History of Jim Thorpe, (Carbon County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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A Biography of Richard Morse Hodge

Richard Morse Hodge, clergyman and educator, was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., May 25, 1864; son of the Rev. Dr. John Aspinwall and Charlotte Gebhard (Morse) Hodge. He prepared for college in the public schools of Hartford, Conn., and was graduated from the College of New Jersey, Princeton, A.B., 1886; A.M. (honorary) 1888; and from the Princeton Theological seminary in 1889. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 18, 1890, and was pastor of Westminster church, Milwaukee, 1890-92; of the Presbyterian church at Riverton, N.J., 1893-95; superintendent of the Missionary training school, Fredericksburg, Va., 1895-98, and in 1898 was chosen superintendent of the Bible institute, Nashville, Tenn. He was married June 28, 1888, to Alice Austen. He is the author of: Historical Atlas and Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ (1899).

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