Lucius Waterman (1851-1923) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Washington, D.C. He was a theologian, pastor, campus minister, and professor. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1871 and received his M.A. degree in 1874. In 1876, he graduated from Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown, Connecticut, and later received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College in 1892. Waterman married Abbey J. Cate in 1884. Upon her death in 1886, Abigail Tilton, the eldest sister of Mary Baker Eddy, bequeathed money to Trinity Episcopal Church in Tilton, New Hampshire, where Waterman was Rector from 1879-1881, as long as Waterman did not return to preach. Further history between the two is unknown. Waterman preached at All Saints Church, an Episcopal church in Littleton, New Hampshire, from 1888-1893. In 1894, he established St. James' Church in Laconia, New Hampshire, and presented the lot and church edifice to the parish. He resigned his pastorate there in 1898 and became Rector of Trinity College from 1899-1902. Waterman served as Rector of St. Thomas Church in Hanover, New Hampshire, adjacent to Dartmouth College, from 1905-1919. His literary works include Post Apostolic Period (1898), and The Primitive Tradition of the Eucharistic Body and Blood (1919). He served as chairman of the Diocesan Committee of New Hampshire and was a member of the Triennial Convention, the first national Baptist denomination in the United States.

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