Personal Recollections of Pardee ButlerThis is a biography of Pardee Butler, written from the point-of-view of his daughter, Rosetta Butler Hastings. He was a farmer and Restoration Movement preacher who lived in Kansas and was involved there in the run-up to the American Civil War. He is remembered in Kansas history for being set adrift on the Missouri River on a raft by pro-slavery men for his abolitionist beliefs. |
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... heard , far back in the rear . " ' Hark ! What was that ? ' said Loomis . They listened awhile , and agreed it was dogs , sure . " ' Orr , let's go back , ' said Butler . " ' No , it is too late , ' answered Loomis . " ' ' But , ' said ...
... heard , far back in the rear . " ' Hark ! What was that ? ' said Loomis . They listened awhile , and agreed it was dogs , sure . " ' Orr , let's go back , ' said Butler . " ' No , it is too late , ' answered Loomis . " ' ' But , ' said ...
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... heard to say that Phin. Butler was the most courageous man he ever knew. He was quick-tempered, but warm- hearted, and full of fun, and as honest and sincere as he was bold and fearless. One time he was traveling, and stopped at a ...
... heard to say that Phin. Butler was the most courageous man he ever knew. He was quick-tempered, but warm- hearted, and full of fun, and as honest and sincere as he was bold and fearless. One time he was traveling, and stopped at a ...
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... heard Lyman Beecher deliver his famous temperance sermons, and he came to Wadsworth with his soul ablaze with temperance zeal. The community was strongly influenced by him, and father said that he was much indebted to Judge Brown for ...
... heard Lyman Beecher deliver his famous temperance sermons, and he came to Wadsworth with his soul ablaze with temperance zeal. The community was strongly influenced by him, and father said that he was much indebted to Judge Brown for ...
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... heard father tell how one of his neighbors tried to break a field by beginning on the outside, and plowing farther in as the land dried up. But the snakes and frogs grew thicker and thicker, as he neared the center. At length the grass ...
... heard father tell how one of his neighbors tried to break a field by beginning on the outside, and plowing farther in as the land dried up. But the snakes and frogs grew thicker and thicker, as he neared the center. At length the grass ...
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... heard a thin, squeaking voice say, "Give that woman a Bible, and she would say more in five minutes than that man has said in his whole dis-c-o-u-rse." This was Billy Greenwell. Brother Brown said nothing that night; but the next ...
... heard a thin, squeaking voice say, "Give that woman a Bible, and she would say more in five minutes than that man has said in his whole dis-c-o-u-rse." This was Billy Greenwell. Brother Brown said nothing that night; but the next ...
Contents
CHAPTER IV | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER XI | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XXVI | |
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
Pardee Butler | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
REMINISCENCES CHAPTER XXXVII | |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIX | |
CHAPTER XL | |
CHAPTER XLI | |
CHAPTER XLII | |
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