Baptist Home of Brooklyn collection 1870-1963

Long Island Baptist Association

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Baptist Home (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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The Baptist Home of Brooklyn was founded by Alexander MacDonald (d. 1872) and Francis D. Mason (d. 1871) as "a place of refuge for those whose advancing age and meager incomes make independent living difficult." MacDonald was born in Scotland but immigrated to America as a child, and though he lived in poverty for much of his early life, he eventually settled in Brooklyn and became wealthy as an umbrella maker. Mason was born in Rhode Island and also spent his early life in poverty....

MacDonald, Alexander, d. 1872

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Mason, Francis D., d. 1871

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