Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1910 — New Pastor of Baptist Church Was Soldier Under Gen. Custer. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Pastor of Baptist Church Was Soldier Under Gen. Custer.

The accompanying .illustration of Rev. Joel P. Green, the new pastor of the Baptist church, was recently taken. Rev. Green is a native of the State of Maine and in his early young manhood served a five year enlistment in the regular army, being in General George A. Custer’s brigade. He was in several lively engagements with the Indians. After his discharge from the army he entered the ministry, and has

preached for the past thirty years, mostly in Michigan and Indiana. For five years he was pastor of the Baptist church at Muncie and after being away a short time he was recalled there for two years. He came to Rensselaer from Mentone, and is making good headway in organizing the church for successful work. Rev. Green is the cheerful sort of a preacher that a person likes to meet, looks on the bright side of life and is a firm believer in the gospel of sunshine.