George Frederick Genung

Background

Genung, George Frederick was born on January 27, 1850 in Willseyville, New York, United States. Son of Abram C. and Martha (Dye) Genung.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Union College, New York, 1870, Doctor of Divinity, 1895. Also honorary Master of Arts from Union College, 1922.

Career

Sarah Elizabeth Minott. ordained Baptist ministry, 1875. Pastor Camillus, New York, 1875-1878, Baldwinsville, New York, 1878-1881, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1881-1884, Huntington Saint Church, New London, Connecticut, 1885-1887. Professor Benedict Institute, Columbia, South Carolina., 1887-1889.

Pastor Suffield, Connecticut, 1890-1898.

Professor, 1898-1899, dean, 1889-1901, Richmond (Virginia) Theological Seminary. Chaplain Connecticut State Prison, 1902-1903.

Pastor Brooklyn, Connecticut, 1905-1919, North. Sunderland, Massachusetts, since 1919. Editor Senior Quarterly (American Baptist Public Society).

Author: The Fourfold Story, 1891.

Magna Charta of the Kingdom of God, 1900.

Achievements

• George Frederick Genung has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Harriet Elizabeth Bronson, August 3, 1875.