Person:Ebenezer Thresher (1)

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Ebenezer Thresher
b.31 Aug 1798 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
d.12 Jan 1886 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Ebenezer Thresher1798 - 1886
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Sep 1827
  1. Elizabeth ThresherAbt 1829 - 1852
  2. Thomas F. Thresher1831 - 1907
  3. Sarah N. ThresherAbt 1833 - 1880
  4. Mary Louise ThresherAbt 1835 - 1861
  5. Helen M. Thresher1837 - 1895
  6. Maria ThresherAbt 1840 -
  7. Ebenezer M. Thresher1842 - 1913
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 Dec 1861
  1. Mary Martha Thresher1865 - 1947
  2. Laura Henderson Thresher1867 - 1951
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Facts and Events
Name Ebenezer Thresher
Gender Male
Birth[3][5][9] 31 Aug 1798 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Residence[3] From 1798 to 1816 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Residence[3] From 1816 to 1820 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Baptism[9] Mar 1817 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United StatesBaptist church
Employment[9] From 1817 to 1818 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United Statesfarm hand
Employment[9] From 1818 to 1820 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesfarm hand, garden/carriage/stable boy
Education[3][9] Abt 1820 Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesstudied under Rev. Abiel Fisher, Baptist pastor
Employment[9] 1820 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesfarm hand
Residence[3][9] 1820 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesstudied under Dr. Jonathan Going, pastor of the Baptist Church there
Education[3][9] From 1821 to 1823 Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesAmherst Academy
Other[9][10] 1823 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United Stateslicensed to preach by Stafford Baptist Church
Education[3][9] From 1824 to 1826 Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesColumbian College
Education[3][9] From 1826 to 1827 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United StatesBrown University
Graduation[3][9] 1827 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesa member of the first class under Dr. Wayland
Marriage 13 Sep 1827 New York City, New York, United Statesto Elizabeth Fenner
Ordination[3][9] 8 Dec 1828 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesordained Baptist minister
Occupation[3][9] From 1828 to 1830 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United Statespastor of the First Baptist Church
Occupation[3][9] From 1830 to 1845 secretary of the Northern Baptist Education Society
Residence[9] From 1830 to 1845 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesalso resided at Roxbury latter part
Residence[9] From 1830 to 1845 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesresided earlier part at Boston
Occupation[9] From 1831 to 1832 Massachusetts, United Stateseditor of "The American Baptist Magazine"
Occupation[3][9] From 1834 to 1836 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Stateseditor of the religious weekly newspaper "The Christian Watchman"
Other[9] 1835 Richmond (independent city), Virginia, United Statesdelegate to the Baptist Triennial Convention, onward
Other[9] From 1836 to 1843 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesTrustee of Newton Theological Insitution
Occupation[3][9] 1843 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statestreasurer of the Newton Theological Institution
Other[9] From 1842 to 1848 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United StatesTrustee of Brown University
Occupation[3][5][9] From 1845 to 1849 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statespurchased Mr. E. E. Barney's sawmill on Wayne Ave.
Residence[3][5] From 1845 to 1886 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United StatesHis doctor suggested a change in climate might improve his failing health.
Occupation[5][9] From 1849 to 1854 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesone of the founders of Barney and Smith Car Company; then Thresher, Packard, and Co.
Census[6] 27 Sep 1850 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Other[9] 1857 Granville, Licking, Ohio, United Statesbecame a trustee of Denison University
Occupation[9] From 1859 to 1874 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesco-founded Thresher Varnish Co. with Charles Tower and his nephew J. B. Thresher
Census[7] 26 Jul 1860 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Alt Marriage Nov 1861 to Martha Wilson Henderson
Marriage 5 Dec 1861 Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesto Martha Wilson Henderson
Census[8] 15 Jun 1870 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Degree[9] 1875 Granville, Licking, Ohio, United StatesHonorary Doctor of Laws degree, Denison University, honorary degree
Death[2][3] 12 Jan 1886 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesat his home, corner of First and Main Streets
Cause of Death[3][9] 12 Jan 1886 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesstricken with paralysis and unconsciousness (stroke?) about 2 hours before death
Funeral[4] 14 Jan 1886 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United StatesFirst Baptist Church
Burial[2] 14 Jan 1886 Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

He was the ninth of 12 children.

References
  1.   Thresher family, and McCann family. Thresher-McCann Collection.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum. Woodland Cemetery Records Database.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Obituary of Ebenezer Thresher in the Dayton Daily News
    page 3, 13 Jan 1886.
  4. ↑ Funeral article about Ebenezer Thresher in the Dayton Daily News
    page 4, 15 Jan 1886.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Drury, Augustus Waldo. History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. (Chicago [Illinois]: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909)
    Vol 1, pp 613-614.
  6. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
  7. ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
  8. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 Colby, Henry F. A Tribute to the Memory of Ebenezer Thresher. (Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1886).
  10. ↑ Historical Souvenir of the Stafford Baptist Church.
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