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Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Addison Pickerill Papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0185
Physical Description:
1.1 Linear Feet
1 flat box measuring 13" x 18" x 3.25".
Date (inclusive): 1864-1919
Abstract: Addison Pickerill was a successful preacher in the Churches of Christ. His papers are comprised of handwritten sermons, scrapbooks
of clippings of Pickerill's writings, his preacher's diary, and a photograph.
Language of Material:
English
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Addison Pickerill was born in Brown County, Ohio January 8, 1838, but spent the majority of his life in Colorado, Kansas,
and Missouri. He was a successful preacher in the Churches of Christ for many decades. He began preaching in 1864 at Mount
Olive, Ohio. He assisted in organizing the first Church of Christ in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pickerill was married three times, to Sarah Erskine, Edith T. Edwards, and Elizabeth J. Williams. In total he had 6 childen.
Addision Pickerill died June 11, 1919 in Marion, Indiana at the age of 81.
[Box/folder# or item name], Addision Pickerill Papers, Collection no. 185, Special Collections and University Archives, University
Libraries, Pepperdine University.
The Addison Pickerill Paper are comprised of two scrapbooks of clippings of Pickerill's writings, his preacher's diary, several
handwritten sermons, a photograph, and his obituary.
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This collection was arranged and described by Kelsey Knox, April 2021.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Pepperdine Special Collections and University Archives by Joan Loughridge, great-granddaughter
of Addision Pickerill, in February 2021.