Background
Vinton, Alexander Hamilton was born on May 2, 1807 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton.
Vinton, Alexander Hamilton was born on May 2, 1807 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton.
Attended Brown U., 3 years. Doctor of Medicine Yale, 1828. Attended General Theological Seminary, New York City.
Practiced medicine, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1828-1832. Turned to ministry, 1834, ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1835, priest, 1836, in charge church, Portland, Maine. Rector Grace Church, Providence, 1836-1842, St. Paul’s Church, Boston, 1842-1858, Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 1858-1861, St. Mark’s, New York City, 1861-1869, Emmanuel Church, Boston, 1869-1877.
Member Massachusetts Board Education, 1851. Lecturer Cambridge (Massachusetts) Divinity School, 1877. A signer Muhlenberg Memorial.
President 1st American Church Congress, 1870.
Member Massachusetts Board Education, 1851.
Married Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson, October 15, 1835, 6 children.