Murdoch of Buckhorn
Inscription
Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N. Y. and as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant's Society of Soul Winners founded Witherspoon College in 1902. Became Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency. Log cathedral built 1907. Murdoch was pastor until his death. "To Buckhorn and Eastern Kentucky he brought a love for baseball, for education and for God."
Dedicated October 3, 1964.
Location
Sources
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