Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1811, June 21 | Born, Cadiz, Ohio |
| 1829 | Attended Madison College, Unionville, Pa. |
| 1833 | Qualified as medical practitioner Admitted to the ministry on trial |
| 1834 | Honorary M.A., Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Minister, Cadiz and St. Clairsville, Ohio |
| 1834-1835 | Minister, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1835 | Married Ellen Holmes Verner |
| 1836 | Fully qualified as minister |
| 1836-1837 | Minster, Williamsport, Pa. |
| 1837-1839 | Vice president and professor of natural science, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. |
| 1839-1848 | President, Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University), Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1841 | Honorary D.D., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. |
| 1844 | Member, Methodist General Conference, New York, N.Y. |
| 1848-1852 | Editor, Western Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1852-1884 | Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1857 | Delegate, British Wesleyan Conference, Liverpool, England Attended Conference of Evangelical Alliance, Berlin, Germany |
| 1861-1865 | Pro-Union public speaker during Civil War |
| 1865 | Delivered eulogy at burial of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. |
| 1878 | Lectured on preaching, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Edited Cyclopaedia of Methodism. Philadelphia: Everts & Stewart |
| 1881 | Delivered opening sermon, Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London, England, and gave address at memorial service for President James Garfield, Exeter Hall, London, England |
| 1884, June 18 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |