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History of Warren County MissouriSelect a City, Town, Village or Township: No Data Yet -- Coming Soon! Our database does not include an historic photo for Warren County Missouri, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Enoch Mather Marvin Enoch Mather Marvin, M.E. bishop, was born in Warren county, Mo., June 12, 1823; son of Wells Ely Marvin, grandson of Enoch and Catherine (Mather) Marvin and a descendant of Cotton Mather. He entered the itinerant ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1841, and served in the St. Louis and Missouri conferences, 1841-61; in Texas, 1861-66; and in 1866 he was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. In 1876 he was chosen by the college of bishops to visit China and Japan and ordain native preachers for the church there. He returned from his foreign missionary field in 1877. The honorary degrees of D.D. and LL.D. were conferred on him by Emory college in 1875. He is the author of: Work of Christ (1869): Sermons (1876) and To the East by Way of the West. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 26, 1877. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
Missouri Facts: Warren County Facts: Seat: WarrentonEstablished: 1833 Formed from: Montgomery
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