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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

Edward Armstrong Ince, M.D.: b. Dec. 10, 1847, Mountmellick, Ireland; d. May 18, 1920, Detroit, Mich.; immigrated to America in 1870; became a naturalized citizen in 1880; grad. Union Theological Semi … read more