Asher, J. (Jeremiah), 1812-1865

found: RLIN, 5/18/00(hdgs.: Asher, Jeremiah, 1812-1865; Asher, Jeremiah, b. 1812; Asher, Jeremiah, 1812- ; usage: J. Asher; Jeremiah Asher)

found: African American National Biography, accessed November 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Asher, Jeremiah; Baptist clergy, military chaplain, autobiographer, memoirist; born 13 October 1812 in North Branford, Connecticut, United States; boycotted his segregated home church, the First Baptist Church of Hartford (1839), the blacks were allowed to sit "where they pleased in the galleries"; helped to form a new church in Providence, Rhode Island and served as pastor for nine years; was called to Shiloh Baptist Church in Philadelphia; traveled across Britain and was able to obtain support from local Baptist pastors (1849); published his autobiography "Incidents in the Life of the Rev. J. Asher" in London (1850); served in various positions at the National Baptist Convention; volunteered and was assigned to the Sixth United States Colored Infantry (USCT), one of only fourteen black chaplains to serve in the Union Army; continued his chaplain duties and taught former slaves; died 27 July 1865 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States)