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Author: Benedict, Alanson

Biography:

BENEDICT, Alanson (1798?-1833: ancestry.com)

Born in Stratford CT to Comfort and Sarah (Pratt) Benedict. He graduated from Yale in 1821 and then attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where he suffered from "severe dyspepsia"--the beginning of serious health problems according to Dexter. Licenced to preach in 1824 and ordained to serve as a home missionary in 1825, he occupied various pulpits in both the north and south of the US. He died and was buried in Danville VA. (Dexter; ancestry.com 22 Nov. 2017) HJ

 

Books written (1):

A Valedictory Poem, Delivered, by Appointment, in the Chapel of Yale College . . . at the Conclusion of the Senior Examination.

New Haven [CT]: A. H. Maltby and Co., 1821