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a Presbyterian minister, was born at Hartland, Conn., Nov. 21, 1787. In 1807 he was converted, and decided to study for the ministry. He entered Jefferson College, .Pa., where he graduated with the honors of his class in 1812. In 1814 he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, N. J.; in 1816. was ordained by the New Brunswick Presbytery, and went to Wilmington, N. C., and after laboring there a short time was called to the pastorate of a Church in Alexandria, Va. In 1837 he was elected to the chair of languages in the Ohio University. He died Feb. 14, 1867. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1868, p. 192.