Prime to take charge of the pulpit, and he preached in it as stated supply about three years. He identified liimself with the improvement of the place, taking an active part in all public movements of a philanthropic and moral character. In addition to the sons and daughters already named, two sons more were trained in the academy, Edward D. G. Prime and William C. Prime, the first-named graduating at Union Colhge and the other at Princeton. The oldest son, A. J. Prime, pursued the study of medicine with Dr. A. K. Hoffinan, and was for many years a successful physician at White Plains, where he died April 3, 1864, aged fifty-three years.
During the time of Dr. Prime's principaiship of the academy, and almost entirely through his perseverance and enterprise, the large and handsome stone building now occupied by the institution was built, and it stands as a monument to his memory.
In the year 183o Dr. Prime and bis family removed to Newburgh, N. Y., where they conducted a female seminary and also the Newburgh Academy.
His sou, Rev. Samuel Irenieus Prime, D.D., who died in 1885, was for many years the editor of the New York Observer, and known throughout the country as a graceful writer of travels and religious works, as well as for his able editorial management of the Observer. He was born at Ballston_ N. Y., November 4, 1812, graduated at Williams College in
1829, was ordained a Presbyterian minister and received the degree of D.D. from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia. His brother, E. D. Prime, also of the Observer, and W. C. Prime, formerly of the New York Journal of Commerce, were also residents of Sing Sing in early life.