Jay B. Jones wrote: >A 1878 Oregon biography notated that Silas W. R. Jones of Owen County, Indiana "...He attended the Seminary at Bedford about seven months; paying his way by hard work all the time. After this short term at school he commenced teaching on occassion ... for about two years..." S.W.R. Jones (1814-1911) lived Owen County ca 1825 until 1853 when he left for Oregon. He attended the Bedford Seminary at the age of 19 (1833). Does anyone know where this Bedford Seminary was in the >Owen County area and anything of its history? My wife's g-grandfather in 1873 attended Bedford College, Bedford is in Lawrence County. He was a minister in the Christian Church so it is possible this was the Seminary. Would be interested in any information found about this school.

Hello All, Here is a link to an index of Midwestern subjects, both personal and geographical, in "The Christian Record". The index contains entries for Bedford College. According to the introduction, this was published in Bloomington and Bedford. Index: http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/cr/crintro.html Several Midwestern persons are listed. This is merely an index, I'm not sure how you go about getting the actual article. But, if I remember correctly, much of this information is kept in Nashville TN. Also, an article concerning the history of the Christian Church: http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/who.html And, finally, the link that I used to get to it all: http://members.aol.com/dishistsoc/ Best to All, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "John H. Cashman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:01 PM Subject: [INOWEN] Re: Bedford Seminary > Jay B. Jones wrote: > > >A 1878 Oregon biography notated that Silas W. R. Jones of Owen > County, Indiana "...He attended the Seminary at Bedford about seven > months; paying his way by hard work all the time. After this short > term at school he commenced teaching on occassion ... for about two > years..." S.W.R. Jones (1814-1911) lived Owen County ca 1825 until > 1853 when he left for Oregon. He attended the Bedford Seminary at the > age of 19 (1833). Does anyone know where this Bedford Seminary was in > the >Owen County area and anything of its history? > > My wife's g-grandfather in 1873 attended Bedford College, Bedford is > in Lawrence County. He was a minister in the Christian Church so it > is possible this was the Seminary. Would be interested in any > information found about this school. > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > Please visit our companion website: Sweet Owen and Surrounding Areas at > http://angelfire.lycos.com/in4/sweetowen > (you may need to cut and paste this the first time) > >