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Boardman, George Nye

clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 23, 1825, in Pittsford, Vt. In 1859 he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church in Bingham, N. Y. In 1871 he resigned this pastorate to accept a professorship in Chicago Theological seminary, which post he still holds.

BOARDMAN, HENRY AUGUSTUS, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 9, 1808, in Troy, N. Y. He was once a noted presbyterian divine of Philadelphia; and the author of The Bible in the Family; The Bible in the Counting-House; The Christian Ministry not a Priesthood; Earthly Suffering and Heavenly Glory; and A Handful of Corn. He died June 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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