Blodgett, John

Blodgett, John a Baptist minister, was born at Randolph,Vt., Nov. 20, 1792. He joined the Church at Denmark, N. Y., in 1817, and was licensed to preach in 1818. His pastorates in New York were at Champion, Lowville, and Broad Street, Utica. In Ohio he was pastor at Lebanon, Centreville, and Casstown.For two years he resided in Indiana, and then was settled at Franklin, O., where he died, July 24, 1876. So great was the esteem in which he was held in Ohio that he bore the title of "John the Beloved." See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclopaedia, p. 107. (J. C. S.)