To make up for a whole bunch of blog posts, I am publishing in post format the biographies I compiled for my world-famous “The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society for all articles relating to their Central Africa Mission from 1876-1905.” I appreciate your patience!
Rev. Joseph Henry Dineen
Born: July 14, 1853, at Keighley, Yorkshire
Died: July 25, 1883, at Uguha [Dec 1883]
Rev. J.H. Dineen studied at Regent’s Park College in London and was an ordained pastor of a Baptist Church at Gildersome, near Leeds. He was ordained as a medical missionary to the Central Africa Mission on April 27, 1882 [Jul 1882] and departed England on May 17 [Jul 1882], arriving at Zanzibar on June 19 [Sep 1882]. He left Zanzibar on July 10 for Ujiji. From Ujiji he eventually went to Uguha on the west side of Lake Tanganyika on account of ill-health.
Rev. Arthur William Dodgshun
Born: July 5, 1847, at Leeds
Died: April 3, 1879, at Ujiji [Jan 1880]
Rev. Arthur W. Dodgshun studied at Cheshunt College and was ordained March 15, 1877 at Queen St. Church, Leeds [Apr 1877]. He departed England on March 29, 1877 at arrived at Ujiji on March 27, 1879 [Jan 1880] where he died a week later.
Walter Draper
Born: April 8, 1861, at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Died: 1927†
Mr. W. Draper was appointed as an artisan missionary to Urambo and departed England on June 2, 1888 [Jul 1888]. He reached Urambo on November 2, 1888 [Ninety-Fifth Report]. After Rev. Shaw resigned from the London Missionary Society due to ill-health, Mr. Draper was the sole missionary at Urambo. In 1898, the Urambo Mission was transferred to the Moravians and Mr. Draper returned to England, arriving on August 2, 1898 [Sep 1898]. He was reappointed to Kawimbe and departed England on June 21, 1900 [Aug 1900]. He arrived at Kawimbe September 22, 1900. On June 14, 1903, he held the first Christian service ever at Mbala (then Abercorn) [Oct 1903]. He returned to England on furlough, arriving November 9, 1904 [Jan 1905] and departing again May 26, 1906. He married May P. Blantyne, of the Livingstonia Mission, on June 25, 1915.
Photo: Abercornucopia
James Dunn
Born: September 19, 1859, at Kingston-on-Thames
Died: March 6, 1884, in Uguha [Jul 1884]
Mr. Dunn was appointed as an artisan missionary, slated to form an industrial station at the south end of Lake Tanganyika [Jun 1882] alongside his friend Arthur Brooks [Mar 1889]. He departed England on May 17, 1882 [Jul 1882], arriving at Zanzibar on Jun 19 [Sep 1882], from where he went onward to Uguha on the western side of Lake Tanganyika.
William Freshwater
Born: November 1, 1872, at Market Harborough
Died: 1936†
Mr. W. Freshwater initially apprenticed as a cabinet-maker† before studying at Harley House, London. Appointed as a lay missionary, he was dedicated to missionary service on April 10, 1902 [May 1902]. Slated for Mbereshi [May 1902], he departed England on April 30, 1902 [Jun 1902]. He arrived at Mbereshi on September 6 [Nov 1902]. He returned to England on furlough in 1907 and married Nancy Swingler (1874-1959†) on May 15, 1908. The couple worked at Mbereshi, Mporokoso, and Kafulwe†.
Notes:
Unless otherwise noted, missionary biographies are derived firstly from London Missionary Society: A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, Etc. From 1796 to 1923, prepared by James Sibree, D.D., Fourth Edition, published by the London Missionary Society, London, 1923. Brackets with [Month Year] indicate the issue of The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society which records the preceding event. Information denoted by a dagger (†) is from Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924, by Robert I. Rotberg, published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965. Other sources are denoted by a footnote.
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