History of Rob Roy, (Fountain County) Indiana United States of America

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Horace Carter Hovey, clergyman, was born at Rob Roy, Ind., Jan. 28, 1833; son of Edmund Otis and Mary (Carter) Hovey; grandson of Roger and Martha (Freeman) Hovey, and of Ezra and Martha (Ellsworth) Carter; and a descendant of Daniel and Abigail (Andrews) Hovey, who settled at Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, and of Thomas and Mary Carter, who settled at Salisbury, Mass., prior to 1638. His grandfather, Roger Hovey, and his great grandfather, Ephraim Carter, were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. He was graduated from Wabash college, Ind.. A.B., 1853; A.M., 1856, and from Lane Theological seminary, Ohio, in 1857. He was licensed by the presbytery of Crawfordsville in July, 1857; was ordained a minister by the presbytery of Madison, April 10, 1858; and was a home missionary in Indiana, 1857-59, and in Michigan, 1859-62. He was pastor of the Congregational church, Florence, Mass., 1863-66; of the Seconal Presbyterian church, New Albany, Ind., 1866-69; of the Fulton Street Presbyterian church, Peoria, Ill., 1869-73;of the First Presbyterian church, Kansas City, Mo., 1873-75; of the Second Congregational church, Fair Haven, Conn., 1876-83; of the Park Avenue Congregational church, Minneapolis, Minn., 1883-87; of the Park Street Congregational church, Bridgeport, Conn., 1887-90; and of the First Presbyterian church, Newburyport Mass., after 1893. He received the degree of D.D. in 1883. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Geological society of America, of the National Geographic society, of the Soci?t? do Sp?l?ologie, Paris, France, and of the International geological congress. He is the author of: contributions to the Proceedings of the foregoing bodies and to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and also of: Celebrated American Caverns (1882); Guide-Book to Mammoth Cave (1884); History of the Park Street Congregational Church, Bridgeport (1888); The Vibratory Law of Progress (1888); On the Banks of the Quinnipiac, a poem (1889); Origin and Annals of the First Presbyterian Church at Newburyport, Mass. (1896); Mammoth Cave Illustrated (1897); Life and Work of James Hall, LL.D. (1899); Biographical Sketch of Edmond O. Hovey, D.D. (1899); Memoir of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich (1900), and numerous sermons and addresses.

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

History of Rob Roy, (Fountain County) Indiana

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