Inskeep, Rev. Phineas (1812-1869)

INSKEEP

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/7/2007 at 11:56:15

Historical Sketches of Iowa Baptists, Burdette Company, Burlington, Iowa, 1886.

REV. PHINEAS INSKEEP died September 16, 1869. He was born in Ohio, December 31, 1812, converted at the age of twelve, and ordained as a Methodist minister at 21. In 1839 he became convinced that immersion was the only Christian baptism and was immersed, but remained in the Metodist connection until 1859 when he united with the Baptist Church and was ordained at New Boston, Lee County, April 28, 1861. He was a pastor at Charleston, at Bonaparte, and perhaps some other churches, and was warden of the Penitentiary at Fort Madison. He had also become a member of the Legislatures of Ohio and Iowa. Those who attended him in his last sickness, witness to his triumphant death in hope of a glorius immortality.