The Biographical Dictionary of America/Auringer, Obadiah Cyrus

AURINGER, Obadiah Cyrus, clergyman, was born at Glens Falls. N. Y., Jan. 4, 1849. He received his preparatory education in the public schools, and afterwards extended his study in science and literature. For some years he served on a United States man-of-war in the tropics of America; engaged in farming 1875-89, and in the meantime fitted for the Presbyterian ministry under private tutors. He was ordained in 1890, and was pastor at Northwood, N. Y., 1889-’91, and of the Third Church, Troy. N.Y., from 1892. He published Scythe and Sword poems (1887); Heart of the Golden Roan (1890); Book of the Hills (1890); The Christ (1900); and contributed poems to periodicals.