My mother wrote me about Algernon Sidney Petticrew tonight out of the blue:
http://www.freedomcenter.org/genealogy/
"My grandfather, Algernon Sydney Johnson was a Presbyterian Minister and a staunch Abolitionist. He worked for Clark Lane of Owens, Lane and Dyer, a large manufacturer of steam wood working equipment who was a prominent citizen, a live wire, and a strong Abolitionist too. He and my grandfather were friends as well as co-workers. Johnson was from Zenia Ohio and moved to St. Louis after the Civil War. I have a strong feeling that both men must have been involved with the Underground Railroad"
Dear Hatte
I've been thinking and thinking about A S Petticrew. He lived a short distance north of the U R route where it crossed the Ohio River at Ripley. He was a strong abolitionist and a Presbyterian Minister,(they were notable abolitionists) and a close friend of CLark Lane, a prominent activist citizen, live wire, business success, and strong abolitionist.
After he moved to St. Louis he spent much money and time on a Presbyterian Mission in So St. Louis.