Background
Trumbull, Henry Clay was born on June 8, 1830 in Stonington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Gurdon and Sarah Ann (Swan) Trumbull.
Trumbull, Henry Clay was born on June 8, 1830 in Stonington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Gurdon and Sarah Ann (Swan) Trumbull.
Educated Stonington Academy and Williston Seminary. Master of Arts, Yale; Doctor of Divinity, Lafayette and University of New New York
Moved to Hartford, 1851. In railroad business until 1858. Missionary Connecticut State Sunday School Association, 1858-1862.
Ordained Congressional minister.
Chaplain 10th Connecticut regiment, 1862-1865. Was in several Confederate prisons.
New England secretary of America Sunday School Union, 1865-1875. Editor The Sunday School Times, since 1875.
Author: Friendship the Master Passion, 1891.
A Lie Justifiable, 1893. Studies in Oriental Social Life, 1894. Prayer: Its Nature and Scope, 1896.
In Tribulation, 1896.
Teachers’ Meetings, 1896. War Memories of an Army Chaplain, 1898.
The Covenant of Salt, 1899. Illustrative Answers to Prayer, 1900.
Individual Work for Individuals, 1901.
Old Time Student Volunteers, 1902. Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Alice Cogswell Gallaudet, 1854 (died 1891).