Papers, 1818-1874.

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Papers, 1818-1874.

Consists of papers of Eli P. Farmer, including his autobiography, dictated when he was eighty years of age; his arithmetic sum-book, dated 1818, a year in which he attended school in Kentucky; a memorandum book, 1834; and a few miscellaneous papers.

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Indiana University

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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 82nd (1861-1865)

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Farmer, Eli P. (Eli Price), 1794-1881.

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Clergyman, farmer, and politician. Born in Franklin County, Kentucky, served in the War of 1812 and moved to Indiana in 1822. He become a licensed Methodist minister in 1826 and spent much of his time in the ensuing years traveling about Indiana preaching, holding revivals, and attending camp meetings. At the same time he farmed land which he had bought in Monroe County, Indiana, several miles west of Bloomington. He served as a Whig in the Indiana state sena...

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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 ...