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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... questions of the day, and an academy. Father took part in the lyceum debates, though he was said to be slow of speech; and attended the Wadsworth Academy from its beginning, in 1830. One of its most successful teachers was a shrewd ...
... questions of the day, and an academy. Father took part in the lyceum debates, though he was said to be slow of speech; and attended the Wadsworth Academy from its beginning, in 1830. One of its most successful teachers was a shrewd ...
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... questions to me on the subject of religion, which were very difficult to answer." In June, 1835, at a meeting held in Mr. Clark's new barn, my father and his uncle, Aaron Pardee, confessed their Saviour, and were baptized by Elder ...
... questions to me on the subject of religion, which were very difficult to answer." In June, 1835, at a meeting held in Mr. Clark's new barn, my father and his uncle, Aaron Pardee, confessed their Saviour, and were baptized by Elder ...
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... questions concerning this heresy that had been sprung on them at Ripley. Our meeting at Rushville came to a close. It ... question that night. The house was crowded with eager and expectant listeners. My fame had gone before me, and the ...
... questions concerning this heresy that had been sprung on them at Ripley. Our meeting at Rushville came to a close. It ... question that night. The house was crowded with eager and expectant listeners. My fame had gone before me, and the ...
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... question that Mr. Chapman and his wife had been debating. I sat down and wrote out a statement of the subjects on which I proposed to speak in all the evenings of the coming week. The first commanded universal attention: "Does the ...
... question that Mr. Chapman and his wife had been debating. I sat down and wrote out a statement of the subjects on which I proposed to speak in all the evenings of the coming week. The first commanded universal attention: "Does the ...
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... question. I did not answer yes or no, but proceeded to give my views on the subject in general. They listened and remarked that they did not see anything offensive in such views; then made this apology for their seeming rudeness: An old ...
... question. I did not answer yes or no, but proceeded to give my views on the subject in general. They listened and remarked that they did not see anything offensive in such views; then made this apology for their seeming rudeness: An old ...
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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