John Mason Peck
American missionary
John Mason Peck was an American Baptist missionary to the western frontier of the United States, especially in Missouri and Illinois. A prominent anti-slavery advocate of his day, Peck also founded many educational institutions and wrote... Wikipedia
Born: 1789, Litchfield, CT
Died: 1858 (age 69 years), Decatur, IL
Organizations founded: Shurtleff College and American Baptist Historical Society
Books
Forty years of pioneer life
1864
The Traveller's Directory for Illinois, Containing Accurate Sketches of the State ... List of the Principal Roads, Stage and Steamboat Routes . .
Lives of Daniel Boone and Benjamin Lincoln
1847
Annals of the West
Makers of American History: Daniel Boone
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West
1836