Background
Hamilton, Jay Benson was born on December 19, 1847 in West Chester, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William C. Patrick and Henrietta Maria (Dean) Hamilton.
Hamilton, Jay Benson was born on December 19, 1847 in West Chester, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William C. Patrick and Henrietta Maria (Dean) Hamilton.
Brother of Bishop John West. and Bishop Franklin East. East. H. Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Mount Union College, Alliance, O. (Doctor of Divinity, 1892).
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1872. Pastor Somerville, Massachusetts, 1872-1874, Manchester, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1875-1877, Lewiston, Maine, 1878-1880, Providence, Rhode Island, 1883-1885. President Walden University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1901-1904.
Pastor 1st Church, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, 1917-1918.
Retired from active ministry, April 1919, closing 17 years in pastorate of 5 churches in Greater New New York Editor Bible Champion and general secretary-treasurer of Bible League of North. America. Pioneer in movement to pension aged Mechanical Engineering ministers.
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Married Mary Florence Harvey, May 14, 1870.