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On May 25 1886 he was listed as leading the devotional exercises at the National Presbyterian assembly, so he must have been a major player. His book on Joseph Bellamy is cited in the American National Biography encyclopedia.

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Here’s Tryon Edwards’ profile from the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography:

Tryon Edwards, clergyman was born at Hartford Connecticut, Aug 7 1809, son of Jonathan Walter and Elizabeth Tryon Edwards, and great grandson of Jonathan Edwards, president of Princeton College. He was graduated at Yale College in 1828 and after studying law in the office of his father at Hartford at the Litchfield law school and in New York City he was admitted to the bar in 1830. He practiced law in New York City during the early thirties but soon gave it up and entered the Princeton theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1833.

In the fall of that year he was licensed to preach. His first pastorate was with the First Congregational Society of Rochester N.Y. where he preached from 1833-44; and he was then called to the Second Congregational Church of New London Connecticut, which pulpit he occupied until his resignation, Aug 4 1857.

Returning to New York he devoted himself to literary and educational work for ten years. He was one of the most prominent advocates of higher education of women in the Presbyterian church and founded Wilson College, Chambersburg PA which became the leading Presbyterian college for women. Dr. Edwards was its first president.

After an interval of pastoral work at Hagerstown MD he went to Philadelphia and assisted in founding a women’s college under Presbyterian auspices in the old home of Jay Cooke at Ogontz, PA. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Beloit College.

In 1879 he was called to Gouverneur NY and served as pastor there until 1888. His last years were spent in Detroit, Michigan where he was active in both church and literary work. He was the author of “Self-Cultivation”, 1835; “Christianity , A Philosophy of Principles”, 1841; “Select Poetry for Children and Youth”, 1851; “Jewels for the Household”, 1852; “The World’s Laconics”, 1852; “Wonders of the World”, 1855; “Anecdotes for the Family,” 1855; “Light for the Day”, 1877; “History of Columbus”; “History of the United States”; “Family Treasury”; and “Dictionary of Thoughts”, 1891.

He edited the works of his grandfather (1842); the works of the Rev. Dr. Bellamy (1850); “Charity and Its Fruits” from the manuscripts of the elder President Edwards (1730-54) and for many years had editorial charge of “The Family Christian Almanac”. He was married in Philadelphia May 29 1843 to Catherine Holkar, daughter of Samuel Hughes, and had two sons, Jonathan Tryon, H.H and William Fitz-Hugh Edwards M.D. he died in Detroit Michigan Jan 4 1894.