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Maple, Joseph Cowgill

clergyman, was born Nov. 18, 1833, in Guernsey county, Ohio. He has received the degrees of A. M. and D. D.; and has filled pastorates in the paptist church at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Owensboro, Ky.; Kansas City, and Springfield, Mo.; and since 1886 has been pastor of the baptist church of Keokuk, Iowa. For eight years he was chairman of the state mission board of Missouri, and has filled other important positions in the gift of his church. He was commissioned by the governor of Missouri to represent the state at the world's exposition of Paris, France; and during his absence he extended his trip through Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and Great Britain; and wrote Graphic Descriptions or his Travels, which appeared in the Central Baptist of St. Louis, Mo.