James Milnor
James Milnor (June 20, 1773
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
for two years (1811–1813), a lawyer for 16 years (1794 to 1810), and an Episcopal priest for 29+1⁄2 years (from mid-1814 to 1845).
Education & career
Milnor attended public grammar school in
Bishop William White while in Washington, D.C.[2]
In October 1810, Milnor, a
Brooklyn, New York
.
Affiliations
In 1798, Milnor had been an officer of
Pennsylvania Society, which at the time, was waging a movement to abolish slavery.[5]
In 1829. he began his tenure as President of the New York Institution for the Deaf.[6]
Family
James Milnor was married, on 28 February 1799, to Eleanor Pawling, daughter of Henry Pawling and Rebecca Bull.[7] James Milnor was the brother of William Milnor, also a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
References
General references
Inline citations
- ^ University of Pennsylvania, Franklin Gazette (historic Philadelphia newspaper), Vol III, Issue 452, pg. 2, August 9, 1989
- OCLC 3859645
- OCLC 192107445
- OCLC 9954193
- ^ Slavery: Society of Friends, Meeting House, Universal Gazette (historical Philadelphia newspaper), Vol. I, Issue IX, pg 3, January 11, 1798
- ^ Assembly, New York (State) Legislature (1844). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
- ^ Leach, Josiah Granville (March 1918). "Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania". Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. VII (1): 21–22.
Biographical note
- Many biographical sources wrongly state that Milnor died in 1844, an error that has been widely replicated. With the advent of digitization of historical newspapers, we now know that he died on the same date, but in 1845.
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