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 Justus Warner FRENCH, son of Samuel FRENCH and Lydia WARNER.Born 20 Apr 1793 Hardwick, Worcester County, MA, died 25 Dec 1862 Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, NY, 69 years Education: Middleburg( Vermont) College Event: Vocation Pastor, College Administrator Event: Location1 1820 Pastor, Barre, Vermont Event: Location2 1832 Principal, Geneva, New York, Geneva Lyceum Event: Location3 1842 Principal, Albion, Orleans County, New York Married 20 Jun 1822 Hardwick, Vermont (40 years married) to:  Elizabeth GOSS, daughter of John GOSS and Catherine CONANT.Born 19 Nov 1795 Hollis, Hillsboro Co., NH, died 28 Nov 1875 Nyack, Rockland, New York, 80 years, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Orange, NY Note: Obituary notice: FRENCH---At Nyack, N. Y. Nov. 23 1875, Mrs. Eliza G. French, mother of Rev. J. Clement French, D. D.,of Brooklyn, and Rev. E. W. French of Jersey City. Children: 1. Ann Eliza FRENCHBorn 28 Dec 1823 Barre, Vermont, died 10 Jun 1917 Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 93 years Note: Born in Barre, Vermont. Moved to Geneva, New York with her family in October 1832. Then to Albion, New York in 1842. In 1844 Valedictorian of Ingham University, LeRoy, New York. 3. Edward Warner FRENCHBorn 23 Aug 1829 Barre, Vermont, died 4 Feb 1885 Jersey City, New Jersey, 55 years, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Rockland, NY Note: His early education came in two schools of which his father was principal. Entered Williams College as a sophomore in Fall 1849. Graduated Salutatorian in 1852. Taught one year in a private school in Brooklyn, New York. Graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1856. He was the Presbyterian Minister at Bergen, New Jersey (later called Jersey City Heights) for 28 years. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in1876. The Reverend Edward French was reputed to maintain a station in the Underground Railroad. 4. Justus Clément FRENCHBorn 3 May 1831 Barre, Vermont, died 14 Feb 1899 Newark, New Jersey, 67 years Note: From: Lives of The Cergy of New York and Brooklyn, by J. Alex Patten, NY. Atlantic Publ. Co., 1874. Graduated Williams College 1853. Graduated UnionTheological Seminary, New York 1856. Pastor, Central Congregational Church, Ormand Place, Brooklyn, 1857 to 1870. Minister Westminister Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, 1872 to, at least, 1874. Pastor for many years of the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey. | |||
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