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  Cephas Washburn
Cephas Washburn (1793 - 1860) was a noted Christian missionary and educator who worked with the Indians of northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
Cephas Washburn died at Little Rock, Arkansas on 17 March 1860 of pneumonia.
Washburn's son Edward Payson Washburn was the artist who painted the famous Arkansas Traveller painting that was later immortalized as a Currier & Ives lithograph.
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 Wikinfo | Cephas Washburn
Cephas Washburn (1793-1860) was a noted Christian missionary and educator who worked with the Indians of northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
Washburn served as the primary Indian missionary in the region until he resigned in 1850.
Cephas Washburn died at Little Rock, Arkansas on 17 Mar 1860 of pneumonia.
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 Richard Sears Descendants - pafg70.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Cephas Washburn Rev. was born 25 Jul 1793.
Cephas married Abigail Woodward, daughter of Asahel Woodward and Lucy Washburn, on Oct 1818.
Abigail married Cephas Washburn Rev., son of Josiah Washburn and Phebe Cushman, on Oct 1818.
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 Washburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Washburn, a descendant sailed to the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in the 17th century.
The Washburn coat of arms is that of the founder of the family, and was given to him by William the Conqueror when he was knighted in 1066.
Emory Washburn (1800-1877) - Born in Leicester, Massachusetts.
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 ATU - Miscellaneous Projects
The Washburns were missionaries to the Arkansas Cherokee at Dwight Mission (3PP58) (now within Russellville), 1820-1828, and moved the Mission to near Sallisaw, OK, in 1829.
There, Cephas wrote his Reminicences of the Indians concerning Dwight Mission (published in 1869), and Cephas and Abigail's son Edward Payson began his career as a painter including doing studies for the renowned painting (at least renowned in Arkansas) "Arkansas Traveler".
Cephas and Edward died in Little Rock and are buried in Mount Holly Cemetery, but Abigail continued to live in the house.
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 A Message from Deborah Scott, Cherokee Cultural Society
Washburn had for some time been suspicious of one of his interpreters, and at length inquired for a person, in whose knowledge and truthfulness he could confide.
Washburn," said the interpreter, "tells me to say to you, that, in the sight of God, there are but two people, the good people and the bad people.
Washburn happened once to lodge together where a number of Indians were present, and the conversation turned upon the success of their respective labors.
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 Cephas Washburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is often referred to as "The Apostle to the Cherokees" and "Builder of Presbyterianism in Arkansas".
He is buried at the historic Mount Holly Cemetery in downtown Little Rock.
Washburn's son Edward Payson Washburn was the artist who painted the famous Arkansas Traveller painting that was later immortalized as a Currier and Ives lithograph.
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 promises   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The name Dwight was given to the mission in honor of Timothy Dwight, an early President of Yale University and a devoted friend and supporter of Christian missionaries.
Cephas Washburn and his wife Abbe Woodward Washburn ran a boarding school and a hospital, as well as a church.
The Washburns moved to the new Dwight Mission, where they remained until 1840.
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 Education
Cephas Washburn, the missionary minister, was the principal founder and Ellen Stetson was in charge of the females, who ranged in age from 5 to 20 years.
One observer noted that she "is very sever with her scholars, and many of whom are grown women and as handsome as any woman I ever saw." Another teacher there was Nancy Brown, sister of Jesse Brown.
Isaac Murphy, a future governor, was one board member, and veteran educator-minister Cephas Washburn was involved prominently.
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 Times Record Saturday, Oct 19, 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Perhaps its most famous early minister was the Rev. Cephas Washburn, often referred to as the Apostle to the Cherokees.
Albert Finney, who were to be their companions in service in the new territory of the "far west." Crossing the Mississippi River, they landed at Arkansas Post and made their way up the Arkansas River to the village of Little Rock on July 3, 1820.
In 1861, the Synod of Arkansas passed a resolution calling for a "plain and substantial shaft of marble" to commemorate his life and work, but because of the Civil War the shaft was never erected.
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 Find A Grave - Search Results for "WASHBURN"
Born Franklin Bryant Washburn III, most widely remembered as 'Prince Kynd' in "Wizard of Oz." He was also featured in several Hal Roach's All-Star Comedies.
Son of the Reverend Cephas Washburn, Edward was an artist whose best-known painting, "The Arkansas Traveller," was lithographed by Currier & Ives.
Washburn was appointed Regimental Lieutenant Colonel (second in command), but was de facto...
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 Dwight Mission Ends Years of Service to Cherokee » The Arkansas News
Named after Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College and well-known minister and educator, the mission was founded by missionaries led by Cephas Washburn of Vermont.
Washburn’s plan for Cherokee children involved “placing them in a Christian family, and teaching them not only the common branches of human learning, but the various kinds of labor on the farm, and in the work-shop; and thereby inuring them to habits of industry, temperance, and sobriety.”
As Washburn has written, is belief is that Jehovah’s purpose is that the “gospel of His Son shall have the glory of taming and humanizing every nation and tribe of barbarians, or they shall waste away in their savage degradation.”
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 Tilson Genealogy - Page 538
(???) son of Cephas and Mercy (Parris) Washburn; m.
He possessed great ability as an inventor, especially in shoe machinery.
CEPHAS WASHBURN8, (Mercy7, Dan6, Benjamin5, Thomas4, Thomas3, John2, Thomas1) b.
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 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The small congregation worshipped in a little frame chapel, called "Union Chapel," perched on top of a red clay embankment on North Second and "B" Streets, known then as Washington and Mulberry.
In 1850 the Rev. Cephas Washburn became the pastor and served the church until 1857.
Washburn was one of the early missionaries in Little Rock to the Indians.
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 Washburn Arrives to Start Mission to Cherokee Tribe » The Arkansas News
LITTLE ROCK — The Rev. Cephas Washburn, a New England divine, arrived here this July of 1820 on his way upriver to select a suitable location for a new missionary establishment among the Cherokees who lived above the Mouth of Point Remove Creek.
Washburn is being sent to this territory at the request of Tolontusky, the principle chief of the Western or Arkansas Cherokees, who has asked for a mission work among his people.
Asked about his impressions of the territorial capital, Washburn said that he and his fellow parson were greatly shocked at the profanity, idleness, drunkenness, swearing, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking that they observed there.
www.oldstatehouse.com /educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=140&issue_id=2&page=6   (467 words)

  
 Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph Twp, Washburn - Whittemore
Phebe wife of Josiah Washburn, Died April the April the 13 1820 in the 58th year of her life.
Polly wife of James Washburn, Died March 27th, 1815, in the 29th year of her age.
Daniel Washburn, Died Sept. 2, 1810, in her 34 Yr.
www.usgennet.org /usa/vt/county/orange/randolph/cems/rand/washburn-whittemore.htm   (401 words)

  
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In 1818 Tollunteeskee (Ata lunti ski) principal chief of the Arkansas Cherokee had become acquainted with the officers ABFM and requested a mission for his nation in the west.
His request was granted and in 1819 Cephas Washburn, along with his assistant Reverend Alfred Finney, set off for Arkansas.
Much of Cephas Washburn is like that of the Moravians, non-existent.
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 Washburn - OneLook Dictionary Search
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WASHBURN : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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 Apostle Encyclopedia Article @ Solemnly.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
rock) by Jesus, also known as Simon bar Jonah and Simon bar Jochanan (Aram.) and earlier (Pauline Epistles were written first) Cephas (Aram.) by Paul of Tarsus and Simon Peter, a fisherman from Bethsaida "of Galilee" (John 1:44; cf.
(It is also notable that Peter is identified by Paul in his letters as Cephas, which is the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek Peter, both words meaning "rock").
Simon however is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimeon, a common Jewish name found referring to several other individuals in contemporary works such as Josephus as well as in the Old Testament.
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 Chronicles of Oklahoma
In that year Alfred Finney of Vermont, Rev. Cephas Washburn of Georgia, James Orr and Jacob Hitchcock of Massachusetts, selected a site for a mission among these Indians on the west side of Illinois Bayou near the site of the present Russellville, Arkansas.
The first service was held here on May 13, 1821 and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Cephas Washburn.
Finney's wife, the former Susanna Washburn, was born in Randolph, Vermont, and died in 1833 at the mission on Sallisaw Creek where a monument over her grave may be seen.
digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v012/v012p042.html   (3549 words)

  
 Bridgewater, MA Vital Records Marriages, Surnames Paddleford to Pierce
Rebecca and Jonathan Washburn, Jan. 18, 1757* [Rebeccah, PCR.
Timothy and Zipporah Washburn, Oct. 7, 1753 [Washbourne, PCR]
Rebecca of Sandwich and Jonathan Washburn, Dec. 27, 1711, in Sandwich*
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 Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Historic Dwight Mission, established by the American Board of Foreign Missions among the Cherokee Indians in 1821, was located a short distance west of the campus of Arkansas Tech University on Illinois Bayou, where that stream is now crossed by Highway 64.
Descendants of Cephas Washburn, the intrepid missionary who founded the mission and named it for Timothy Dwight of Yale, live in Russellville at the present time.
Arkansas Tech University is in the center of an area experiencing vigorous industrial development as evidenced by the growth of local industry and the number of national concerns locating plants in the area.
www.atu.edu /acad/catalog/2000/campus.htm   (1953 words)

  
 Francis Cooke Society for genealogical research.
His sons, Cephas Giovanni Thompson (1809-1888) and Jerome B. Thompson (1814-1886) also became prominent artists.
Titan of Industry - flour from the mill he established is still sold today as Gold Medal Flour.
William Drew Washburn (1831) Representative and Senator from Minnesota.
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The following creation account was from a letter (Reminiscences of the Indians, Cephas Washburn) to the Presbytery by Presbyterian missionary Cephas Washburn, about 1830.
He was the first missionary to the Chickamaugan peoples of Arkansas who had moved to Arkansas in the late 1700's and early 1800's.
We still hope for better times, when our people will be delivered from their enemies, and restored to their former superiority to all other people and again God will delight in us and dwell with us.
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 News August 2000 - Orwellian / Pretribbers / Gloabalization / URI Charter / WTO / MidEast / Russia / Religion - ...
A coalition of 15 non-governmental organizations, the Washington Working Group is an educational and advocacy body whose efforts are aimed at U.S. congressmen.
Washburn, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has served in the United States Foreign Service and in the office of the Secretary General of the
We have dealt with WTO at Cephas Ministry.
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 Amazon.com: Cephas Washburn and his work in Arkansas: Dorsey Dee Jones (University of Arkansas. Research paper. Journal ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Fearing for their lives, the family fled to Arkansas where Ridge remained for ten years, except for a brief stint at Great Barrington Academy in Massachusetts.
He received a classical education under Cephas Washburn in Arkansas, and, for a time, studied law.
In 1846, Ridge married and settled down to farm in the Indian Territory.
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 INDEX1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Reverend Cephas Washburn and Reverend Albert Finney immediately started off on the journey to the Western Cherokee Mission after receiving news of their duty.
They met with Jacob Hitchcock and James Orr, mechanics that had also been appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to aid in the establishment of the mission, at Arkansas Post in July.
The first service was held on May 13, 1821, and the sermon was preached by Reverend Cephas Washburn.
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