John Douglas Bemo (1824?–1890) was a
Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, an ...
Presbyterian
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and
Baptist
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missionary. He was the son of a chief and nephew of
Osceola
Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Muscogee language, Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a S ...
. In 1834 he was kidnapped and pressed into service as a sailor for the next eight years. In 1842 he met the pastor of the Mariner's Church in Philadelphia who arranged for his education and return to the Seminole in 1843.
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Bemo, John
Further reading
* J. Y. Bryce, ed., "About Some of Our First Schools in Choctaw Nation," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 6 (September 1928).
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* Jack M. Schultz, ''The Seminole Baptist Churches of Oklahoma: Maintaining a Traditional Community'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999).
* Michael Welsh, "The Missionary Spirit: Protestantism Among the Oklahoma Seminoles, 1942-1885," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 61 (Spring 1983).
* Patricia R. Wickman, ''Osceola's Legacy'' (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991).
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1820s births
1890 deaths
Baptist missionaries from the United States
American Presbyterian missionaries
Presbyterian missionaries in the United States
Baptist missionaries in the United States
19th-century Baptists
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