Baptist Church History Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Boynton, Hon. Nehemiah, was born in what is now Rockport, but, then a section of Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 2, 1804. When he was twenty-one years of age he commenced business at St. George, Me., where he remained nine years, and then re- moved to West…
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Baptist Church History Facebook Published by Jim Curran Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Boykin, Rev. Samuel, was horn in Milledge- ville, Baldwin Co., Ga., Nov. 24, 1829. His mother’s maiden name was Narcissa Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cooper, whose ancestors came ‘from: England. His paternal ancestor, Ed- ward Boykin, came from Caernarvonshire, Wales, and…
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Baptist Church History 6h · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Boykin, James, a deacon of the Baptist church at Columbus, Ga., was born in 1792, near Camden, in South Carolina. With his father, Francis Boy- kin, he moved to Georgia, and settled on a large plantation in Washington County, ten miles south of Milledgeville; in…
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Baptist Church History 8h · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Boyden, Rev. Jabez S., was born in Essex Co., N. Y., in 1831 ; brought to Michigan while still an infant; baptized in Mooreville, in June, 1850, and educated for the ministry at Kalamazoo College, from which he graduated in 1856. He settled at once…
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Baptist Church History Facebook Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Fruitful in suffering Boyd, Robert, D.D.—This widely known minister of Christ was born in Girvin, Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug. 24, 1816, and died at his home in Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 1, 1879, aged sixty-three years. His parents were devoted members of the Presbyterian Church, and…
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