Roberts, Benjamin Titus, 1823-1893

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Clergyman and founder of the Free Methodist Church of North America.

From the description of Benjamin Titus Roberts family papers, 1832-1954 (bulk 1870-1900). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982622

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Benjamin Titus Roberts

  • 1823, July 25: Born, Gowanda, N.Y.
  • 1842 - 1844 : Apprenticed at law
  • 1848: Graduated, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Admitted to the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • 1849: Married Ellen Lois Stowe
  • 1850: Ordained a deacon
  • 1852: Ordained an elder
  • 1858: Expelled from the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • 1860: Organized Free Methodist Church, Pekin, N.Y. (now Free Methodist Church of North America) Began publication of The Earnest Christian
  • 1860 - 1893 : First General Superintendent, Free Methodist Church
  • 1866: Founded the A. M. Chesbrough Seminary (now Roberts Wesleyan College), North Chili, N.Y.
  • 1866 - 1890 : Editor, Free Methodist
  • 1893, Feb. 27: Died, Cattaraugus, N.Y.

Family Members Represented in the Benjamin Titus Roberts Family Papers

Titus Roberts married Sally Ellis (1803-1896) Benjamin Titus Roberts (1823-1893) married Ellen Lois Stowe (1825-1908) Benson Howard Roberts (1853-1893) married Emma J. Sellew George Lane Roberts married Anna A. Rice (d. 1881) Charles Stowe Roberts married Susan Lowden Benjamin Titus Roberts, Jr., married Sadie B. Kidwell Samuel Roberts

From the guide to the Benjamin Titus Roberts Family Papers, 1832-1954, (bulk 1870-1900), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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referencedIn Kysor, Kenneth. Free Methodist Church histories, [ca.1976]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Benjamin Titus Roberts Family Papers, 1832-1954, (bulk 1870-1900) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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