EVANS, DAVID MEYRICK (1827 - 1870), Baptist minister
Date of birth: 1827
Date of death: 1870
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baptist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: William Joseph Rhys
Born 30 November 1827 in London. He moved when very young with his parents to the Tregaron, Cardiganshire, district. He began to preach at Swyddffynnon c. 1834. He was educated at Ystrad Meurig, Accrington Academy, and the University of Glasgow, and ministered at Grosvenor Street, Manchester, 1851-8, and Greenfield, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, 1858-70. He was editor of the Llanelly Telegraph, 1860-7; he also published Memoirs of Christmas Evans. He died 31 January 1870.
Author
- Reverend William Joseph Rhys, (1880 - 1967)
- Baptist Handbook, 1871
- Seren Gomer, 1903, 135
- T. R. Morgan, Bethel Swyddffynnon
Sources
Published date: 1959
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