John Todd (November 10, 1818 – January 31, 1894) was an American Congregationalist minister, co-founder of Tabor College in Tabor , Iowa , a leading abolitionist and a conductor on the Underground Railroad .
15-706: John Todd or Tod may refer to: Clergy [ edit ] John Todd (abolitionist) (1818–1894), preacher and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad John Todd (author) (1800–1873), American minister and author John Todd (bishop) , Anglican bishop in the early 17th century John Baptist Todd (1921–2017), Pakistani Franciscan priest Mathematics, science, and medicine [ edit ] John Todd (British biologist) (born 1958), British biologist working on diabetes mellitus John Todd (Canadian biologist) (born 1939), Canadian biologist working in
30-486: A station on the Underground Railroad, complete with a concealed room in which escaped slaves hid until their next ride arrived, but also as a storehouse of weapons, ammunition and other supplies for radical abolitionist John Brown . Todd and the other residents of Tabor generally supported Brown until he (Brown) and his men in 1858 entered Missouri and forcibly freed about a dozen slaves, killing one slave-owner in
45-592: A total population of 1,862 residents in the year 1800. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,505 people, 2,502 households, and 1,944 families residing in the township. The population density was 278.1 inhabitants per square mile (107.4/km ). There were 2,584 housing units at an average density of 110.5 per square mile (42.7/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 97.34% White , 1.15% African American , 0.03% Native American , 1.00% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.11% from other races , and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of
60-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Todd (abolitionist) John Todd was born November 10, 1818, in West Hanover, Pennsylvania . He was the second son and fifth child of Capt. James Todd and Sally Ainsworth Todd. The Todds' ancestors were Scotch Irish and Presbyterians , and Todd grew up attending a Presbyterian church. Todd
75-604: Is open for public visits. West Hanover, Pennsylvania West Hanover Township is a township in Dauphin County , Pennsylvania , United States. The population was 10,693 at the 2020 census , an increase over the figure of 9,343 tabulated in 2010. Hanover Township of Dauphin County was divided into East Hanover , West Hanover, and South Hanover townships. According to the United States Census Bureau ,
90-590: The 1910s and 1920s Other [ edit ] John Todd (actor) (1876–1957), American actor who played Tonto on the Lone Ranger radio series John Todd (businessman) (1927–2015), New Zealand businessman John Todd (conspiracy theorist) (1949–2007), source for fundamentalist Baptist author Jack Chick John Todd (RAF officer) (1899–1980), British World War I flying ace John Payne Todd (1792–1852), step-son of U.S. President James Madison See also [ edit ] John Tod (1779–1830), member of
105-769: The Northwest Territories John Todd (Virginia soldier) (1750–1782), early Virginia official, Kentucky soldier, and great-uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln John Blair Smith Todd (1814–1872), delegate to US Congress from Dakota Territory John J. Todd (born 1927), Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court John Rawling Todd (1929–2002), British colonial civil servant Sports [ edit ] John Kennedy Tod (1852–1925), Scottish rugby union player John Todd (footballer) (1938–2024), Australian rules football player and coach John Todd (rugby league) , rugby league footballer of
120-527: The U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Jack Todd (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Todd&oldid=1227190288 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
135-399: The average family size was 2.96. In the township the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. The median income for a household in
150-541: The field of ecological design John (Jack) Todd (1911–2007), Northern Irish and American mathematician working in the field of numerical analysis J. A. Todd (John Arthur Todd, 1908–1994), English mathematician John Lancelot Todd (1876–1949), Canadian physician and parasitologist John W. Todd (1912–1989), British physician and author Politics and government [ edit ] John Tod (1779–1830), American judge and politician John Todd (politician) ( fl. 1991–1999 ), Canadian politician from
165-408: The population. There were 2,502 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.7% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and
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#1732848351337180-581: The process. Brown was given safe haven in Tabor, but the citizens made it clear they did not condone his actions. Brown left soon thereafter, and had the weapons and supplies stored in Todd's basement shipped east. The 200 Sharps rifles included in the cache of weapons were used two years later in Brown's ill-fated and infamous raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). But Todd had no knowledge of
195-480: The township has a total area of 23.2 square miles (60.1 km ), all land. The unincorporated community and census-designated place of Skyline View is in the southern part of the township. Ritzie Village is north of the intersection of PA 443 and Mountain Road in the northern part of the township. Also contained in the township are the villages of Piketown and Manadahill . The earliest US census figures reveal
210-602: The use to which the weapons he had stored would be put, nor any involvement in what he termed "the Harper's Ferry insurrection." Todd was also a leader in the temperance movement and was a board member of Tabor College from its founding in 1866 until his death in 1894. His home in Tabor, Todd House , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , is operated as a museum by the Tabor Historical Society and
225-717: Was an early graduate of Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio) and its seminary (class of 1841 and 1844, respectively). In the 1850s, Todd moved West to help start an Oberlin-like school on the Iowa frontier. He was one of the founders of Tabor, in southwestern Iowa, and its Congregational Church, which he served as pastor for more than 30 years. He is also the basis for the abolitionist preacher and grandfather of John Ames, main character in Marilynne Robinson 's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gilead (2004). Todd's home in Tabor served not only as
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