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The Reverend George Junkin (November 1, 1790 – May 20, 1868) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the first and third president of Lafayette College and later as president of Miami University and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University).
George McJunkin (c. 1856–1922) was an African American cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian. McJunkin discovered the Folsom site in New Mexico in 1908.
Nov 4, 2019 · With his Scots-Irish roots and staunch Calvinist beliefs, the Reverend George Junkin must have seemed a good fit for the presidency of Washington College.
Feb 23, 2015 · One resident of the Folsom area on that night was African American cowboy George McJunkin. McJunkin’s life story is remarkable. He was born a slave near Midway, Texas—a small village about halfway between Houston and Dallas—in 1851. George’s father was a blacksmith, and George grew up around horses.
Nov 1, 2012 · This Day in Presbyterian History: An Educator and Minister to the Souls of Young and Old. Arriving at the Mason-Dixion line dividing Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1861, Dr. George Junkin and his family stopped their carriage carrying all their worldly possessions.
Mar 2, 2017 · George Junkin, 1790-1868. bwaugh. March 2, 2017. 13 min read. George was born November 1, 1790, to Joseph and Eleanor Cochran Junkin on the family farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The spiritual ancestors of the Junkins were Covenanters who had entered the American colonies among the Scots-Irish.
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George Junkin was born in western Pennsylvania, near Carlisle. He studied at Jefferson College. In 1819 he was called to the Associate Reformed Church in Milton, PA.
