Robert Smith Grier

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Husband Robert Smith Grier ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 May 1790 - Brandywine Manor, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 28 Dec 1865 1
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         Father: Rev. Nathan Grier (1760-1814) 1 2
         Mother: Susanna Smith (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Smith Grier

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He was a Presbyterian minister, pastor for fifty-four years of the church at Tom's Creek, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

He was prepared for college at the Brandywine Academy, and graduated at Dickinson College, Sept. 27, 1809. He studied theology under the instruction of his father, and was licensed to preach by New Castle Presbytery, September, 1812, He was installed pastor of churches near Emmettsburg, Maryland, in April, 1814, and remained in the one charge until his death. In his preaching he was clear, energetic, and instructive, and his ministrations were characterized by punctuality, fidelity, and ability. As an illustration of his intrepid fidelity, it may be mentioned that years before the system of slavery was revoked in the nation, and although he resided in a state where the system was legalized, he openly opposed it as a crime against God and man, and vindicated all proper measures to deliver the slave from bondage. He lived to see the system eradicated.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 575.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 481.