History of Wernersville, (Berks County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Heman Lincoln Wayland, clergyman, was born in Providence, R. I., April 23, 1830; son of Francis and Lucy (Lincoln) Wayland. He attended Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and the University Grammar school, Providence, R. I.; was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1849, A.M., 1852, serving as assistant librarian of the university, 1849, and was a student at Newton Theological Institution, 1849-50. He was principal of the Ladies' seminary, Townshend. Vt., 1850-51; a resident graduate of Brown, 1851-52, and tutor in the University of Rochester, 1852-54. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1854; was pastor of the Third (now Main Street) Baptist church, Worcester, Mass., 1854-61; chaplain of the 7th Connecticut regiment of volunteers, 1861-64, and home missionary among the freedmen at Nashville, Tenn, 1864-65. He was professor of logic and rhetoric, Kalamazoo (Mich.) college, 1865-70; president of Franklin (Ind.) college, 1870-72; editor of the National Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa., 1872-94, and assistant editor of the Examiner, Philadelphia, 1895-98. He was twice married: first, Oct. 1, 1857, to Elizabeth Grout, daughter of Aaron and Eliza (Hapgood) Arms of Worcester, Mass.; secondly, Sept. 10, 1891, to Frances Mary Green of Providence, R.I. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Brown in 1869. He was president of the Philadelphia Baptist Ministers' conference, the Pennsylvania Baptist State Mission society, the New England Society of Pennsylvania, the American Social Science association, and the Contemporary club of Philadelphia. He is the author of: The Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, with his brother, Francis Wayland, Jr. (2 vols., 1867) and of Charles H. Spurgeon : His Faith and Works (1892); also of numerous addresses and papers upon sociological, educational and kindred subjects. He died in Wernersville, Pa., Nov. 7, 1898.

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

History of Wernersville, (Berks County) Pennsylvania

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