Letters, 1840-1844.

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Letters, 1840-1844.

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Letters to Amos Starr Cooke from several Methodist missionaries in Oregon concerning missionary operations, crop failure, antagonism with Catholics, and the death of Rev. Cyrus Shepard. Correspondents include Ira Leonard Babcock (one letter), Lewis H. Judson (two letters), William W. Raymond (five letters), and Alvan F. Waller (three letters). One letter is addressed to Mrs. Cooke.

Original: 12 items.Microfilm: 1 reel.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Judson, Lewis Hubbell, 1809-1880.

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Waller, Alvan F., 1808-

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Alvan F. Waller, pioneer Methodist missionary, was born in Abington, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1808. In 1833 he married Elpha White, with whom he had three children. In 1840 he came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne and established a mission at Oregon City with the assistance of Hudson's Bay Company factor Dr. John McLoughlin and missionary Jason Lee. In 1844, Waller was appointed leader of the Wascopam Mission at The Dalles, succeeding H.K.W. Perkins and Daniel Lee. He was transferred to Salem in 184...

Cooke, Amos Starr, 1816-1895.

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Amos Starr Cooke was born in Maine on January 8, 1816. After attending a meeting at which Rev. Jason Lee was lecturing, he was inspired to emigrate to Oregon. In 1839, Cooke and a group of 19 others set out for the region. He eventually took out a land claim in Yamhill County and married Mary Francis Scott at Lafayette, Oregon. Cooke was a Methodist layman with close ties to the Methodist missions. Amos Starr Cooke died on Feburary 3, 1895. From the description of Letters, 1840-1844....

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 ...

Cooke, Mary Francis

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Babcock, Ira Leonard, 1806-1888.

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Raymond, William H.

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Shepard, Cyrus, 1798-1840

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Methodist missionary and educator. From the description of Cyrus Shepard papers, 1834-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980444 Cyrus Shepard was a Methodist missionary who accompanied Jason Lee to the Willamette Valley in 1834. Shepard taught school at the Willamette Mission until his death in 1840. From the description of Diary, 1834-1835. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31723936 Cyrus Shepard was selected by the B...