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 *2 HISTORY OF BEAVER OOtTNTY PAPERS. that John Winter of Horton, in the said riding, did thi& day appear before me, and did make and take, and sub- scribe the several oaths and declarations specified in an act made in the fifty-second year of King George the third, entitled an act to repeal certain acts and amend other acts relating to religious worship and assemblies, and persons preaching or teaching therein. Witness my hand this 10th day of June, one thousand and eight himdred amd seventeen. JOHlSr STUKGES. His first pastoral charge was in South Shields, where he was regularly ordained in 1822. He came to America and settled in Pittsburg, bringing his wife, Eliza Wilson, whom he had married in 1819, and one child. He preached and taught school in Pittsburg, and for many years preached in various places in Allegheny and Beaver counties. He was also busy with his pen writing for the religious and secular periodicals. He wrote the life of "Massie Harbison," who had been captured by the Indians and escaped from them, taking the narrative from her lips and giving it literary form. He also wrote a controversial volume, "What is Baptism?" He was an able preacher and his services were much sought. He filled pastorates in several states, and was instru- mental in building a large number of church edifices. In later life, when pastor in New Brighton, he built the first Baptist church in that place. He had five children, his wife dying November 7, 1866. He married a second time, Ann Snively, who died September 24, 1899. Dr. Wmter died at Sharon, Pa., November 5, 1878. John B. Early succeeded Dr. Winter in the "Gazette," and it was published by him until January 6, 1838, as a Whig paper, when it passed into the hands of B. B. Chamberlain Esq., as editor, and it is believed Mr. Early remained as publisher of the paper under the new