Park H. Anderson
Missionary to China
From Estill County, KY

      Elder Park H. Anderson, a son of Elder Abijah B. Anderson and his wife Margaret, was educated at Georgetown College, Kentucky; Baylor University, Texas; and Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. He sailed September 13, 1907, for Canton, China, as a missionary and upon the death of Dr. Graves who had been a missionary in China for over fifty years, he became the President of Graves Theological Seminary, Canton, China. He had two brothers who were Baptist ministers.

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      Later in the history the following is mentioned:

County Boy in China

      Rev. T. P. Edwards has this to relate about a former Estill County boy, who is now a missionary in China:

      Rev. Park H. Anderson, son of the Rev. Abijah Anderson, was born on Station Camp, June 11, 1880, and was educated at Georgetown College, Kentucky, Baylor University, Texas; and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. He sailed September 13, 1907, for Canton, China, as a missionary, and on the death of Dr. Graves last year, who had been a missionary in China for over fifty years, he became the President of the Graves Theological Seminary in

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[p. 121]
Canton, a very important position for the christianizing fields. As the writer was also born on the same creek, and spent a term in the Seminary with him, being about the same age, and our fathers being friends and neighbors, it gives me great pleasure in writing this narrative. - IRVINE SUN newspaper.
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[From Bobby L. Rose & Lorene Barnes Rose, History of Providence Baptist Church, Estill County, Winston, Kentucky 1856-1978 , p. 117. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]

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