Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1840, Mar. 1 | Born, Devonshire, England; orphaned as a child, worked in his youth as a coal-worker and brickyard laborer |
| 1862 | Ordained a Congregational minister |
| 1865 | Married Sarah Bennett (died 1914) |
| 1871 | Initiated into the Independent Order of Good Templars, a temperance organization; became active in the temperance movement. |
| 1876 | Temperance work with African Americans in North Carolina sponsored by the Independent Order of Good Templars |
| 1878 | Escorted the Fisk Jubilee Singers in England during their European tour |
| 1883 | Immigrated to the United States along with his wife and eight children; served in several Midwestern churches before settling in Edina-Morningside on the border of Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1913, Sept. 15 | Died, Minnesota |