Near Stone Bluff in Fountain County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Progressive Friends Church Memorial
Dedicated October 8, 1864
Photographed By Al Wolf, August 9, 2008
1. Progressive Friends Church - Memorial Marker
John M. Galloway • Elias Pugh • Jacob Romine • Joseph Crane • Henry Crane
This memorial erected June 1952 by the following committee
Nelson Galloway • Clifford Crane • Myrtle Newman • A. T. Galloway
Erected 1952 by Progressive Friends Church Memorial Committee.
Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 12, 1952.
Location. 40° 10.722′ N, 87° 17.47′ W. Marker is near Stone Bluff, Indiana, in Fountain County. Marker is at the intersection of County Road 140 W and County Road 350 N, on the left when traveling north on County Road 140 W. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Veedersburg IN 47987, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Osborn Prairie Church - - Built 1892 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Birch - Colvert Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); Portland Arch Natural Preserve (approx. 3˝ miles away); Boyhood Home of Daniel W. Voorhees (approx. 3.6 miles away); Wabash - Erie Canal (approx. 3.8 miles away); Troy Township, Layton Station
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Additional commentary.
1. Progressive Friends - defined:
According to Swathmore College's "Friends Historical Library," Progressive Friends is defined as a, "... reform movement which developed among Hicksite Friends in the 1840s, but also included many non-Quaker liberals and radicals. The largest group became formally organized as the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, which met at Longwood in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1853 to 1940.
Progressive Friends advocated a religion of humanity which stressed the inherent goodness and perfectibility of humankind and promoted such reform causes as abolition of slavery, temperance, women's rights, opposition to capital punishment, prison reform, homestead legislation, pacifism, Indian rights, economic regulation, and practical and co-educational schooling." Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor
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Submitted August 11, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Photographed By Al Wolf, August 9, 2008
2. The Progressive Friends Church Bell - - Marker is on Base
Photographed By Al Wolf, August 9, 2008
3. Church Bell and Old Church Cemetery
The Church Structure is long gone. The Old Bell and the Cemetery are all that remains.
Photographed By Al Wolf, August 9, 2008
4. Another Part of Cemetery
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 27, 2009
5. Long View - - Progressive Friends Church Memorial
Bell under the tree near center of photo.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 27, 2009
6. Closer Other View - - Progressive Friends Church Memorial
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 27, 2009
7. Progressive Friends Church Bell
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 27, 2009
8. Chruch Bell - - 2009 Photo
No foundry bell casting trade marks found on the bell.
(In 2008 farm field, in the background, was soybeans - in 2009 it is corn.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,781 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on December 21, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 9, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on June 27, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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