Rev. Joseph Lorenzo, was born at Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 27, 1818

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Admin  ·7/19/22· Barlow, Rev. Joseph Lorenzo, was born at Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 27, 1818 ; ordained in 1853 at Seymour, Conn., where he was settled as pastor of the Baptist church one year. He sub- sequently held pastorates at Sandisfield, Mass. ; Greenfield Center, Stillwater, Broadalbin, and Lan- singburg, N. Y.; Ridgetown, Conn.; Dundee and Bloomingdale, Ill. ;.and he is now the pastor of the church in Menomonee, Wis. Mr. Barlow baptized about 400 converts in connection with these pasto- rates. His labors have been extensively sought by pastors in seasons of special religious interest. During the war he was the chaplain of the 125th Regiment of N. Y. Vols. He was captured by the Confederates at Harper’s Ferry, in 1862, when two weeks out, and resigned his commission the follow- ing February, owing to broken health. He is still, at the age of sixty-two years, in active service and doing an excellent work for the church to which he ministers. ae