Samuel I. Prime

Samuel Irenæus Prime (1812–1885) was an American clergyman, traveler, and writer.

Samuel Irenæus Prime
Born(1812-11-04)November 4, 1812
Ballston, New York
DiedJuly 18, 1885(1885-07-18) (aged 72)
Manchester, Vermont
Parents
  • Nathaniel Scudder Prime
  • Julia Ann Jermain
Relatives
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Life

He was born at Ballston, New York on November 4, 1812, to Benjamin Youngs Prime.[1] He graduated from Williams College in 1829. Three years later he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, was licensed to preach in 1833, and in 1835 was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston Spa, N. Y. For a time he was principal of the academy at Newburgh, N. Y. In 1840 he entered upon the chief work of his life as editor of the New York Observer, a paper of which he afterward came to be the principal owner. His brother and then his son-in-law, Rev. Charles A. Stoddard,[2][3] carried on the editorship after his death. He was the founder of the New York Association for the Advancement of Science and Art, president and trustee of Wells College, and a trustee of Williams College.

He was the great-grandson of noted American patriot and pastor, Ebenezer Prime, grandson of Benjamin Prime, and the son of Nathaniel Scudder Prime (1785–1856).

He died in Manchester, Vermont on July 18, 1885.[4]

Works

With many books of religious character, Prime published:

  • Life in New York (1848)
  • Travels in Europe and the East (1855)
  • The Power of Prayer (1859)
  • Letters from Switzerland (1860)
  • American Wit and Humor (1859)
  • The Alhambra and the Kremlin (1873)
  • Life of Samuel F. B. Morse (1875)
  • Irenæus Letters (1880, 1885)

References

Notes

  1. Stevenson, Edward Irenæus (July 1886). "Four Primes". The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. XVII (3): 206. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. "Charles Augustus Stoddard, D. D." Obituary Record of the Society of Alumni, Williams College 1920-1921. Seventh Series, 1920-1929, No. 2. Williamstown, Massachusetts: 70. April 1921.
  3. "Stoddard, Charles Augustus". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IX. New York: James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 127.
  4. "Death of Rev. Irenæus Prime". La Porte City Review. Manchester, Vermont (published July 30, 1885). July 20, 1885. p. 4. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

Sources

  • E. D. G. Prime, Notes... of the Prime Family (New York, 1888)
  • Wendell Prime (editor), "Samuel Irenaeus Prime. Autobiography and memorials (New York, 1888),
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Autobiography in Irenæus Letters (second series, New York, 1885).
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