Jacob Adriance, 1835-1921 [RG3801.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID



RG3801.AM:  Jacob Adriance, 1835-1921



Correspondence, etc.:  1911-1914

DeSoto, Washington County, Neb.:  Methodist clergyman

Size:  1 folder



BACKGROUND NOTE



Born in Cayuga County, New York, October 22, 1835, Jacob Adriance entered the Methodist ministry at a young age. He came west and arrived in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska in April of 1857. After traveling around Nebraska, he was assigned to head up the DeSoto Mission. Adriance also rode circuit to various towns including DeSoto, Cuming City, Tekamah, and Decatur. In 1859 Adriance moved to Colorado where he co-founded the Methodist Episcopal Church in Golden City (now Golden, Colorado). He returned to Nebraska in 1862 and served at various churches until failing health forced him to leave active ministry in 1878. He settled on a farm where he lived for nearly 30 years. Jacob Adriance died in Fremont, Nebraska, on December 18, 1922.



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE



This collection consists of one folder containing correspondence, 1911-1914, and a biography. The material in this collection relates to the reminiscences of Rev. Adriance’s early days as a circuit rider in Nebraska in 1857.



The Nebraska History index contains references to several articles about Jacob Adriance. See also the NSHS Library catalog for various histories of Nebraska Methodism.



Additional Jacob Adriance papers are held by the Denver Public Library.



DESCRIPTION



Correspondence, Jacob Adriance to C.S. Paine, Lincoln, 1911-1914

Biography of Jacob Adriance by his grandson, Albert Walker, 4 pages typed



 


ADDED ENTRIES:

Adriance, Jacob, 1835-1921

Clergy — Nebraska

DeSoto Mission (Desoto, Neb.)

Frontier and pioneer life — Nebraska

Methodist Church — Nebraska

Washington County (Neb.) — History



 



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