The Washington bee., 1898-09-17
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL DEAD.
AUTHOR OF MANY BooKs-AN ORATOR
AND SCHOLAR.

THE MOST NOTED NEGRO-NO MORE.
AUTHOR OF MANY BooKs-AN ORATOR
AND SCHOLAR.
Rev. Alexander Crummell, D. D.,
died Saturday at Point Pleasant, N. 7.
The news of death while not unexpect-
ed was heard with sincere regret by a
large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances. DR.. Crummell was one of the
best known colored men in this coun-
try, where he hal lived for the past
quarter of a century. He was man
of scholarly attainments and exercised
wide influence.
DR.. Crummell was born in the year
1919 in New York city. His father, who
was a native of the western part of
Africa was stolen when boy and
brought to this country. The attempts
of young Crummell to avail himself of
the educational facilities of the schools
in his vicinity provoked the hostility
that was felt toward his race ct that
time.
In 1885 in company with Henry
Highland Garnet, late United State
minister to Liberia, and Thomas Sid
ney, he entered a school at Canaan,
n. H., but the prejudice against the
higher education of negroes was so
intense that they were not permitted
to remain. Afterward they entered
the Oneida Institute and remained
three years.
In 1889 he made an application for
admission to the General Theological
Seminary in New York, as he desired
to enter the ministry of the Protestant
Episcopal church. This application
was denied, but subsequently a. license
to preach was obtained from that de-
nomination, though with difficulty. He
went to England in IS4S and entered
Queens College, Cambridge, and
graduated in 1858. He entered the
missionary service of his church and
for twenty years he was in Liberia,
during which time he acted as prinCi-
pal Of the Alexandria High School
and president of the Liberia College.
He returned to this country in 1873
and established in this city St. Luke's
Protestant Episcopal church, corner
18th and Madison streets northwest,
and continued as rector of this parish
until 1895, when he retired.
Dr. Crummell was president of the
Colored Minister'S Union and presi
dent Of the American Negro Academy.
His published works are 1.-The Future
of Africa" issued in 1862; "The
Greatness Of Christ" and "Africa and
America" He leaves widow and
two children.
In several of the colored churches
of the city Monday appropriate ref
erence was made to the death of DR..
Crummell This was especially the
case at St. Luke's church, of which
parish he had been rector for so many
years. A meeting of the vistry was
held and the rector, 0. M, Waller,
was appointed to represent the parish
at the funeral ceremonies, which took
place Tuesday in St. Philips, New
York city, In which parish the de-
ceased was born.
Tine Ministers Union of this city, at
a meeting held Monday at the Metro
politan A. M. E. Church, adopted a
resolution of respect to DR.. Crummell
and appointed the following delega-
ton of brethren to attend the funeral:
Rev. DIR. F. J. Grimke, Rev. DIR. J. A.
Johnson and Rev. o. NJ. Waller.
The resident members of the Amer
lcan Negro Academy held SpeClal
meeting Monday in the study of the
Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church and
took appropriate action.
In Ivy City Monday night, after
sermon by Rev E. P. Moon, pastor of
Lanes Chapel c. NJ. F.. Church, Mr.
Perry Carson spoke of the death of
DR.. Crummell, and suggested that a
resolution be adopted in his memory,
which was done. The resolution was
to the effect that "the Rev. Alexan |
der Crummell, d. D., great scholar
and divine of the Protestant Episcopal
Church and ex-rector of St. Luke
Episcopal Church, Washington, D. c.
whom we so much loved and admired |
having passed away, We, the
members and congregation Of Trinity
Baptist Church, Ivy City, deeply re.
gret the death of this great man, and
shall ever esteem his memory"