Offley, G. W. 1808-1896
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الاسم الرئيس (باللاتينية)
Offley, G. W. 1808-1896
صِيَغ اسمية أخرى
Offley, Greensbury Washington, 1808-1896
تاريخ الميلاد
1808-12-18
تاريخ الوفاة
1896-03-22
مهنة
Clergy
Farmers
النوع الاجتماعي
male
MARC
MARC
أرقام تعريفية أخرى
مصادر المعلومات
- African American National Biography, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Offley, Greensbury Washington; Methodist Episcopal clergy, slave narrative author; born 18 December 1808 near Centerville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States, Kenya to an enslaved woman from Virginia and a free black man from Maryland; worked for his father; moved north, working for both railroads and hotels; settled in Hartford, Connecticut (15 November 1835) where “good white friends” helped him with his education; had a conversion experience and was called to preach (21 February 1836); became an established Methodist Episcopal minister in the black community (1850); his narrative was published locally by an unknown Hartford printer (1859); left the ministry (1860); owned a farm in New Bedford (1880); died c.1895 in United States)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896; usage: G.W. Offley; note: free Black; minister and farmer; father of Rev. G.W. Offley, b. 1848 of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; b. Centerville, Queen Anne County, Maryland to slave who was freed upon death of her master; self educated; supported himself as basket maker; moved north at about 30 years of age settling in Hartford where he remained about 25 years; removed to New Bedford in 1867; before going to Harford joined Methodist Church and became ordained minister; travelling minister during which he built a number of churches; connected with underground railroad; wrote a number of pamphlets on religious topics; according to obituary in New Bedford newspaper, d. New Bedford, Mass. March 22, 1896 age 87 years 3 months and 11 days)
- Five Black lives, c1971:t.p. (Rev. G.W. Offley) p. 132 (b. Dec. 18, 1808 in Queen Ann's County, Centerville, MD)
- OCLC, 1/17/96(hdg: Offley, Greensbury Washington, 1808-1859; Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1859)
- His God's immutable declaration, 1875:t.p. verso (G.W. Offley; Greensbury W. Offley; aged 64 in Dec. 1872)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896; usage: G.W. Offley; note: free Black; minister and farmer; father of Rev. G.W. Offley, b. 1848 of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; b. Centerville, Queen Anne County, Maryland to slave who was freed upon death of her master; self educated; supported himself as basket maker; moved north at about 30 years of age settling in Hartford where he remained about 25 years; removed to New Bedford in 1867; before going to Harford joined Methodist Church and became ordained minister; travelling minister during which he built a number of churches; connected with underground railroad; wrote a number of pamphlets on religious topics; according to obituary in New Bedford newspaper, d. New Beford, Mass. March 22, 1896 age 87 years 3 months and 11 days)