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Tfifi MODERATORS OF THE OLD AND HEWSCHOOL GENERAL ASSEMBLIES'OF 1868.Kev*. Charles Clinton Beatty. DD„L.D., (Old School.)Beii George ])n:. eorge Bufpield,, D.D., (New School.) , ' - ’ V .:A brother* writingoverthe signature of “ E ” gives us tbe following interesting facts: *u It is a strikmgf bbin eidenee, that both lese presiding officers, in this year of bur great national struggle, should be the grandsons of Presbyterian clergymen, eminent as patriots, and fellow-pioneer Missionaries, through Central and Western Pennsylvania and Ohio,“The; RevJ Charles Beatty; died in 1772*, at the age of fifty-seven. Four ofhis sons served their country in the war of the Revolution. The Rev. Charles Clinton Beatty, the presehf Moderated, is theson of the? youngest of the four—Col Er-KAries .Beatty—r?who wss severely wouod-ed at the battle of Germantown. His grandfather, above mentioned,.was the Moderator of the Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, then the highest court of hisChurch, inv 1764., ...“ The Rev, Geoege, Botfielo, B.B.,died in 1790^ at the age of fifty-seven. He was the first Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, and officiated as Chaplain tofaQ n.. « v* . -r ., t o—~.- —o sessionsin Philadelphia. His grandsou, the present Moderator,2 has two eons who , are officers, in the volunteer forces of the1 United States .Government; one of these, Wm. W. Duefield, is a Brigadier GeneralCfiNCILlATION.
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Pittsburgh Presbyterian Banner
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 04, 1863
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