God's Government Begun

God's Government Begun
Author: Thomas D. Hamm
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1995-11-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780253114716
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Growing out of the most radical fringes of the abolitionist movement, the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform set out to inaugurate a new social order based on the principles of nonresistance. The Society founded eight utopian communities which, though short-lived, were the setting for the most radical questioning of antebellum American society. The members of the Society renounced all forms of coercive relationships. They attempted to live without government or private property and to model new visions of work, education, religion, economics, women's rights and roles, and community. This book tells the story of their impassioned attempt to transform the world and begin the "Government of God."

Green Park Cemetery

Green Park Cemetery
Author: Green Park Cemetery Association (Portland, Ind.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2000*
Genre: Cemeteries
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The Family of Thomas and Elizabeth Morsell Edmundson

The Family of Thomas and Elizabeth Morsell Edmundson
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Total Pages: 722
Release: 1994
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William Edmunson was born ca. 1682 at Cork, Ireland, the son of Samuel Edmundson (1659-1719) and the grandson of William Edmundson (1627-1712), "the Irish Quaker" preacher. He and his family immigrated to America ca. 1715 and settled at London Grove, Pennsylvania, on land owned by his grandfather. His great grandson, Thomas Edmundson (1774-1849), was born in York County, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas and Mary Penrose Edmundson. He married Elizabeth Morsell (1780-1859) in 1803 at the Bush Creek Meeting, Frederick County, Maryland. They had nine children, 1804-1825. The family migrated from York County, Pennsylvania, to Frederick County, Maryland, in 1818, to Clark County, Ohio, in 1834, and to Jay County, Indiana, in 1837. They both died in Jay County. Descendants lived in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma and elsewhere.