October 28: Septimus Tustin
An Unusual Name No Hindrance to God’s Working This writer has to acknowledge that I was curious regarding the name of this Presbyterian minister for this day of October 28,…
July 24: The Roundhead Regiment
It was an astonishing request by the Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Unable to join the Pennsylvania Reserves in the Civil War due to an abundance of volunteers,…
June 17: Bingham Finley Junkin
A Presbyterian Soldier In Service to His Country In these posts on Presbyterian History, Wayne Sparkman and I have written several posts on the remarkable Junkin family of Cumberland County,…
October 28: Septimus Tustin
An Unusual Name No Hindrance to God’s Working This writer has to acknowledge that I was curious regarding the name of this Presbyterian minister for this day of October 28, 1871. It was…
June 14: Thomas Smyth [1808-1873]
Bring the Books! Thomas Smyth was born on June 14, 1808 in Belfast, Ireland, the sixth son of Samuel and Ann Magee Smith. Thomas’s father was English, a prosperous grocer…