Isaiah Perley Smith

Background

Smith, Isaiah Perley was born on February 13, 1836 in at N. Bridgton, Maine, United States. Son of Perley Dennison and Louisa (Burgess) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1858, Master of Arts, 1861. Doctor of Philosophy, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, 1901. Graduate Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary, 1861.

(Doctor of Laws, Gale College, Wisconsin, 1901.

Doctor of Divinity, Shenandoah College, Virginia, 1903).

Career

Principal South. Limington (Maine) Seminary, 1858-1859, Lewiston (Maine) High School, 1859, North. Conway (New Hampshire (U.S.)) Academy, 1862, private school, Wiscasset, Maine, 1862-1864. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1864. Pastor Brownfield, Maine, 1864-1865, Temple, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1867-1868, Fontanelle, Nebraska, 1868-1870, Paxton, Massachusetts, 1870-1871, Boscawen, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1873-1875, Dover, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1875-1877, Chatham, Massachusetts, 1879-1882, Union, Connecticut, 1885-1888, Southwick, Massachusetts, 1888-1890, Wolcott, Connecticut, 1890-1892.

Principal Burgess Institute, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1892-1895, Salem School, Salem Depot, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1897-1902.

Professor German, Greek, and Greek literature, 1902-1903, president, 1903, Shenandoah College Moderator Barnstable Conference Congressional Churches, 1879, Cape Cod Ministerial Association, 1881-1882. Chaplain 29th Maine Regiment, 1865-1866.

Translated the Ecologues of Virgil into English hexameter verse, 1908. Address: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Achievements

• Isaiah Perley Smith has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Clara R. Smith, of Candia, New Hampshire (U.S.), October 11, 1870.

Father:

Perley Dennison Smith

Mother:

Louisa (Burgess) Smith

Spouse:

Clara R. Smith