Carson, Revd Alexander
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Carson, Revd Alexander (1776–1844), ‘Carson of Tobermore’. Born in Co. Tyrone and educated at Glasgow, Carson was
Presbyterian minister at Tobermore, Co. Londonderry, until 1804, when he broke away to form his own independent congregation. In 1827 he joined the
Baptists, and became one of their most eminent preachers and controversialists.
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atlas
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Campbell, Joseph
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