Samuel Penniman Leeds

Background

Leeds, Samuel Penniman was born on November 15, 1824 in New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary Warren (Mellen) Leeds.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1843. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1846. Doctor of Divinity, Dartmouth, 1870.

Career

Pastor Congressional Church, Cuyahoga Falls, O., 1849-1855 (a founder of Congressional Association of Ohio, 1854). Assistant minister to Albert Barnes, Philadelphia, 1855-1857. Minister in New York City, New Haven, Connecticut, and Stamford, Connecticut, 1857-1860.

Minister and pastor, Dartmouth College Congressional Church, 1860-1900.

Pastor emeritus, 1900. New Hampshire (U.S.) delegate to International Prison Congress, 1872.

Member Congressional commission of 25 to prepare a creed, 1880-1883. Author: The Christian Philosophy of Life, 1904.

Address: Hanover, New Hampshire (U.S.)

Achievements

• Samuel Penniman Leeds has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Christian Philosophy of Life, 1904.

Membership

Member Congressional commission of 25 to prepare a creed, 1880-1883.

Connections

Married Julia Lockwood, October 3, 1849. Married second, Mistress.

Father:

Samuel Leeds

Mother:

Mary Warren (Mellen) Leeds

Spouse:

Mistress

Spouse:

Julia Lockwood