Samuel Fallows

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Samuel Fallows
Born December 13, 1835
England
Died September 5, 1922
Occupation Clergyman

Samuel Fallows (December 13, 1835 – September 5, 1922) was an American clergyman. Fallows was born in England and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1859. During the American Civil War, he fought in the Union Army. He was a Methodist pastor following the war, though in 1875 he joined the Reformed Episcopal Church, where he became a bishop in 1876. He was a public figure notable for his efforts in public education, prison reform, and the temperance movement.[1][2]

He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery,[3] in Forest Park, Chicago.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term=1279&keyword=fallows
  2. ^ http://www.bartleby/65/e-/E-Fallows.html
  3. ^ Browse by City: Forest Park. Findagrave.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.

[edit] Further reading

  • Fallows, A. K. Everybody’s Bishop (1927).

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