Fallows was ministering to the Oshkosh church at the time of the outbreak of the American Civil War and did not volunteer in the first year of the war. In 1862, however, he resigned his ministry and enlisted for service in the Union Army, becoming chaplain of the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment under Colonel James Henry Howe.[6]: 800 He served for a year with the regiment which mostly performed guard duty during that time to protect supplies and logistics along the Mississippi River in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. He resigned due to poor health on June 29, 1863.[5]
40th Wisconsin Volunteers
He returned to his ministry in Wisconsin, this time at Appleton, Wisconsin, and was also elected professor of natural science at Lawrence University, in Appleton.[5] As his health recovered, so to did his fervor to fight for the Union, and, in early 1864, he helped to raise a number of volunteers for the 40th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment—called the "Normal Regiment" due to the large number of teachers and students in the unit—and was selected as the regiment's lieutenant colonel.[5] The regiment was assigned mostly to the defense of Memphis, Tennessee, and was engaged in the defense of Memphis during the raid known as the Second Battle of Memphis, carried out by Confederate cavalry under General Nathan Bedford Forrest on August 21, 1864.[6]: 856
49th Wisconsin Volunteers
In January 1865, Lt. Colonel Fallows was promoted to colonel and appointed to the organization of a new regiment in Madison, Wisconsin, which became the 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.[4]: 231 [6]: 866 The 49th Wisconsin mustered into service on March 8, 1865, and proceeded to St. Louis and then to Rolla, Missouri, where they engaged in guard duty through the end of the war.[6]: 867 Colonel Fallows mustered out November 1, 1865.[4]: 231
In 1874, he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, and was appointed President of Illinois Wesleyan University.[2]: 239 The following year he joined the newly organized Reformed Episcopal Church and moved to Chicago, where he became Rector of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church. In 1876, he became editor of the Appeal, the magazine of the church, and later that year, on July 15, he was elected Presiding Bishop of the new church.[8] He subsequently served in that role for 30 of the next 50 years.[9][10]
Fallows died after a bad case of influenza at his home in Chicago on September 5, 1922, with his daughter Alice at his bedside. He was cremated and his remains were sent to Massachusetts to be interred alongside his wife, Lucy, who had died in 1916.[11] A memorial was erected to Fallows and his wife at Forest Home Cemetery, in Forest Park, Illinois.[4]: 231 [12] At the time of his death, he was the oldest living alumni of the University of Wisconsin.[10]
Personal life and family
In 1860, Reverend Fallows married Lucy Bethia Huntington, a niece of Reverend Frederic Dan Huntington, of Massachusetts.[13] Lucy died in 1916. They had at least four children together:
Edward Huntington Fallows, an attorney who lived in New York
Major Charles Samuel Fallows, lawyer, Saratoga, California
Mrs. Helen Mayer Williams of San Francisco
Alice Katherine Fallows
Electoral history
Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Election, 1870[14]
^Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A. T. Andreas Company. p. 696. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ ab"The Society and the State". Wisconsin Magazine of History. Vol. 6. Wisconsin Historical Society. 1922. pp. 238–239, 464–465. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ abcTurner, A. J., ed. (1873). "Official Directory: The State Officers". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 431. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ abWilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1898). "Fallows, Samuel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2 (Crane–Grimshaw). New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 405. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^Mitchell, G. R. (September 24, 1922). "Comrade tells of Arduous Life led by Bishop Fallows". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 14. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^Hunt, Roger D.; Brown, Jack R. (1990). Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Olde Soldier Books. p. 199. ISBN9781560130024. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^Turner, A. J., ed. (1871). "Official Directory: The State Officers". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 363. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
Notes
^Eicher, 2001, p. 231 states that Fallows became a lecturer at and vice president of Galesburg University in 1859. An internet biography of a North Dakota governor from the early 1900s indicates there was a Galesburg University at Galesburg, Wisconsin, a small town now known as Navarino, Wisconsin, from 1853 until 1930, but research for this article yielded no other information about this school.
Further reading
Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1898). "Fallows, Samuel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2 (Crane–Grimshaw). New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 405.
Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago: Clark & Co. pp. 800, 855–857, 866–867.
Fallows, Alice Katherine (1927). Everybody's Bishop - Being the Life and Times of the Right Reverend Samuel Fallows. New York: J.H. Sears. ISBN9781406704167.
samuel, fallows, december, 1835, september, 1922, english, american, immigrant, minister, lecturer, author, superintendent, public, instruction, wisconsin, served, presiding, bishop, reformed, episcopal, church, years, between, 1877, 1922, during, american, ci. Samuel Fallows December 13 1835 September 5 1922 was an English American immigrant minister lecturer and author He was the 9th Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and served as Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church for 30 years between 1877 and 1922 During the American Civil War he served as a chaplain and later as an officer in the Union Army receiving an honorary brevet to Brigadier General after the war The Right ReverendSamuel FallowsD D Fallows in 1922 shortly before his death9th Superintendent of Public Instruction of WisconsinIn office July 6 1870 January 4 1874Appointed byLucius FairchildGovernorLucius FairchildCadwallader C WashburnPreceded byAlexander J CraigSucceeded byEdward SearingPersonal detailsBorn 1835 12 13 December 13 1835Pendleton EnglandDiedSeptember 5 1922 1922 09 05 aged 86 Chicago Illinois U S Resting placeForest Home Cemetery ChicagoSpouseLucy Bethia Huntington m 1860 died 1916 wbr Children4EducationLawrence University D D Alma materUniversity of WisconsinOccupationClergyman educator lecturer authorSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceUnited StatesBranch serviceUnited States VolunteersUnion ArmyYears of service1861 1865RankColonel USVBrevet Brig Gen USVCommands49th Reg Wis Vol InfantryBattles warsAmerican Civil War Contents 1 Early life 2 Civil War service 2 1 32nd Wisconsin Volunteers 2 2 40th Wisconsin Volunteers 2 3 49th Wisconsin Volunteers 2 4 Brevet to brigadier general 3 Postbellum years 4 Personal life and family 5 Electoral history 6 See also 7 References 8 Notes 9 Further reading 10 External linksEarly life EditFallows was born in Pendleton Greater Manchester in England and emigrated to the Wisconsin Territory as a child in 1848 1 His family settled at Marshall then called Bird s Ruins in eastern Dane County and established a farm 2 238 3 4 231 He worked as a farm hand to pay for school becoming a Methodist minister in 1858 and graduating from the University of Wisconsin now University of Wisconsin Madison in 1859 He was elected Vice President and principal of Galesburg University and served there for two years then became minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oshkosh Wisconsin 4 231 note 1 5 Civil War service Edit32nd Wisconsin Volunteers Edit Fallows was ministering to the Oshkosh church at the time of the outbreak of the American Civil War and did not volunteer in the first year of the war In 1862 however he resigned his ministry and enlisted for service in the Union Army becoming chaplain of the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment under Colonel James Henry Howe 6 800 He served for a year with the regiment which mostly performed guard duty during that time to protect supplies and logistics along the Mississippi River in the Western Theater of the American Civil War He resigned due to poor health on June 29 1863 5 40th Wisconsin Volunteers Edit He returned to his ministry in Wisconsin this time at Appleton Wisconsin and was also elected professor of natural science at Lawrence University in Appleton 5 As his health recovered so to did his fervor to fight for the Union and in early 1864 he helped to raise a number of volunteers for the 40th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment called the Normal Regiment due to the large number of teachers and students in the unit and was selected as the regiment s lieutenant colonel 5 The regiment was assigned mostly to the defense of Memphis Tennessee and was engaged in the defense of Memphis during the raid known as the Second Battle of Memphis carried out by Confederate cavalry under General Nathan Bedford Forrest on August 21 1864 6 856 49th Wisconsin Volunteers Edit In January 1865 Lt Colonel Fallows was promoted to colonel and appointed to the organization of a new regiment in Madison Wisconsin which became the 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment 4 231 6 866 The 49th Wisconsin mustered into service on March 8 1865 and proceeded to St Louis and then to Rolla Missouri where they engaged in guard duty through the end of the war 6 867 Colonel Fallows mustered out November 1 1865 4 231 Brevet to brigadier general Edit On January 13 1866 U S President Andrew Johnson nominated Colonel Fallows for a brevet to brigadier general of volunteers in recognition for his service The United States Senate confirmed the brevet on March 12 1866 and the rank was made effective retroactive to October 24 1865 4 745 Postbellum years Edit Samuel Fallows s memorial article in The Broad Ax newspaper September 30 1922Colonel Fallows returned to his ministry after the war and was a pastor for two of the largest churches in Milwaukee including three years 1865 1868 as pastor of Summerfield United Methodist Church 5 In 1866 Fallows was appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents by Governor Lucius Fairchild serving until 1874 In 1870 when the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Alexander J Craig died in office Fairchild appointed Fallows to fill that position Fallows was subsequently elected in a special election for the remainder of the term in 1870 and re elected to a full term in 1871 leaving office in January 1874 3 7 While serving as Superintendent Fallows earned his Doctorate of Divinity D D from Lawrence University in Appleton 8 Throughout his postwar career he was a public figure notable for his efforts in public education prison reform labor rights and the temperance movement 7 In 1874 he moved to Bloomington Illinois and was appointed President of Illinois Wesleyan University 2 239 The following year he joined the newly organized Reformed Episcopal Church and moved to Chicago where he became Rector of St Paul s Reformed Episcopal Church In 1876 he became editor of the Appeal the magazine of the church and later that year on July 15 he was elected Presiding Bishop of the new church 8 He subsequently served in that role for 30 of the next 50 years 9 10 Monument at Forest Home CemeteryAfter his service in the war Colonel Fallows became a companion of the Illinois Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and was the chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic He also served as chaplain at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C just months before his own death in 1922 4 231 Fallows died after a bad case of influenza at his home in Chicago on September 5 1922 with his daughter Alice at his bedside He was cremated and his remains were sent to Massachusetts to be interred alongside his wife Lucy who had died in 1916 11 A memorial was erected to Fallows and his wife at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park Illinois 4 231 12 At the time of his death he was the oldest living alumni of the University of Wisconsin 10 Personal life and family EditIn 1860 Reverend Fallows married Lucy Bethia Huntington a niece of Reverend Frederic Dan Huntington of Massachusetts 13 Lucy died in 1916 They had at least four children together Edward Huntington Fallows an attorney who lived in New York Major Charles Samuel Fallows lawyer Saratoga California Mrs Helen Mayer Williams of San Francisco Alice Katherine FallowsElectoral history EditWisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Election 1870 14 Party Candidate Votes General Election November 8 1870Republican Samuel Fallows incumbent 77 928 53 07 0 65 Democratic Harvey B Dale 68 903 46 93 Plurality 9 025 6 15 1 29 Total votes 146 831 100 0 12 49 Republican holdWisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Election 1871 3 Party Candidate Votes General Election November 7 1871Republican Samuel Fallows incumbent 78 502 53 36 0 29 Democratic Warren D Parker 68 614 46 64 Plurality 9 888 6 72 0 57 Total votes 147 116 100 0 0 19 Republican holdSee also Edit American Civil War portal Christianity portalList of bishops of the Reformed Episcopal ChurchReferences Edit Andreas Alfred Theodore 1886 History of Chicago From the Earliest Period to the Present Time A T Andreas Company p 696 Retrieved November 12 2021 via Google Books a b The Society and the State Wisconsin Magazine of History Vol 6 Wisconsin Historical Society 1922 pp 238 239 464 465 Retrieved August 10 2020 a b c Turner A J ed 1873 Official Directory The State Officers The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin Report Madison Wisconsin State of Wisconsin p 431 Retrieved August 10 2020 a b c d e f g Eicher John H Eicher David J 2001 Civil War High Commands Stanford University Press pp 231 656 745 ISBN 0 8047 3641 3 a b c d e Bio Rev S Fallows Summerfield United Methodist Church Archived from the original on January 18 2020 Retrieved August 10 2020 via Wayback Machine a b c d Quiner Edwin Bentley 1866 The Military History of Wisconsin Chicago Clark amp Co pp 800 855 857 866 867 Retrieved August 10 2020 a b Fallows Samuel 1835 1922 Wisconsin Historical Society August 8 2017 Retrieved August 10 2020 a b Wilson James Grant Fiske John eds 1898 Fallows Samuel Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol 2 Crane Grimshaw New York D Appleton and Company p 405 Retrieved August 10 2020 About the Reformed Episcopal Church Reformed Episcopal Church Retrieved August 10 2020 a b Bishop Fallows Oldest Badger Graduate Dead Wisconsin State Journal Chicago September 5 1922 p 1 Retrieved August 10 2020 via Newspapers com Mitchell G R September 24 1922 Comrade tells of Arduous Life led by Bishop Fallows Wisconsin State Journal p 14 Retrieved August 10 2020 via Newspapers com Hunt Roger D Brown Jack R 1990 Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue Olde Soldier Books p 199 ISBN 9781560130024 Retrieved August 10 2020 Wife of Bishop Fallows Chicago dies aged 76 Wisconsin State Journal Chicago July 31 1916 p 3 Retrieved August 10 2020 via Newspapers com Turner A J ed 1871 Official Directory The State Officers The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin Report Madison Wisconsin State of Wisconsin p 363 Retrieved August 10 2020 Notes Edit Eicher 2001 p 231 states that Fallows became a lecturer at and vice president of Galesburg University in 1859 An internet biography of a North Dakota governor from the early 1900s indicates there was a Galesburg University at Galesburg Wisconsin a small town now known as Navarino Wisconsin from 1853 until 1930 but research for this article yielded no other information about this school Further reading EditWilson James Grant Fiske John eds 1898 Fallows Samuel Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol 2 Crane Grimshaw New York D Appleton and Company p 405 Eicher John H Eicher David J 2001 Civil War High Commands Stanford University Press ISBN 0 8047 3641 3 Quiner Edwin Bentley 1866 The Military History of Wisconsin Chicago Clark amp Co pp 800 855 857 866 867 Fallows Alice Katherine 1927 Everybody s Bishop Being the Life and Times of the Right Reverend Samuel Fallows New York J H Sears ISBN 9781406704167 External links EditWorks by Samuel Fallows at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Samuel Fallows at Internet ArchiveMilitary officesRegiment established Command of the 49th Wisconsin Infantry RegimentJanuary 28 1865 November 1 1865 Succeeded byEdward ColmanParty political officesPreceded byAlexander J Craig Republican nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin1870 1871 Succeeded byRobert GrahamPolitical officesPreceded byAlexander J Craig Superintendent of Public Instruction of WisconsinJuly 6 1870 January 4 1874 Succeeded byEdward SearingReligious titlesPreceded byCharles E Cheney Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church1877 1879 Succeeded byWilliam R NicholsonPreceded byCharles E Cheney Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church1889 1894 Succeeded byThomas W CampbellPreceded byThomas W Campbell Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church1897 1900 Succeeded byJames Allen LatanePreceded byJames Allen Latane Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church1902 1922 Succeeded byRobert Livingston Rudolph Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Fallows amp oldid 1146016659, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
