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Born August 27, 1772 • Virginia
Died August 23, 1838 (aged 65) • near Carlinville • Illinois
Finney, 1850
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Sunday, Billy
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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
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Marcus Whitman
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Mary Mills Patrick.
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