What denomination of minister was the man commemorated at the Lovejoy State Memorial?
Lovejoy State Memorial Lovejoy State Memorial is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It commemorates abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Parish Lovejoy, who was killed by a mob while defending his printing press at Alton on November 7, 1837. Dedicated in 1897, the memorial is located in Alton City Cemetery in Alton, Illinois, and was sculpted by Robert Bringhurst and Richard Bock. The memorial consists of one tall center column topped with a bronze winged figure blowing a trumpet, two shorter columns with bronze eagles, bronze reliefs on each side of the base, and markers on the steps with information about Owen Lovejoy. Lovejoy’s grave is located nearby.
Edward Norris Kirk Edward Norris Kirk (August 14, 1802 – March 27, 1874), was a Christian missionary, pastor, teacher, evangelist and writer in the Presbyterian, Congregational and revivalist traditions in the US. He founded the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York, following a schism at the Second Presbyterian Church in the same city, and later served as the first pastor of Mount Vernon Congregational Church (now associated with Old South Church) in Boston, from 1842 to 1871, where his teaching led to the conversion of renowned evangelist Dwight L. Moody.