Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893)
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This Historical Marker is located on N. Washington Street, in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMTGF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2006
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Born a free African-American. He taught the Colored people at this college, 1837, while a student at the Lutheran Seminary. A historian, he was elected bishop of the A.M.E. Church, 1852, and was president of Wilberforce University, 1863-76.
Marker Name: Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893)
County: Adams
Date Dedicated: 03/10/1991
Marker Type: City
Location: 239 N. Washington Street, at Gettysburg College
Category: African American, Educator
Website: [Web Link]
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