34 Year Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth.
Graduated 1837 from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. In 1840 established the Cooper Female Seminary in Dayton assisted by his sister, Mrs. Hay. He was licensed to preach by the Dayton Presbytery in October 1841. In 1842 he was called to the the New School Presbyterian church in Paris, Kentucky. In 1852 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio to the First Presbyterian Church. He was a director of the Danville Theological Seminary for 15 years and a trustee of Lane Theological Seminary for twenty two years. He was also a trustee of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio and of Marietta College. Ohio University gave him a D. D. and in 1860 gave him a professorship.
Married Elizabeth Coulter Mills of Frankfort, Kentucky in 1884. Two sons, David and Benjamin. Married 1853 to Elizabeth Loughry of Indiana County, PA. Three daughters, Sarah, Julia and Mary. Married 1876 to Mary Eliza Urmston.
Graduated 1837 from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. In 1840 established the Cooper Female Seminary in Dayton assisted by his sister, Mrs. Hay. He was licensed to preach by the Dayton Presbytery in October 1841. In 1842 he was called to the the New School Presbyterian church in Paris, Kentucky. In 1852 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio to the First Presbyterian Church. He was a director of the Danville Theological Seminary for 15 years and a trustee of Lane Theological Seminary for twenty two years. He was also a trustee of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio and of Marietta College. Ohio University gave him a D. D. and in 1860 gave him a professorship.
Married Elizabeth Coulter Mills of Frankfort, Kentucky in 1884. Two sons, David and Benjamin. Married 1853 to Elizabeth Loughry of Indiana County, PA. Three daughters, Sarah, Julia and Mary. Married 1876 to Mary Eliza Urmston.
34 Year Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth.
Graduated 1837 from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. In 1840 established the Cooper Female Seminary in Dayton assisted by his sister, Mrs. Hay. He was licensed to preach by the Dayton Presbytery in October 1841. In 1842 he was called to the the New School Presbyterian church in Paris, Kentucky. In 1852 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio to the First Presbyterian Church. He was a director of the Danville Theological Seminary for 15 years and a trustee of Lane Theological Seminary for twenty two years. He was also a trustee of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio and of Marietta College. Ohio University gave him a D. D. and in 1860 gave him a professorship.
Married Elizabeth Coulter Mills of Frankfort, Kentucky in 1884. Two sons, David and Benjamin. Married 1853 to Elizabeth Loughry of Indiana County, PA. Three daughters, Sarah, Julia and Mary. Married 1876 to Mary Eliza Urmston.
Graduated 1837 from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. In 1840 established the Cooper Female Seminary in Dayton assisted by his sister, Mrs. Hay. He was licensed to preach by the Dayton Presbytery in October 1841. In 1842 he was called to the the New School Presbyterian church in Paris, Kentucky. In 1852 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio to the First Presbyterian Church. He was a director of the Danville Theological Seminary for 15 years and a trustee of Lane Theological Seminary for twenty two years. He was also a trustee of the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio and of Marietta College. Ohio University gave him a D. D. and in 1860 gave him a professorship.
Married Elizabeth Coulter Mills of Frankfort, Kentucky in 1884. Two sons, David and Benjamin. Married 1853 to Elizabeth Loughry of Indiana County, PA. Three daughters, Sarah, Julia and Mary. Married 1876 to Mary Eliza Urmston.
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