History of Afton, (Chenango County) New York United States of America

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Truman Gaylord Brownson, educator, was born at Afton, N. Y., April 2, 1851. He was prepared for college at Colgate academy; in 1877 was graduated at Colgate university, and in 1883 from the Baptist union theological seminary of Chicago. He was subsequently pastor of a church at Three Rivers, Mich., from 1879 to 1882, of one at Albany, Oregon, from 1884 to 1887, and in June, 1887, was appointed president of McMinnville college, McMinnville, Oregon. Under his administration the college enjoyed remarkable growth. He became president of California college in 1896, and received the degree D.D. from Colgate in 1901.

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

Orlando Franklin Bump, author, was born at Afton, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1841, and was graduated at Yale in 1863. His father having moved to Baltimore, Md., he joined him after his graduation, and was admitted to the bar Sept. 14, 1865, and appointed register in bankruptcy June 1, 1867. He was a Republican campaign orator and worker. He received the degree of A.M. from Yale college in 1876. In 1868 he published the "Law and Practice of Bankruptcy," which became standard authority, ten editions being exhausted before the laws were repealed in 1877. His other works include: Annotated Bankrupt Law (1868); United States Stamp Duties (1870); Annotated Internal Revenue Laws (1870); Kerr on Fraud and Mistake (1871); Fraudulent Conveyances (1872, 3rd edition, revised, 1882); Patents, Trade Marks and Copyrights (1877, new ed., 1884); Composition in Bankruptcy (1877); Notes of Constitutional Decisions (1878); Federal Procedure (1881). He was also connected editorially with the Baltimore American from 1866 to 1869, and edited the National Bankruptcy Register from 1874 to 1876. In 1872 he was employed to assist in the preparation of the Revised Statutes of the United States. He died Jan. 29, 1881.

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