Mills County, Iowa

Who's Who - Pilgrim's Pastors
The Pilgrims of Iowa
Chapter XVII
By Truman O. Douglass, 1911

This chapter is an attempt to list alphabetically the Pilgrim pastors of the decades, locating each, and a little more fully sketching a few. The list is not complete chiefly because the records are not. For a number of years the Welsh associations were not reported at all. Doubtless some have been inadvertently overlooked; and the names of a few have been purposely omitted because they simply passed through the state, and their ministry was of no significance because so brief.

Last Name
First Name
Notes
Allender John Prairie City, Glenwood, Red Oak, 1871-1887; Born New London, Connecticut, Died 1907
Askin John Council Bluffs, Tabor, 1893-1904. Later in South Dakota
Bockoven William H. Glenwood, 1902-1904
Brooks Raymond C. Tabor, Sept. 1869; Elliott 1893-1894; Taught in Tabor, 1895-1896; Later Pastor in California, Oregon & Washington
Burton R. Washington Indiana, 1868; Glenwood, 1909-1910
Cooley Oramel W. Massachusetts, 1816; Glenwood, 1865-1868; Residence to time of death, may, 1889
Cowan John W. Tabor, 1885-1894    Eldora, Newton, 1898-1901    Crete, Neb., 1901-
Cummings Origin Vernon 1812; One of the founders of Tabor, Percival and Exira, 1861-1864; Died August 1864
Ferner John W. Ohio, 1847    Mitchelville, Prairie City, Grundy Center, Postville, Storm Lake, Hampton, 1880-1900    Tabor 1904-1910    Went to Nebraska
Fisher Charles F. Pennsylvania, 1873    Clinton, Le Mars, 1905-1910, Tabor, 1910--
Geer Herman Vermont 1818    Nevin, 1878-1879 Died at Tabor, January 1892
Hanley Charles S. Childhood at Tabor; Independent Evangelist, 1887-1904; Council Bluffs, People's Church, 1908--
Hill Virgil B. Tabor, 1869    Tabor College, Waucoma, Mitchelville, Allison, Rockwell, 1894-1907; agent, Tabor College 1909-
Holcombe Gilbert T. Glenwood, 1883-1887    Steamboat Rock, 1903-1904
House Albert V. Glenwood, Otho, Manson, Lawler, 1862-1875    Died in 1875
Johnson P. Adelstein Iceland, 1868    Tabor College, Iowa pastorate, Ottumwa 1900-1907    Home Missionary secretary, 1907
MacLeod Alex Canada 1858    Glenwood in 1880    Died, March 1896
McClelland Thos. Ireland, 1846    Denmark Academy, 1875-1877    Prof,` Tabor 1880-1891.    Pres. Forest Grove, 1891-1900    Pres. Knox Col., 1900--
Mosher Albert E. Wisconsin, 1860    Creston Pilgrim, Hastings, 1887-1889    Died, January, 1895
Nutting John K. Massachusetts, 1832    Polk City, Bradford, Monticello, Glenwood, 1858-1873, Glenwood again, 1890-1895, Buffalo Center, Thompson, Gaza, Sioux Rapids, College Springs and Farmington, 1895-1904    Later in Florida
Platt M. Fayette Connecticut, 1822; Pacific Junction, 1866-1874; Later in Kansas and California; Died July, 1898
Reed Marian D. Ohio, 1860    Silver Creek, Lakeview, Exira, Glenwood, Humboldt, Eldon, 1890-1908    Oklahoma, 1908--
Rogers Alonzo Michigan, 1844    Glenwood, 1877-1880    Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 1880-1883, Dunlap, 1883-1887    Later in Nebraska, Oregon and Washington    Died, July, 1901
Sharp J. B. Mount Pleasant, Glenwood, 1878-1882
Skiles Jas. H. Iowa, 1857    Riceville, Nevinville, Lewis, Avoca, Farragut, Glenwood, 1882-1909, Eldon 1909-
Storrs S. D. Glenwood, 1858-1859    Later in Kansas
Thain Alex Tabor 1894-1898    Returned to Illinois to take charge of The Advance.    Later pastorates  in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Thompson Mark M. Clay, Glenwood 1879-1883
Thingley Marshall New York, 1834; Michigan, Glenwood, 1860-1861, Sioux City, 1861-1869; Died February, 1879
Todd John Pennsylvania, 1818    Ohio, Tabor, 1850-1883, Emeritus, 1883-1888    Died January 31, 1888
Todd Quintus C. Ohio, 1844    Tabor Col., Corning, 1879-1880, Exira, Center Point, Big Rock, Britt, 1887-1894
West Lester L. Wisconsin, 1851    Tabor Col., Fort Dodge, 1878-1889, Winona, 1889-1901; Norwich, Connecticut, 1903-1909; Everett, Wash., 1909--
Wright Johnson New York, 1826    Ohio, 1859-1866    Prof. Tabor Col., 1866-1877 Died, May, 1877
~ Transcribed by Roseanna Zehner

Source: The Iowa Press Association's, Who's Who in Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; 1940
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