Contributions

  • Strickland, W. P. 1809-1884. - Contributor

Publication

1854 - Printed at the Methodist book concern for the author, Cincinnati, Ohio

Language

English

Word Count

113,750 words, Guess

Page Count

455 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCF495 .F51 1854

Description

“Mr. Finley was born in North Carolina, 1781, died at Eaton, Ohio, 1857. He entered the Ohio M. E. conference in 1809; was missionary to the Wyandot Indians from 1821 to 1827; Chaplain of the Ohio penitentiary in 1845-9, and subsequently connected with the Methodist Church in Cincinnati. In this volume, the author recounts the principal events of his itinerant life, including, also, many of the tragical events of border warfare as narrated to him by the survivors.” - Peter G. Thomson, A Bibliography of the State of Ohio (1880)

Subjects

Topics

ClergyHistoryBiographyLife StyleFrontier and pioneer lifeMethodist Episcopal ChurchFrontier and pioneer life -- Ohio.

People

James B. Finley (1781-1856)

Times

1780s - 1850s

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • Autobiography of Rev. James B. Finley: or, Pioneer life in the West.Printed at the Methodist book concern for the author1854-01-01
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