Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler: With ReminiscencesRev. Pardee Butler was born at Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York, in 1816, the son of Phineas and Sarah Pardee Butler. His family migrated to Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, in 1818, and to Sandusky Plains, Ohio, in 1839. He married Sibjl S. Carleton, daughter of Joseph Carleton, at Sullivan, Ashland County, Ohio, in 1843. Their family migrated to Iowa in 1850, to Illinois, and in 1855 to Kansas. He was a minister, and fought against slavery, and for prohabition. He died at his home near Farmington, Kansas, in 1888. |
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... personal sacrifice , this lesson was learned when I saw all my hope dashed in pieces . " In the spring of 1850 father sold his property and decided to go to Iowa . Shortly before the time of starting , my little sister and baby brother ...
... personal sacrifice , this lesson was learned when I saw all my hope dashed in pieces . " In the spring of 1850 father sold his property and decided to go to Iowa . Shortly before the time of starting , my little sister and baby brother ...
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With Reminiscences Pardee Butler Rosetta Butler Hastings. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . CHAPTER I. I came to Kansas in the spring of 1855 , having been preaching in that part of Illinois known as the Military Tract ... PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. ...
With Reminiscences Pardee Butler Rosetta Butler Hastings. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . CHAPTER I. I came to Kansas in the spring of 1855 , having been preaching in that part of Illinois known as the Military Tract ... PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. ...
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... to speak in all the evenings of the coming week . The first commanded universal attention : " Does the spirit die when the body dies ? " They had never thought of that . They had been thunderstruck when this 28 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS .
... to speak in all the evenings of the coming week . The first commanded universal attention : " Does the spirit die when the body dies ? " They had never thought of that . They had been thunderstruck when this 28 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS .
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... is no such thing as a spirit ' ? Did he not rather say to them , It is I ; be not afraid . ' So , also , when he ap- peared to them in a room , the doors being shut , and ! and they cried out , ' It is a PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . 29.
... is no such thing as a spirit ' ? Did he not rather say to them , It is I ; be not afraid . ' So , also , when he ap- peared to them in a room , the doors being shut , and ! and they cried out , ' It is a PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . 29.
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... should come , and he should own all the land that joined him , and should have children to his heart's desire , then he would need all the room . CHAPTER II . From Ripley I went to Mt. Sterling PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . 31.
... should come , and he should own all the land that joined him , and should have children to his heart's desire , then he would need all the room . CHAPTER II . From Ripley I went to Mt. Sterling PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS . 31.
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