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Joseph Gomer

1834–1892

United States

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Biography

Joseph Gomer (1834 – September 6, 1892) was an African American missionary on behalf of the United Brethren Church active in Sierra Leone. Gomer was born in Michigan. During the American Civil War he served in the Union Army.

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