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

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Arthur Cleveland Coxe, second bishop of western New York and 74th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Mendham, N.J., May 10, 1818; son of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Hanson and Abiah Hyde (Cleveland) Cox.1 Having early connected himself with the Episcopal church, as the result of earnest study and strong conviction, he passed immediately from the University of the City of New York, where he was graduated valedictorian in 1838, to the study of Hebrew and Greek under Prof. Isaac Nordheimer; and in 1840 to the General theological seminary, where he completed his course in 1841. He was admitted to the diaconate June 27, 1841, and advanced to the priesthood Sept. 25,1842. In September, 1841, he was married to Katherine Cleveland, daughter of Sirecon Hyde. He served during his diaconate at St. Ann's, Morrisania, N.Y. Removing to Hartford, Conn., where he was priested, he took charge of St. John's church, remaining there until 1854, when he became rector of Grace church, Baltimore, Md. In 1851 he visited England and attended the Lambeth conference, and was also a delegate to the second conference. In 1863 he took charge of Calvary church, New York where he remained until his consecration as bishop. While in Baltimore he was elected bishop of Texas, but declined the office. Dr. Coxe was consecrated Jan. 4, 1865, as bishop coadjutor to the bishop of western New York. On April 5 of the same year Bishop De Lancey died, and Bishop Coxe succeeded him as diocesan. In 1872 the missions of the church in Hayti were placed under the jurisdiction of the bishop of western New York, and Bishop Coxe made a visitation to the island, consecrating the Church of the Holy Trinity, meeting the clergy in convocation, and administering the rite of confirmation. He retained this charge until the consecration of Dr. Holly as bishop Of Hayti. In 1880 he exercised his Episcopal functions at the Gallicart chapel in Paris as bishop in charge. In 1887 he delivered the Baldwin lectures at the University of Michigan, and in 1891 the Bedell lectures at Kenyon college, Ohio. Bishop Coxe became widely known outside the Episcopal church as a talented controversialist. In 1869 he published "Open Letters to Pius IX." upon the calling of an Ecumenical council by the Pope, which was translated into all the European languages and reissued upon the recurrence of a like event. Bishop Coxe rounded the Christian literature company, and edited many of its publications. He was elected a member of the New York historical society and of the Buffalo historical society; and was a trustee of Hobart college, 1865-96. He was lecturer on English literature at Hobart, 1866-87, and a visitor there, 1865-96. He received the degree of D.D. from the College of St. James, Hagerstown, Md. in 1857; from Trinity, Hartford, and from the University of the City of New York in 1868, and from the University of Durham, England, in 1888. Kenyon college, Gainbier, Ohio, conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1868. His published works include: Advent, a Mystery (1837); Athwold (1838); St. Jonathan (1838); Christian Ballads (1840); Athanasion and other Poems (1842); Hallow e'en (1844); Saul, a Mystery (1845); Sermons on Doctrine and Duty (1854); Apology for the English Bible (1854); Impressions of England (1856); Thoughts on the Services; The Criterion (1866); Moral Reforms (1869); The Ladye Chace ; L' Episcopat de L'Occident (1872); Apollos, or the Way of God (1874); Covenant Prayers (1875); The Penitential (1882); Institutes of Christian History (1887); The Paschal (1889); Holy Writ and Modern Thought (1892);and numerous writings in book and pamphlet form with addresses, pastoral letters, sermons, lectures, translations and edited works. In 1885-86 he edited Clark's AnteNicene Library, 8 volumes, and his open letters to Satolli (1895) were widely commented upon. He died at Clifton Springs, N.Y., July 20, 1896.

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

Samuel Hanson Coxe, clergyman, was born at Mendham, N.J., Nov. 13, 1819; son of the Roy. Samuel Hanson and Abiah Hyde (Cleveland) Cox. He was graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1839 and at the General theological seminary in 1843. In the latter year he was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal church and was rector in Saratoga, Auburn, Oxford, Cazenovia, Utica and Kinderhook, N.Y., 1843-88. He was married April 10, 1845, to Eliza, daughter of the Hon. Alfred and Eliza (Cockburn) Conkling. In 1852 Trinity college conferred upon him the degree of A.M. and in 1864 he received that of S.T.D. from Columbia college. Dr. Coxe's rhetorical gifts were far above the average. He was a popular lecturer, a valued contributor of both prose and verse to the press, and during the civil war he labored with both pen and voice in the cause of the Union. He died at Utica, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1895.

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

Albert Baldwin Dod, educator, was born in Mendham. N.J., March 24, 1805; son of Daniel Dod and a grandnephew of the Rev. Thaddeus Dod. His father (born Sept. 28, 1778; died May 9, 1823) was a celebrated engine builder, having constructed in 1819 the engine of the Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean. The son was graduated from Princeton in 1822; taught school in Fredericksburg, Va., 1822-26; attended Princeton theological seminary, 1826-29, at the same time being a tutor in the College of New Jersey; became a Presbyterian clergyman in 1829 and held the chair of mathematics in the College of New Jersey, 1830-45. He declined an appointment as chaplain and professor of moral philosophy at the U.S. military academy. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1844, and from the University of the city of New York in 1845. He published: Princeton Theological Essays (1847). He died in Princeton, N.J., Nov. 20, 1845.

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