J. B. (Jared Bell) Waterbury

Born in New York City in 1799, Jared Bell Waterbury was an American minister and author whose writing focused on Christian devotion and conduct. Sources agree that he graduated from Yale in 1822, studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, and went on to a long career in the ministry.

He served churches in Hudson, New York, and Boston, and later became known for widely read religious works such as Advice to a Young Christian, The Happy Christian, and other manuals of devotion and moral guidance. He is also remembered as a hymn writer and tract author, with his books written in a direct, practical style meant to encourage ordinary believers.

Waterbury died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1876. While a basic biographical record is available, I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages retrieved here, so no profile image is included.