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Griffith, Benjamin, 1821-1893
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1821-1893
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Rev. Benjamin Griffith was born on October 13, 1821, in Pennsylvania.
He was a Baptist minister. He graduated from Madison (now Colgate) University in 1846. During his studies, he served as superintendent of a Sunday school. In 1851, he became a pastor at the New Market Street Baptist Church in Philadelphia. During his pastorate, the large meeting house of the Fourth Baptist Church was built. He regarded the Sunday school work as of vital importance. Being orphaned at a young age, building and supporting orphanages was very close to his heart. He was a General Secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society from 1857 until his death in 1893.
In 1854, he married Elizabeth Lewis Bowman Crozer (1829–1916). He died on October 24, 1893, in Upland, Delaware, Pennsylvania.
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no 93012147