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PHILIP STAFFORD, clergyman. Born in Markham, Conn., in 1848, he served with the Army of the Cumberland in 1862, and enlisted in the 17th Illinois Cavalry, serving in 1863-1865.
He studied at Rochester Theological Seminary and Rochester University, graduating from the latter in 1879. Was then Baptist pastor in Cleveland, O., till 1885, and in Boston till 1894, when he took charge of the South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass., becoming pastor emeritus in 1917. His works include: "The Aim of Life" and "Two Masters: Browning and Turgenief."