Erastus Milo Cravath
Erastus Milo Cravath | |
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Homer, New York | |
Died | September 4, 1900 , Minnesota | (aged 67)
Education | |
Occupation | Educator |
Spouse |
Ruth Anna Jackson (m. 1860) |
Relatives | Paul Drennan Cravath (son) Georgia Laura White (niece) |
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Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900) was a pastor and
Early life, education and family
Erastus Milo Cravath was born July 1, 1833, in
A decade prior to the Civil War the Cravath family relocated to Oberlin, Ohio. Cravath was a student at the local common school, then Homer Academy, in New York. He subsequently studied at Oberlin College, graduating with a bachelor's, in 1857, then with a Master of Divinity degree in 1860. After devoting much of his adult life to religion and education, in 1886, Cravath earned a Doctor of Divinity degree at Grinnell College.[7]
In September 1860 Cravath married Ruth Anna Jackson, who was from a family of
Career
Cravath became a pastor in the
By October 1865, Cravath had returned to Nashville. He became a Field Agent of the
In September 1866, Cravath became District Secretary of the AMA in
In 1875 Cravath returned to Fisk University as its president. He spent the next three years abroad touring with the Fisk Jubilee Singers to raise funds for the college. For more than 20 years, he led Fisk University, helping it through its growth and building campaign of the 1880s, and the steady expansion of education initiatives.[6]
Cravath lived in St. Charles, Minnesota, in his last years, where he died on September 4, 1900.[7][11] His niece Georgia Laura White taught English at Fisk from 1934 to 1936, and served on the school's board of trustees.[12]
References
- ISBN 0817300155.
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- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. I. James T. White & Company. 1893. pp. 309–310. Retrieved April 16, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tech helps tap history" by Shenandoah Briere, Cortland Standard, December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Routledge, 2015, page 143. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Personal Sketches: Rev. Erastus Milo Cravath", The American Missionary, Vol. 48 (2), February 1894, Making of America, Cornell University Library, accessed March 3, 2009
- ^ a b c Richard D. Sears, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2002, p. 347.
- ^ Doctor Woman of the Cumberlands by May Wharton, M.D., Uplands, 1953.
- ISSN 0004-9522. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Reavis L. Mitchell, Jr.,"Clinton Bowen Fisk", The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002, accessed March 3, 2009.
- ^ "Death List of a Day: The Rev. Erastus M. Cravath". The New York Times. September 6, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved April 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Georgia L. White, Educator, Dies". The Tennessean. May 17, 1949. p. 22. Retrieved July 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.