George C. Rowe
American missionary, minister and poet
About George C. Rowe
Lived 1853 – 1903 (aged 49–50).
George Clinton Rowe (1853–1903) was an American missionary, minister, and poet. He is referred to in James T. Haley's Afro-American Encyclopaedia as the "Palmetto Poet".
Life and career He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut.
He established the Sunday school with three Newtown children in his house. The popularity of the Bible sessions called for an expanded space.
He became a minister at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina and published verses. Rowe was also a printer at Virginia's Hampton Institute and established what became the Little England Chapel Sunday school.
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Who was George C. Rowe?
American missionary, minister and poet
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George C. Rowe was born in 1853.
When did George C. Rowe die?
George C. Rowe died in 1903.
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