History of Brandywine Manor, (Dauphin County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Matthew Blackburn Grier, editor, was born at Brandywine Manor, Pa., July 25, 1820; son of the Rev. John W. and Jane (Laverty) Grier. He entered the public schools and Rockville academy; was graduated from Washington college, Pa., in 1838; studied law at Philadelphia, Pa.; was a post-graduate student at Lafayette in 1839, and was graduated from Princeton theological seminary in 1841. He was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Newcastle in 1842 and had charge of mission work in the Red River country of Mississippi, 1844-47. He was ordained by the presbytery of Baltimore, Dec. 3, 1847, and was pastor at Ellicott's Mills, Md., 1847-52, and at Wilmington, N.C., 1854-61. He removed to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1861, where he was editor of The Presbyterian, 1861-69, and was also stated supply at Gloucester City, N.J., 1867-69, and pastor at Ridley Park, Pa., 1875-84. He was married Sept. 5, 1848, to Maria, daughter of the Rev. Dr. C. C. Cuyler. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Lafayette college in 1866. He died at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 23, 1899.

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

History of Brandywine Manor, (Dauphin County) Pennsylvania

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