History of Brownsville, (Franklin County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Henry Stanley Bennett, clergyman, was born at Brownsville, Pa., April 16, 1838. He was graduated from Oberlin college, Ohio, in 1860, and finished his theological course at the same college three years later. He was called to the Second Congregational church of Wakeman, Ohio, and ordained, Nov. 17, 1863. He was a member of the National Guards called out by Governor Brough. This company was stationed in Fort Stevens at the time of the Confederate attack on Washington under Gen. Jubal Early. From 1867 to 1892 he was secretary of the faculty, professor of German, and university pastor at Fisk university. From 1868 to 1869 he was a member of the board of education of Nashville. In 1869 he began the work of training young men for the ministry. He was one of the original members in the State teachers' association of Tennessee, and for several years contributed educational papers to the local press of the state capital. In 1878 he made the tour of England and continental Europe, visiting Scotland, England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium. Professor Bennett's work was among the colored people, especially in the direction of their higher culture. He died Aug. 5, 1895.Bennett, James Gordon

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

History of Brownsville, (Franklin County) Pennsylvania

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