Cressey, George Washington

Cressey, George Washington a Congregational minister, was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, in December 1813. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1835, and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1838; was ordained in 1840 at Kennebunk, Me., where he remained nearly twelve years; and was stated supply at Buxton Centre, until his death, February 12, 1867. See Hist. of Bowdoin College, page 473. (J.C.S.)