Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight [SEP] place of birth
Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816–1889) was an American minister, educator, scholar and author.
Life.
Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight was born April 5, 1816 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was physician Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780–1850), and paternal grandfather was Yale University president Timothy Dwight. His mother was Sophia Woodbridge Strong (1793–1861).
In 1831 the family moved to Clinton, Oneida County, New York, where his father served as treasurer of Hamilton College after giving up his medical
married Sophia Woodbridge Strong (1793–1861)
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