Teacher - Minister - Author - Scientist Scion of notable New England families. Sympathetic to the cause of the confederacy. Married in 1834 to Mary Rosset of the distinguished North Carolina family. Ordained to the ministry in 1835. Rector: Lincolnton, 1835-1837; Washington, 1840-1841, Hillsborough, 1841-1847; 1856-1872, Society Hill, South Carolina, 1847-1856. A world authority on Fungi in 1867 his published list of 4800 North Carolina plants was the largest North American Regional List.