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preacher. He and Tina were slaves of the Peachy Estate. Philip died two months before his son John Jasper's birth. Jasper was hired out to various people. When Mrs. Peachy, their mistress died, John was given to her son John Blair Peachy in the division of the estate. He was a lawyer and a farmer by
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above which the sun circuits. He first preached this sermon in March 1878 on the basis of
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and obtaining the permission of his church to remarry himself, he eventually married Candus Jordan in 1844. They had nine children together, before eventually getting divorced. Thirdly he married Mary Ann Cole in 1863. She died on August 6, 1874. On March 24, 1892 John Jasper married Mary Cary.
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John Jasper left a lasting legacy as one of the most respected figures in
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The Life of Rev. John Jasper, Pastor of Sixth Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., from His Birth to the Present Time, with His Theory on the Rotation of the Sun
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