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J.W. Blythe papers, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library

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The Rev. Joseph W. Blythe was born in 1808 in Kentucky. He served the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1833-1836 and subsequently to Cranberry, New Jersey. He then moved to Vincennes, Indiana to fill the pulpit of the first Presbyterian Church in April of 1856, which position he held until May 1, 1858. He then became the financial officer at Hanover College in Hanover Indiana, after which he joined the army in 1862 as a chaplain and remained at the hospital in Madison, Indiana until the end of the war, where he continued until his death in 1876. He and his wife Elizabeth had many children."Blythe, J. W." 1850 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2014/03/05. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Blythe, Joseph W." 1860 United States Federal Census. Retrieved 2014/03/05. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Blythe, Joseph W." Allegheny County, Presbyterian Pastors and Professors. Retrieved 2014/03/05. http://genealogytrails.com/penn/allegheny/allegpa_presbyterian_pastors.html"Blythe Joseph W." Joseph W. Blythe. Retrieved 2014/03/05. http://iagenweb.org/desmoines/Bios/Blythe_Joseph.htmGreene, George E. (1911) "Blythe, J.W." In History of Old Vincennes and Knox County, Indiana. (p.425). Chicago, IL,: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. I 977.201 K74vg v. 1

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Dauber and Pines on 1929/09/14.

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