Charles Finney
1792: Born: Warren, CT, Aug. 29, 1792
1808–1812: Schoolteacher in Henderson, New York
1812–1814: Works on his uncle’s farm in Warren, Connecticut
1814–1815: Schoolteacher in New Jersey
1818–1821: Works in the law office of B. Wright in Adams, NY
1821: Converted to Christ
1824: Ordained
1824: Marries Lydia Root
1824–1825: Beginning of revivals in small New York towns
1826–1827: Revivals in NY “Burned-over District”; New Measures arouse controversy
1827: April: New Lebanon Conference
1828: Helen Finney born
1830–1831: Great Rochester revival, national recognition, high point as a revivalist
1830: Charles Finney Jr. born
1832: Frederic Finney born
1832–1836 Pastor, Chatham Street Chapel, NYC
1834: Julia Finney born
1836–37: Becomes pastor of Broadway Tabernacle, and professor of theology at Oberlin College
1837: Resigns Broadway Tabernacle pastorate
1840–1848: Preaching tours: Boston, New York City, etc; perfectionist message, growing criticism of Oberlin
1843: Delia Finney born
1843–44 Winter: Finds second blessing in Boston
1846–47: Publishes vols. 2 and 3 of Systematic Theology
1847: Lydia Finney dies
1848: Marries Elizabeth Atkinson
1849–1851:The Finneys travel to England for revivals
1851: Elected president of Oberlin College
1851–1857: Tours Boston, NY City, Hartford, Rochester
1859–60: Second trip of three to ENGLAND; work in SCOTLAND
1860–75: Teaching and preaching at Oberlin
1863: Elizabeth Finney dies
1865: Marries Rebecca Allen Rayl
1866: Resigns as Oberlin president; continues to teach theology
16 August 1875: Dies at Oberlin at 82 years
The United States
1787: Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
1788: Constitution ratified
1789: First Federal Congress
1790: Benjamin Franklin dies
1794: US Navy established
1794: Thomas Paine writes ...

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