History of Reedsville, (Mifflin County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Lawrence Maclay Colfelt Biography

Lawrence Maclay Colfelt, clergyman, was born in Reedsville, Mifflin county. Pa., Dec. 22, 1849; son of Charles and Nancy (Bates) Colfelt; grandson of Charles Colfelt of Tubingen, Germany, and a descendant of the Huguenots through his grandmother, who was of French extraction. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson college in 1869, and from Princeton theological seminary in 1872. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry May 9, 1872, and was pastor at Allentown, Pa., 1872-74; of the First church, Philadelphia, 1874-84; and of the Oxford church, Philadelphia, 1884-93. In 1893 he sustained Dr. Charles A. Briggs in his alleged heresies and voluntarily retired from the presbytery of Philadelphia. He then resigned his pastorate and accepted the chair of ethics in the Pennsylvania state college, being at the same time preacher to the college. In April, 1898, he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Oxford Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hampden-Sydney gave him the degree of D.D. in 1885.

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