Biography
Harrison Gray Otis Dwight was born on November 22, 1803 in Conway, Massachusetts. His father was Seth Dwight (1769–1825) and mother was Hannah Strong (1768–1813). He graduated from Hamilton College in 1825 and went on to study theology at Andover Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1828. He married Elizabeth Barker (1806–1837) on January 4, 1828. She died of Cholera in 1837 with her third son. They were both buried in the Protestant cemetery of San Stefano (now Yeşilköy), in Istanbul. He was ordained on July 15, 1829 as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was sent to assist in the Armenian missions serving in Istanbul for over 30 years. He wrote: ''Christianity Revived in the East'' (1850). In 1856, Dwight published a "Manual of Christian Theology" in Constantinople in association with George Warren Wood and Rev. Dr. Edward Riggs. Children from his first wife were: # James Harrison Dwight was born October 9, 1830 on Malta. # William Buck Dwight was born May 22, 1833 at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. # John White Dwight was born December 4, 1834 but died on June 29, 1837. # Charles Parmelee Dwight was born February 25, 1837 but died February 18, 1853. He married Mary Lane (1811–1860) on April 6, 1839. Their children were: # Mary Tappan Dwight was born August 19, 1840 but died July 5, 1847. #References
1803 births 1862 deaths American Congregationalist missionaries Congregationalist missionaries in Turkey American theologians People from Conway, Massachusetts Hamilton College (New York) alumni American expatriates in the Ottoman Empire 19th-century American clergy {{US-Christian-clergy-stub