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Peter Cartwright the Famous Circuit Rider and Preacher
Born September 1 1785 Peter Cartwright rode the frontier for seven decades as a backwoods Methodist circuit rider. He preached over 15000 sermons baptized more than 12000 and gained fame for his fearlessness in sermons and in street brawls. He opposed slavery but urged peace and died September 25 1872 at eighty eight.
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Peter Cartwright
American
Cid
Spain
Mr. Travers
Davy Crockett
Lincoln
Amherst County
Virginia
Cartwright
Kentucky
Lincoln County
Lancaster
Rushville
Logan County
Misissippi
Young Cartwright
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Society of Ebenezer
Red River
Mlinois
Illinois
Lakes
Gulf
Alleghenies
Mississippi
Anak
Mike Fink
Ohio
Fink
Mike
Mississippi Valley
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Brother Cartwright
Hermitage
Nashville
Tenn
Edward Eggleston
Manhattan
Methodist Church
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Springfield
Ill
Peter” Cartwright
Pleasant Plains
Church In
America
Western Newspaper Union