Iowa History Project

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The Quakers of Iowa

 

By

 

Louis Thomas Jones

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Index

Part One

 

Page 339

 

Abolition, attitude of Friends toward, 133, 134

Abolitionists, 133; attitude of Quakers toward, 134

Academies, 241; Establishment and maintenance of, by Quakers, 243-247; reasons for

      decline of; 247

Ackworth Academy, history of, 245, 245

Ackworth Quarterly Meeting, 99; propositions introduced by, 106

Adair County, 333

Address, terms of, used by Quakers, 271, 272

Adrian (Michigan) 56

Africa, missionary work in, 239, 330

African Methodist Epsicopal Church, membership of, 296

Alabama, 151

Alaska, missions in, 330

Allegheny Mountains, 34, 98

Allen, John, 141, 143

Allen, Lizzie, 239

Allen, Tristram, 71

Amana Inspirationalists, 333

America, spread of Quaker faith to, 22, 23; landing of, first Quakers in, 24, 25; first

      Yearly Meeting of Friends in, 28, labors of Fox in, 28, stronghold of Quakerism

      in, 30; simplicity of dress among Quakers in, 269; membership of churches in, 295, 296

Amity Hall (Jamaica), 237, 238, 239

Amusements, attitude of Quakers toward, 275-277

Andrews, Alsina M. 238

Andrews, Benjamin c., 238

Anglo-Saxons, 67

Annotto Bay (Jamaica), 239

Antiqua, 297

Anti-Slavery Friends, history of, 133-145, organization of Yearly Meeting of, 136; labors

      of English deputation among, 137-144; resistance of, to summons of London Yearly

      Meeting, 143, 144; purchase of burying ground of, 145

Anti-Slavery Society, American, 134

Appointed Meetings, character of, 303

Arapaho Indians, 208

Arbitration of disuputes, 275

Archdale, John, 299

Arkansas, 151

Arkansas River, 327

Ascension, 254

Asia, missionary work in, 239

Atchison (Kansas), negro school at, 200

Atlantic (Iowa), 229, 230

Atlantic Coast, 31, 86, 241

Atonement, 254

Austin, Ann, landing of, at Boston, 25, deportation of, 26

Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, 56, 81, 147, 206

Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Hicksite Friends, 149

Bangor, 75, 234, 308

Bangor Quarterly Meeting, 77, 79, 99, 332

Baptism, attitude of Quakers toward, 255, 256

Baptist Church, membership of, 295; number of members of, penitentiary, 315

Baptist Missionaries, 234

Baraboo (Wisconsin), 83

Barbadoes, movement of Quakers to, 23; references to, 25, letter of Fox

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      to Governor of, 253, 254, 257; labors of Fox in, 207

Barclay, Robert, apology of, 109, 280; reference to, 156; statement by, 255

Barnesville (Ohio), 158

Barrington, Thomas, 324

Bates, Benjamin, 158

Beales family, 34

Bean, Joel, 324

Bear Creek, 172

Bear Creek Monthly Meeting, contest between factions at, 164; separation in, 168

Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting, 99, 233, 246; Separation of 1877 in, 165-168; statement

      drawn up by, 166, 167, 168; action relative to reports of, 169

Beard, Enoch, 50, visit of, among Indians, 203, 204

Beard family, 34, 43

Bedell, Willliam P., 154

Beede, William P., 154

Belmont County (Ohio), 35, 155

Bennett, Justice, 297

Berkley, Lord, Land offered for sale by, 29

Bermuda, movement of Quakers to, 23; reference to, 297

Bernard family, 34

Beven, Stacy, meeting held by, at Bear Creek, 164

Bible, knowledge of, in England, 21; supplying of families with copies of, 97; inspiration

      of, 254

Billings, Edward, purchse of land by, 29

Birth-rate, decrease in, 89; reference to, 150, 309

Black Hawk Purchase, 38, 39, 41, 267

Bloomfield (Indiana), 44

Bloomington (Muscatine), 67

Bloomington Monthly Meeting, 208

Bond, John S., meeting held by, at Bear Creek, 164

Bond, Zedediah, 52

Books, attitude of Quakers toward reading of, 277; presence of, in Quaker homes, 280

Boone, Daniel, explorations of, in Kentucky, 33; reference to 313

Boston, landing of first Quakers at, 25; deportation of Quakers from, 26; execution of

      Quakers at 27, 28

Botnen, Knut, 321

Botnen, Lars, 321

Bowles, D. W., 201, 325

Boyer, Peter, part of, in laying out of Salem, 41; reference to, 46

Boys, use of White's Institute as reform school for, 219-222

Bray family, 52

Bronson, Newton, 229

Brown, E. Howard, acknowledgment to 314

Brown, John, relations of Springdale Quakers with, 191-197; members of band of, 323

      reference to, 324

Brown, John R., 172

Brown, Owen, 323

Bruff, James B., management of White's Institute by, 229, 230; report of, 231

Bruff, Jessie, 230

Buffum, Arnold, labors of, in Indiana, 134

Burial, method of, 273

Burlington, land sales at, 45; refernece to, 49, 221; arrival of English Quakers at, 56

Business meeting, method of conducting, 260

Button, Albert, 190

Calendar, character of, udes by Quakers, 280, 281

California, 85, 101, 119, 151, 242; rush of forty-niners to, 205

California Yearly Meeting, establishment of, 92; reference to 310

Camp Supply, 208

Canada, 31, 56, 69, 147, 194

Canada family, 43

Canada Yearly Meeting, establishment of, 92, reference to, 310

Canadian River, 208

Carbonado mines, opening of, 87

Carey, Joseph, Enlish Quakers at home of, 61

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Catholic Church, membership of, 295; number of members of, in penitentiary, 315

Catholics, attitude of Quakers toward, 18; maltreament of Quakers by, 29; reference to, 88,

      211, 302

Cavaliers, 17

Cedar County, 57, 163, 192, 197, 304; Quaker settlements in, 68-70; second church

      building in, 69; academy in, 246

Cedar Creek, 49, 50, 55, 336, English Quakers at, 64, 65

Cedar River, 70

Cedar Valley (Jamaica), 234, 235

Center (Ohio), 35

Center Grove, 78; school at, 248

Center Grove Academy, 98

Center Grove Christian Vigilance Band, 310

Central City (Nebraska), 227

Central Superintendency, 207; management of, by Iowa Quakers, 208-211

Certificates of membership, 302, 334

Chambersburg (Pennsylvania), 194

Charles I, 17

Charles II, 28, 295; land granted to Penn by, 30

Chase, Hehmiah, 149

Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting (Indiana), 41, 336

Chestnut Hill, growth and decline of, 51; English Quakers at, 65

Cheyenne Indians, 208

Chicago, 194

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, 86, 175

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, 60

Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 175

Children, clothing of, 161, 271

China, missions in, 330

Christ, belief of Quakers in, 254, 255

Christian Church, number of members of, in penitentiary, 315

Christian Endeavor, contributions of, for mission, 236

Christian Vigilance Band, 98

Christian Workers' Assembly, origin of, 124, 125; former names of, 125; work and

      importance of, 125, 126; reference to, 314

Christian Workers' Training School, 125

Christianity, revival of primitive, 17; reference to, 295

Church machinery, efforts of Hadley to improve, 122

Church of England, 17

Church workers, training of, 124-126

Churches, membership of, in America, 295, 296

Civil War, 256

Claims, purchase of, 49

Clark, Dan E., acknowledgment to, 8

Clark County (Missouri), 189

Clarke County, 333

Clarkson, Thomas, statement by, 269

Clay, Henry, speech of, at Richmond, 135

Clinton County (Ohio), 35, 118

Clothing, rules relative to, at school, 161

Coal, mining of, in Mahaska County, 86,87

Coal Creek, 158

Code of 1851, 267, 268

Code of 1897, 268

Code of Commission of 1873, 268

Coffin, Charles, 80

Coffin, Charles F., 308

Coffin, Emma, 314

Coffin, Levi, 134

Coldstream (Ontario), 147

Colleges, 241; State regulation relative to, 249

Colonies, early experiences of Quakers in, 25-30

Colorado, 151

Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, membership of, 296

Columbia (Missouri), negro school at, 200

Comanche Indians, 208

Comer, James, 138

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Comer, John, 323

Commack, Levi, 42

Commons family, 43

Conference of Teachers and Delegates from Friends' First-Day Schools, 81

Congregational Church, membership of, 296; reference to, 310; number of members in

      in penitentiary, 315

Congress, bill in, relative to Indian Bureau, 207

Conservative Friends, 88, 152, 277, 319; separation of, from main body, 163-170;

      separation of, from Salem and Springdale Quarterly Meetings, 171-174; future of, in Iowa, 181-183; religious beliefs of, 257; uniting of, with other churches, 310; status

      of, in Iowa, 322

Conservation, character of, among Quakers, 278-279

Cook, Darius B., 311; acknowledgment to, 320

Cook, Eli, 50

Cook, Ira, 308

Cook, John E., 323

Cook, Jonathan, 138; complaint against, 138; disownment of, 139

Cook, Thomas, 42

Cook family, 43

Cooper, Trueman, 311

Coppoc, Ann, statement of, to son, 194

Coppoc, Barclay, summons of, by Brown, 194; flight of, to Iowa, 195; complaint against,

      196, 197; disownment of, 197; reference to 325

Coppoc, Edwin, summons of, by Brown, 194; hanging of, 195; disownment of, 196

Costume, meaning of Quaker, 270, 271

Council Grove (Kansas), 204, 326

Craven, Nathan, 308

Creed, objections of Quakers to, 253

Crew, Walter, 63

Crosbie, Archibald, 173

Cuba, superintendent of Friends missions in, 313; missions in, 330

Cumberland (England), 22

Customs, description and explanation of, 269-277

Czar of Russia, literature sent to, by Quakers, 23

Daggs, Ruel, escpae of slaves of, 189; reference to, 323

Dahl, Endre, 177, 178

Dakota Territory, 101

Dallas County, 313, 333

Dancing, attitude of Quakers toward, 275-276

Darlington, Brinton, coming of, to Iowa, 68; reference to, 69, 206, 305; Indian agency of,

       208; appointment of, as Indian agent, 209; early life of, 304; death of, 326

Dashiell, M. A., 219

Dean, Maria, 314

Death-rate, 150

Delaware River, 30

Denmark (Iowa), 323

Denver Quarterly Meeting, 92

Derbyshire, Harvey, 182

Derbyshire (England), 19, 22

Des Moines, 312, 313

Des Moines Valley, geological investigation in, 86

Deweese, William P., 154

Dicks, Zachariah, prophecy of, 36

Dillon, Josiah, 311

Dillon (Iowa), 175

Disciples of Christ, Church of, membership of, 295

Discipline, adoption of, 82, 83; change in 144; reference to, 271, 273, 274, 276; adoption

      of uniform, 306

Disownment, practice of, 91, 139, 158, 196, 197; reasons for, 264, 275, 276, 301;

      breaking down of policy of, 277

Disputes, settlement of, among Quakers, 275

Divorce, attitude of Quakers toward, 262

Dixon, C. R., 311

Sorland, Henry, 190, 238

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Dorland, Reuben, school founded by, 241, 242; death of, 242

Dorland, Willet, 308

Douglas, John Henry, 98, 116, 120, 122, 311, 312, 313; labors of, as General

      Superintendent, 100, 101, 118, 119; sketch of life of, 118

Drayton (England), 18

Dress of Quakers, description and explanation of, 269-271

Dudley, 60

Dudley, Charles, bill introduced by, 218

Dunbar, 175

Durham