Gwinnett-Jackson County GaArchives Biographies.....McConnell,  J. P.  August 2 1854 - living in 1911
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Author: J. C. Flanigan
Rev. J. P. McConnell.

	Rev. J. P. McConnell was born August 2, 1854, on his father's farm 
near Grayson. He is a son of Tilford McConnell, being the youngest of ten 
children. He grew up during the war between the states and had but little 
opportunity to secure an education.

	He joined the Chestnut Grove Baptist church August 1, 1872, being 
baptized by Rev. T. E. Kennerly, and he has been a member of this ever since. 
He became a deacon in the year 1876, and was ordained to the ministry in 1882 
at his home church. He has been pastor of the following churches: Armana, 
Chestnut Grove, Bethany, Lebanon, Mt. Zion, Rock Bridge, Pleasant Hill, Salem, 
Liberty, Rehobeth, Pleasant Hill (DeKalb county), Hog Mountain, Snellville, 
Loganville, Clarkston, Dunwoody, Providence, Duluth, Corrinth, Union Hill, 
Woodville, Center Hill and Hebron.

	Mr. McConnell is regarded as one of the ablest ministers in the 
Lawrenceville Association. He was for seven years moderator of the body.

	During his ministry, he has baptized between 800 and 1,000 people. At 
one time, he baptized 72 converts into the Snellville church at one time, it 
requiring only 54 minutes.

	He was married to Miss Susan Arendall August 21, 1874, and has three 
children. He represented Gwinnett county in the legislature in 1909 and 1910, 
taking ,an active part in the deliberations of that body. He is postmaster at 
Grayson, and owns something like 800 or 1,000 acres of farm land. His wealth 
is estimated at $50,000.


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From:

GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911

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