January 19, 1831, Canaan, Maine.

Oc­to­ber 7, 1907.

Ela grad­u­at­ed from Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty, with hon­ors, in 1857, and en­tered the Amer­i­can Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­try in 1860. In 1876, he earned his Doc­tor of Di­vin­i­ty de­gree from Cor­nell Un­i­ver­si­ty. For two years he was prin­ci­pal of the East Green­wich Sem­in­a­ry.

• Hughes, pp. 381-2
• Julian, p. 1561
• Nutter, p. 406

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