Frierson, D. E. (David Ethan), 1818-1896

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Birth 1818
Death 1896

Biographical notes:

Minister at various Presbyterian congregations in South Carolina, including several in the Pee Dee area during the antebellum era, and First Presbyterian Church in Anderson, S.C., 1871-1895; second of eight sons of Daniel and Martha Jane McIntosh Frierson; father of William Henry Frierson (1854-1932); Frierson achieved second distinction in his South Carolina College class of 1839 and moved on to the Columbia Theological Seminary, but withdrew in 1841 due to poor health. Licensed by the Harmony Presbytery at Bishopville, S.C., in Oct. 1841, Frierson was sent as a domestic missionary within S.C. to churches in Marion, Little Pee Dee, and Reedy Creek. In 1842, he married Rebecca Ellen Crosland (1823-1859) of Bennettsville, S.C.; in 1861, Frierson married Adeline Allsobrook McIntyre. Frierson was the father of fifteen children: seven by his first wife and eight by his second.

From the description of D. E. Frierson papers, 1833-1896. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 48491258

Presbyterian minister in South Carolina.

From the description of D.E. Frierson papers, 1858-1891. (Columbia Theological Seminary). WorldCat record id: 640147009

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  • African Americans
  • Baptism
  • Bible as literature
  • Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
  • Creeds
  • Predestination
  • Presbyterians
  • Presbyterians
  • Slavery and the church
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  • Pee Dee Region (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Anderson (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Arkansas (as recorded)