Rev. Peter Colgrove, 1817-1860

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Historical Sketches of Iowa Baptists, 1886
S. H. Mitchell, Published by Burdette Co., Burlington, Iowa. Page 475
 
Obituary Notes, From Works to Rewards

Rev. Peter Colgrove died near Fairbank, Fayette county, Iowa, August 1, 1860, after a sickness of only two days. He was born in Tompkins county, New York, June 10, 1817. United with the Baptist church at Mecklenburg at the age of 16, entered the institution at Hamilton June 27, 1834, and completed their full course of study. He was ordained at Mecklenburg August 25, 1841. He labored with a number of churches in his native state, and received to their membership about three hundred souls. He came with his family to Fayette county, Iowa, in 1859. "As a counselor, judicious and safe; as a preacher, instructive and some times thrilling ; as a man, a Christian and a minister, upright and dignified." He was "just such a man as is needed in every new settlement, and greatly missed by the whole community."

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