35th Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church
"The Late Bishop E.O. Haven--A Brief Sketch of the Life of this Eminent Divine--Bishop Erastus Otis Haven, whose death was announced in The Oregonian of yesterday, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1820. He was graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1842, and soon after entered the ministry. He was appointed teacher of natural science in the Amenia Seminary, N.Y., and in 1845 was elected principal of that institution. In 1854 he was elected professor of Latin and Greek in the university of Michigan. In 1865 he was elected editor of the Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Journal, the oldest Methodist newspaper in the world. He immediately returned to Boston to take charge of that paper, which position he held for many years. In the struggle with slavery begun in the Methodist church long before it entered the national councils, Bishop Haven took a prominent part, and his ready and vigorous pen dealt heavy and effective blows through the columns of his widely circulated journal.
During his residence in Boston, he was called to serve the people in the legislature of Massachusetts. Subsequently he was called to the presidency of the university of Michigan. He afterwards became president of the Northwestern university at Evanston, Ill. Some years later he was elected president of the university located at Syracuse, N.Y. At the last session of the general conference of the M.E. church of the United States, held a year ago last month, he was elected bishop and sent to labor in the southern states. Last spring he was assigned to the Pacific coast. He immediately came and took up his residence in San Francisco. His first opportunity, we believe, to preside at any conference, was in Oregon, and death has closed his career before conference meets. The deceased has left behind many valuable works, which have been published from time to time during his active life. He was said to have been one of the ablest men in the great denomination to which he belonged. He was a cousin of the late Bishop Gilbert Haven, with whom he has labored for many years, and whose name has sometimes been confounded with that of Bishop Haven just deceased.
The funeral will take place at Salem at 2 o'clock P.M. In compliance with the last request of the Bishop, the remains will be laid to rest in the old Lee Mission cemetery near Salem."
PCA Aug 11, 1881 See also: PCA Aug 25, 1881
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https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbum/36949/36949.pdf
"The Late Bishop E.O. Haven--A Brief Sketch of the Life of this Eminent Divine--Bishop Erastus Otis Haven, whose death was announced in The Oregonian of yesterday, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1820. He was graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1842, and soon after entered the ministry. He was appointed teacher of natural science in the Amenia Seminary, N.Y., and in 1845 was elected principal of that institution. In 1854 he was elected professor of Latin and Greek in the university of Michigan. In 1865 he was elected editor of the Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Journal, the oldest Methodist newspaper in the world. He immediately returned to Boston to take charge of that paper, which position he held for many years. In the struggle with slavery begun in the Methodist church long before it entered the national councils, Bishop Haven took a prominent part, and his ready and vigorous pen dealt heavy and effective blows through the columns of his widely circulated journal.
During his residence in Boston, he was called to serve the people in the legislature of Massachusetts. Subsequently he was called to the presidency of the university of Michigan. He afterwards became president of the Northwestern university at Evanston, Ill. Some years later he was elected president of the university located at Syracuse, N.Y. At the last session of the general conference of the M.E. church of the United States, held a year ago last month, he was elected bishop and sent to labor in the southern states. Last spring he was assigned to the Pacific coast. He immediately came and took up his residence in San Francisco. His first opportunity, we believe, to preside at any conference, was in Oregon, and death has closed his career before conference meets. The deceased has left behind many valuable works, which have been published from time to time during his active life. He was said to have been one of the ablest men in the great denomination to which he belonged. He was a cousin of the late Bishop Gilbert Haven, with whom he has labored for many years, and whose name has sometimes been confounded with that of Bishop Haven just deceased.
The funeral will take place at Salem at 2 o'clock P.M. In compliance with the last request of the Bishop, the remains will be laid to rest in the old Lee Mission cemetery near Salem."
PCA Aug 11, 1881 See also: PCA Aug 25, 1881
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https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbum/36949/36949.pdf
35th Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church
"The Late Bishop E.O. Haven--A Brief Sketch of the Life of this Eminent Divine--Bishop Erastus Otis Haven, whose death was announced in The Oregonian of yesterday, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1820. He was graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1842, and soon after entered the ministry. He was appointed teacher of natural science in the Amenia Seminary, N.Y., and in 1845 was elected principal of that institution. In 1854 he was elected professor of Latin and Greek in the university of Michigan. In 1865 he was elected editor of the Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Journal, the oldest Methodist newspaper in the world. He immediately returned to Boston to take charge of that paper, which position he held for many years. In the struggle with slavery begun in the Methodist church long before it entered the national councils, Bishop Haven took a prominent part, and his ready and vigorous pen dealt heavy and effective blows through the columns of his widely circulated journal.
During his residence in Boston, he was called to serve the people in the legislature of Massachusetts. Subsequently he was called to the presidency of the university of Michigan. He afterwards became president of the Northwestern university at Evanston, Ill. Some years later he was elected president of the university located at Syracuse, N.Y. At the last session of the general conference of the M.E. church of the United States, held a year ago last month, he was elected bishop and sent to labor in the southern states. Last spring he was assigned to the Pacific coast. He immediately came and took up his residence in San Francisco. His first opportunity, we believe, to preside at any conference, was in Oregon, and death has closed his career before conference meets. The deceased has left behind many valuable works, which have been published from time to time during his active life. He was said to have been one of the ablest men in the great denomination to which he belonged. He was a cousin of the late Bishop Gilbert Haven, with whom he has labored for many years, and whose name has sometimes been confounded with that of Bishop Haven just deceased.
The funeral will take place at Salem at 2 o'clock P.M. In compliance with the last request of the Bishop, the remains will be laid to rest in the old Lee Mission cemetery near Salem."
PCA Aug 11, 1881 See also: PCA Aug 25, 1881
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https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbum/36949/36949.pdf
"The Late Bishop E.O. Haven--A Brief Sketch of the Life of this Eminent Divine--Bishop Erastus Otis Haven, whose death was announced in The Oregonian of yesterday, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1820. He was graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1842, and soon after entered the ministry. He was appointed teacher of natural science in the Amenia Seminary, N.Y., and in 1845 was elected principal of that institution. In 1854 he was elected professor of Latin and Greek in the university of Michigan. In 1865 he was elected editor of the Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Journal, the oldest Methodist newspaper in the world. He immediately returned to Boston to take charge of that paper, which position he held for many years. In the struggle with slavery begun in the Methodist church long before it entered the national councils, Bishop Haven took a prominent part, and his ready and vigorous pen dealt heavy and effective blows through the columns of his widely circulated journal.
During his residence in Boston, he was called to serve the people in the legislature of Massachusetts. Subsequently he was called to the presidency of the university of Michigan. He afterwards became president of the Northwestern university at Evanston, Ill. Some years later he was elected president of the university located at Syracuse, N.Y. At the last session of the general conference of the M.E. church of the United States, held a year ago last month, he was elected bishop and sent to labor in the southern states. Last spring he was assigned to the Pacific coast. He immediately came and took up his residence in San Francisco. His first opportunity, we believe, to preside at any conference, was in Oregon, and death has closed his career before conference meets. The deceased has left behind many valuable works, which have been published from time to time during his active life. He was said to have been one of the ablest men in the great denomination to which he belonged. He was a cousin of the late Bishop Gilbert Haven, with whom he has labored for many years, and whose name has sometimes been confounded with that of Bishop Haven just deceased.
The funeral will take place at Salem at 2 o'clock P.M. In compliance with the last request of the Bishop, the remains will be laid to rest in the old Lee Mission cemetery near Salem."
PCA Aug 11, 1881 See also: PCA Aug 25, 1881
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https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbum/36949/36949.pdf
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