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Andrew Purdy Thompson

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Andrew Purdy Thompson

Birth
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
28 Nov 1893 (aged 83)
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Section: 16, Lot: 131
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Graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg PA.
Studied for the ministry in the United Presbyterian Church.
Taught in Newville in Cumberland County.
Was principal of 4th Ward Public School in Allegheny City.
Sent by the Associate Church as a Missionary to Trinidad in the West Indies in 1847.
Became Agent of Young Men's Bible Society of Allegheny Co.
Worked for American Bible Society.
In politics he was originally a Whig, then an abolitionist, and was present in Lafayette Hall at birth of the Republican party.
Graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg PA.
Studied for the ministry in the United Presbyterian Church.
Taught in Newville in Cumberland County.
Was principal of 4th Ward Public School in Allegheny City.
Sent by the Associate Church as a Missionary to Trinidad in the West Indies in 1847.
Became Agent of Young Men's Bible Society of Allegheny Co.
Worked for American Bible Society.
In politics he was originally a Whig, then an abolitionist, and was present in Lafayette Hall at birth of the Republican party.


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