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Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Basil Manly. 1881. On January 25, 1798, Basil Manly was born in Chatham County, North Carolina. He was baptized on August 26, 1816 and licensed to preach in 1818. Manly graduated from the College of South Carolina in 1821 and was ordained the following year. He served as pastor a... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Bodkin Link. 1881. On May 7, 1828, J. B. Link was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was converted in 1840 and baptized in 1841. In 1853 he graduated from Georgetown College, Kentucky. Two years later he graduated from Rochester Theological Seminary. Link pastored chur... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Burr. 1881. William Burr was born in 1806. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. He died in Dover, New Hampshire on November 5, 1866. JPG file (270 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Jeremiah Phillips. 1881. Jeremiah Phillips was born in 1812. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, and was also a foreign missionary to India from 1835-1841. He died in Hillsdale, Michigan, on December 9, 1879, aged 67 years. JPG file (560 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Elias Hutchins. 1881. Elias Hutchins was born in 1801. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. Hutchins died in Dover, New Hampshire, September 11, 1859, aged 58 years. JPG file (648 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Ebenezer Knowlton. 1881. Ebenezer Knowlton was a Congressman from Maine, an anti-slavery champion. He was actively involved with the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, presiding over three sessions. Knowlton died in South Monville, Maine, September 10, 1874, aged 58 years. JPG... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of George T. Day. 1881. George T. Day was born in 1822. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. Writer of Baptist publications and editor of the "Star." Within the General Conference, he served as president of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1862 and presi... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John H. Cotton. 1881. John H. Cotton was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on August 20, 1778. He was married on May 30, 1802, after which he moved to New York state. In 1807 he moved to Vermont, where he lived the rest of his life. Cotton made a profession of religion on November... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Christmas Evans. 1881. Christmas Evans was born in Wales on Christmas Day, 1766. He taught himself to read using his Welsh Bible. After becoming convinced of the Baptist doctrine of baptism, Evans was baptized in 1788 in the river Duar. He devoted his entire life to the region ar... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Joseph W. D. Creath. 1881. On February 3, 1809, Joseph W. D. Creath was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was educated at Virginia Baptist Seminary (which later became Richmond College), where he graduated in 1837. Creath pastored several area churches until he was appointe...