His personal library became the core of the public library.
Historic marker at his house.
Ordained East Granby, Conn. 1776.
Chaplain of the Revolution
Chaplain US Army, 16 Jun 1813-15 Jun 1815 (Creek War)
Chaplain US Army, 3 May 1816 - 14 Apr 1818
Minister,East Granby 1776-1785.
Minister,West Granville, Mass. Nov 1786 - July 1793.
Minister, Stephentown, NY, 1800-1804.
Opposed revivals of Chas. Finney (ca 1825-1826)in Stephentown.
Deposed.
Rode from New Lebanon, NY to Nashville to join Andrew Jackson for Creek War.
Aaron was said to have become in his later days an infidel. He opposed the revivals of Rev. Charles Finney. According to Finney's "Memoirs" (Chap. XVII) Aaron "died a horrible death and thus his opposition came to an end." This was supposed to have happened durinng Finney's Stephentown Revival (held after the New Lebanon Convention, July 1827), but Aaron had been dead for over a year.
Finney's FAG memorial is #19664.
His personal library became the core of the public library.
Historic marker at his house.
Ordained East Granby, Conn. 1776.
Chaplain of the Revolution
Chaplain US Army, 16 Jun 1813-15 Jun 1815 (Creek War)
Chaplain US Army, 3 May 1816 - 14 Apr 1818
Minister,East Granby 1776-1785.
Minister,West Granville, Mass. Nov 1786 - July 1793.
Minister, Stephentown, NY, 1800-1804.
Opposed revivals of Chas. Finney (ca 1825-1826)in Stephentown.
Deposed.
Rode from New Lebanon, NY to Nashville to join Andrew Jackson for Creek War.
Aaron was said to have become in his later days an infidel. He opposed the revivals of Rev. Charles Finney. According to Finney's "Memoirs" (Chap. XVII) Aaron "died a horrible death and thus his opposition came to an end." This was supposed to have happened durinng Finney's Stephentown Revival (held after the New Lebanon Convention, July 1827), but Aaron had been dead for over a year.
Finney's FAG memorial is #19664.
Inscription
The title "Rev." does not appear on gravestone
Gravesite Details
Name, Dates, Cemetery appear in List of Rev. War Headstones in Columbia County, NY
Family Members
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