History of Charlestown, (Clark County) Indiana United States of America

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Lawrence Gano Hay, educator, was born in Charlestown, Ind., Oct 7, 1823; son of Andrew Paxton and Sarah Stiles Fanny Bainbridge (Gano) Hay; grandson of Isaac Eaton and Kesia (Bainbridge) Gano; great grandson of the Rev. John and Sarah (Stiles) Gano, and a descendant of Francis Ganeaux, a French Huguenot, who emigrated from Guernsey and settled at New Rochelle, N.Y. He was graduated at Miami university in 1847 and from the Princeton theological seminary in 1850. He was ordained by the presbytery of New Brunswick, May 8, 1850, and went as missionary to India and was superintendent of the Missouri press at Allahabad, India, 1850-58. He was also agent for the Board of Foreign Missions, 1857-58. Upon his return to the United States he lectured in all the principal cities. He was principal of a school, organized the 9th Presbyterian church, and was stated supply in various churches in Indianapolis, Ind., 1859-85. He was president of Coates college, Terre Haute, Ind., 1885-88, and removed in 1888 to Minneapolis, Minn., where he engaged in educational work and supplied the pulpits of various churches. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Olivet college, Mich., in 1876. He was stricken with paralysis of the brain in November, 1896, and died in Minneapolis, Minn., July 27, 1897.

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

History of Charlestown, (Clark County) Indiana

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