William Cole McGehee

Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

1818 - 1873

 


1852
The class of 1852 [Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky] were W. C. McGehee, M.W. Baker, W. P. Nichols, B. F. Bailey, GIdeon Rucker, and T. H. Young. Mr. McGehee had entered the ministry when he graduated. From poverty and from vicious influences he had been brought into one of our Sabbath-schools when a boy, by a zealous ruling elder of the Church; he professed religion and his thoughts turned to the ministry. By the aid of his friend, the elder, he went through a regular course at the college. He married a Christian young lady in Princeton, and spent his ministerial life there and in the vicinity. He died greatly beloved a few years ago.
[Source: Beard, Richard. “Sources and Sketches of Cumberland Presbyterian History. No. V.” The Theological Medium 7, no. 2 (April 1876): 163-64.]

1853
Rev. W. C. McGehee was received on letter from the Princeton Presbytery to the Indiana Presbytery on September 2, 1853]
Ordered by Presbytery to devote the whole of his time for one year to Mt. Pisgah Cumberland Presbyterian Church. [near Boonville, Indiana]
[Source: Darby, Rev. W. J. and Rev. J. E. Jenkins. Cumberland Presbyterianism in Southern Indiana: Being a History of Indiana Presbytery and an Account of the Proceedings of its Fiftieth Anniversary Held at Princeton, Indiana, April 13-18, 1876, Together with Various Addresses and Communications, and a Sermon on the Doctrines of the Church. Published by the Presbytery, 1876, page 30 & Minutes of Indiana Presbytery September 2, 1853, page 121 & 124]

1854
W. C. McGehee
Minister - Indiana Presbytery - Indiana Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1854, page 88]

1857
W. C. McGehee, Princeton, Ky.
Minister - Princeton Presbytery - Synod of Green River
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1857, page 73]

1860
W. C. McGehee
Minister - Princeton Presbytery - Synod of Green River
Commissioner to General Assembly in Nashville, Tennessee - May 17-25, 1860.
Served on the Committee on the records of Ouachita Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1860, pages 4 & 7]

1865-1868
The Rev. W. C. McGehee was pastor of the Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyerian Church from 1865 to 1868.

1869
W. C. McGehee, St. Clerk, Hartford, Ky.
Minister - Princeton Presbytery - Synod of Green River
Commissioner to General Assembly in Murfreesboro, Tennessee - May 20-27, 1869.
Served on the Committee of the Minutes of McAdow Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, pages 4, 8 & 86]

1870
Wm. C. McGehee, Stated Clerk, Princeton, Ky.
Minister - Princeton Presbytery - Synod of Green River
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1870, page 81]

1871-1873
The Rev. W. C. McGehee again became pastor of the Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church for three years from 1871 to 1873.

1871
Wm. C. McGehee, St'd Clerk, Princeton, Ky.
Minister - Princeton Presbytery - Synod of Green River
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, page 82]

1872
McGehee, W. C., Prnceton, Ky
Minister - Princeton Presbytery (Stated Clerk) - Synod of Green River
Commissioner to General Assembly, Evansville, Indiana - May 16-24, 1872.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1872, pages 4, & 123]

1873
McGehee, W. C., Prnceton, Ky
Minister - Princeton Presbytery (Stated Clerk) - Synod of Green River
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1873, page 100]

1874
Mortuary
McGehee, W. C. - Presbytery of Princeton
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, page 107]


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