Background
Wilson, John Leighton was born on March 25, 1809 in Salem, South Carolina, United States. Son of William and Jane E. (James) W.
Wilson, John Leighton was born on March 25, 1809 in Salem, South Carolina, United States. Son of William and Jane E. (James) W.
Graduate Union College, Schenectady, 1829. Graduate Columbia Seminary, 1831.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church at Harmony, South Carolina., 1833. Contributor to Missionary Herald. Missionary in Cape Palmas and Gabun, West Africa, 1834-1852.
Treated sick, founded schools, chs. Compiled grammars, dictionaries, translated gospels, tracts into Grebo and Mpongwee. Returned to American, 1852.
Secretary Board Foreign Missions at General Assembly, 1853. Editor magazine Home and Foreign Record, 1853-1861. Chaplain Confederate Army.
Member Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (later Presbyterian Church in the United States), 1861, in charge of its foreign missions, 1863-1872. Editor The Missionary, 1866-circa 1886. Wrote for Southern.
Member Assembly of the Presbyn.
Married Jane Bayard, May 21, 1834.