London Ferrell

London Ferrell

Rev. London Ferrell was born a slave in Hanover County, Virginia. He came to Kentucky in 1811, after the death of his owner. He was ordained in 1821 by the Elkhorn Baptist Association. Rev. Ferrell ministered to the black population of Lexington, he was placed over the First African Church.

In 1833, cholera visited Lexington, only he, Rev. Benjamine Bosworth Smith of Rector of Christ Church and a Catholic priest, Fr. Ed McMahon were the only ministers that remained in the city. Rev. Farrell and Rev. Smith both lost their wives to cholera. Rev. London Farrell is buried in the Old Episcopal Buring Ground in Lexington, Kentucky.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/ferrell.london.bio.index.html Rev. London Ferrell]
* [http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/ferrill.london.bio.html London Ferrell]
* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ferrill/ferrill.html Biography of London Ferrell]

References

"The Advocate" The Diocese of Lexington, Summer 2008, page 5


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