Iowa History Project

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The Quakers of Iowa

 

By

 

Louis Thomas Jones

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Index

Part 2

 

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Lutheran Synodical Conference, membership of, 296

Lynn Grove Academy, 246

Lynn Grove Quarterly Meeting, 99

Lynn Preparative Meeting, failure of, to make charge against Gregg, 155-157, abolition

      of, 158

Lynnville, 125

McCarty, Joseph, report of, 219, 220, 221

McClure, Mr., 189, 191

McCool, Julia Ann, 176

McCool, Thomas, 176

McGrew, Jacob B., 308

Macy, Henry H., 308

Macy, Samuel, 324

Macy family, 34

Madison County, 163, 164, 333, academy in, 246

Magadee-Richmond road, 35

Mahaska County, Quaker settlement in, 52, 53; reference to 76, 78, 83, 333; mining of coal in, 86, 87

Maine, 69

Manners, description and explanation of, 269-277

Mansetter (England), 19

Marcussen, John, 178

Marengo, 60

Marietta, Monthly Meeting, 318

Marquette, Jacques, landing of, in Iowa, 300

Marriage license, exemption from necessity of securing, 267, 268

Marshall, William, visit of, to Jamaica, 234; report of, 234

Marshall County, Quaker settlements in, 53, 75; Norwegian Quaker community in,

      175-180; academies in, 246; reference to, 318

Marshall family, 34

Marshalltown, troubles of meeting at, 123; reference to, 125

Martin, Belinda Reece, 313

Martin, Daniel H., 313

Martin, Zenas L., 102, 313; labors of, as General Superintendent, 120, 121; sketch of life

      of, 313

Maryland, arrival of Fox in, 28; growth of Quakerism in, 28; maltreatment of Quakers in

      27, 28; reference to, 30, 149; settlement of Quakers in, 32

Massachusetts, laws against Quakers in, 27, 297, 298; execution of Quakers in, 27, 28;

      Yearly meeting of Friends in, 28

Maxon, William Brown's men lodged with, 192, 193; Brown's plans known by, 193

Maxwell family, 34

Meal-times among Friends, 281

Medhus, Gulik, 321

Meeting for Sufferings, origin and history of, 307

Meeting on Ministry and Oversight, statement by, 115; summer school favored by, 124

Meeting-house, building of, 45, 46, 54, 69; description of, 64, 258, 259; disagreement

      concerning location of, 78; building of temporary, 80, 81; plans for building of, 83;

      abandonment of, 145; provision for building of, 148, 149; building of, by Norwegians,

      175, 177; reference to 218; choice of iste for, 309

Meltvedt, Carney, acknowledgment to, 321

Membership, decline in, 88, 89, 115, 116, 150, 151; reasons for decline in, 89-92;

      additions to, through revivals, 101, 120, 286; absence of negroes in, 202; table relative

      to, 285

Mendenhall, Enos, 45

Mendenhall family, 34, 43

Methodist Episcopal Church membership of, 295; reference to, 310; number of members

      of, in penitentiary, 315

Methodist Protestant Church, membership of, 296

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Methodists, mission established by, 204

Mexico, missions in, 330

Mexico (Missouri), negro school at, 200

Miami (Ohio), 35

Michener, David O., 311

Michigan, 56, 71

Michigan, Territory of, 267

Middle Quarter (Jamaica), 239

Middle River settlement, 61

Migration of Quakers, 31-37

Miles, Benjamin, work of, among Indians, 212, 213; school conucted by, 224-226

      reference to, 324

Miles, Elizabeth B., work of, among Indians, 212; school conducted by, 224-226

Miles, Isaac N., 226

Miles, Laban J., 213, 214

Ministers, method of choosing, 112, 113; change in economic condition of, 114, 115;

      character of, 115; number of, among Quakers, 120; salaries of, 120; fund for care of

      aged, 122; methoed of training of, 124-126; course of reading for, 126 (see also pastors)

Minister, Board on Recording, duteis of, 113; reference to, 126-312

Ministry, change of policy toward, 104, 105; fundamental principles of, 109; change

      in system of, 110, 111; problems confronting, 111, 112; problem of payment of, 113,

      114; reasons for lack of efficientcy of, 116, 117; recommendation of Martin relative

      to, 120; efforst of Keates to improve, 123 (see also Pastoral System)

Minnealpolis, 83, 312

Minnealpolis and St. Louis Railway, 175

Minnealpolis Quarterly Meeting, 99

Minnesota, 101, 151

Mission Board, 237

Missionary Association, orgaization of, 232; work of, 233; reference to, 234, 235

Missionary Board, Home and Foreign, 233

Missions, 121, 150, 182, 199, 330; work of Quakers in, 128; labors of Quakers in, in

      Jamaica, 232-239

Mississippi River, 37, 38, 39, 43, 49, 56, 65, 66, 70, 73, 75, 79, 85, 137, 205, 304;

      first Quaker meeting west of, 44; first Quarerly Meeting west of, 54, 55; settlement of

      region west of, 67

Missouri, slave-catchers from, 51, 144; reference to, 138, 151; escape of slaves from,

      187-191; work of Iowa Quakers among negroes in, 199-201; negro schools in, 200

Missouri River, 61

Missourians, attempt of, to recapture slaves, 189-191; presence of, at Salem, 323

Mister, regection of term, 272

Mitchellville, reform school located at, 223

Moffitt, Charles W., 232

Monroe County (Ohio), 155

Montana, 151

Montgomery, Thomas, resignation of, 172, 173

Monthly Meeting, first, in Iowa, 44; establishment of, 52; character of, 74, duty of, in

      choice of ministers, 112; reference to, 264, 275

Moore, Thomas, 308

Morgan, J. W., statement by, 82; school founded by, 245; reference to, 308, 332;

       acknowledgment to, 309

Morgan, William B., 332

Morgan County (Ohio), 155

Mormons, objections of Quakers to, 51; reference to, 175, 317

Mosher, L. O., acknowledgment to, 317

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Mosher, Stephen, 149

Mt. Hamill, 302

Mt. Pleasant, 57, 323; reform school located at, 223

Mt. Vernon Quarterly Meeting (Nebraska), 92, 99

Muscatine, new gateway for Quakers at 53, 67, 68; reference to 208

Muscatine County, Hicksite Friends in, 149; reference to, 192, 318, 333

Music, attitude of Quakers toward, 275, 276

Names, use of first, 272

Nantucket, emigration of Quakers from, 32

Naylor, A. W., 311

Nebraska, 101, 151

Nebraska Yearly Meeting, establishment of, 92

Negroes, labors ofQukers in behalf of, 187-202

Negus, Israel, 308, 324

Negus, Jesse, 173, 174, 320

Neosho River, 204

Nettle Creek (Indiana), 142

Nevis, 297

New England, landing of first Quakers in, 24, 25; spread of Quakerism in, 28;

      suppression of Quakers in, 29; reference to, 154, 156, 279, 301

New England Yearly Meeting, Wilburite separation in, 154; reference to, 206, 298;

      regulation of dress by, 269, 270

New Garden, growth and decline of, 51; reference to, 55, 89, 137, 139; English Quakers

     at, 65

New Garden Monthly Meeting (North Carolina), 33

New Garden Quarterly Meeting (Indiana), anti-slavery activities at, 134

New Hope (Tennessee), 34

New Jersey, purchase of land in, by Quakers, 29; emigration of Quakers from, 32; reference

      to, 322

New Providence, 125, 313

New Providence Academy, 227, 246

New Sharon, 125

New York, 69

New York City, 61, 137, 234

New York Yearly Meeting, 81, 147, 206, 313

Newberg (Oregon), 310

Newberg Quarterly Meeting (Oregon), 92

Newhall, John B., statement by, 39, 40, 46

Newlin, Achsah, 44

Newport (Indiana) 134, 136

Newton, 60

Nicholson, Thomas, 172

Non-conformists, 17

Norfolk County (Virginia), disappearance of Quakers from, 32

North, Jesse, 154

North Branch, 173

North Carolina, growth of Quakerism in, 28; movement of Quakers in, 32; settlement of

      Quakers in, 32; emigraton of Quakers from, 33, 35; reference to, 52, 312

North Caroline Yearly Meeting, 56

North Dakota, 151

Northern Superintendency, 207

Northumberland (England), 22

Northwest Territory, 33, 133, 299; emigration of Friends to, 34-37

Northwestern Freedmen's Aid Commission, 199

Norway, visits of Quakers to, 23; reference to, 176; visit of Hoag to, 177, 178

Norwegian Friends, history of, in Iowa, 175-180; school maintained by, 179, 180

Norwegians, 321

Nottinghamshire (England), 19, 22

Oakley, 57, 60, 72, 304; English Quakers at, 59; William Evans at, 68

Oath, refusal of Quakers to take, 256

Ohio, settlement of Quakers in, 35, 36; reference to, 52, 69, 72, 149, 155, 158, 194

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Ohio River, 35, 49

Ohio Valley, 37

Ohio Yearly Meeting, 56, 147, 155, 199, 206, 306; Wilburite separation in, 154

Ohio Yearly Meeting of Wilbur Friends, 258

Oklahoma, 151

Oleson, Anna, removal of, to Marshall County, 176

Oleson, Soren, removal of, to Marshall County, 176

Olson, Anna, 179

Olson, Omund, 175

Orange Bay (Jamaica), 239

Ordinance of 1787, 33, 34, 37, 187

Oregon, 101, 151; emigration to, 205

Oregon Yearly Meeting, establishment of, 92

Oregon Friends, 88, 274, 277, 306; decline among, 88, 89; reasons for decline among,

      89-92; obliteration of ancient characteristics among, 95; effect of evangelism on, 96;

      ministry among, 109-117; method of choosing ministers among, 113; modern activities

      of Hicksite Friends and, 149-153; number of meetings of, 150; withdrawal of

      Norwegian Friends from, 179; possible reunion of Conservatives and, 183; Indian

      superintendency given to, 207; work of, among Indians, 208-214; missionary activities

      of, 232-239; prgressive character of, 257; membership of, in America, 296; birth-rate

      among, 309; uniting of, with other churches, 310; average salary and term of pastors

      among, 312

Osage Agency, 210, 224; conduct of, by Iowa Quakers, 210-214

Osage Agency Manual Labor Boarding School report on, 212, 213

Osage Indians, 208; beginning of work of Gibson smong, 209, 210; work of Iowa Quakers

      among, 211-214

Osage Reservation, 327

Osborn, Elwood, complaint against, 138; retraction of, 138, 139

Osborn family, 43

Oskaloosa, 7, 8, 76, 78, 82, 98, 125, 165, 168, 171, 236, 247, 248, 250, 309, 312; coal

      mine near, 86; orgaization of Conservative Yearly Meeting at, 170

Overseers, duties of, 274, 275

Owen, D. D., coal discovered by, 86

Owen, James, 205, 308

Pacific Coast, 31, 86, 241

Painter, John H., coming of, to Iowa, 68; meetings held at home of, 69; Brown at home of,

      193; Brown's plans known by, 193

Palestine, visits of Quakers to, 23; missions in, 330

Parents, moral teaching of children by, 262

Parker's Mill, 60

Parsons, Luke J., 323

Parsons (Kansas), negro school at, 201

Parvin, John A., bill introduced by, 218; reference to, 219, 221

Pasadena Quarterly Meeting (California), 310

Pastoral care, committees on, 103, 104, 106

Pastoral system, importance of, 103; origin of, 103, 105; adoption of 105-107; operation

      of, 107, 108; problems connected with, 108; reference to, 150 (see also Ministry)

Pastors, increase in number of, 107, 108; support of, 107, 108; duties of, 111, 114, 115;

      effect of constant changing of, 116; average salary of, 312; average term of, 312; sex of,

      314 (see also Ministers)

Pearce family, 34

Pearson, John, 311

Pearson, William, 308

Peasley, Enoch, 305

Pella, 62, 303

Penitentiaries, inmates of, 315

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Penn, Admiral, 29

Penn, William, statement by, 21, 22, 255, 262; cause of Quakers espoused by, 29; claim

      of, against crown, 29; grant of land secured by, 30; reference to, 156, 248; writings of,

      280; book published by, 295

Penn College, 8, 126, 227, 243; founding of, 247, 248; opening of, 248; work of, 249;

      campaign to raise money for, 249, 250; presidents of, 332

Pennsylvania, growth of influence of, 30; stronghold of Quakerism in, 30; emigration of

      Quakers from, 32, 35; reference to, 69, 215, 295, 301, 304, 322; flight of Coppoc

      through, 195; fines against Quakers in 295

Penrose, Clarkson T., 173, 174, 328

Peoria (Illinois), 70

Permanent Board, 307, 312

Persecution, extent of, 295

Pettit, William, 311

Philadelphia, 215, 248

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 56, 206, 306; Hicksite separation in, 146

Phillips family, 34

Picayune, 301

Pickard, Henry, 44

Pickard, James, 172

Pickering, John H., 311, 323

Pickering, Sarah Ann, 52