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Surnames: Carnahan, McMillan
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Another obit... take care - Emma
New York times - 5 Mar 1859 - pg. 2
Obituary
The Rev. James Carnahan, D. D., late President of Princeton College, died at Newark on the
2nd of March, aged 74. He was a native of Pennsylvania, read theology under the Rev. Dr.
McMillan, was for a time tutor in Princeton College, removed to this State in 1805, and
became pastor of a church in Utica, in 1823 was chosen President of the College of New
Jersey, and resigned in 1853, after a service of thirty years. He was in different
capacities connected with the College for thirty five years, viz.: two years as a student,
two as a tutor, and thirty-one as President. He was one of the trustees of the College at
the time of his death, and also President of the Board of Trustees of the Theological
Seminary.