xxx/ellauri091.html on line 809: John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 - January 31, 1955) was born in Livingston Manor, New York, Sullivan County, New York and his family moved to Postville, Iowa in September of the same year. He attended Upper Iowa University, where he studied history and was an award-winning student debater. He transferred to Cornell University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1888. He was influenced by Arthur Tappan Pierson one of the forces behind the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, which was founded in 1886. Mott married Leila Ada White (1866-1952) in 1891 and had two sons and two daughters.
xxx/ellauri091.html on line 853: The high school of the Postville Community School District in Postville, Iowa is named after him
xxx/ellauri091.html on line 855: Postvillessä pieni Johnu leikki snikkebuuassa maissinjyväarmeijoilla joilla ei ollut pyssyjä ja puupalikoista maalatuilla pienoisrautateillä. Sillä oli maapallo johon oli pistetty kaikkien maiden lippuja.
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