Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Alabaster, Francis Asbury 1866 - 
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Francis Asbury Alabaster

One of Nebraska's most distinguished educators, Francis A. Alabaster has been a
resident of the state since 1893. He was born at Rochester, New York, June 10,
1866, the son of John and Harriet Ann (Bemish) Alabaster. His father, who was of
English descent, was born at Geneva, New York, January 2, 1836, and died at
Canandaigua, New York, September 7, 1887.

He was a noted clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal Church; was awarded the A.
B. and D. D. degrees at Syracuse University; was a lecturer and traveler; and at
the time of his death, was pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church in Chicago.
His wife, who was of English, Irish, and French descent, was born at Rochester,
August 17, 1838, and died at Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 17, 1881.

Dr. Alabaster attended the public schools of New York, and Michigan; and in 1886
was graduated from the Northwestern University Academy. He received the A. B.
degree from Northwestern University in 1890, and the A. M. degree, 1898, from
the University of Nebraska; and in 1918 was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Literature, at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. During the summers of
1901 and 1902, he was a student at the University of Chicago, and in 1898 to
1900, took post graduate work at the University of Nebraska. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, at Northwestern, and Pi Gamma Mu, at Nebraska
Wesleyan. He was the first president of the Young Men’s Christian Association at
Northwestern; and served as president of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi there.

Since 1893, he has been professor of classical languages at Nebraska Wesleyan
University, and for over 20 years has been dean of the college of liberal arts
there. He has been the editor of University Bulletins since 1909. He holds
membership in the American Philological Association; the American Classical
League; the Archaelogical Institute of America; Lion’s International; The
Symposium; and the Nebraskana Society. He is a life member of the Nebraska State
Teachers’ Association; is affiliated with the First Methodist Episcopal Church
of Lincoln; and is a member of the Young Men’s Christian Association.

His marriage to Mary Blanche Robinson was solemnized at Omaha, Douglas County,
Nebraska, June 27, 1895. Mrs. Alabaster, who is of French and English descent,
was born at West Mansfield, Logan County, Ohio, May 2, 1875. Their children are:
Wendell, born April 3, 1900, who married Virginia Hardin; Francis T., born
November 11, 1903, who married Ellen Rubottom; and Ruth, born November 27, 1907,
who married Clair F. Weatherhogg. All of them hold A. B. degrees, granted by the
Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Wendell holds an LL. B. degree from the
University of Nebraska.

Dr. Alabaster is a Republican. His sports include golfing, hunting and fishing.
During the World War he served as a member of the local civic committee. His
hobbies are bird study, philately, the cornet, and collecting epitaphs. He is a
Mason. Residence: Lincoln.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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