Named Entity Results
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter frin 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841. in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter fro1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.

David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841 Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland. He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity. In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university. He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.