Stephen Bliss
was born in Lebanon, N.H., March 29, 1787, and fitted with Rev. Samuel Wood, D.D., of Boscawen, N.H., with whom he afterwards read theology. He was a teacher in Greenbush, N.Y., two years; in Utica, N.Y., preached in Wabash County, Ill. from about 1821 till his death, Dec 6,1847. He was a member of the Illinois Senate, 1824-28.
Isaac Newton Cushman
was born in Middleboro, Mass. Feb.22, 1788, and fitted at Randolph Academy. He read law with Hon. Titus Hutchinson of Woodstock. 1815-21; in Hartland from 1821 till his death, March 23,1843. He was represenative of the town of Hartland, 1823-25, and 32; States Attorney for Windsor County, 1824-27; member of the Council of Censors, 1820.
Samuel S. Davis
was from Ballston, N.Y. He was Tutor in Middlebury College, 1813-14, in Union College, 1815-17; read theology at Princeton Seminary; has been in Camden, S.C., but has preached most of the time in the State of Georgia. The degree of D.D., was conferred upon him by Franklin College, Geo., in 1845.
Martin C. Deming
was from Arlington. He became a merchant, and resided in Arlington till his death in June 1851. He represented his town in the General Assembly, 1830-32, in the Constituitional Convention, 1850; was Judge of Probate for the District of Manchester, 1836-38; member of the Council of Censors, 1841.
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Martin Fitch
was from Salem, N.Y.. His name was starred in the Triennial of 1823.
Henry Fuller
was born in Vershire, Aug. 1789, and fitted at Randolph Academy. He was a teacher in Piermont, N.H., a short time; read theology with his father, Rev. Stephen Fuller of Vershire, and Rev. A. Burton, D.D., of Thetford; was Pastor of a Presbyterian church in Smithtown, L.L., 1816-21; of a Congregational church in North Stamford, Conn., 1821-44; and in 1850 was still residing in North Stamford.
Allen Graves
was born in Rupert, April 8,1792, and fitted with Rev. Stephen Martindale at West Dorset. He graduated at Andover Theo. Sem., 1815; became a missionary of the A.B.C.F.M.; arrived at Bombay, Feb. 1818, and was in the service of the Board until his death, at Malcom Peth, Dec 30,1843. He visited the United States, 1832-34.
Friend Mabel Hall
became a physician; practiced in Berkshire a few years, and since then has been a farmer.
George S. Henshaw
was born in New Hartford, Conn.; and fitted at Addison County Grammar School. He read law in Montreal, L.C., and there practiced till his death.
Oren Hyde
became a member of Princeton Theo. Sem., 1823. In 1850 he was a Presbyterian minister and teacher in Fayetteville, N.Y.
Hiram Sumner Johnson
was from Jay, N.Y. For many years he was Pastor of the the Presbyterian church in Canton, N.Y., and still resides there.
Chester Long
was Pastor of a Presbyterian church in Greenburg, and White Plains. 1825-. In 1850 he was preaching in Huntington, L I.
Daniel Oliver Morton
was born in Winthrop, Me., Dec. 21,1788. He read theology with Rev. William Patten, D.D. of Newport, R.I.; was Pastor of the Congregational church in Shoreham, 1814-31; in Springfield, 1831-36; in Winchendon, Mass. some years; afterwards in Bristol, N.H., till his death, March 25,1852. He was author of the Life of Levi Parsons; Memoir of Mrs. Abigail Bailey; and of several sermons and other pamphlets.
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Matthew Perkins
was born in Sanbornton, N.H. June 17, 1788, and fitted with Rev. Abraham Bodwell of Sanbornton and at Gilmanton Academy, N.H. He read law with James Wilson Esq. of Keene, N.H.; practiced in Sanbornton, from 1817 till April, 1826; died in New York City in August, 1826. He was represenative of the town of Sanbornton in the N.H. Legislature in 1825.
William Perrin
was born in Berlin, April 25,1792, and fitted at Peacham and Randolph Academies. He commenced the study of Theology at Andover; was preceptor of an Academy in Tyngsboro, Mass. awhile; completed his theological studies with Rev. Andrew Yates D.D.; preached in various places in Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania; was Pastor of a Congregational church in Christs Church Parish, S.C., between two and three years; returned thence to Vermont, and died in Berlin, Feb.1824. He published three volumes of poetry, viz; Henry and Julia, or the Accident; Eloida; and Paraphrases of the Songs of the Old Testament.
Benjamin Pettengil
Nothing has been found concerning him.
James Kent Platt
was born in Plattsburg, N.Y. Feb. 11, 1792. He studied at Yale College as a resident graduate one year; read medicine in this country three years, attending lectures in Philidelphia and New York, in London, two years; in Paris, six months commenced practice in New York City, Aug. 1818. He was appointed Professor of Surgery in the medical department of the Univerisity of Vermont, 1823, delivered one course of Lectures, and died in Plattsburgh, N.Y., April 4,1824.
Isaac Reed
has some time been a Pastor in Essex, N.Y. In 1851 he was principal of a female Seminary in Marysville, KY.
Ashley Sampson
from Cornwall, was born 1789 or 90. He was preceptor of an Academy and read law in Saratoga Couny, N Y. 1812-17; practiced law in Pittsford, NY., 1817-19; in Rochester, N.Y since 1817. He was first Judge of Monroe County Court, N.Y; 1823-25, and 1838-43; and has been a member of the New York Assembly.
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Horatio Shumway
was preceptor of Union Hall Academy, Jamaica N.Y. 1812-14; read law with Hon. Luther Bradish, of New York City; practiced in Watertown NY 1816-24; and went thence to Buffalo, N.Y. where he was in 1844.
Joe Sedgwick Swift
was born in 1794. He graduated at Andover Theo Sem. 1815; went to Ga. was a teacher some time and has since been a planter in Georgia
Josiah Town
was born in Belchertown, Mass. 1787. He read theology with Rev. Mr. Griswold; was Pastor of the Congregational church, Hanover NY, 1814-33; of the Presbyterian church Warren, O. and some years ago removed to Illinois or Wisconsin.
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Solomon Metcalf Allen
was born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb.18,1789. He studied at Andover Theo. Sem., 1813-14; was Tutor at Middlebury College, 1814-16; Professor elect of Languages, officiating as Tutor, 1816-17. Sept. 23,1817, he went upon the roof of Painter Hall, to remedy a defect in a chimney, and fell, first, eight or ten feet to the roof, thence about forty feet to the ground. He died a little before ten o' clock that evening.
Seneca G. Bragg
was born in Washington County, N.Y., May, 1793, and fitted with Solo. G. Conklin, and Salem Town, LL.D. He studied his profession at the Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, near Alexandria, Va.; was ordained in 1831; labored one year as a missionary in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida; was Rector of Christ church, Macon, Geo., fourteen years; and in 1850, was laboring in connection with St. Luke's Parish and Montpelier Female Seminary, Montpelier,Geo.
Thomas P. Chaplin
was from Weathersfield. Nothing has been learned of his history since graduating.
Harry Conant
, from New Haven, was born in 1789 or '90. He was preceptor of Pittsfield Academy, Mass., 1813-14; read medicine with E. Tudor, M.D., of Middlebury, 1814-16; practiced at Fort Meigs, now Perrysburgh, O., 1817-20; whence he went to Monroe, Mich. where he was in 1844.
Franceway R. Cossitt
was born in Claremont, N.H., 1791. He was a teacher in New Jersey and North Carolina, seven years; studied theology at New Haven; removed to Tennessee; was President of Cumberland College, Princeton, Ky, and Pastor of the Bethlehem church, in the vicinity of the College, 1825-42; President of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn. 1842-47, and still resides in Lebanon. He was editor of the Banner of Peace, 1839-50. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him in 1839.
Nathan Douglas
was born in New London,Conn., 1785 or '86. He read theology at Andover, 1813-15; with Rev. Edward Payson, D.D., 1815-16; was Pastor of the Congregational church, Alfred Me., 1816-26; was a missionary at large; 1826-27; commenced laboring in East St. Albans, Me., 1827,; - a church was formed in 1830, of which he became the Pastor in 1833, and still held that office in 1844.
Junius H. Hatch
was from Granville, Mass. He became a lawyer, and in 1830 was practicing in New York City. He afterwards retired from practice, and in 1843, was residing at Black Rock, N.Y.
Thomas Hopkins
of Middlebury. His name was starred in the Triennial for 1823.
Otto S. Hoyt
was born in New Haven, May 22,1793, and fitted at Royalton and Middlebury. He was preceptor of Addison County Grammar School, 1814-15; Tutor in Middlebury College, 1815-16; studied theology at Andover and Princeton Seminaries; was Pastor of the Congregational church in Hinesburgh 1818-32; Agent of the American Education Society in Central New York, 1832-37; and since 1838 has been Pastor at Hinesburgh again.
Luther Humphrey
was born in Canton, Conn., 1783. He read theology with Rev. Andrew Yates, D.D.; was Pastor of the Presbyterian [?] church in Burton, O., 1815-28; in Conneaut, O., 1829-31; went thence to Michigan, and preached a number of years in Edwardsburgh. He has since been a colporteur.
Hall Jackson Kelley
was from Gilmanton, N.H., and became a teacher in Boston, Mass. In 1817, he engaged in efforts to colonize Oregon, and in 1834, visited that territory. He returned to the States in a year or two, but his history since then has not been learned.
George W. Kirkland
was from Granville, N.Y. he read law in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and has since practiced in Waterford,N.Y.
Sylvester Larned
was born in Pittsfield,Mass., Aug 31,1796, and fitted at Lenox Academy, Mass. He read theology at Andover and Princeton Seminaries, and became the first Pastor of the first Presbyterian church in New Oreleans,La. He died in New Orleans, of yellow fever, on his birth-day, 1820. In 1844, Rev. R.R. Gurley published a Memoir of Mr. Larned and several of his sermons.
Abiel Pettibone Mead
was born in Rutland, April 12,1789. He read medicine with Edward Tudor, M.D., of Middlebury; attended lectures in Philidelphia, Penn.; practiced in Middlebury, a few months; in St. Andrews, Canada, two years, in Essex, N.Y., till the autumn of 1850; since then in Malden, Mass.
Selah Higley Merrill
was born in Castleton, April, 1796, and fitted at the Academy in that town. He was a teacher in Tinmouth, a few months; read law with Hon. Chauncey Langdon of Castleton, and practiced there till his death, July 28,1839. He was Register of Probate for the District of Fairhaven, 1814-23, and 1829-37; representative of Castleton, 1831-33; State's Attorney for Rutland County, 1829-35.
Samuel Nelson
, from Hebron, N.Y., was born in 1792 or '93, He became a lawyer. He was a member of the Convention to revise the Constitution of New York, 1821; appointed a Judge of the Circuit Courts of N.Y., 1823; was afterwards Cheif Justice of the State of New York; and since 1845 has been a Judge of the United States Supreme Court. He received the degree of LL.D. from Middlebury College, 1841. from Geneva College, 1837, and has also received it from Columbia College.
Benjamin Nixon
was from Sudbury, Mass. He resides in Pittsford.
Henry G. Palmer
was from Stonington, Conn. He fitted in Boscawen, N.H. He became a teacher in New Jersey, and there he died.
Otis Rockwood
was born in Chesterfield, N.H., May 1, 1791. He graduated at Andover Theo. Sem., 1817; was Pastor of the first Congregational church Lynn,Mass, 1818-32; in Woodstock, Conn. 1834-; and in 1851, was residing in Medford, Mass.
John Ross
was from New London,Conn. He studied his profession at Princeton Theo. Sem.; preached a while in Pennsylvania; and went thence to Ohio, many years ago.
Dudley D. Rosseter
was born in Stonington, Conn. He became Pastor of the Congregational church in Southwick, Mass. Jan, 1816, but on account of ill health, preached only one Sabbath after his ordination and was dismissed, March, 1817. He has since been engaged in mercantile business in Boston, Mass. and New York City. In 1850, he was residing in Marietta,O.
Reuben Smith
, from Bolton, N.Y. was born in 1788 or '89. He studied at Priceton Theo. Sem., 1813-15; was Pastor of the Presbyterian church, Ballston, N.Y. 1816-25; of the Congregational church, Burlington, 1825-31; of the Presbyterian church in Waterford, NY. several years, and is now in Ballston, again. He has published, Doctrinal Lectures; Translation of Dr. J. H. Merle D' Aubigne's' Voice of the Church one.' and Recollections of Nettleton.
Noble D Strong
of Middlebury, became an editor an editor and teacher, and died in Auburn, N.Y. about 1827.
Humphrey Webster
was born in Salisbury, N.H., Sept, 1794, and fitted at Salisbury Academy. Immediately after graduating; he entered the army, and rose to the grade of Lieutenant. At the battle of Bridgewater he was shot in the neck and left for dead on the field. After being a prisoner of war for some time, he was exchanged. He then read law with Geo. White , Esq. of Jeffersonville, Ind., and practiced in that place till his death in June,1819.
Luke Whitcomb
was born in Newfane, 1789. He was preceptor of an Academy and read theology; 1813-14; in Ashfield, Mass. a few months and was Pastor of the Congrgational church in Townshend, 1815-20. In the Autumn of 1820, on account of the diseased state of the lungs, he went South to spend the winter, and died, very suddenly, in Savannah, Geo. Jan 2,1821.
Joseph Whitley, was from Durham.Conn. In 1830 he was a lawyer in Caldwell,NY.
Carlos Wilcox was born in Newport,N.H. Oct 22,1794, and fitted at Castleton Academy. He resided with an uncle in the State ofGeorgia, 1813-14; studied at Andover Theo. Sem. , 1814-17; was in Orwell,1818-19; preached in various towns in Conn. and in Pittstown,N.Y., 1819-20 was in Salisbury,Conn. laboring on a poem,the Age of Benevolence 1820-22; preached a while in Stratford,Conn., was Pastor of the North Congregational church, Hartford,Conn. Dec. ,1824, to May 1836; preached in Boston,Mass., during the autumn of 1826; in Danbury,Conn., from Dec. 1826, till his death, May 29,1827. He published the first book of the Age of Benevolence, and in 1828 his Memoir and Remains, appeared.
John Willard was born in East Guilford, now Madison, Conn. He was a teacher in Castleton, and Argyle,N.Y., 1813-15 read law in Argyle,N.Y., and Salem,N.Y., 1817-36,since which he has been Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.He was Judge of the County Courts, 1824-36, and Surrogate of Washington County, four years. He received the degree of LL.D., in 1850.
Hubbard Willson was from Lancaster,N.H.
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Samuel Clark Aiken was born in Windham, 1791, and fitted at Chesterfield Academy,N.H.,He studied theology at Andover Seminary; was Pastor of a Presbyterian church, in Utica,N.Y. , eighteen years, and has since been in Cleveland,O. He received the degree of D.D., in 1842.
David Bailey was from Weare,N.H.
Rememberance Chamberlain was from Newbury. He studied at Princeton Theo. Sem. three years, and has since been a Presbyterian Clergyman in the State of Georgia. In 1850, he was and for some years has been Agent for Oglethorpe,Geo.
Benjamin Chase was born in Litchfield,N.H., Nov. 20, 1789. He was a teacher in Bridgetown,N.J., and Philadelphia, Penn. 1813-15; went South; read theology under the care of the Mississippi Presbytery; preached, 1820-23; was in New Haven, Conn., 1823-24; preached at the South, 1824-31. He was employed in supplying the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, the Territory of Arkansas, and the Province of Texas with the Bible, 1831-34, during which period he traveled more than thirty thousand miles-two thirds of it on horseback.He then preached in Adams County, Miss., till 1840, since which he has been unable to preach on account of a bronchial afflection. In 1850, he resided in Natchez,Miss.
Irah Chase from Westford, was born in 1793.He graduated at Andover Theo. Sem, 1817, and became a Baptist minister. He has been Professor of the Learned Languages and Bibical Literature in Columbian College, D.C. and of Theology and Ecclesiastical History in Newton Theo. Seminary. Boston,Mass., is his present residence. He received the degree of D.D. from Waterville College, 1830. He has published a Life of John Bunyan; Remarks on the Book of Daniel; Canons of the Holy Apostles[translation], &c &c.
Caleb Clark was from Belchertown, Mass. In 1850, he was residing in Truxton,N.Y., where he had been Pastor of a church a number of years.
Nehmiah Cutter was from Jaffrey,N.H. He graduated at the medical school connected with Yale College,1817. He has for many years resided in Pepperrell,Mass., at the head of a large private establishment for the reception and cure of the insane.
Orson Douglass was a native of Middlebury. He studied at Princeton Theo. Sem.; was Pastor of the Presbyterian church, Donegal, Penn., fourteen years; Agent of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society some time, and for the last fourteen years of his life was engaged in labor for seamen. He died in Philadelphia,Penn., March 1,1852, aet 57.
Benjamin Durkee was from Lebanon,N.H. His name was starred in the Triennial for 1817.
Noah Emerson, from Salem,Mass., was born Oct.4,1787. He studied at Andover Theo. Sem., 1814-17; was employed as a missionary in Maine,Vermont, Masschusetts, and Georgia, 1817-25; became Pastor of the Congregational church in Baldwin, Me, 1825, and in 1848 was still there.
Pliny Fisk was born in Shelburne,Mass. He read theology with Rev. Theoph. Packard, D.D., Aug, 1814, to March, 1815; preached in Wilimington, about eight months; studied at Andover Theo. Sem. , 1815-18; was Agent of the A.B.C/F.M., 1818-19; sailed for Palestine as a missionary of the A. B. C. F.M. Nov. 1819; arrived at Smyrna,Jan. 1820, and was thereafter engaged in labors connected with his mission, until his death, of a fever, Oct. 23,1825. He was able to preach in five different languages. His memoir was written by Rev. Alvan Bond, D.D.
Calvin Foote was born in Colchester, Conn. He was Pastor of the Congregational church in Southwick,Mass., 1820-[31?]; Longmeadow,East Parish,Mass., 1831-35; at Feeding Hills,West Springfield,Mass., 1836-; and was settled in Middle Granville, Mass., 1841.
Benjamin Gildersleeve was from South East,N.Y. He read theology at Princeton Seminary; was for many years, editor of a religious newspaper in Charleston,S.C.; and in 1850 was similarly employed in Richmond,Va.
Thomas Charlton Henry was born in Phildelphia, Penn., Sept.22,1790.He studied his profession at Princeton Theo. Sem.;was Pastor of the Presbyterian church in Columbia,S.C., 1818-23; in Charleston,S.C., from 1824 till his death, of yellow fever, Oct.5,1827.He received the degree of D.D. from Yale College, in 1824.His published works are, An Inquiry into the Consistency of Popular Amusements with a Profession of Christianity; Letters to an Anxious Inquirer; Moral Etchings.
Edward William Hooker was born in Goshen,Conn., Nov.24,1794, and fitted at Goshen Academy, and Addison County Grammar School.He studied at Andover Theo. Sem., 1814-18; was Pastor of the Congregational church at Green's Farms, Fairfield, Conn., 1821-29; Associate General Agent of the Am. Temperance Society and editor of the Journal of Humanity, 1829-31; Pastor of the first Congregational church in Bennington, 1832-44; Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Ecclesiastical History in the Theo. Inst. of Conn., at East Windsor, 1844-48; and has since been Pastor of the Congregational church in South Windsor,Conn. He received the degree of D.D. from Windsor College in 1840. He has published a Memoir of Mrs. Sarah L. Smith, and several other works. page
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Reuel Keith was born in Pittsford. He wasTutor in Middlebury College, 1816-17; Rector of a church in Georgetown, D.C., some years; Professor of Humanity and History in William andMary College,Va.; then Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Theology in the Theo. Sem. of the Protestent Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. He died in Sheldon, Sept. 3,1842. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him in 1827. He published a Translation of Hengstenberg's Christology, and other works. page 38 and 39
George May was from Boscawen, N.H., and has some time resided in Rochester,N.Y. page 39
George R. Minot was from West Haven. It is reported that he is dead. page 39
Pliny Moody was from South Hadley, Mass. page 39
Williard J. Parker was born in Whiting, 1793. He read law with Elijah Parker, Esq., and practiced in Brandon, till his death, in 1830. page 39
Ezekiel C. Parks was born in Orwell, May, 1791. He became a physician and practiced in Washington,Geo., where he died Oct. 1824. page 39
Levi Parsons was born in Goshen, Mass., July 18,1792.He studied at Andover Theo. Sem., 1814-17; labored under the direction of the Vt. Missionary Society, 1817-18; was Agent of the A.B.C.F.M., 1818-19; sailed for Palestine as a missionary of the A.B.C.F.M.,, Nov. 1819; arrived at Smyrna, Jan., 1820, and was occupied with the labors of his mission until his death, in Alexandria, Egypt, Feb. 10,1822. His life was written by Rev. D.O.Morton. page 39
Richard Pearse was from Sudbury. He was a teacher in Woodville, Miss.; a merchant in Woodville, Miss., and Matamoras,Mexico; and resided at Avransas Bay, Texas, from 1839 till his death. He left home Jan. 24,1842, to return the same day. Not returning, search was made, and he was found shot through the loins and stripped of his clothes. Nothing is known of his murderers or their motives. page 39
Philanthropos Perry was born in Buffalo,N.Y., 1793, and fitted at Addison County Grammar School. He became a member of Andover Theo. Sem., and there died, of consumption, May 26,1815. His Memoir was published in the Panoplist, Vol.11.page 39
Reuben Post was born in Cornwall, 1792. He fitted at Addison County Grammar School, and was preceptor of that Institution, 1814-15. He studied at Princeton Theo. Sem., 1815-18; was Pastor of the first Presbyterian church in Washington, D.C., about seventeen years, duringwhich time he was Chaplin of Congress eight or nine different sessions; and since 1836, has been Pastor of the Congregational church in Charleston, S.C.He received the degree of D..D.,., from the college of South Carolina,1837.pages 39-40
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Noah Smith, of Middlebury, became a teacher in Natchez,Miss., and there he died in early life. page 40
Spencer Wall was from Norwich,N.Y., In 1851 he was an Episcopal clergyman, in Lafourche, La. page 40
Moses E. Wilson, from Francestown, N.H., was born in 1786. He studied at Andover Theo. Sem., 1814-17; became a missionary to Ohio, and died many years ago. His name was starred in the Andover Triennial for 1824. page 40 1815