Background
Prime, Samuel Irenaeus was born on November 4, 1812 in Ballston, New York, United States. Son of Nathaniel Scudder and Julia Ann (Jermain) P. graduate Williams College, 1830.
Prime, Samuel Irenaeus was born on November 4, 1812 in Ballston, New York, United States. Son of Nathaniel Scudder and Julia Ann (Jermain) P. graduate Williams College, 1830.
Attended Princeton Theological Seminary, 1832-1833. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Hampden-Sydney College.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1835. Assistant editor New York Observer, 1840-1849, editor, 1851-1885. Wrote weekly essays Irenaeus Letters.
Wrote “Editor’s Drawer” in Harper’s Magazine, 1853-1885.
Author: The Old White Meeting House, 1845. Travels in Europe and the East, 1855.
The Power of Prayer, 1859. Thoughts on the Death of Little Children.
Married Elizabeth Thornton Kemeys, October 15, 1833. Married second, Eloisa L. Williams, August 17, 1835.