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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Epworth League, (search)
cago, Ill.; Department of Mercy and Help, Rev. W. H. Jordan, Id.)., Sioux Falls, S. D.; Department of Literary Work, Rev. R. J. Cook, D. D., Chattanooga, Tenn.; Department of Social Work, F. W. Tunnell, Philadelphia, Pa.; general secretary, Rev. Joseph F. Berry, D. D., 57 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., general treasurer, R. S. Copeland, M. D., Ann Arbor, Mich. The central office is located at 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 11. There is also an Epworth League in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; founded in Memphis, Tenn., in 1891. It has 5,838 chapters, with a total membership of 306,580. The central office is located at Nashville, Tenn. The officers are: President, Bishop W. A. Condler, Atlanta, Ga. first vice-president, Rev. J. W. Newman, D. D., Birmingham, Ala.; second vice-president, Rev. W. T. McClure, Marshall, Mo.; third vice-president, Rev. J. M. Barcus, Cleburne, Tex.; treasurer, Mr. O. W. Patton, Nashville, Tenn.; secretary, Mr. G. W. Thomasson, Nashville, Tenn.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Good Templars, independent order of (search)
rs, independent order of An organization the members of which pledge themselves not to make, buy, sell, furnish, or cause to be furnished, intoxicating liquors to others as a beverage. It originated in the United States in 1851, and in Birmingham, England, in 1868. The order has since developed into an international organization, with supreme headquarters in Birmingham, England. In 1901 there were over 100 grand lodges and a membership of nearly 500,000. The order has a membership in neauy, sell, furnish, or cause to be furnished, intoxicating liquors to others as a beverage. It originated in the United States in 1851, and in Birmingham, England, in 1868. The order has since developed into an international organization, with supreme headquarters in Birmingham, England. In 1901 there were over 100 grand lodges and a membership of nearly 500,000. The order has a membership in nearly every State in the Union, and it also has a juvenile branch comprising about 200,000 members.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
Americans awaited the battle. The evening of Sept. 10 Howe advanced in two columns, and, by a very fine movement, the left column (about 8,000 men under Lord Cornwallis, with the grenadiers and guards) directed themselves towards the fords of Birmingham, 3 miles on our right: the other column continued its road, and about nine o'clock in the morning it appeared on the other side of the stream. The enemy was so near the skirts of the wood that it was impossible to judge of his force: some timearmy, but they were placed in the rear to guard some still more distant militia, and took no part themselves in the action. Such was the situation of the troops when they learned the march of Lord Cornwallis towards the scarcely known fords of Birmingham: they then detached three divisions, forming about 5,000 men, under the Generals Sullivan, Stirling, and Stephen. M. de Lafayette, as volunteer, had always accompanied the general. The left wing remaining in a state of tranquillity, and the r
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moody, Dwight Lyman 1837-1899 (search)
ain and began Christian work in York. This mission produced many good results, and the fame of it spread widely. Later he visited Sunderland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and other places. From England he went to Edinburgh, and soon afterwards the whole of Scotland was aroused. Great meetings were held in Dundee, Glasgow, and other important cities. After visiting the chief cities of Ireland, where he met with similar success, he returned to England, and conducted great meetings in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool. His greatest meetings of all were held in Agricultural Hall, London, where audiences of from 10,000 to 20,000 gathered. In November, 1875, enormous meetings were begun in Philadelphia, continuing for three months. Then, in turn, New York, Chicago, and Boston had similar religious awakenings. In the latter city a great tabernacle was built in 1877, at a cost of $40,000, and daily meetings were held for four months, with an average attendance of from 5,000 to 10,000. Like
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver, Peter 1822-1855 (search)
brother of Andrew Oliver, and graduated at Harvard in 1730. After holding several offices, he was made judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in 1756, and in 1771 chief-justice of that court. His course in Boston in opposition to the patriots made him very unpopular, and he was one of the crowd of loyalists who fled from that city with the British army in March, 1776. He went to England, where he lived on a pension from the British crown. He was an able writer of both prose and poetry. Chief-Justice Oliver, on receiving his appointment, refused to accept his salary from the colony, and was impeached by the Assembly and declared suspended until the issue of the impeachment was reached. The Assembly of Massachusetts had voted the five judges of the Superior Court ample salaries from the colonial treasury, and called upon them to refuse the corrupting pay from the crown. Only Oliver refused, and he shared the fate of Hutchinson. He died in Birmingham, England, Oct. 13, 1791.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shearman, Thomas Gaskell 1834- (search)
Shearman, Thomas Gaskell 1834- Lawyer; born in Birmingham, England, Nov. 25, 1834; was brought to New York by his parents in 1843; received a private education; was admitted to the bar in 1859. He was one of the counsel for Henry Ward Beecher in the Beecher-Tilton trial; became conspicuous as a free-trade advocate. He was the author of Natural taxation; Crooked taxation; Does protection protect? the single tax; Distribution of wealth; Who own the United States? etc, He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sturge, Joseph 1793-1859 (search)
Sturge, Joseph 1793-1859 Author; born in Elverton, England, in 1793; was a member of the Society of Friends; and established himself as a corn-factor in Birmingham in 1820, acquiring a large fortune. He visited the West Indies in 1837 and the United States in 1841 to familiarize himself with the subject of slavery. He wrote The West Indies in 1837; and Visit to the United States in 1841. He died in Birmingham, England, May 1, 1859. Sturge, Joseph 1793-1859 Author; born in Elverton, England, in 1793; was a member of the Society of Friends; and established himself as a corn-factor in Birmingham in 1820, acquiring a large fortune. He visited the West Indies in 1837 and the United States in 1841 to familiarize himself with the subject of slavery. He wrote The West Indies in 1837; and Visit to the United States in 1841. He died in Birmingham, England, May 1, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama (search)
c., of the governor's office begun by Governor Lindsay ........................Dec. 7, 1870 Birmingham founded (chief iron centre of Alabama)......................1871 University of Alabama reorsee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, the convicts to be employed in the Pratt coal-mines near Birmingham......1888 Southern inter-State immigration convention, nearly 600 delegates from all the So1889 Rube Burrows, a notorious criminal and murderer, breaks jail and is shot and killed at Birmingham......Oct. 8, 1890 Ex-Gov. E. A. O'Neil dies at Florence......Nov. 7, 1890 Eleventh annual convention of American Federation of Labor at Birmingham meets......Dec. 14, 1891 Four thousand nine hundred and fifty-five disabled Confederate soldiers apply for pensions, each receiving $26.50fect......Jan. 1, 1900 Ex-Senator Luke Pryor dies at Athens......Aug. 5, 1900 Tornado at Birmingham, eighteen lives lost, $250,000 property destroyed......March 25, 1901 Constitutional conven
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 1 (search)
At the close of the Revolution, and upon the revival of commerce in America, the firm of George Meade & Co. took a high position among the substantial mercantile houses for which Philadelphia was noted. Its vessels were to be found in all foreign ports, and it became the agent for some of the largest houses in London. George Meade's children were ten in number, five sons and five daughters. Two of the latter married brothers, Thomas and John Ketland, sons of Thomas Ketland, of Birmingham, England, who were engaged in business in Philadelphia for some years after the Revolution. Neither left any descendants. Another of the daughters married William Hustler, also an Englishman, whose descendants now live at Acklam Hall, Middlesborough-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England. The remaining children, with the exception of one son, died in early life and unmarried. This son was Richard Worsam Meade, the father of the subject of these memoirs. He was born in 1778 in Chester County, Penns
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 278 (search)
ritish government could consent from pecuniary motives to look with complacency on the progress of a rebellion whose only strength was gained by treachery, and which was avowedly prosecuted for the maintenance of a system which England herself had taught the world to regard with abhorrence. In thus believing, we were confirmed by the tone of the English press when the insurrection first began, one of the ablest representatives of which indignantly declared in substance that Manchester and Birmingham would be the first to reject as an insult the idea that they were to be moved from their position by pecuniary appeals, and that if any British cabinet should sacrifice the antislavery principles of the nation to the question of cotton, England would lose, and deservedly lose, her place at the council table of Europe. The exclamation of Lord John Russell, in reply to a question as to the position of England, For God's sake let us keep out of it, was followed by what is termed a proclama
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