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John Byington
John was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. His father’s name was Justus. At age seven John first came under the conviction of sin. At the age of eighteen he was converted. Then he became involved in Methodist laity work. However, at 21 years of age his health failed, and for three years he suffered depression. -
James Springer White
James White was born on August 4, 1821. James was fifth of nine children. James was a sickly child who suffered fits and seizures. Poor eyesight prevented him from obtaining much education and he was required to work on the family farm. At the age 19 his eyesight improved and he enrolled at a local academy. He earned a teaching certificate and briefly taught at an elementary school. -
John Nevins Andrews
John Nevins Andrews was a Seventh-day Adventist minister. He was the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. Andrews University is named after him. He met James White and Ellen G. White in September 1849. Later, the Whites boarded with the Andrews family. Among his more memorable achievements was identifying the two-horned beast of Revelation as the United States of America. -
James Springer White
James Springer White, also known as Elder White was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was a husband to Ellen G. White. In 1849 he started the first Sabbatarian Adventist periodical called "The Present Truth" which is now called the Adventist Review. In 1863 James played a pivotal role in the formal organization of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination. -
George Ide Butler
George Ide Butler was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, administrator, and author. In 1853 his family moved to Iowa where he was converted at age 22 and baptized by J. N. Andrews. He then settled on a farm and taught school during the winter months. On March 10, 1859 he married Lentha Lockwood. They afterward settled near Waukon, Iowa, where Butler resumed teaching. -
James Springer White
White decided to leave teaching and become a preacher. Consequently, he was ordained a minister of the Christian Connexion in 1843. He later played a major role in the development of the Adventist educational structure beginning in 1874 with the formation of Battle Creek College, which is now Andrews University. -
George Ide Butler
In June 1867 Butler was given a ministerial license, and in October he was ordained. As a result of his rebuttals to the Marion party, which focused their dissent upon the ministry of Ellen G. White, Butler became one of the foremost apologists to defend her during the 1860s and 1870s.
