Cox, Anson
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1844 - 1939
biographical statement
Citation:
In Bio file drawer FD-1 there are the folowing original (some hand written) fragile documents: A Memoir written by Anson Cox during the winter of 1924-1925 (typed); Thirty hand written two sided pages of Anson 's account of his ministries; A memorial (typed) written by T. Esther Benedict on behalf of Greenleaf Monthly Meeting; and a typed letter from Anson's granddaughter to Genevieve Cole written November 27, 1987, giving some family history.Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Greenleaf Friends Church and Academy Records, 1924-2005
Series
Identifier: 22
Summary
At the turn of the 20th century, Friends settled in southwest Idaho, naming their colony Greenleaf after the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and the first church building was constructed in 1908. Since 1908, Greenleaf Academy, started in the back of the church, has been closely tied with the church and continues in Christian education of K-12 students. Records consist of various newletters, bulletins, monthly publications, reports, directories, member obituaries/memorials, written...
Dates:
1924-2005
People: Obituaries, Life Histories, Correspondence
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: Legacy.695
Dates:
1919-1990
Rosedale Friends Church, 1929-1996
Record Group
Identifier: 68
Summary
On Feb. 7, 1894, the Rosedale Park Friends Church, Salem, Oreogn, was organized at Liberty School with about 20 members. By the next year all meetings were being held at Hope Chapel (a Methodist church). Anson Cox was the first pastor. A new church building was dedicated in October of 1899. In 1918, then Pastor Chester A. Hadley proposed to unite the two churches. Milo Ross served his first pastorate at Rosedale from 1933-36. Records include written histories (including church and...
Dates:
1929-1996
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- Type
- Archival Object 2
- Unprocessed Material 1