Samuel Fallows
| Samuel Fallows | |
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| Born | December 13, 1835 Pendleton, England |
| Died | September 5, 1922 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Educator, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin |
Samuel Fallows (December 13, 1835 – September 5, 1922) was an American clergyman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War.
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Early life [edit]
Fallows was born in Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1848.[1] He became a Methodist minister in 1858.[1] He graduated from the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison) in 1859.[1][2] He was elected Vice-President of Gainsville University, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. While ministering to the Oshkosh church, the Civil War began. He resigned his charge, and became chaplain of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry.[3]
American Civil War service [edit]
During the American Civil War, he fought in the Union Army, rising to lieutenant colonel of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and colonel of the 49th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.[1] He was mustered out of the volunteers on November 1, 1865.[1] On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Fallows for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from October 24, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[4]
Later life [edit]
Fallows was a Methodist pastor following the war, and was appointed to Summerfield United Methodist Church from 1865 to 1868.[3] In 1875 he joined the Reformed Episcopal Church, where he became a bishop in 1876.[1] He was a public figure notable for his efforts in public education, prison reform, and the temperance movement. He was the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, 1870-1874.[5][6][dead link] He was chaplain at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.[1]
Samuel Fallows died at Chicago, Illinois on September 5, 1922[1] and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery,[7] in Forest Park, Chicago.[1]
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Notes [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 231.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 231 states that Fallows became a lecturer at and vice president of Galesburg University in 1859. An internet biography of a North Dakota governor from the early 1900s indicates there was a Galesburg University at Galesburg, Wisconsin, a small town now known as Navarino, Wisconsin, from 1853 until 1930, but research for this article yielded no other information about this school.
- ^ a b Fallows, Samuel 1865 - 1868 at Summerfield United Methodist Church
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 745.
- ^ Fallows, Samuel 1835 - 1922 at www.wisconsinhistory.org
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Browse by City: Forest Park". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
References [edit]
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- "Browse by City: Forest Park". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- Fallows, Samuel 1835 - 1922 at www.wisconsinhistory.org
- [2][dead link]
Further reading [edit]
- Fallows, A. K. Everybody’s Bishop (1927).
External links [edit]
- Works by or about Samuel Fallows in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- "Samuel Fallows". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
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- 1835 births
- 1922 deaths
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- Writers from Wisconsin
- Educators from Wisconsin
- Religious leaders from Wisconsin
- American Episcopalians
- American Episcopal priests
- American Reformed Episcopal Church members
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army colonels
- Burials at Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago
- Bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church
- Superintendents of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
- People from Pendleton, Greater Manchester
