Who's Who in the Far East/HARTWELL, Rev. J. Boardman
HARTWELL, Rev. J. Boardman (TEXG CHOW Fu), A.B., D.D.; Pastor and Instructor in Theology; b. Oct., 17, 1835 at Darlington, S.C., U.S.A., s. of Rev. Jesse Hartwell, D.D. Educ.: Furman University, S.C., U.S.A. Professor of Mathematics, Mount Lebanon University, La, U.S.A., 1856; became a missionary in China, 1858; was, with Revs. T. P. Crawford and J. L. Holmes, the first of Europeans to visit the Taiping Rebels; organised, in Teng Chow Fu, the first Christian Church north of Shanghai, 1862; Missionary to Chinese in California and Superintendent, Baptist Missions to Chinese on Pacific Coast, U.S.A., 1879-1893; organised first Chinese Baptist Church in U.S.A., 1880; returned to China, 1893; at present Instructor in Theology, Bush Theological Seminary. Address: Teng Chow Fu, via Chefoo, China.