Roberts, Benjamin Titus, 1823-1893

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Dates:
Birth 1823
Death 1893
English,

Biographical notes:

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

Biographical Notes

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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Subjects:

  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist theological seminaries
  • Methodist theological seminaries
  • Practice of law
  • Practice of law
  • Practice of law

Occupations:

  • Clergy

Places:

  • Bradford (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Rochester (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Bradford (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--North Chili (as recorded)
  • Rochester (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Rochester (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Bradford (Pa.) (as recorded)