Baptist Church History

9/7/23  · Daily Baptist EncyclopediaPost by Jim CurranCallaghan, George, Esq., was born in Scotland, Jan. 29, 1827. His parents emigrated to this country in 1829, He was baptized at West Chester, Pa., by Rey. Alfred Taylor, March 5, 1845, and was subsequently a member of the churches at Upland, First West Philadelphia, and Angora, Philadelphia. He is extensively engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods at the last place, and he has for many years been connected with various educational and missionary boards. The church at Angora was or- ganized and has been sustained chiefly through the labors and benefactions of himself and his brother, Robert J. Callaghan, both of whom were among its constituent members. These brothers are noted for being among that class of wealthy Baptists who prefer acting as their own executors of the riches intrusted to their stewardship ; hence their gifts to denominational and other religious enterprises have been frequent and generous, – They live in the en- joyment of visible and blessed results. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart