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Rev.
George Wilson McPhail, D.D.
Rev. George Wilson McPhail, D.D., was born
in Norfolk, Va., in 1816. He spent two years at Hampden Sidney
College, Va., then entered Yale and graduated in 1835. He
pursued his theological studies at Hampden Sidney.
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county, Va., from which place he removed to Fredericksburg, where,
in addition to his pastoral duties, he conducted very successfully
a female seminary.
In 1854 he was called to Easton as
the first pastor of Brainerd Church.
In October, 1857, he was elected
President of Lafayette College, which place he occupied till 1863,
when he resigned, and became connected with Professor Saunders'
Seminary, Philadelphia.
At the close of the war he returned
to Norfolk, Va., and soon after, accepted the Presidency of
Davidson College, N.C. where he remained until his death, which
was very sudden, occurring on Commencement day, June 28th, 2871.
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The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity
was conferred on him by Jefferson College, in 1857. He was a true
scholar an able preacher and a warm-hearted, Christian gentleman.
Source:
"The Men of Lafayette, 1826-1893, Lafayette College, Its
History, Its Men, Their Record" by Selden J. Coffin, published
in 1891.
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