The Parker Society was named for Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker (1504-1575) whose tenure extended from 1559 until his death during the reign of Elizabeth 1. It was quite an accomplishment to be a cleric during...
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The Lion of Punjab, John H. Morrison
John Hunter was born June 29, 1806 to James and Eleanor (Thompson) Morrison in Wallkill Township, New York. James’s grandfather Morrison had emigrated from Scotland. John’s early studies were accomplished in...
John Calvin & Plagues
Pestilence, disease, epidemics, and plagues were ever-present dangers in sixteenth-century Europe. Cunningham and Grell have observed “that in every year between 1494 and 1649 plague was killing its thousands and tens...
Chicora College for Women
Up until roughly the end of the nineteenth century, Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in the United States opened a number of educational institutions. In South Carolina, Chicora College was one of several...
Fairview Presbyterian Church, South Carolina
When I have occasion to visit churches while traveling, there are three churches I particularly enjoy worshipping in and wandering their properties because of their great histories and the historic appeal of their...
Edwin Cater, 1813-1882
Edwin Cater was born in the scenic South Carolina Low Country in Beaufort County, November 1, 1813. He was orphaned at a young age, so the family of his uncle, Rev. Richard Cater, took him in and saw to his needs. Rev...
