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DETROIT METHODIST CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Date. 4-25-50

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Onyett

Name :

(Micidle)

(.t"irst)

Oakland City, Indiana

May 21, 1908

Birth :

Vincient

Clyde

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(Date)
Personal Appearance:

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Famil y Backgrow1d:
l. Father 1 s Name in Full

Date of Birth

Ralph Marco Onyett

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American

Nationality

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Blacksmith

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Death; Date Living

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Sarah Catherine Roberson .

2. Mother s Maiden Name
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May 6, 1884

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Place

Alford, Indiana

American

Nationali ty
Extent of Education
Death;

_9ccupa tion

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Extent o.:(_Education

Date of Birth

Oakland City, Indiana

Nov. 5, 1874

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8th grade

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Date Living
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3. Marriage <?.f Parents; Date. _______.1.._9~011!.J2~:.-_ Place

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4. Places of Residence Algiers, Indiana; Oakland City, Indiana; Greencastle
Indiana; Boston, Mass; Evansville, Indiana; Flint , Mich; Adrian

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Brothers and Sister s
Name

Hazel
Lynn
Harold
Donald
Eunice
Florence
Stephen
. I'fan~y .

Address

Chicago, Illinois
Oakland City, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
Oakland City, Indiana'
Lawrenceville, Illinois

Housewife
Blacksmith
M.D. (training )
Tinsmith
Housewife

Oakland City, Indiana

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Services for Wnich"Membe rs of Family Are Known

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Pe rsonal History:

1932

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Education :

BostQILUniversity, School Qf Theol6s;y,
Miehigan

State· _coJlege,

Noteworthy· Exper:i.enc::;s of Ch:-..lcL0.aod and Yo,.l·;,:n '.

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Marria ge : P.~~-~ ~

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1935

36 hours of · graduate work

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1943

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Children :
(Name)

Betty Kathryn

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Lee Louise

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Sept. 21 , 1939

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13-years of age, leader in Christian Endeavor. Joined the

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Bapt. Church, Changed to Forsythe Me thodist.
_J[anted !!_~_pe a medical missionary, but

.d.i_dn~have_j:.h~ mon~y:, so took __!'egul ar ministry, a t 17 yearsl
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Admitted on T:.:-iB.l 2.nd C:·di.na:c.i..l)rls :

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Indiana Conference

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Offi ces Held in the Church:

s.s.Supt., Diat. Prea:liimt of Epworth Leag.

President of Flint District Rural Life Fellowsh1p,Det . Conf.
Appointment s Served with _Dates . _carbon, mw Ind., 19a9-30; FillmoreClayton, NW Ind. 1930-32; Patoka,Ind. 1935: Osilv1lle,Ina.l937-8
Hanover,Ind.l938-41; Br1dgeJ&n=Eellmore,NW Ind.1941-43; Webbervill
Bell Oak, Detroit, 1946-47;
Al so, Evanaville,Ind. GoOdwill Industries , 1935- 37.
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Flint, Mich.,
1943-46.
Adrian College, Prof. Sociology, 1947-1950.
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Public Offices :

14. Favorite Re creations , Hobbi es, etc ; Woodwork, gardening, bees, and
writing.

15. Author of Vfuat Books and Publ ications? :

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Clubs and Fraternal Organizations :

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If the Subj ect of this Sketch is DecP.ased, Please give :
Date of Death
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Officiating Ministers

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Biographical Exper iences, Episodes or Further Comment on Back.

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PROFESSOR CLYDE v.
~~ad . of t he Ad !"ia n College Sociolog; ~
B ~~ ~ bnent, _was made a membeJ· of the U
o~ ~.? . of D J ~·ectoJ·s of t he Assoc ia ted ~
Ch~~-ltJ es, socJa l set·vice organ iza tion of ~
AdJJa n, a t a recent meet ing- of the boa J·d.

REV. CLYDE V. ONYETT, professor
of sociology at Adrian Colleg-e s ince 1947,
has accepted a pos ition in the Town and
Country Department, working out of Mt.
Union College at Alliance, Ohio, effectiTe August 1. The position is sponsored
jointly by the Board of Missions and Mt.
Union College and Profess or Onyett will
spend part time on the campus and part
time in rural town and country work.
Professor Onyett is planning to take his
family on an a utomobile trip throug-h th e
W l!st during wh ich he will attend thel
T own Church Conferenc? nt BakPr U n ivers ity, Baldwin, Kansas, July 4, 5 and 6,
before a ssuminJi the duties of h is new
1' 1q~O
position. ]

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