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ary, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Ohio. Dr. Alexander has labored with fidelity since that time in churches in Ohio and Virginia.
(41.) GEORGE A. LYON, D. D.
1828
DR. LYON was born in Baltimore, Md. Ile gradu- ated at Dickinson College in 1824. His theological education was pursued at Princeton. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Carlisle, on the 9th day of April, 1828. In December of the same year, he was invited to preach at Erie, Pa., in the First Presbyterian Church, where he was ordained and in- stalled by the Presbytery of Erie on the 9th day of Sep- tember, 1829. Giles Doolittle (33) preached the sermon, Wells Bushnell (35) and Thomas Anderson (37) de- livered the charges. Dr. Lyon is still the pastor of this church. At the division of the Presbytery in 1838, he cast his lot with the New School branch.
(43.) GEORGE W. HAMPSON. 1830
MR. HAMPSON was born in Huntingdon County, Pa. In early life his father, Robert Hampson, removed, with his family, to Harbor Creek, Erie County, Pa. George W. Hampson commenced his classical studies with Johnston Eaton (20), graduated at Jefferson College in 1827, and pursued his theological studies at Princeton. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, April 4, 1830. He was ordained by the same body, and installed pastor of the churches of Oil Creek (now Titusville) and Concord June 27, 1832. In
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these services, Giles Doolittle (33) preached the ser- mon, Johnston Eaton (20) and Thomas Anderson (37) delivered the charges. He was relieved of the charge of Concord in 1837. He also labored for a time at Cherrytree, and for many years has been pastor of the churches of Gravel Run and Cambridge, in Crawford County, Pa. At the division of the church in 1838, he adhered to the New School branch.
(46.) WILLIAM A. ADAIR.
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WILLIAM A. ADAIR, the son of James and Mary . (McCord) Adair, was born at Poland, Ohio. He gradu- ated at Jefferson College in 1827. His theological studies were pursued in the Western Theological Sem- inary. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Hartford (now Beaver) on the 9th day of January, 1833. Hav- ing accepted calls from the congregations of North East and Harbor Creek within the bounds of the Presby- tery of Erie, he was ordained and installed as their pas- tor by that Presbytery on the 7th day of November, 1833. In these exercises Johnston Eaton (20) preached the sermon, and James Alexander (40) and Pierce Chamberlain (38) delivered the charges. He was re- leased from Harbor Creek in 1834, and from North East about 1837. After leaving Erie Presbytery he la- bored for a time in Alleghany City. Ile adhered to the New School branch at the division of the church in 1838.
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(48.) SIMEON PECK. 1830
SIMEON PECK, son of Ebba and Margaret (Taggart) Peck, was born in Lebanon, Grafton County, N. HI., on the 16th day of October, 1799. His literary studies were pursued at Hamilton College, N. Y., and his theological at Princeton. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Oneida, in June, 1830. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Buffalo, at Carrol, Chautauque County, N. Y., in 1834. Mr. Peck's life has been a stormy one, owing to the times and cir- cumstances under which he has exercised his ministry. HIe has labored successfully at Alden, Penfield, and Big Flats, N. Y., Salem, Ohio, Carrot and Otto, N. Y. On the 11th of May, 1836, he was received into the Pres- bytery of Erie, from that of Buffalo. In this Presby- tery he labored at Harbor Creek, Evansburg, and Neshannock. In 1839, he was dismissed to the Pres- bytery of Philadelphia. There he labored in Milford and Millville, Pa., also along the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey.
In 1841, he turned his face towards the great West, laboring for a time at Findley, Lykens, Eden, Caroline, and Waynesburg, Ohio. In 1857, he removed again to the West, and pitched his tent at Omaha City, Ne- braska. Here he has been laboring in the midst of poverty and sickness and self-denial, as few of the Lord's ministers are called to labor.
Mr. Peck has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Christiana Hollinshead, who died in 1845. His second wife was Miss Eliza Clark. Their children were thirteen in number, several of whom were called away
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in childhood. At two different periods in Mr. Peck's life, his house was burned, leaving him in poverty and suffering. His whole life in fact has been one of strug- gles and hardships. Yet withal, he has endured hard- ness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, content with labor and toil and suffering bere, in the Master's work, with the hope of rest and peace and triumph hereafter.
(49.) JAMES G. WILSON. 1833
MR. WILSON was born in Dublin, Bucks County, Pa., January, 1806. His classical studies were pursued for a time at Doylestown and Newtown, where he entered Alleghany College, and graduated in 1829. He studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, June 26, 1833. He preached for two years at Randolph, Crawford County, Pa. On the 12th day of October, 1836, he was ordained and installed pastor of the churches of Greenville and Salem, in Mercer County, Pa. In these services, Thomas Anderson (37) preached the sermon, and Samuel Tait (3) and Na- thaniel West (47) delivered the charges. He was re- leased from this charge of Greenville in 1841, and of Salem in 1851. He was also pastor of Cool Spring for a portion of his time, from 1842 to 1850. On the 1st day of October, 1850, he was dismissed from the Pres- bytery of Erie to that of Towa, since which time he has been laboring in that Presbytery.
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(50.) ROBINSON S. LOCKWOOD.
1834 -.
R. S. LOCKWOOD, son of Nathan Lockwood, was born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt. When he was twelve years of age, his father moved with his fam- ily to St. Lawrence County, N. Y. Here he commenced his classical studies. He graduated at Middlebury Col- lege in 1832. His theological studies were pursued in part privately, and in part at the Auburn Theological Seminary. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of St. Lawrence, in September, 1834. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, and in- stalled as pastor of the church of Girard, Pa., January 11, 1837. In these exercises, Nathaniel West (47) preached the sermon, and Johnston Eaton (20), and George A. Lyon (41), delivered the charges. He was released from this pastoral charge in 1841. Mr. Lock- wood adhered to the New School branch, at the time of the division of the Church.
(51.) REUBEN LEWIS.
1836- -.
MR. LEWIS was born in Indiana County, January 1, 1807. Ile graduated at the Western University, at Pittsburgh, in 1835. His theological education was completed at the Western Theological Seminary, and he was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Blairsville, October 6, 1836. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, November 1, 1837, and installed pastor of the church of Harbor Creek. He had labored
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previously as a missionary in the churches of Harmons- burg, Conneautville, and Big Conneaut, in Crawford County, Pa. He was released from the charge of Har- bor Creek in 1840, and dismissed to the Presbytery of Ohio. He labored afterwards for a time at Fairmount, Va. He is now in connection with the Southern Gen- eral Assembly.
(52.) WILLIAM FULLER. r.
1827 -.
WILLIAM FULLER, son of Samuel and Mary (Hun- tington) Fuller, was born at Hampton, Conn., January 28, 1801. He graduated at Yale College in 1825. Ilis theological studies were pursued in part at Yale, and completed at Princeton. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Windham County Association, Octo- ber 5, 1827. Ile was ordained by the same associa- tion, October 19, 1830. Much of his life and labors have been of a missionary kind. Ile labored at Bris- tol and Weston, R. I., and at Southhold, Long Island. In 1833, he took a tour west, as far as Louisville, Ky., preaching by the way. For the five succeeding years, he preached in different churches in New York and New England, when he settled in Conneaut, Ohio. In 1838, he became a member of the Presbytery of Erie. In 1842, he was connected with the Erie " Ladies' Sem- inary." In 1844, he removed to Michigan, where he has labored in various churches with considerable suc- cess.
In August, 1837, Mr. Fuller was united in marriage to Miss Margaretta Knox, of Carlisle, Pa. They have two sons.
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(54.) DAVID WAGGONER.
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DAVID WAGGONER was born in Dauphin County, Pa. His literary studies were pursued in part at Jefferson College, and in part at the Western University of Penn- sylvania, where he graduated. His theological studies were pursued at the Western Theological Seminary. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presby- tery of Ohio, in 1838. Having accepted calls from the congregations of Georgetown and Fairfield, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Erie, he was ordained by that body on the 11th day of July, 1838. In these ex- ercises, Wells Bushnell (35) preached the sermon, and Absalom McCready (36) and Robert Glenn (44) de- livered the charges. He was released from these charges in 1853, when he became pastor of the church of Pu- laski, in the Presbytery of Beaver. In 1864, he re- turned to the Presbytery of Erie, and was installed pastor of the churches of Georgetown and Greenfield.
(55.) DANIEL WASHIBURN.
1825
DANIEL WASHBURN was born in South Brimfield, Mass., in the year 1792; graduated at Middlebury Col- lege in 1818, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Bath, in 1825. He was ordained as an evangelist in 1831, by the same Presbytery. Ile was received by the Presbytery of Erie in 1839, and labored for a time at Evansburg, and was, in 1841, dis- missed to the Presbytery of Wooster ; thence he re- moved and became connected with the Presbytery of Zanesville.
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In 1823 Mr. Washburn was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Diven.
(56.) JOHIN VAN LIEW REYNOLDS, D. D. 1838
JOHN V. REYNOLDS, son of John and Jane (Ellicott) Reynolds, was born in Meadville, Pa. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1834, studied theology at Prince- ton, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Pres- bytery of Erie, April 18, 1838, and was ordained by the same body, and installed as pastor of the church of Meadville, November 13, 1839. Absalom McCready (36) preached the sermon, Samuel Tait (3) and John- ston Eaton (20) delivered the charges. Dr. Reynolds' charge has not changed to the present time.
(57.) EDMUND MCKINNEY.
MR. MCKINNEY is a graduate of Washington Col- lege, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Pres- bytery of Carlisle. He was received under the care of the Presbytery of Erie, October 12, 1839, and ordained by that body as an evangelist, November 13, of the same year. He was dismissed from the Presbytery of Erie, to that of Carlisle, September 15, 1841. Ile was a government chaplain during the war.
(58.) CYRUS DICKSON, D. D. 1839 -.
CYRUS DICKSON, son of William and Christiana (Moorhead) Dickson, was born in Harbor Creek, Erie County, Pa. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1837.
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Ilis theological studies were pursued privately. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, October 13, 1839, and ordained by the same Pres- bytery, June 24, 1840, and installed as pastor of the churches of Franklin and Sugar Creek. From the latter church, he was dismissed January 1, 1846, and from the former, March, 1848. At the latter date, he was dismissed from the Presbytery of Eric, to that of Washington. From 1848 to 1856, he was pastor of the Second Church, Wheeling, West Virginia, when he was transferred to the pastorate of Westminster Church, Baltimore, Md.
(59.) EDWARD SPENCER BLAKE. 1839 -.
E. S. BLAKE was born in Westborough, Worcester County, Mass. He was graduated at Yale in 1835, studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, and at Andover, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Woburn Association in 1839. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, April 14, 1841, and installed pastor of the churches of Gravel Run and Evansburg. Ill health compelled him to resign his charge at the close of one year, since which time he has been teach- ing, and engaged in secular business.
(60.) HIRAM EDDY.
1839 -.
IIIRAM EDDY was born in Pittsfield, Vt., in 1813. Ilis literary studies were pursued at Hamilton College, N. Y., theological studies pursued privately. He was licensed and ordained by the Western New York Asso-
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ciation ; the former date was January 17, 1839, the lat- ter May, 1840. He became a member of the Presby- tery of Erie, in June, 1841, and was dismissed to Buf- falo City in 1845. During the late rebellion, he served as a chaplain, and suffered imprisonment in Libby Prison.
(61.) JOSEPH T. SMITH, D. D.
1841
JOSEPH T. SMITH, son of Joseph Smith, was born at Mercer, Pa. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1837, studied theology privately, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, April 14, 1841. He was ordained by the same Presbytery, April 20, 1842, and installed pastor of the church of Mercer. He was released from this charge in April, 1849. At the same time, he was dismissed from the Presbytery of Erie, to that of Baltimore, where he became pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Baltimore.
(62.) JAMES COULTER. 1842 -.
JAMES COULTER was born in Mercer County, Pa. Ile graduated at Jefferson College in 1839, studied theol- ogy at the Western Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Al- leghany, in April, 1842. He was ordained by the Pres- bytery of Erie, September 14, 1842, and installed as pastor of the churches of Concord and Deerfield, in Venango and Warren counties. He was afterwards pastor of the churches of Sugar Creek, Harmonsburg, and Evansburg. On the 15th day of June, 1852, he was dismissed from the Presbytery of Erie to that of Alleghany, where he is still laboring.
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(63.) IIENRY WEBBER.
1843 -.
HENRY WEBBER was born in Chester County, Pa. He graduated at Princeton, pursued his theological studies at the same place, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, in April, 1843. 1Ie was ordained by the Presbytery of Erie on the 20th day of January, 1843, and installed as pastor of the church of Greenville, Pa. He was released from this charge, October 16, 1844, and on the 22d of Jan- uary following, dismissed from the Presbytery to that of Beaver. In this Presbytery, he labored for many years in the church of North Sewickley.
(64.) JAMES W. DICKEY.
1842 -.
MR. DICKEY was born in Zanesville, Ohio. His liter- ary studies were pursued at Ilopewell Academy, and his theological under the supervision of Rev. Wm. Neill, D. D. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 20, 1812, and ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, October 4, 1843, and installed as pastor of the churches of Con- neautville, Harmonsburg, and Evansburg. In 1847, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Richland, and be- came pastor of the church of Mansfield, Ohio. In 1854, he returned to the Presbytery of Erie, and has since been pastor of the churches of Gravel Run and Washington.
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(65.) ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM.
MR. CUNNINGHAM, son of Thomas S. Cunningham, was born in Mercer, Pa., January 21, 1815, graduated at Washington College, Pa., in 1840, studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, Sep- tember 4, 1842, and ordained by the same, October 5, 1843, and installed as the pastor of the churches of Gravel Run and Washington. He was released from this charge in 1851, and dismissed to the Presbytery of Alleghany. .
(67.) JOHIN M. SMITII.
1837
MR. SMITH was born in Cannonsburg, Pa. He was for a time a student at Jefferson, but graduated at Washington College, in 1835. His theological studies were pursued at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed by the Presbytery of Redstone, June, 1837 ; ordained by the Presbytery of Ohio, in 1840, and in- stalled pastor of the church of Mingo. In October, 1845, he became a member of the Presbytery of Erie, and on the 28th of January following, was installed as pastor of the church of Warren, Pa .; released from his charge August 11, 1847. He was dismissed from the Presbytery of Erie to that of Muhlenburg in March, 1848. Since that time he has been mainly engaged in teaching, although preaching as opportunity offers.
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(69.) MILES T. MERWIN.
1841
MR. MERWIN was born in Milford, Conn., and grad- uated at Yale in 1828. His theological studies were pursued in part with the late Ichabod S. Spencer, D. D., and in part at Princeton. Ile was licensed October 13, 1841, by the Presbytery of New York ; ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, June 24, 1846, and installed as pastor of the church of Irvine, Warren County, l'a., laboring at the same time at Sugar Grove and Warren. Ile was dismissed from the Presbytery of Erie to that of Huntington, October 28, 1848. Here he labored for a time. Afterwards he visited Florida, and remained for a time, travelling into Alabama, and preaching at vacant points. Of late years he has labored as a domestic missionary, wherever the field has opened before him.
(73.) LEMUEL GREGORY OLMSTEAD, LL. D.
1837 -.
DR. OLMSTEAD was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., graduated at Union College, and pursued his theological studies at the Western Theological Seminary. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Bea- ver, about the year 1837, and ordained by the Presby- tery of Erie, April 20, 1848. He then visited Europe, sojourning in Rome for several years. His principal business has been teaching. During the War of the Rebellion he acted as chaplain for some three years. As a seientific scholar and antiquarian, Dr. Olmstead has had few equals amongst his brethren of the Presbytery.
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(75.) JAMES HENRY CALLEN.
1848 ---
MR. CALLEN was born at Raphoe, Ireland, and emi- grated to this country February 28, 1843. Ile gradu- ated at La Fayette College, Pa., and pursued his theo- logical studies at the Western Theological Seminary. Ile was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Washington, April 19, 1848, and ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, October 25, of the same year, and installed as pastor of the church of Greenville. He was released from this charge June 23, 1852, and on the 12th of January following, dismissed from the Pres- bytery of Erie to that of Redstone. He was for a time pastor of the church of Uniontown, Pa .; thence he re- moved to New Jersey, thence to Brooklyn, L. I.
(76.) SAMUEL J. MILLS EATON.
1848-
S. J. M. EATON, son of Rev. Johnston and Eliza (Canon) Eaton, was born in Fairview, Erie County, Pa. He graduated at Jefferson College, in 1845, pur- sued his theological studies at the Western Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie on the 16th day of March, 1848. He was ordained by the same Presbytery on the 7th day of February, 1849, and installed as pastor of the churches of Franklin and Mount Pleasant, one third of the time in the latter place. He was released from the charge of Mount Pleasant, August 29, 1855, giving his entire time to Franklin. He was a member of the Christian Commission.
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(78.) MICHAEL A. PARKINSON.
18-19
MR. PARKINSON was born in Washington County, Pa. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1846; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Ohio April 18, 1849, and ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, September 11, 1850, and installed as pastor of the con- gregations of Concord and Deerfield, the former in Venango County, and the latter in Warren County, Pa. He was released from this charge October 20, 1854, and dismissed to the Presbytery of Steubenville, in whose bounds he became pastor of the church of Island Creek. Lately he has been transferred to the church of Bloomfield in the same Presbytery.
(79.) JOHN SAILOR. 1847
MR. SAILOR was born in Carlisle, Pa., graduated at Dickinson College ; studied theology at the Union The- ological Seminary ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Harrisburg, April 12, 1847, and ordained by the Presbytery of Pennsylvania, in June, 1818. He was received from that Presbytery into that of Eric, September 10, 1850. On the 4th of May, 1853, he was installed as pastor of the congregation of Warren, Pa., released from his charge August 29, 1855, and on the next day dismissed to the Presbytery of St. Joseph. Here he took charge of the Congregational Church of Michigan City. He is at present pastor of the church of Allegan, Michigan.
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(80.) ROBERT SLEMMONS MORTON.
1848 --.
MR. MORTON was born in Beaver County, Pa., grad- uated at Jefferson College in 1845 ; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Beaver, June 14, 1848, and ordained by the same Presbytery, June 10, 1851, and installed as pastor of Mount Pleasant. On the 10th of June, 1851, he was received into the Presbytery of Erie, and on the 10th of September following, was installed as pastor of the congregation of Mercer. Ile was released from this charge September 14, 1852, and on the day following, dismissed to the Presbytery of Blairsville.
Since that time he has been pastor of the churches of Ebensburg, Mill Creek and Hookstown, and Slip- pery Rock and Newport, Pa.
For a time during the War of the Rebellion he was Chaplain of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers, having been previously in the Christian Commission.
(81.) WILLIAM WILLSON.
1850
MR. WILLSON was born in Alleghany County, Pa .; graduated at Muskingum College, Ohio; studied theol- ogy at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed by the Presbytery of Ohio, June 19, 1850; ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, June 11, 1851, and installed as pastor of the congregations of Girard, Sturgeonville, and Fairview. He was released from this charge May 2, 1855, and on the 26th of September, 1857, dismissed
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to the Presbytery of Kansas ; since which time he has been laboring successfully to build up the kingdom of Christ in that new State. For a part of the time dur- ing the War of the Rebellion he was an army chaplain.
(82.) JOHN WESLEY MCCUNE. 1851 -.
MR. MCCUNE was born in Mercersburg, Pa .; grad- uated at Marshall College in 1846; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, June 11, 1851 ; ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, June 23, 1852, and installed as pastor of the churches of Cool Spring and Sandy Lake, in Mercer County, Pa. Ile was released from the lat- ter charge, February 7, 1855, and at the present time labors a third of his time in the congregation of Salem, in connection with Cool Spring. He was a delegate of the Christian Commission.
(83.) DAVID GRIER.
MR. GRIER is a native of Ireland. He was re- ceived from the Presbytery of Wyoming, September 7, 1853 ; installed as pastor of the congregation of Green- ville, January 18, 1854; released April 13, 1859; dis- missed to the Presbytery of Carlisle, September 28, 1860. TIere he was pastor for a time of the congrega- tion of Dickinson, but finally returned to Ireland.
(84.) GEORGE WRIGILT ZAHNISER.
1851 -.
MR. ZAHNISER was born in Mercer, Pa. ; graduated Jefferson College in 1846; studied theology at
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Princeton ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Pres- bytery of Erie April 10, 1851 ; ordained by the same Presbytery, September 7, 1853, and installed as pastor of the congregation of Conneautville, in Crawford County, Pa. Hle was released from this charge on the 13th of April, 1859, and dismissed to the Presbytery of Huntington, when he became pastor of the church of Huntington.
(86.) ROBERT F. SAMPLE.
1852 -.
MR. SAMPLE was born at Painted Post, N. Y. ; grad- uated at Jefferson College in 1849 ; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Northumberland, June 8, 1852 ; ordained by the Presbytery of Erie, October 18, 1853, and installed as pastor of the church of Mer- cer; released from his charge May 7, 1856, and dis- missed the same day to the Presbytery of Carlisle ; pastor of the church of Bedford, Pa., until 1857; at present pastor at St. Anthony, Minn.
(87.) JAMES IRWIN SMITHI. 1853
MR. SMITHI was born in Mercer County, Pa. ; gradu- ated at Jefferson College in 1851; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary ; licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Erie, September 8, 1853 ; ordained by the same Presbytery, as an evan- gelist, August 29, 1854. He labored as a missionary at Ontonagon on Lake Superior, for upwards of ten years. He is at the present time a domestic missionary, located at La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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