Alexander Ross Merriam, B.A. 1872.
Born January 20, 1849, in Goshen, N. Y
Died December 26, 1927, in Hartford, Conn
Father, Henry Mernam, a merchant, trustee of Farmer's Hall Academy, son of Thomas and Hannah (Guernsey) Merriam, descendant of William Merriam, who came from Hadlow, Kent, England, to Concord, Mass., in 1636, members of his family later settling in Watertown, Conn Mother, Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam; daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Tusten) Reeve; granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Tusten, J r , an officer in the Revolutionary Army; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Tusten, a member of the first Continental Congress, descendant of James Reeve, who came to this country from Wales in 1660 and settled at Mattituck, Long Island Leicester and Phillips-Andover academies Two prizes in English composition and third prize in declamation Sophomore year, first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years, second Junior Exhibition prize, first college premium in English composition and Townsend Premium Senior year; speaker at Commencement, a deacon of Yale College Church; member Yale Missionary Society, Linonia (first prize in its Freshman debate, president Senior year), Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. Taught in Hartford Public High School 1872-74 (taught
English literature and history first year; classical teacher m Hopkins Grammar School department of the high school second year), graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1877 and ordained to Congregational ministry October 31,
1877; Pastor Payson Church (Congregational), Easthampton, Mass., 1877-1883, when his health was impaired by overwork and he was unable to work for a year and a half; pastor First Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Mich , 1884- 1891, when forced to resign because of ill health; professor of practical theology and Christian sociology at Hartford Theological Seminary 1893-1918 and since then professor emeritus; trustee of Williston Academy 1881-84 and of Olivet College 1883-84; DD. Olivet 1906; S T D. Syracuse 1907; had published many sermons and addresses and had contributed many articles to Hartford Seminary Recordy Bibhotheca Sacra, and Homiletic Review director of Chanty Organization Society, Connecticut Bible Society, Connecticut Institute for the Blind, Connecticut Federation of Churches, Hartford City Missionary Society, Hartford Social Settlement Association since 1898 (president 1905-1912), and Good Will Club; member American Social Science Association, American Economic Association, National Conference of Chanties and Correction, National Institute of Social Sciences, Consumers' League, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Non- Partisan Association, and Asylum Hill (Congregational) Church, Hartford.
Married July 16, 1879, m Boston, Mass, Jane May,
daughter of Watson Gore, Jr., and Sarah Elizabeth (Sawyer) Gore. Children: Edmund Sawyer (B.A. Trinity 1902, MA. 1904, Ph D. Gottingen 1905, Sc D. Trinity 1923); Alma May; Elizabeth Caroline, the wife of the Rev Raymond A. Beardslee, '05; Helen Louise, the wife of Roger W. Davis, '11 S , and Margaret Isabella (died in 1914).
Death due to chrome myocarditis
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Alma E. Mernam, of Goshen, N. Y.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born January 20, 1849, in Goshen, N. Y
Died December 26, 1927, in Hartford, Conn
Father, Henry Mernam, a merchant, trustee of Farmer's Hall Academy, son of Thomas and Hannah (Guernsey) Merriam, descendant of William Merriam, who came from Hadlow, Kent, England, to Concord, Mass., in 1636, members of his family later settling in Watertown, Conn Mother, Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam; daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Tusten) Reeve; granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Tusten, J r , an officer in the Revolutionary Army; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Tusten, a member of the first Continental Congress, descendant of James Reeve, who came to this country from Wales in 1660 and settled at Mattituck, Long Island Leicester and Phillips-Andover academies Two prizes in English composition and third prize in declamation Sophomore year, first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years, second Junior Exhibition prize, first college premium in English composition and Townsend Premium Senior year; speaker at Commencement, a deacon of Yale College Church; member Yale Missionary Society, Linonia (first prize in its Freshman debate, president Senior year), Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. Taught in Hartford Public High School 1872-74 (taught
English literature and history first year; classical teacher m Hopkins Grammar School department of the high school second year), graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1877 and ordained to Congregational ministry October 31,
1877; Pastor Payson Church (Congregational), Easthampton, Mass., 1877-1883, when his health was impaired by overwork and he was unable to work for a year and a half; pastor First Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Mich , 1884- 1891, when forced to resign because of ill health; professor of practical theology and Christian sociology at Hartford Theological Seminary 1893-1918 and since then professor emeritus; trustee of Williston Academy 1881-84 and of Olivet College 1883-84; DD. Olivet 1906; S T D. Syracuse 1907; had published many sermons and addresses and had contributed many articles to Hartford Seminary Recordy Bibhotheca Sacra, and Homiletic Review director of Chanty Organization Society, Connecticut Bible Society, Connecticut Institute for the Blind, Connecticut Federation of Churches, Hartford City Missionary Society, Hartford Social Settlement Association since 1898 (president 1905-1912), and Good Will Club; member American Social Science Association, American Economic Association, National Conference of Chanties and Correction, National Institute of Social Sciences, Consumers' League, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Non- Partisan Association, and Asylum Hill (Congregational) Church, Hartford.
Married July 16, 1879, m Boston, Mass, Jane May,
daughter of Watson Gore, Jr., and Sarah Elizabeth (Sawyer) Gore. Children: Edmund Sawyer (B.A. Trinity 1902, MA. 1904, Ph D. Gottingen 1905, Sc D. Trinity 1923); Alma May; Elizabeth Caroline, the wife of the Rev Raymond A. Beardslee, '05; Helen Louise, the wife of Roger W. Davis, '11 S , and Margaret Isabella (died in 1914).
Death due to chrome myocarditis
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Alma E. Mernam, of Goshen, N. Y.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Alexander Ross Merriam, B.A. 1872.
Born January 20, 1849, in Goshen, N. Y
Died December 26, 1927, in Hartford, Conn
Father, Henry Mernam, a merchant, trustee of Farmer's Hall Academy, son of Thomas and Hannah (Guernsey) Merriam, descendant of William Merriam, who came from Hadlow, Kent, England, to Concord, Mass., in 1636, members of his family later settling in Watertown, Conn Mother, Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam; daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Tusten) Reeve; granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Tusten, J r , an officer in the Revolutionary Army; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Tusten, a member of the first Continental Congress, descendant of James Reeve, who came to this country from Wales in 1660 and settled at Mattituck, Long Island Leicester and Phillips-Andover academies Two prizes in English composition and third prize in declamation Sophomore year, first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years, second Junior Exhibition prize, first college premium in English composition and Townsend Premium Senior year; speaker at Commencement, a deacon of Yale College Church; member Yale Missionary Society, Linonia (first prize in its Freshman debate, president Senior year), Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. Taught in Hartford Public High School 1872-74 (taught
English literature and history first year; classical teacher m Hopkins Grammar School department of the high school second year), graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1877 and ordained to Congregational ministry October 31,
1877; Pastor Payson Church (Congregational), Easthampton, Mass., 1877-1883, when his health was impaired by overwork and he was unable to work for a year and a half; pastor First Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Mich , 1884- 1891, when forced to resign because of ill health; professor of practical theology and Christian sociology at Hartford Theological Seminary 1893-1918 and since then professor emeritus; trustee of Williston Academy 1881-84 and of Olivet College 1883-84; DD. Olivet 1906; S T D. Syracuse 1907; had published many sermons and addresses and had contributed many articles to Hartford Seminary Recordy Bibhotheca Sacra, and Homiletic Review director of Chanty Organization Society, Connecticut Bible Society, Connecticut Institute for the Blind, Connecticut Federation of Churches, Hartford City Missionary Society, Hartford Social Settlement Association since 1898 (president 1905-1912), and Good Will Club; member American Social Science Association, American Economic Association, National Conference of Chanties and Correction, National Institute of Social Sciences, Consumers' League, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Non- Partisan Association, and Asylum Hill (Congregational) Church, Hartford.
Married July 16, 1879, m Boston, Mass, Jane May,
daughter of Watson Gore, Jr., and Sarah Elizabeth (Sawyer) Gore. Children: Edmund Sawyer (B.A. Trinity 1902, MA. 1904, Ph D. Gottingen 1905, Sc D. Trinity 1923); Alma May; Elizabeth Caroline, the wife of the Rev Raymond A. Beardslee, '05; Helen Louise, the wife of Roger W. Davis, '11 S , and Margaret Isabella (died in 1914).
Death due to chrome myocarditis
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Alma E. Mernam, of Goshen, N. Y.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born January 20, 1849, in Goshen, N. Y
Died December 26, 1927, in Hartford, Conn
Father, Henry Mernam, a merchant, trustee of Farmer's Hall Academy, son of Thomas and Hannah (Guernsey) Merriam, descendant of William Merriam, who came from Hadlow, Kent, England, to Concord, Mass., in 1636, members of his family later settling in Watertown, Conn Mother, Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam; daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Tusten) Reeve; granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Tusten, J r , an officer in the Revolutionary Army; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Tusten, a member of the first Continental Congress, descendant of James Reeve, who came to this country from Wales in 1660 and settled at Mattituck, Long Island Leicester and Phillips-Andover academies Two prizes in English composition and third prize in declamation Sophomore year, first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years, second Junior Exhibition prize, first college premium in English composition and Townsend Premium Senior year; speaker at Commencement, a deacon of Yale College Church; member Yale Missionary Society, Linonia (first prize in its Freshman debate, president Senior year), Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. Taught in Hartford Public High School 1872-74 (taught
English literature and history first year; classical teacher m Hopkins Grammar School department of the high school second year), graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1877 and ordained to Congregational ministry October 31,
1877; Pastor Payson Church (Congregational), Easthampton, Mass., 1877-1883, when his health was impaired by overwork and he was unable to work for a year and a half; pastor First Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Mich , 1884- 1891, when forced to resign because of ill health; professor of practical theology and Christian sociology at Hartford Theological Seminary 1893-1918 and since then professor emeritus; trustee of Williston Academy 1881-84 and of Olivet College 1883-84; DD. Olivet 1906; S T D. Syracuse 1907; had published many sermons and addresses and had contributed many articles to Hartford Seminary Recordy Bibhotheca Sacra, and Homiletic Review director of Chanty Organization Society, Connecticut Bible Society, Connecticut Institute for the Blind, Connecticut Federation of Churches, Hartford City Missionary Society, Hartford Social Settlement Association since 1898 (president 1905-1912), and Good Will Club; member American Social Science Association, American Economic Association, National Conference of Chanties and Correction, National Institute of Social Sciences, Consumers' League, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Non- Partisan Association, and Asylum Hill (Congregational) Church, Hartford.
Married July 16, 1879, m Boston, Mass, Jane May,
daughter of Watson Gore, Jr., and Sarah Elizabeth (Sawyer) Gore. Children: Edmund Sawyer (B.A. Trinity 1902, MA. 1904, Ph D. Gottingen 1905, Sc D. Trinity 1923); Alma May; Elizabeth Caroline, the wife of the Rev Raymond A. Beardslee, '05; Helen Louise, the wife of Roger W. Davis, '11 S , and Margaret Isabella (died in 1914).
Death due to chrome myocarditis
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Alma E. Mernam, of Goshen, N. Y.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
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