Methodist minister, physician & ardent abolitionist who came to Kansas in the 1850s. Husband of Martha Poage Moore, she being the granddaughter of Captain James Moore, a Revolutionary War hero who in 1786 was killed by the Shawnee Indians in Abbs Valley, Virginia. Abram and Martha's children included Edward Cox Still, James Moore Still, Andrew Taylor Still (founder of osteopathy), Barbara Jane Still, Thomas Chalmers Still, John Wesley Still, Mary Margaretta Still, Marova Marsden Still, and Cassander E Still. Interestingly, Rev Still served at the Wakarusa Methodist Mission from 1851-54. This mission was primarily made up of the Shawnee Tribe, who had killed the grandparents of his wife some 60 years earlier in Virginia. Pre-Civil War Kansas was also the scene of terrorist acts perpetrated by those both for and against slavery. As an abolitionist, Rev Still was not immune to this violence. His daughter Mary Margaretta Still Adams wrote in her autobiography of several attempts on his life by pro-slavery paramilitaries. Several of his sons served in both medical and military roles for the Union in the Civil War. He and son Andrew Taylor Still were part of the Palmyra Association, a group of Methodists who purchased land and helped to found Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.
Methodist minister, physician & ardent abolitionist who came to Kansas in the 1850s. Husband of Martha Poage Moore, she being the granddaughter of Captain James Moore, a Revolutionary War hero who in 1786 was killed by the Shawnee Indians in Abbs Valley, Virginia. Abram and Martha's children included Edward Cox Still, James Moore Still, Andrew Taylor Still (founder of osteopathy), Barbara Jane Still, Thomas Chalmers Still, John Wesley Still, Mary Margaretta Still, Marova Marsden Still, and Cassander E Still. Interestingly, Rev Still served at the Wakarusa Methodist Mission from 1851-54. This mission was primarily made up of the Shawnee Tribe, who had killed the grandparents of his wife some 60 years earlier in Virginia. Pre-Civil War Kansas was also the scene of terrorist acts perpetrated by those both for and against slavery. As an abolitionist, Rev Still was not immune to this violence. His daughter Mary Margaretta Still Adams wrote in her autobiography of several attempts on his life by pro-slavery paramilitaries. Several of his sons served in both medical and military roles for the Union in the Civil War. He and son Andrew Taylor Still were part of the Palmyra Association, a group of Methodists who purchased land and helped to found Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.
