Rev. James Lyman Harrington B.D.

DIVINITY SCHOOL

James Lyman Harrington, B.D. 1876.

• Born June 2, 1848, in Bennington, Vt.
• Died February 27, 1930, in Brunswick, N. Y.
• Father, George Dana Harrington (B.A. 1845); son of Lyman and Athhne (Bruce) Harrington, of Manchester, Vt.
• Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Lyman) Harrington; daughter of George and Catherine (Tichnor) Lyman, of Bennington.

Columbus (Ohio) High School; B.A. Williams 1872; studied in Yale Divinity School 1872-76; ordained to the Congregational ministry October 25,1876, in Orange, Vt., where pastor three years; pastor East Dorset, Vt., 1879-1882 Presbyterian Church, Sand Lake, N. Y., 1883-87, First Presbyterian Church, Brunswick, N. Y., 1887-1892, Presbyterian Church,Middle Granville, N. Y. 1892-1900, Denton, N. Y., 1900-08, and Hunter, N. Y., from 1908 until his retirement in 1916; had since lived at various times at Sand Lake, Tannersville, and Troy, N. Y.; member First Congregational Church,Bennington, at death.

Married April 7, 1885, at Sand Lake, Harriet Elizabeth,daughter of George and Louise (Merrill) Alexander.

Children:

George Dana, Syracuse ex-'11;

Edith Alexander (Mrs. John H. Curtis);

Florence (died in infancy);

Mildred Beach (Mrs.Ralph M Lord); and

Stella Elizabeth (Mrs. Ulric Sharpe).

Death due to chronic valvular heart disease. Buried in Old Bennington Cemetery. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, a granddaughter, a brother, William G. Harrington, of Columbus, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Egbert, of Bronxville, N. Y.

Bibliographic Information:

• Title: Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, Deceased during the year 1930-1931
• Number 90
• Twenty-eighth Series, Number Six
• Published: New Haven, 1 December 1931
• Page 324
• http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1930-31.pdf

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114 Mary Elizabeth Lyman, m. George O. Harrington at Bennington, Vt., June 8, 1847; graduated at Yale College in 1845; was civil engineer for some years; entered the commissary department of U. S. Yolunteer Corps in 1863, with the rank of capt., but rose during his term of service, to that of col. He was stationed at Columbus, Ohio. When the state board of charities was constituted, he was appointed president thereof. One of the annual reports which he has made in this capacity was spoken of as a very able and interesting document. Columbus, O.

Children, Ninth Generation :

118 1 James Lyman, b. June 2, 1848, at Bennington.

119 2 Mary Lucina. b. Feb. 2, 1850. at Troy ; d. May 12. 1854.

120 3 Charles Tichenor, b. May 26, 1851 ; d. Dec. 31, 1851.

121 4 William Gilbert, b. Oct. 3, 1854, at Bennington.

122 5 George Lyman, b. March 29, 1857, at Bennington.

123 6 Frank White, b. June 15, 1861; d. Oct. 3, 1861.

124 7 Laura Stark, b. Dec. 23, 1863, at Columbus, O.

124 8 Catharine Beach, b. March 11, 1867, at Columbus.

Bibliographic information:

• Title: Genealogy of the Lyman family in Great Britain & America : the ancestors and descendants of Richard Lyman, from High Ongar in England, 1631
• Author: Coleman, Lyman, 1796-1882
• Published 1872
• Topics Lyman family, Lyman, Richard, 1580-1640
• Publisher Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell
• Pages 1098
• Language English
• Call number 31833013284572
• Digitizing sponsor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• Book contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• Collection allen_county; americana
• Notes Handwriting in margins mostly unreadable in the book. This is a photocopied book. Photocopy lines and markings appear in the scan Print quality varies Some pages photocopied into book crooked.
• Full catalog record MARCXML
• Page 397
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyoflyman00cole#page/n812/mode/1up

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