McDowell, John, 1780-1863

John McDowell (1780-1863) served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown, New Jersey from 1804 until 1833. Following his time at the First Presbyterian Church, he served at the Central Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Over the course of his career, Reverend McDowell served as trustee to Princeton University, Director of the Princeton Theological Seminary, both Permanent and Stated Clerk for the Presbyterian Church General Assembly, Professor at the Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and Profesor at the Union Theological Seminary of Virginia. Reverend McDowell was also the author of the first Bible class questions that were ever published, in addition to several other publications.