Plainfield, Joseph Frank, 1880-1976.
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Baptist missionary to Italians in America. Born in Italy with the name Guiseppi Francesco Piani to Catholic parents. He came under the influence of Baptist missionaries Solomon Ginsburg and William Henry Cannada and converted to the Baptist faith. He traveled to the United States and attended William Jewell College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Alice Lusas Plainfield served as missionaries to Italians in Texas, St. Louis and Tampa under the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
From the description of Papers, 1909-1969. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 50016074
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