He was admitted to the Bar in 1840 in Mississippi, and since 1843 he has pursued his profession as a lawyer without interruption.

The only civil office Mr. Strong has held is that of member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the present Constitution of the State of Missouri. In that Convention he was chairman of the Committee on Emancipation, and brought in the Ordinance of Emancipation which passed January 11th, 1865, making Missouri a free State. He was also Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, and drew the article on Education as it now exists in the Constitution. During the war for a time he held the commission of major, and for a year was on the staff of Gen. Edwards in the service of the State of Missouri.

During the late war Mr. Strong was very active in sustaining the Government of the country. He has repeatedly declined nominations for office, as Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, and Governor of the State.

PRESIDENT ORMOND BEATTY, LL.D., DANVILLE, KY.

Ormond BEATTY, son of Adam and Sarah Beatty, was born in Mason County, Ky., August 13, 1815.

His early education was received chiefly in the town of Washington, near which his father resided. In 1832 he became a student in Centre College at Danville, Ky., under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. John C. Young, and graduated in September, 1835. In 1835 he united with the Presbyterian Church at Danville. In 1844 he was elected an elder of the First Church of Danville, and served in the office until 1852, when he became an elder in the Second Church, which was organized in that year. He was a Commissioner to the General Assembly in Nashville, Tenn., in 1855, in St. Louis in 1866, and in Cincinnati in 1867.

In 1836 he was elected Professor of Chemistry in Danville College, Ky., in which position he continued until 1870. In September, 1870, he was elected President of the college.

HON. JOSEPH ALLISON, LL.D., WEST PHILADELPHIA, PA.

HON. HENRY W. WILLIAMS, LL.D., PITTSBURG, PA.

HENRY WARREN WILLIAMS, the son of Warren and Elizabeth Stanton (Gallup) Williams, was born in Groton (now Ledyard), New London County, Conn., January 20, 1816. Both of his parents were members of the Congregational Church, in which his father was Deacon for a number of years before his death in 1843. He was a man of the strictest integrity, and a Christian of devoted piety. His mother is still living, a woman of great energy, sound sense, and correct Christian life. He attended common school till he was about fourteen years of age. In the fall of 1831, he commenced preparatory studies for a collegiate course at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn., where he remained two terms. In the spring of 1832 he went to Plainfield Academy (Plainfield, Conn.), where he remained till the fall of 1833, when he entered Amherst College (Amherst, Mass.), from which

he graduated in 1837. In college he took and maintained throughout his entire course a very high rank as a speaker, a writer, a debater, a logician, and metaphysician, while because of his many virtues he was one of the most popular of his class. After graduating he taught for one year at Southwick, Mass. In March, 1839, he entered the office of Walter H. Lowrie, Esq. (now ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania), of Pittsburg, Pa., and studied law under his direction until May, 1841, when he was admitted to the Bar of Allegheny County, Pa. He practised his profession with increasing success, as a partner of his preceptor, until Mr. Lowrie was appointed Judge of the District Court of the County, and then with William M. Shinn until October, 1851, when he was elected Associate Judge of the District Court for the county of Allegheny, for ten years from the first Monday of December, 1851. At the expiration of his term, Judge Williams was re-elected for a second term of ten years. He remained on the bench of the District Court till October, 1868, when he was appointed by Gov. Geary a Judge of Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Wm. Strong. He took his seat on the 26th day of October, 1868. In October of the following year (1869) he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court for the term of fifteen years from the first Monday of the following December. This office he now holds. Judge Williams united with the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg (Rev. D. H. Riddle, D.D., pastor), March I, 1840. He was elected elder May 12, 1858, and ordained July 18, 1858; at which time Rev. H. Kendall, D.D., was installed pastor, in place of Dr. Riddle, resigned. He was a member of the General Assembly at Wilmington, Del., in 1859; at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1865, at St. Louis, Mo., 1866; at Rochester, N. Y., 1867. He was elected Corporate Member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions at the annual meeting in Pittsburg in 1869. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Amherst College in 1866.

HON. TRUMAN P. HANDY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TRUMAN P. HANDY, son of William and Eunice Handy, was born in Paris, Oneida County, N. Y., January 17, 1807.

He united with the Congregational Church of Paris Hill, N. Y., on profession of his faith in Christ, at the age of 13 years.

He was elected elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833; and in June, 1844, in the Second Presbyterian Church of Cleveland; this latter he now serves in this office.

He was a Commissioner to the General Assembly at Wilmington, Del., in 1859, at St. Louis, 1866, and at Rochester in 1867. He was appointed on the Committee on the Reunion of the Presbyterian Church in 1866, and attended all its meetings.

He is a Trustee of the College of the Western Reserve, Hudson, Ohio. For thirty-five years he has served as a Sabbath-school Superintendent in Cleveland,

In his business relations he has been cashier and president of banking institutions in Cleveland for thirty-eight years.

MR. ROBERT W. STEELE, DAYTON, OHIO.

ROBERT W. STEELE was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 3, 1819. He graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, under the Presidency of the Rev. George Junkin, D.D. He united with the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton in 1841, and removed his membership to the Third Street Presbyterian Church in 1842. He was ordained an elder in the Third Street Presbyterian Church, January 22, 1854, and has served that church in this office until the present time.

He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Miami University, and a director in Lane Theological Seminary, at Walnut Hills, Ohio. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the Board of Education of Dayton, Ohio. He is a member of the Board of Agriculture of Ohio, and one of the five citizens of Ohio appointed by the Governor to constitute "The Board of State Charities," whose duty it is “to investigate the whole system of the public charitable and correctional institutions of the State, and recommend such changes and additional provisions as they may deem necessary for their economical and efficient administration.”

HON. EDWARD A. LAMBERT, BROOKLYN, N. Y.

EDWARD Augustus Lambert, son of William A. and Jane Lambert, was born in the city of New York, June 10, 1813. He united with the Central Presbyterian Church of New York, on profession of his faith in Christ, in 1830.

He was one of thirty-two young persons who organized the Third Free Presbyterian Church of New York, in December, 1831, the Rev. Dirck C. Lansing, D.D., pastor. This church was afterwards known as the Houston Street Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. Samuel D. Burchard, D.D., became pastor. At a subsequent time it was removed to Thirteenth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, where it is at present located, and is one of the largest and most flourishing Presbyterian churches in the city of New York. In 1846 Mr. Lambert removed to Brooklyn, New York, and connected himself with the South Presbyterian Church, then newly organized (the Rev. Samuel T. Spear then and still pastor). In 1857 he with others organized the Park Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, now known as the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D., pastor. He was ordained an elder in the Houston Street Church in 1837, and he held the office in the South Presbyterian Church and Lafayette Avenue Church, Brooklyn. In this latter church he is now serving.

In 1855 the General Assembly appointed him a member of " the Church Extension Committee.” In 1861 he was appointed by the General Assembly a member of "the Committee of Home Missions," and of this Committee he has been Treasurer since its organization. In 1866 he was appointed by the General Assembly a member of the Committee on "the Reunion of the Presbyterian Church." Mr. Lambert has had several very important and responsible positions in civil life. In 1853 and 1854 he was Mayor of the city of Brooklyn. He was one of the

original trustees of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, and was appointed by the Legislature as one of the committee to select a location. He was a Com missioner to the General Assemblies of 1855, 1862, 1866, 1868, and 1870.

HON. JACOB S. FARRAND, DETROIT, MICH.

JACOB SHAW FARRAND, son of Bethuel and Marilla (Shaw) Farrand, was born in the town of Mentz, Cayuga County, New York. His father was of Huguenot, and his mother of Puritan descent. In 1825 the family emigrated to the then territory of Michigan. When he was thirteen years of age, the subject of this sketch went to Detroit, then a place of two thousand inhabitants, and there he has since remained. In 1832 he made a public profession of his faith in Christ, and united with the First Presbyterian Church of Detroit, of which the Rev. George Duffield was so long the pastor, With this venerable man it was the privilege of Mr. Farrand to be on terms of the most intimate intercourse for the period of thirty years. In 1856 he was ordained to the office of ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Detroit, in which position he still remains. He was a Commissioner to the General Assembly of 1863 at Dayton, Ohio, and of 1869 at New York and Pittsburg. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Reunion appointed by the Assemblies, 1866, and also of the Committee of Conference on the same subject appointed by the Assemblies of 1869. The same Assemblies placed him on the Joint Committee on the reorganization of the Board of Domestic Missions. In 1870 the General Assembly elected him member of the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of the North West, at Chicago. From the time of its appointment he has been a member of the Synodical Committee of Church Erection, and he is now on the Synodical Committee on the Memorial Fund.

For many years Mr. Farrand was the receiving agent in Detroit of the A. B. C. F. M. He has been the President of the Detroit City Missionary Society, and he is now President of the Wayne County Bible Society.

He has always been actively engaged in Sabbath-school work.

He has served the State, as well as the Church.

From 1841 to 1845 he was deputy collector of customs for the port and district of Detroit, then extending from below the city of Detroit, around the shores of Lakes Huron and Michigan, including the city of Chicago. On the organization of the Metropolitan Police by the Legislature of Michigan he was appointed one of the Commissioners, and was elected President of the Board, which position he still holds. For eight years he has been a member of the Board of Education of the city of Detroit; for four years he has been a member of the Common Council of Detroit one year its presiding officer; and for a short time he was the acting Mayor of the city. For years he has been a member of the Board of Water Commissioners of the city of Detroit, and is now its President. He is President of the First National Bank of Detroit, Vice-President of the Mutual Life Insurance

Company, Treasurer of the Detroit Gas Light Company, and since its organization

he has been a trustee of the Harper Hospital.

For forty years he has been engaged in the drug business.

IV.

DOCUMENTS, ETC.

1. THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS VOLUME.

MODERATORS OF 1837, 1869, 1870.

THE REV. DAVID ELLIOTT, D.D., LL.D.,

MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1837, BEING THE LAST ASSEMBLY

PREVIOUS TO THE DIVISION.

DAVID ELLIOTT,

Son of Thomas and Jane (Holliday) Elliott, was born February 6, 1787. His parents were both of Scotch-Irish descent, whose ancestors for several generations, as far as known, belonged to the large Presbyterian family. His father, Thomas Elliott, was born in Enniskillen, Fermanagh County, Ireland, but came to this country with his parents when a small boy, about the year 1730. He was brought up in the vicinity of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where his father purchased a farm, on which he resided. His ancestors participated in the conflicts between the Protestants under William of Orange and the Roman Catholics under James of England, in which the Enniskillen Dragoons so greatly distinguished themselves. Dr. Elliott's mother, Jane Holliday, was born in the County Down, in the North of Ireland, and came over to this country with her family some time after his father. When arrived at manhood, his father purchased and resided on a farm some twenty miles north of Carlisle, in Sherman's Valley, now Perry County, Pa. There he and his mother became acquainted and were married. He was their youngest child, and was born at the family home, February 6, 1787. His early years were spent at home on the farm until about his fourteenth year, much of his time at such schools as the neighborhood furnished. About that age he commenced his classical studies under the Rev. John Coulter, pastor of a church in Tuscarora Valley, Mifflin County, Pa. He was a fine classical scholar. With him he continued about eighteen months, when he spent a year or more in the town of Mifflin, under the tuition of Andrew K. Russell, afterwards a minister of the Presbyterian Church