Madison Clinton Peters
Born(1859-11-06)November 6, 1859
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 12, 1918(1918-10-12) (aged 58)
Manhattan, New York
EducationFranklin and Marshall College and Heidelberg Theological Seminary
ReligionReformed Church and then "free" preacher
ChurchFirst Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York

Madison Clinton Peters (November 6, 1859 – October 12, 1918) was an American clergyman.

Formative years

Born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1859, Peters was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, and at Heidelberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio.[1]

In 1880, he entered the ministry of the reformed church, remaining under that church's leadership until 1907 when he gave up a denominational connection to become a "free" preacher. Peters served as pastor of: First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York.

Death and interment

Peters died on October 12, 1918, in Manhattan, and was interred at the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Vol. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 439. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York". Lebanon Daily News. New York. October 15, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Authority control databases
Categories