History of Hope Mills, (Mercer County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Biography of David X Junkin

David X Junkin, clergyman, was born at Hope Mills, Mercer county, Pa., Jan. 8, 1808; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wallace) Junkin. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1831 and from the Princeton Theological seminary in 1833. He was ordained by the presbytery of Newton, March 25, 1835, and had charge of a church at Greenwich, N.J., 1835-51. He was professor of belles-lettres and English literature at Lafayette college, Pa., 1837-42; pastor of F Street church, Washington, D.C., 1851-53; at Hollidaysburg, Pa., 1853-60; chaplain in the U.S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md., 1860-62; pastor of the North church, Chicago, Ill., 1864-66 and of the First church, New Castle, Pa., 1866-79. He published: The Judicial Oath (1845); Memoir of Dr. George Junkin, D.D. (1871). He received the degree of D.D. from Miami in 1850. He died in Martinsburg, W. Va., April 22, 1880.

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