Son of Warren and Lucy Sturtevant, was born in Warren, Conn., July 26, 1805. At the age of ten years he became a professing Christian ; and in reference to this event in his life, he writes : " In no part of my childhood, youth or manhood, have I ever regretted that step, or been entirely indifferent to the serious consideration which it involves. If, when I took that step, it expressed only the feelings of a child's heart, it has since received the sanction of my maturest thought and my ripest judgment." His preparatory studies were pursued at the academy, in Talmadge, Ohio.
He studied theology at Yale College, and was ordained to the work of the ministry, at Woodbury, Conn., August 27, 1829, and on the thirty-first of the same month he was married to Miss Elizabeth Maria Eayerweather, of New Canaan, Conn.. The same fall he removed to Illinois—the present seat of Illinois College, at Jacksonville—then an infant settlement in the wilderness. In January, 1830, he was the first teacher in what is now Illinois College. In 1831 he was elected Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in that institution, and in 1844: was elected President of the same, which position he still holds, and has filled with signal ability and success.
Pres. Sturtevant has contributed several articles, published in the Quarterlies, and in pamphlet form, among which, are an Address before the American Congregational Union, in 1855, and a Historical Discourse, delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Illinois College, in 1855; a Sermon before the American Home Missionary Society, in 1857, on the Future Destiny of the World, as affected by American Emigration, and an address before the alumni of Yale College, in 186L
In 1863 he made a Euorpean tour, spending three months in England and Scotland, making also a short tour into Prance, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On his return, he delivered, at Chicago, and published, a lecture, entitled, " Three Months in Great Britain," which was republished in England, and widely circulated,, and highly commended by the party of which Bright and the lamented Cobden are the representative names. In June, 1865, he preached the opening sermon before the National Congregational Council, in Boston, which was published, and widely circulated in this country, and has been republished in England; but which has exposed the author, to severe criticism in this country, and a long controversy through the public press.
He has devoted his life to the cause of education in the West, and no man has done more, if as much, or has accomplished so noble a work for the West, or has been instrumental in laying foundations so broad and permanent for future generations, as President Sturtevant. He has reared with his own hands a monument that will endure long after he shall have gone to his reward.
He has been twice married and had ten children, five by each marriage. In 1840 Mrs. Sturtevant died, leaving five children, two of whom died before the close of that year. His son Julian Monson Sturtevant, graduated at Illinois College in 1854, and in 1860 was settled as pastor over the Congregational Church, at Hannibal, Mo., where he still remains. His second son, James Warren, graduated at Illinois College in 1856. The third surviving child by the first marriage is Hannah A. In 1841 he married Hannah Fayerweather, the sister of his deceased wife, by whom he has had five children, two of whom " have gone to the spirit land." The survivors are named Elizabeth Fayerweather, Lucy Ella, and Alfred Henry.
In 1848 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri.
He studied theology at Yale College, and was ordained to the work of the ministry, at Woodbury, Conn., August 27, 1829, and on the thirty-first of the same month he was married to Miss Elizabeth Maria Eayerweather, of New Canaan, Conn.. The same fall he removed to Illinois—the present seat of Illinois College, at Jacksonville—then an infant settlement in the wilderness. In January, 1830, he was the first teacher in what is now Illinois College. In 1831 he was elected Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in that institution, and in 1844: was elected President of the same, which position he still holds, and has filled with signal ability and success.
Pres. Sturtevant has contributed several articles, published in the Quarterlies, and in pamphlet form, among which, are an Address before the American Congregational Union, in 1855, and a Historical Discourse, delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Illinois College, in 1855; a Sermon before the American Home Missionary Society, in 1857, on the Future Destiny of the World, as affected by American Emigration, and an address before the alumni of Yale College, in 186L
In 1863 he made a Euorpean tour, spending three months in England and Scotland, making also a short tour into Prance, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On his return, he delivered, at Chicago, and published, a lecture, entitled, " Three Months in Great Britain," which was republished in England, and widely circulated,, and highly commended by the party of which Bright and the lamented Cobden are the representative names. In June, 1865, he preached the opening sermon before the National Congregational Council, in Boston, which was published, and widely circulated in this country, and has been republished in England; but which has exposed the author, to severe criticism in this country, and a long controversy through the public press.
He has devoted his life to the cause of education in the West, and no man has done more, if as much, or has accomplished so noble a work for the West, or has been instrumental in laying foundations so broad and permanent for future generations, as President Sturtevant. He has reared with his own hands a monument that will endure long after he shall have gone to his reward.
He has been twice married and had ten children, five by each marriage. In 1840 Mrs. Sturtevant died, leaving five children, two of whom died before the close of that year. His son Julian Monson Sturtevant, graduated at Illinois College in 1854, and in 1860 was settled as pastor over the Congregational Church, at Hannibal, Mo., where he still remains. His second son, James Warren, graduated at Illinois College in 1856. The third surviving child by the first marriage is Hannah A. In 1841 he married Hannah Fayerweather, the sister of his deceased wife, by whom he has had five children, two of whom " have gone to the spirit land." The survivors are named Elizabeth Fayerweather, Lucy Ella, and Alfred Henry.
In 1848 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri.
Son of Warren and Lucy Sturtevant, was born in Warren, Conn., July 26, 1805. At the age of ten years he became a professing Christian ; and in reference to this event in his life, he writes : " In no part of my childhood, youth or manhood, have I ever regretted that step, or been entirely indifferent to the serious consideration which it involves. If, when I took that step, it expressed only the feelings of a child's heart, it has since received the sanction of my maturest thought and my ripest judgment." His preparatory studies were pursued at the academy, in Talmadge, Ohio.
He studied theology at Yale College, and was ordained to the work of the ministry, at Woodbury, Conn., August 27, 1829, and on the thirty-first of the same month he was married to Miss Elizabeth Maria Eayerweather, of New Canaan, Conn.. The same fall he removed to Illinois—the present seat of Illinois College, at Jacksonville—then an infant settlement in the wilderness. In January, 1830, he was the first teacher in what is now Illinois College. In 1831 he was elected Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in that institution, and in 1844: was elected President of the same, which position he still holds, and has filled with signal ability and success.
Pres. Sturtevant has contributed several articles, published in the Quarterlies, and in pamphlet form, among which, are an Address before the American Congregational Union, in 1855, and a Historical Discourse, delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Illinois College, in 1855; a Sermon before the American Home Missionary Society, in 1857, on the Future Destiny of the World, as affected by American Emigration, and an address before the alumni of Yale College, in 186L
In 1863 he made a Euorpean tour, spending three months in England and Scotland, making also a short tour into Prance, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On his return, he delivered, at Chicago, and published, a lecture, entitled, " Three Months in Great Britain," which was republished in England, and widely circulated,, and highly commended by the party of which Bright and the lamented Cobden are the representative names. In June, 1865, he preached the opening sermon before the National Congregational Council, in Boston, which was published, and widely circulated in this country, and has been republished in England; but which has exposed the author, to severe criticism in this country, and a long controversy through the public press.
He has devoted his life to the cause of education in the West, and no man has done more, if as much, or has accomplished so noble a work for the West, or has been instrumental in laying foundations so broad and permanent for future generations, as President Sturtevant. He has reared with his own hands a monument that will endure long after he shall have gone to his reward.
He has been twice married and had ten children, five by each marriage. In 1840 Mrs. Sturtevant died, leaving five children, two of whom died before the close of that year. His son Julian Monson Sturtevant, graduated at Illinois College in 1854, and in 1860 was settled as pastor over the Congregational Church, at Hannibal, Mo., where he still remains. His second son, James Warren, graduated at Illinois College in 1856. The third surviving child by the first marriage is Hannah A. In 1841 he married Hannah Fayerweather, the sister of his deceased wife, by whom he has had five children, two of whom " have gone to the spirit land." The survivors are named Elizabeth Fayerweather, Lucy Ella, and Alfred Henry.
In 1848 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri.
He studied theology at Yale College, and was ordained to the work of the ministry, at Woodbury, Conn., August 27, 1829, and on the thirty-first of the same month he was married to Miss Elizabeth Maria Eayerweather, of New Canaan, Conn.. The same fall he removed to Illinois—the present seat of Illinois College, at Jacksonville—then an infant settlement in the wilderness. In January, 1830, he was the first teacher in what is now Illinois College. In 1831 he was elected Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in that institution, and in 1844: was elected President of the same, which position he still holds, and has filled with signal ability and success.
Pres. Sturtevant has contributed several articles, published in the Quarterlies, and in pamphlet form, among which, are an Address before the American Congregational Union, in 1855, and a Historical Discourse, delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Illinois College, in 1855; a Sermon before the American Home Missionary Society, in 1857, on the Future Destiny of the World, as affected by American Emigration, and an address before the alumni of Yale College, in 186L
In 1863 he made a Euorpean tour, spending three months in England and Scotland, making also a short tour into Prance, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On his return, he delivered, at Chicago, and published, a lecture, entitled, " Three Months in Great Britain," which was republished in England, and widely circulated,, and highly commended by the party of which Bright and the lamented Cobden are the representative names. In June, 1865, he preached the opening sermon before the National Congregational Council, in Boston, which was published, and widely circulated in this country, and has been republished in England; but which has exposed the author, to severe criticism in this country, and a long controversy through the public press.
He has devoted his life to the cause of education in the West, and no man has done more, if as much, or has accomplished so noble a work for the West, or has been instrumental in laying foundations so broad and permanent for future generations, as President Sturtevant. He has reared with his own hands a monument that will endure long after he shall have gone to his reward.
He has been twice married and had ten children, five by each marriage. In 1840 Mrs. Sturtevant died, leaving five children, two of whom died before the close of that year. His son Julian Monson Sturtevant, graduated at Illinois College in 1854, and in 1860 was settled as pastor over the Congregational Church, at Hannibal, Mo., where he still remains. His second son, James Warren, graduated at Illinois College in 1856. The third surviving child by the first marriage is Hannah A. In 1841 he married Hannah Fayerweather, the sister of his deceased wife, by whom he has had five children, two of whom " have gone to the spirit land." The survivors are named Elizabeth Fayerweather, Lucy Ella, and Alfred Henry.
In 1848 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Missouri.
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