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William Walker (Iowa Politician)
William Walker (2 March 1834 – 7 November 1899) was an American farmer and politician in Iowa. Walker was born in Huron County, Ohio, on 2 March 1834. He was one of ten children born to a father of English descent and a mother of Irish descent. Walker was raised primarily in Michigan. He moved to Audubon County, Iowa, in 1855 and began farming. In 1858, Walker married fellow Ohio native Nancy J. Bowen, who had relocated to Audubon, Iowa. The couple raised five sons and four daughters to adulthood. Alongside his agricultural investments, Walker owned a general store in Exira, Iowa, and was a Freemason. In later life, he converted from Methodism to Congregationalism. Walker voted for John C. Frémont in the 1856 United States presidential election and continued supporting Republican political candidates throughout his life. Though he lived in an area dominated by the Democratic Party, Walker was elected to consecutive terms on the Iowa House of Representatives in 1888 and 1890, and ...
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Huron County, Ohio
Huron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,565. Its county seat is Norwalk. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1815. Huron County is included in the Norwalk, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area. History Huron County was named in honor of the Huron Indians (Wyandot), an Iroquoian-speaking tribe who occupied large areas in the Great Lakes region. The word "Huron" may be French, although this origin is disputed. In the late 18th century this area was in the US Northwest Territory, part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in a sub-region called the Firelands. Connecticut had originally claimed the land as part of its original colony, then afterward wanted to use it to grant to veterans as payment for their service in the war. In 1795 the land was purchased for resale and development by the Connecticut Land Company, b ...
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American Freemasons
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Converts From Methodism
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another. This might be from one to another denomination within the same religion, for example, from Baptist to Catholic Christianity or from Sunni Islam to Shi’a Islam. In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals". People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and forced conversion. Proselytism is the act of attempting to convert by persuasion another individual from a different religion or belief system. Apostate is a term used by members of a religion or denomination to refer to so ...
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