Rosenkrans, Joseph

Rosenkrans, Joseph, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Wallpack, N.J., Nov. 13, 1812. He received his education at Amherst College, Mass., and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; studied theology in the Union Theological Seminary, New York city; and was ordained by New York Third Presbytery in 1842 as pastor of the Church in Bethlehem, N.Y. He subsequently preached for the churches of Newport, Martinsburg, Romulus, and Onondaga Valley, N.Y., where he was laboring when he died, June 19, 1863. Mr. Rosenkrans was a man of well-balanced mind; orthodox, faithful to every trust, a fair scholar, and a good preacher. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, p. 321. (J.L.S.)