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CLASS OF 1835.
Alexander Joseph Sessions. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Harvey Sessions and Elizabeth Sabine; born in Western (now Warren), Mass., August 13, 1809; prepared for college at Monson Academy ; graduated at Yale College, 1831; took the first two years of his theological course at this Seminary, 1832-34, and graduated at Yale Divinity School, 1835. He preached for a time at Haverhill, Mass., and was ordained June 6, 1838, as pastor of the Crombie Street Church, Salem, Mass., and remained there until 1849; from 1849 to 1854 resided in Boston and vicinity, occasionally preaching ; from I854 to IS58 was pastor at Melrose, Mass .; resided without charge at Salem from 1858 to 1863; was pastor at North Scituate, Mass., from 1863 to IS69; resided without charge at Brookline, Mass., 1869-72, and from 1872 at Beverly, Mass., but supplying the church at North Beverly, 1873-75. He published two sermons, preached at Haverhill, in 1837, on The Necessity of the Atonement, and Probation - when Ended ; Mrs. Cyrus Stone -a Mission- ary Abroad and at Home, Andover, 1876; and The Lord's Day Rescued, Boston, ISS3. Rev. William W. Andrews, a college classmate, writes : " Mr. Sessions was a man of great nobleness of character, a gentleman in his deportment, an earnest Christian, and a true and steadfast friend. He stood high as a writer in a class which numbered among its members ex-President Porter, Prof. Lyman H. Atwater, and Bishops Clark and Kip of the Episcopal Church."
He was married, July 30, 1845, to Hannah Williams Seccomb, of Salem, daughter of Ebenezer Seccomb and Mary Marston. She survives him, but their only son died in South Africa, whither he had gone in ill health, in 1885.
Mr. Sessions died of uræmia, at Beverly, January 16, 1892, in the eighty- third year of his age.
CLASS OF 1836.
Lucius Root Eastman.
Son of Joseph Eastman and Lois Root; born in Hadley, Mass., September 15, 1809; spent his boyhood in Montague, Mass .; prepared for college at Amherst Academy; graduated at Amherst College, 1833; in this Seminary, IS33-36, and as resident licentiate, 1836-37; licensed by the Andover Associa- tion, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, Andover, April 5, 1836. He was ordained as pastor of the church in Sharon, Mass., November 15, 1837, and remained such for three years. He supplied, for short periods, the churches in Berkley and Chelsea, Mass., and Cornwall, Conn .; was acting pastor in Prov- incetown, Mass., 1842-44; preached in Pelham, Mass., in 1845; ministered to the Church of the Pilgrims, Boston, 1845-46; was acting pastor of the church in Berkley, 1846-48, and of a second church which he organized there, 1848-56; gathered and supplied a church in Needham, Mass., 1857-59; gathered a church at Port Norfolk, Dorchester, now Neponset, in 1859; preached_at Troy, N.H.,
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in 1860, and to a congregation in what is now Hyde Park, 1860-62. He after- wards resided in Boston most of the time until his death, being engaged in inde- pendent religious work. Mr. Eastman was a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and prepared for the Society's Register a Gene- alogy of the Eastman Family. He also published two small volumes, Guide to God, and Guide to the Saviour. Although prevented by his health and his tastes from filling permanent pastorates, he faithfully preached the gospel which he loved for over a half century, usually in new or neglected fields in the country, or to sailors and others unconnected with the churches in the city. He con- tinued his evangelistic labors in Boston till within a few weeks of his death, having preached the last time February 14.
He was married, December 20, 1837, to Sarah Ann Belden, of Amherst, Mass., daughter of Aaron Belden and Sarah Hibbard. She survives him, with one son, Rev. L. R. Eastman, Jr., of Framingham (Class of 1861), and two daughters.
Mr. Eastman died of catarrh of the stomach, at Framingham, Mass., March 29, 1892, in the eighty-third year of his age.
CLASS OF 1837.
Jonathan Blanchard. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Jonathan Blanchard and Mary Lovell ; born in Rockingham, Vt., January 19, 1811; prepared for college at Chester (Vt.) Academy; graduated at Middlebury College, 1832; was principal of Plattsburgh (N. Y.) Academy, 1832-34; in this Seminary, 1834-36; lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society in Pennsylvania, 1836-37; in Lane Seminary, 1837-38. He was or- dained by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, October 31, 1838, and was pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1838-46. He was then president of Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., from 1846 to 1860, being also pastor of the church in Galesburg, 1847-49. He was president of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., from 1860 to 1832, and afterwards president emeritus, continuing his residence at Wheaton.
Mr. Blanchard's early religious and educational labors in the formative period of Western institutions were very vigorous, and bore marked fruit. He was a man of exceedingly strong convictions, and uncompromisingly determined in carrying them out. He was at his best as a fighter against wrong, and spent much of his time and strength in aggressive opposition to what he felt to be the special evils of the day. When the anti-slavery struggle had ceased, he main- tained a steadfast warfare against secret societies, editing in that work the Christian Cynosure from 1868 to 1891, and publishing Free Masonry Illustrated, Knight Templarism Illustrated, and Odd Fellowship Illustrated. His earlier Debate on Slavery with Dr. N. L. Rice was also published, and several occasional addresses.
He married Mary A. Bent, who died several years ago. He had five sons and seven daughters; five daughters are living and one son, Rev. Charles A. Blanchard, who succeeded him as president of Wheaton College.
He died of heart failure, resulting from la grippe, at Wheaton, Ill., May 14, 1892, aged eighty-one years.
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CLASS OF 1838.
Asa Hemenway.
Son of Francis S. Hemenway and Clara Turrill; born in Shoreham, Vt., July 6, 1810; prepared for college at Newton Academy, Shoreham; graduated at Middlebury College, 1835; spent three years in the Seminary, 1835-38; was licensed to preach, April 10, 1838, by the Andover Association, at the house of Dr. Edwards, in Andover. He was ordained January 22, 1839, at Shoreham, Vt., as missionary of the American Board to Siam, whither he sailed the same year, together with Rev. Jesse Caswell of the Class of 1837. After ten years of service in Bangkok, the capital of the country, the mission was discontinued, and he returned to this country, retaining the entire confidence and earnest approval of the Board. He was acting pastor in Cornwall, Vt., 1850-51 ; in Ripton, Vt., 1851-60; in Keeseville, N.Y., 1860-64; in Movers, N.Y., 1865- 68; in West Hartford, Vt., 1869-71 ; in South Royalton, Vt., and East Chazy, N.Y., 1871-72. He resided without charge at Mooers until 1876, afterwards with his son, Dr. Lewis H. Hemenway, in Manchester, Vt. His only publica- tion was a book of geography and history of foreign countries, prepared for the Siamese, but he aided in the translation and printing of portions of the Bible into Siamese, and had for three years the charge of the mission printing office. Rev. S. L. Bates (Class of 1863) wrote: " Mr. Hemenway was a man of fine scholarly attainments, and a good preacher; but his special power lay in his sweet, sincere spirit, his earnest purpose and rare Christian example." Rev. Charles S. Smith (Class of 1853) wrote : " He was of a beautiful, John-like character, and was esteemed and beloved by all who knew him."
He was married, April 14, 1839, to Lucia Hunt, of Shoreham, Vt., daughter of Samuel Hunt and Lucretia Moore. She died November 13, 1864. They had two sons and one daughter; the latter died in 1870.
He died of feebleness, resulting from la grippe, at Manchester, Vt., Feb- ruary 26, 1892, in his eighty-second year.
Artemas Augustus Wood, D.D.
Son of Artemas Wood and Catherine Drake; born in Leominster, Mass., June 22, 1811 ; prepared for college at Amherst and West Randolph (Vt.) Acad- emies ; graduated at Amherst College, 1831 ; studied in this Seminary, 1831-32 ; was principal of a classical school in Pottsville, Penn., 1832-34, and of Danville (Penn.) Academy, 1834-36; took the remainder of the course at the Seminary, 1836-38; was licensed to preach, April 10, 1838, by the Andover Association, meeting with Dr. Justin Edwards, Andover; was ordained December 19, 1838, as pastor of the church in West Springfield, Mass., where he remained for nine years. He was pastor of the Pearl Street Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1849-53, retaining the pastorate when that church and the Central Presbyterian Church were united under the name of the Central Church, until 1860. He was then pastor for thirteen years of the First Presbyterian Church, Geneva, N.Y., and for nine years of the church in Lyons, N.Y. Retiring from active labor in 1882, he resided in Rochester, N.Y., until 1890, and afterwards in Flushing, L.I.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hamilton College in 1857. " His extensive learning, his genial bearing, his charming conversational powers, his generous charities, his faithful service as pastor, his devotion to his
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sacred calling, all these and more are affectionately remembered." " He was remarkably successful in his work among men. It is said that in his church at Geneva every male member of his congregation was a member of the church."
He was married, May 13, 1840, to Martha Perkins Lathrop, of West Spring- field, Mass., daughter of Hon. Joseph Lathrop and Mary McCracken. She sur- vives him, with three sons, a son and a daughter having deceased.
Dr. Wood died of disease of bladder and kidneys, at Flushing, L.I., Feb- ruary 4, 1892, in his eighty first year.
OLASS OF 1840.
Franklin Davenport Harris.
Son of William Harris and Maria Loder; born in Philadelphia, Penn., September 8, 1812; prepared for college in Philadelphia; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1837, in the same class with Professor Phelps; was licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, Andover, April 7, 1840. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Octo- ber 7, 1840, and successively served home missionary churches in Hublersburgh and Mount Joy, Penn., 1840-51 ; was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Bristol, Penn., 1851-60, Port Byron, N. Y., 1861-67, Woodbury, N. J., 1867-76. He resided without charge in Camden, N. J., from 1876 to 1890, and afterwards in Philadelphia. "In the fifty years of his ministry he bore hardness as a good soldier, submitted with patience to self-denial, and abounded in labors for the cause of Christ and the good of men."
Mr. Harris was married, August 23, 1841, to Matilda Wallace, of Phila- delphia, daughter of William Wallace and Anna Newkirk. She died July 6, 1880. Of their two sons and two daughters, one daughter alone survives.
He died of uræmia, at Philadelphia, February 23, 1892, in the eightieth year of his age.
Josiah Wheelock Peet.
Son of Wheelock Peet and Alcy Hickok; born in Enosburgh, Vt., Septem- ber 11, 1808; prepared for college at the West Rutland and Brandon (Vt.) Academies ; graduated at Middlebury College, 1836; taught in St. Lawrence Academy, Potsdam, N.Y., 1836-37 ; in the Seminary, 1837-40; was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, An- dover, April 7, 1840. He was ordained as pastor of the church in Gardiner, Me., December 15, 1841, and remained there until 1848. In 1849 he established at Fall River, Mass., the " Hermitage Home School," a boarding-school for boys, of which he was principal until 1859, when his health obliged him to abandon that work. Residing for a time without charge in Hopkinton and Easthampton, Mass., he resumed teaching, first at Brighton, Io., 1861-62, then in the high school at Oshkosh, Wis., 1862-64, and in Yellow Springs (now Parsons) College, Fairfield, Io., 1864-67. From 1867 to 1880 he labored as a home missionary in Fontanelle, Io., with out-stations in different parts of the county. He resided afterwards without charge at Nevinville, Io., 1880-85, and at Monti- cello, Io., from 1885 until his death.
The writer of a sketch in an Iowa newspaper says: "Father Peet, and the
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white pony that he rode for years, became such familiar figures in that part of Iowa that there are few settlers in the county of Adair who do not remember them. These pioneers can all speak kindly, too, of big-hearted, generous, good- natured Father Peet, who carried the Word of the Master into their homes, and taught them the better way of life. The scholarship which he displayed in this unselfish work marked him as one of the most conspicuous home missionaries of Southwestern Iowa."
Mr. Peet was married, November 17, 1840, to Louisa C. Rich, of Vergennes, Vt., daughter of Thomas Rich and Elizabeth Hartwell, who survives him, with two sons and three daughters. One of the sons is the treasurer of the Turkish Missions of the American Board at Constantinople.
Mr. Peet died of congestion of the kidneys, at Monticello, Io., April 17, IS92, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
Charles Chauncy Shackford. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Capt. William Moore Shackford and Joanna Chauncy Moore ; born in Portsmouth, N.H., September 26, 1815; prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy ; graduated at Harvard College, IS35, the valedictorian of his class; studied in Harvard Law School, 1836; in Union Theological Seminary, 1837-39; in this Seminary, 1839-40. He was city missionary in Portsmouth one year, and was ordained, May 19, 1841, as pastor of the Hawes Place Uni- tarian Church, South Boston, Theodore Parker preaching on the occasion his since famous sermon on "The Transient and Permanent in Christianity." He remained there until 1843, and was then engaged in business at Burlington, Io., for three years. Returning East, he was installed over the Unitarian church in Lynn, Mass., in December, 1846, and continued its pastor until 1864. From 1862 he taught a school for young ladies in Boston, removing there in 1865. This " Concord Hall School " was continued until 1871, when he becanie pro- fessor of Rhetoric and Literature in Cornell University. Retiring as professor emeritus in 1886, he afterwards resided in Brookline, Mass.
During his long pastorate in Lynn he was a recognized leader in educa- tional movements, as a member of the school committee and by aiding in the establishment of the public library, the high school, and literary clubs and lec- tures. "During the nation's supreme struggle his voice and pen were never silent nor idle." He contributed freely to current literature, and made the first translations for this country of Auerbach's novels. A volume of Social and Literary Papers has appeared since his death. " In religion he was broad and tolerant, and was scarcely a denominationalist. It was the fundamental princi- ples of life and religion that he was in search of, and it was these he taught with great wealth of knowledge and an abundance of practical insight."
He was married, June 3, 1841, to Charlotte Louisa Shackford, of Ports- mouth, daughter of Capt. John Shackford and Jane Smallcon. She died October 13, 1845. He married, second, September 22, 1846, Martha Gold Bartlett, of Lowell, daughter of Wait Bartlett and Martha Gold Chapin, who survives him, with one son and three daughters. One daughter died in infancy.
Mr. Shackford died of la grippe, in Brookline, Mass., December 25, 1891, aged seventy-six years.
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CLASS OF 1843.
Thomas Harvey Skinner, D.D., LL.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, D.D., LL.D. (professor of Sacred Rheto- ric in Andover Seminary, 1833-35), and Emily Montgomery; born in Philadel- phia, Penn., October 6, 1820; took the first two years of his college course at Yale, and graduated at the University of New York, 1840; in Union Theologi- cal Seminary, 1840-42 ; in this Seminary, 1842-43, but graduating at Union Semi- nary, 1843. He was ordained, December 8, 1843, as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Paterson, N.J., and remained there three years; was pastor of the West Presbyterian (Carmine St.) Church, New York City, 1846-55; in Hones- dale, Penn., 1856-59; of Reformed Dutch Church, Stapleton, Staten Island, N.Y., 1858-68; of the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1868-71 ; of the Second Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871-81. In the latter year he was made professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology in McCormick Theological Seminary (then the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the North- west), Chicago, Ill., where he continued to reside afterwards, his chair being changed in 1890 to that of professor of Divinity.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the College of New Jersey in 1867, and that of Doctor of Laws from Washington and Jefferson Col- lege. He was a trustee of Lake Forest University. A correspondent of the New York Evangelist wrote : "Though an ardent disciple of the higher or Old School Calvinism, Dr. Skinner was inclusive rather than the contrary when it came to personal tastes and sympathies, in which he was very broad, his warm heart prevailing over all the limitations of his creed. But he was a stalwart believer, ever ready to give a reason for the faith that was in him. Inheriting a good deal of property through his wife, he made a most generous use of it, giv- ing liberally to the Church of the Covenant in Chicago, and to the Seminary, which he so greatly loved." Dr. H. M. Field said in an address at Chicago : " One could not forget him, or cease to love him, he was so open-hearted, so frank, so manly, and so true."
Dr. Skinner was married, November 28, 1843, to Mary Sanford Day, of Springfield, Mass., daughter of Benjamin Day and Frances Dwight. She died May 2, 1879. Of two daughters and three sons, one daughter alone survives.
He died of pneumonia, following la grippe, at Chicago, Ill., January 4, 1892, aged seventy-one years.
CLASS OF 1844.
Jeremy Webster Tuck. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Jonathan Tuck and Dorothy Webster ; born in Kensington, N.H., October 8, 1811 ; graduated at Phillips Academy, Andover, 1836, and at Amherst College, 1840; preceptor of Brattleboro (Vt.) Academy, 1840-41 ; studied one year, 1841-42, in this Seminary, and completed his course in the Theological Institute of Connecticut at East Windsor, 1843. He was licensed to preach February 14, 1843, by the Hampden Association, in the Third Parish Church, West Springfield (now Holyoke), Mass. He was ordained at Ludlow, Mass., September 6, 1843, and remained in that pastorate sixteen years. From 1860 to 1865 he was acting pastor of the First Church, Palmer (Thorndike), Mass. ;
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from 1866 to 1876 pastor of the church in Jewett City, Conn .; and from 1877 to ISSI of the Third Church, Middletown, Conn. He was afterwards for several years assistant pastor to Rev. Dr. A. W. Hazen, of the First Church, Middle- town, in the mean time supplying the church in Marlboro, Conn., in ISS3, and the church in Millington, Conn., in ISS4. In 1889 he removed to Springfield, Mass., identifying himself with the Park Church, of which he was one of the charter members, and bringing forth fruit in his old age as teacher of the Busi- ness Men's Class in its Sunday school. Several of Mr. Tuck's sermons were pub- lished, and also his Historical Address delivered at the centennial celebration of the town of Ludlow, in 1874. He was a prolific contributor to the press, making three special tours to California as a newspaper correspondent. Rev. H. M. Burr, his Springfield pastor, said in his memorial sermon : " As a ser- monizer he had unusual power, though his natural diffidence prevented his taking the place he might have done. Of his power as a pastor his work in Ludlow is witness; Dr. Osgood used to say that he never had known such a change in a church and town as was brought about by Mr. Tuck's ministry."
Mr. Tuck was married, September 1, 1843, to Irene Montague Moody, of South Hadley, Mass., daughter of Spencer Moody and Wealthy Montague. She died August 28, 1844, and he was married, November 4, 1845, to Ann Ruby Mowry, of Norwich, Conn., daughter of Samuel Mowry and Cynthia Cary, who survives him. Three daughters are living, one daughter and three sons having died in early life.
Mr. Tuck died of apoplexy, at Springfield, Mass., February 25, 1892, aged eighty years.
CLASS OF 1845.
James Herrick.
Son of Nathaniel Herrick and Lydia Eastman (both of Brattleboro, Vt.) ; born in Broome, Canada East, March 19, 1814; fitted for college at Brattleboro Academy; graduated at Williams College, 1841 ; was preceptor of Brattleboro Academy, 1841-42; took the full course in this Seminary, I842-45; was licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor, Andover, April 7, 1845. He was ordained at Brattleboro, October 10, 1845, as a missionary of the American Board. He sailed at once on the ship Malabar from Boston for Southern India, where he labored continuously - with the exception of a visit to this country, 1864-66-and successfully until 1883. Returning then to the United States, he spent the remaining years of his life in the home of his childhood, West Brattleboro, Vt. Rev. Lewis Grout, of West Brattleboro (Class of 1846), writes: " His great study and grand aim through all his long life were to put his talents and attainments to the best possible use." Rev. J. H. Babbitt (Class of 1868), his pastor at West Brattleboro, said in his memorial sermon : " In these later years of deprivation from his chosen work, he has .. . served us day and night, according to his strength and beyond ; served us in word, served us in deed, served us in a remarkable example, of which to speak freely is not to speak in fulsome praise."
Mr. Herrick was married, November 2, 1845, to Elizabeth Hopkins Crosby, of Brattleboro, daughter of Thomas Crosby and Catherine Burt, who survives him, with four sons and two daughters, four daughters having died in India. One son is an editor in New York City, another a physician in Springfield,
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Mass., and the youngest, David Scudder, has been a teacher in Pasumalai Col- lege, India, five years, and is now studying in Union Theological Seminary in preparation for the missionary work in India.
Mr. Herrick died of heart failure, at West Brattleboro, Vt., December I, 1891, in his seventy-eighth year.
Samuel Jones Spalding, D.D.
Son of Abijah Spalding and Hannah Eastman; born in Lyndeborough, N.H., December 11, 1820; prepared for college under David Crosby at the Nashua (N.H.) Literary Institution ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1842; took the full course in this Seminary, 1842-45; licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor, Andover, April 8, 1845. He was for a short time in home missionary service at Winslow, Me., but early in 1846 took charge of a new congregation at Salmon Falls (in Rollinsford), N.H. This was soon organized as a church, and he was ordained as its first pastor, October 28, 1846. He remained there until 1851, when he was called by the Whitefield Church, Newburyport, Mass., which had been organized the year before, and whose first pastor, Rev. John E. Emerson, had died after a short service. This congregation, then worshiping in a hall, built a church at once, and Mr. Spalding continued the pastor for thirty-three years, until 1884. He then resumed his early charge at Salmon Falls, and, without removing his resi- dence, supplied that church regularly until increasing feebleness obliged him, in the summer of 1891, to give up further labor.
Mr. Spalding received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Ingham Uni- versity in 1861, and from Dartmouth College in 1872. He was chaplain of the 48th Massachusetts Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-63, serving in the Army of the Gulf. He was member of the New England Historic-Genea- logical Society, and corresponding member of the Wisconsin State Histori- cal Society. He published Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Essex County (a history of the Essex North Association), and the Spalding Memorial, a genealogical work. He was for many years trustee of Dummer Academy, Hampton (N. H.) Academy, and Dearborn Academy (Seabrook, N.H.), as also of the public library and free reading room of Newburyport. For a long series of years he was a member of the school board of the city. Dr. Spalding was a popular and successful pastor, and for the long period of his residence in Newburyport was thoroughly and usefully identified with its social, educational, literary, and civil affairs.
He was married, June 27, 1848, to Sarah Lydia Metcalf, of Medway, Mass., daughter of Hon. Luther Metcalf and Sarah Brown Phipps. She died Septem- ber 1, 1849. He was married, second, September 16, 1851, to Sarah Jane Parker Toppan, of Hampton, N. H., daughter of Hon. Edmund Toppan and Mary Chase. She survives him, with two daughters and one son.
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