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Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Churches of Christ Heritage Center Jerry Rushford Center 5-1972 "The Apollos of the West": The Life of John Allen Gano Jerry Rushford Pepperdine University Follow this and additional works at:http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/heritage_center Part of theChristianity Commons Recommended Citation Rushford, Jerry, ""The Apollos of the West": The Life of John Allen Gano" (1972).Churches of Christ Heritage Center.Item 8. http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/heritage_center/8 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Jerry Rushford Center at Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Churches of Christ Heritage Center by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An A bstract of a Thesis Entitled "THE APOLLOS OF THE WEST" THE LIFE OF JOHN ALLEN GANO The purpose of this thesis is the presentation of the life of John Allen Gano, a man im portant in the history of both early Kentucky and the Restoration Movement. Research toward that end resulted in the recovery of many im portant documents concerning the period. Basic m aterials are his own w ritings, whether in his "Biographical Notebook, " his frequent letters to the M illennial H arbinger, or that found reported to or copied in other brotherhood papers. In addition, a wealth of secondary sources are utilized to complete the overall picture of his life and tim es. Information gathered from prim ary and secondary sources is presented in a combination chronological-topical order. A presenta­ tion of John Allen Gano's early years of preparation is followed by an examination of each of the great events in his life as they chronologically occurred. Preceding the two chapters on the life of John Allen Gano is an introductory chapter on his fam ily background. This chapter traces the five generations of the Gano family that led to the generation of John Allen Gano, and it provides the historical setting at the time of his birth. Following the two chapters on the life of John Allen Gano is a concluding chapter on his descendants. This chapter centers around the life of his oldest son, G eneral Richard M. Gano, a man im portant in the history of the Civil W ar and early Texas, as well as in the Restoration Movement. The findings of this thesis show that both John Allen Gano and G eneral Richard M. Gano were men of leadership in the brotherhood and w ere closely associated with the main problem s and discussions of their contem poraries. The thesis dem onstrates that both men played prom inent roles in the progress of the P„es to ration Movement in their generations, and that their contributions to this movement have not been fully appreciated by recent historians. The preaching career of John Allen Gano spanned six decades, and that of Richard Gano covered a period of forty-seven years. Together this father and son team accounted for 107 years of preaching in the Restoration M ovement, and this record is unparalleled in the annals of Restoration History. In addition to the contributions of John Allen Gano and Richard Gano, this thesis also provides inform ation on several m em bers of the Gano fam ily who w ere associated with the Restoration Movement. Of these the m ost im portant are: Captain Daniel Gano, M ary Goforth Gano, M ajor Daniel Gano, M ary Gano Burnet, W illiam B. Gano and M aurice Gano. Information is included on the baptism of General George W ashing­ ton by Chaplain John Gano near the end of the Revolutionary W ar. Special attention is given to tracing the relationship of the famous Am erican businessm an, Howard Hughes, to the Restoration Movement. Altogether this thesis spans ten generations of the Gano family in A m erica, and covers a period of m ore than 300 years. "THE APOLLOS OF THE WEST" THE LIFE OF JOHN ALLEN GANO A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School Abilene Christian College In P artial Fulfillm ent Of the Requirem ents for the Degree M aster of Arts by Jerry Bryant Rushford May 1972 This thesis, directed and approved by the candidate's com mittee, has been accepted by the Graduate Council of Abilene Christian College in partial fulfillm ent of the requirem ents for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS /< Dean Date Thesis Committee TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 1 I. THE EARLY GENERATIONS.................................................................. 6 ETIENNE GAYNEAU (1630-1733)................................................ 6 REVEREND JOHN GANO (1727-1849) ...................... 8 CAPTAIN DANIEL GANO (1758-1849)........................................ 31 DR. STEPHEN GANO (1762-1838)................................................ 33 MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN STITES G A N O ............................... 40 BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY GANO (1775-1815).......................... 45 MAJOR DANIEL GANO (1794-1873)............................................ 47 SUMMARY..................................................................................................... 52 II. JOHN ALLEN GANO: EARLY YEARS (1805-1827) . . . . 54 B EG IN N IN G S............................................................................................ 54 EDUCATION ............................................................................................ 57 CONVERSION TO C H R IS T ............................................................. 61 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY L I F E ................................................ 68 III. JOHN ALLEN GANO: PREACHER AND EXHORTER (1827-1887) 73 CONVERSION OF JACOB CREATH, SR................................... 73 CHAPTER PAGE PREACHING IN 1827 .............................. 77 THE IMPACT OF ALEXANDER C A M PB ELL.................. 83 SUMMARY OF 1827 . ......................... 85 JOHN ALLEN GANO'S FIVE CH U RCH ES.......................... 87 PREACHING (1828-1830) 92 GANO'S WEALTH . .................................................................. 95 ARTICLES ON "THE LORD'S SU PPER"............................... 98 THE CAMPBELL-STONE U N IO N ............................................ 103 THE SMITH-ROGERS M IN ISTR Y ............................................ 107 PREACHING (1833-1836).................................................................. Ill "THE APOLLOS OF THE W E S T "............................................ 120 V/ALTER SCOTT AND BACON C O L L E G E ...................... 124 PREACHING (1827-1840) 127 THE CAMPAIGN IN MASTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. 147 THE LEXINGTON CONFERENCE ON U N ITY .................. 150 PREACHING (1841-1843) 153 THE CAM PBELL-RICE D E B A T E ............................................ 159 THE GROWTH OF A M OVEM ENT............................................ 161 THE DEATH OF BARTON WARREN S T O N E .................. 164 PREACHING (1846-1849) 167 LOUISIANA TRAVELS ............................................................. 173

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