Recollections, ca. 1890.

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Recollections, ca. 1890.

Handscript recollection (ca. 1890) regarding Wood's life as a minister on the Roseburg, South Salem, and Dayton circuits; reminiscences also discuss Wood's involvement in the first admission of black children to the Portland public schools and his experiences during the Civil War in the mid-West.

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Wood, Thomas Alexander, 1837-1904.

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Thomas Alexander Wood was born in Montgomery County, Illinois on March 1, 1837. In 1852, he crossed the plains to Oregon, but returned east later to study for the ministry. In 1862, he married and returned to Oregon where he worked various jobs until accepting the Methodist pastorate in Roseburg. He fought in the Indian wars and eventually served as commander of the Indian War Veterans Association of Oregon. From the description of Recollections, ca. 1890. (Oregon Historical Society ...

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 ...

Colored School (Portland, Or.)

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