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	Encyclopedia: Francis Asbury
		Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was born at Handsworth, near Birmingham, England of Methodist parents.
		Francis Asbury statue, Wilmore, Kentucky Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 02:47, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Asbury kept a journal assiduously; on December 8, 1812 he crossed the Broad River into York County, South Carolina and came to the home of David Leech, Esq.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Francis-Asbury (1778 words)

	Asbury, Francis -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Francis Asbury Tarkenton was born on Feb. 3, 1940, in Richmond, Va. He played college football at the University of Georgia, graduating in 1961 and appearing in the 1960 Orange Bowl and Blue-Gray Game.
		Francis Asbury was born in Hamstead Bridge, England, on Aug. 20, 1745.
		A Christian nondenominational institution founded in 1890, it is named for educator Francis Asbury, the first Methodist Episcopal bishop consecrated in the United States.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9309947 (810 words)

	Asbury, Francis on Encyclopedia.com
		ASBURY, FRANCIS [Asbury, Francis], 1745-1816, Methodist bishop in America, b.
		In 1784, John Wesley ordained Dr. Thomas Coke as superintendent of the societies in America; Asbury was to be associate superintendent.
		At the American conference held that year, however, Asbury was the dominant figure and was made superintendent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Asbury-F1.asp (359 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francis Asbury Baker
		HEWIT, Memoir of the Life of the Rev. Francis A. Baker (New York, 1865); Sermons of the Rev. Francis A. Baker (New York, 1896); WALWORTH, The Oxford Movement in the U.S. (New York, 1895).
		He died of typhoid pneumonia contracted in ministering to the sick.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02213a.htm (608 words)

	Francis Asbury Roe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roe died in Washington, D.C. on December 28, 1901, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
		Roe was ordered to command Sassacus on the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in September 1863, and captured and destroyed several blockade runners in the sounds of North Carolina.
		Roe served as fleet captain for the Asiatic Station from 1868 to
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Asbury_Roe (608 words)

	Roe Family of New York
		In 1620 Donnel Roe was a hief of the Irish house of McCarthy.
		Roe was finally led to query whether the latter was not his true vocation, and to consider whether he could not exert a wider influence as a writer than as a speaker.
		Roe, Joanna (#830) was born in Brookhaven Twp.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nycortla/roeallg.htm (608 words)

	Roe
		Francis Asbury Roe, born in Elmira, N.Y., 4 October 1823, graduated from the Naval School, Annapolis, in 1848.
		Roe arrived in San Francisco Bay on 29 July, and was undergoing a yard overhaul when the war ended, 14 August.
		In the spring of 1941, she returned to the east coast and, during the summer remained primarily in the mid-Atlantic seaboard area.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r8/roe-ii.htm (608 words)

	ROWE
		This "Roe the White" is spoken of in the Sagas as the "foster-father of kings", as so many king's sons having been placed under his care; and the office appears to have fallen in great degree to his son, "The Far-Travelled".
		Roe (from a clerk in Virginia) in which she was named.
		Old John Roe was one of the signers to the treaty of cession of Long Island by the Indians, for which every acre was fully paid.
	www.bradfordgenealogy.org /ROWE.html (608 words)

	Francis Asbury Roe, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		Francis Asbury Roe, naval officer, was born in Elmira, New York, 4 October, 1823.
		Admiral Roe is buried adjacent to Fayette Washington Roe, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army.
		In this engagement Roe gallantly rammed the iron-clad, which then fired a 100-pound rifle-shell through the "Sassacus," killing and scalding many of the crew by exploding in the boiler.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /faroe.htm (608 words)

	CHURCH
		It is likely that the zealous missionary work of Francis Asbury, who in his "circuit riding," had covered much of New Jersey, was directly responsible for the aquisition of the church by the Methodists.
		Francis Asbury (Asbury Park was named for him) had become Bishop and licensed Thomas Morrill.
		Finally, on the third Sunday of May in 1820, a "little company" in Branchville formed the First Presbyterian Church of Frankford, as it was named, in the "Old Union Church"-obviously the same as the Cosad Meeting House-,choosing the Reverend Edward Allen as moderator and the Reverend Enos Osburn as clerk.
	www.branchville-nj.com /churches.html (608 words)

	METHODIST CHURCH DISPLAYS VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE
		Far from being a "Romish" doctrine, this was a statement of dogma of the One Church in the persons of mostly Eastern bishops and the Empress.
		Methodist Bishops do far more than move clergy around: Bishops are responsible for the spiritual lives of their clergy, for ensuring they are properly trained, and for ordaining them (for, in the UMC, only a Bishop may ordain).
		It would seem to be the enactment in your 25 Articles of a point of positive heresy.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1299935/posts?page=132#132 (608 words)

	Roe v Wade and the Rights of the Father
		While the topic I have chosen here, Roe v Wade and the Rights of the Father may sound interesting, actually there is nothing to write about.
		And as far as abortion goes, My mother has often told she's for abortion any time after the child is born.
		In page after page, chapter after chapter, Farrell reveals mind-boggling facts that show that, contrary to the claims of the 'victim-feminists', women get preferential treatment in many areas of society, and that, as the title of the book indicates, men's power is a myth.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/830013/posts (608 words)

	Interviews
		Or, how about Daniel Boone, Francis Asbury and Mary Breckinridge, none of whom were born in Kentucky but each of whom stand at least as tall as Dr. McDowell or Vice President Barkley in their contributions to our state and nation.
		Roe and the Paintsville Board of Education need to be more open and forthright with the public about all topics and hold far fewer secret sessions away from the public eye.
		However, by far the most rewarding consequence of this alliance was the opportunity to work with Mac Kilduff and Mattie Matthews and to learn from them and their vast reservoir of knowledge and experience.
	www.ourpassingparade.com /oldpagearchive/thumbsupthumbsdown.htm (608 words)

	soldiers.html
		Francis, Thomas M. Co. D 56th GA. Filed for pension in Milton.
		Hagood, Simpson Asbury, enlisted as Private 6 Oct 1861, elected lieutenant in December 1862, captured Mar 25, 1865.
		HAGOOD, Simpson Asbury, enlisted as Private 6 Oct 1861, elected lieutenant in December 1862, captured Mar 25, 1865.
	www.mindspring.com /~ednab/soldiers.html (608 words)

	United Methodist
		Francis Asbury became the first Superintendent, and later bishop of the newly constituted Methodist Episcopal Church in 1784, and office he shared for a while with Thomas Coke.
		It was under Asbury’s leadership that the Methodist Episcopal Church in America grew and spread dramatically mainly with the Circuit ministry.
		Yet these members still send their tithe money into the denominational headquarters to support this liberal theological position and are in turn paying the salaries of the very professors who are teaching this philosophy to the seminary students.
	gospelcenterchurch.org /umc.html (608 words)

	Memorial Obituaries Roe, Bruce
		A memorial service will be at 12:00 noon Saturday at Francis Asbury United Methodist Church with the Rev. Fred Carpenter officiating.
		Bruce Rogers Roe, 96, of 787 Asbury Road, Candler, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at Pisgah Manor Nursing Center.
		Roe was born in Greenville, SC and was a son of the late Isaac Newton Roe and Mary Etta Rogers Roe.
	obit.grocefuneralhome.com /obit_display.cgi?id=201434&clientid=grocefuneralhome&listing=All (608 words)

	Index, list of blueprints & excerpts
		During 1914, she cruised the coast of Florida; and, by February of 1915, she was back in Cuban waters for winter maneuvers.
		That summer, Terry steamed as far north as Newport, Rhode Island to conduct another round of torpedo exercises.
		Roe class Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBD-24, 37 and 40)
	www.marylandsilver.com /roe33.htm (608 words)

	Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Fr
		Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
	education.music.us /Fr.htm (608 words)

	GreenvilleOnline.com - News
		Memorials may be made to Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, 1800 E. North St., Greenville, SC 29607; or to Epworth Children's Home, 2900 Millwood Ave., Columbia, SC 29205.
		He was a long-time member of Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, the United Sunday school class and the Young at Hearts Club.
		Born in Oconee County, she was the wife of the late Vance H. Ausburn and was the daughter of the late Raymond and Maude O. Ward.
	greenvilleonline.com /obits/archives/20030409201739.htm (608 words)

	adla.html
		Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was the first general superintendent or bishop of American Methodism.
		Asbury was accepted as a local preacher at the age of eighteen and joined the itinerancy four years later.
		During the War of Independence, Asbury was the only British Methodist preacher to remain in America and his pre-eminent position was confirmed by John Wesley in 1784, when he was consecrated general superintendent, a position which he held jointly with Dr Thomas Coke.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data1/dg/methodist/bio/adla.html (608 words)

	JRULM: R - Biographical Index of Methodist Ministers
		Hester Ann Rogers [nee Roe] (1756-94) was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the daughter of an Anglican minister.
		She was converted at the age of eighteen under the influence of David Simpson, the evangelical Vicar of Christ Church Macclesfield.
		He also exercised an itinerant ministry, preaching as far afield as Yorkshire and the West Country, and served as one of the Countess of Huntingdon's chaplains.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data1/dg/methodist/bio/bior.html (608 words)

	Yahooligans! Search Results for Francis Asbury Roe
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	search.yahooligans.com /search/ligans?p=Francis+Asbury+Roe (608 words)

	USS Roe - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Roe for Francis Asbury Roe.
		The first USS Roe (DD-24) was a modified Paulding -class destroyer launched in 1909 and served in World War I.
		The second USS Roe (DD-418) was a Sims -class destroyer launched in 1939 and decommissioned by 1945 after serving with World War II.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/USS_Roe (608 words)

	chap9.txt
		In 1788, and at other dates, it was visited by Bishop Francis Asbury who in his official capacity had journeyed horseback from North Carolina via Greenbrier county and Tygart's valley.
		A petition with many signers condemned it "as being far from the center thus disregarding the act creating Monroe, and also as illegal, on the ground that the justices of the new county were appointed and com- missioned without the consent of the court of Greenbrier." The de- cision, however, was not changed.
		The county seat was located at Clarksburg which, although a mere group of log cabins in 1781, was becoming a settled community and in 1785 it had several stores and was incorporated as a town.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/wv/history/oldnew/chap9.txt (608 words)

	EXPLORE: CSS Albemarle - Dictionary of Boats and Ships
		Lieutenant Commander Francis Asbury Roe of Sassucus, seeing Albemarle broadside-on at a range of about 400 yards, decided to ram.
		The Union ship struck the Confederate ironclad full and square, shattering the timbers of her own bow, twisting off her own bronze ram, and jamming the ships together.
	www.explore-boats.com /water_transportation/C/CSS_Albemarle.html (608 words)

	Early Churches and Societies
		Francis Asbury, the greatest Methodist itinerant, in his trips from Massachusetts to Georgia, frequently stopped at the homes of Captain Frazier, Major Mitchell and Henry Downes, all of this county.
		The old chapel may still be seen, almost in ruins, on North Third Street, where for a long while it was used by the colored people as a church and later as their hall.
		The chapel was to be known as "Concord" and from that time on the cross roads, too, have been called by the same name, apparently the only one ever given it.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mdcaroli/EarlyChurches.html (608 words)

	absher.txt
		LYDIA FRANCIS ABSHER Lydia Francis Absher was born in Williamson County, Illinois, March 4, 1852 and died January 16, 1933.
		This was not too far from the James Durham homestead and it was near the Allen County, Kentucky, line.
		Mahala Absher, the soldier's widow, residing at New Roe, Allen County, Ky., applied for a widow's pension on July 16, 1890, which was allowed on Cert.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dmorgan/absher.txt (608 words)

	1812-soc-2.txt
		ROE, FRANCIS ASBURY, Rear Admiral U. Navy, 12 1232 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D. Son of Isaac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Smith's Regiment, New York Militia; 1814.
		ROE, GEORGE, 37 Vallejo, Cal. Grandson of Isaac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Smith's Regiment, New York Militia; 1814.
		Received the thanks of Congress and a silver medal, "in testimony of the high sense entertained of his good conduct and services in the capture of the British vessels of war, 'Cyane' and 'Levant,' after a brave and skillful combat." 1892.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/1812/1812-soc-2.txt (608 words)

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