Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a

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clergyman who served as

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Early life

Elias Dewitt Huntley, was born April 19, 1840, in

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, the son of Frances Tooker and Elias Sanford Huntley. He graduated from Genesee College (1866).Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 4, by John Howard Brown, p. 262

Ministry

He was ordained the same year he graduated and began his ministry by preaching in the Nunda circuit in New York State. Then, he became a professor of ancient languages at

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. After that he went to

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and served as presiding elder of the Madison district before becoming president of

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(1879–1883). He became pastor of the Metropolitan church in

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, and while in that city, was elected

(1883–1886).Alumni Record And General Catalogue of Syracuse University, Volume 1, by Syracuse University In 1886, he served the Madison Avenue Methodist church in

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, and then the First Methodist Church in

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(1887–1891), First Methodist Church

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(1891–1893), Summerfield Church in

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(1893–1895), and Trinity Church, Washington DC (1897-1900). Huntley died on February 12, 1909, in Washington, D.C.familysearch.org

Personal life

Huntley married Amelia H. Elmore of Milwaukee; their sons George and Sherman did not survive childhood.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huntley, Dewitt Elias Chaplains of the United States Senate 1840 births 1909 deaths Presidents of Lawrence University People from Elmira, New York People from Livingston County, New York 19th-century American clergy