A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 
800 Biographical Sketches, J. H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and 
Corrected by Mrs. Burilla B. Spencer, In Two Volumes.  Printed For the 
Author.  1886.  Republished By Church History Research & Archives 1976 
Lafayette, Tennessee. Vol. 2, pp 126-127 [Clark County]

WILLIAM RUPARD is the most prominent minister now laboring among the 
churches of North District Association.  He was born in Clark county, 
Ky., Feb. 4, 1825.  He was educated in the common schools of his native 
county, commenced teaching, at the age of 18, and followed that 
occupation about 12 years. 
	He made a profession of religion, about 1841, and was baptized 
into the fellowship of Goshen church, by Thomas Boone.  About 1851, he 
commenced exercising in public prayer and exhortation, and was ordained 
to the ministry, by Thomas Boone and James Edmonson, in 1852.  He 
immediately took charge of Log Lick and Liberty churches, for whose 
benefit he had been ordained.  In January, 1855, he moved to Scott 
county, Illinois, where he labored in the ministry about a year, and 
baptized a number of converts.  In 1856, he was called back to Kentucky 
to fill the place made vacant by the death of the venerable Thomas 
Boone.  He immediately took charge of Goshen, Lulbegrud, Liberty and 
Cane Spring churches, all belonging to North District Association.  To 
these churches he has ministered, about 33 years.  Lulbegrud has not 
prospered; the other three have more than doubled their membership.  
Besides the four churches named, Mr. Rupard has generally served two or 
three others, preaching to them on week days.  He has also traveled and 
preached much in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.  He was elected Clerk of 
North District Association, in 1852, and generally served in that 
capacity, till 1859.  Since the latter date, he has acted as Moderator 
of that Association.
	Mr. Rupard is a man of high respectability and of spotless 
christian character.  He possesses fair preaching gifts, and has used 
them with much zeal and diligence, and with a good degree of success.  
It seems a pity that his fine talents and extensive influence should be 
used against the cause of missions.

Rupard Boone Edmonson
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Scott-IL IN OH

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