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Rev John Baptiste Laurens

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Rev John Baptiste Laurens

Birth
Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 May 1894 (aged 67)
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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First Secretary and Treasurer of the Rosebud Missionary Society of the Virginia Conference M.E. Church South.

He fought in the Mexican War and later returned to start a school for children sponsored by the Rosebuds. The school bears his name and can be seen at http://www.laurens.edu.mx/

He also fought for the Confederacy during 1861 and 1862 as Captain John B. Laurens until ill health caused him to resign.
First Secretary and Treasurer of the Rosebud Missionary Society of the Virginia Conference M.E. Church South.

He fought in the Mexican War and later returned to start a school for children sponsored by the Rosebuds. The school bears his name and can be seen at http://www.laurens.edu.mx/

He also fought for the Confederacy during 1861 and 1862 as Captain John B. Laurens until ill health caused him to resign.


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