Child, William Chauncy, D.D., was born in Johnstown, N. Y., in August, 1817, and was a graduate of Union College in the class of 1840

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Child, William Chauncy, D.D., was born in Johnstown, N. Y., in August, 1817, and was a graduate of Union College in the class of 1840, and of the Newton Theological Institution in the class of 1844. He was ordained at Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 30, 1844, and was pastor of the First Baptist church in that city six years,—1844—50,—and subsequently pastor of the church in Framingham, Mass., eight years,—1851-59. In 1861 he was chosen district secretary of the American Tract Society, of Boston, which position he held for eight years,— 1861-69. Soon after retiring from this office he was elected district secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society and was in office until 1873. He occupied during the latter years of his life a responsible position on the editorial staff of Zhe Watchman and Reflector. He died suddenly at Boston, Jan. 14, 1876. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart