Rev. Gustavus, a colored Baptist preacher, was born in Fauquier Co., Va., in 1815

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Admin  ·   · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim CurranBrown, Rev. Gustavus, a colored Baptist preacher, was born in Fauquier Co., Va., in 1815, In 1828 he was brought to Kentucky. He experi- enced religion in 1832, at seventeen years of age, and was baptized in Cheautau’s Pond, St. Louis, by Elder Jerry Meachum, the first colored pastor in Missouri. Brother Brown was licensed to preach in 1839, and ordained by Rey. J. M. Peck, ».D., and Dr. 8S. Lynd, in 1846. He was called to the pastorate of the Nineteenth Street Baptist church in Washington, D. C., in 1849; labored six years ‘in that church, and four in the Second church of Washington. Came again to St. Louis in 1859, and still preaches there; is a useful and good man. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart