Robert Mcgill Loughridge

Background

Loughridge, Robert Mcgill was born on December 24, 1809 in Laurensville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James and Deborah (McGill) Loughridge.

Education

Graduate Miami (O.) University, 1837. Attended Princeton Theological Seminary, 1838.

Career

Church, 1841, ordained to ministry, 1842. Missionary to Creek Indians in Oklahoma, 1842-1861. Established schools, churches, translated parts of Bible and hymnal into Muskogee (Creek language), 1881-1888.

Minister in many Texas churches, 1861-1880.

Minister Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1888, Waco, Texas, 1892. Author: English and Muskogee Dictionary, 1890.

Achievements

• Robert Mcgill Loughridge has been listed as a noteworthy missionary by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Olivia Hills, December 6, 1842. Married second, Mary Avery, December 4, 1846.

Father:

James Loughridge

Mother:

Deborah (McGill) Loughridge

Spouse:

Mary Avery

Spouse:

Olivia Hills