George Washington Amadon (1832-1913).
John Byington's son-in-law, George W. Amadon was connected with the Review
and Herald Publishing Association in various capacities for 50 years. He joined the
publishing house staff when it was in New York and moved with it to Battle Creek until it
was destroyed by fire. He served as a visiting pastor for the Battle Creek church after
that and was ordained to the ministry at 72 years of age. For additional information,
see the following works by Milton Hook: "George Washington Amadon", a graduate
school project, and Flames Over Battle Creek. Both are available in the Center for
Adventist Research.
Typed transcription of George W. Amadon's 1880 diary. Original diary is found in the Byington-Amadon Diaries Collection (Collection 12) at the Center for Adventist Research. Collection Description:
The four persons whose diaries make up the Byington-Amadon Diaries Collection are from one family.
• John Byington was the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and a senior leader of the early Adventist being older than most of the other leaders.
• Catharine Newton Byington is John Byington's wife.
• Martha D. Byington-Amadon is the daughter of John and Catharine Byington.
• George Washington Amadon is Martha Byington's husband.
The diaries date from 1857 to 1912. Provenance:
The Byington-Amadon diaries were given in the early 1940s to the library of the
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Subsequently those
holdings become a part of the James White Library when the Seminary moved to what
is now Andrews University in 1959.
