Biographical Sketch of John Henry McGuffin

Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 563. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Scott County, Kentucky, 1844.
Died: Illiopolis, Illinois, 1894.

Came with his parents to Illinois in 1857. Educated in the public schools and the Mechanicsburg Academy. Enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Cavalry in July, 1862, and at the end of three years was mustered out as corporal of Company G. He was engaged in secular business till 1886, when he entered the ministry. He was a man of fine character and did efficient service in the few years of his ministry.

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