Elias D. Huntley on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate.
Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate.
Early life
Elias Dewitt Huntley, was born April 19, 1840, inElmira, New York
Elmira () is a city and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. The population was 26,523 at the 2020 cens ...
, the son of Frances Tooker and Elias Sanford Huntley. He graduated from Genesee College
Genesee College was founded as the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, in 1831, by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The college was located in Lima, New York, and eventually relocated to Syracuse, becoming Syracuse University.
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
...
(1866).Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 4, by John Howard Brown, p. 262
Ministry
He was ordained the same year he graduated and began his ministry by preaching in the Nunda circuit in New York State. Then, he became a professor of ancient languages at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. After that he went to Wisconsin and served as presiding elder of the Madison district before becoming president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin (1879–1883). He became pastor of the Metropolitan church in Washington, D.C., and while in that city, was elected Chaplain of the Senate (1883–1886).Alumni Record And General Catalogue of Syracuse University, Volume 1, by Syracuse University In 1886, he served the Madison Avenue Methodist church in New York City, and then the First Methodist Church inAnnapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
(1887–1891), First Methodist Church Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...
(1891–1893), Summerfield Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1893–1895), and Trinity Church, Washington DC (1897-1900).
Huntley died on February 12, 1909, in Washington, D.C.familysearch.org
Personal life
Huntley married Amelia H. Elmore of Milwaukee; their sons George and Sherman did not survive childhood.References