Bosworth, Geo. Wm., D.D., was born in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass., Sept. 30, 1818.

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Bosworth, Geo. Wm., D.D., was born in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass., Sept. 30, 1818. His parents were members of the Baptist church. At the age of thirteen he became deeply interested in religion and united with the church, being baptized by Rev. Calvin Newton, then the pastor, by whose encouragement he soon began to speak and pray in religious meetings. In 1831, Mr. Newton became a professor in Wa- terville College, and the year following took young Bosworth into his family and fitted him for college, which he entered in the class of 1837. His col- legiate course was interrupted by ill health, but he was awarded graduation rank by the board of trustees, also the degree of A.M. in 1854, and that of D.D. in 1862. He took the regular course in Newton Theological Institution, graduating in 1841. In September, 1841, he was ordained as_ pastor of the Baptist church in Medford, near Boston, the church being publicly ‘ recognized” on the same occasion. After a successful ministry of nearly five years in Medford, he became the pastor of the South Baptist church in Boston, his installation occurring March 29, 1846. Here he remained for nine years, In 1877 he entered on the pastorate of the ?? (NOTE: the electronic copy omits this detail) during which the church enjoyed prosperity. He then removed to Portland, Me., and became pastor of the Free Street Baptist church, February, 1855, which connection was sustained till Sept. 3, 1865. During this period Dr. Bosworth took a very active part in the service which secured the endowment of Waterville College, now Colby University. To obtain a partial relief from exhausting labors he severed his union with the Free Street church, against their urgent remonstrances, and became pastor of the First Baptist church in Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 10, 1865, and remained there till the close of January, 1869, when he became pastor of the First Baptist church in Haverhill, commencing his labors Feb. 7, 1869. From his ordination till now he has not been out of the pastoral connection for a single Sabbath. Aside from the ministerial service he has been much engaged in denominational activities,—secre- tary of the Massachusetts Convention from 1852 to 1855: secretary of the board of trustees of Newton Theological Institution from 1865 till this time ; secretary and treasurer of the Maine Bap- tist Education Society from 1856 till he left the State, in 1865; corresponding secretary of the Northern Baptist Education Society from 1865 till the present time. And he has been elected to fill the place of secretary and superintendent of the Massachusetts Baptist Convention, and has ac- cepted the appointment, having announced to the church in Haverhill his purpose to close his pas- toral labors at the termination of ten years of service, From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave goose