Freeborn Garretson Hibbard

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Reverend Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard (February 22, 1811 - January 27, 1895) was an American Methodist minister, theologian, and author.

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Reverend Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard in his study at Clifton Springs Rev. F.G. Hibbard in his study at Clifton Springs.jpg
Reverend Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard in his study at Clifton Springs

Life

His father, Reverend Billy Hibbard, was a well-known clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Freeborn entered the ministry of the same church in the New York conference at the age of eighteen, before he had completed his college course, and continued in this work chiefly in western New York from 1830 till 1856, when he was elected editor of the Northern Christian Advocate , printed in Auburn, New York. In 1860, he resumed the pastorate and became presiding elder of the Geneva district. [1]

His wife, Maria Hyde Hibbard, served as President of the New York State Woman's Christian Temperance Union. [2]

Hibbard died on January 27, 1895, in Clifton Springs, New York. [1]

Reverend Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard with his niece Ellen Hinckley Hyde to his right and his wife Maria Hyde Hibbard to his lower left, with her arms around unidentified children Rev. F.G. Hibbard with his family.jpg
Reverend Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard with his niece Ellen Hinckley Hyde to his right and his wife Maria Hyde Hibbard to his lower left, with her arms around unidentified children

Works

Dr. Hibbard's principal works are as follows:

He also edited the "Sermons" (1869) and "Works" (1872), and published a "Biography of Bishop Leonidas L. Hamline" (1880). The "Commentary on the Psalm" (1882) in the Whedon series of "Commentaries on the Old Testament" was written by him. He also published a "History of the late East Genesee conference" (1887). [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wilson & Fiske 1891 , p. 194.
  2. Graham, Frances W.; Gardenier, Georgeanna M. Remington (1894). "MRS. MARIA HYDE HIBBARD.". Two Decades: A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York : 1874–1894. Press of R.J. Oliphant. p. 32. Retrieved 25 January 2024 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu - Online Books by F. G. Hibbard

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