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

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Biographies:

Ezra Abel Huntington, educator, was born in Columbus, N.Y., June 12, 1813; son of Eider Charles (1779-1859) and Martha (Hyde) Huntington; grandson of Ezra and Elizabeth (Huntington) Huntington; great grandson of John and Civil (Tracy) Huntington, and great2 grandson of Deacon Christopher and Sarah (Adgate) Huntington. He was graduated at Union college in 1833, studied theology there under President Nott, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Third Presbyterian church, Albany, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1837. He was married, July 30, 1839, to Anna Euphemia daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jacob Van Vechten and granddaughter of the Rev. Dr. John M. Mason. He resigned his pastorate and was dismissed, Jan. 10, 1855, when he became Taylor professor of Biblical criticism in Auburn Theological seminary, Auburn, N.Y., where be remained during his active life. He was married secondly, April 16, 1868, to Katherine Van Vechten, of Albany, N.Y. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Columbia in 1846, and that of LL.D. from Lafayette in 1883. He is the author of: Notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews (1866) and sermons and addresses. He died in Auburn, N.Y., July 14, 1901.

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

Charles Smith Prosser, educator and geologist, was born in Columbus, N.Y., March 24, 1860; son of Smith and Emeline Amelia (Tuttle) Prosser; grandson of William and Mary (Herrick) Prosser, and of James and Rebecca (Crandall) Tuttle, and a descendant of William and Elizabeth Tuttle of St. Albans, England, who came to America in the ship Planter and landed at Boston about July 1, 1635. He was graduated from Cornell university, B.S., 1883, M.S., 1886; was a fellow in natural history at Cornell, 1884-85; and instructor in paleontology there, 1885-88, and assistant paleontologist on the U.S. geological survey, 1888-92. He was married, Aug. 28, 1893, to Mary Frances, daughter of Thomas and Mary Frances Wilson of Albany, N.Y. He was professor of natural history at Washburn college, Topeka, Kan., 1892-94; professor of geology and paleontology at Union college, Schenectady, N.Y., 1894-99; was elected associate professor of historical geology in Ohio State university in 1899, and professor of geology in 1901. He was assistant geologist on the U.S. Geological survey, 1893-94 and from 1900; on the state geological survey of Kansas, 1896; New York, 1895-99; Ohio from 1900, and chief of the Appalachian division of the Maryland geological survey from 1897. He was made a fellow of the geological Society of America and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of, the Congr?s C?ologique International and other scientific societies. He published numerous papers and reports on the geology of Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and Ohio, and is the author of: The Devonian System of Eastern Pennsylvania and New York (1895); The Classification of the Upper Palaeozoic Rocks of Central Kansas (1895); The Upper Permian and Lower Cretaceous of Kansas (1897); The Classification and Distribution of the Hamilton and Chemung Series of Central and Eastern New York (pt. I., 1898; pt. II., 1900); besides contributions to scientific periodicals.

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