James Griswold Merrill

Background

Merrill, James Griswold was born on August 20, 1840 in Montague, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review James H. and Lucia (Griswold) Merrill.

Education

Brother of William Fessenden M. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1863. Student Princeton Theological Seminary, 1863-1864.

Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1866. (Doctor of Divinity, Shurtleff, 1887, Amherst, 1903).

Career

Ordained Congleton ministry, 1867. Pastor Mound City, Kansas, 1866-1868, Topeka, Kansas, 1868-1869. Superintendent missions in Kansas, 1869-1872.

Pastor Davenport, Iowa, 1872-1882, First Church, Saint Louis, 1882-1889, Payson Memorial Church, Portland, Maine, 1889-1894.

Editor Christian Mirror, Portland, 1894-1899. Acting president, 1899-1901, president, 1901-1908, Fisk U.

Pastor Somerset, Massachusetts, 1909-1912, Lake Helen, Florida, 1912-1917. Retired First Assistant Moderator National Congressional Council, Cleveland, Ohio, 1907.

Author: Children’s Sermons, 2 volumes, 1876-1878.

From Servitude to Service. Home: Andover, Massachusetts

Achievements

• James Griswold Merrill has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Louisa West. Boutwell October 11, 1866 (died 1919).

Father:

Review James H. Merrill

Mother:

Lucia (Griswold) Merrill

Spouse:

Louisa West. Boutwell October 11