The Reverend John Elder (January 26, 1706 – July 17, 1792 ), known as the "Fighting Pastor", was the pastor for the Paxtang congregation, located in present-day Dauphin County, Pennsylvania , near Harrisburg . He founded the Paxton Boys .
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20-454: A local militia known as the Paxton Boys . He and most male congregants brought their rifles to church. After the war was over, Elder was commissioned as a colonel. Killings of Indians continued, culminating in the "Conestoga Massacre". Elder, though he had attempted to prevent the attack, afterward excused the killings, refused to identify suspects, and was relieved of his command. During
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40-558: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Elder (pastor) Elder was born in Edinburgh, the son of Robert and Eleanor Elder. He was raised and educated there, receiving a classical education at the University of Edinburgh and then he studied divinity, receiving a licence to preach the gospel in 1732. His father had emigrated to central Pennsylvania c. 1730 , Elder followed c. 1735 . A ministry opened when
50-565: The Derry congregation split in two, and Elder was called and ordained by the Paxtang congregation. The First Great Awakening had reached the area shortly afterwards. Elder opposed the revivalist furore. He was accused and formally cleared of heresy. He stood firmly with the " Old Side " in the resulting split amongst Presbyterian churches, which lasted about twenty years. The French and Indian War led to conflict with local Indians. Elder organized
60-621: The "Fighting Pastor" for organizing an anti-Indian militia, known as the Paxton Boys . He was educated at the Academy of Philadelphia , and admitted to the Dauphin County bar in 1791. He volunteered to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion but declined commissions until afterwards, when he was made lieutenant colonel. He practiced law for over forty years. He was active in Harrisburg affairs and
70-467: The Revolution, he used his pulpit to round up volunteers, including two of his sons. In his personal life, he married twice. He had 4 children by his first wife, and 11 children by his second wife, of whom 10 survived to adulthood. His son Thomas would become a prominent Harrisburg lawyer and businessman. Thomas Elder (lawyer) Thomas Elder (January 30, 1767 – April 29, 1853 )
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90-637: Was a Pennsylvania lawyer and Harrisburg businessman. He served one term as state Attorney General. His residence after 1835 was the former mansion of the Harris family. It is currently known as the Simon Cameron House and is a National Historic Landmark . Elder was born the son of the Reverend John Elder and his second wife, Mary Simpson. The senior Elder was born, raised, and educated in Edinburgh. In Paxtang, Pennsylvania , he became known as
100-689: Was notably "the prominent and leading spirit" behind organizing the Harrisburg Bridge Company, which built (1814-1820) and ran the first Susquehanna -spanning bridge. He was elected (1816) and re-elected by the directors as the company's first president until he resigned in 1846. He was president of the Harrisburg Bank from 1816 until his death. Elder served as state Attorney General from 1820 to 1823. Afterwards, he always refused political offices although he maintained an interest in politics. William Henry Harrison 's " log cabin campaign "
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