Burrows, Roswell S., a prominent layman of Albion, N. Y., was born in Groton, Conn., Feb. 22, 1798.

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Burrows, Roswell S., a prominent layman of Albion, N. Y., was born in Groton, Conn., Feb. 22, 1798. He was the grandson of Rey. Silas Burrows and son of Rev. Roswell Burrows, one pastor for fifty-three years and the other for thirty-five years of the Second Baptist church in Groton. [le en- tered the Sophomore class of Yale College at the age of twenty-one. He was compelled to leave college in the middle of the junior year by reason of con- tinued ill health. In 1867 the college conferred on him the honorary degree of A.M. In 1824 he es- tablished himself in Albion, N. Y., where he still lives, having been for the last ten years the oldest resident of the place. He is distinguished chiefly for remarkable busi- ness talents, having been connected with numerous large public and private enterprises, which have yielded him an ample fortune. He has been iden- tified with the university and seminary at Roches- ter through all their history, and gave the latter institution ‘‘ The Neander Library,” now valued at $20,000. He has been a member of the United States House of Representatives. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave