Stebbins, Lorenzo D.,
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born Sept. 2, 1817. He was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, and graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1842. In 1844 he joined the Black River Conference; in 1853 became professor of mathematics to the New York Conference Seminary; in 1854 was appointed principal of Fairfield Seminary. At the close of the year he was transferred to the Troy Conference, and in 1866 to the New England Conference. In the spring of 1867 he removed to Central New York, where he remained until his death, Nov. 1, 1869. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870, p. 88.