The Wesley oak, 1871 April 19.

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The Wesley oak, 1871 April 19.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469106707

The collection consists of a sepia toned photograph titled, "The Wesley Oak" with Bishop George F. Pierce and Bishop William M. Wightman, and Reverend L. Pierce pictured. This is the tree under which John and Charles Wesley preached when Georgia was in her Colonial state.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571418

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Pierce, L. (Levi), 1799-1875

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Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884

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Pierce was a physician, educated at Harvard, and also an amateur botanist. From the description of Notebook of George Pierce, 1840? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499191 George Foster Pierce, Methodist bishop and president of Emory College, was born 3 February 1811, in Greene County, Georgia, and died 4 September 1884, in Sparta, Georgia. Pierce was a son of Lovick Pierce (1785-1879), a Methodist clergyman and physician. He was admitted into the Georgia Conference of the ...

Wightman, William M. (William May), 1808-1882

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Methodist clergyman. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Wightman in 1840 became the editor of the "Southern Christian Advocate," a weekly newspaper devoted to the activities of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South. In 1854 Wightman was chosen to be the president of Wofford College. From the description of William M. Wightman papers, 1844-1848. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144370 Methodist Bishop of Charleston, S.C., graduate of Colle...