Husband Dr. James Milligan 1 2
Born: 7 Aug 1785 - Scotland 2
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Died: 2 Jan 1862 - Michigan 2
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Father: [Father] Milligan ( - )
Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage: 1820 - Ryegate, Caledonia Co, VT 2
Wife Mary Trumbull 2
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1 M Rev. Alexander McLeod Milligan 2
AKA: Rev. Alexander McCloud Milligan 1 3
Born: 1822 2
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Died: 7 May 1885 - Wyoming 4
Buried: - Bellevue Cemetery, Allegheny, Allegheny Co, PA
Spouse: Ellen Snodgrass ( - ) 4
Marr: 1847 4
Spouse: Belle A. Stewart ( -Aft 1906) 4
Marr: 24 Aug 1875 4
2 M Rev. James Saurin Turretin Milligan 2
AKA: Rev. James Soran Milligan 3
Born: 1826 2
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3 M John Calvin Knox Milligan 2
Born: 1829 2
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Milligan
He was a noted minister of the Associate Reformed Church, and one of the best known of the early anti-slavery agitators and persecuted abolitionists. He was located several years in New England, and while pastor of a church in Ryegate, Vermont, was rotten-egged by a mob of excited pro-slavery men.
He was born in Scotland and came to America and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1801. Though brought up in the Presbyterian faith, he joined the Covenanter church in 1805, and prepared himself for the ministry. He was graduated with honor from Jefferson College in 1809, and after a theological course began preaching in 1814. In 1817 he was installed as pastor at Ryegate, Vermont. He remained there until 1839, when he removed with his family to New Alexandria, in Westmoreland County, and became pastor of the Covenanter church of that place. In 1848 he removed to Illinois and remained there until 1855, after which he was engaged mostly in the missionary work of his church.
He was a man of high intellectual attainments and was perhaps most noted for his knowledge of the languages and the fearless manner in which he denounced the evils of his day, particularly those of slavery and intemperance. On these questions there were few men of his day equal to him. His public utterances on the slavery question were not confined to his church, but he traveled widely in the East, and by his eloquence awakened great sympathy for the oppressed race of the South.