. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. also a member of the New England Psychol- ogical Society, the State and County Medical Society,the Association of Superintendents of Institutionsfor the Feeble Minded, and is also a member of theWorcester County Congregational Club. Mr. Brownis an Independent Republican in politics, and servedas delegate to the State Convention of his party in1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898. He married, May 18,1887, Susan E. Barnum. The
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. also a member of the New England Psychol- ogical Society, the State and County Medical Society,the Association of Superintendents of Institutionsfor the Feeble Minded, and is also a member of theWorcester County Congregational Club. Mr. Brownis an Independent Republican in politics, and servedas delegate to the State Convention of his party in1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898. He married, May 18,1887, Susan E. Barnum. They have three children :George Percy, Catherine Durant and DonaldRomaine Brown. DAVIS, Benjamin Joseph Vale in Hamden, Conn., 1864 ; prepared for Collegeat the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven ; gradu-ated Yale, 1886; Berkeley Divinity School, Middle-town, Conn., 1889 ; ordained Deacon of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church, 1889; in charge of parishes inBridgeport, Conn., and Philadelphia, Pa., 1889-92; nowRector of Trinity Church, Easton, Pa. BENJAMIN JOSEPH , Clergyman, wasborn in Hamden, Connecticut, October 28,1864, the son of Samuel and Emily (Mansfield). J. Davis. His ancestors on both sides were early NewEngland colonists, and in each succeeding genera-tion to the present have been lifelong residents ofthat section. On the maternal side he is a descen- UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 167 dant of Richard Mansfield, of Exeter, England, whosettled in the New Haven Colony in 1639, and byreason of his position and high repute was allowedto add the title of Mister to his name. He attendedpublic and private schools in Hamden and wasfor five years a pupil at the Hopkins GrammarSchool, New Haven, from which latter he enteredYale, and was graduated with honors in 1886, beingone of the class speakers at Commencement. Histheological studies were pursued at the BerkeleyDivinity School, Middletown, Connecticut, where heremained three years, and on June 5, 1889
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