Charles W. Huntington

Charles White Huntington (May 22, 1854 – May 23, 1942) was a notable Congregational clergyman.[1]

Charles White Huntington
Born(1854-05-22)May 22, 1854
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Died(1942-05-23)May 23, 1942
Waltham, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWilliams College
OccupationMinister
Spouse(s)Delia Frances Bliss (1881-1910), Emma Hall Ellis (1913-1942)

Early life and education

He was born in 1854 to Charles Thomas Huntington and Sarah White in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He attended the Williston Seminary, and graduated from Williams College in 1876. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Society and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Harvard Law School from 1876–77, and Andover Theological Seminary from 1878–81.

Ministry

He was ordained in 1881, and served as a minister in Ellsworth, Maine (1881-1884), Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island (1884-1888), High Street Church in Lowell, Massachusetts (1888-1905), Central Congregational Church in Toledo, Ohio (1905-1914), then in Newton, Massachusetts, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Boston. He was in Claremont, California in 1915. In 1919, he was involved in the Unitarian Church.

He received a D.D. degree from Williams in 1901. He was a trustee at the Bradford Academy in Bradford, Massachusetts.[2][3][4]

In 1933, he preached the chapel sermon at the 100th Anniversary of the Kappa Alpha Society, at Williams College.[5]

Family life

He married Delia Frances Bliss on November 16, 1881. She died in 1910, and he married Emma Hall Ellis in 1913.

References
  1. "REV. DR. C. W. HUNTINGTON". The New York Times. May 24, 1942.
  2. Minutes of the General Conference of the Congregational Churches in Maine. Congregational Churches in Maine. General Conference.
  3. A Record of members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. Kappa Alpha.
  4. The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir of the Known ... Huntington Family Association, Samuel Huntington, Richard Thomas Huntington.
  5. "FRATERNITY MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY". The New York Times. November 6, 1933.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.