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From Wikipedia: During his 40-year ministry, Peck contributed to the establishment of 900 Baptist churches, saw 600 pastors ordained and 32,000 were added to the Baptist faith. He died in Rock Springs, Illinois, where he was first buried. His body was reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.[8] From FindAGrave: John Mason Peck was originally buried beside his beloved wife Sarah in Read more...
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A Presbyterian pastor with Presbyterian pastor ancestors, he was a pastor in St. Louis for 32 years. A friend of D.L. Moody and a mentor to Charles Scofield, Brookes led the premillenial dispensational movement thru the Niagara Bible Conferences. The Brookes Bible Institute nearby is named in his honor. The Bellefontaine Cemetery is one of the few to have Read more...