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Methodist clergyman, educator, editor, and orator.

From the description of Papers of Matthew Simpson, 1829-1929 (bulk 1833-1884). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449051

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From the description of Autograph signature clipped from a letter : Philadelphia, 1878 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664558

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1811, June 21 Born, Cadiz, Ohio 1829 Attended Madison College, Unionville, Pa. 1833 Qualified as medical practitioner Admitted to the ministry on trial 1834 Honorary M.A., Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Minister, Cadiz and St. Clairsville, Ohio 1834 1835 Minister, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1835 Married Ellen Holmes Verner 1836 Fully qualified as minister 1836 1837 Minster, Williamsport, Pa. 1837 1839 Vice president and professor of natural science, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. 1839 1848 President, Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University), Greencastle, Ind. 1841 Honorary D.D., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 1844 Member, Methodist General Conference, New York, N.Y. 1848 1852 Editor, Western Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio 1852 1884 Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church 1857 Delegate, British Wesleyan Conference, Liverpool, England Attended Conference of Evangelical Alliance, Berlin, Germany 1861 1865 Pro-Union public speaker during Civil War 1865 Delivered eulogy at burial of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. 1878 Lectured on preaching, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Edited Cyclopaedia of Methodism. Philadelphia: Everts & Stewart 1881 Delivered opening sermon, Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London, England, and gave address at memorial service for President James Garfield, Exeter Hall, London, England 1884, June 18 Died, Philadelphia, Pa. From the guide to the Matthew Simpson Papers, 1829-1927, (bulk 1833-1884), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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