Bio of Shurtleff, Rev. James M. (b.1794) Wabasha Co., MN
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Shurtleff, Rev. James M., (deceased) was among the pioneer preachers of
this county, and assisted in organizing the first Baptist Church at
Wabasha in 1857. He came to this city in 1867, and during the following
winter began to hold prayer meetings in his house, and during the
following year was the coadjutor of Rev. H. B. Wharton in a successful
effort to form a church society. In 1859 his voice failed, and he was
forced to abandon his pulpit labors almost entirely. His demise occurred
at Wabasha, October 22, 1866. The deceased was the eldest child of James
and Dorcas (Lyon) Shurtleff, and was born in Ashfield, Vermont, July 21,
1794. He was reared on a farm and educated in Massachusetts. In 1815 he
was converted to God and joined the Christian Church. Next year he was
licensed to preach, and ordained in 1817. October 2d, of the latter year,
he married Elizabeth L. Gleason, born in Boston, September 9, 1799, to
James and Drucilla (Wright) Gleason. In 1820 Mr. Shurtleff went to West
Virginia, where for four years he labored with great success. In 1825 he
went to Ohio, where he organized many churches, and joined the Free Will
Baptists in 1831. In 1837 he moved to Illinois and traveled in that State
until he came to Wabasha. It is estimated that he baptized nearly nine
hundred persons, and he conducted many quarterly meetings and organized
numerous societies. His widow died January 9, 1882, and two daughters
survive her. The eldest is the widow of the late C. S. Hendricks, sketched
below; the other is Mrs. William C. Piers, of whom other mention is found
in this work.
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