- REV. SAMUEL GAYLEY HUEY, the faithful and well-beloved pastor
of the United
- Presbyterian Church at Rock Prairie, Rock County, was born
May 7, 1854, at McAlevys Fort, Huntingdon Co., Penn., a son of
Robert and Elizabeth (BARR) HUEY, both of whom were of Scotch-Irish
extraction.
- Our subject obtained the rudiments of his education in the
common schools, and then passed four
- years in the Stone Valley Academy, in his native town, whence
he passed to Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Penn., graduating
in 1888. The following fall he entered the Allegheny Theological
Seminary, and was graduated in March 1891. On April 15, 1890,
he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Mercer, and the
summer following he passed doing missionary work at Benkelman,
Neb. Early in life he had united with the Stone Valley United
Presbyterian Church, in his native town, and had consecrated
his future years to the service of his Maker. No faltering,
no wavering, but onward, diligently striving to do the Master's
will, Rev. HUEY has labored in the interests of humanity. In
the autumn of 1890, he was called to the pastorate of the Rock
Prairie (Wis.) congregation, and on May 7, 1891, entered upon
his duties there. On Aug. 19, 1891, he was ordained to the Gospel
ministry by the Presbytery of Wisconsin, and finally installed
as pastor at Rock Prairie. Under the earnest ministration the
congregational has increased from 111 to 192 members, over 150
persons having been received into the church. In this time Rev.
Mr. HUEY's good works are known far beyond the confines of his
own parish, and he holds high rank among other ministers of the
same denomination. For the past eight years he has been Stated
Clerk of the Wisconsin Presbytery, and has ably discharged the
duties appertaining to that office. In 1895-96 he was Moderator
of the Synod of Illinois, and served a three-years term as a
member of the board of managers of the Xenia Theological Seminary
at Xenia, Ohio.
- On Sept. 10, 1891, Rev. Mr. HUEY was united in marriage with
Miss Eva DONALDSON, of
- New Wilmington, Penn., a daughter of Zechariah and Mary DONALDSON,
the former a nephew of Rev. Dr. DONALDSON, of Elders Ridge, Penn.
Mrs. HUEY, a highly cultured woman, was graduated from Westminster
College June 20, 1888, and passed the next two years as a teacher.
Rev. Mr. HUEY and wife are the parents of three children: Grace
Donaldson, born Dec. 29, 1894; Helen Barr, Oct. 27, 1896, and
Ruth Crawford, April 29, 1900.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c) 1901, pp. 739-740.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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