Blackburn Family Papers, 1838-1873.

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Blackburn Family Papers, 1838-1873.

Two separate groups of papers: 1) Miscellaneous papers of Joseph Blackburn, a travelling Methodist Episcopal minister in Ohio and Kentucky, 1848-1858, and organizer of (and then lieutenant and captain of) the "F" company assigned to the 70th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and sent home April, 1862 and, 2) correspondence to Joseph Blackburn's parents from relatives in England, 1834-1868.

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Blackburn Family.

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The Blackburn family has its roots in industrial Lancashire, England. Joseph Blackburn (1819-1875) was named for his grandfather (birth and death dates unknown), a "yeoman" and "stuffmaker" of the parish of Great Horton, now a portion of the city of Bradford. The elder, Joseph Blackburn was married twice. His second wife was Margaret Turner, the mother of his four children; Richard, Margaret, Sarah, and John, the father of the Joseph Blackburn who is the subject of the bulk of these papers. John...

Blackburn, Joseph, 1819-1875.

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United States. Army. 70th Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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Circuit Riders, Inc.

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Circuit Riders, Inc. was an organization that formed within the Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio in the mid-20th century with the pupose of spreading the gospel of Christ and opposing all "anti-American" teachings within the church. A specific early goal was to remove the Methodist Federation for Social Action from the national church organization. During the late 1950s and 1960s, the focus of the organization expanded to include the investigation of socialist and communist infiltration into...

Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...