John Todd (abolitionist)

John Todd (1818–1894) was a U.S. Congregationalist minister, co-founder of Tabor College in Tabor, Iowa, a leading abolitionist and a ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad.James Patrick Morgans, John Todd and the Underground Railroad: biography of an Iowa abolitionist (McFarland, 2006) http://books.google.com/books?id=O9o37LOQ0c0C&source=gbs_navlinks_s

John Todd was born November 10, 1818, in West Hanover, Pennsylvania.Todd, Rev. John, Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa, on Reminiscences, Historical Department of Iowa, 1906. (Available online at <http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/intro.html>)Todd, Rev. John, Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa, on Reminiscences, Historical Department of Iowa, 1906. (Available online at <http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/intro.html>) The Todds' ancestors were Scotch Irish and Presbyterians, and Todd grew up attending a Presbyterian church.Todd, Rev. John, Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa, on Reminiscences, Historical Department of Iowa, 1906. (Available online at <http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/intro.html>) Todd 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...
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