September 7: Robert Quarterman Mallard

Mallard, Robert Quarterman    09/07/1830-03/03/1904    PCUS    MD42.428; Stacy, History of the Midway Cong. Ch., p. 124; Mallard, Robert Quarterman [7 September 1830 – 3 March 1904] Son of Thomas and Rebecca…

August 13: George Howe, D.D.

The Value and Influence of Literary Pursuits. pages 25-27 https://archive.org/details/valueinfluenceof00howe It is refreshing to see, when the Bible is driven by the voice of authority from common schools, colleges rising…

August 12: Rev. Samuel Houston

Ordained and Installed this day, August 12, 1783, as the first seated pastor of the Providence Presbyterian church, Limestone, Tennessee. Rev. Houston was the first Presbyterian pastor ordained in the…

August 7: Rev. James Milligan [1785-1862]

James Milligan, a son of John and Margaret Milligan, was born in Dalmellington, Ayrshire,  Scotland,   August 7, 1785.    His early tendencies  were  decidedly religious and, at the age of fourteen,…

July 26: Maria Fearing

        Background material for our post--https://karenangelaellis.com/2017/02/28/ancestors-on-mission-maria-fearing-1838-1937/  : On July 26, 1838, Maria (Ma-rye-ah) Fearing was born a slave near Gainesville, Alabama. As a house servant, she spent much…