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Dwight Presbyterian Mission was one of the first American missions to the Native Americans. It was established near present-day Russellville, Arkansas in 1820 to serve the Arkansas Cherokees. After the Cherokee were required to move to Indian Territory in 1828, the mission was reestablished in 1829 near present-day Marble City, Oklahoma .
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After reaching Dwight Presbyterian Mission, Worcester continued to preach to the Cherokee who had already moved to Indian Territory (they were later known within the nation as the Old Settlers, in contrast to the new migrants from the Southeast). [3] In 1836, they moved to Union Mission on Grand River, then finally to Park Hill. Worcester's ...
Dwight Mission is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas -Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 55 at the 2010 census, a 71.9 percent gain over the figure of 32 recorded in 2000. [ 3 ]
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America has its roots in the territory of the Synod of the Trinity, which was founded as the Synod of Philadelphia in 1717 following the division of the Presbytery of Philadelphia into three presbyteries (Philadelphia, New Castle, and Long Island), with the synod as a superior body. [1]
Cephas Washburn was born on July 25, 1793, in Rutland, Vermont.His parents were Josiah W. and Phebe (née Cushman) Washburn. [3]His father was a farmer, and Cephas seemed destined to follow in that occupation.
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church located at 6601 Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda, Maryland, in the United States. Founded in 1900 in a carriage house in Washington, D.C., initially as a Sunday school, the congregation relocated to Bethesda in 1956. The sanctuary was completed in 1965 and the pipe organ was added in 1972.
The house has been occupied ever since by artists. The present owner, sculptor Barry Johnston, displays some of his bronze sculptures in the back yard. 2433 Pickwick (c.1875) was the home of Malcolm Moos, an advisor to President Dwight Eisenhower and reportedly had a direct telephone link to the White House. 2435 was built as a mill office in 1840.