Genesee Wesleyan Seminary

The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary was the name of two institutions located on the same site in Lima, New York.

In 1849 there was a substantive attempt to upgrade the institution to a truly college-level entity and Genesee College was created to replace the seminary.

This junior college closed in 1951 and the Elim Bible Institute has operated on the grounds since that time.

He remained in this office until 1836, when he was elected by the Methodist Episcopal General Conference as the Editor of The Christian Advocate and Journal, an important denominational periodical.

to have "opened most favorably," with a total enrollment the first year (1831–32) of 341 and with 170-180 students attending at any one time.

Seager was born 8 July 1807 in Simsbury, Connecticut and had joined the Genesee Conference in 1833.

In 1856-57 he was made Principal of the Genesee Model School in Lima, New York, an offshoot of the seminary.

There may have been some intent to preserve a full college at Lima by those who did not support the move to Syracuse.