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Immediately after graduating, he went to Palmyra, Wisconsin, where he taught
school until June, 1865, at which time he removed to Waukegan, Illinois, where he
taught for one year. In the Fall of 1866, having decided to study for the ministry, he
entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, where he remained for one year. He then
went to the Andover Theological Seminary, where he continued his studies until he
graduated in July, 1869. In November, 1869, he sailed for Japan, as a missionary under
the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was the
first missionary of the American Board to Japan. He arrived at Tokio, in December,
1869, and remained there until March, 1870, when he went to Kobe, where he resided
and labored until May, 1874. The first church was organized at Kobe on April 19, 1874,
with eleven members. In 1882 there were nineteen churches with one thousand members.
From June, 1874, until May, 1880, he resided in Yokohama, as a member of the
committee for the translation of the New Testament into the Japanese language. After
superintending the printing of this version, which was published in June, 1880, he
returned to the United States, where he spent about eighteen months, traveling through
different parts of the country, and preaching in the interests of the American Board. He
returned to Japan in November, 1881, and has been stationed since that time in
Kioto, as an instructor in the Doshisha English School, his principal work being in the Theological
Department.
In addition to the Japanese version above alluded to, he also edited an edition of
the Chinese New Testament, for the use of Japanese readers.
He received the degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth in course, and also the
degree of Doctor of Divinity from Rutger's College in 1879.
In politics, he is an independent republican.
He was married July 29, 1869, to Miss Mary Jane Forbes, of Westborough,
Massachusetts. They have seven children: Evarts Boutell, born July 8, 1870; Fannie
Bradley, born August 29, 1871; Daniel Crosby, born January 29, 1873; Jerome Davis,
born October 12, 1874; Mary Avery, born February 20, 1877; Roger Sherman, born
May 29, 1881, and Elisabeth Grosvenor, born October 20, 1882.
Source: "Memorialia
of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by
John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884,
Chicago
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