Brown, James F., D.D., was born at Scotch Plains, N. J., July 4, 1819. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841

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Brown, James F., D.D., was born at Scotch Plains, N. J., July 4, 1819. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841, and studied theology with Rev. Dr. Dagg. He was ordained pastor of Gainesville Baptist church, Ala., and in 1846 took charge of the Great Valley church, Pa., in which he remained eight years, and was then called to his native place in 1854, where he ministered six years. The First church of Bridgeton had his valuable services for about eight years, and the old church at Piscataway then was under his charge for ten years and a half, when failing health compelled him to resign in 1878. A man of scholarly attainments, gentle spirit, sound theological views, large sympathies, and blessed in his past ministry, it is hoped that he may have sufficient health to resume the pas- torate. The university at Lewisburg, Pa., of whose board of curators he is a member, and of which he was chancellor for several years, con- ferred upon him the Doctorate of Divinity in 1863. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart