In 1800, Philadelphia was the seat of the U. S. Government, but that was about to change. On May 15, President John Adams sent a brief letter to federal department heads instructing them to commence relocation of their...
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Charles A. Stillman, 1819-1895
Charles Allen was born to James and Mary Stillman in Charleston, South Carolina, March 14, 1819. He attended Oglethorpe University before earning his theological degree from Columbia Seminary in 1844. He was licensed by...
T. V. Moore, Spirituality of the Church
Thomas Verner was born February 1, 1818 to John and Rachel (McCullough) Moore in Newville, Pennsylvania. His father had emigrated from Ireland and was a middling-sort operator of a local water-driven mill. Thomas’s last...
Obadiah Jennings, Ordained When Forty Years Old
Obadiah Jennings was born near Basking Ridge, New Jersey, December 13, 1778, the fourth son of physician and minister Jacob Jennings. Obadiah’s father, when about forty years of age, developed an interest in reading...
John McKnight, Farmer and Presbyterian Visionary
John McKnight was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1754. His father was an officer in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War. John’s mother was left a widow when he was a boy, but she then...
Ethelbert D. Warfield, Higher Education
Ethelbert Dudley was born to William and Mary (Cabell) Breckinridge Warfield at Grasmere near Lexington, Kentucky, March 10, 1861. Ethelbert is the name of the sixth-century king of Kent who is said to have been the...
