonville,  Mass.,  from  1910  to  1926.  At 
this  time  he  retired  from  the  active  work  of  the  ministry,  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  Clinton,  North  Carolina.  He  died  No-  | 
vember  7,  1927,  in  Clinton  of  shock  resulting  from  the  burning 
of  his  home  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the 
church  graveyard  of  Wilkinsonville,  Mass. 

He  was  married  October  ii,  1882,  in  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  to 
Alice  Darnell  Hunter,  who  died  August  23,  1924.  Two  sons 
survive  him. 


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CRAIG  BOYD  CROSS, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Boyd  and  Margaret  Irvine  (Dickey) 
Cross,  was  born  May  18,  1854,  in  Oxford,  Pa.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Oxford,  at  the  age  of  thirteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  George  S.  Carey’s  School  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  and 
he  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in  1875.  He  spent  the 
next  four  years  in  teaching  at  the  George  S.  Carey’s  School  of 
Baltimore.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of 
1879,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there,  graduating  in 
1882.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1880,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Westminster, 
August  29,  1883,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of 
the  church  of  Chance  ford.  Pa.,  from  which  he  was  released, 
April  9,  1889.  He  was  pastor  of  Christ  Church,  Lebanon,  Pa., 
from  October  13,  1891,  to  November  5,  1901.  During  the  next 
three  years  he  resided,  without  charge,  in  Oxford,  Pa.  He  was 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Dickinson,  Pa.,  from  June  8,  1904,  to 
April  10,  1906,  and  after  this  resided  as  an  evangelist  in  Ox- 
ford, Pa.,  until  his  death  there,  January  2,  1928,  of  myocarditis 
in  the  74th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Oxford,  Pa. 

He  was  married  October  12,  1892,  in  Chanceford,  Pa.,  to 
Rebecca  Glenn  Keyser,  who  survives  him. 

WILLIAM  THADDEUS  ELSING,  D.D., 

Son  or  Taddes  and  Anna  (Koster)  Elsing,  was  born  June  8, 
1852,  in  Imsum,  Holland.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his 
faith  in  the  Tabernacle  Congregational  Church  of  Chicago,  111., 
at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in 
the  Lake  Forest  Academy,  and  he  graduated  from  Princeton 
University  in  1879.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there, 


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graduating  in  1882.  He  was  licensed  and  ordained  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Chicago,  May  10,  1882,  He  then  spent  six  months 
at  the  University  of  Berlin.  He  had  only  one  pastorate,  that 
of  the  De  Witt  Memorial  Church  of  New  York  City,  from 
1883  to  1923.  After  giving  up  this  charge  he  spent  some  time 
with  his  sons  in  the  West  and  then  went  to  Europe.  He  died 
July  24,  1927,  in  Merano,  Italy,  of  ulcers  of  the  stomach  and 
intestines  in  the  76th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Mon- 
terey, Mass.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1912 
from  Union  College.  He  published  Lights  and  Shadows  of  Life 
in  a Great  City,  1893. 

He  was  twice  married:  (i)  May  30,  1883,  in  Lake  Forest, 
111.,  to  Mary  Warren, .who  died  November  15,  1918;  (2)  April 
9,  1924,  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  to  Mrs.  Emma  Bennett,  who,  with 
two  sons  by  his  first  wife,  survives  him. 

WILLIAM  THORINGTON  DOGGETT, 

Son  of  John  and  Mary  Ann  (Cobb)  Doggett,  was  bom  July 
7,  1853,  in  Guilford  County,  N.C.  He  made  a public  confession 
of  his  faith  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Richmond, 
Ind.,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  New  Garden  Friends’  Boarding  School  of  Guil- 
ford and  he  graduated  from  Earlham  College,  Richmond,  Ind., 
in  1878.  From  1878  until  1881  he  taught  in  the  Academy  of 
Spiceland,  Ind.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1881, 
he  remained  there  two  years.  He  again  taught  in  the  Spice- 
land Academy  from  1883  until  1884.  He  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  White  Water,  April  9,  1884,  and  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Central  Dakota,  May  7,  1885.  He  was  stated 
supply  of  the  church  of  Blunt,  S.Dak.,  from  February,  1885, 
to  February,  1886 ; stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Crystal  Falls, 
S.Dak.,  from  1886  to  1887;  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of 


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White  and  Volga,  S.Dak.,  from  1887  to  1888;  stated  supply 
of  the  church  of  Danville,  Va.,  from  1888  to  1890,  and  pastor 
of  the  S'helton  Memorial  Church  of  Danville,  Va.,  from  April 
27,  1890,  to  April  8,  1908.  After  this  he  continued  his  residence 
in  Danville  until  his  death.  He  supplied  the  churches  of  Spring 
Hill  and  Mt.  Carmel,  Va.,  from  1908  until  his  death.  He  died 
April  23,  1927,  in  the  Memorial  Hospital,  Danville,  Va.,  of 
cerebral  hemorrhage  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried 
in  the  Leemont  Cemetery,  Danville,  Va. 

He  was  married  November  15,  1888,  in  Spiceland,  Ind.,  to 
Sarah  Ellen  Bogue,  who,  with  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
survives  him. 

FRANK  ROSEBROOK  SYMMES,  D.D., 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  Gaston  and  Mary  Rosebrook 
(Henry)  Symmes,  was  born  October  24,  1856,  in  Madison, 
Ind.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Cranbury,  N.J.,  at  the  age  of  thirteen. 
His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Brainerd  Institute 
of  Cranbury,  and  he  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in 
1881.  He  then  spent  one  year  teaching  in  the  public  school  of 
Cranbur)’^  and  a second  year  as  a principal  of  the  Academy 
at  Columbus,  N.J.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1883, 
he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduated  in 
1886.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  April 
14,  1885,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  May 
13,  1886,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  Fair- 
field  Church  of  Fairton,  N.J.,  from  which  he  was  released, 
January  28,  1890.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Old  Tennent  Church 
of  Tennent,  N.J.,  from  February  18,  1890,  to  February  18, 
1919.  On  his  resignation,  he  became  pastor  emeritus.  While 
pastor  of  this  church,  he  resided  in  Freehold,  N.J.,  and  con- 


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tinued  his  residence  there  until  his  death  March  22,  1928,  of 
apoplexy  in  the  72nd  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the 
Old  Tennent  Cemetery.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
D.D.  in  1924  from  Central  College,  Iowa.  He  was  permanent 
clerk  of  Monmouth  Presbytery,  from  1890  to  1911;  acting 
stated  clerk  of  the  same  Presbytery  from  1910  until  1911  and 
its  stated  clerk  from  1911  until  1913.  He  wrote  A History  of 
the  Old  Tennent  Church,  1897,  of  which  a second  edition  was 
issued  in  1904. 

He  was  married  September  26,  1893,  in  Asbury  Park,  N.J., 
to  Elizabeth  Smith  Jewell,  who,  with  two  daughters,  survives 
him. 

SMITH  ORDWAY,  D.D., 

Son  of  Jonathan  Luther  and  Orisa  Eleanor  (Qark)  Ordway, 
was  born  September  28,  1854,  in  Jasper,  N.Y.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Jasper,  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  Alfred  University,  N.Y.,  and  he  graduated 
from  Princeton  University  in  1884.  Entering  the  Seminary 
at  Princeton  in  1884,  he  remained  there  one  year.  He  com- 
pleted his  theological  course  in  the  Auburn  Theological  Semi- 
nary, from  which  he  graduated  in  1888.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Steuben,  April  19,  1887,  and  ordained  by 
the  same  Presbytery,  April  18,  1888.  He  was  stated  supply  of 
the  church  of  Pompey  Hill,  N.Y.,  from  1888  to  1890;  stated 
supply  of  the  church  of  Marathon,  N.Y.,  1890-94;  pastor  of 
the  Westminster  Church  of  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  from  March  20, 
1894,  to  November  16,  1895;  pastor  of  the  church  of  Sodus, 
N.Y.,  from  December  20,  1895,  to  April  19,  1905 ; served  the 
church  of  Pittsford,  N.Y.,  from  1905  to  1911;  pastor  of  the 
Kilburn  Memorial  Church  of  Newark,  N.J.,  from  December 
7,  1911,  to  May  22,  1916;  pastor  of  the  Moravia  Church  of 


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West  Pittsburg'h,  Pa.,  from  June  27,  1917,  to  May  2,  1918, 
and  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Lewiston,  N.Y.,  from  1918 
to  1923.  During  this  time  he  was  stated  supply  of  the  church 
of  Modeltown,  N.Y.,  from  1920  to  1923.  In  the  latter  year  he 
was  honorably  retired  from  the  active  ministry  and  took  up 
his  residence  in  Auburn,  N.Y.,  until  his  death  there,  October 
26,  1927,  of  old  age  in  his  74th  year.  He  was  buried  in  the 
Soule  Cemetery,  Auburn,  N.Y.  He  received  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  D.D.  in  1923  from  Potomac  University  of  Washington, 
D.C. 

He  was  married  May  22,  1888,  in  Owasco,  N.Y.,  to  Sarah 
Dubois  Parsed,  who  died  April  25,  1925.  Two  daughters  sur- 
vive him. 

THOMAS  NEWSOM  POTTS,  D.D.,  Ph.D., 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Ezekiel  and  Mary  Anne  (Harrell) 
Potts,  was  born  June  i,  1863,  in  Cortlandt,  Va.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Methodist  church  at  the 
age  of  eight.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Ash- 
land Institute,  Va.,  and  he  graduated  from  Randolph-Macon 
College  in  1882.  From  1883  to  1884  he  engaged  in  preaching 
under  the  direction  of  the  Virginia  Conference  of  the  Method- 
ist Church.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1886, 
taking  the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduating  in 
1889.  He  was  a graduate  student  in  Princeton  University  from 
1889  to  1890,  receiving  his  degree  of  A.M.  from  that  institu- 
tion in  the  latter  year.  He  was  ordained  deacon  by  the  Virginia 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Church,  November  21,  1891,  and 
ordained  an  elder  by  the  same  Conference,  November  27,  1893. 
He  served  the  following  Methodist  churches:  Berlin,  Md., 
from  1889  to  1890;  the  Ettrick  Church  of  Petersburgh,  Va., 
from  1890  to  1891 ; Trinity  Church  of  Salisbury,  Md.,  from 


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1891  to  1895 ; Park  Place  Church  of  Richmond,  Va.,  from 
1895  to  1899;  the  Mt.  Vernon  Church  of  Danville,  Va.,  from 
1899  to  1901 ; the  church  of  Farmville,  Va.,  from  1901  to  1903 ; 
church  of  Salisbury,  Md.,  from  1903  to  1907,  and  the  Park 
Place  Church  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  from  1907  to  1911.  From  1911 
to  1914  he  labored  in  the  Eastern  Shore  District  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Conference.  From  1914  to  1921  he  was  Secretary  of 
Missions  of  the  Virginia  Conference.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
church  of  Blackstone,  Va.,  1921-1926,  and  of  Trinity  Church, 
Newport  News,  Va.,  from  1926  until  his  death.  He  died  July 
6,  1927,  in  Newport  News  of  angina  pectoris  in  the  65th  year 
of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  Salisbury,  Md.  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  D.D.  in  1895  from  St.  John’s  College, 
Annapolis,  Md.,  and  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  in  1898  from  Frank- 
lin College,  Ohio.  From  1893  to  1895  he  was  editor  of  the 
Eastern  Shore  Methodist. 

He  was  married  December  25,  1890,  in  Trenton,  N.J.,  to 
Addie  Parsons,  who,  with  two  sons  and  four  daughters,  sur- 
vives him. 


EDGAR  HEALY  ROWE, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  John  Gallatin  and  Margaret  Ann  (Purcell) 
Rowe,  was  born  September  17,  1857,  in  Westmoreland  County, 
Va.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Methodist 
Church  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  Bowling  Green  Seminary.  He  was  a student  in 
the  Randolph-Macon  College  from  1875  to  1877  and  in  the 
University  of  Virginia,  during  a part  of  the  year  1879-80.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Bowling 
Green  Circuit  in  1881.  He  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  Bowling 
Green  Academy  from  1878  to  1879;  was  associate  principal  of 
Bowling  Green  High  School  from  1880  to  1881 ; was  a pro- 
fessor in  the  Seminary  of  Bowling  Green  from  1881  to  1882 


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and  principal  of  the  same  from  1883  to  1884.  He  entered  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1886  remaining  there  a short  time. 
He  served  the  Methodist  church  of  Boydton,  Va,,  from  1886 
to  1887.  He  was  principal  of  the  Seminary  of  Bowling  Green 
from  1888  to  1894.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Methodist  Con- 
ference of  Virginia,  November  19,  1890.  He  was  president  of 
the  Wesleyan  Female  College  of  Macon,  Ga.,  1894-1896,  and 
president  of  the  Southern  Seminary  of  Bowling  Green  and 
Buena  Vista,  Va.,  from  1896  to  1919.  He  resided  in  Milton, 
Va.,  from  1919  until  his  death,  April  7,  1927,  in  the  Johnston- 
Willis  Hospital  of  Richmond,  Va.,  of  ulcer  of  the  stomach  in 
the  70th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  Lakewood 
Cemetery  of  Bowling  Green. 

He  was  married  three  times:  (i)  September  i,  1881,  in 
Bowling  Green,  Va.,  to  Emma  Byron  Scott,  who  died  August 
21,  1884;  (2)  August  14,  1888,  in  Elmwood,  Mass.,  to  Mary 
Winslow  Shaw,  who  died  October  18,  1905,  and  (3)  June  30, 
1908,  in  Rodgersville,  Tenn.,  to  Frances  Walker  Hunter,  who, 
with  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  survives  him. 

DANIEL  EDWARDS  JENKINS,  Ph.D.,  D.D., 

Son  of  the  Rev.  John  Mortimer  and  Jane  (Edwards)  Jenkins, 
was  born  December  13,  1866,  in  Flintshire,  North  Wales.  He 
made  a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Orrville,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  He  spent  one 
year  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Wooster  University  and 
graduated  from  Melbourne  University,  Australia,  in  1888.  He 
was  in  the  Ormond  Divinity  Hall  of  Melbourne,  from  Febru- 
ary to  August,  1889.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in 
1889  as  a middler  and  graduated  in  1891.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  April  21,  1891,  and  or- 
dained by  the  Presbytery  of  Chester,  September  18,  1891,  being 


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at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  church  of  New  Lon- 
don, Pa.,  from  which  he  was  released  September  8,  1896.  He 
was  president  and  professor  of  Mental  and  Moral  Sciences  in 
Parsons  College,  Fairfield,  Iowa,  1896-1900.  He  was  pro- 
fessor of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology  in  the  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary  of  Omaha,  from  1900  until  his  death. 
He  was  the  founder  and  president  of  the  University  of 
Omaha,  from  1909  until  his  death.  He  died  November  24, 
1927,  in  Trenton,  N.J.,  in  the  61  st  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
buried  in  Omaha,  Nebr.  He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  in 
1897,  from  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  and  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  D.D.  in  1906,  from  the  Western  University  of 
Pennsylvania  (now  University  of  Pittsburgh).  He  was  moder- 
ator of  the  Synod  of  Nebraska  in  1909  and  commissioner  to 
the  General  Assembly  in  1913.  He  was  the  Stone  Lecturer  at 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  1905-06,  having  as  his 
subject : The  Function  and  Right  of  Anthropomorphism  in 
Religious  Thought.  He  published  many  theological  and  philo- 
sophical reviews  in  periodicals.  He  was  a member  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science. 

He  was  married  June  15,  1892,  in  New  Salem,  Pa.,  to  Annie 
C.  Finley,  who,  with  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  survives  him. 

PEDRO  RIOSECO, 

Son  of  Pedro  and  Margarita  (Ramos)  Rioseco,  was  born 
January  27,  1863,  in  Puerto  Principe,  Cuba.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Philadelphia  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  His  preparatory  studies 
were  pursued  in  the  Fewsmith  Academy  of  Philadelphia  and 
he  graduated  from  Princeton  University  in  1888.  Entering  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the 
full  three  years’  course  there,  graduating  in  1891.  He  was 


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licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  May  8,  1890,  and 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore,  June  23,  1891.  He 
was  pastor  of  the  church  of  Piney  Creek,  Md.,  from  June  23, 
1891,  to  October  6,  1896,  and  of  the  church  of  Taneytown, 
Md.,  from  June  24,  1891,  to  October  6,  1896,  and  was  stated 
supply  of  the  dhurch  at  Stonega,  Va.,  from  February,  1898,  to 
March,  1899.  At  this  time  he  went  to  Cuba  and  engaged  in 
missionary  work  in  that  country  from  1899  to  1906.  From 

1906  until  1908  he  was  the  agent  of  the  American  Bible  Society 
in  Havana,  Cuba.  In  the  latter  year  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  Cedar  Park 
Church  of  Philadelphia,  from  1918  to  1920.  He  died  May  14, 
1927,  in  Philadelphia,  of  cerebral  grippe  in  the  65th  year  of 
his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  Westminster  Cemetery  of  Phila- 
delphia. He  was  a commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  in 

1907  and  was  a member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
International  Sunday  School  Association. 

He  was  married  May  20,  1891,  in  Philadelphia,  to  Margaret 
Jane  Malseed,  who,  with  one  daughter,  survives  him, 

WILLIAM  WALTER  WARNE, 

Son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Almeda  (Stephens)  Warne,  was 
born  August  23,  1861,  in  Elizabeth,  N.J.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Peoria,  111.,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  Park  College,  and  in  Knox  College,  and  he  grad- 
uated from  Pierre  University  (now  Huron  College)  in  1888. 
He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1888,  remaining 
three  years  but  did  not  graduate.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Dakota,  June  12,  1890,  and  ordained  by  the 
same  Presbytery,  April  22,  1891.  He  engaged  in  missionary 
work  among  the  Chilkat  Indians,  being  stationed  at  Haines, 


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Alaska,  from  July,  1891,  to  March,  1901.  He  was  stated  sup-  1 
ply  of  the  churches  of  Hanna  City  and  Limestone,  111.,  from  1 

1901  to  1902 ; pastor  of  the  church  of  Florid,  and  stated  supply  | 

of  the  church  of  Granville,  111.,  from  October,  1902,  to  May,  I 

1904;  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Norwich,  N.Dak.,  from 
June,  1904,  to  March,  1905,  and  again  from  April,  1906,  to 
March,  1907.  He  supplied  the  churches  of  Douglas,  Ryder, 
and  Hiddenwood,  N.Dak.,  for  six  months  in  1905.  He  was 
stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Norwich,  N.Dak.,  from  1905  \ 

to  1910;  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Belfrey  and  Washoe, 

Mont.,  from  1910  to  1911,  and  stated  supply  of  the  church  of 
Rolette,  N.Dak.,  from  1912  to  1913.  After  this  he  resided  suc- 
cessively in  Jamestown,  N.Dak.,  Norwich,  N.Dak.,  Swift  Cur- 
rent, Sask.,  Can.,  and  again  in  Norwich,  N.Dak.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1927,  in  Norwich,  of  heart  failure  in  the  67th  year 
of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  Brethren  Cemetery  at  Surrey, 

N.Dak. 

He  was  married  June  25,  1891,  in  Clifton,  N.Y.,  to  Viola 
Bigford,  who,  with  one  son  and  four  daughters,  survives  him. 

THOMAS  MAXWELL  MORRISON, 

Son  of  Thomas  Lyle  and  Amanda  (Springer)  Morrison,  was 
born  November  21,  1867,  in  Fredericksburg,  Va.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  f 

Avondale,  Pa.,  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  His  preparatory  studies  ‘ 

were  pursued  in  the  Avondale  High  School.  He  was  a student 
in  the  Delaware  State  College  from  1884  to  1886  and  then 
entered  Lafayette  College  from  which  he  graduated  in  1888. 

During  the  next  year  he  engaged  in  the  study  of  English  and 
Hebrew  Bible  at  Lincoln  University.  Entering  the  Seminary 
at  Princeton  in  1889  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there,  ^ 

graduating  in  1892.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  I 


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Chester,  April  14,  1891,  and  ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery, 
September  9,  1892.  He  was  assistant  pastor  of  the  Memorial 
Church  of  Philadelphia,  from  July  19,  1892,  to  July  16,  1893 ; 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Shenandoah,  Pa.,  from  February  6, 
1894,  to  January  31,  1898;  pastor  of  the  church  of  Mahanoy 
City,  Pa.,  from  February  9,  1898,  to  April  21,  1908;  pastor  of 
the  Memorial  Church  of  Bellona,  N.Y.,  from  July  i,  1908,  to 
September  3,  1918,  and  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Johnson 
City,  N.Y.,  from  September  27,  1918,  until  his  death.  He  died 
May  10,  1927,  in  Binghamton,  N.Y.,  of  cerebral  embolism  in 
the  60th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  Tamaqua,  Pa.  He 
was  permanent  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lehigh,  from  1898 
to  1904  and  stated  clerk  of  the  same  Presbytery  from  1904  to 
1907.  He  was  stated  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Binghamton 
from  1921  to  1924.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Binghamton  in  1919.  He  was  the  author  of  Patriotic  Bellona 
and  contributed  poems  to  The  Presbyterian  of  Philadelphia. 

He  was  married  July  18,  1900,  in  Shenandoah,  Pa.,  to  Ma- 
hala  Fairchild,  wlio,  with  one  son,  survives  him. 

HENRY  IRVIN  NICHOLAS, 

Son  of  Jacob  Franklin  and  Clarissa  (Meyers)  Nicholas,  was 
born  April  13,  1854,  in  Hanoverville,  Pa.  He  made  a public 
confession  of  his  faith  in  the  German  Reformed  church  of 
Hecktown,  Pa.,  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight.  He  studied  in  the 
preparatory  school  of  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  and  later  engaged  in  the 
study  of  New  Testament  Greek  under  Prof.  Harper.  After 
this  he  was  a law  student  and  was  deputy  prothonotary  under 
Judge  Myers  at  Easton,  Pa.  He  also  engaged  in  business  and 
in  Sunday  Sohool  missionary  work  in  Texas  and  Minnesota. 
He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1899,  remaining  three 
years  but  did  not  graduate.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery 


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of  Lehigh,  April  21,  1892,  and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  North,  June  9,  1892,  being  at  the  same  time  in- 
stalled pastor  of  the  Church  of  Neshaminy  of  Warminster, 
Hartsville,  Pa.,  from  whidh  he  was  released  September  30, 
1901.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  De  Land,  Fla., 
from  1901  to  1902 ; stated  supply  of  the  Pitts  Grove  Church 
of  Daretown,  N.J.,  from  1902  until  installed  its  pastor,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1903,  being  released  from  this  charge  November  9, 
1903,  and  pastor  of  the  church  of  Summit  Hill,  Pa.,  from 
November  20,  1903,  until  his  death.  He  died  October  26,  1927, 
in  Coaldale,  Pa.,  of  apoplexy  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  buried  at  Hecktown,  Pa.  He  published : A History  of  the 
Sabbath  School  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Summit 
Hill,  Carbon  County,  Pa.,  and  sermons  and  poems  in  the 
Philadelphia  Ledger  and  other  papers.  He  was  unmarried. 

WILLIAM  MacFARLAND, 

Son  of  William  and  Anne  Jane  (Irvine)  MacFarland,  was 
born  December  31,  1867,  in  Castlederg,  Ireland.  He  made  a 
public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Castlederg,  at  the  age  of  twelve.  His  preparatory 
studies  were  pursued  in  the  Castlederg  Intermediate  School 
and  he  graduated  from  Queen’s  College,  Belfast,  in  1890.  He 
then  entered  the  Assembly’s  College,  Belfast,  taking  the  first 
two  years  of  his  theological  course  there.  He  entered  the  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton  in  1892  as  a senior,  remaining  one  year  and 
graduating  in  1893.  He  continued  his  studies  in  the  Princeton 
Seminary  as  a graduated  student  from  1894  to  1895.  He  was 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  January  7,  1895, 
and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle,  May  27,  1895, 
being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  East  Lake 
Church  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  from  which  he  was  released  in 


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February,  1897.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Ann  Carmichael  Memo- 
rial Church  of  Philadelphia,  from  February  ii,  1897,  to  Sep- 
tember 15,  1903;  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  of  Chester,  Pa., 
from  October  8,  1903,  until  May  31,  1909,  and  pastor  of  the 
Hebron  Memorial  Church  of  Philadelphia,  from  June  15,  1909, 
to  July  12,  1915.  At  this  time  he  returned  to  Ireland  and  re- 
sided in  County  Antrim  until  1926  and  after  that  in  Castle- 
derg,  Ireland.  He  died  March  25,  1928,  in  Fintona,  County 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  of  apoplexy  in  the  61  st  year  of  his  age. 

JACOB  TWYMAN  BOYER,  D.D., 

Son  of  James  and  Eliza  Ellen  (Brent)  Boyer,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1866,  in  Campbellsburg,  Ky.  He  made  a public  con- 
fession of  his  faith  in  the  Pisgah  Church  of  Campbellsburg,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the 
Campbellsburg  High  School  and  he  graduated  from  Centre 
College,  Ky.,  in  1890.  After  his  graduation  he  engaged  in 
teaching  in  JefTersontown,  Ky.,  for  one  year.  He  entered  the 
Danville  Theological  Seminary  in  1891  remaining  until  1893. 
He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1893  as  a senior  and 
graduated  in  1894.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Louisville,  June  12,  1894,  and  ordained  by  the  same  Presby- 
tery, June  25,  1894.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  churches  of 
Cowgill,  Polo,  and  Dawn,  Mo.,  from  August,  1894,  to  August, 
1895 ; stated  supply  of  the  churches  of  Osceola  and  Vista,  Mo., 
from  March,  1896,  until  installed  their  pastor,  April  27,  1897, 
being  released  from  these  charges  February  28,  1900.  He 
served  the  church  of  Holden  as  pastor  elect  from  March, 
1900,  to  May,  1902;  served  the  Cook  Avenue  Church  of  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  as  pastor  elect  from  May,  1902,  to  December, 
1907;  was  stated  supply  of  the  Third  Church  of  Louisville, 
Ky.,  from  1908  to  1911 ; was  stated  supply  of  the  church  of 


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Madison,  Ind.,  from  1911  to  1916;  served  the  church  of  Wave- 
land,  Ind.,  as  pastor  elect  from  1916  until  installed  its  pastor 
May  30,  1919,  being  released  from  this  charge  December  10, 
1923.  He  was  also  pastor  of  the  church  of  Bethany,  Ind.,  dur- 
ing his  pastorate  of  the  church  of  Waveland,  and  pastor  of 
the  church  of  Flora,  Ind.,  from  July  7,  1924,  until  his  death. 
He  died  September  30,  1927,  in  Logansport,  Ind.,  of  heart 
failure  following  a surgical  operation  in  the  62nd  year  of  his 
age.  He  was  buried  in  New  Castle,  Ky.  He  received  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  D.D.  in  1915  from  Hanover  College.  He  was  a 
commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  in  1898  and  was  moder- 
ator of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Albany  in  1915. 

He  was  married  June  24,  1891,  in  Lagrange,  Ky.,  to  Olive 
Mary  Ford,  who,  with  one  daughter,  survives  him. 

JOHN  TATHAM  DUNN, 

Son  of  Isaac  B.  and  Georgie  Frances  (Tatham)  Dunn,  was 
born  July  10,  1869,  in  Elmira,  N.Y.  He  made  a public  con- 
fession of  his  faith  in  the  First  Church  of  Chicago,  111.,  at  the 
age  of  eleven.  His  preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the 
Brockport  State  Normal  School  and  in  the  Marietta  Academy, 
Ohio.  He  studied  for  two  years  in  Marietta  College  and  then 
entered  Princeton  University,  from  wihich  he  graduated  in 
1892.  He  took  the  first  year  of  his  theological  course  in  Mc- 
Cormick Theological  Seminary,  1892-93.  He  then  spent  a year 
in  the  study  of  theology  in  the  Gottingen  University,  Germany. 
Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1894,  he  remained  two 
years,  graduating  in  1896.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Lackawanna,  April  21,  1896,  and  ordained  by  the  same 
Presbytery,  September  22,  1896.  He  was  assistant  pastor  of 
the  Second  Church  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  from  the  spring  of  1896 
to  the  spring  of  1898.  He  engaged  in  business  as  inspector  of 


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customs  in  Brunswick,  Ga.,  from  1898  to  1899.  From  this 
time  until  his  death  he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in 
Scranton,  Pa.  He  died  January  31,  1923,  in  Scranton  of  a 
nervous  breakdown  in  the  54th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried 
at  Scranton. 

He  was  married  December  19,  1906,  in  Wyalusing,  Pa.,  to 
Theo  Grace  Brown,  who  with  three  daughters,  survives  him. 

CHO  HACHIRO  KAJIWARA, 

Son  of  Hachiro  and  Hiro  (Kajiwara)  Kajiwara,  was  born 
September  17,  1870,  in  Wakamatsu,  Aizu,  Japan,  He  was  a 
student  in  the  Aoyama  Gakuin  and  the  Meiji  Gakuin  of  Tokyo, 
Japan.  He  spent  two  years  as  a special  student  in  Princeton 
University,  1890-92.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in 
1893,  remaining  four  years  and  graduating  in  1897.  He  was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  May  19,  1897. 
He  then  went  to  Japan  where  he  engaged  in  independent  work. 
He  was  a professor  in  the  theological  department  of  the  North 
Japan  College  in  Sendai,  from  1900  until  his  death.  He  died 
August  24,  1927,  in  Sendai,  of  heart  failure  in  the  57th  year 
of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  Wakamatsu  City,  Japan.  He  was 
author  of  The  Mind  of  Paul  and  contributed  to  various  peri- 
odical publications.  For  some  twenty  years  he  was  engaged  by 
the  government,  teaching  “morals”  in  the  Post  Office  Training 
School. 

He  was  married  in  October,  1888,  in  Wakamatsu  City  to 
Masa  Kajiwara,  who,  with  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  sur- 
vives him. 


JOHN  BROWER  McCREERY, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Henry  and  Cornelia  Leverich  (Bro- 
wer) McCreery,  was  born  January  3,  1873,  in  Chetopa,  Kan- 


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sas.  He  made  a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Chetopa,  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  His 
preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  public  schools  of  Che- 
topa. From  1888  to  1890  he  attended  the  college  of  Emporia. 
Later  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1897.  Entering  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three  years’  course  there 
graduating  in  1900.  He  continued  in  the  Princeton  Seminary 
as  a graduate  student  for  one  year,  receiving  in  1901  the  de- 
gree of  B.D.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, June  25,  1901,  and  ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery, 
December  12,  1901.  He  was  stated  supply  of  the  First  Church 
of  Chestertown,  N.Y.,  from  December,  1901,  to  January,  1904; 
stated  supply  of  the  First  Church  of  South  Wales  and  of  the 
church  of  Griffin  Mills,  N.Y.,  from  1904  to  1911;  stated  sup- 
ply of  the  churches  of  Gardenville  and  Sloan,  N.Y.,  from  1911 
to  1919,  and  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Gardenville,  from 
1919  until  his  death.  He  died  July  4,  1927,  in  the  General  Hos- 
pital of  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  of  uremic  poisoning  in  the  55th  year  of 
his  age.  He  was  buried  at  South  Wales,  N.Y. 

He  was  married  August  5,  1907,  in  South  Wales,  N.Y.,  to 
Florence  Tirzalh  'Emery,  who,  with  one  son  and  one  daughter, 
survives  him. 


BERT  B.  HARRISON, 

Son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Elenor  (Thompson)  Harrison,  was 
bom  September  18,  1880,  in  East  Rochester,  Ohio.  He  made 
a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Lisbon,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  His  prepara- 
tory studies  were  pursued  at  the  Lisbon  High  School  and  he 
graduated  from  Wooster  University  in  1903.  Entering  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took 
the  full  three  years’  course  there,  graduating  in  1906.  He  was 


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licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Shenango,  October  3,  1906,  and 
ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery,  October  4,  1906,  being  at 
the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  church  of  West  Mid- 
dlesex, Pa.,  from  which  he  was  released,  September  6,  1909. 
He  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Gerard,  Ohio,  1909-1912; 
pastor  of  the  Fairview  Church  of  Thomas,  Pa.,  from  Jan- 
uary 7,  1913,  to  September  16,  1919;  pastor  of  the  church 
of  McDonald,  Pa.,  from  1919  to  1925,  and  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Ford  City,  Pa.,  from  January  15,  1925,  until  his 
death.  On  account  of  ill  health,  he  gave  up  his  work  in  De- 
cember, 1927,  going  to  the  Overlook  Sanitarium  in  New  Wil- 
mington, Pa.,  and  then  to  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  at  Pitts- 
burgh. He  died  March  26,  1928,  in  Ford  City,  Pa.,  of  arterio- 
sclerosis, in  the  48th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the 
Haywood  Cemetery  of  West  Middlesex,  Pa.  He  received  the 
degree  of  A.M.  from  Princeton  University  in  1905.  He  was  a 
commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  in  1921. 

He  was  married  July  27,  1910,  in  West  Middlesex,  Pa.,  to 
Georgiana  Watson,  who,  with  one  son,  survives  him. 

MERLE  CLAYTON  WINN, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Clay  and  Eliza  Caroline  (Wil- 
lard) Winn,  was  born  August  28,  1890,  in  Kanazawa,  Japan. 
He  made  a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  North  Church 
of  Osaka,  Japan,  at  the  age  of  eleven.  He  graduated  from 
Knox  College,  Galesburg,  111.,  in  1913.  Entering  the  Seminary 
at  Princeton  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  he  took  the  full  three 
years’  course  there,  graduating  in  1916.  He  was  licensed  and 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Peoria,  July  15,  1916.  He  at 
once  went  as  a missionary  to  Japan,  being  stationed  at  Waka- 
yama from  1916  to  1918,  and  at  Kanazawa,  from  1918  to  1922. 
He  returned  to  Princeton  and  entered  the  Seminary  as  a grad- 


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uate  student  in  1922,  remaining  one  year.  Going  once  more  to 
Japan,  he  engaged  in  missionary  work  in  Kanazawa  from  1923 
to  1927.  He  returned  to  this  country  in  the  fall  of  1927  taking 
up  his  residence  in  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  where  he  died 
January  17,  1928,  of  heart  disease  in  the  38th  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  buried  in  Philadelphia.  He  received  the  degree  of 
Th.M.  from  Princeton  Seminary  in  1923. 

He  was  married  July  18,  1916,  in  Decatur,  111.,  to  Rowena 
Bell  Hudson,  who,  with  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  survives 
him. 


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GRADUATE  STUDENTS 

EDWIN  LAMONT  EAGLESON, 

Son  of  John  and  Margaret  Ann  (Clark)  Eagleson,  was  born 
February  16,  1874,  in  Leesburg,  Pa.  He  made  a public  con- 
fession of  his  faith  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of 
Leesburg,  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  His  preparatory  studies  were 
pursued  in  Grove  City  College  and  ihe  graduated  from  West- 
minster College,  New  Wilmington,  Pa.,  in  1899.  From  this 
time  until  1901  he  taught  in  the  Academy  at  McAlevys  Fort, 
Pa.  He  entered  the  Allegheny  United  Presbyterian  Seminary 
in  1901,  taking  the  full  three  years’  course  there  and  graduat- 
ing in  1904.  He  entered  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1904,  as 
a graduate  student,  remaining  one  year.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  United  Presbyterian  Presbytery  of  Mercer,  April  14,  1903, 
and  ordained  by  the  United  Presbyterian  Presbytery  of  Mus- 
kingum, May  22,  1906,  being  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  churches  of  Fairview  and  Sand 
Hill,  Ohio,  from  which  Charges  he  was  released,  November 
18,  1908.  He  was  pastor  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of 
Uniontown,  Ohio,  from  December  8,  1908,  to  September  25, 
1912,  and  pastor  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of  West 
Middletown,  Pa.,  from  November  22,  1912,  until  his  death. 
He  died  June  ii,  1927,  in  the  Ohio  Valley  Hospital  of  Wheel- 
ing, W.Va.,  after  an  operation,  in  the  54th  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  buried  in  Mercer,  Pa.  He  was  unmarried. 

JOHANNES  GERHARD  PLESSCHER, 

Son  of  the  Rev.  Johannes  and  Guske  (Wuebbena)  Plesscher, 
was  born  December  i,  1895,  in  Lincoln  Center  Iowa.  He  made 
a public  confession  of  his  faith  in  the  Christian  Reformed 


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church  near  Clara  City,  Minn.,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His 
preparatory  studies  were  pursued  in  the  High  School  of  Par- 
kersburg, Iowa.  He  was  a student  in  Calvin  College,  1914-16, 
and  then  in  the  Mission  House,  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1917.  He  was  a student  in  the  Christian  Re- 
formed Seminary  of  Grundy  Center,  Iowa,  from  1917  until 
1920,  graduating  in  the  latter  year.  He  engaged  in  teaching  in 
Grundy  College  from  1920  to  1921.  He  entered  the  Seminary 
at  Princeton  in  1921  as  a graduate  student,  remaining  two 
years.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Classis  of  East  Friesland  of  the 
Christian  Reformed  Church,  June  8,  1920.  From  1923  to  1926 
he  was  a teacher  in  Grundy  College.  He  was  ordained  June  6, 
1926,  by  the  Classis  of  East  Friesland,  being  at  the  same  time 
installed  pastor  of  the  Christian  Reformed  church  of  Ridott, 
111.,  which  he  served  until  his  death.  He  died  April  30,  1927, 
in  Ridott  in  the  32nd  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  at  Grundy 
center,  Iowa. 

He  was  married  August  26,  1920,  in  Grundy  Center,  Iowa, 
to  Minnetta  A.  Schulta,  who,  with  one  son,  survives  him. 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Anderson,  Matthew  523 

Baer,  Preston  529 

Blauvelt,  Isaac  Alstyne  501 

Boyer,  Jacob  Twyman  543 

Campbell,  John  P 526 

Carter,  Samuel  Thomson  502 

Cross,  Craig  Boyd  531 

Crozier,  Hugh  510 

Curtis,  William  Warren  516 

Dean,  Oliver  Stone  503 

Doggett,  William  Thorington  532 

Dunn,  John  Tatham  544 

Eagleson,  Edwin  Lamont  549 

Elsing,  William  Thaddeus  531 

Ewalt,  John  Adams  524 

Fairbanks,  Francis  Joel  505 

Findley,  Thomas  Maskell  528 

Fraser,  James  517 

Graham,  John  Joseph  521 

Graham,  Joseph  Patterson  518 

Harrison,  Bert  B 546 

Hench,  Thomas  Hackett  507 

Jenkins,  Daniel  Edward  537 

Kajiwara,  ChohachIro  545 

Kerr,  Oliver  Alexander  525 

Lawrence,  Ananias  519 

Le  Boutillier,  George  Thomas  51 1 

McCreery,  John  Brower  545 

MacFarland,  William  542 

Milligan,  George  Macbeth  513 

Morrison,  Thomas  Maxwell  540 

Nicholas,  Henry  Irvin  541 

Ordway,  Smith  534 

Pitkin,  Paul  Henry  508 

Plesscher,  Johannes  Gerhard  549 


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PAGE 

Pollock,  George  Crowe  504 

Potts,  Thomas  Newsom  535 

Rioseco,  Pedro  538 

Rose,  Arthur  514 

Rowe,  Edgar  Healy  536 

Smith,  George  Lockwood  506 

Stahl,  Nicholas  Frederick  521 

SwiNNERTON,  HeNRY  UlYATE  509 

Symmes,  Frank  Rosebrook  533 

Warne,  William  Walter  539 

Wherry,  Elwood  Morris  515 

Winn,  Merle  Clayton  547 

Young,  Samuel  Hall  527 


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printed  annually  for  fifty-four  years.  That  of  1875  contains 


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1927,  and 

48  in  the  present  issue,  making  in  all.  2541  brief  biographies  of 
ministers  and  other  alumni  and  officers  of  the  Seminary.