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February 17: First Presbyterian, Gulfport, MS (org. 1899)

From the church's web site, at http://www.fpcgulfport.org/history The First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport, Mississippi, was organized on Friday, February 17, 1899, following a petition to the New Orleans Presbytery from eight…

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February 1: Thomas Verner Moore

Thomas Verner Moore was born on February 1, 1818, in Newville, Pennsylvania, a small town in Cumberland county, near Carlisle, PA. Completing his preparatory years, Thomas initially attended Hanover College,…

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January 31: Rev. J. J. Janeway

On the Death of a Christian. On Sabbath, January 31, [1858] he was confined to that bed, from which he never arose. Five months of wearying sickness passed away till…

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January 28: Edward Porter Humphrey, D.D.

EDWARD PORTER HUMPHREY, D.D., L.L.D., was the eldest son of Rev. Dr. Herman and Sophia Port Humphrey, and was born in Fairfield, Conn., January 28, 1809, and died in Louisville…

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January 25: Benjamin Morgan Palmer

The Pastor to the Confederate States of America The guest preacher in the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was closing out his prayer when the cannon…

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