a Congregational minister, was born at Marshall, N.Y., February 16, 1803; graduated from Hamilton College in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1830; was agent of the American Educational Society, Central N.Y., 1831-33; pastor, 1833-56; agent of the Walworth County Institute, Illinois, 1856-60; without a charge, 1860-65; agent of the Western Tract and Book Society, 1865-67; treasurer of Wheaton College and editor of the Cynosure, 1867-73 resident at Wheaton, Illinois, from 1865 until his death, August 20, 1887.