Rockwood, Lubim Burton

Rockwood, Lubim Burton, a Congregational minister, was born at Wilton, N.H., April 8, 1816. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839, and entered the Andover Theological Seminary, where he remained two years, and then entered the Union Theological Seminary, where he also remained two years, graduating in 1843. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry in 1845, and became the financial agent of Union Theological Seminary. He was called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church at Rocky Hill, Conn., in 1850, and continued in charge of the same until 1858, when he accepted the position of district secretary of the American Tract Society of New York, and subsequently of that of Boston, Mass. He died while engaged in this work, May 7, 1872. (W.P.S.)