Benjamin Heck Crever (Dickinson Alumni Record)

*Crever, Benjamin Heck – Born March 16, 1817, Carlisle, Pa.; p., James and Mary Crever; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1836; retired 1839; A. M., 1860, and D. D., 1883; clergyman; member of Central Pennsylvania conference, Methodist Episcopal church; principle of a private school, Milton, Pa., 1846-47; founder of Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 1848, and instructor in same for several years; hospital chaplain at Frederick, Md., 1863; presiding elder of the Carlisle district, 1866; teacher in Minnesota, 1872, Harrisburg, Pa., 1876; U. P. society; married, March 2, 1843, Susan Caroline Follansbee of Vermont; daughter, Mary Hamilton. Died April 15, 1890, at Hanover, Pa.