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His early ministry consisted of hundreds of miles of travel on horseback each month, throughout the
Midwest. On a steamboat in the Ohio he delivered a sermon in which he rebuked Congressmen on board for their intemperate behavior. This led to his name being proposed for Chaplain of the House of
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Pacific Street Methodist Church, and then the John Street Methodist Church, while also engaged in a life of lecturing. He was elected for two more terms as Chaplain of the House in 1885 and in 1887. He preached and lectured throughout the
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The impairment of that eye led to a similar impairment in the other, causing him to be partially blind in his youth, and totally blind by his forties. Milburn recounts this incident in his autobiography.
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On August 13, 1843, in
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Reverend
William Henry Milburn by J Gurney & Son photographists at 707 Broadway, NYC c.1863
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Representatives, a post to which he was elected in 1845 and reelected in 1853.
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Milburn served Methodist churches in
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Milburn died in Santa
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William H. Milburn later in life, from an 1896 publication.
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William Henry Milburn was born September 26, 1823, in
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49:(September 26, 1823 – April 11, 1903) was a
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950:Sunderland
653:Montgomery
171:References
72:Early life
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1020:Prettyman
1005:Prettyman
995:Prettyman
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860:McIlvaine
855:Staughton
850:McIlvaine
785:McCormick
770:McCormick
741:Chaplains
408:Parkinson
374:Chaplains
60:, he was
54:Methodist
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1030:Phillips
765:Claggett
755:Provoost
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658:Braskamp
638:Haddaway
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588:Stockton
578:Gallaher
508:Comstock
503:Stockton
493:Stockton
458:Campbell
103:Ministry
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910:Cookman
900:Goodman
805:Addison
790:Elliott
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558:Milburn
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538:Maffitt
528:Braxton
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418:Elliott
146:Ireland
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563:Sprole
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483:Gurley
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138:Canada
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