I have been working on a biography of John N. TEMPLETON (1804?-1851).
JNT graduated from Ohio University in 1828, among the first 10 A-A college
graduates in this country.

 Among his activities in the Steel City:
	-  a founder of the African Public School

	-  associate of Martin Robinson DELANEY on the _Mystery_ (AA Newspaper)

	-  active in local convention mouvement, member 

	-  member of the Wylie African Methodist Espiscopal Church (now Bethel)

	- member United Bretheren of Mutual Relief with J.B. VASHON

	- an officer of the Pittsburgh Anti-Slavery Society (Manager/1840).

See: _A Black History of Athens County and Ohio University_ (1991 ?)
     Ohio University. Board of Trustees. _Minutes_ (October 1993) pp. 382-401.
	"Naming of Memorial Auditorium, Resolution 1993-1324".

     Templeton, John Newton. _The Claims of Liberia (Chillicothe, OH July 4,
	1829)_. Athens, OH : Maurice Press, 1980.

NB. Not to be confused with his younger brother, Benjamin Franklin TEMPLETON.
BFT graduated from Lane Theological Seminary in 1838.

For more information, please contact:
		mperdreau@ohiou.edu