John was born in Lexington, Virginia, April 25, 1814, to John and Jane McDowell Leyburn. The infant’s paternal grandparents were George and Abigail Leyburn who were descended from English ancestors that had relocated to...
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Alexander T. McGill, 1807-1889
The surnames of Alexander, Miller, Hodge, and Warfield represent familiar faculty from the history of Princeton Theological Seminary, but despite his having taught in the seminary for nearly thirty years, Alexander...
Review, Meditations on Preaching, F. J. Grimké
The recent release from Log College Press of Meditations on Preaching by Francis James Grimké (1850-1937) provides a collection of nearly two-hundred thoughts on the practice of pulpit ministry. Entries collected in the...
Lt Joseph Volney Wilson, 1895-1918
Even though the United States did not enter the First World War until 1917, there were several Americans that defied President Wilson’s policy against U.S. involvement and left the country to help in the war...
History Greenbrier Presbytery 1889
Greenbrier Presbytery was organized in 1839 primarily through the extensive missionary efforts of the father of the Presbyterian Church in West Virginian, John McElhenney. In the publication available for PDF download...
Archibald McQueen, 1796-1854
Scottish Highlanders settled in Robeson and Scotland Counties in North Carolina having journeyed up the Cape Fear River from the coast. They established homes and farms along the upper tributaries and along the...
