George Stetson was a Christian pastor.

Biography

The first Stetsons from England

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 arrived in the United States

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 in 1634. George Stetson associated with Henry Grew

Henry Grew

Henry Grew was a Christian teacher and writer whose studies of the Bible led him to conclusions which were at odds with doctrines accepted by many of the mainstream churches of his time...

 and George Storrs

George Storrs

George Storrs was a Christian teacher and writer in the United States.- Biography :George Storrs was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire on December 13, 1796, son to Colonel Constant Storrs and the former Lucinda Howe...

 in his early ministry, and even later with Jonas Wendell

Jonas Wendell

'Elder Jonas Wendell of Edenboro, Pennsylvania, was a zealous Adventist preacher following in the spirit of William Miller. Following the "Great Disappointment" Wendell experienced periods of weak faith, as did many Adventists...

 and Charles Taze Russell

Charles Taze Russell

Charles Taze Russell , or Pastor Russell, was a prominent early 20th century Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement, from which Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups emerged...

. He was not only a minister, but also a school teacher, and physician. As a member of the Advent Christian Church

Advent Christian Church

The Advent Christian Church is a "first-day" body of Adventist Christians founded on the teachings of William Miller.- William Miller :Though the first Advent Christian Association was founded in Salem, Massachusetts in 1860, the church's formation is rooted in the adventist teachings began by...

 he and Wendell worked together in several churches throughout Pennsylvania

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 and Ohio

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 in the early 1870s. They also wrote for George Storrs’ magazine The Herald of Life and the Coming Kingdom, and for other magazines such as The World's Crisis.

"He had been a faithful under-shepherd, ever holding before his hearers, as the great incentive to holiness and purity of life, that which filled his own soul with joy and peace and helped him to live ‘above the world’—viz: The appearing of the Heavenly Bridegroom—The King of Glory, and our gathering together unto him. Our brother was a man of marked ability, and surrendered bright prospects of worldly and political honors to be permitted to preach Christ, when the glories and beauties of the word of God dawned upon his heart. The truth cost him much, yet he bought it gladly.”

For ten months during 1872 Stetson was the Pastor of the church in Pittsburgh where he met the young Charles Taze Russell

Charles Taze Russell

Charles Taze Russell , or Pastor Russell, was a prominent early 20th century Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement, from which Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups emerged...

. He then led the Edinboro, Pennsylvania

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 congregation for six years until his death. His dying request was that Pastor Russell give his funeral sermon where over twelve hundred attended.




During the final year of George Stetsons life he would live with Sarah and William Henry Conley

William Henry Conley

William Henry Conley , was a Pittsburgh philanthropist and industrialist. He was married to Sarah Shaffer . Together, they provided organizational and financial support to religious institutions in the United States. William Conley was trained by his uncle in the printing business for ten years...

of 50 Fremont Street.