Person:Andrew Huntington (3)

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Andrew Huntington
d.5 Jun 1872 Ohio, United States
  1. Andrew Huntington1791 - 1872
m. 1 May 1819
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Name Andrew Huntington
Gender Male
Birth[1] 31 May 1791 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 1 May 1819 to Mary Chipman
Death[1] 5 Jun 1872 Ohio, United StatesMilan, county not specified
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Deceased during the academical year ending June, 1873 ... [1] , in Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College.

    1815.
    ANDREW HUNTINGTON, ninth son of Capt. Andrew and Ruth (Hyde) Huntington, of Lebanon, Conn., was born May 31st, 1791.

    Soon after graduating he began to teach in the academy in Greenville, N. Y., and while there he married, May 1st, 1819, Mary, daughter of Barnabas Chipman, of Shoreham, Vt. In 1822, he removed to N. Y. city, where he continued to teach, at the same time studying theology and reciting with a class to Rev. Drs. Spring and Cox, and Rev. Mr. Whelpley. In 1825, he was licensed to preach by the North River Presbytery. About 1830, he became principal of an academy in Pompey, N. Y., and while there supplied during most of the time vacant churches of the neighborhood. He afterwards taught and preached in various places in N.Y. State, and was ordained as a Presbyterian clergyman, Feb. 19th, 1852. From 1850 to 1862, he preached in Chenango County, N. Y., but refused all offers of settlement. In 1862 he retired from his professional labors He died in Milan, Ohio, June 5th, 1872, aged 81.

    His widow survives him, with three of their four children. One son graduated at this college in 1843, and is now a clergyman.