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Churches of Christ (1904)

PITTSBURG AND VICINITY.

O. H. PHILIPS.


Photograph of First Church, Alleghany, Pa.
FIRST CHURCH, Alleghany, Pa.


Portrait of Wallace Tharp
WALLACE THARP,
Alleghany, Pa.
      Born Middletown, Ky., September 22, 1858; educated at Forest Home Academy, Anchorage, Ky. Been preaching for twenty-three years; first charge Glasgow, Ky.; second charge Versailles, Ky.; minister at Carlisle, Ky., Augusta, Ga., and Crawfordsville, Ind.; now First church, Alleghany, Pa.




Portrait of Chapman S. Lucas
CHAPMAN S. LUCAS,
Alleghany, Pa.
      Born Maybrook, Va., May 5, 1849; student at Richmond College, Va., graduating in 1867. Minister churches at Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Westerville, and Roanoke, Va.; Lexington, Mo., Augusta, Ga., Maysville, Ky., and Alleghany, Pa. Died in harness, while minister of First church, Alleghany, Pa., November 20, 1896. His motto was "Work on earth and rest in heaven."


Portrait of Joseph King
JOSEPH KING,
Alleghany, Pa.
      Born in Trumbull county, O., July 9, 1831. Student at Hiram and Bethany Colleges, graduating with degree of A. B. in 1855. Minister church at Warren, Williamsville and New Lisbon, O., and Alleghany, Pa. Had the unexampled ministry of First church at Alleghany, Pa., for twenty-one years; resigned on account of ill health, and died in Alleghany, May 11, 1890.


Portrait of William H. Graham
WM. H. GRAHAM,
Alleghany, Pa.
      Born in Alleghany, Pa., Aug. 3, 1844. Served as superintendent of the First church Sunday school, Alleghany, Pa., for seven years. This famous Sunday school holds the Children's Day Banner for having contributed an average of $500 per year for fifteen years, or a total of seventy-five hundred dollars for Foreign Missions.



Photograph of East End Church, Pittsburg, Pa.
EAST END CHURCH, Pittsburg, Pa.


Portrait of William J. Russell
WILLIAM J. RUSSELL,
Pittsburg, Pa.
      Born Casnovia, Muskegon county, Mich., Jan. 28, 1859; student of the classical and theological courses at the Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; two years special work in Butler University. Minister two years at the Fourth Church, Indianapolis, Ind.; five years at Grand Rapids, Mich.; three at Columbus, O.; four with the Main Street church at Rushville, Ind., and since 1901, with the East End church, Pittsburg, Pa.


Portrait of R. S. Latimer
R. S. LATIMER,
Pittsburg, Pa.
      Reared on a farm in county of Derry, Ireland. Grandfather, James Mackrell, stood with Alexander Carson, Tubbermore, Ireland. Educated at country schools; apprenticed at fourteen to the general merchandise. Arrived in American March 4, 1881. President Western Pennsylvania Christian Missionary Society, April, 1888, which office he still holds. Supt. Central Bible School since '82; preached in and around the city since 1885.

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