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Daniel Gregory Claiborne Butts |
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Daniel Gregory Claiborne Butts served as pastor of Ivy Creek Methodist Episcopal Church South from 1893-1895.
World Events
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1893 Columbian Exposition
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Duryea Automobile
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- Grover Cleveland was again elected president for a non-consecutive second term.
- The Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair) powered by Nicola Tesla's AC electricity took place where the Ferris Wheel is introduced.
- J. Frank & Charles Duryea build the first successful gasoline-powered automobile in the United States.
- Katherine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful.”
- The stock market crashed resulting in the Panic of 1893 and an economic depression.
Life DetailsCombining information from the census records and his book, we know that
- Daniel Gregory Claiborne Butts was born on October 10, 1848 at “Roslin” in Brunswick, Virginia, the home of his mother’s family. His parents were Colonel Augustine Claiborne Butts & Anna Maria Claiborne.
- He attended Randolph Macon College in Ashland, VA.
- About 1873 he married Emma S. and had at least one daughter Emma G. (born about 1888).
A published author, Butts wrote several books on Methodism and church history, including a memoir titled From Saddle to City by Buggy, Boat and Railway in 1922 about his 50-year career as an itinerant Methodist Minister. He pastored several churches in Virginia including Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South in Westmoreland County; Centenary Methodist in Lynchburg; Bellamy Methodist Episcopal Church South in Glouster County (also pastored by George Booker who was at Ivy Creek in 1884; and Wright’s Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South in Portsmouth.
In his book, he describes Ivy Creek as follows:
“Here we had a small membership of plucky folks who kept the fires of Methodism burning on these beautiful hills and in these rich valleys, where the noise of the outside world never disturbs the conservatism of this elegant people. Ah, here was the place for rest, and food, and good cheer of every kind.”
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 September 2008 )
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