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Facts and Events
| Name |
Charles Backus Storrs |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
23 May 1794 |
Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1825 |
to Vashti Maria Pierson |
| Death? |
15 Sep 1833 |
Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial? |
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Elm Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume X
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page 52
STORRS, Charles Backus, educator, was born in Long Meadow, Mass., May 15, 1794; son of the Rev. Richard Salter Storrs, and grandson of John Storrs, a chaplain in the Revolution. He received his preparatory education at Monson academy, Mass.; matriculated at the College of New Jersey, but did not return for his senior year on account of ill health; studied theology at Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y., and was licensed to preach in 1813. He entered the ministry, but was soon obliged to return to Long Meadow, to recover his health. He was graduated from Andover Theological seminary, B.D., 1820; was ordained an evangelist, at Charleston, S.C., by the Congregational association, Jan. 3, 1821; served as a missionary in South Carolina and Georgia, 1820-22,1 [p.52] and was pastor at Ravenna, Ohio, 1822-28. He was professor of theology in Western Reserve college, Cleveland, Ohio, 1828-33, and president of the college, 1830-33. He was actively interested in antislavery and published several articles on that subject. He died in Braintree, Mass., Sept. 15, 1883.
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