Excerpt from Minutes of the Forty-Third Annual Session of the Salem Baptist Association: Held With Siloam Baptist Church, at China Grove, Alabama, Beginning Saturday, October 1st, 1881 Elder J. P. French was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, March 24th, 1812. His parents were poor, and his father dying when he was a small boy, himself and others were left to' the care of his mother. His early life was one of deep poverty, hardship and toil. In early manhood we find, Bro. French. In the State of, Georgia, where he became acquainted with, and was married to Miss Mary Brown, who still survives him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.