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James Osgood Andrew (1794-1871) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1832. He was born 3 May 1794 in Wilkes County, Georgia, a son of the Rev. John and Mary Cosby Andrew. Rev. John Andrew was the first native Georgian to enter the Methodist ministry. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784. ...
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South was the so-called Southern Methodist Church resulting from the split in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1845. ...
Wilkes County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...
The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
Ordained ministry
James Andrew was Licensed to Preach in 1812 in the South Carolina Annual Conference of the M.E. Church. The first twenty years of his ministry included appointments to the Salt Ketcher Circuit in South Carolina, the Bladen Circuit in North Carolina, and the Augusta and Savannah Circuits in Georgia. In 1824 he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Edisto District, which included Charleston, South Carolina. He was elected a Delegate to quadrennial M.E. General Conferences from 1820 through 1832. Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 40th 82,965 km² 320 km 420 km 6 32°430N to 35°12N 78°030W to 83°20W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 26th 4,012...
The United Methodist Annual Conference is the regional body that governs much of the life of the Connectional Church. ...
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784. ...
Bladen may refer to: Bladen County, North Carolina Bladen, Nebraska This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Raleigh Charlotte Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 28th 139,509 km² 805 km 240 km 9. ...
Nickname: The Garden City (of the South), Masters City Motto: We Feel Good Official website: www. ...
Nickname: The Coastal Empire or The Hostess City Official website: Savannah, Georgia Location Government County Chatham Mayor Otis S. Johnson Geographical characteristics Area Total 202. ...
Edisto is a census-designated place located in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. ...
Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat Official website: http://www. ...
Episcopal ministry Bishop Andrew was elected by the 1832 General Conference. He then moved from Augusta to Newton County, Georgia to be near the Methodist Manual Labor School, of which he was a Trustee. This institution later became Emory College at Oxford, Georgia. His Episcopal assignments also took him to Annual Conferences throughout the south and the west. Newton County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...
The Oxford College of Emory University is a two-year division of Emory University located in Oxford, Georgia, USA. Students from this campus automatically continue at the Atlanta campus after successfully completing Oxfords curriculum. ...
Oxford is a city located in Newton County, Georgia. ...
Controversy over slave ownership Bishop Andrew's possession of slaves generated controversy within the M.E. Church, leading to the separation of the denomination in 1844 into northern and southern branches. He became the symbol of the slavery issue for the M.E. Church. However, the details surrounding his ownership of slaves, and in particular how he acquired them, is open to some debate. It has been suggested that Chattel slavery be merged into this article or section. ...
According to most published accounts, Andrew never bought or sold a slave. Rather, he became a slave owner through his wives. In 1816 Andrew married Ann Amelia MacFarlane, with whom he had six children. Upon her death in 1842, she bequeathed him a slave. Andrew's second wife, Leonora Greenwood, whom he married in 1844, was also a slave owner. When she died in 1854, he married Emily Sims Childers.
Evidence also exists, however, to suggest Andrew may have first acquired slaves earlier than 1842. A man named James Osgood Andrew is listed as a resident of Athens, Georgia in the 1830 U.S. Census. This Andrew is listed as the owner of two slaves, though he may not be the Bishop. The 1840 Census lists Bishop Andrew as a resident of Newton County, and the owner of thirteen slaves. Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city located in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ...
Andrew's ownership of slaves, by whatever means acquired, was considered contrary to M.E. custom (especially by those in the North). Indeed, a growing abolitionist movement was evident within Methodism. The real issue in 1844 was whether or not the M.E. Church would accept or disapprove of slavery. Northern delegates to the 1844 General Conference sponsored a resolution asking Bishop Andrew to "desist" from exercising the Episcopal office so long as he owned slaves. Southern delegates countered that the Church would be destroyed in States which prohibited emancipation. Nevertheless, the resolution passed by a vote of 110 to 69. A Plan of Separation between northern and southern Methodists resulted. The next year representatives of the Southern Annual Conferences met in Louisville, Kentucky to organize their own denomination. The first General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South met in Petersburg, Virginia in 1846, at which Andrew was invited to preside. This article is about the abolition of slavery. ...
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Map Political Statistics County Independent city Mayor Annie M. Mickens Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 60. ...
Later years Bishop Andrew presided as the Senior Bishop of his denomination from 1846 until his death. During the American Civil War (1861-65), he resided in Summerfield, Alabama. After his retirement in 1866, he continued to conduct church conferences as his health permitted. He died in 1871 at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Rush, in Mobile, Alabama. He was buried in Oxford. Andrew College in Cuthbert, Georgia is named for him. Combatants Union (remaining U.S. states) Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln†Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties KIA: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 94,000 Total dead: 258,000 Wounded: 137,000+ The...
Motto: Nickname: The Azalea City Map Political Statistics Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Mobile County Mayor Sam Jones Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 412. ...
Andrew College is a private, two-year liberal arts school located a few blocks off the town square in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, U.S.. It is associated with the United Methodist Church. ...
Cuthbert is a city located in Randolph County, Georgia. ...
Selected writings - Family Government, 1846.
- Miscellanies, 1854.
- he also contributed to religious periodicals.
Biographies - Smith, George G., The Life and Letters of James Osgood Andrew, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Nashville, Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1882.
References - Mills, Frederick V., Sr., Article on "James Osgood Andrew" at The New Georgia Encyclopedia. [1]
See also Bishops of the United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations, in order of their election to the Episcopacy, both living and dead. ...
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