Re: Tenn Wadleys
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Re: Tenn Wadleys
Van Wadley 5/29/11
Thanks so much for your response and your research.Francis Marion Wadley was born 3/4/1833 and d. 1/20/1925.He married May Dunn in 1854 (her parents were from N.C.) and she died when he was 72. He lived 20 some years after her death. He entered the ministry at age 20. They had 10 children, my grandfather John Van Horn b. 1865, being one.He preached all over the country and joked that every place he preached he left a child (to marriage).
In trying to determine where the W. TN Spring Creek College of Monastery was, I thought it might be a precursor to Madison College - I really appreciate your helping me answer some of my questions.Family lore says he left TN in the middle of the night because of his unpopular preaching against slavery - think there could be any truth to that?
Sue Wise