John Paulson (1850)

John Paulson served churches in both the New England and South Kansas conferences.  Under his leadership, a church was built and dedicated in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1869.  During the Civil War, he was chaplain of the 8th Kansas regiment and in 1876 was the Prohibition Party candidate for governor of Kansas.  He died March 4, 1893 in Fort Scott.

Sources:

• Cary, Seth C. A Catalogue of the Alpha Chapter Boston University: Graduates of the School of Theology, 1850-1905. Boston: Published by the Biographical Secretary, 1906.
• Goodspeed, Weston Arthur. The Province and the States: a history of the province of Louisiana under France and Spain, and of the territories and states of the United States formed therefrom. Vol. 4. Madison: The Western Historical Association, 1904.
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