Newton, Alfred, Dd

Newton, Alfred, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born at Colchester, Connecticut, November 11, 1803. He graduated from Yale College in 1828, was tutor there from 1831 to 1834, and in the latter year graduated from the Divinity School. In the spring of 1835 he was invited to supply the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church in Norwalk, Ohio, and was ordained the same year; was installed pastor July 24, 1838, and sustained that relation until August 1, 1870. He remained as pastor emeritus of the Church and a resident of the town till his death. December 31, 1878. See Obit. Record of Yale College, 1879.