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Recollecting Marmaduke Gardner, 1812-1879

I do like church news, even if it dates to 1872. This post started as a one-note joke about a minister in a town with a funny name, but uncovered a Universalist pioneer in Texas. According to the University of Texas archives abstract (see below), he “he moved to Texas in 1854 and subsequently organized… Continue reading Recollecting Marmaduke Gardner, 1812-1879

Published Saturday, 9 October 2010
Categorized as Universalist history Tagged Texas

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