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George Nugent*: b. May 3, 1809, Phila., Pa.; d. June 21, 1883, Atlantic City, N.J.; . . . converted at the age of 23, he was baptized by H. G. Jones, Sr. (q.v.) in 1832, uniting with the Baptist churc … read more

Thomas Benjamin Montanye: b. Jan. 29, 1769, New York, N.Y.; d. Sept. 27, 1829, Southampton, Pa.; . . .Thomas was scripturally baptized in 1786 by John Gano (q.v.) at age 17, and united with the Gold S … read more

William Mangam Lawrence: b. May 11, 1848, Washington, D.C.; d. Apr. 10, 1934, Hamilton, N.Y.; . . . converted in early youth; “at the age of nine he entered the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Ins … read more

Joseph Hugg Kennard: b. Apr. 24, 1798, near Haddonfield, N.J.; d. June 24, 1866, Phila., Pa.; born of Quaker parents; “went to Wilmington in Delaware, yet a youth, to engage in business;” here he atte … read more

Horatio Gates Jones, Jr.*: b. Jan. 19, 1822, Roxborough, Pa.; d. Mar. 13, 1893, Roxborough, Pa.; . . . though a lawyer by profession, he became an eminent nineteenth-century historian of the Philadelp … read more