(1855–1931), U.S. editor and clergyman, born in Mount Morris, N.Y.; Rome (N.Y.) Free Academy 1872, Univ. of Rochester 1876, Rochester Theological Seminary; ordained in Baptist church 1879; pastor of First Baptist Church, Little Falls, N.Y.; moved to Boston and became pastor of 2 churches there; joined staff of Youth's Companion magazine, Boston, 1891; chairman of executive committee that proposed and publicized national public schools celebration of Columbus Day, 1892; wrote Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, published in Youth's Companion, Sept. 8, 1892; authorship of pledge disputed for some years but dispute resolved by U.S. Flag Assoc. committee in 1939.