General Notes

From the Congregational Year-Book 1907
SARGENT, ROGER MOSES, D.D., son of Stephen and Fanny (Noyes) Sargent, was born in Barton,  Vermont., Sept. 7, 1824. Received his early education in Lowell,   Massachusetts graduating from high school in 1842. Was graduated from Dartmouth in 1846 and from Andover in 1849. Licensed by Andover Association, March, 1849. Supplied, First Church, West Roxbury, Massachusetts September, 1849, to March, 1850, and at Farmington, N. H., 1850-51; ordained by an ecclesiastical council and installed pastor of Center Church, at Gilmanton, N. H., April 27, 1852, where he remained until February, 1860. Other pastorates: Farmington, N. H., February, 1860, to April, 1869, and Princeton   Massachusetts April, 1869, to September, 1871. Supplied: Monticello Seminary Church, Godfrey, Ill., October, 1871, to January, 1875; Illini, Ill., January, 1875, to November, 1882; Sandoval, Ill., 1882-87; Dover, Ill., 1888-91; Rockton, Ill., 1891-92; West Hawley,   Massachusetts June, 1892, to October, 1894; Woodburn, Ill., December, 1894, to June, 1895. Without charge, St. Louis, Mo., 1895-99. Supplied: Rokeby, Neb., 1900; Linwood, Neb., 1901; Sedgwick, Kan., 1902; Almena, Kan., 1903. Degrees: Dartmouth, A.B., 1846; A.M., 1864; D.D., 1896. Offices: He was trustee of Gilmanton (N.H.) Academy several years; county school commissioner in New Hampshire; secretary of State Board of Education of New Hampshire; editor of The Congregational Messenger, at St. Louis, Mo., 1895, and was for some time a correspondent and contributor for various papers and magazines. Publications: Reports of Board of Education of New Hampshire, 1864 and 1866. Married, Nashua, N. H., June 5, 1850, Elizabeth G., daughter of Abijah and Hannah (Goodrich) Spalding. Seven children, one living, Rev. Clarence Spalding Sargent, D.D. Died of pneumonia, in Wichita,Kan., Jan. 20,1906, aged 81 years, 4 months 13 days.