The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-16
From the Cincinnati Gazette Of Feb. TO-,

DEATH OF DR.. BIaGs.-Another name is
added to the long list of aged Cincinnatians
deceased within the last twelve months; and
another vacancy occurs to remind us that
the generation of noble men who laid the
foundations of our city, and contributed
largely to establish those Christian and ed
ucationnl institutions, the advantages of
which we now as fully enjoy, are rapidly
disappearing. Yesterday, Rev. Thomas J..
Biggs, D. D., was called to his rest. This
announcement will not surprise those who
were aware of the condition of the health
the deceased for some time past; but the
announcement of his death will, neverthe-
less, be received with sorrow by our citizens,
who have known him from his long connec-
ton with the religious and educational in
terests of Cincinnati, and who esteemed
and loved him for his many excellent quail
tiles. Faults, he had few; virtues, he had
many enemies, he had none; friends, they
were as numerous as his acquaintance. If
he has not enjoyed the fame of great men,
in the general acceptation of that term, he
has been reverenced as father in Israel,
and as ameek, faithful AID consistent Chris
tiaD.
DR.. Biggs was born in Philadelphaia in
the year 1887. He graduated at Nassau
Hall. and afterward studied ior the minis
try at Princeton Theological Seminary, then
under the care of the Rev. Archibald Alex
ander, D. D. He afterward was Profes
sor in Princeton College, and thence re
moved to Frankfort, near Philadelphia,
where he became Pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, and married Rebecca Neff, who at
ter union of forty years, survived him.
In 1880 he removed to Cincinnati, and be
came one of the Professors in Lane Theo-
logical Seminary, at its organization. The
Professorship was endowed by friends at the
East expressly for him. Here he remained
many years, until the unfortunate division
in the Presbyterian Church, when he re
signed his Professorship and became Presi
dent of the Cincinnati College, with the
lamented Gen. o. M. Mitchell and Charles
L. Telford, among the members of the Fac.
ulty. He remained President of Cincinnati
College until its suspension, and then was
Called to the Presidency of Woodward Coll
lege, of which he had charge for several
years. His connection with these institu.
lions endeared him to the young men of
this city, who mourn his loss as that of a
kind, considerable, careful, Christian teacher,
of marked literary ability. When Wood
ward College became High School he
resigned the Presidency of the institution
and became pastor of the Fifth Presbyter-
ian Church in this city. The growing in
trinity of age pressed upon him, and after
one or two years of pastoral he resigned
his charge, and retired from public life,
except that he continued to serve as Presi-
dent Of the Board of Directors of the House
of Refuge.
A diligent and careful student, he still
prosecuted his studies and maintained his
usefulness as a Christian minister, preach
ing often, and always exerting happy in
fuence on those around him. Until very
recent period he kept diary Of passing
events, very interesting to himself and to
all who were privileged to examine it. He
died, as he had lived, Christian, leaving
one son in the gospel ministry, and large
circle of relatives, friends and former pupils
to mourn his loss.
The deceased was the last surviving mem.
Der of the Convention that founded the
American Bible Society.