Jasper gradated at Princeton College 1st honor of 1862 at the age of 18, Theological Seminary. In 1868 he went to China. He would go where others deemed it unsafe. In order to win the hearts
of the people, he adopted the Chinese dress and partook of their food. He gave 5,000 toward the purchase for land, to build a Presbyterian church in Tsi-nan-fu, Shantung China. He died there, and is buried, Feb 2nd 1881, at the age of 37. He was there for 14 years. On his coffin they wrote " HOLY TEACHER GONE TO GOD". Eli F, William, Hannah Cooley's ,1883,"Genealogy Of Early Settlers Trenton and Ewing.....
of the people, he adopted the Chinese dress and partook of their food. He gave 5,000 toward the purchase for land, to build a Presbyterian church in Tsi-nan-fu, Shantung China. He died there, and is buried, Feb 2nd 1881, at the age of 37. He was there for 14 years. On his coffin they wrote " HOLY TEACHER GONE TO GOD". Eli F, William, Hannah Cooley's ,1883,"Genealogy Of Early Settlers Trenton and Ewing.....
Jasper gradated at Princeton College 1st honor of 1862 at the age of 18, Theological Seminary. In 1868 he went to China. He would go where others deemed it unsafe. In order to win the hearts
of the people, he adopted the Chinese dress and partook of their food. He gave 5,000 toward the purchase for land, to build a Presbyterian church in Tsi-nan-fu, Shantung China. He died there, and is buried, Feb 2nd 1881, at the age of 37. He was there for 14 years. On his coffin they wrote " HOLY TEACHER GONE TO GOD". Eli F, William, Hannah Cooley's ,1883,"Genealogy Of Early Settlers Trenton and Ewing.....
of the people, he adopted the Chinese dress and partook of their food. He gave 5,000 toward the purchase for land, to build a Presbyterian church in Tsi-nan-fu, Shantung China. He died there, and is buried, Feb 2nd 1881, at the age of 37. He was there for 14 years. On his coffin they wrote " HOLY TEACHER GONE TO GOD". Eli F, William, Hannah Cooley's ,1883,"Genealogy Of Early Settlers Trenton and Ewing.....
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