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CLASS OF 1844.
William Stinson Blanchard. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Timothy Blanchard and Margaret Stone ; born in Wilton, Me., Feb- ruary 10, 1813; studied three years in Waterville College (now Colby Univer- sity), and graduated at Bowdoin College, 1840; studied in this Seminary, 1841- 1843; graduated at Lane Theological Seminary, 1845. He was ordained by the Central Association of Illinois, at Knoxville, Ill., October 12, 1846, and was set- tled for three years at Sheboygan, Wis. He was instructor in Ancient Lan- guages and History in Cleveland University, Cleveland, O. (the institution started by Dr. Asa Mahan after leaving Oberlin), 1852-60. He afterwards re- sided for several years in Mendota and Chicago, Ill., traveled abroad, and about 1889 removed to Winthrop, Me.
Mr. Blanchard practically abandoned the ministerial profession many years ago, although occasionally preaching when itinerating through the country. He was much engaged in certain kinds of literary work, and in 1872 published a poem of seven thousand lines, entitled The Pilgrims.
He was married, March 3, 1875, to Sarah Philena Gardner, daughter of Richard and Mary Gardner.
He died of old age, at Winthrop, Me., May 10, 1896, aged eighty-three years and three months.
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George Frederick Magoun, D.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Hon. David Crooker Magoun and Hannah Crooker Webb; born in Bath, Me., March 29, 1821 ; prepared for college at Bath Academy; gradu- ated at Bowdoin College, 1841; studied in this Seminary, 1841-42, with Rev. Ray Palmer at Bath, 1842-43, and at Yale Divinity School, 1843-44; principal of high school, Galena, Ill., 1844-45, and of academy at Plattesville, Wis., 1845-46; licensed to preach by the Mineral Point Convention, at New Diggings, Wis., May 18, 1846; returned to Andover as resident licentiate, 1846-47. De- termining to make the West his field, he went to Wisconsin in 1847, and gath- ered a home missionary church at Shullsburg, to which he ministered for seven months, in the mean time being ordained there by the Mineral Point Conven- tion, January 25, 1848. He was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Galena, Ill., 1848-51; then studied law with United States Senator James W. Grimes, of Burlington, Io. ; was admitted to the bar in 1853, entering into part- nership with William H. Starr, one of the original trustees of Iowa College ; returning to the ministry, was pastor of the Congregational Church, Daven- port, Io., 1855-60, and at Lyons, Io., 1860-64. In 1862 he was elected presi- dent of Iowa College, which, in 1858, had been removed from Davenport, the place of his former pastorate, to Grinnell, and of which he had been trustee since 1856. He accepted the appointment in 1864, and began his duties, after a few months' sojourn in Europe, in 1865, being inaugurated in July of that year. He resigned the presidency in 1884, but continued to instruct in Mental and Moral Philosophy until 1890, and to reside at Grinnell until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Amherst College in 1867. He was for many years a corporate member of the American Board and a frequent speaker or preacher at the meetings of that and other national soci- eties. He was editor of the Iowa News Letter, and for several years one of the editors of the Con, regational Review. His elaborate articles published in the Bibliotheca, New Englander, and other magazines numbered about one hundred, while his contributions to newspapers of various kinds, East and West, were almost numberless. He published about fifty sermons and addresses besides the volume upon Asa Turner and His Times. He was Lecturer on Home Missions at this Seminary, 1878-80. He was four times elected a delegate to prominent conventions in Europe.
Rev. Alden B. Robbins, D.D., of Muscatine, Io. (Class of 1843), one of the original "Iowa Band " and a lifelong friend, writes : " His intellectual action was marvelous, demanding in his preaching, for example, more attention and response than many could endure, his most admiring hearers unwilling to hear and digest more than one discourse of his on the Lord's Day. His sermons were ordinarily written in full, yet he had the power of eloquently and logically speaking on almost any subject without a note, and for this he would make use at will of anybody or anything. He was impatient of all false reasoning, and somewhat imperious in his treatment of any such argument and its author. He was ever ready, however, to atone for any seeming severity. Dr. Magoun must in many respects be regarded as at least the peer of, if not superior to, any man in the forensic, educational, and sermonic line honoring the State of Iowa dur- ing the years from 1844 to 1896. The writer of this notice, observing the work and standing of Dr. Magoun for twenty years on the Board of Trustees of Iowa College, for twenty-seven years on the Board of Directors of the Chicago
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Theological Seminary, and for twenty-one years as a corporate member of the American Board, and more or less familiar with the frequent use he has made for many years of the standard periodicals of this country and in Europe, and of many less prominent but perhaps equally useful publications, rejoices in the recollection of an unbroken friendship for over fifty years with so noble a work- man in the kingdom of Christ on earth."
Dr. Magoun was married, September 8, 1847, to Abby Anna Hyde, of Bath, Me., daughter of Gershom Hyde and Sarah Hyde. She died February 10, 1864 ; he married, second, July 5, 1870, Elizabeth Earle, of Brunswick, Me., daughter of George Earle and Angeline Merrill, who survives him. Of their twelve chil- dren, seven died in infancy; Frederic H. was a pastor in Iowa and died in 1885. One son and two daughters survive, one of the latter being the wife of Rev. S. G. Barnes, of Longmeadow, Mass.
Dr. Magoun died of heart failure, at Grinnell, Io., January 30, 1896, aged seventy-four years, ten months, and one day.
OLASS OF 1845.
Joshua Sanders Gay.
Son of Rev. Ebenezer Gay and Laura Sanders; born in Stoughton, Mass., February 7, 1819; prepared for college with his father and at Bridgewater (Mass.) Academy; entered Amherst College as a sophomore, and graduated, 1841; studied in this Seminary, 1841-42 and 1843-45; licensed to preach by the Norfolk Association, January 28, 1845, at North Abington, Mass. After preaching in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 1845-46, and in Biddeford, Me., 1846-47, he was ordained at Andover, Me., January 27, 1848, remaining there until 1851; pastor in Pittston, Me., 1852-54; acting pastor, Stoddard, N. H., 1854-57 ; Chichester, N. H., 1857-63; without charge, 1863-66, residing at Chi- chester and East Concord, N. H .; acting pastor, Byfield, Mass., 1866-69; with- out charge there, 1869-70; acting pastor, Brookfield, Vt., 1870-71 ; Auburn, N. H., 1871-74 ; Centre Harbor, N. H., 1874-77 ; without charge, Meredith, N.H., 1877-78; acting pastor, Hanson, Mass., 1878-82; Falmouth, Mass. (Wequoit Church), 1882-85; South Wellfleet, Mass, 1885-91 ; resided afterwards in Biddeford, Me.
Rev. Thomas S. Robie, a neighbor of Mr. Gay in the Pilgrim Conference, writes of him : "Mr. Gay was an earnest preacher of the gospel, true to the old truths and paths of the Bible; faithful as a pastor and much esteemed by his brethren and the churches where he labored. He loved the work of the minis- try, and felt it a sacrifice to be suddenly summoned to lay down active service, but after five years of patient waiting he has been called by the Master he loved to that vineyard above where his servants shall serve him."
Mr. Gay was married, May 15, 1848, to Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, of Bidde- ford, Me., daughter of Capt. Rishworth Jordan and Keziah Hill, who survives him, with three sons, two sons and a daughter having deceased.
He died of paralysis, at Biddeford, Me., March 22, 1896, aged seventy- seven years, one month, and fifteen days.
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William Miller.
Son of Comfort Miller and Polly Dane; born in New Braintree, Mass., August 8, 1817; prepared for college at Wilbraham Academy ; graduated at Amherst College, 1842; studied in Hartford Seminary (then at East Windsor), 1842-43, and in this Seminary, 1844-45; licensed to preach by the Andover As- sociation, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor, at Andover, April 8, 1845. He was ordained, October 1, 1845, as pastor of the church in Halifax, Vt., and re- mained there till 1847. He was pastor in Gill, Mass., 1847-50; teacher in Dennysville, Me., 1850-52, and in North Brookfield, Mass., 1852-54; pastor, Sterling, Mass., 1855-58 ; resided there, without charge, 1858-60 ; acting pastor, Saundersville, 1860-63; acting pastor, Petersham, Mass., 1865-67; Mt. Carmel, Ct., 1867-69; Killingworth, Ct., 1869-79; Rocky Hill, Ct., 1879-82 ; Southbury, Ct., 1882-84; afterwards made his home in New Britain, Ct., although supply- ing the Nepaug Church in New Hartford, Ct., 1888-90, and the Buckingham Church in Glastonbury, Ct., 1892-94.
Mr. Miller was chairman of the School Board while in Sterling and for four years while residing in Grafton. He published a historical account of the church and town of Killingworth, Ct. Rev. James W. Cooper, D.D., of New Britain, Ct. (Class of 1868), writes thus : " Brother Miller, as I knew him, was a good example of the type of Congregational ministers greatly to be honored for their works' sake in a generation now fast passing away. He was in man- ner and method a preacher of the old school -somewhat formal, but neither dull nor commonplace. He had a genius for illustration, and presented the truth in a vivid and practical way, so that the common people heard him gladly. He was genial, sympathetic, peace-loving, and his interest in young people seemed to increase with his years. At the age of threescore years and ten he undertook to retire from the active ministry, but his love for the work and the call of the churches could not be overcome, and in spite of impaired vision and hearing and of other infirmities he labored on successfully almost to the very end, and did some of the most useful work of his life during the last ten years. He was a good man and a faithful, devoted, and useful minister of Jesus Christ."
A lady in Dr. Cooper's church writes the following : "Mr. Miller reached men, and really had the satisfaction of leading many men into the church and,
better than that, to Christ. He often spoke at our midweek prayer service, and it so happened that last August during our pastor's absence he was asked to lead one of these meetings. He spent an evening in preparation for it, and was found dead in his study, with the papers about him relating to the subject announced for that service. This peaceful end was in keeping with the even tenor of his life."
Mr. Miller was married, May 7, 1846, to Harriet Elizabeth Snow, of Shrews- bury, Mass., daughter of Hon. Henry Snow and Harriet Wheelock, who died December 27, 1867. He married, second, Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Pardee, of New Canaan, Ct., daughter of Daniel Clark Button and Sarah Ayres, and widow of John Pardee, of Baltimore. She died January 26, 1890. One son and one daughter are deceased; one son is professor of Anatomy in the University of Wisconsin, and two daughters are living.
Mr. Miller died of heart failure, caused by fatty degeneration of the heart, at New Britain, Ct., August 14, 1895, aged seventy-eight years and six days.
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Charles Henry Hall, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.
Son of Charles Henry Hall (who removed from Boston to Georgia about 1817) and Margaret Cecilia Reid ; born in Augusta, Ga., November 7, 1820; pre- pared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, 1833-38 ; graduated at Yale Col- lege, 1842; studied in this Seminary, 1842-43; ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church by Bishop Onderkonk, at Tivoli, N. Y., August 25, 1844; and as priest by Bishop Brownell, at Fair Haven, Ct., November 12, 1845. He was rec- tor of St. John's Church, Huntington, L. I., 1845-47; of the Church of the Holy Innocents, at Buttermilk Falls, now Highland Falls, near West Point, N. Y., 1847-48; of St. John's Church, St. John's Island, S. C., 1848-57 ; of the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C., 1857-69; of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1869-95.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hobart College in 1860 and from Columbia College in 1861, that of Doctor of Canon Law from Trinity College in 1891, and that of Doctor of Laws from Yale College in 1892. He was a prominent member and officer of the Long Island Historical Society and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He was for many years the Chancellor of the Cathedral Church, Garden City, L. I., and held many positions of honor and trust in connection with his church and with the city of his residence. He was an intimate friend of Henry Ward Beecher, and preached his funeral sermon. Rev. Charles W. Homer, of Brooklyn (Class of 1851), sends as his tribute to Dr. Hall a copy of the Minute writ- ten by him in behalf of the Clerical League of the Diocese of Long Island and read at the Memorial Service in Holy Trinity Church, from which this quotation is made: "With a large tolerance and liberality toward those who differed from him, he was still decided and firm in his convictions and consistent in his practice. This signal liberality was by no means confined to those of his own ' household of faith.' He longed, with all the intense longing that his great heart was capable of, for that absolute unity for which our Lord prayed. . . . On a memorable occasion he stood by the remains of a brother whom he loved and helped, although he was a minister of another communion, pointed out the excellencies of his life and character, his patriotic services, and his unstinted labors for the downtrodden and oppressed. His courage never failed him in doing what he regarded to be his duty. What might have been regarded as the dictates of prudence were sacrificed to the higher laws of brotherly kindness and charity, and by his action he won the hearts of thousands and did telling serv- ice for the cause of Christian unity. . .. This tribute would be incomplete did we not add a word to voice our pride and appreciation of Dr. Hall's influ- ence as a citizen. Strong in every department of ecclesiastical life, he was as signally prominent and influential in civic life. His wisdom, insight, and sturdy force of manhood made themselves felt in our municipal affairs. A zealous patron of liberal culture and a laborious and practical friend of Civil Service Re- form, from many provinces beyond the immediate domain of church matters his powerful hand will be greatly missed."
Dr. Hall married, March 2, 1848, Annie Maria Cumming, of Augusta, Ga., daughter of Judge Henry H. and Julia A. Cumming. She died November 2, 1855. He married, second, Elizabeth Margaret Ames, of Washington, D. C., daughter of George Christian Ames and Hester Walter Milby. He had five
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daughters and two sons, one of the daughters dying in 1882. The youngest son is a graduate of Yale College, 1894.
Dr. Hall died of paralysis, at Brooklyn, N. Y., September 12, 1895, aged seventy-four years, ten months, and five days.
CLASS OF 1846.
Francis Brown Wheeler, D.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Rev. Hosea Wheeler and Sarah Wines; born in North Adams, Mass., September 9, 1818; prepared for college at Newton Academy, Shore- ham, Vt .; graduated at the University of Vermont, 1842; studied in this Semi- nary, 1842-43; under Rev. James Wilson Ward (Class of 1830), at Abington, Mass., while engaged in teaching in that town, and returning to Andover for part of the year, 1843-44 ; licensed to preach by the Somerset (Me.) Associa- tion, May 1, 1844. He was ordained as pastor of the church at Jericho Centre, Vt., January 22, 1845, and remained there five years; was pastor in Brandon, Vt., 1850-54, in Saco, Me., 1854-59, and of the First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1859-95. He had resigned his charge and been made pastor emeritus two months before his death, but his successor not having been chosen, he continued in active service to the last.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hamilton College, 1868. While a pastor in Vermont, he was for two years County Superintend- ent of Common Schools. He was a member of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revolution and of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York. In 1878 he was appointed by President Hayes one of the Board of Visitors at West Point Military Academy. He published in 1893 John Flack Winslow and the Monitor, and contributed much to the Evangelist, espe- cially in bits of choice poetry. His missionary hymn, " This World for Thee, O Christ," was translated into Marathi and had a wide circulation.
Rev. Edward Webb, of Oxford, Pa., who was with him in the Seminary and has known him intimately since, writes of him : "Dr. Wheeler's fifty years' ministry in the church has left a record, distinct and pronounced, that ' he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost.' In manners and bearing he was al- ways courteous and respectful ; he was so to all. Together with a self-respect that every one observed and admired, there was a slight self-depreciation and shrinking in deportment expressive of that beautiful humility of heart which won the reverence and confidence of all. His piety rested on deep convictions of truth. It had for its foundation a strong theological and doctrinal basis. It thrived and grew strong on the solid meat of revelation. I know, on the best authority, that, as he paced the street of Poughkeepsie and took walks in the vicinity of the city, he often recited to himself the entire Shorter Catechism. His sermons were all prepared carefully and prayerfully, and were always clothed in diction of faultless beauty. In style and rhetoric his culture was finished. The memory of my dear friend and beloved classmate is blessed."
Dr. Wheeler was married, September 16, 1843, to Charlotte Amira Par- malee, of Williston, Vt., daughter of Rev. Simeon Parmalee, D.D., and Phebe Chapin. She died March 1, 1853. He married, second, October 26, 1854, Eliza Ann Dana, of Brandon, Vt., daughter of Hon. Anderson Green Dana, M.D., LL.D., and Eliza Ann Fuller. She died September 1, 1865, and he
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married, third, October 25, 1876, Charlotte Penniman Wickes, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., daughter of Rev. Thomas Scudder Wickes and Julia Penniman, who survives him, with four daughters.
Dr. Wheeler died of concussion of the brain, resulting from a fall, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., December 27, 1895, aged seventy-seven years, three months, and eighteen days.
OLASS OF 1847.
Martin Kellogg Whittlesey, D.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Hermon Whittlesey and Electa Kellogg; born in Stockbridge, Mass., September 14, 1821; removed with the family when five years old to Newington, Ct .; fitted for college at Newington, in the family school of his pastor, Rev. Joab Brace, and at Monson (Mass.) Academy; graduated at Yale College, 1844; studied in this Seminary, 1844-45, and graduated at Yale Divin- ity School, 1847 ; licensed to preach by the New Haven West Association, Au- gust 10, 1847. After graduation he went West and supplied for a few months each the churches at Yellow Springs and Burlington, Io .; began preaching at Ottawa, Ill., June, 1848; was ordained pastor of the church there, January io, 1849 (at Lockport, Ill.), and continued in that pastorate until 1870; pastor of church in Alton, Ill., which he organized, 1870-72 ; superintendent of missions of the American Home Missionary Society in Central and Southern Illinois, re- siding at Jacksonville, 1872-78; without charge there until 1881, and afterwards at Ottawa, Ill., until his death.
He was chosen corresponding secretary of the Illinois State Association in 1852, treasurer in 1857, and registrar in 1869, performing the duties of these offices with signal fidelity and accuracy until his death. He received the de- gree of Doctor of Divinity from Illinois College in 1877, and was trustee of that institution for several years. Rev. George S. F. Savage, D.D., of Chicago, Ill., his theological classmate here and at New Haven, writes of him: “ Dr. Whittlesey was scholarly, cultured, and studious in his habits. He loved his books. His Greek Testament was his familiar companion to the last. He was kind, sympathetic, genial, and friendly in his spirit; was prompt, faithful, and laborious in meeting his responsibilities as a pastor and missionary super- intendent. He was loyal to his own denomination, yet catholic in his feelings, gladly fellowshiping all who love our Lord Jesus Christ. He never lost his in- terest in or love for the work of the Christian ministry, and to the last delighted in proclaiming the great and blessed truths of Christ and His gospel, which he had found increasingly precious in his own personal experience. He prized the fellowship of his ministerial brethren, and delighted to honor the memory of those who had passed away by the tender, loving, and appreciative obituaries which for many years he penned and published in the annual reports of the State Association. As his redeemed spirit left its earthly tenement, he seemed to catch a glimpse of the heavenly host waiting to welcome him to the society of the blessed. His last words were, 'O, the angels, the angels !'"
Dr. Whittlesey was married, June 5, 1849, in Burlington, Io., to Susan A. Camp, of Farmington, Ct., daughter of James Kellogg Camp and Caroline Deming. She survives him, with a son and a daughter.
Dr. Whittlesey died of pneumonia, at Ottawa, Ill., January 15, 1896, aged seventy-four years, four months, and one day.
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OLASS OF 1848.
Edmund Kimball Alden, D.D.
Son of Ebenezer Alden, M.D. (forty-four years member of the Seminary Board of Trustees), and Anne Kimball ; born in Randolph, Mass., April 11, 1825; prepared for college at Randolph Academy; graduated at Amherst Col- lege, 1844; taught in Williston Seminary, 1844-45; took the full course in this Seminary, 1845-48; licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, Andover, April 11, 1848; continued study here as Abbot Resident, 1848-49; ordained as pastor of the First Church, Yarmouth, Me., January 2, 1850, and remained there four years ; pastor in Lenox, Mass., 1854-59; pastor of Phillips Church, South Boston, Mass., 1859-76; succeeded Rev. Selah B. Treat, D.D. (Class of 1835), as Home Secretary of the American Board, filling that position until 1893; continued to reside afterwards in Boston until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Amherst College in 1866, was a trustee of that institution from 1873 to the time of his death, and of this Seminary from 1868 to 1882. He was elected a corporate member of the American Board, and was a member of the Prudential Committee from 1869, until his election as one of the Corresponding Secretaries in 1876. He published while a pastor several discourses and a tract entitled The Risen Life in Christ. The reports, addresses, and other printed appeals prepared by him in connection with his secretaryship were many and had a large influence upon the constituency of the Board. Rev. C. F. P. Bancroft, LL.D., of Phillips Academy (Class of 1867), co-trustee with Dr. Alden from 1873 to 1882, furnishes this tribute to him : " Dr. Alden's service to the churches from his ordination to his death divides itself into three parts- the pastorates, twenty-six years ; the secretaryship, seventeen years; the period of retirement, nearly three years. In them all he was the same prayerful and conscientious Christian, the same prudent and sagacious man of affairs, the same emotional but self-restrained personality. With his Pilgrim name he inherited Pilgrim virtues, convictions, sympathies, also strength and tenacity of physical and mental fiber and of moral purpose. The pastorates were filled with abundant labors for the flock, but he found room for generous efforts in many worthy causes outside the parish, but mostly within the denomination. He was genial, cordial, often mirthful, always serious, indefatigable, mindful of details, and he looked ahead. He preached with persuasiveness and power, and administered his parish with a bishop's careful oversight. When the Smith Professorship (Special Course) was founded in 1867 the trustees turned to him to organize the department as the first pro- fessor, but he was constrained to remain a pastor. Eight years later, however, he became Home Secretary, bringing to that office the confidence of all the churches, intimate acquaintance with the field at home and abroad, a consuming zeal for missions, a trained, vigilant, and enterprising mind. He threw himself into the work with his whole heart. The last years of his service were memora- ble in the history of the Board and the denomination. No man did more to make clear and definite the issues which were raised and to bring them to a conclusion. In the debated questions of policy and doctrine his own convic- tions were positive, and he maintained them with all the ardor of his sympathies and the strength of his faith. At the annual meeting in 1893 he chose rather to
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