History of Geneseo, (Henry County) Illinois United States of America

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The Biography of Alfred Tyler Perry

Alfred Tyler Perry, educator, was born in Geneseo, Ill., Aug. 19, 1858; son of George Bulkley and Maria Louise (Tyler) Perry; grandson of Dr. Alfred and Lucy (Benjamin) Perry and of Duty S. and Amy (Arnold) Tyler, and a descendant of Arthur Perry of Stratford, Conn. (supposed to be the son of Arthur Perry of Boston, 1638); of Job Tyler of Andover, Mass., (1650), and of William Pynchon, settler of Springfield, Charles Chauncey, Boston, 1635, the Rev. Gershom Bulkeley of Wethersfield, Conn. (1636), Capt. Richard Lord of Hartford, 1636, and other early settlers. He was graduated from Williams college, A.B., 1880, A.M., 1891, and from the Hartford Theological seminary in 1885. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1886 and was appointed assistant pastor of the Memorial church at Springfield, Mass., in 1886. He was married, April 13, 1887, to Anna, daughter of Jonathan Flynt Morris of Hartford, Conn. He was pastor of the East Congregational church, Ware, Mass., 1887-90; professor of bibliology and librarian of Hartford Theological seminary, 1891-1900, and was elected president of Marietta college, Ohio, in 1900. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Williams college in 1901. He is the author of: A Handy Harmony of the Gospels (3d ed., 1892), and The Pre-eminence of the Bible as a Book (1899).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor