caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date image article_title name occupation
roswell fenner cottrell 22 march 1892 ridgeway , new york brookfield , new york 200px 17 january 1814 roswell f. cottrell.jpg roswell f. cottrell
 roswell f. cottrell minister/preacher ,
roswell f. cottrell

roswell fenner cottrell -lrb- january 17 , 1814 -- march 22 , 1892 -rrb- is a preacher , counsellor , writer , hymnist and poet who came from a family of seventh day baptists .
he was the son of john cottrell -lrb- 1774 -- 1857 -rrb- and mary polly stillman -lrb- 1779 -- 1852 -rrb- after joining the sabbatarian adventists who eventually organized the seventh-day adventist church , he became one of their leading advocates .
