出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/03 09:58 UTC 版)
Cephas Washburn (1793–1860) was a noted Christian missionary and educator who worked with the Indians of northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. He is often referred to as "The Apostle to the Cherokees" and "Builder of Presbyterianism in Arkansas". Cephas Washburn was born in 25 July 1793 in Rutland, Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont and the Andover Theological Seminary. Washburn married Abigail F. Woodward of Randolph, Vermont on 6 October 1818. He was ordained in 1818 in Waitsfield, Vermont by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to serve as an Indian missionary.