Background
Tappan, David Stanton was born on April 2, 1845 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Benjamin and Oella (Stanton) T. (sister Edwin M. Stanton, War Secretary under Lincoln).
Presbyterian minister president
Tappan, David Stanton was born on April 2, 1845 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor Benjamin and Oella (Stanton) T. (sister Edwin M. Stanton, War Secretary under Lincoln).
Bachelor of Arts (head of class), Miami University, 1864, Master of Arts, 1886. Graduate Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1867. (honorary Master of Arts, Wooster, 1878, Doctor of Laws, 1899.
Doctor of Divinity, Lenox, 1887).
Principal Slate Lick Academy, Pennsylvania, 1865, Callensburg (Pennsylvania) Academy, 1866. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1868. Pastor Chariton, Iowa, 1868-1871, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1871-1890, Portsmouth, O., 1890-1899.
President Miami University, 1899-1902.
Pastor Circleville, O., 1902-1913. Trustee Parsons College, 1887-1890, University of Wooster, 1896-1899.
Moderator Synod of Ohio, 1898. Delegate Pan-Presbyterian Council, New York, 1909.
Author: History of Presbyterianism in Iowa, 1887.
Miscellaneous Sermons, 1899. Home: Los Angeles, California.
Married Anna Grand Girard, August 12, 1869.