January 29: James Latta

His epitaph, composed by the Rev. William Arthur of Pequea, read as follows: In memory of THE REV. DR. JAMES LATTA, Who died 29th January, 1801, in the 68th year…

January 27: J. Trumbull Backus, D.D.

Another great resource for Presbyterian biography is Alfred Nevin's 1884 publication, The Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Including the Northern and Southern Assemblies. This…

January 24: Richard Clark Reed

On this day, January 24, in 1851, the Rev. James Landrum Reed and his wife Elizabeth became the proud parents of a baby boy whom they named Richard Clark Reed.…

January 18: You Can’t Say That!

From the Presbyterian Church of America to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church The Rev. Henry G. Welbon was a founding member in 1936 of the denomination that later became known as…