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Submitted: 9/21/14 • Approved: 4/17/15 • Last Updated: 3/16/18 • R45950-G0-S3
"THE MOST HONEST
MAN IN TOWN"
DAVID HEWITT
1805-1878
"THE FIRST
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
IN BATTLE CREEK"
Lot 48, Rt. 7
Known as the “MOST HONEST MAN IN TOWN,”
was the first convert of Adventist pioneer
Joseph Bates in Battle Creek.
Hewitt first proposed the name
“Seventh-day Adventist”
during a meeting held
on October 1, 1860
Contributed on 9/21/14
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Record #: 45950