Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Surber, Rev. G. L.  1912
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Payette Enterprise, Payette, Idaho, June 27, 1912
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
June 27, 1912

REV. G. L. SURBER
G. L. Surber was born near Somerset, Kentucky, August 13th, 1837. At the age of 
fifteen he became a Christian and soon afterwards began to prepare himself for 
the ministry. He was educated in Transylvania University, then at Harrodsburg, 
Kentucky, now at Lexington. After completing his education and being ordained 
to the ministry he went as a missinary to Australia where he labored for seven 
years in and around the city of Melbourne. Returning to America in 1872 he 
located at Harrodsburg, Ken. taking the pastorate of the church at that place. 
In December 1875 he was married to Miss Jennie Givens of Stanford, Kentucky, 
who has ever since been his constant and loyal companian. He labored six years 
in Texas and strengthened the cause both at Waco and Dallas building a church 
at the latter place. Leaving Texas he took charge of the church at Mt. 
Sterling, Kentucky, one of the leading missionary churches of the state. Later 
he moved to Lexington where he lived eight years a part of which time he was 
engaged as state evangelist and the remainder of the time he acted as financial 
agent for the Bible Collage. The last fourteen years of his life were spent in 
Southern Idaho where he has been an active force in establishing the Christian 
cause at Boise, Payette, Emmett an other places. He continued in active service 
until about five months ago, Deer Flat being his last charge. Since the first 
of the year he had been living quietly on the ranch with his daughter near 
Fruitland.
His most lasting work perhaps was his missionary work in Australia. From his 
headquarters at Melbourne he established a number of mission stations all of 
which are prosperous churches today. Many sons of the families whom he led to 
Christ have come to (words illegible) and educated themselves for the ministry 
and are now preaching the Gospel in their own and other countries. He was urged 
many times to return to Australia but conditions did not favor his return.
He was the father of two children Elwood L. Surber and Hattie May Ady both of 
whom live near Fruitland. On the 29th of May he was stricken with paralysis 
from which he did not recover. He quietly passed away on the morning of June 
19th at the age of 74 years, 10 months and 6 days. His widow an children 
together with a brother and sister will be joined with a host of children in 
the faith and friends here and beyond the sea in lamenting his death. 
B. F. Clay of Homedale, Idaho, an intimate friend of the family for some thirty 
years, assisted in the funeral services which were held at the Christian 
church. He was buried in the Payette Cemetery.

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