Clayton, Joshua A

Clayton, Joshua A., a Presbyterian minister, was born at Florida, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1805., He graduated from Union College in 1822 studied theology for over two years in Princeton Theological Seminary, and was ordained by the presbytery of Watertown, Nov. 10, 1826. He became stated supply at Enisburgh, N.Y. in 1825; preached there as pastor from 1826 to 1828 was stated supply at Brunswick in 1829; at Moreau, from 1830 to 1834; at Hebron, from 1835 to 1839; at Second Church, Plymouth, Mich., from 1840 to 1846; stated supply and missionary in Michigan and Kentucky, from 1846 to 1857, and also at Oakland, Mich., from 1857 to 1865. He died at Plymouth, Dec. 25, 1872. See Gen. Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1881