Madison Clinton Peters was an American

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 clergyman, born in Lehigh County

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....

, Pennsylvania

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  He was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, and at Heidelberg Theological Seminary

Heidelberg College

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, Tiffin, Ohio

Tiffin, Ohio

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, whence he entered the ministry of the reformed church in 1880. From this year until 1907, when he gave up a denominational connection to become a "free" preacher, he was pastor of the following churches: First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; Bloomingdale Reformed, New York; Sumner Avenue Baptist, Brooklyn; Immanuel Baptist, Baltimore; and Epiphany (Episcopal), New York.