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John McAuley (1807-1883)

James Dodson

Born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, January 6, 1807.  His grandparents came from Scotland, in 1774, as members of the Mecklinberg Colony, and settled near Charlotte, North Carolina.  His father, a Presbyterian elder...

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David Steele (1803-1887)

James Dodson

Born in Upper Creevaugh, County Donegal, Ireland, November 2, 1803.  He received his early education in the private and night schools of the vicinity, and labored upon the farm until his sixteenth year.  In 1820, he entered the Academy...

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Robert Lusk (1781-1845)

James Dodson

Born near Londonderry, Ireland, March 8, 1781.  He came to America with his parents, in 1792, settling in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  In early life he manifested a thirst for knowledge, which could not be gained very...

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Gilbert McMaster (1778-1854)

James Dodson

Born in Saintfield, County Down, Ireland, February 13, 1778.  He came with his parents to America in 1791, and settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  In 1798, he was engaged as a teacher in Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania, and...

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Alexander M’Leod (1774-1833)

James Dodson

Born in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, June 12, 1774.  His father was a distinguished minister of the Church of Scotland.  He came to America, by way of Liverpool, England, in the spring of 1792.  Soon after his arrival in New York, he..

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John Black (1768-1849)

James Dodson

Born in County Antrim, Ireland, October 2, 1768.  He received the rudiments of a classical education in the schools of his native country.  He graduated from the University of Glasgow, in 1790.  He returned to Ireland where he engaged in...

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Archibald Mason (1753-1831)

James Dodson

Born at Bargady, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, on September 15, 1753, to parents driven into the Secession church on account of some dissatisfaction with the moral character of their minister in the Church of Scotland.  He received a country...

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William Steven (1739-1796)

James Dodson

There is no indication given when Steven was born or where he came from.  The name of William Steven occurs in the Matriculation Albums of Glasgow University, where he is said to be a dyer's son from Kilmarnock.  Steven was licensed...

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John Reid II (1753-1820)

James Dodson

Believed to be the son of John Reid of Chirnside, John Reid was licensed at Douglas on August 12, 1786.  On February 13, 1787, a call was presented to him from Perth, but delay was asked for on  the ground of the improved...

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John Thorburn (1735-1788)

James Dodson

Born, probably in 1730, at Wallacetown in Annandale, where his father was a merchant.  He was one of the "four Johns."  The first extant minutes of Presbytery, February 9, 1758, gives his name as clerk, a post he retained until...

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John Courtass (d. 1795)

James Dodson

One of the original "four Johns," nothing is known of his birth and training.  He was ordained at Craighead on September 6, 1755, and was specially assigned to the Southern congregation when the Presbytery was divided...

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John Fairley (1729-1806)

James Dodson

Born in the parish of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, in 1729.  While a student he supported himself by teaching.  He first appears in minutes of Presbytery in 1760.  After a long examination, extending over many months, he was licensed...

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Robert Traill (1642-1716)

James Dodson

Born in Elie, May, 1642.  After the usual prepatory studies, he was sent to the College of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself in the several classes.  He devoted his life to the ministry and the cause of the church of his fathers...

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