John Poucher, 1843-1918
DePauw University Class of 1865
DC 332, 333-336

Archives of DePauw University

and Indiana United Methodism

John Poucher Papers

1843-1918

Class of 1865

Size: 2.00 lf

Restrictions: none

Accession: none or unknown

Provenance: donor

Processed by: unknown

Biographical Sketch

In 1851 his parents moved with him to a farm in the rich river bottom just below New Albany. During each winter he attended the log school near his home for three months. In 1859 he attended the Asbury Female College, as it was called, at New Albany, where he first met the young woman who was to be his wife. In 1860 he entered Indianan Asbury University at Greencastle, a cousin, William Poucher, for whom he felt a life-long reverence, making this possible by generously taking John's place on the farm. Working his way through Indiana Asbury, he was graduated from that institution in 1865. In the fall of the same year he went to Garrett Biblical Institute from which he was graduated in 1867. While attending Garrett he tutored in Northwestern University.

Collection Statement

This collection consists of clippings, DePauw history notes, letters, and publications. There is also a scrapbook containing personal items such as Indiana Asbury University programs, telegrams from members of the family, clippings of sermons and items for ideas of sermons from newspapers, etc.

DC 332

Folder 1 Clippings

2 DePauw - Miscellaneous

3 Indiana Conference Convention Program, 1870

Various Indiana Asbury teachers mentioned

4 DePauw History Notes

5 Letters

6 Misc.

7 Publications

8 Report to Indiana Conference

In Back of DC

Book containing list of sermons; 161 pages; 1995 sermons noted from Feb. 16, 1865 to

June 19, 1881. Includes date, day, hour, place, text, subject, the circumstances of the delivery, and the number of listeners

Diary - Feb. 1, 1861- July 8, 1866

Account Book

DC 333-336

Sermons. There are about 850 Poucher sermons extending from 1865 to 1918. Neither the numbers on the sermons not the date on the back of the sermons refer to dates or numbers in the list of sermons. The date on the back of the sermon may refer to the date it was written out in final form.

Scrapbooks - DPU Vols. 320-329

These volumes contain personal items such as Indiana Asbury University programs, telegrams from members of the family, clippings of sermons and items for ideas for sermons from newspapers, etc.

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