1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

j,?,),: '., ..... ~ , ..... ',.-!}, - •. ••·' • '-~:"·" PRESEKT CHURCH and was the father of three children, of whom two died in infancy. He was a man of great vigor and ability. His antipathy to slavery soon .made his location untenable, and as previously stated, he emigrated to Greene county with nearly all his corigre– gation. As a ·religious leader, he exerted an influence which has impressed itself ineradicably upon the character of _the people. His fame as an educator was wide-spread. For many years he · co1~ducted an .academy where yom;g men were prepared f<:ir college, or directly f6r active life. He was a professqr in the R P. Seminary ,it Philadelphia, and a trustee of Miami Univer– sity.' He d,ied· with his armor on, and was buried in Massie's Creek cemetery, on the very spot where his pulpit had stood. 18