Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Church, Rev. Leroy, was born in Western New York, Jan. 8, 1813.

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Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Church, Rev. Leroy, was born in Western New York, Jan. 8, 1813. He was baptized in Lake Ontario in 1832. His studies preparatory to the ministry were pursued at Hamilton, where he entered in the fall of 1834, graduating in 1839 from the college, and from the seminary in 1841. His first pastorate was at Schenectady, N. Y., where he entered upon service in September of 1841, being ordained in November of the same year. On the first Sabbath of the December following he baptized his first convert, a young man led to Christ by a few words addressed to him in the shop where he was at work. During the three years of this pas- torate at Schenectady about 100 were added to the church by baptism. Mr. Church became pastor of the church at Hudson, N. Y., in the fall of 1845, holding this important position until the fall of 1853, when he removed to Chicago, having purchased the Christian Times, now the Standard, with which paper he remained connected as senior proprietor and associate editor until 1875 when he disposed of his interest to Dr. J. S. Dickerson. This period of twenty-two years in Baptist journalism brought him into active and influential relations with a variety of Western interests, and his service in that connection was active, judicious, and effective. He wrote largely and well for the columns of the paper, while in connection with its financial administration, and in representing it in various parts of its wide field, his good judgment and tact and knowledge of men were elements of high efficiency.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave