Charles N. Akers and family papers, 1776-1911.

Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

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Congregational clergyman and president of Yale; b. in Northampton, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976415 Timothy Dwight was born on May 14, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1769 (B.A.) and 1772 (M.A.). He served Yale as tutor (1771-1777), Livingston Professor of Divinity (1795-1817), and President (1795-1817). He died on January 11, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut. From the desc...

Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country. ...

Reed, Walter S.

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Welch, Abraham Edwards, 1839-1864.

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Montgomery, Thomas, 1841-1907.

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Thomas Montgomery was born June 4, 1841 in County Donegal, Ireland, to Alexander and Margaret (Baskin) Montgomery. The family emigrated to Canada in 1845 and settled in Cleveland, LeSueur County, Minnesota, in 1856. In 1861 he joined a local militia and enlisted in Company K of the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment on August 12, 1862, serving on the Minnesota and Dakota frontiers during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. In 1864 he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the 76th U.S. Color...

Spates, Samuel

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Colvill, William, 1830-1905.

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Akers, Peter, 1790-1885.

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Dwight family.

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Akers, Charles N. (Charles Newton), 1848-1916.

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Charles N. Akers was a grandson of Peter Akers, a prominent 19th century Methodist clergyman. Mary Dwight Akers (Mrs. Charles N. Akers) was a descendent of Timothy Dwight. From the description of Charles N. Akers and family papers, 1776-1911. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 313846822 ...

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

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 ...