In 1796, he graduated from Princeton and became the first Axtell to get a college degree. He started an academy in Mendham that year. Then he moved to Geneva, NY. There he became one of the founders of Hobart College.
At Geneva he established an institution of learning, which was afterwards known as "Geneva College." In 1812 he was ordained to preach to a Presbyterian congregation. Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity about the same time. In personal appearance he was six feet in height, spare in flesh, of a dark complexion, black, curly hair and large black eyes. He died at Geneva after a short illness on the 11th of Feb., 1829, aged 56 years.
At Geneva he established an institution of learning, which was afterwards known as "Geneva College." In 1812 he was ordained to preach to a Presbyterian congregation. Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity about the same time. In personal appearance he was six feet in height, spare in flesh, of a dark complexion, black, curly hair and large black eyes. He died at Geneva after a short illness on the 11th of Feb., 1829, aged 56 years.
In 1796, he graduated from Princeton and became the first Axtell to get a college degree. He started an academy in Mendham that year. Then he moved to Geneva, NY. There he became one of the founders of Hobart College.
At Geneva he established an institution of learning, which was afterwards known as "Geneva College." In 1812 he was ordained to preach to a Presbyterian congregation. Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity about the same time. In personal appearance he was six feet in height, spare in flesh, of a dark complexion, black, curly hair and large black eyes. He died at Geneva after a short illness on the 11th of Feb., 1829, aged 56 years.
At Geneva he established an institution of learning, which was afterwards known as "Geneva College." In 1812 he was ordained to preach to a Presbyterian congregation. Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity about the same time. In personal appearance he was six feet in height, spare in flesh, of a dark complexion, black, curly hair and large black eyes. He died at Geneva after a short illness on the 11th of Feb., 1829, aged 56 years.
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