John Caldwell Melrose

Biographical Information
Youngest sibling in his family. His birth year is an approximation, because it is not known exactly. He graduated with the class of 1887 of Lenox College in Iowa. Went to the Christian mission in Hainan, China with his wife. He grew up near Independence, Iowa, in the Perry township in Buchanan county--not far from the Agnew farm. Went to McCormack Seminary in Chicago. Died of dysentery. Grave obliterated after 1929 by either the Imperial Japanese or the Communist Chinese militaries.Favorite hymn: "Jesus, Thy Name I Love"

Teacher, missionary, ordained pastor.