Buckbee, Charles Alvah, D.D., was born in Penn Yan, N.Y., April 3, 1824. In 1835

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Buckbee, Charles Alvah, D.D., was born in Penn Yan, N.Y., April 3, 1824. In 1835 his parents moved to New York City. He was converted in 1837, and joined a Methodist class. In 1839 he united with the Tabernacle Baptist church, and soon after devoted himself to the ministry, entering Madi- son University in May, 1840, and graduating in Aug- ust, 1848, Settled as pastor at Conway, Mass., Oct. 6, 1848; was blessed with two revivals and bap- tized many converts. In March, 1851, he resigned; moved to New York; was associate editor of the New York Chronicle, and in June, 1852, entered the service of the American Bible Union, in which he remained as an officer and manager seventeen years. He was one of the editors of the first vol- umes of its “Documentary History,’ the Bible Union Monthly, and the Quarterly. In 1867 he visited the Pacific coast as a special delegate of the Union, and held two public debates on revision of the English Scriptures. The debates were pub- lished and widely circulated. During his connec- tion with the Union he established the Baptist church in West Hoboken, N. J.; was its pastor nearly ten years, and immersed nearly 150 con- verts into its fellowship. In June, 1869, he settled permanently in San Francisco, Cal.; was nearly three years pastor of the Fifth church, which he organized, and into whose membership he baptized nearly 100 converts. He edited, for five years, The Evangel, and continues in the conduct of its Sun- day-school department. In all Baptist organiza- tions he has been active, as secretary of the State Convention, president one year of the Board of California College, and member of the Missionary Board of California. In 1879 he received from California College the degree of D.D. In 1870 he accepted a position in the U. S. Mint, which he still holds, and though not a pastor preaches to feeble churches nearly every Lord’s day. During his ministry he has helped pastors in many revi- valy and baptized about 400 converts. He is one of the most laborious men in the Baptist ministry of the Pacific coast. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart- photo from findagraveView insights81 post reach

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