Background
Jessup, Henry Harris was born on April 19, 1832 in Montrose, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William (Doctor of Laws) and Amanda (Harris) J.
Jessup, Henry Harris was born on April 19, 1832 in Montrose, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William (Doctor of Laws) and Amanda (Harris) J.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1851, Master of Arts, 1854. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1855. Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1865.
1 son, Henry Wynans J. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1855. Missionary in Tripoli and Syria, 1856-1860, at Beirut, since 1860. Missionary-editor Arabic journal, “El-Neshrah”.
Professor theology and homiletics, Moderator General Assembly in Saratoga, 1879.
Author: The Women of the Arabs, 1874. Syrian Home Life, 1874.
Mohammedan Missionary Problem, 1879. The Greek Church and Protestant Missions, 1885.
Kamil, Moslem Convert, 1893.
Autobiography and History of the Syria Mission, 1909. Address: Beirut, Syria.
Married Caroline Bush, October 1857. Married second, Harriet Elizabeth Dodge, October 1868.