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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: October 8, 2011
Caption: The Rev. Sheldon Jackson Plaque
Additional Description: This plaque is in the Narthex of the Church:

In Memory Of
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D.
Pioneer Missionary and Educator
Born Minaville, N.Y. May 18 1834 Baptized in This
Church, December 11, 1838; Died , Asheville, N C May 2
1909. Buried, Dhuctanunda Cemetery, Minaville
Graduated From Union College, 1855 and From
Princeton Theological Seminary April 27, 1858
Ordained May 5, 1858: Missionary to Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, 1858, Transferred
To Frontier Mission in Minnesota, 1859.
And Later to other Western States Where
He Established Scores of New Churches:
Member of Christian Commission of Civil War.
August 1863. Missionary to Alaska (Fort Wrangell)
August 10, 1877, Where He Established Schools
And Churches and Succeeded in Abolishing
The Slave Trade in Native Girls and Women.
Established Mission at Sitka, July, 1881
And at Point Barrow 1890, Appointed First
U.S. Superintendent of Public Instruction For
Alaska, April 11, 1885 and Served Until Death
Introduced Reindeer From Siberia Into Alaska
1891 To Relieve The Starving Condition of The
Eskimos. Moderator of General Assembly
Of Presbyterian Church In U.S.A. 1897
* * * * *
Erected By State Of New York And
Schoharie County Historical Society
1934

Submitted: November 17, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p181334
File Size: 0.696 Megabytes

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