Posts tagged Adventist pioneers

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Younger Sisters and Older Women Part I: Susan Bysong Shaw Susan J. Bysong was a teenager and the only Seventh-day Adventist in her family when she moved to Colorado in the 1860s

Adventist Historical Footprints, September 4, 2026

In 2026 I am exploring early Sabbatarian Adventists in the states that now comprise the Mid-America Union. There is no way to know who the …

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Jesse Hawkins and Mary (Palmer) Cook: Missionaries to Kansas A Quaker from Ohio and a Quakeress from Ontario married in Iowa, joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and become missionaries to Kansas.

Adventist Historical Footprints, June 29, 2026

In 2026 I will be exploring early Sabbatarian Adventists in the states that now comprise the Mid-America Union. There is no way to know who …

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A Tale of Two Sisters

Guest Contributor, April 21, 2020

Susan and Mary Haskell were born in central Iowa in the middle 1800’s to Lafayette Haskell, a farmer, and his wife, Margaret. One day a …

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