ID: I19805
Name: Wellesley Perry CODDINGTON
Sex: M
Change Date: 22 MAY 2004
Birth: 23 OCT 1840 in Ossining, New York
Death: 13 AUG 1913 in Hamburg, Germany
Burial: Oakwood Cmty, Syracuse
Reference Number: 1016
Note: Wellesley was graduated at Wesleyan University in 1860 and the same yeartaught in the Troy conference seminary, Poultney, VT, removing in 1862to the Amenia seminary, Dutchess County, NY, where he was a teacher ofancient languages and in 1863 was acting principal of that institution.In 1864 he became teacher of Greek in Cazenovia seminary, NY, wastransferred to the Oneida conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in1865, and was appointed professor of modern languages in GenesseeCollege. In 1868 he was transferred to the chair of Latin and Greek,holding the same until 1871, when the college was removed to Syracuse,NY, and took the name of Syracuse University. He continued in the samechair until 1891, having added to his duties the chair of ethics andChristian evidence. In 1891 he was promoted to the chair of philosophyand pedagogy. He received the honorary degree of S.T.D. from HamiltonCollege in 1881.
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Father: David Cook CODDINGTON b: 22 MAR 1804 in 17 Chambers St, New York City, New York Co., New York
Mother: Hannah PERRY b: 19 JAN 1807
Marriage 1
Louisa GUIBORD b: 17 MAR 1837 in Plattsburg, New York
- Married:
23 JUL 1863
in Plattsburg, Madison County, New York
Children
 Herbert Guibord CODDINGTON b: 06 FEB 1865 in Cazenovia, New York Gertrude Louisa CODDINGTON b: 13 APR 1868- Winifred P. CODDINGTON b: 01 JAN 1873 in Syracuse, New York
- Ethel CODDINGTON b: 27 FEB 1876
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