History of Flanders, (Morris County) New Jersey United States of America

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William Crowell Biography

William Crowell, journalist, was born in Middlefield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1806. He was graduated at Newton theological institution in 1838, receiving the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown university the same year. While at Newton he organized in the village of Quincy a Baptist church, using as a meeting place the gambling room of a former tavern. He was editor of the Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass, 1840-50, and while in Boston he preached twice every Sunday and taught a Sunday school. He preached in Waterville, Maine, 1850-51, and then removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he was editor of the Western Watchman, 1851-61. When the civil war occurred he removed to the north, preaching first at Freeport, Ill., and later at Germantown, Pa., and Flanders, N.J. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the University of Rochester in 1857. He is the author of The Church Member's Manual of Ecclesiastical Rights; The Church Member' s Manual, used as a textbook in many theological seminaries; a History of Baptist Literature for Fifty Years for the missionary jubilee volume; and several Sunday school books. He died at Flanders, N.J., Aug. 19, 1871.

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