Blodgett, Constantine, Dd

Blodgett, Constantine, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born at Randolph, Vt., Nov. 17, 1802. After attending the Randolph Academy he entered Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1826. During the succeeding seven years he studied theology in private, and taught school in South Carolina. Meantime he was ordained Oct. 19, 1831, in Marion District. From Dec. 2, 1834, until June 15, 1836, he was pastor in Newmarket, N. H. July 27, 1836, he was installed in Pawtucket, R. I., and became retired pastor June 1, 1871. From 1868 he was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He died Dec. 29, 1879. He published only two Sermons. See Cong. Year-book, 1880, p. 12.