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Ward, Joseph

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Ward, Joseph (1838–1889)

US minister and educator. Known as the ‘Father of Congregationalism’ in Dakota Territory, he founded Yankton Academy in 1872 (Yankton College from 1881), the first college in the upper Mississippi River valley. He was president of the college (1881–89) and is credited with establishing the public education system in South Dakota. South Dakota placed his statue in the US Capitol. Ward was born in Perry Center, New York. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1868.



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