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BUCKLEY, James Monroe was born on December 16, 1836 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Reverend John Buckley, native of Lancashire, and Abby, daughter of Judge C. Monroe, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
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BUCKLEY, James Monroe was born on December 16, 1836 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Reverend John Buckley, native of Lancashire, and Abby, daughter of Judge C. Monroe, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
Pennington Seminary, Newr Jersey. University, Middletown, Connecticut. Studied theology, Exeter, New Hampshire.
Doctor of Divinity; Doctor of Laws.
Entered ministry, Methodist Episcopal Church, 185S. Spent 1863 in Europe. Returning, settled Detroit, Michigan (United States).
Removed to Brooklyn, New York, 1866. Continued in ministry till 1880. Doctor of Divinity Wesleyan University.
Doctor of Laws Emory and Henry College, Virginia. Honourable MemberAmerican Medico-Psychological Society. Editor of The Christian Advocate, New York, since 18S0.
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President Board of Managers, Seney Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn, and of New Jersey State Village for Epileptics, and Vice-President of the Board of Managers of the State Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains, N.J. Vice-President Society for Prevention of Vice, and of Board of Trustees of Pekin University.