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Repairs were made upon the property at various times. In 1889 forty to fifty dollars was laid out in repairs on the parson- age, and in 1894, $350 in repairing the church at the Center. Aug. 11, 1906, the meeting house at the Flats was burned. The
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insurance was $1400. Rev. O. L. Barnard, the pastor, was ap- pointed a committee to solicit funds for a new church and served also as chairman and treasurer of the Building Committee. His accounts were audited and found correct. The cost of the new building, furnishings, sheds, etc., was about $2,750, there being an indebtedness of $273, April 1, 1907. In 1912 a gift of $1,000 was received from Dr. A. F. Burdick, the interest to be used for preaching. The salaries of preachers have ranged from $400 to $600, the use of the parsonage reckoned at $100 being additional. At the present time the value of the church at the Flats is esti- mated as $3,000 and that of the parsonage $1,500. The member- ship of the churches of the charge is, Probationers 5, Full Mem- bers 106. The benevolences reported in 1913 were $115. Rev. A. H. Sturges, the present pastor, was born in Fairfield, April 7, 1864, and entered the ministry in 1901. His first charge was Binghamville, from which he came to Underhill. Here he has proved so acceptable a pastor that he has been retained for his eighth year, the longest pastorate on record here.
CHAPTER VI.
METHODIST CHURCH, JERICHO CORNERS.
The history of this church is bound up with those at Under- · hill and Essex, it having been a part of the Underhill charge from its beginning to 1871. From that time, though not continuously, till 1896 it belonged to the Essex circuit, but then returned to its con- nection with Underhill, the charge being called that of Underhill and Jericho. This arrangement continues to the present day.
In 1858, there being a goodly number of Methodists in town, a movement was started by Addison Ford and others to obtain subscriptions to build a Methodist meeting house. These sub- scriptions were to be paid to the Prudential Committee of the Jericho Corner Meeting House Society, which committee was to be appointed on the second Tuesday of March, 1858. One thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars subscribed in amounts running from $5 to $115, a part of it being payable in
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work. The subscribers were to have the value of their payments in pews. The Baptist building project being on foot at the same time, there was some rivalry between the two organizations.
The list of pastors is the same as given for Underhill down to 1871, when it was resolved by this part of the charge not to accept the supply sent by the Presiding Elder. That year and the following it was supplied by C. H. Dunton, afterward principal of Troy Conference Academy at Poultney. At some time Prof. Petty of the University supplied acceptably union meetings held by this church and the Congregational, and it was probably in 1873. In 1874 O. S. Basford was the preacher. From 1875 to 1896 with the exception of one or two years Essex and Jericho constituted a charge and employed the same minister. The list for this period is as follows :
Sylvester Donaldson, 1875. Died in 1912, aged 74. Vigor- ous and zealous, a preacher for half a century. In his last years he daily read the Scriptures in Hebrew and Greek. Presiding Elder six years.
Austin Scribner, 1876. Died at Lyndon 1895, aged 59.
O. S. Basford, 1879.
Joseph W. Guernsey, 1881. Died at Rutland 1894, aged 73. Presiding Elder '71-'74. Last eleven years of his life Chaplain of the House of Correction.
Sylvester Donaldson, 1882.
Nathan W. Wilder, 1883. Born 1835. Address, Water- town, Ct.
Clark Wedgeworth, 1886. Died 1904 at Swanton, aged 66.
Martin P. Bell, 1888. Died 1891 at Craftsbury, aged 58. Positive in convictions. "Every sermon a gospel temperance sermon."
Church Tabor, 1889. Died 1896, aged 60. Converted at the same time as S. Donaldson, who afterward married his sis- ter. Presiding Elder '78-'82. The people of his last charge be- lieved they never were served so well.
Albert B. Blake, 1892. Born 1842. Address, Barton.
No appointment 1895, but S. S. Brigham who began this year at Underhill is recorded as supplying both churches in 1896. From this time they again constitute one charge, and for subse- quent pastors see Underhill Methodist Church.
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Few particulars have been found specifically relating to the Jericho Church. At one time it was said that Essex and Jericho are good fields for remunerative labor and that earnest work had been done, at another time that these churches were loyal to the doctrine and economy of Methodism.
December 23, 1867, a meeting of the society convened and appointed a committee consisting of Charles Hilton, C. K. Butler and A. M. Ford, to draft a new constitution and by-laws, the original records having been destroyed by fire. The new con- stitution reported was adopted, and it was also voted to sell the parsonage property and pay the proceeds to the treasurer. Nov. 16, 1877, it was voted to build a new chimney and make other necessary repairs. Jan. 27, 1880, it was voted to repair the in- side of the meeting house during the coming season, and the next year it was voted to repair the house to make it comfortable. In 1893 $60 was spent in repairs. Oct. 4, 1898, it was "voted by a unanimous vote to deed and convey the Methodist Episcopal meet- ing house and grounds for the consideration of one dollar to the Methodist Episcopal Church in trust for the use and benefit of the ministry and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church pursuant to article second of the warning." The Prudential Com- mittee, Homer Rawson, A. D. Cochran and John Schillhammer were authorized and directed to deed the property. This deed has never been recorded. The value of the edifice is estimated at $2,000.
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The interests of this church have been so identified with those of Underhill that its history is largely included therein.
CHAPTER VII.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, JERICHO CENTER.
Hemenway's Gazetteer states that Universalists were among the first settlers, represented by such names as Thompson, Gloyd and Dow, and that there was preaching of their doctrine at an early time. Some of their services were held in the Academy building. On Feb. 18, 1843, a constitution was drawn up for a
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Universalist Society, whose subscribers declared themselves as believers in the universal love and impartial grace of God. The condition of membership was thus stated: "Any person who is of a good moral character may become a member of this so- ciety, and shall sign the constitution when admitted to member- ship by the society in such manner as they shall establish by vote." Rev. Thomas Browning is said in Child's Gazetteer to have organized the society with 31 members. The constitution has been signed at various times by 78 males and 41 females, 119 in all. At the time of organization Lyman Stimpson was chosen Pres., J. G. Goodhue, Vice-Pres., J. K. Hunt, Sec'y and Treas. Orley Thompson, Galusha Day and Edwin K. Blodgett, Com- mittee.
The following year a committee was appointed to obtain funds by subscription to erect a meeting house, and another com- mittee was elected to ascertain the most expedient way and most convenient construction and size for building the house. Sept. 6, 1845, it was resolved to commence the building as early as possible in the spring of 1846, and a building committee was chosen consisting of Orley Thompson, J. G. Goodhue and M. Shaw. The house was dedicated Aug. 31, 1847, Rev. Eli Bal- lou, editor of the Universalist Watchman, preaching the sermon. In 1848 an effort was made to raise money to pay for land ad- ditional to the original purchase on which the meeting house stood. In 1857 a committee was chosen to build sheds. The records contain the names of those elected to the office of the society each year, and the names of delegates to the Champlain Association and the State Convention, but do not give any re- ports of things done. The writer would gladly give fuller de- tails, but the data are meager. Inquiry of former attendants reveals a few facts.
It became the practice to have preaching services once in two weeks, both forenoon and afternoon, the preacher officiating alternate Sabbaths at Essex or Williston or some other place. It is believed that but two or three of the ministers lived in town. The attendants were widely scattered, but in the prosperous days of the church large family loads would come from several miles away. As was common in those days, much stress was laid upon the special tenets of the denomination. A unique feature was
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the illuminations of the meeting house at Christmas time, when it was trimmed with evergreens, and boards holding candles were placed along every other tier of panes of the long high win- dows. The choir would sing, and responses were made by some one chosen for the purpose, and presents were given to the mem- bers of the Sunday School. One of these illuminations in 1869 is particularly remembered.
Rev. Silas Wakefield prepared an elaborate celebration one winter, for which many and careful rehearsals were held. There was speaking and singing by the children, dialogues and instru- mental music, and upon a platform over the pulpit little girls dressed in white appeared as angels. Lyman Stimson was for many years the choir leader and Hoyt Chambers superintendent of the Sunday School.
The following is believed to be very nearly the order in which the regular ministers served :
Silas Wakefield, 1847-48.
Thomas Browning of Richmond, Nov., 1848. Born in Rut- land, Mass., March 21, 1787, the eldest of thirteen children. In early life a Methodist. Ordained when forty years of age. Preached at Waterbury, then at Richmond, 1834-46. Said to be founder of the Universalist Church here. Represented Rich- mond in Legislature. Married Persis Ross. Ten children. Died in Richmond, March 12, 1875.
P. Hersey, 1849.
Alson Scott, 1850-56. Born at Halifax, Vt., April 11, 1816. In the spring of 1850 moved to Jericho, preaching also at other places and teaching school in District No. 4.
S. C. Eaton, 1856-57. Came from Glover Saturdays for about a year.
Lester Warren, who drove from Montpelier Saturdays.
Silas Wakefield, 1860 and '61, who lived where H. H. Wilder does now.
Joseph Sargent, who lived in Williston, and become chaplain of the 13th Regiment of Vt., and died of typhoid fever in Va. April 20, 1863, aged about 45. He was probably not a regular preacher here.
C. C. Thornton, 1865. Lived in Essex.
Hervey Elkins. Lived in Williston.
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Lester Warren, 1867-69. A second time.
The Champlain Association met with this church in Octo- ber, 1847, for a two-day conference, and it is noted that seven discourses were preached.
After 1870 or 1871 no regular services were held. In 1904 the property was deeded to the Universalist Convention of Vermont and Province of Quebec. Later it was sold to T. L. Bostwick for a novelty shop, then passed into the hands of E. H. Smith, who carried on the same business, and afterward was bought by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church, who plan to make it a suitable village hall.
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PART FIFTH. PROFESSIONAL MEN FROM JERICHO.
CHAPTER I.
MINISTERS.
NATIVES OF JERICHO WHO HAVE ENTERED THE MINISTRY.
By Rev. S. H. Barnum.
For convenience of reference these are named in alphabetical order. Possibly there are others.
* Almon Benson. Congregational; b. June 3, 1810; son of Ebenezer and Cynthia (Gloyd) Benson. Graduated at Gilman- ton, N. H., Theological Seminary, 1840; ordained at Center Har- bor, N. H., Dec. 23, 1840; dismissed Nov. 10, 1863; without charge, there till death, Sept. 13, 1884; m. May 11, 1841, Julietta, dau. of Joseph and Silence (Richards) Kingsbury of Frances- town, N. H., who d. Jan. 11, 1843; m. March 13, 1845 Rhoda A., dau. of Samuel J. and Nancy (Cowles) Roys of Landaff, N. H .; one son and three dau.
*Samuel Breck Bostwick. Episcopal; b. March 10, 1815; son of Arthur Bostwick, Esq .; d. March 16, 1881. The Bishop said at his funeral, "Four churches sprung up in the footprints of his missionary journey." Received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia University. (See Bostwick Family.)
*Zina H. Brown. Methodist; b. Dec. 27, 1804; son of Charles and grandson of Joseph, one of the original settlers ; converted at the age of 19; licensed as an exhorter in 1840 and as a local preacher in 1843; ordained Deacon in 1848 and Elder in 1850; labored in Fairfax, Sheldon, Bakersfield and Enosburgh, Sheldon again, Swanton, Franklin, Williston, Ferrisburgh, Bran-
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don, Starksboro, Essex, Cambridge and Stowe. In 1864 he was appointed to the charge of St. Albans District, which he occupied two years, when his health failed; d. at Underhill, April 23, 1867. "His sermons were perspicuous, instructive, dignified and chaste. He was a Methodist of the old stamp, a lover of the peculiarities and institutions of the Church; he was open and manly in main- taining what he believed to be right and in opposing what he re- garded wrong."
*Calvin Butler. Presbyterian; b. May 23, 1797; son of Reuben and Laura (Rood) Butler. Graduated at Middlebury College 1824 and at Andover Seminary 1827; ordained by Wa- bash Presbytery in 1827, and was home missionary at Princeton and Evansville, Ind, 1827-1831 ; pastor Pres. Churches at Evans- ville, Washington and Boonville, Ind., and at Maine, Ill., where he d. Nov. 2, 1854 ; m. twice; nine children who survived infancy. "His death was very sudden. He retired apparently in good health; awoke about three o'clock, conversed a few moments, when his breathing became unnatural and he immediately ex- pired."
*Walter Clayton Clapp. Episcopal; b. 1861 ; son of Simeon W. and Lorenda (Mead) Clapp; moved to Providence, R. I., about 1867, and shortly after to Boston. Graduated at Amherst '83; studied medicine one year, taught a year, and entered Gen. Theol. Seminary of the Episcopal Church; was ordained Dea- con in '87 and Priest in '88; was engaged in work in Baltimore; as instructor at Nashotah Seminary, Wis., in Philadelphia, in Toledo ; as missionary for eleven years in Philippines; and since return in 1912 as Rector of Christ Church, Danville, Pa. D. Sept. 17, 1915.
*Hiram Harlow Dixon. Congregational; b. June 1, 1818; son of Gideon O. and Esther (Woodruff) Dixon. Studied at Jericho Academy and at Farmington (Ohio) Academy ; taught in public and private schools in Vt., N. Y., O., and Ill., 1832-48; studied theology privately; preached at Underhill and at W. Stockholm, N. Y., and, after ordination on Feb. 23, 1852, at Johnstown, Fox Lake, Alto, W. Rosendale and Metomen, all in Wis .; gave up regular preaching on account of ill health in 1870
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and resided at Ripon, then at Whitewater, Wis., from 1889 till death Oct. 18, 1905, at the age of 87; m. in Underhill, Sarepta Ann, dau. of Samuel and Amanda (Bicknell) Wells, who d. at Whitewater, May 30, 1899; three children; member of Vt. Legislature in 1848 and 1849 and author of the first homestead exemption law of that state; was advisory member of Executive Committee of Ripon College.
Carleton Hazen. Congregational; b. June 14, 1865; second son of Rev. Austin and Mary Jane (Carleton) Hazen. Fitted for college in the old academy, at Essex Classical Institute and Burlington High School; graduated at U. V. M. at the head of his class in 1888, and at Hartford Theological Seminary in 1891; preached at Rochester, Vt., 1891-99; West Rutland, 1900-04; Portland, Ct., 1904-09; Kensington, Ct., 1909 to date ; ordained at Rochester, Vt., 1892, his father preaching the sermon; m. Julia Trask of Rochester and has two sons.
Frank William Hazen. Congregational; b. Jan. 7, 1869; fourth son of Rev. Austin and Mary J. C. Hazen. Attended Jericho Academy; fitted for college at Essex and Burlington ; graduated U. V. M. 1890; taught in Island Pond High School 1890-91, in Craftsbury Academy 1891-94; was examiner of teachers for Orleans County, 1892-94; graduated at Hartford Theological Seminary 1897; was Pastor at Gaysville and Pitts- field, Vt., 1897-1902, being ordained at the latter place in 1897; Pastor at Middletown Springs, 1902-04; Assistant Pastor of First Church, Meriden, Ct., 1904-06; Pastor at Falmouth, Mass., 1906-1912, and at Johnson, Vt., 1912 to date ; m. Sept. 28, 1904, Mary Crafts Paddock at North Craftsbury ; three children.
William Hazen. Congregational; b. Nov. 3, 1870; fifth son of Rev. Austin and Mary J. C. Hazen. Fitted for college at Deerfield, Mass .; graduated at U. V. M. 1893; taught at Hyde Park, (Vt.), High School, 1893-94; graduated at Hartford Theological Seminary 1897; was Pastor at Sherburne, Vt., 1897- 99, being ordained there in 1897; student at Yale Divinity School 1899-1900, receiving degree of M. A .; missionary of A. B. C. F. M. in Marathi Mission, India, 1900 to date, and is now stationed at Bombay ; m. 1907, Miss Florence Hartt.
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*George Hilton. Methodist; b. May 29, 1879; son of Birney and Elizabeth Hilton. Educated at South California University ; ordained in 1911; preached in California; m. Mrs. Agnes (Sands) Nichols ; no children ; d. May 13, 1912.
Frederick Lucas Kingsbury. Congregational; b. in the "Willey House" March 10, 1850; son of Joseph and Eliza S. (Whitcomb) Kingsbury ; moved to Norwich, Vt., 1868. Grad- uated at Dartmouth College 1875; studied medicine at Dart- mouth and U. V. M., graduating from the latter; practiced at Waterbury, Vt., till 1880, then at Samokov, Bulgaria as Medical Missionary of the American Board, 1881-99; ordained to min- istry at Norwich, Vt .; at Clifton Springs Sanitarium 1899-1905; supplied Hyde Park Church, St. Louis; was Pastor, Ventura, Cal., 1906-10; since then occasional supply; lived two years at Boulder, Col .; m. Feb. 27, 1878 Luella Laughton Olds of Nor- wich, Vt .; two children, Joseph Lyman, teacher of history at State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo .; and Margaret Lucy, who m. Prof. Francis S. Foote, Jr., of Univ. of Cal .; translated an astronomy and physiology into Bulgarian; present address: 844 W. 76th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
George B. Lane. Methodist; b. July 10, 1871; son of Lorenzo and Esther Lane. Educated at School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Mass .; ordained Deacon 1906, and Elder 1908; pastorates at Scotch Bush, West Caton and East Syracuse, N. Y., Clarenceville, P. Q., and since Sept., 1912, at Bolton, N. Y .; m. Geneva Parmenter, by whom one child; second Florence Slater by whom five children.
*Samuel Augustus Lee. Congregational and Presbyterian ; b. July 20, 1805; son of Linus and Phebe Lee. Graduated U. V. M. 1831, and Auburn Seminary 1834; ordained 1834; preached for short terms for Congregational Churches at Cazenovia, N. Y., Medina, O., and Claridon, O., and then for Presbyterian Churches at Mantua and Streetsboro, O .; d. at Hudson, O., Jan. 28, 1866; m. Susan Hyde, who survived him with five children.
*Anson Rood. Congregational and Presbyterian ; b. March 19, 1802; son of Deacon Thomas D. and Sarah (Bradley) Rood.
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Graduated Middlebury College, 1825; studied a year each in Princeton, Andover and Yale Seminaries; Pastor at Danbury, Conn., 1828-37, being ordained in 1829; removing to Philadel- phia he was Pastor of a Presbyterian Church 12 years, associate editor of the North American two years, then was in teaching and philanthropic work from 1851 till death, Nov. 27, 1857; m. Alida G. Ogden, March 3, 1828; five children.
*Heman Rood, D. D. Congregational; b. Jan. 29, 1795; son of Deacon Thomas D. and Sarah B. Rood, older brother of Anson, and grandson of Deacon Azariah Rood, who was one of the first settlers and a charter member of the First Congrega- tional Church. Preparatory study at Shoreham and Middle- bury ; graduated at Middlebury College 1819; taught three years ; graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1825; ordained 1826; Pastor' at Gilmanton, N. H., and New Milford, Ct .; Pro- fessor at Gilmanton Theological Seminary ; Teacher at Haverhill, N. H .; Acting Pastor at Quechee and Hartland, Vt .; without charge at Hanover, N. H. and Westfield, N. Y .; d. at Westfield of old age June 8, 1882; Middlebury College conferred the de- gree of D. D .; m. Nov. 29, 1827, Frances S. Moody, of Gilman- ton, N. H .; five children.
*Ashbel Shipley Wells. Presbyterian and Congregational ; b. Dec. 3, 1798; son of Shipley and Dorothea (Randall) Wells ; united with Congregational Church in Jackson, Me., July, 1816. Graduated Hamilton College 1824 and Auburn Seminary 1827; ordained at Utica, N. Y., 1828; preached in Ind., Mich., and Iowa, and for several years was agent of missionary societies ; in U. S. Christian Commission at St. Louis, 1863-64; made his home at Fairfield, Io., from 1859 till his death, Oct. 30, 1882 ; m. March 24, 1828 Sophia Hastings.
Earl Morse Wilbur, D. D. Unitarian; b. 1866; son of Lafayette and Mercy Jane (Morse) Wilbur. (See Wilbur fam- ily).
The following clergymen, though not born in Jericho, were here in childhood or youth, and hence this town has a claim upon them :
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*Lester H. Elliot. Congregational; b. in Croydon, N. H., Aug. 1, 1835; son of Deacon Ezra and Eliza (Hall) Elliot, who moved here during his childhood; d. July 20, 1907, at Water- bury; most of his ministerial life was given to Vermont, where he was widely known and influential. (See Elliot family).
*Stephen G. Emerson. Congregational; son of Rev. John D. and Elizabeth F. Emerson; his father preached for Second Congregational Church, 1877-82. Graduated at Dartmouth 1887, and at Oberlin Seminary 1890; ordained at Oakland, Cal., 1890; his ministry has been in California, and for 6 years Pastor of Logan Heights Congregational Church, San Diego, Cal. D. Jan., 1916, at Prescott, Ariz.
David Foster Estes, D. D. Baptist; b. in Auburn, Me., October 18, 1851; son of Rev. Hiram C. Estes, D. D., Pastor here in 1862-72. He was graduated from the University of Ver- mont in 1871 and from the Newton Theological Institution in 1874; a year was also spent, 1878, 1879, in study at the Uni- versity of Göttingen, Germany; he was ordained at Manchester, Vt., August 19th, 1874, and was Pastor there from 1874 to 1876; at Belfast, Me., from 1876 to 1878; and at Vergennes, Vt., from 1880 to 1883; he was a teacher in the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., from 1883 to 1886, and Acting Principal of the same; he was pastor at Holden, Mass., from 1886 to 1891. Oc- tober 1, 1891, he became Professor of New Testament Inter- pretation in the Theological Seminary in connection with Col- gate University, at Hamilton, N. Y .; he has also served as Uni- versity Librarian since 1898; he received the degree of D. D. from the University of Vermont in 1896. He is the author of "The History of Holden, Mass.," (1894) and "An Outline of New Testament Theology," (1900). He m. May 12, 1880, Ef- figene Lydia, only dau. of Truman C. and Angeline O. (Bishop) Galusha, b. Sept. 14th, 1858. They have one son, Walter Dal- ton Estes, b. in Vergennes, July 22, 1881, a graduate of Colgate University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and for some years engaged in scientific work in Chicago.
Austin Hazen, Jr. Congregational; b. in Norwich, Vt., Sept. 20, 1863; oldest son of Rev. Austin and Mary J. C. Hazen.
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Attended Jericho Academy and studied in Middletown, Ct .; graduated at U. V. M. 1885; taught in Waterbury High School 1885-86; was in a drug store in Barre 1887-90; graduated at Hartford Theological Seminary 1893; held a fellowship in Ger- many 1893-95; preached in various places till he was ordained at Thomaston, Ct., where he preached till 1911; since then he has been Vice-President and Treasurer of Tougaloo University, Miss .; m. and has two children.
George Washington Henderson, D. D. Congregational ; b. in Clark Co., Va., Nov. 16, 1850; was brought here at the close of the Civil War by an officer and showed himself possessed of unusual ability. Attended Underhill Academy; graduated U. V. M. 1877; taught in select school in Jericho Academy and at Craftsbury Academy 1877-80 and 1886-88; graduated at Yale Divinity School 1883; gained Hooker Fellowship and studied at Berlin ; ordained 1888; Professor Straight University, New Or- leans; pastor University Church in the same city 1890-1904; professor in Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1905 to date; was assistant Moderator of the National Council of Congrega- tional Churches in 1895.
*John Denison Kingsbury, D. D. Congregational; b. in Hanover, N. H., Apr. 19, 1831; son of Joseph and Eliza S. (Whitcomb) Kingsbury, and older brother of Rev. Fred L .; spent boyhood in Jericho. Attended Bakersfield Academy, U. V. M. 1852, Andover Theological Seminary 1856; ordained at Brandon 1856. Pastorates, Brandon, 1856-60; Winooski, 1860- 66; Bradford, Mass., 1866-1901 ; pastor emeritus at Bradford, 1901 till death. Degree of D. D. conferred by U. V. M .; pub- lished Memorial History of Bradford; m. Feb. 5, 1861, at Bran- don, Charlotte M. Field; four children; d. Nov. 11, 1908, at Bradford, of heart trouble, aged 77; in 1889 he was sent by the Congregational H. M. S. to Cuba on a tour of exploration. In 1901 at 70 years of age he took up a traveling superintendency of home missions in Idaho, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. "It was wonderfully interesting and inspiring to see this old man, laden with years, but young in enthusiasm and sympathy, going about over his 'vast realm,' as he loved to call it, shepherding his flock. Everybody loved him, everybody trusted him. With him 16
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