Adelphia Theophilus Mission Institutem
1843 – Mar 16 – Chapel burned by pro-slavery folks from Missouri
1844 – Jonathan Blanchard delivered Commencement address
Aiton, Rev. John Felix
- 1816 born in Scotland, to US in 1835
- 1841-44 – attended the Institute in Quincy, IL
- 1845-48 – attended Lane Seminary in Ohio
- 1848 – ordained in Ohio
- 1848 – married Rev. Moses Hunter’s daughter Nancy Hunter in Adams County, IL (she died in 1854 and he remarried)
- later lived in Pike Co, IL where he taught school
- later lived in Minnesota
- ref: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/pike/bioaiton.html
- ref: http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/record.php?id=122473977
- ref: http://mnhs.mnpals.net/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys%3D1715182
Austin, Eliphalet Strong
- 1809 – born Austinburg, Ashtabula Co, OH, son of Roswell Austin & Mersey Strong and grandson of Judge Eliphalet Austin (1760-1838) & Sibbel Dudley who migrated from CT to Ashtabula Co, OH. Judge Austin was a member of the Ohio Anti-slavery Society meeting in April 1835, and his home was a site on the UGRR
- 1835 m. Julia Roxana Hawley, d/of George W. Hawley & grd/o Rev. Rufus Hawley of CT. A first cousin to Rev. Zerah Kent Hawley.
- conductor at Augusta, Illinois
Barnett, Barryman
- 1800 – born in Virginia
- 1838 – married Esther Butter in Adams County, Illinois (license lists both as people of color)
- 1842 – assisted a freedom seeker named Charley who swam the Mississippi River, leaving a farm near Monticello, Missouri; Barnett took Charley to Dr. Richard Eells. Eells was indicted in a famous case for harboring Charley.
- 1850 – enumerated in Ellington, Adams County w/Esther and children William D., Jane E. and George B.
- 1865 – household enumerated in Adams County as 1 male and 2 females
- 1866 – Quincy City Directory – white-washer; residence Chestnut ss 4 e Eighth.
- 1870 – Jan. died a widower in Quincy, Illinois, called “Preacher Berryman”
Beardsley, Rev. William
- 1798 – born New Fairfield CT s/o Obadiah Beardsley
- graduated seminary at Auburn, NY
- 1824 – Franklin Academy of Prattsburg, NY was chartered; he was principal and teacher
- pastor at Evans, NY and Jefferson and Atwater Ohio
- married Bethiah VanValkenburgh
- 1839 – to Quincy, IL to teach at Mission Institute for 8 years; Quincy Congregational Church
- 1843 – taught at Mission Institute
- published in Oberlin Evangelist (http://books.google.com/books?id=9jNFAAAAYAAJ)
- 1847 – left Institute; pastor at ____, Victoria and Farm Ridge, Illinois
- 1859 – teacher at Wheaton College
- 1866 – died Wheaton, IL
- Ref: An outline history of Tioga and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York http://archive.org/details/outlinehistoryof00sext
- Ref: Genealogical history of the Beardsley-lee family in America http://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00bear
Burns, Capt. John
- born in Maine of Irish parentage
- former sea captain
- Congregationalist in Quincy
- strong convictions and anti-slavery
- helped David Nelson escape Missouri
- 1833 – dau Mary Elizabeth born in Salem, Mass.
- 1834 – Oct. moved to Quincy (from Gloucester, Massachusetts?)
- 1835 – July. died in Quincy at age 69
- executors were John, Jr. and Charles Brown
- son or grandson George Burns was senator; dau Mary Elizabeth married Rev. Emmor Elliott of M.E. Church; granddaughters Lucinda and Beulah Brown married Allisons of McDonough County UGRR
- http://www.pikecoilgenweb.org/adams_county_ilgenweb/newspapers/obituaries_ampersand_death_notices/burns_capt_john-17233-thread.html
- Journal of the American Irish Historical Society – http://books.google.com/books?id=ar9IAQAAIAAJ
- http://books.google.com/books?id=Vd4pAAAAYAAJ
Burr, James E.
- 1814 – born Cuba, NY
- 1834-5 – prep dept of Oberlin College, Ohio
- 1841 – ministerial student at Mission Institute, Quincy
- 1841 – July 12 – arrested near Palmyra, MO for assisting freedom seekers
- 1849 – member of Congregational Church at Princeton, IL
- 1846 – 1850 married Mary Ann Munroe (widow w/2 children)
- 1850 Census – Princeton, IL
- carpenter
- 1859 – Apr 26. died of consumption at Princeton, IL
- http://archon.wheaton.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=121&q=&rootcontentid=31792
- http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs…/ishs-1959autumn-419.pdf
Cook, Marcus (Lamarcus)
- conductor at Plymouth
- his sister Electa married Benjamin Terrell, his daughter Martha married George Thompson
- Reference: http://dor-terrill.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267&catid=40
Eels, Dr. Richard
- 1842, August – instigation of case for harboring
- 1843 – elected President of state Anti-slavery society
- 1844 – candidate for Congress for Liberty Party
- 1846 – died of pneumonia
Holton, Isaac Farwell
- 1812 – born Westminster, Vermont
- 1836 – graduated from Amherst College
- 1839 – graduated from Union Theological Seminary
- became a teacher at the Mission Institute
- 1857 – pastor of Cornwall, CT Congregational Church
- pastor of McHenry, Illinois Presbyterian Church
Hunt, N. A.
- student at Mission Institute – 1891
Hunter, Rev. Moses
- from Allegheny, NY
- 1839 – Quincy IL Congregational Church
Nelson, Rev. David
- 1793 – born in Tennessee
- War of 1812 physician
- became a Presbyterian minister
- 1831 – founded & became president of Marion College, Palmyra, MO
- 1833 – established Union Township, Marion County, Missouri’s first church circa 1833 (near Palmyra)
- 1835 – inspired by lecture by Theodore Weld in Pittsburgh
- 1836 – driven from Missouri; tensions over slavery erupted during a camp meeting in Union Township – eight miles west of Palmyra where Nelson was preaching (told slaveholders to free their captives) – on May 24, 1836. Pro-colonizationist led by Joseph Trace, supported by William Muldrow who stabbed (in self-defense) Dr John Bosley who was pro-slavery. “The Missouri Excitement”
- 1838 – founded Quincy Mission Institute
- 1839 – Quincy IL Congregational Church
- 1844 – died of stroke at age 51 (or died January 1845)
- buried in what is now Madison Park. His body was later moved to Woodland Cemetery in Quincy, IL.
- https://www.hannibal.net/news/20190310/the-missouri-excitement-of-1836-slavery-issues-worth-fighting-over
- https://www.maryloumontgomery.com/single-post/2019/03/02/%E2%80%98The-Missouri-Excitement%E2%80%99-of-1836-slavery-issues-worth-fighting-over
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0c0VSsKKBt8C&pg=PA174
- https://books.google.com/books?id=muBtFTkFH_EC&pg=PA266
Platt, Jireh (Deacon)
- conductor of UGRR near Mendon, Illinois
- 1798 – born N. Milford, CT
- about 1808 moved to Plymouth CT
- 1822 – married Sarah Dutton in Connecticut
- 18__ – birth of son Henry D. Platt (who lived in Franklin Nebraska in 1896)
- 1833 – birth of 5th son Jeremiah E. Platt in CT; 6 weeks old when family moved to Illinois
- 1833 – to farm near Mendon, Illinois after hearing sermon of Rev. Asa Turner on the need for Christian men in the west (Cong. Quart. Vol 13)
- 1835 – Deacon in Mendon Congregational Church for next 35 years
- 1841-1847 – son Henry D. attended the Mission Institute (other sons did too, including Jeremiah)
- 1870 – died near Mendon
- Photo: http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210916
- Photo of African American woman passed through Platt family (http://www.territorialkansasonline.org)
- Son Jeremiah attended Illinois College and moved to Kansas as part of the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony; son Luther
- bio of family in Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties (Kansas) – http://books.google.com/books?id=vxI1AQAAMAAJ
- The Congregational Quarterly, Volume 13. http://books.google.com/books?id=Hs1DAAAAIAAJ
Sartle, Rasselas
- Eel’s horse was killed in Sartle’s possession by pro-slavery
Stillman, Levi & Henry
- conductors at Mendon
Terrel, Benjamin & Electa (Cook)
- born 1793 in Litchfield, Connecticut
- Electa was the sister of Lamarcus Cook and the aunt of Martha Cook who married George Thompson
- Reference: http://dor-terrill.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267&catid=40
Thompson, George
- 1817 – born Madison, NJ
- pupil at same school attended by John Brown
- 1832 – to Licking County, Ohio
- 1835 – to Oberlin, Ohio
- 1836 – Austinburg, Ohio (Eliphalet Strong Austin’s hometown)
- 1838 – Mission Institute at Quincy
- engaged to & married to Martha, dau of Lamarcus A. Cook of Plymouth, Illinois, when captured in June 1841 and sentenced 12 Sep 1841
- 1846 – married Martha Cook
- 1848 – American Missionary Assoc to Mendi Mission in West Africa
- 1849 – his book about incarceration was published
- 1850 – returned to America to get wife & 2 children
- 25 years as home missionary in northern Michigan
- 1893 – died in Oberlin, Ohio
- http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs…/ishs-1959autumn-419.pdf
Turner, Rev. Asa Jr.
- pastor of the Lord’s Barn (Quincy Illinois Congregational Church)
- wife Martha
- later moved to Iowa
Van Dorn, John K.
- Congregationalist in Quincy
- helped David Nelson escape Missouri
- 1838 – with brother James Van Dorn, purchased sawmill on the Quincy riverfront
Westgate, George J. W.
- Congregationalist in Quincy
- helped David Nelson escape Missouri
Williams, Evan
- 1836 – run out of Missouri
Work, Alanson
- born Middletown, CT
- 1825 – Aug 3. in Middletown, CT m. Amelia A. Forbes
- mechanic
- was for a time a resident of Round Prairie (Plymouth, IL)
- went to Mission Institute to education his kids
- 1849 – 1851 – Hartford, CT (as condition of his pardon, returned to CT)
- 1879 – died
- http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs…/ishs-1959autumn-419.pdf
Blatchford, Dr. – temporarily Quincy Presbyterian Church
Brown, Rufus & his wife Nancy
Felt, Peter & his wife Mary
Foote, Horatio – 1840 – Quincy Congregational Church
Furness, James E.
Griswold, Elijah
Kendall, Orin
Keyes, Willard
Kimball, Edward B.
Kirtland, Elias E.
Marks, J. J. – Mar 1840 – Quincy Presbyterian Church
Mears, Rollin – 1 Jul 1847 – Quincy Congregational Church
Porter, I – Quincy Presbyterian Church
Renshaw, Charles (June 1838 – Quincy Congregational Church)
Seymour, John L.
Stoby, William
Journal of the Illinois State historical Society 1921-1922.
In commemoration: fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the General … http://books.google.com/books?id=9eR3c2aKYPEC
Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois: containing historical events, anecdotes … by Henry Asbury http://books.google.com/books?id=LUAjAAAAMAAJ