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	John Wilbur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wilbur July 17, 1774 – May 1, 1856 was a prominent American Quaker minister and religious thinker who was at the forefront of a controversy that led to "the second split" in the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
		Wilbur was born to Quaker parents in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.
		Wilbur was recognized as an Elder in 1802 and acknowledged as a minister in 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wilbur (844 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Wilbur, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		After studying medicine abroad, Wilbur became a professor (1909-16) and dean (1911-16) of the medical school at Stanford.
		Orville Wright 1871-1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, 1867-1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their interest in aviation was aroused in the 1890s by the German engineer Otto Lilienthal 's glider flights.
		In 1925 he went to work in a rolling mill in Canton, Ohio, and was appointed (1937) staff representative of the organization that became the United Steelworkers of America.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Wilbur, (574 words)

	John Wilbur Chapman, 1859-1918, Evangelist A biography of John Wilbur Chapman, Presbyterian evangelist Believersweb.org
		John Wilbur Chapman, 1859-1918, Evangelist A biography of John Wilbur Chapman, Presbyterian evangelist Believersweb.org
		John W. Chapman was born in Indiana and educated at Oberlin College and Lane Seminary.
		John H. Converse, a lay leader in the denomination, made a strong plea for Chapman to develop his Simultaneous Evangelistic Campaigns and underwrote his expenses until he died in 1910, then leaving in his will funds for Chapman as long as he stayed in evangelistic work.
	www.believersweb.org /view.cfm?ID=116 (3292 words)

	Brief History of Wilbur
		Brief History of Wilbur, WV This area of southeastern Tyler County was given the name Wilbur in 1889.
		The oil boom was relatively short lived, and Wilbur again reverted to the quiet village that it had been.
		Wilbur exists today as a community far different from the era that lasted for so many generations, but there are those who still remember Wilbur, the village that was.
	www.wilburwv.com /history.html (1290 words)

	Wilbur, John - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		WILBUR, JOHN [Wilbur, John] 1774-1856, American Quaker leader, b.
		Hopkinton, R.I. He became the leader of the opposition to the evangelical principles of J. Gurney and Elias Hicks, and his expulsion (1843) by the Quakers resulted in the formation of the new New England Yearly Meeting.
		Richard Wilbur Wins 2006 Lilly Prize; $100,000 Award One of Largest to Poets.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-wilbur-j1.html (265 words)

	Marshall Democrat-News: Story: John Wilbur Miller
		John Wilbur Miller, 83, of Slater, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004, at his home.
		Born Nov. 22, 1920, in Saline County, he was the son of the late John William Miller and Jean Miller.
		Additional survivors include one son, John F. Miller of Eagleville; one daughter, Beverly Jean Thomas of Deepwater; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
	www.marshallnews.com /story/1077538.html (176 words)

	DBLP: W. John Wilbur
		John Wilbur, Lana Yeganova, Won Kim: The Synergy Between PAV and AdaBoost.
		John Wilbur: Identification of related gene/protein names based on an HMM of name variations.
		John Wilbur, Temple F. Smith, Michael S. Waterman: On the statistical significance of nucleic acid similarities.
	www.acm.org /sigs/sigmod/dblp/db/indices/a-tree/w/Wilbur:W=_John.html (364 words)

	Notes for John Wilbur GARD
		John W. Gard was born November 19, 1870 in Wabash County, Illinois, the
		John H. married again four years later in 1876 to Alice B. Young.
		of John W. Gard in Blackwell, Oklahoma, a former resident of Canton.
	www.angelfire.com /wa3/gardline/html/nti03593.htm (174 words)

	John Wilbur
		WILBUR, John, Quaker preacher, born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 17 July, 17'74; died there, 1 May, 1856.
		He was the son of Quaker parents, and became a preacher of the society.
		His supporters were sufficiently numerous in Rhode Island and other parts of New England to form an independent yearly meeting, the members of which were known as Wilburites.
	www.famousamericans.net /johnwilbur (290 words)

	Amazon.com: "John Wilbur": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Wilbur was different from most of the Cowboys players who came before him.
		she frequently named him John Larch, or John Wilbur (her father's name was John), or Wilbur Walsh (her mother's maiden name had been Walsh).
		Thomas Wilbur, clerk and nephew of John Wilbur, refused to give up his position and...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/John-Wilbur (505 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving
		His name was Wilbur Larch, which, except for the scent of ether that always accompanied him, reminded one of the nurses of the tough, durable wood of the coniferous tree of that name.
		She hated, however, the ridiculous name of Wilbur, and took offense at the silliness of combining a word like Wilbur with something as substantial as a tree.
		The other nurse imagined herself to be in love with Dr. Larch, and when it was her turn to name a baby, she frequently named him John Larch, or John Wilbur (her father’s name was John), or Wilbur Walsh (her mother’s maiden name had been Walsh).
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0345387651-excerpt.asp (573 words)

	Papers of John Wilbur Chapman - Collection 77
		John Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond, Indiana, on June 17, 1859.
		Folder 4-2 is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the illness and death of Chapman's wife on June 25, 1907, and telegrams the family received during her illness and at her death.
		The folder entitled "(MS C 366) Miscellaneous J. Wilbur Chapman Correspondence 1899-1918," includes notices and memorandums written while Chapman served as Corresponding Secretary of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Committee on Evangelistic Work, acceptances to invitation, and other memoranda.
	www.wheaton.edu /bgc/archives/GUIDES/077.htm (3659 words)

	Wilbur Post Office
		The story is told that the name applied for was "Fairview", but since there was already a post office in the state with that name, the individual handling the application used part of the name of the person who had signed the application.
		This was John Wilbur Grimm, a resident and school teacher, who also became the first Postmaster.
		The Wilbur Post Office was officially closed on May 15, 1987.
	www.wilburwv.com /po.html (97 words)

	(Diane MILLER - John Wilbur MILLER ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		John Albert (Pat) MILLER (22 May 1908 - 11 Mar 1986)
		John Charlton MILLER (5 Jul 1875 - 3 Oct 1931)
		John Sylvester MILLER (12 Feb 1903 - 13 Mar 1971)
	merrill.olm.net /family/lilhall/index/ind0153.html (97 words)

	Haverford College Libraries - Special Collections - John Wilbur Papers, 1831-1873
		Page 1 of ALS of John Wilbur, 3 mo. 21, 1842, Hopkinton, RI, addressed to "My dear children," in which Wilbur writes of the Gurneyites' personal visits and letters to him, hoping to change his position and that he senses a crisis ahead.
		Broadside, "NOTICE TO FRIENDS AND OTHERS" from John Wilbur and Jonathan Nichols, to be used to announce a meeting for worship of the "primitive order of the Society of Friends," with "challenge 1847" written on reverse (78k)
		Primarily letters of John Wilbur giving in great detail his position relative to the views of Joseph John Gurney and the separation of New England Yearly Meeting.
	www.haverford.edu /library/special/aids/wilbur (2722 words)

	Wilbur, John: Split/Vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		After a jarring start arriving at "Ho Chi Minh" City, he encounters a split-vision in discovering a new and different country while searching for the old.
		In his travels, Wilbur's narration reveals an internal journey that moves rhythmically between the now and then.
		Delving into the nation's complex, social, cultural and political history, Wilbur's journey makes you understand the country's bitter past, struggling present and hopeful future.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /BookPage.asp?prod_cd=IPLOP (140 words)

	John Wilbur Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		In Bad Medicine and Good, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye collects forty-four stories covering Kiowa history from the 1700s through the 1940s, all gleaned from interviews with Kiowas (who actually took part in the events or recalled them from the accounts of their elders), and from the notes of Captain Hugh L. Scott at Fort Sill.
		In this balanced and highly readable account, sociologist Wilbur J. Scott tells the story of how Vietnam veterans and their allies organized to articulate their concerns and to win concessions from a reluctant Congress, federal agencies, and courts.
		by Wilbur Cross, John B. Moses M. The author of more than 50 non-fiction books and a leading physician, whose lifetime hobby has been the study of American Presidents, have teamed up to document an astonishing subject.
	www.alibris.co.uk /search/books/author/John_Wilbur (684 words)

	Higher Praise Greatest Preachers (John Wilbur Chapman)
		She bore Chapman four children: Robert (who died in infancy), John Wilbur, Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn.
		He directed the activities of fifty-one evangelists in 470 cities and also found time to write one of his numerous books, Present Day Evangelism.
		In 1905, John H. Converse, a wealthy Presbyterian layman, offered to underwrite Chapman's expenses if he would return to full time evangelistic work.
	www.higherpraise.org /preachers/chapman.htm (905 words)

	John Wilbur — Infoplease.com
		Religious Society of Friends: The Friends in the United States - The Friends in the United States In colonial America the Friends often met with severe condemnation...
		Jeremiah Wilbur DWIGHT - DWIGHT, Jeremiah Wilbur (1819—1885) DWIGHT, Jeremiah Wilbur, (father of John Wilbur Dwight),...
		Conservative social Christianity, the law, and personal morality: Wilbur F. Crafts in Washington.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852238.html (187 words)

	McCook Daily Gazette: Story: John Wilbur Grafel
		HERNDON?-- John Wilbur Grafel, 86, died Wednesday (May 31, 2006) at Decatur County Hospital.
		He was born Feb. 23, 1920, in Pueblo, Colo., to John and Elizabeth (Goltl) Grafel.
		He was raised on a farm in Richardson Township near Herndon.
	www.mccookgazette.com /story/1155116.html (157 words)

	J. Wilbur Chapman American evangelist - Christian Biography Resources - Wholesome Words
		Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918) was an American evangelist, revivalist and pastor.
		J. Wilbur Chapman married Irene E. Steddon in May 10, 1882.
		Chapman married Agnes Pruyn Strain, November 4, 1888 and they had four children: Robert (who died in infancy), J. Wilbur, Jr., Alexander Hamilton, and Agnes Pruyn.
	www.wholesomewords.org /biography/biorpchapman.html (122 words)

	John Wilbur, "The Effect of Action and Reaction, etc."
		In this way I apprehend it was that some were seduced in the early days of our Society, even such as had more self love and spiritual pride than vital Christianity, to wit: John Perrott, John Wilkinson, and others.
		But we see how soon their anti-christian doctrines were discerned and detected by George Fox and his contemporaries, because the light and spirit of Christianity abode in them; even a measure of that Spirit which trieth every spirit, and is able to decide whether it be of God or not.
		For what skillful physician, being called to administer to a diseased person, would not resort to such medicine as would tend to counteract the complaint that was already upon him, rather than to administer to a disease under which he did not suffer, and in which respect he was entirely sound and healthy?
	www.qhpress.org /quakerpages/qwhp/wilbur3.htm (1290 words)

	John Wilbur Chapman - Precious Blood of Christ Sermon - Christian Biography Resources
		He was made a curse for me. As by faith I lift my eyes to Him and take Him as my Saviour, I take His place in the love and favor of God.
		John 10:18: "No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself." I wish that I could help you to see what my salvation and yours cost.
		I know that there are people who want to say this evening — "Pray for me." Lift up your hand to express this desire of your heart.
	www.wholesomewords.org /etexts/chapman/jwcblood.html (2341 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Wilbur (Protestant Christianity, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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	Stuck in the rat race - Sports - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The good trade: When George Allen took over as coach in 1971, he sent McKeever to the Rams -- Allen's previous club (and Marlin's original NFL team) -- in a megadeal involving seven players and eight draft choices.
		The bad trade: In 1967, the Redskins acquired McKeever and a seventh-round selection (little-used center John Didion) from the Vikings for free safety Paul Krause.
		Krause intercepted 53 passes for the Vikes (giving him a record-breaking 81), started in four Super Bowls and was elected to the Hall of Fame.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20061029-124840-8525r_page2.htm (1041 words)

	Friends (Quakers) and the Bible
		Jesus Christ is the true Word of God (John 1:14), but the Bible can be considered the words of God.
		As a noncreedal, noncentralized faith, different groups of Friends have gone in different directions on this matter of faith as well as others.
		On the Holy Scriptures by John Wilbur (Wilbur is a key figure in one of the "branches" or divisions of Friends)
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/quakerism/11033/2 (582 words)

	CLIP Colloquium: John Wilbur, 3/29/2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The unique problems encountered in correcting search engine queries will be discussed and our solutions outlined.
		John Wilbur is a Senior Scientist in the Computational Biology Branch of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
		He is a principal investigator leading a research group in the study and development of statistical text processing algorithms.
	www.umiacs.umd.edu /research/CLIP/colloq/abstracts/2006-03-29.html (252 words)

	Last Will and Testament of John Wilbur Ring
		I, John W. Ring, of Danville, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all Wills heretofore made by me.
		Tract A is shown on a map made for John W. Ring, dated May 24, 1968, made by Shanks and Wilmarth, Surveyors.
		GIVEN under my hand and seal this 22nd day of August, 1995.
	www.angelfire.com /md/ringtree/wilbur.html (559 words)

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