Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Belden, Deacon Stanton, A.M., son of Martin and Prudence (Shales) Belden, was born in Sandisfield, Mass.

Baptist Church History

10/10/22  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran

Belden, Deacon Stanton, A.M., son of Martin and Prudence (Shales) Belden, was born in Sandisfield, Mass., Jan. 15, 1808; united with the Baptist church in Colebrook, Conn., under Rey. Rufus Babcock, in 1822; graduated at Yale College in 1833; founded the Fruit Hill Classical Institute, in North Providence, R. I., in 1835, and, with the exception of four years, remained the honored and successful principal till 1861, receiving students from all parts of the world except Asia; was ordained deacon of the Fruit Hill Baptist church. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart