History of Vernon, (Windham County) Vermont United States of America

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John Stebbins Lee, educator, was born at Vernon, Vt., Sept. 23, 1820; son of Eli and Rebekah (Stebbins) Lee; grandson of Jesse and Eunice (Morgan) Lee, and a descendant of Samuel Lee, born in Waltham, Mass., in 1670, and of Rowland Stebbins who came to America in 1634, and died in Northampton, Mass., Dec. 14, 1671. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1845, was principal of Mount C?sar seminary, Swanzey, N.H., 1845-47; was ordained to the Universalist ministry at West Brattleboro, Vt., June 23, 1847, and was principal of Melrose seminary, 1847-49. He was married, Feb. 22, 1848, to Elmina, daughter of Moses and Nancy (Wheeler) Bennett, of West Moreland, N.H. He held pastorates in West Brattleboro, Vt., Lebanon, N.H., and Montpelier, Vt., 1849-52; conducted the Green Mountain institute at South Woodstock, Vt., 1852-57; was pastor at South Woodstock, Bridgewater, and Woodstock, Vt., 1852-59; president of St. Lawrence university, Canton, N.Y., 1859-68; travelled in Europe and the Holy Land, 1868-69; and became professor of .ecclesiastical history and biblical archeology at St. Lawrence university, in April, 1869. He was assistant editor of the Christian Repository, Montpelier, Vt., 1850-52. He received the degree of D.D. from Buchtel college, in 1875. He wrote Nature and Art in the Old World (1871); Sacred Cities (1877), He died in Canton, N.Y., Sept. 1902.

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

History of Vernon, (Windham County) Vermont

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