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��Brown University in 1818; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Ide of Med- way, Mass. He was settled in Ashby, Mass., in 1S20 ; in Epsom in 1827; in Dunbarton in 1S30, where he la- bored 31 years.

He spent the last years of his life with his son in Yarmouth, Me., and afterward with his daughter, in Elyria, Ohio, where he died in 1871.

Mr. Putnam was well known as one of the able and esteemed ministers of the state. He was settled by the council which dismissed his predeces- sor, Rev. Dr. Harris, the first minister of the town. A season of great relig- ious interestoccurredin the year follow- ing his settlement, when fifty persons were added to the church. Such sea- sons were repeated during his long ministry, and the average number of admissions to his church was five or six each year.

His published works were two — on " English Grammar," and " Helps at the Mercy Seat."

Jeremiah Stow, from Hillsborough, entered the school in 181 7; gradu- ated at Dartmouth College in 1822 ; andatAndover in 1825. Mr. Stow de- signed to go forth into the foreign field as a missionary. He made his arrangements for that service ; but the examining physicians decided that his prospects of health did not encourage such a course. He labored two years as a home missionary, and was settled as the pastor of the church in Lavo- nia, N. Y., in 1828, until he died in 1832.

��Mr. Stow was endowed with quali- ties suited to make him a useful minis- ter. He had treasured up the needful knowledge for such a work ; but his Lord decided that he should not serve him among men, but be taken early into his service above.

Abraham Brown, from Hanover, was at the school in 181 7-1 81 8; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1823; studied for the ministry, and was ordained pastor of the church in Hartford, Vt., in 1S27 ; in Oxford, Conn., in 1830; and died in 1840 — a lovely Christian brother, anticipating a long life of service.

Jonathan Leavett, from Cornish, entered the school in 1816, a Chris- tian young man of 16 years of age. He entered Amherst College in 1825, and was at the seminary in Andover two years. He went South and labor- ed as a missionary in South Carolina and Georgia from 1828 to 1831. In Westbrook, Me., Acworth, N. H., Wal- tham, Mass., Bedford, Mass., in 1S35 ; settled as pastor in Providence, R. I., in 1840 to 1863 ; without charge until he died in 1S77. He received the de- gree of D. D. in 1853.

Dr. Leavett was of commanding person, of an enlarged and compre- hensive mind. He often preached with great power, and was a devoted godly man from his youth. A soften- ing of the brain unfitted him for his work, and brought him to his end.

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