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- [S1146] General catalogue of the Centre college of Kentucky, Centre College (Danville, Ky.), (Danville, The Kentucky advocate printing company), p. 139.
Brice Gamaliel Fields.
Son of Richard Fields and Mary (Jarvis) Fields. The former was a native
of Maryland, the latter of Fayette county, Ky.
Born October 10, 1816, in Harrison county, Ky., and was prepared for college in a school near Cynthiana, Ky. Having graduated, he began the study of theology with a brother minister of the gospel. His first charge was Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Harrison county, Ky. ; his second, Oxford Church, Ky. ; his third, Crittenden Church, Ky.
Married in 1845 Elizabeth J. Henderson, of Scott county, Ky. He had six children, five of whom survive.
Died July 28, 1856, after a prolonged and painful illness, at the home of his wife's mother near Crittenden, Ky. He was disabled from the active work of the ministry some years before his death, on account of ill health.
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