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1832-35; at Kalamazoo, Mich.. 1836-42; at Akron, Ohio, 1843-45; at Norwalk, Ohio. 1845-50; and at Granville, Ohio. 1850-o3. In Bennington he foundeJ a Baptist academy; in Kahimazoo he was active in est^vblishing what was afterward Kala- mazoo college; and in Norwalk lie organized and was president of the Norwalk institute, a Baptist seminary. In 1^5:5 he was elected president of Granville college, the name of which soon after- ward changed to Denisou miiversitj-. He re- signed the position in 1^-63, and sul)sequently held pastorates in Fredericktown, Ohio, Chilli- cothe. Mo., and AVaverly, Iowa. He died at Port Huron. Mich.. May 31. 1881.

HALL, John, clergyman, was born in county Armagh. Ireland. .July 31, 1829; son of William and Racliel (.Magowan) Hall. His ancestors were natives of Scotland. He was graduated at Bel- fast college in arts in 1846, and in theologj' in 1849, having matriculated in 1842, and won re- peated prizes for pro- ficiency in church history and Hebrew scholarsliip. He was licensed to preach in 1849, and was a mis- sionary in the prov- ince of Connaught, Ireland, 1849-52;

pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Armagh, 1852-58;

and of the Collegiate church of St. Mary's abbey, Dublin, 1858- 67, where he ed- ited the Evangelical Witness, built the Rutland Square church, and was appointed by the viceroy of Ireland commis- sioner of national education. He received from Queen Victoria the honorarj- appointment of commissioner of education for Ireland. He vis- ited America in 1867 as delegate to the old school Pre.sbyterian assembly of the United States, Cin- cinnati, Ohio; preached for the congregation of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. New York city, then worshipping on Nineteenth street, and received a call as pastor which he accepted after his return to Ireland. His work in this church resulted in a new church edifice erected in 1873, at a cost of over §1,000,000, the largest Presbyterian church in New York city; the Romeyn cliapel on Seventy-fourth street; a mis- sion on Sixty-third .street; a Chinese mission on East Fifty -ninth street, and numerous other mis- sions and charitable institutions supported by annual contributions from the parent church of over $100,000. In January, 1898, he resigned the pastorate on account of increasing age, but with-

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drew the resignation upon the earnest demantl of the congregation who promised him such assist- ance as might be required. He was chancellor of the University of the city of New York, 1881-91; a member of the council, 1875-98; a trustee of Princeton sem- inary, 1859-83; of the College of New Jersey, 1868-98; of Wells college, Aurora, N.Y., and of Wel- lesley college, Mass. He was a member of the Pi'esbyte- rian board of church erec- tion; chairman of the Presby- terian board of home missions, and chairman of the commit- tee on church extension, New

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York presby- tery. He was a member of the New York histor- ical society. He received the degrees A.B. from Belfast in 1846; D.D. from Washington and Jeffer- son college in 1865, LL.U. from Washington and Lee university and from the College of New Jer- sej', Princeton, in 1885, and from Trinity col- lege, Dublin, in 1890, and S.T.D. from Columbia in 1886. He was married June 15, 1852, to Emily, daughter of Lyndon Bolton of Dublin, Ireland, and of their children, Robert William became professor of analytical chemistry in the Univer- sity of the city of New York; Ricliard John, pro- fessor of surgery in the College of physicians and surgeons. New York city, died in Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 23, 1897; Thomas Cuming became pro- fessor of tlieology in Union theological seminary, New York city; Bolton was graduated at Prince- ton in 1875, and Emily C. was the only daughter. His published works include: Family Prayers for Four Weeks (1868); Papers for Home Beading (1873); Gud's Word Through Preaching (1875); Familiar Talks to Boys (1876); and A Christian Homo (1883). He died at Bangor, county Down, Ireland, Sept. 17, 1898, and the remains were re- turned to America and buried in Woodlawn cemetery, New York city.

HALL, John Ewing, author, was born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., Dec. 27, 1873; son of John and Sarali (Ewing) Hall, and grandson of the Rev. John Ewing, provo.st of the University of Pennsyl- vania. He attended the College of New Jersey,