Elias Lyman Magoon

Elias Lyman Magoon (October 20, 1810 – November 25, 1886) was an American clergyman and religious writer.

Magoon was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the son of Elder Josiah Magoon of New Hampton, and brother of Martin L. Magoon, who died at Medford, Mass., in 1831, and of Capt. John C. Magoon of Medford. He one of the most distinguished clergymen who prepared for college at New Hampton. He was graduated from New Hampton about 1834, and was an active member of the Literary Adelphi. He was "an enthusiastic and accomplished student of architecture and Christian art". He held pastorates in prominent churches in Richmond, Cincinnati, New York, Albany, and Philadelphia. He was a pastor about forty-six years and never out of employment, and continued in the work until within a few months of his death. He was an author as well as a preacher, leaving behind him such works as "Orators of the American Revolution", "Living Orators of America", "Proverbs for the People", "Republican Christianity", and "Westward Empire". Many now living will long remember the genial articles in our denominational papers signed "Elm".

Magoon died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of seventy-six.