Forwarding some info I have received previously about Lorenzo..... -----Original Message----- From: P1TTYPAT@aol.com <P1TTYPAT@aol.com> To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 7:10 PM Subject: Lorenzo Dow >Lorenzo Dow was a great American preacher of the movement called The Second >Great Awakening in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. > >Lorenzo Dow was a traveling preacher of the late 1700's and early 1800's. His >name appears often in the records of many states. He also is credited with >inventing "camp meetings." It is reported that 20,000 children were named >after this colorful preacher. > >I have a book called "Pioneers and Preachers" which has an excellent >article on Lorenzo Dow. I can't post the whole thing here because of >copyright, but I could send it privately if someone requests it. The >first paragraph is as follows: > >===Begin Quote=== > >Frontier life spawned some rather eccentric preachers, one of whom >was Lorenzo Dow, known as "Crazy Dow." His odd behavior and extensive >travels both in America and abroad brought him much publicity and fame. >As a fortune teller; seer; miracle worker; professor of calamities, >births, deaths, and illnesses; and interpreter of dreams; he was one of >the most discussed and controversial preachers of his day. He could >preach on virtually any subject and damned nearly everyone and >everything. At times he shocked his congregations by preaching from >obscene and sadistic portions of the Old Testament. Tall, slender and >spare of frame, with sloping shoulders and just a hint of a stoop, >Dow's physical appearance normally would have not seemed forbidding, except >for the fact that his matted and unkempt hair hung almost to his waist; much >of it hung down his back and on his shoulders, but some of it fell forward >over his face and full beard. With a grave countenance and piercing eyes, he >"glanced reproofs wherever he looked" and caused the hardest sinners to >flinch. He was emaciated from lack of proper food and sleep, and he knew >little about the benefits of a bath. He went hatless and shoeless, wearing >torn and shabby clothes. Dow presented an odd sight even to the backwoodsmen. >===End Quote=== >Pat <P1TTYPAT@aol.com> (That's a one after the P, not an 'eye') > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Green <wagii@hotmail.com> To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com <GREEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 7:59 AM Subject: [GREEN-L] Man from Winton >Hi Tom, >It just adds to the Puzzle. > (snip) >I have a few names I cannot place in Amelia, yet they appear in the >Book: (snip) >Lorenzo Dow a preacher belonging to the Methodist Church. > >Does any one know more about these people? > >Bill Green > > >