Purple Pilgrim Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Name

The Phi Gamma Delta Story

"The Apostle of the West" and founder of Jefferson College

John M'Millan

The Immortal 6

Remember "JJ SEND"

John Templeton McCarty

James Elliot Jr.

Samuel Beatty Wilson

Ellis Bailey Gregg

Naaman Fletcher

Daniel Webster Crofts

When FIJI was founded in 1848, how many students and professors did Jefferson College boast?

207 students and 10 professors making it one of the largest institutions in the United States

2 of the 6 FIJI founders, names on the door of the Log Cabin

John Templeton McCarty and Naaman Fletcher

Founding of FIJI discussion location

The 6 founders discussed the founding of FIJI in John Templeton McCarty's room, Delta Hall Number One at "Fort" Armstrong on Saturday night of April 22nd, 1848. Where the first meetings were held

What the Fraternity was founded on

"Founded upon the principle of secrecy into which none but men of distinguished talents and acquirements endued with a high sense of honor and possessed of a laudable ambition...should be admitted"

Drafters of Constitution

Samuel Beatty Wilson and James Elliot Jr.

McCarty was the moving spirit of _____ which became Phi Gamma Delta

Delta Association

First president of FIJI

Samuel Beatty Wilson

John Templeton McCarty:

Nickname

Birthplace

Burial Site

Nickname: Mac, Johnny

Birthplace: Brookeville, Indiana, on August 28, 1828

Burial Site: Sierra View Memorial Park, south of Marysville, California

Samuel Beatty Wilson:

Nickname

Birthplace

Burial Site

Nickname: Sam B

Birthplace: Farm near New Castle, Pennsylvania on February 20, 1824

Burial Site: Beaver Cemetery; Beaver, Pennsylvania

James Elliot Jr.:

Nicknames

Birthplace

Burial Site

Nickname: Jim

Birthplace: Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, on December 6th, 1824

Burial Site: Springfield Cemetery, Wellsville, Ohio

Ellis Bailey Gregg:

Birthplace

Burial Site

Birthplace: Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, on August 17, 1827

Burial Site: Laurel Point Cemetery; Carmichaels, Pennsylvania

Daniel Webster Crofts:

Nickname

Birthplace

Burial Site

Nickname: Dan'l

Birthplace: frontier farm in Columbiana County, Ohio on December 3rd, 1828

Burial Site: Clinton Confederate Cemetery; Clinton, Louisiana

Naaman Fletcher

Nickname

Birthplace

Burial Site

Nickname: Nancy

Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, on February 27, 1824

Burial Site: Falls Cemetery, Wabash Indiana

First Secretary and second President of the delta Association

Naaman Fletcher