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(Apr 10, 1820, Chester, VT - Jun 26, 1893, Memphis, TN), a Baptist preacher, editor, and founder of the Landmark Movement (Baptists). From 1845 he was editor of the The Tennessee Baptist, a journal that he used to promote his views. In 1851 he led a conference on Gospel Landmarkism (“landmark” taken from Prov 22:28), an attempt to establish Baptist churches as the only true churches, directly connected to Jesus and the early Christians. Landmarkism regarded baptism and ordination in all non-Baptist churches as …