Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: bound brook , new jersey - caption: missionary to china - spouses: -lrb- mary eliza van deventer 1 -rrb- abby f. woodruff -lrb- 2 -rrb- - death date: 19 august 1892 - parents: david talmage catharine van neste - relations: thomas de witt talmage , brother - birth date: 18 august 1819 - name: john van nest talmage - image: john_van_nest_talmage . png - birth place: somerville , new jersey Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john van nest talmage .
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john van nest talmage -lrb- 18 august 1819 -- 19 august 1892 -rrb- , was a protestant christian missionary to amoy , fujian , china .he was sent by the reformed church in america from 1847 to 1890 .