Arminius Wright papers, 1845-1900 (bulk 1845-1879).

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Arminius Wright papers, 1845-1900 (bulk 1845-1879).

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The collection consists of the papers of Arminius Wright from 1845-1900. The papers include sermons, sermon notes and outlines, personal and family account books, photographs, notebooks, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and minutes. Sermons, sermon notes and outlines, and notebooks are from Wright's work as a methodist minister; account books belonged to Wright and his wife; scrapbooks contain personal and family correspondence, clippings, and writings. Also included are a photograph of Lovick Pierce, listings of church members and collections, and the 1877 minutes from the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in which a lengthy obituary for Wright appears.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927137

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Wright, Arminius, 1829-1879.

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Arminius Wright (1829-1879), Methodist minister, mainly served St. Paul's Methodist Church (Columbus, Ga.), married (Sarah) Amelia Bardwell Taft (1836-1884) in 1862 and resided in Columbus, Georgia. From the description of Arminius Wright family papers, 1819-1884. (Columbus State University). WorldCat record id: 38476101 Arminius Wright, Methodist minister, was born in Columbia County, Georgia, 4 March 1829, and died in Columbus, Georgia, 18 June 1879. He was granted a licen...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Conferences. North Georgia

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Conferences. South Georgia

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Pierce, Lovick, 1785-1879

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Reverend Lovick Pierce (1785-1879) was born 17 March 1785 in Halifax, North Carolina. He died at the age of ninety five on 9 November 1879 after spending seventy five years in the Methodist ministry. From the description of Lovick Pierce letter, 1826. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 288959194 Lovick Pierce was a Methodist minister and the father of the Georgia Methodist bishop George Foster Pierce. Ann Pierce Howard was the granddau...