GEORGIA BIOGRAPHIES: JACOB H. DUNHAM

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SOURCE; GEORGIA BAPTIST: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, Jesse
H. Campbell, [1847] 1993, published by Oldbuck Press, Inc., 
PO Box 1623, Conway, Arkansas 72034, pp. 50-52.    A copy of
this book can be purchased fro $21.00 postage paid from the
publisher.

Jacob H. Dunham was the son of John Dunham of McIntosh
County, Georgia, and the grandson of William Dunham of N.
Newport River, Liberty County, Georgia.  Jacob was born
February 26, 1774.  Little is Known of his youth, only that
his opportunities for education were very Limited, his
father being very poor, and the country newly settled….  His
Marriage with Miss Mary Baisden took place September 12,
1799. Having settled in Liberty County, he made a public
profession of religion The 29th September, 1806… Hundreds,
perhaps thousands, were converted under his ministry And
baptized by his hands.  No missionary in Burmah [sic], in
China, or Africa was ever more willing to sacrifice all for
Christ and his cause… His death occurred the 25th of
September 1832.  A large family were Left behind, nearly all
of whom have become ‘heirs of the grace of life.’…



 


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