sentences:  Hungerford would continue to be honored with re-election to the position of Elder in Corning until he died—the last election being October 19, 1881 in which he was unopposed.Because his passion was education, Hungerford strongly supported the Auburn Theological Seminary, at the time located in Auburn, New York and later in 1939 relocated to New York City.Hungerford was appointed to the Board of Commissioners (Presbytery of Steuben), which hired and helped set salaries for the professors at the Seminary.