History of Morning Sun, (Preble County) Ohio United States of America

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David McDill Biography

David McDill, educator, was born near Morning Sun, Preble county, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1826; son of Hugh and Grizella (Brown) McDill; grandson of David and Isabella (McQuiston) McDill and of James and Elizabeth (Beggs) Brown, and great-grandson of Thomas McDill and of John Beggs, both of whom came from the north of Ireland to South Carolina before the Revolutionary war. His parents removed from South Carolina to Ohio, where David attended Miami university, 1845-48, was graduated at Centre college, Ky., A.B., 1849, A.M., 1856, and studied theology at Oxford, Ohio. He was married, Sept. 21, 1853, to Martha E. Gordon of Xenia, Ohio. He was pastor of the United Presbyterian church, Cherry Fork, Ohio, 1853-76; professor of philosophy, Monmouth college, 1876-85, and in 1885 was made professor of apologetics at Xenia Theological seminary. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Monmouth college, Ohio, 1873, and that of LL.D. from Centre college, 1892. He is the author of: The Bible a Miracle (1872); The Higher Critics (1881); The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch (1896); Premillennialism Discussed (1897); Common Sense and Logic Applied to Darwinism and Teleology (1899).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor