BAYNARD RUSH HALL
Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1793 and graduated at Union College, N. Y. Moved to Indiana, then in the far west, about 1824; was ordained minister of the gospel in 1825; was the first Principal of the Indiana Seminary in 1824, and when the seminary received the college charter in 1828, Mr. Hall was elected Professor of Ancient Languages. This position he resigned in 1831. From Bloomington he removed to Bedford, Pa., where he opened a school, and became the stated supply of the church in that place. He continued there till 1838, when he removed to Bordentown, N. J., from Bordentown he removed to Trenton, from thence to Poughkee})sie, X. Y., and from thence to Newburgh, N. Y., in all of which places he taught school and preached the gospel. Finally he was chosen Principal of Park Institute, Brooklyn, and pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 23, 1863.