Edward Payson Terhune was an American

United States

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 theologian and author.

Biography

He was born on November 22, 1830 in New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey

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. He graduated from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 in 1850. He then studied theology at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary

New Brunswick Theological Seminary

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. In 1854 he was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian church in Virginia, becoming pastor of the congregation at Charlotte Court-House (now Smithville, Virginia

Smithville, Virginia

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In 1859 he moved to Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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 and took charge of the Old First Presbyterian Church. Rutgers gave him the degree of D.D. in 1869. He was the American chaplain at Rome, Italy, in 1876-1877. He returned to the United States in 1878, and was pastor of a Congregational church in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

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, from 1879 till 1884, when he took charge of a Reformed church in Brooklyn, New York.

He married Mary Virginia Terhune

Mary Virginia Terhune

Mary Virginia Terhune , also known by her penname Marion Harland, was an American author. She began her career writing articles at the age of 14, using various pennames until 1853, when she settled on Marion Harland. Her first novel Alone was published in 1854 and would go on to sell over 100,000...

 in 1856.

They had two children: Christine Terhune Herrick

Christine Terhune Herrick

Christine Terhune Herrick was an American author who wrote mostly about housekeeping. She published many articles in Harper's Bazaar and was also a journalist.-Biography:...

 and Albert Payson Terhune

Albert Payson Terhune

Albert Payson Terhune was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. The public knows him best for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies.-Biography:Albert Payson...

. He died on May 25, 1907.

Publications

• The Fallacy of Christian Science (King, 1890)
• The Lower James: A Sketch of Certain Colonial Plantations (privately published, 1907)
• Sermons, Vol. 1 (Biblio, 1927)