Person:George Champion (2)

Name	Rev. George Champion
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	3 Jun 1810	Westchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	14 Nov 1834	Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesby Rev. Loren Robbins to Susannah Learned
Occupation`^?`		Minister ; missionary
Death^[1]^[2]	17 Dec 1841	West Indiesage 31 - Santa Cruz (not sure which one)

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Rev. George Champion

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 STUDENTS. 1826., in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
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George Champion, 15, Colchester, Ct. Y. 1831. *1841

Son of Maj. Henry Champion and Ruth Kimberly Robbins.
— At the Principal's.
Left 1827.
— And. Theol. Sem. 1834, having also attended course of lectures at Dart. Med. Coll., 1833.
One of the first band of American missionaries to the Zulus, 1834, contributing a large property to the support of the mission.
Visited the United States in 1839, ministered for a year in Dover, and, before he was able to return, died at Santa Cruz, W.I.
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[Y = Yale]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Champion, Mrs. George (Sarah Booth). Rev. George Champion, pioneer missionary to the Zulus: sketch of his life and extracts from his journal, 1834-8. (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1896).