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Biography in Brief of Ira Sankey |
| 1840 |
Born August 28, at Edinburg, Pennsylvania |
| 1846 |
Moved to Western Reserve Harbor |
| 1856 |
Converted in revival meeting at King's Chapel |
| 1857 |
Moved to New Castle |
| 1857 |
Elected Sunday-school superintendent of the First Methodist Church in New Castle, and leader of the choir |
| 1860 |
Enlisted in the army after call by President Lincoln |
| 1863 |
Married Fanny V. Edwards on September 9 |
| 1867 |
Elected secretary, then president, of local Y.M.C.A |
| 1870 |
Was sent as a delegate to the Y.M.C.A. at Indianapolis, Indiana, and met D. L. Moody |
| 1871 |
Joined Moody in Chicago |
| 1872 |
Filled with the Holy Spirit |
| 1873-5 |
First extended mission to the British Isles |
| 1881-4 |
Second extended mission to the British Isles |
| 1885 |
Gift of $40,000 Y.M.C.A. to the city of New Castle |
| 1891-2 |
Third extended mission to the British Isles |
| 1898 |
Visit to the Holy Land |
| 1899 |
Farewell trip to England |
| 1903 |
Loss of eyesight |
| 1908 |
Death, August 14 |
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From Sankey Still Sings by Charles Ludwig. Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1947. |
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