Global InformationArad Simon Lakin information
Arad Simon Lakin | |
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| Born | May 10, 1810 Hancock, Delaware County, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1890 Rockport, Rooks County, Kansas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Methodist minister, missionary, university president |
Rev. Arad Simon Lakin (May 10, 1810–January 22, 1890)[1] was an American minister, and university president. He was a Methodist minister from New York state, sent to Alabama in order to reestablish the national Methodist Church in the state, and was labeled a "carpetbagger" by Southerners.[2]
He was appointed president of the University of Alabama for a period during the Reconstruction era.[3][4]
- ^ Robey, Diane; Johnson, Dorothy Scott; Jones, Jr., John Rison; Roberts, Frances C. (1995). Maple Hill Cemetery, Phase One (PDF). Huntsville, Alabama: The Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society. p. 122.
- ^ Hubbs, G. Ward (2015). Searching for Freedom After the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318604.
- ^ "America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War, section 5". Digital History. Valentine Museum in Richmond. 2003.
- ^ Foner, Eric; Mahoney, Olivia (1997). America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War. Louisiana State University Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780807122341.