Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
Spouses
BirthFeb 1832, New York
Death1909
BurialChestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, New York
OccupationSchool teacher in Joliet, IL when met husband
FatherHenry Richard Dusenbury (1801-1860)
MotherCaroline Butler (1811-1871)
Marriageca 1858
ChildrenGeorge Edgar (1864-1941)
Notes for Bishop John Heyl Vincent
“John Heyl Vincent, bishop and author, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on February 23, 1832. He began to preach in 1850 and studied at the Wesleyan Institute in Newark, New Jersey. Vincent preached throughout New Jersey and Illinois (1851-1865), and was active in the Sunday school movement. He was one of the founders, in 1874, of the Chautauqua Assembly. Vincent was a preacher at Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Wellesley, and other colleges. He retired from active episcopate in 1904 and died on May 9, 1920. “
1870 Census has John and Elizabeth and 6 year old George living in Plainfield, New Jersey. He is an editor, born in Alabama and holding $8,000 worth of real estate and $12,000 in personal property.
Co-founded in 1874 of Chautauqua Institute along with Lewis Miller (whose daughter, Mina, was wife of Thomas Alva Edison).
“In 1874, John Heyl Vincent and Lewis Miller rented the site of a Methodist camp meeting to use in the post-camp meeting season as a summer school for Sunday school teachers; this became known as the Chautauqua Institution. This reflected a nation-wide interest in the professionalization of teaching. They were very clear that their intent was educational, rather than revivalist. It should be stressed that the Chautauqua Institution was never affiliated with any one denomination; pretty much every faith group in the US has a chapel or building on the grounds today. Still, the sort of mild Protestantism that has informed much of American culture was an underpinning of the Chautauqua Movement.“
1900 Census had John and Elizabeth in Topeka, Kansas. He is a minister. Says that they only had one child and that the child is still living. Caroline Dusenbury, age 44, is living with them.
In 1910, shortly after his wife’s death, he is living in Chicago with his sister Mary and sister in law Caroline Dusenbury. Also there, on Blackstone Avenue, in 5 January 1920 Census.
1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census have him born in Alabama. In 1930 Census his son, George E., reports his father’s place of birth as Mississippi.
1870 Census has John and Elizabeth and 6 year old George living in Plainfield, New Jersey. He is an editor, born in Alabama and holding $8,000 worth of real estate and $12,000 in personal property.
Co-founded in 1874 of Chautauqua Institute along with Lewis Miller (whose daughter, Mina, was wife of Thomas Alva Edison).
“In 1874, John Heyl Vincent and Lewis Miller rented the site of a Methodist camp meeting to use in the post-camp meeting season as a summer school for Sunday school teachers; this became known as the Chautauqua Institution. This reflected a nation-wide interest in the professionalization of teaching. They were very clear that their intent was educational, rather than revivalist. It should be stressed that the Chautauqua Institution was never affiliated with any one denomination; pretty much every faith group in the US has a chapel or building on the grounds today. Still, the sort of mild Protestantism that has informed much of American culture was an underpinning of the Chautauqua Movement.“
1900 Census had John and Elizabeth in Topeka, Kansas. He is a minister. Says that they only had one child and that the child is still living. Caroline Dusenbury, age 44, is living with them.
In 1910, shortly after his wife’s death, he is living in Chicago with his sister Mary and sister in law Caroline Dusenbury. Also there, on Blackstone Avenue, in 5 January 1920 Census.
1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census have him born in Alabama. In 1930 Census his son, George E., reports his father’s place of birth as Mississippi.