Madison Clinton Peters Explained

Madison Clinton Peters
Birth Date:6 November 1859
Birth Place:Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Manhattan, New York
Education:Franklin and Marshall College and Heidelberg Theological Seminary
Religion:Reformed Church and then "free" preacher
Church:First 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography . IV . Thomas William . Herringshaw . Thomas William Herringshaw . . 439 . 1914 . 2020-07-23 . Google Books.
  2. News: Dr. Madison C. Peters, Noted Preacher, Died at Home in New York . . New York . 4 . 1918-10-15 . 2020-07-23 . Newspapers.com.