Background
He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
He attended the Williston Seminary, and graduated from Williams College in 1876, Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Harvard Law School from 1876-1877, and Andover Theological Seminary from 1878-1881.
He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Williams in 1901. He was a trustee at the Bradford Academy in Bradford, Massachusetts.