Elijah Coleman Bridgman
American missionary
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Elijah Coleman Bridgman was the first American Protestant Christian missionary appointed to China. He served with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Wikipedia
Born: April 22, 1801, Belchertown, MA
Died: November 2, 1861 (age 60 years), Shanghai, China
Great-grandparents: Elizabeth Bridgman and Joseph Bridgman
Parents: Theodore Bridgman
Spouse: Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman (m. 1845)
Education: Amherst College Andover Theological School