faith. He died in Rock Springs, Illinois, where he was first buried. His body was reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. References Further reading Hayne, Coe. Vanguard of the Caravans: A Life Story of John Mason Peck, 1931. Lawrence, Matthew. John Mason Peck, the Pioneer Missionary: a Biographical Sketch, 1940. Ross, Ryan A. "John Mason Peck Loses His Moral Progress: The Story of a Private Library Fire at Rock Spring, Illinois," Journal of Illinois History 15:2 (Summer 2012), 89-106. External links Southern Baptist Historical Library John Cushman Abbott Exhibit Supplement—includes a discussion of Peck and his books A Guide for Emigrants and A Gazetteer of Illinois, and downloadable pdf files of the books. 1789 births 1858 deaths 19th-century Baptists American abolitionists American evangelicals Baptist abolitionists Baptists from New York (state) Baptist missionaries from the United States Baptist missionaries in the United States People from Greene County, New York People from Litchfield, Connecticut Southern Baptists