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John Beach Driggs
John Beach Driggs (December 13, 1852 – September 21, 1914) was a medical doctor and teacher sent to work at the mission station of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church in Northwestern Alaska, at ''Tig-a-ra'' (Tikiġaq, in Point Hope, Alaska) in the summer of 1890. Driggs remained in Point Hope until at least 1910, and he recorded short stories depicting the nature, traditions and legends of the ''In-u-pash'' (Inupiat) natives, most likely the Tikiġaġmiut. These stories were published as ''Short Sketches of Oldest America'' in 1905. John Beach Driggs, the youngest of four children, was born in the Caribbean to parents Samuel Butler Driggs and Mary Eysing. His father had been born in the West Indies and most likely had worked the principal part of his life as a planter. Samuel and his brother Joseph came to the United States about 1870 and settled in western Pennsylvania. Joseph soon returned to the West Indies, and Samuel moved to Delaware. He sent his childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Michael Bruce Curry, the first African-American bishop to serve in that position. As of 2022, the Episcopal Church had 1,678,157 members, of whom the majority were in the United States. it was the nation's 14th largest denomination. Note: The number of members given here is the total number of baptized members in 2012 (cf. Baptized Members by Province and Diocese 2002–2013). Pew Research estimated that 1.2 percent of the adult population in the United States, or 3 million people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians. The church has recorded a regular decline in membership and Sunday attendance since the 1960s, particularly in the Northeast and Upper Midwest. The church was organized after the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
