- Abbreviations
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- Series Introduction
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- Key Dates in Ellen G. White's Life (1827-1859)
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- Ms 2, 1850
- Lt 18, 1850
- Ms 4, 1850
- Lt 4, 1850
- Lt 10, 1850
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- Unauthenticated
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- Published in PT
- Ms 5, 1850
- Ms 5a, 1850
- Lt 8, 1850
- Lt 12, 1850
- Ms 6, 1850
- Ms 7, 1850
- Ms 7a, 1850
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- Lt 14, 1850
- Ms 14, 1850
- Ms 15, 1850
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- Lt 28, 1850
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- Lt 30, 1850
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- Lt 9, 1856
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- Lt 10, 1856
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- Published in RH
- Published in YI
- Located Elsewhere
- Ms 2, 1856
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- Published in YI
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- Ms 1, 1856
- Lt 4, 1856
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- Ms 5, 1859
- Ms 6, 1859
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- Lt 1a, 1859
- Lt 13, 1859
- Lt 31, 1859
- Lt 18, 1859
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- Published in YI
- Published in YI
- Lt 2, 1859
- T5 Published
- Lt 28, 1859
- Lt 32, 1859
- Ms 4, 1859
- Lt 3, 1859
- Lt 4, 1859
- Lt 5, 1859
- Lt 9, 1859
- Lt 6, 1859
- Lt 8, 1859
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- Published in AY
- Published in AY
- Lt 7, 1859
- Ms 1, 1859
- Ms 1a, 1859
- Lt 20, 1859
- Lt 21, 1859
- Lt 10, 1859
- Lt 19, 1859
- Published in AY
- Lt 22, 1859
- Lt 30, 1859
- Lt 11, 1859
- Uncertain
- Lt 16, 1859
- Lt 17, 1859
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- Ms 3, 1859
- Lt 1, 1859
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- The James and Ellen White Family Tree
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- AMADON, George Washington (1832-1913) and Martha Dormer (1834-1937)
- ANDREWS, Edward (1798-1865) and Sarah L. (1803-1899)
- ANDREWS, John Nevins (1829-1883) and Angeline Spaulding (1824-1872)
- ANDREWS, William P. (1838-1878) and Martha (1842-1901)
- ARNOLD, David (1805-1889) and Lucretia K. (c. 1812-after 1889)
- ASHLEY, Melora Atwood (née CRAPO) (1820-1904) and Josiah Leonard (1819-1845)
- AUSTIN, Horatio Nelson (1818-1889) and Caroline R. (1821-1915)
- BACHELLER, John Warren (1839-1917) and Arvilla M. (1837-1911)
- BACHELLER, Roxanna. See CORNELL, James and Roxanna.
- BAKER, Joseph (c. 1801-after 1873) and Mary (c. 1796-1876)
- BALLOU, James Madison (1816-1888) and Hulda Amelia (1820-1903)
- BANGS, Elizabeth N. (1827-1891) and Reuben M. (1820-1893)
- BARNES, Robert (1815-1859) and Hannah L. (c. 1824-1856)
- BARR, Eli L. (c. 1813-1864)
- BARTON, Harriet Augusta (née STOWELL) (1833-after 1913) and Major (1822-after 1900)
- BATES, Joseph (1792-1872) and Prudence M. (1793-1870)
- BEAN, Lewis (1823-1888) and Sophia R. (1823-1911)
- BELDEN, Albert (1800-1893) and Hannah (c. 1800-1886)
- BELDEN, Stephen T. (1829-1906) and (first wife) Sarah B. (c. 1823-1868) and (second wife) Charlotte (c. 1830-1897?) and (third wife) Melvina (Lavina) (c. 1831-1928)
- BELOW, Elsie Philomela (1811-1889) and (first husband) John Gregg (? -1839) and (second husband) John C. Below (c. 1786-1855)
- BENEDICT, Diantha. See WILKINSON, Diantha.
- BENEDICT, Joseph Perry (1805-1865) and Millie (1810-1882)
- BINGHAM, Hiram (1804-1874) and Mary (c. 1809-1882)
- BONFOEY, Clarissa M. (c. 1821-1856)
- BOURDEAU, Augustin Cornelius (1834-1916) and (first wife) Charlotte (c. 1836-1883) and (second wife) Martha (1842-1901)
- BOURDEAU, Daniel T. (1835-1905) and Marion Elizabeth (1842-1929)
- BOVEE, Louisa C. (née LEWIS) (1836-1876) and Seymour C. (1830-1913)
- BOWLES, John C. (c. 1802-1853) and Phebe (c. 1808-after 1850)
- BOYER, Elijah (1821-1903) and Mary (1823-1898)
- BRACKETT, Ezra (1805-1889) and Mary D. (1807-1882)
- BRACKETT, Louisa (née FOSS) (1824-1861) and Benjamin (1821-after 1880)
- BRAZEE (BRISSEE), Cornelius (c. 1808-1890) and Emily C. (c. 1821-1889)
- BRIGHAM, William Henry (c. 1819-1866) and Polly A. (c. 1831-after 1866)
- BUCK, Harry G. (1822-1902) and Jane Eliza (1823-1918)
- BUCKLAND, Curtis P. (1804-1891) and Eliza (1806-1889)
- BURTON, Samuel G. (c. 1805-after 1880) and Lydia A. (c. 1818-after 1880)
- BURWELL, Anna Lucretia. See KING, Anna Lucretia.
- BURWELL, Anthony Lee (c. 1806-1873) and Achsah (1810-1886)
- BUTLER, Ezra Pitt (1796-1875) and Sarah (1799-1866)
- BUTLER, George Ide (1834-1918) and (first wife) Lentha Ames (1826-1901) and (second wife) Elizabeth Jane (1845-1927)
- BYINGTON, John (1798-1887) and (first wife) Mary Priscilla (c. 1803-1830) and (second wife) Catherine (1803-1885)
- BYINGTON, John Fletcher (1832-1872) and Martha Louisa (née SMITH) (1834-1920)
- BYINGTON, Martha. See AMADON, George Washington and Martha Dormer.
- CARMAN, John Frost (1827-1923) and Maria Louisa (1829-1916)
- CARPENTER, Caroline. See WEED, Caroline and Eber.
- CASE, Hiram S. (1814-1882) and Rebecca Ann (1816-1887)
- CHAMBERLAIN, Mary Ann (née BILL) (1819-1900) and Ezra L'Hommedieu (1798-1855)
- CHAPEL, Levi R. (1816-1901) and Jane Eliza (1818-1903)
- CHAPIN, Roderick R. (c. 1816-before 1880) and Desdemona (1812-after 1891)
- CHASE, Lewis (1814-1896) and Almira (1816-1881)
- CHASE, Mary S. (née WHITE) (1810-1889) and Daniel (1798-after 1873)
- CLAFLIN, Nancy J. (née HILDRETH) (1814-1899) and (first husband) John Post (?-1841) and (second husband) Andrew Claflin (1814-1877)
- CLARKE, Joseph (c. 1818-after 1901) and Sarah (c. 1827-1898)
- COLLINS, Deborah L. (1839-1852)
- COLLINS, Gilbert N. (1836-1905) and Arline F. (1847-1927)
- COLLINS, Philip (c. 1809-1859) and Nancy (c. 1809-1882)
- CORNELL, James (1832-1897) and Roxanna (1837-1895)
- CORNELL, Merritt E. (1827-1893) and Angeline M. A. (1828-1901)
- CORNELL, Myron J. (1829-1920) and Cornelia A. (1836-1922)
- COTTRELL, John Harvey (1817-1881) and Maryette (1816-1879)
- COTTRELL, Roswell Fenner (1814-1892) and Catherine M. (1818-1899)
- CRAIG, Stephen B. (1819-1904) and (first wife) Miranda B. (c. 1821-1863) and (second wife) Marilla S. (1833-1905)
- CRAMER, Christopher G. (1809-1873) and (first wife) (unknown) and (second wife) Mary (?-died before 1850) and (third wife) Jane Electa (1828-1892)
- CRAMER, James I. (1832-1914) and Sarah A. (1833-1915)
- CRANSON, Samuel T. (1822-1855) and Mary Jane (c. 1825-1860); (daughter) Lucretia (1847-1879)
- CRAWFORD, Marion Concordia (née STOWELL) (1829-1913) and (first husband) Delos Lagrange Truesdail (1829-1892) and (second husband) Franklin A. Crawford (1827-1902)
- CURTIS, Robert G. (c. 1812-after 1880) and Mercy A. (1818-1907)
- CUSHMAN, Horace (1796-1870) and Mary (c. 1797-1874)
- CZECHOWSKI, Michael Belina (1818-1876) and (first wife) Marie Virginie (c. 1821-1870) and (second wife) Wilhenmina (née SCHIRMER) (?-?)
- DAVIS, Charles (1815-1884) and Harriet (1818-after 1884)
- DAY, John C. (c. 1811-after 1880) and Phebe (c. 1821-after 1880)
- DAY, John S. (1830-1894) and Ruth D. (1831-1892)
- DICKINSON, Preston (1807-1868) and Celesta B. (1806-1869)
- DODGE, Abram A. (1817-1892) and Caroline Elizabeth (1830-1915)
- DREW, Hiram (c. 1810-after 1880) and Martha (c. 1814-1880)
- EDSON, Hiram (1806-1882) and (first wife) Effa (1810-1839) and (second wife) Esther Marier (1816-1893)
- EVANS, D. T. (c. 1826-after 1910) and (first wife) Lucinda (c. 1823-1871) and (second wife) Lucia (c. 1826-1881) and (third wife) Caroline (c. 1835-after 1920)
- EVERTS, Elon (c. 1807-1858) and Maria (c. 1810-1856)
- FARNSWORTH, John P. (1834-1918) and (first wife) Frances Jennette (c. 1834-1868) and (second wife) Laura L. (c. 1846-1870) and (third wife) Amelia M. (1843-1930)
- FERGUSON, Justus (c. 1831-1878) and Lucretia (c. 1833-after 1880)
- FINCH, Truman P. (1822-1890) and Mary Sophrona (1824-1913)
- FISHER, John (c. 1789-after 1859)
- FLANDERS, Samuel W. (c. 1822-1888) and Elizabeth M. (c. 1826-after 1888)
- FOLSOM, Paul (c. 1818-?) and Margaret (c. 1820-?)
- FOSS, Louisa. See BRACKETT, Louisa.
- FOSS, Mary Plummer (née HARMON) (1821-1912) and Samuel Hoyt (1817-1888)
- FOY, John Quincy (1843-1924) and Mary (1863-1949)
- FRASER, Jane (“Jenny”). See ROGERS, Jane and Sanford.
- FRISBIE, Elihu (1785-1859) and Esther (c. 1784-1858)
- FRISBIE, Joseph Birchard (1816-1882) and Delphia Jane (1830-1908)
- GEROULD, Lyman (1819-1887) and Sophia (1826-1897)
- GLOVER, Charles Smith (1814-1898) and (first wife) Jane (1815-1873) and (second wife) Clarissa E. (1826-1905)
- GODSMARK, Richard (1822-1905) and Huldah Jane (c. 1818-1899)
- GORHAM, Elizabeth (c. 1813-after 1873) and Henry M. (?-after 1850)
- GORSLINE, Richard (c. 1806-1864)
- GRAHAM, Andrew (c. 1836-after 1883) and (first wife) Abigail (c. 1840-1862) and (second wife) Sophronia (c. 1838-1871) and (third wife) Amelia A. (c. 1850-1883)
- GRAHAM, Bruce (1833-1919) and (first wife) Lavina (c. 1835-1870) and (second wife) Caroline V. (1849-1928)
- GRAHAM, William Henry (1831-1925) and Mary A. (1834-1908)
- GRANT, Harrison (1821-1901) and Chloe S. (1821-1904)
- GRANT, Walter (1814-after 1880) and (first wife) Nancy E. (1821-1877) and (second wife) Jane (c. 1832-after 1880)
- GREGORY, John (c. 1826-?) and Esther C. (c. 1829-1862)
- GURNEY, Heman Stetson (1818-1896) and Ann Eliza (1831-1921)
- HADDEN, Lewis (1819-1893) and Mary E. (c. 1824-after 1893)
- HARDY, William J. (1823-1888) and Eliza (1820-1890)
- HARMON, John B. (1815-1883) and (first wife) Dorcas N. (?-c. 1842) and (second wife) Abigail (c. 1824-c. 1850) and (third wife) Lucy J. (1829-1911)
- HARMON, Robert (1786-1866) and Eunice (c. 1787-c. 1863)
- HARMON, Sarah B. See BELDEN, Stephen T. and Sarah B.
- HARRIS, William (c. 1803-1873) and Lydia (c. 1808-after 1873)
- HART, Josiah Rice (1817-1858) and Orvilla (1810-1861)
- HASKELL, Lewis (1801-1882) and Salina (c. 1803-1891)
- HASKELL, Stephen Nelson (1833-1922) and (first wife) Mary E. (1812-1894) and (second wife) Hetty (1857-1919)
- HASTINGS, Emma A. (1841-1865)
- HASTINGS, Harriet Arabella (c. 1834-1854)
- HASTINGS, Leonard (1803-1883) and (first wife) Elvira (c. 1808-1850) and (second wife) Martha (c. 1819-1888)
- HASTINGS, Sarah Amelia (c. 1839-before 1918)
- HEWETT, Oren (c. 1805-1855)
- HEWITT, David (1805-1878) and Olive (1809-1876)
- HILLIARD, Aaron Henderson (c. 1820-1875) and Lydia Ann (c. 1819-1883)
- HILLIARD, Henry (1815-1892) and (first wife) Pheba (c. 1818-c. 1855) and (second wife) Lucinda C. (c. 1828-1887)
- HOLLAND, Robert (c. 1834-1876) and Elizabeth (c. 1837-after 1880)
- HOLLIS, Nelson A. (1806-1885) and Polly (c. 1815-after 1885)
- HOLT, George W. (1812-1877) and Elizabeth (c. 1815-after 1880)
- HOWARD, Daniel (1818-1898) and (first wife) Clarissa (1819-1865) and (second wife) Elvira (c. 1831-1896)
- HOWELL, John (c. 1820-1861) and Lucinda S. (later BURDICK) (c. 1828-after 1908)
- HOWLAND, Stockbridge (1801-1883) and Louisa M. (1806-1897)
- HOWLETT, John (1796-1892) and Caroline (c. 1811-1861)
- HUNGERFORD, Sealey (Seley) P. (1811-1868) and (first wife) Mary Ann (1816-1857) and (second wife) Cynthia (1822-1875)
- HUTCHINS, Alfred S. (1823-1894) and (first wife) Esther M. (1834-1860) and (second wife) Abigail (“Abbie”) D. (1836-1902)
- INMAN, Eldad (c. 1814-after 1880) and (first wife) Catharine (1813-1864) and (second wife) Rebecca (1819-after 1880)
- IRVING, Agnes. See IRVING, William and Catherine.
- IRVING, William (c. 1813-1859) and Catherine (c. 1818-?) and (daughter) Agnes (c. 1842-1891)
- JONES, Charles (1822-1904) and (first wife) Sarah A. (c. 1824-1882) and (second wife) Jane Cordelia (1831-1910)
- JONES, Leander M. (1824-1902) and (first wife) Harriet (c. 1818-1869) and (second wife) Caroline M. (c. 1843-?)
- JONES, Orrin B. (1825-1883) and Elizabeth (c. 1830-after 1883)
- JONES, Victor (“Victory”) V. (c. 1826-?) and (first wife) Elizabeth L. (1833-1908) and (second wife) Emily (fl. 1863)
- KELLOGG, Albert (1836-1913) and Lucina (1840-1916)
- KELLOGG, John Preston (1807-1881) and (first wife) Mary Ann (1811-1841) and (second wife) Ann Janette (1824-1893)
- KELLOGG, Smith Moses (1834-1927) and Maria Susan (c. 1837-1911)
- KELSEY, Eunice Rebecca (1820-1906) and Asa Post H. (1818-1857)
- KING, Anna Lucretia (née BURWELL) (1844-1931) and James Henry (1842-1922)
- LAMSON, David Henry (1835-1897) and Elizabeth Louise (1838-1926)
- LAMSON, Joseph Bradley (c. 1829-1870) and Drusilla (c. 1831-1919)
- LANDON, Warren E. (1824-1913) and (first wife) Mary F. (1824-1883) and (second wife) Adeline E. (1828-after 1900)
- LANE, James (1807-1880) and Sarah (1810-1905)
- LAY, George Talbot (1822-1901) and (first wife) Mary Exene (1825-1862) and (second wife) Elizabeth L. (1833-1908)
- LAY, Horatio S. (1828-1900) and Julia M. (1831-1893)
- LEIGHTON, George (1812-1902) and (first wife) Rocksilda (c. 1812-1867) and (second wife) Emily (1822-after 1900)
- LILLIS, Henry (c. 1807-after 1860) and Eliza (c. 1811-after 1860)
- LINDSAY, John M. (c. 1807-1895) and Eliza A. (1816-1890)
- LOBDELL, Edward (1817-1883)
- LOCKWOOD, Ransom G. (1824-1897) and (first wife) Mary (?-1851) and (second wife) Aurora (1827-1902)
- LOTHROP, Howard (c. 1805-after 1880) and Olive (c. 1807-after 1880)
- LOUGHBOROUGH, John Norton (1832-1924) and (first wife) Mary J. (1832-1867) and (second wife) Maggie A. (c. 1840-1875) and (third wife) Anna Mariah (1840-1907)
- LOVELAND, Reuben (1807-c. 1898) and Belinda (1812-1906)
- LUNT, Noah Norton (1821-1902) and (first wife) Rebecca E. (c. 1828-1851) and (second wife) Sarah H. (1833-1868) and (third wife) Frances (1830-after 1910)
- LYON, Henry (1796-1872) and Deborah (1796-1874)
- MARTIN, John (1820-1889) and Clara M. (c. 1829-1880)
- MASTEN, Luman V. (c. 1829-1854)
- MC CANN, Harriet (née Harmon) (1813-1876) and Samuel (c. 1812-c. 1874)
- MC PHERSON, Samuel A. (c. 1823-1898) and (first wife) Polly M. (c. 1824-1863) and (second wife) Sarah (c. 1842-after 1898)
- MEAD, Stephen Newell (1820-1888) and Sarah Phelps (1833-1920)
- MEAD, Thomas B. (1827-1861) and Mary Jane (1834-1890)
- MILES, Alonzo (c. 1818-after 1870) and Martha (c. 1825-after 1870)
- NARAMORE, John (c. 1820-c. 1897) and Eliza A. C. (1830-1914)
- NICHOLS, Henry Otis (1828-1917) and (first wife) Harriet (1836-1880) and (second wife) Harriet L. (1853-1917)
- NICHOLS, Otis (1798-1876) and (first wife) Sally Orne (1803-1824) and (second wife) Mary (c. 1800-1868)
- ORTON, Alva (1845-1917) and Valerie E. (1843-after 1900)
- ORTON, Jonathan T. (c. 1811-1866) and Caroline (c. 1813-1873)
- PALMER, Dan R. (1817-1897) and Abigail (1823-1902)
- PEABODY, William (1791-1866) and Hannah (1787-1876)
- PEARSALL, Alfred B. (1823-1895) and Adaline (1823-1906)
- PECKHAM, Job B. (1823-1859) and Sophronia (1825-1887)
- PHILLIPS, Daniel C. (c. 1813-1882) and (first wife) Amanda (c. 1812-1859) and (second wife) Mary (c. 1843-1884)
- PIERCE, Henry Harlow (1833-1901) and Esther Ann (1837-1908)
- PIERCE, Stephen (1804-1883) and Almira (1806-1875)
- POOLE, Ezra A. (c. 1807-1894) and Sally Marilla (1819-after 1900)
- PRESTON, Almira (Elmira) (née Barnes) (1811-1888) and (second husband) John S. (c. 1804-1879)
- PRESTON, Chandler Bristol (1806-1891) and Eliza Ann (1810-1883)
- PRIOR, Edward (c. 1815-?) and Georgianna (c. 1820-1850s)
- RALPH, Richard (1812-1897) and (first wife) Minerva (c. 1815-1854) and (second wife) Sarah F. (1832-1920)
- RATELLE, Marguerite (née Dion) (1829-1923) and Joseph (1820-after 1900)
- RHODES, Samuel W. (c. 1810-1883) and (first wife) Betsey E. (?-1867) and (second wife) Sophronia L. (1825-1887)
- ROGERS, Jane (née FRASER) (1821-1896) and Sanford (1830-1917)
- ROOT, Ephraim Henry (1828-1906) and Hezzy (1832-1913)
- ROSS, Alexander (1810-1888) and (first wife) Caroline (c. 1810-1866) and (second wife) Melissa S. (1832-1915)
- ROSS, Manley T. (1824-1911) and Susanna (1825-1906)
- RUMERY, Sylsbre R. (1820-1884) and (first wife) Nancy M. (?-before 1848) and (second wife) Betsey Jane (1826-1916)
- RUSSELL, Charles P. (c. 1810-1879) and Eunice (c. 1810-after 1880)
- RUSSELL, Lester (1814-1898) and (first wife) Ordelia (c. 1820-before 1860) and (second wife) Paulina P. (1819-1898)
- SAXBY, William L. (1827-1876) and Euphemia H. (1826-1902)
- SCOTT, Mary A. (1820-1904) and David W. (1818-after 1904)
- SEELEY (SEELY), David Ross (1811-1901) and (first wife) Laura (c. 1822-1860) and (second wife) Ellen Amelia (1830-1907)
- SHARP, William D. (1830-1910) and Sarah F. (c. 1831-1910)
- SMITH, Cyrenius (1804-1874) and Louisa (1806-1881)
- SMITH, Stephen (1806-1889) and Matilda (1809-1891)
- SMITH, Uriah (1832-1903) and Harriet Newall (1831-1911)
- SMITH, William (c. 1808-after 1872) and Laura (1810-1872)
- SPERRY, Charles W. (c. 1820-1861) and Rachel Ann (c. 1831-1863)
- STEVENS, Angeline S. See ANDREWS, John Nevins and Angeline.
- STEVENS, Cyprian (1795-1858) and Almira T. (c. 1803-1873)
- STEVENS, Harriet Newall. See SMITH, Uriah and Harriet Newall.
- STONE, Albert (1803-c. 1893) and (first wife) Lurena (1803-1868) and (second wife) Ayer (c. 1805-after 1880)
- STOWELL, Harriet Augusta. See BARTON, Harriet Augusta.
- STOWELL, Lewis Barnard (1793-1886) and Laura B. (1805-1868)
- STOWELL, Lewis Oswald (1828-1918) and Mary Melissa (1839-1899)
- STOWELL, Marion Concordia. See CRAWFORD, Marion Concordia (Stowell).
- STREET, Sherman A. (c. 1827-1888) and Sarah Jane (1834-1915)
- TAYLOR, Charles O. (1817-1905) and (first wife) Matilda W. (c. 1824-1880) and (second wife) Mary Jane (1838-1913)
- TEMPLE, Elizabeth (c. 1808-1884) and (first husband) James L. (c. 1814-before 1862) and (second husband) Ransom HICKS (1802-1872)
- TENNEY, Elizabeth (née White) (1818-1885) and Thomas Boynton (1800-1875)
- THOMPSON, Jesse (1795-1858) and Nabby Maria (1805-1866)
- TOWLE, John R. (1812-after 1885) and Mary M. (1818-after 1885)
- TREADWELL, William (1831-1904) and Lurana Lucretia (1834-1917)
- TUBBS, Ira B. (1800-1882) and (first wife) Hannah (c. 1800-1872) and (second wife) Amelia L. (c. 1808-1892)
- WAGGONER, Joseph Harvey (1820-1889) and Maryetta (1823-1908)
- WEED, Caroline (née Carpenter) (1838-1909) and Eber (1841-1913)
- WHEELER, Frederick (1811-1910) and Lydia (1814-1886)
- WHIPPLE, John G. (1817-1902) and Sarah B. (1822-1905)
- WHITE, Anna (c. 1829-1854)
- WHITE, Henry Nichols (1847-1863)
- WHITE, James Edson (1849-1928) and (first wife) Emma L. (1848-1917) and (second wife) Rebecca (1884-1953)
- WHITE, James Springer (1821-1881) and Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
- WHITE, John (1785-1871) and Betsey (1788-1871)
- WHITE, John Whitney (1812-1886) and Anna Catherine (1818-after 1885)
- WHITE, Nathaniel (1831-1853)
- WHITE, William Clarence (1854-1937) and (first wife) Mary (née Kelsey) (1857-1890) and (second wife) Ethel May (née Lacey) (later Currow) (1873-1969)
- WILCOX, Henry H. (1819-1911) and (first wife) Diadama (c. 1825-1892) and (second wife) Eliza Anna (c. 1822-1896) and (third wife) Mary A. (1859-?)
- WILCOX, John Y. (1834-1910) and (first wife) Mary S. (c. 1823-1877) and (second wife) Annie K. (1845-after 1900)
- WILKINSON, Diantha (née Benedict) (1833-1907) and James M. (1837-1908)
- WOODRUFF, Azmon (1802-1889) and (first wife) Elizabeth Norton Hart (1796-1851) and (second wife) Harriet Newell Cole (1823-1870) and (third wife) Elizabeth Barber Pierce (later DeGarmo) (1801-1891)
- Appendix A: Unauthenticated Visions Attributed to Ellen G. White
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- The American Religious Background That Influenced Adventists
- Methodism's Rise in America
- The “Christian Connection”
- James White and the Christian Connection
- Ellen White's Methodist Environment
- Experiences With the Pearson Family
- The Experience of Samuel Brown and Other Millerite Adventists in Portland
- Religious Enthusiasm in Ellen G. White's Experience After Being Called to Prophetic Ministry
- Ellen White's Interaction With Fanatics During 1845 and 1846
- Spiritualizers
- Extreme Literalization
- Extreme Sanctification
- Animal Magnetism
- Other Fanatical Views
- Religious Enthusiasm Not Connected to Fanaticism
- The Mackin Experiences
- Summary
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- List of Correspondents
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Methodism's Rise in America
In the wake of the American Revolution the Anglican Church, with the king of England as its head, was generally shunned. Methodism began as a “religious society” nominally connected to the Anglican Church, and many expected that the movement would collapse in America. John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was a vocal opponent of the Revolution. At the outbreak of hostilities he recalled all but one of the Methodist clergy. This left a vacuum that was soon filled with American lay preachers. This “native” leadership overcame the perception that Methodists were linked to Anglicans.1EGWLM 918.1
In 1784 John Wesley directed in the formation of the American Methodist Episcopal Church. Francis Asbury became the bishop and central figure in the American church. His goal was to restore the “apostolic order of sacrifice and itinerancy” among clergy. Thus he organized various lay ministers into “circuit riders,” who traveled through an assigned territory preaching and establishing churches. Asbury insisted that a ministerial calling required the laying aside of worldly trappings of dress, deportment, and financial security. In fact, if a preacher chose to marry and/or settle down for any reason, he lost his membership in the Methodist Connection. Asbury said, “We must suffer with if we labor for the poor.”4
Francis Asbury, in the Arminian Magazine (London, 1784), p. 681, quoted in Nathan O. Hatch, The Democratization of American Christianity, p. 85.
The rustic and untrained Methodist preachers had little concern for proper religious style or process. American church historian Winthrop S. Hudson has noted that Methodists were known as “shouting Methodists” because of their religious enthusiasm and demonstration.5
Winthrop S. Hudson, “Shouting Methodists,” Encounter, Winter 1968, pp. 73-84.
American revivalism received new energy around the turn of the nineteenth century with the emergence of the camp meeting movement. Beginning in Kentucky, the camp meeting phenomenon swept across America. Thousands gathered for spiritual renewal, and physical demonstrations of enthusiasm were a hallmark of the meetings. These demonstrations often included weeping, shouting, running, jumping, jerking, laughing, and even, in some cases, barking. The “excesses” of the camp meeting experience caused the more traditional churches to express stern disapproval.1EGWLM 919.1
Methodists, on the other hand, with their unrefined itinerates, found the camp meeting to be an ideal means of evangelism and renewal. Within a few years after the turn of the nineteenth century, camp meetings had become the special domain of Methodists. As time passed, they took on more and more of a Methodist style. By the 1830s some of the more dramatic “excesses” had been filtered out of Methodist camp meetings, but still camp meetings remained a place where participants could lose some of their inhibitions and devote a period of time to prayer and spiritual exercises. Camp meetings became an important fixture in the annual cycle of Methodist church life.1EGWLM 919.2
By the 1830s Charles Finney, the great revivalist of the Second Great Awakening, brought the camp meeting to town with his “protracted meetings.” He instituted his “new measures,” which included (1) praying for people in public by name, (2) allowing women to pray and testify in public to mixed audiences, (3) appointing a pew in the front of the church as the “anxious bench,” and (4) establishing the inquiry room, where the minister could meet people and talk with them. Finney's innovations opened the door for greater religious expression in local congregations. His practices were widely accepted across America and directly impacted Methodist experience.1EGWLM 919.3
Another pivotal figure in mid-nineteenth-century Methodism was Phoebe Palmer. Palmer's father was a personal convert of John Wesley's. About 1835 Phoebe Palmer, at her home in New York City, instituted the Tuesday evening meetings for the “promotion of holiness.” These meetings and others like them would have a profound effect on American religious experience in general and more particularly on Methodist experience.1EGWLM 919.4
Palmer taught that giving one's personal testimony in public was not only important but also vital for the development of Christian holiness. She believed that without personal testimony, religious life, irrespective of gender, would slide into apostasy.6
Melvin Easterday Dieter, The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century, pp. 22-28. Richard Wheatley, The Life and Letters of Mrs. Phoebe Palmer, pp. 511-515.