Background
Merriam, Alexander Ross was born on January 20, 1849 in Goshen, New York, United States. Son of Henry and Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam.
Merriam, Alexander Ross was born on January 20, 1849 in Goshen, New York, United States. Son of Henry and Ann Eliza (Reeve) Merriam.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1872. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1877. Doctor of Divinity, Olivet College, 1906.
South.T.D., Syracuse University, 1907.
Ordained Congleton ministry 1877. Pastor of Payson Church of Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1877-1884, First Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1884-1891. Professor homiletics, pastoral care and sociology, 1893-1917, professor emeritus January 1, 1918, Hartford (Connecticut) Theological Seminary Trustee Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1881-1884, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1883-1884, Good Will Club.
Director Connecticut Bible Society, Charity Organization Society Home: Hartford, Connecticut
Married J. May Gore, July 16, 1879. Children: Edmund Sawyer, Alma May, Elizabeth Caroline (Mistress Raymond A. Beardslee), Helen Louise (Mistress Roger West. Davis), Margaret Isabelle (deceased).