Guerrant, Edward O. (Edward Owings), 1838-1916

Edward O. Guerrant (1838-1916) was a Confederate Army officer, physician at Mt. Sterling, Ky., Presbyterian missionary, and editor of The Soul Winner .

From the guide to the Edward O. Guerrant Papers, ., 1856-1917, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Confederate Army officer, physician at Mt. Sterling, Ky., and Presbyterian missionary and editor.

From the description of Edward O. Guerrant papers, 1856-1917 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25166293

Confederate veteran, physician, author, Presbyterian clergyman, and evangelist in the Kentucky mountains.

From the description of Edward Owings Guerrant : papers, 1858-1915. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252872

Physician, soldier, minister.

Edward Owings Geurrant, a native of Mt. Sterling, Ky., graduated from the Belleville Hospital College in New York City. He served as John Hunt Morgan's adjutant general during the Civil War. After a "miraculous" recovery from a serious illness after the war, he became a minister and went to Appalachia to found missions, churches, schools, orphanages, and medical clinics. His son, Edward Putney Geurrant, founded the Guerrant Mission Clinic Hospital in the 1920's in memory of his father.

From the description of Edward Guerrant autograph book from Johnson's Island and Bible with records of Confederate prisoners, 1863-1865. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13924901