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looms first started at West Medway, and in 1829 transferred to Lowell, his family then joining him. About sixty years later Mr. Wilson returned for the first time to his native town, and had the pleasure of recognizing some familiar scenes of his boyhood, and of finding two old men who as boys had worked for his father.
Rev. Edward W. Clark, of Westboro, Mass., sends this tribute : " Thomas Wilson was my classmate in Dartmouth College and Andover Seminary. He went, as did many others, to another institution for the middle year of the theological course. The impressions of Brother Wilson's college life are all on the side of righteousness - a life fully consecrated to Christ and his church. He was serious, but cheerful; self-centered, but overflowing toward his fellow- men. No word dropped from his lips which did not possess the grace of charity for all men. His presence in the class prayer meetings was constant, at a time when few professing Christians were faithful in that direction; he loved prayer and the place of prayer. In the Seminary, his religious devotion became more pronounced. The joy of a deepening faith shone in his face, and as the day of his induction into the sacred office drew nearer, a serene awe tempered his rejoicing. Yet he was glad to act as 'an ambassador ' of God in Christ ; reconciling the world unto himself, was the theme of all his preaching, however varied in form. As a pastor, Brother Wilson was eminently success- ful and highly esteemed. Every sick-chamber received his loving service. He visited his people to prepare the way, if God pleased, for the entrance of that Word which giveth light. Now, after many years of faithful service, he has left us for a higher life, whence his voice returns to us in sweet and solemn emphasis, ' Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.' "
Mr. Wilson was married, September 19, 1848, to Sarah Elizabeth Haskell, of North Brookfield, Mass., daughter of Timothy Carter Haskell and Melissa Williams. She died August 16, 1863. He married, second, November 28, 1866, Mrs. Ellen Perkins Fellows, of Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of William Chapman and Mary Dent (of New London, Ct.), and widow of Edwin Fellows. She died February 4, 1895. One son is living, a druggist in Chicago, and one daughter, the wife of Rev. James H. Pettee, D. D. (Class of 1877), of the Japanese Mission. A daughter died in infancy, one son in 1881, and another (a physician) in 1896.
Mr. Wilson died of pneumonia, at Waterville, N. Y., December 11, 1899, aged seventy-seven years, five months, and twenty-six days.
Henry Swain Parker. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Dea. Gabriel Parker and Olive Fay; born in Southborough, Mass., April 20, 1820; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1843; studied in this Seminary, 1844-46; instructor at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H. (Caleb Emery, Class of 1846, principal), 1846-47; in Wayland, Mass., and Greenville, Ct., 1847-51 ; principal of Thompson (Ct.) Academy, afterward merged in Family and Day School for Boys, 1851-64. His health then failing, he removed to Shopiere, Wis., and engaged in farming; from 1880 resided in Rock Falls, Ill., until his death.
The Record, a local church paper at Thompson, Ct., says of him: " There are many who will recall with interest the scholarly teacher to whom they owe
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so much stimulus and mental development. To such as cared for self-im- provement, Mr. Parker was peculiarly helpful, having a rare gift in imparting knowledge and awakening inquiry. The earnest piety and deep spirituality of Mr. Parker made him a power in the church during his residence in the village. Though for a number of years in feeble health, his death was sudden. Among his last words were, 'It is all right. It is all love.' "
Mr. Parker was married, April 19, 1847, to Harriet E. Rawson, of South- borough, Mass., daughter of Rev. Alanson Rawson and Martha Russell. She died July 4, 1855. He married, second, Anna Fidelia Thatcher, of Thomp- son, Ct., daughter of Thomas Thatcher and Sarah Mills. She survives him, with three daughters - one a graduate nurse, and another a matron in Morris- town (Tenn.) Normal College -and one son, a farmer in Iowa. His oldest daughter, the wife of Prof. Frederick G. Shultz, died in Cleveland, O., in 1884.
Mr. Parker died of heart failure, at Rock Falls, Ill., April 9, 1899, aged seventy-eight years, eleven months, and twenty days.
OLASS OF 1848.
Orpheus Thomas Lanphear, D. D.
Son of Sabin Lanphear and Lucy Lamb; born in West Fairlee, Vt., January 26, 1820; prepared for college at Bradford (Vt.) Academy; graduated at the University of Vermont, 1845; took the full course in this Seminary, 1845-48, rooming each year with Ebenezer Cutler, as he had also done through a part of their college course; graduated September 6, 1848, the subject of his Commencement address being "The Poetical Character of Pulpit Eloquence." He was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, at Andover, April 11, 1848, and was ordained as pastor of the church at Derby, Vt., October 25, 1849, remaining there until 1855; was pastor of the High Street Church, Lowell, Mass., 1855-56; resided at Chelsea, Mass., supplying various pulpits in the vicinity, 1856-58; was pastor of the Second Church, Exeter, N. H., 1858-64; of the College Street Church, New Haven, Ct., 1864-67 ; and of the Dane Street Church, Beverly, Mass., 1867-80; resided afterward, without charge, at Beverly, until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Ver- mont in 1871, and was a member of the Corporation of the University, 1854-57. He was a member of the National Congregational Councils held at Boston in 1865, and at Detroit in 1877. He published The Pulpit and the Civil Law in the Work of Temperance, 1851; Sermon at the Funeral of Oren Newcomb, 1855; Slavery an Infraction of the Second Great Command, Fast Sermon, 1856; Peace by Power, 1864; Address at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Inauguration of our First President, 1889; (in connection with Rev. Dr. J. W. Wellman) The Question at Issue in the Andover Case ; Arguments as Complainants ; Prepared for the Hearing before the Board of Visitors, 1893. He made many contributions to the secular and religious newspapers and to the reviews, those to the latter including an article in the Congregational Review, 1869, on The Logical Connections of Sabellianism, one in the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1896, on Some Misapprehensions Concerning Calvin, and several upon theological themes to the Homiletical Review. He delivered orations before
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societies in Bangor Seminary (1853) and Williams College (1864), and the Bac- calaureate Sermon at Abbot Academy, 1886. He also read poems at meetings of the Alumni of the University of Vermont in 1856, in 1890 (in memory of Dr. Israel E. Dwinell), and in 1892.
Rev. Henry Bushnell, of Westerville, O., a Seminary classmate, sends this reminiscence : " I remember Lanphear as a singer; he had a strong, sweet soprano voice, under perfect control, which he could modulate in the most subdued tones or raise to the highest with no apparent effort. He was a leader of the Lockhart Society, and of the Seminary Choir, a quartette which sang in chapel devotions, in Sabbath worship, and in other public exercises. The other members, except Artemas Dean, I do not recall. [Letters from Dr. Dean and Rev. Geo. E. Fisher show that Lanphear, Dean, Abel Wood, Geo. B. Little, and Fisher (perhaps at different times) were members of the quartette that year; by the Lockhart Society records, Lanphear was president, and Fisher secretary.] The singing of the Missionary Chant, as the 'parting hymn' at our Commencement, is impressed upon my memory :
I cannot rest; there comes a sweet and sacred whisper to my spirit Like a dream of night -
Lanphear singing the chief lines as a solo, and the others joining him in the chorus :
The voice of my departed Lord, ' Go teach all nations,' Comes on the night air And awakes mine ear.
"I shall carry the impressions of that singing as long as I live- and I expect to hear those voices again in the heavenly symphonies."
. Rev. Joshua W. Wellman, D. D., of Malden, Mass. (Class of 1850), writes of Dr. Lanphear : " As a theologian, he was a Calvinist, heartily accepting the New England theology (as it is called) on the ground of its being Scriptural. He not only believed that this theology is the most Biblical, but also 'that its logical grounds are such as to render it impregnable by error.' He was a born theologian. His vigorous mental powers and natural intellectual aptitudes, as well as his Christian heart, prompted him to wrestle valiantly with great theo- logical problems. He delighted to see every revealed truth in harmony with all other revealed truths. He reveled in the study of the history of Christian doc- trine. Not only was he learned in this department of history, but his learning was always at his command. Hence he seldom, if ever, failed to be ready for, and irresistible in, theological debate. Above all, Dr. Lanphear had a great heart. He cultivated a kind and Christly feeling towards all his fellowmen. He was genial. It was not difficult for him to appreciate all that was worthy and upright in men from whom he differed in religious beliefs. He had warm friends among liberals, so called. A scholarly and learned man, he was also a true, good, and loving man. His friendship was unfailing and priceless. He loved the truth and was sanctified by it, according to the prayer of our Lord. As he was nearing the close of life and a friend called upon him, he was found lying upon his bed, sick and weak in body, but bright and active in mind. Soon he exclaimed, 'I have been studying the 103rd Psalm. And it is wonder- ful, wonderful. It is a vestibule to the gospel of Christ.' Then he repeated
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portions of it, and called attention, among other things, to their positive affirma- tion of God's mighty grace and redemption offered to sinful and needy men. The revelation was evidently filling his heart with deep peace and joy. He seemed to be having, in anticipation, a little experience of heaven. To such a man the land beyond cannot be a strange and foreign country. He must feel at home there."
Dr. Lanphear was married, September 11, 1848, to Mary Elizabeth Wild, of West Fairlee, Vt., daughter of Dea. Randall Hunt Wild and Eliza P. Shaw. She died February 2, 1871. He married, second, June 27, 1872, Mrs. Hannah Augusta Howe, of Beverly, Mass., daughter of Capt. Stephen Masury and Mary Cressey, and widow of Capt. Edward Howe. She survives him. Two daughters are living, Mrs. H. O. Woodbury, of Beverly, and Mrs. Augustus W. Buck, of Fall River, Mass. A son and two daughters died in infancy.
Dr. Lanphear died of chronic disease of kidneys and bladder, at Beverly, Mass., January 24, 1900, aged seventy-nine years, eleven months, and twenty- nine days.
OLASS OF 1849.
Joshua Huntington, M. D.
Son of Rev. Joshua Huntington and Susan Mansfield; born in Boston, February II, 1812; prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, 1822-23, and at Amherst Academy; spent the first two years of his college course at Amherst, 1827-29, and the last two years at Yale College, where he graduated in 1832; studied in Princeton Theological Seminary for part of the year, 1832-33; taught French one year at New London, Ct. ; began the study of medicine there, afterwards attending lectures at Dartmouth Medical College, 1836-37, and Yale Medical College, 1837-38, with degree from the latter insti- tution in 1838. He was assistant surgeon in the U. S. Navy, 1838-45, his last cruise being on the frigate " Macedonian," the flagship of Commodore M. C. Perry's squadron on the coast of Africa, 1843-45. He then completed his theological course in this Seminary, 1847-49, his Commencement address, September 5, 1849, being on "Intelligible Preaching." He was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. J. L. Taylor, at Ando- ver, April 17, 1849, and preached several times in the vicinity of Andover, but was never ordained. He taught a private school for boys in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1853-64, and was a clerk in the U. S. Treasury Department, at Wash- ington, 1865-76, residing in that city afterward until his death.
Mr. Huntington was the oldest son of Rev. Joshua Huntington, pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, who died in 1819. The father was son of Gen. Jedidiah Huntington and grandson of Gen. Jabez Huntington, of Nor- wich, Ct., both very prominent in the Revolution, the former being a close friend of Washington, one of the committee of four which drafted the plan of the Society of Cincinnati in 1783, and one of the original nine " Commissioners " of the American Board, appointed at Bradford. His mother, well known to the Christian public of an earlier generation through Dr. Wisner's memoir of her, was daughter of Rev. Achilles Mansfield, of Killingly, Ct., and a descend- ant through a ministerial line from the Apostle Eliot, of Roxbury. After the mother's death in 1823, the son (whose baptismal name, Joseph Eckley -after
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his father's predecessor in the Old South Church - had been changed in 1822 by the Legislature to Joshua) was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Rev. Daniel Huntington, of North Bridgewater, Mass., and New London, Ct., the first resident licentiate in this Seminary, 1812. He spent several years between his college and medical studies in genealogical researches, the record of which was incorporated into the published Genealogy of the Huntington Family. He compiled also A New System for Teaching the French Verbs. The title of his only other publication is significant as to the religious experience of his later years : Gropings after Truth, a Life Journey from New England Con- gregationalism to the one Catholic and Apostolic Church, 1868.
Mr. Augustus Smith (Class of 1847), also a clerk in the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington, and a close friend of Dr. Huntington, writes of him : "In my intercourse with Dr. Huntington for the last twenty-five years, he has shown himself not only to possess high scholarly attainments which have been of great service to me, but also to have in large measure the higher and nobler qualities of manhood which, infused with a true Christian spirit, led him to deeds of generosity, kindness, good will, and sympathizing helpfulness. Of such helpfulness I have been several times myself the grateful recipient."
Mr. Smith also sends an article contributed to the Church News, a Catho- lic newspaper (by Dr. A. J. Faust, "formerly an Episcopal clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic after Dr. Huntington's conversion to that faith "), from which quotations are made : "The late Dr. Joshua Huntington was a remarkable man. I made his acquaintance after the close of the Civil War, when he was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, of this city. A few years later he became a Catholic . .. and invited me to visit Father Keane, then a curate in St. Patrick's parish, remarking with the courtesy and gentle- ness for which Dr. Huntington was noted, that the call would be a social one, entirely free from controversy, and that he would take special care to have it so understood by Father Keane . . Suffice it to say that the call was delight- ful, and that its memories are still alive. Years passed, and I never again met Father Keane or Dr. Huntington till we were one in the unity of the faith. He had previously impressed me with his own peculiar personality, admirably described by the Rev. Dr. Safford in his truthful panegyric at the funeral in St. Patrick's Church. Dr. Safford knew and loved this saintly man, as did everybody else brought into close communion with him. Modest and retiring, even when most actively engaged in the affairs of the world, his scholarly acquirements were appreciated by the few who could rightly estimate them, while the even tenor of his saintly life was the admiration of the many who honored this venerable servant of God with no words of stinted praise. For years Dr. Huntington was an active member of St. Patrick's parish, and when the preacher remarked that he was almost considered a member of the clergy- house of St. Patrick's, this expression carried with it quite a clear idea of the delicate kindnesses and courtesies extended to him for many years . . . . There are many aspects of Dr. Huntington's character, which might be viewed with profit by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, of which he was formerly president, and by Carroll Institute, of which he was an honorary member. Strong and exemplary as is our Catholic population in the District of Columbia, I fear no contradiction in saying that we have few Dr. Huntingtons among us. He walked in the ways of the saints, and his is the reward of the saints."
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Dr. Huntington's aged sister, residing in Norwich, Ct. - now the only survivor of the family of the Old South pastor of eighty years ago - writes : "My brother was a gentle, lovely man, and, I am sure, a true Christian. He died the death of a Christian, calm and trustful; folding his own hands upon his breast, he peacefully breathed his soul into the keeping of his Saviour."
Dr. Huntington died of heart failure, following congestion of the lungs, at Washington, D. C., March 23, 1900, aged eighty-eight years, one month, and twelve days.
Richard Osborne.
Son of Richard Osborne and Gertrude Harder; born in Fonda's Bush, Fulton County, N. Y., December 25, 1821 ; fitted for college at academies in Salem and Greenwich, N. Y .; graduated at Union College, 1846; studied in Auburn Theological Seminary, 1846-47; and in this Seminary, 1847-49, his graduating address, September 5, 1849, being upon the "Nature of the Proof in the New Testament, on which the Roman Catholics rest their distinguishing Tenets." He was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor at Andover, April 17, 1849, and remained here as resident licentiate, 1849-50. He was ordained by the Black River Consoci- ation, at Champion, N. Y., January 19, 1853; acting pastor at Sandy Creek, N. Y., 1852-59, also at Mannsville, N. Y., 1852-55; at Coleraine, Mass., 1801-63; Champion, N. Y., 1863-65; at Green Island, N. Y. (Presbyterian church), 1865-68; without charge, at Northumberland, N. Y., 1868-76, and at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., afterward until his death.
Rev. James C. Seagrave, of Hinsdale, Mass., a Seminary classmate, writes : " A long and somewhat intimate friendship with Mr. Osborne enables me to say that he was a quiet, unassuming man, beyond most men of my acquaintance disinclined to talk about himself, his past deeds, or future plans. Yet none the less he was always a diligent, painstaking student, performing every duty promptly and fully. He was always good-natured; I never saw him angry but once - and he did well to be angry then. He loved to express his thought in rhyme, and wrote some very fine poems. It was easy to love and trust him, and I mourn him as a brother beloved."
He was married, October 14, 1856 (by Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., of Albany), to Diantha Lorinda Gunn, of Greenwich, N. Y., daughter of Charles J. Gunn and Abigail Hatch. She died October 1, 1864. He married, second, October 17, 1867, Mrs. Charlotte Eliza Baker, of Northumberland, N. Y., daughter of John D. Lindsay and Eliza Ann Palmer, and widow of Hiram G. Baker. She survives him, with a daughter by his first marriage, Mrs. George T. Van Ness of Saratoga.
Mr. Osborne died of internal cancer, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., April 9, 1899, aged seventy-seven years, three months, and fifteen days.
CLASS OF 1851.
Lucian West Chaney.
Son of Capt. Luther Chaney and Sabra Allen; born in Barnard, Vt., October 16, 1822; fitted for college with his brother, Prof. Henry Chaney, at Burlington ; graduated at University of Vermont, 1844; studied law in Ogdens-
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burg, N. Y., six months; principal of Burlington (Vt.) Academy, 1845-48, continuing his law studies under Judges Bennett and Peck; took the full course in this Seminary, 1848-51, remaining afterward for post-graduate study; licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor at Andover, April 15, 1851 ; Commencement address, September 3, 1851, upon "The Sacrifical View of the Atonement, essential to its Efficiency as a Motive." He was ordained at Heuvelton, N. Y., December 29, 1852, and remained there until 1858, serving also the church at Rensselaer Falls, N. Y., from 1855; successively pastor, in New York, at Pulaski, 1858-64, and Rutland, 1864-72; in Minnesota, at Mankato, 1872-81; Waseca, 1881-85; Granite Falls, 1885-89; Morristown, 1889-91; Medford, 1891-93. He was afterward without charge, residing at Northfield, 1893-94, and at Dundas till his death.
Mr. Chaney was greatly interested in education, serving on the local school boards in many of the places where he was settled, and as trustee of Carleton College for twenty-two years. Rev. L. H. Cobb, D. D. (Class of 1857), secre- tary of the Congregational Church Building Society, and formerly home mis- sionary superintendent in Minnesota, writes : "Intimate and very close associa- tion with Mr. Chaney during a period of seven years, impressed me with the transparency and sincerity of his character; the sweetness of his temper; his untiring devotion to the study of the Word and to the work of his life ; his power as a preacher, especially when pleading with men to be reconciled to God; his wisdom and patience in counsel, especially in matters of a perplexing and threatening nature; his loyalty to his own denomination, finely adjusted to his broader love for the one kingdom of our Lord; and his model deportment as a husband and father. He was one of the last and most warmly loved of the earlier missionaries to Minnesota."
He was married, May 11, 1854, to Happy Temperance Kinney, of Royal- ton, Vt., daughter of Jonathan Kinney and Tempe Skinner. She died Febru- ary 3, 1873. He married, second, March 14, 1878, Sarah E. Blodgett, of Bay City, Mich., daughter of Grow Blodgett and Mary Skinner, who survives him. Of three sons, one died in infancy, and one at the age of eighteen ; another, Lucian W. Chaney, Jr., is professor of Biology and Geology in Carleton College.
Mr. Chaney died of creeping paralysis, resulting in heart failure, at Dundas, Minn., January 13, 1900, aged seventy-seven years, two months, and twenty- eight days.
CLASS OF 1853.
Shearjashub Bourne.
Son of Shearjashub Bourne and Ardelia Alger; born in Bristol, R. I., December 28, 1822; spent his youth in Hartford, Ct., where his father removed when he was two years old, establishing the business house of Smith, Bourne & Co. ; prepared for college at Williston Seminary; graduated at Yale College in 1849; was tutor in the family of Cassius M. Clay in Kentucky, 1849-50; took the full course in this Seminary, 1850-53, his Commencement address, Sep- tember 7, 1853, being upon "The Synod of Dort." He was licensed to preach by the Rhode Island Association, at Providence, April 27, 1853; supplied the
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church in Monson, Mass., for six months, before beginning service in Flushing, L. I., where he was ordained December 6, 1854, and where he remained until 1859. On account of ill health he then spent three years in the leather business in New York, in connection with his father's house; was then pastor of the Congregational church at Harlem, N. Y., 1862-71; traveled in Europe, 1871- 72; was acting pastor at Ellington, Ct., 1872-75, and at Paterson, N. J., 1875-83. His health again failing, he bought a farm in Barrington, R. I., and lived there until 1889; began pastoral service at Bedford Park, New York City, and remained there until 1895; afterward without charge in New York City and Barrington, R. I.
Mr. Bourne was a lineal descendant of Richard Bourne, the early and devoted missionary to the Mashpee Indians, over whom he was ordained by the Apostle Eliot. Expecting that some of the family would ultimately go back to the English home he gave his son the Hebrew name of Shearjashub - " A remnant shall return." The family remained, however, in New England, and has kept the old name in the successive generations, down to the subject of this sketch. Mr. Bourne has imitated his missionary ancestor in the devotion of most of his life to pioneer work among the churches. At Flushing he built a house of worship for the then feeble church ; at Harlem, he organized a church (now the Pilgrim Church of New York City), and built a meeting-house; at Paterson, he bought back the church edifice, the mortgage on which had been foreclosed; and at Bedford Park gathered the church and secured the erection of a church building. He published two sermons : " Therefore we will arise and build," at Harlem, 1862; Occasioned by the death of Rev. Alexander Phenix, at Harlem, 1863.
Rev. John Willard, of Chicago, a college and Seminary classmate, writes thus of his lifelong and intimate friend : "Mr. Bourne had fairly embarked in the mercantile calling at Hartford, Ct., in his young manhood, when he became a subject of converting grace in a powerful religious awakening. The genuine- ness of the change which wrought such an abrupt revulsion in the plan and purpose of his life could not be questioned. He appeared one morning, soon after, as a pupil at the Grammar School -a newcomer, and the eldest of the company. Interviewing him at the first opportunity, I learned that he had quitted the counter for the school with the purpose of fitting himself for some form of Christian service, or as he modestly expressed it, 'for a colportership, if nothing more.' From that hour sprung up between us a friendship which continued so firm and marked through school, college, and Seminary years that the simile of ' David and Jonathan ' became very familiar to our ears. By force of association, making even dissimilar faces to resemble each other, the prob- lem of identification was sometimes perplexing-as when a professor on Andover Hill said to one of us, 'I would like to have a word with you, but whether it is Bourne or Willard, I cannot say!' Together we applied for the preacher's license to the Rhode Island Association, and it was about to proceed with the examination, when a member suggested that the rules of the body required two weeks' previous notice. This brought sudden dismay to the can- didates in which the Association joined. It was explained that through igno- rance of the candidate's antecedents a license had once been granted to a slave- holder. At this stage of the dilemma, the aged, keen, and quaint Rev. Thomas Williams took upon himself to expound the rule, saying, 'Brethren, this law
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