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Rev. Dr. James Estep
d.26 Feb 1861
- Rev. Dr. James Estep1782 - 1861
Facts and Events
| Name |
Rev. Dr. James Estep |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3][4] |
9 Oct 1782 |
Washington, Pennsylvania, United StatesUnion Township |
| Marriage |
4 Jun 1807 |
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United Statesto Drusilla Dunn |
| Marriage |
Est 1816 |
based on (estimated) birth of oldest known child
to Catharine Mefford |
| Will[1] |
6 Feb 1861 |
Washington, Pennsylvania, United StatesWill signed |
| Death[3][4] |
26 Feb 1861 |
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| Burial[3][4] |
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Library, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesPeters Creek Baptist Church |
| Probate[1] |
27 May 1861 |
Washington, Pennsylvania, United StatesWill entered into probate |
| Religion? |
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Baptist |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Estep (LH6G-ZJ3), MD & DD Will, in Family Tree FamilySearch.org.
Citing Washington Co., Will book 8, Page 292
- ↑ Hayward, Elizabeth. The Baptist Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances, Usages, Confessions of Faith, Sufferings, Labors, and Successes, and of the General History of the Baptist Denomination in All Lands : with Numerous Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American and Foreign Baptists, and a Supplement. (L. H. Everts, 1881)
Vol. 1, Page 380.
Estep, Rev. James – For more than half a century this distinguished minister labored in Western Pennsylvania. Few men ever attained greater eminence as a clear thinker, a sound theologian, and an earnest preacher. He was born in Washington Co., Pa., Oct. 9, 1782. He died July 26, 1861. He was baptized into the fellowship of the Mount Moriah Baptist church in April of 1802, and by this church he was licensed to preach two years after his baptism. For eighteen months prior to his entering the ministry he was pursuing the study of medicine, but a sermon preached by the Rev. Morgan J. Rhees, then prothonotary of Somerset Co., Pa., led him to deep reflection as to personal duty, and in twenty days after he was found preaching. Long before he thought of entering the ministry he gave himself to reading the works on divinity. In fact, from the first day of his conversion he was engaged in reading, meditation, and prayer. He was a warm friend of an educated ministry, and one of the most useful of Pennsylvania Baptist ministers.
His life was spent in an eventful period. In his day, and in his immediate neighborhood, the Campbellites, or to use their own distinctive term, the Disciples, and the Cumberland Presbyterians came into existence. The church required just such a man, and infinite wisdom provided for the hour of need in raising up James Estep.
Though years have rolled away since his death no name is more frequently on the lips of surviving brethren than his. He honored God by a noble life, and he has honored his very memory to the present hour.
[Note: He could not have died in July 1861 since his will was entered into probate in May 1861.]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Christensen, Anthony J. A branch of the Piscataway Dunn family: a few members of the Dunn family whose branches spread from Pisctaqua, New Hampshire, to Piscataway, New Jersey, to Southwestern Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Kentucky, and to points West. (Salem, Utah: Mac Anthony Corp., c1998)
p. 2-17.
Dr. James Estep was born 9 Oct 1782 in the Union Township of Washington County, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert Estep and Dorcas Wells. He married Drusilla Dunn on 4 June 1807 at the town of Wheeling. They lived for a time at Mt. Pleasant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where James practiced medicine and also served as an ordained Baptist minister.
After Drusilal died, James married Catharine (Kate) Mefford. They moved about 1839 to Union Township in Washington County, where he continued his medical practice and was appointed to the pastorate of the Peters Creek Baptist Church. He served in that capacity for about eighteen years. James died 26 February 1861 and was buried in the Peters Creek Baptist Church graveyard at Library in Allegheney County.
(Text includes citations to sources used.)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Estep, in Find A Grave
accessed 3 May 2015.
James Estep
Birth: Oct. 9, 1782
Death: Feb. 26, 1861
Burial: Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Husband of Catharine Mefford.
Parents: Robert Estep (1750 - 1832), Dorcas Wells Estep (1750 - ____)
Spouses: Drusilla Dunn Estep (1787 - 1809); Catharine Mefford Estep (1790 - ____)
Children: Rachel Estep Whitsett (1808 - 1891), Catherine Estep Gaston (1819 - 1900), Drussilla Estep Kiddoo (1821 - 1907)*
Siblings: William Estep (____ - 1841); Jemima Estep Dally (1770 - 1854); Mary Estep Gaston (1773 - 1856); John Estep (1774 - 1861); Nathan Estep (1775 - 1856); Ruth Estep Potter (1777 - 1872); James Estep (1782 - 1861); Elizabeth Estep Holmes (1786 - 1873); Ephraim Estep (1787 - 1864); Thomas Estep (1790 - 1873); Joseph Estep (1795 - 1833)
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