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337:; Olin was recognized as a deacon by the Milledgeville, Georgia, conference in January 1826. He then served a pastorate in Charleston, but his health prevented him from continuing in that capacity. He became professor of belle-lettres at the 992: 360:, to resign his office, on the grounds the latter owned slaves. Olin himself was criticized because his first wife (Mary E. Bostwick, whom he married in 1827) had owned slaves. 518: 325:
Seeking a better climate for his poor health, Olin traveled to the southern United States, where he found employment as a teacher at Tabernacle Academy in Mount Ariel, in the
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Stephen Olin married Mary Ann Bostwick, who died in Naples, Italy, during the couple's time in Europe after Olin resigned the presidency of Randolph-Macon College.
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Inaugural Address Delivered by the Rev. Stephen Olin, President of Randolph-Macon College, on the Occasion of His Induction into Office, 5th March, 1834
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Inaugural Address Delivered by the Rev. Stephen Olin, President of Randolph-Macon College, on the Occasion of His Induction into Office, 5th March, 1834
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The Cyclopedia of American Biography V6: Comprising the Men and Women of the United States Who Have Been Identified with the Growth of the Nation
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The Relations of Christian Principle to Mental Culture: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, July 1848
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The Relations of Christian Principle to Mental Culture: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, July 1848
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He was later married to Julia Matilda Lynch (1814–1879), the daughter of James Lynch. Together, they were the parents of:
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Early Piety, the Basis of Elevated Character: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, August 1850
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Early Piety, the Basis of Elevated Character: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, August 1850
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Resources and Duties of Christian Young Men: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, August 1845
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Resources and Duties of Christian Young Men: A Discourse to the Graduating Class of Wesleyan University, August 1845
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In 1844, at the general conference of the Methodists, Olin called on his friend, Bishop
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from Vermont, and Lois Richardson (d. 1814). His father was the nephew of
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New York: Lane & Tippett 603:The Early Schools of Methodism 306:(1743–1823) and the cousin of 218:Wesleyan University Cemetery, 1: 1179:University of Georgia faculty 380:Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow 313:In 1820, Olin graduated from 300:U.S. House of Representatives 298:(1768–1837), a member of the 1204:19th-century American clergy 856:. New York: Lane & Scott 831:. New York: Lane & Scott 539:Brown, John Howard (2006). 382:and Alice Cornell Townsend. 1220: 1189:Wesleyan University people 455:Greece and the Golden Horn 335:Methodist Episcopal Church 1194:American Methodist clergy 1174:Middlebury College alumni 1010: 959: 950: 942: 932: 923: 917: 912: 720:Wesleyan University Press 662:Smith, George G. (1913). 578:The Works of Stephen Olin 450:The Works of Stephen Olin 273: 170: 135: 92: 49: 37: 28: 600:Cummings, A.W. (1886). 581:. 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Wesleyan University
Willbur Fisk
Nathan Bangs
Wesleyan University
Nathan Bangs
Augustus W. Smith
Randolph Macon College
Landon C. Garland
Leicester, Vermont
Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown, Connecticut
Alice Olin Dows
Julia Lynch Olin
Henry Olin
Alma mater
Middlebury College
Leicester, Vermont
Henry Olin
U.S. House of Representatives
Gideon Olin
Abram B. Olin
Middlebury College
Abbeville area
South Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church
University of Georgia
Randolph-Macon College
Dr. Landon C. Garland
Wesleyan University

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