History of Willseyville, (Tioga County) New York United States of America

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John Franklin Genung, educator, was born in Willseyville, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1850; son of Abram C. and Martha (Dye) Genung; grandson of Barnabas and Susan (Johnston) Genung, and of James R. and Sally (Topping) Dye, and a direct descendant from Jean Guenon (afterward written Genung), a native of La Rochelle, France, who came from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1657 and was married to Grietie Sneden of Harlem, N.Y. He was prepared for college at Owego academy, 1864-68, and was graduated at Union college in 1870. He studied theology at the Rochester theological seminary, 1872-75, was pastor of Baldwinsville Baptist church, 1875-78; studied at Leipzig and London, 1878-81, and received the degree of Ph.D. from Leipzig in 1881. He was instructor in English in Amherst college, 1882-84; associate professor of rhetoric, 1884-89, and was advanced to the full chair in 1889. He was elected a member of the Society of biblical literature and exegesis in 1883, and of the Authors' club in 1895. He was married, May 15, 1880, to Florence Mabel Sprague. He is the author of: Tennyson's "In Memoriam" its Purpose and its Structure (1883); Practical Elements of Rhetoric (1886); Study of Rhetoric in the College Course (1887); Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis (1888); The Epic of the Inner Life; Study of the Book of Job (1891); Outlines of Rhetoric (1893); What a Carpenter did with his Bible (1898), and contributions to periodicals.

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

History of Willseyville, (Tioga County) New York

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