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For two years they lived in [[Batavia, Ohio]], where he was pastor of two churches. From 1843 to 1846 he taught at the [[Olivet College|Olivet Institution]] in [[Olivet, Michigan]], founded by Oberlin graduates. He then worked for [[Elihu Burritt]] and the League of Universal Brotherhood.<ref name=Oberlin/> In 1849 he published ''The Bible Against War.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dresser |first=Amos |url=https://archive.org/details/bibleagainstwar00dres/page/n3/mode/2up |title=The Bible against War |publisher=The author |year=1849 |location=[[Oberlin, Ohio]] |author-link=Whipping of Amos Dresser}}</ref><ref name=Oberlin/>
His wife died in 1850 and in 1851 he married another former Oberlin student, Ann Jane Gray; Adeline Minerva Dresser was their daughter. They toured Europe, where Dresser gave lectures on temperance and abolition. When they returned to the United States, they settled in [[Farmington, Ohio]], where Dresser worked as a pastor.<ref name=Oberlin/> He served as minister of the Cranston Memorial Presbyterian Church in [[New Harmony, Indiana]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rudowski |first=Joyce |date=October 13, 2005 |title=Driving tips take you through scenic slice of freedom's history |page=37 (E3) |work=[[Cincinnati Enquirer]] ([[Cincinnati, Ohio]]) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76334883/rev-amos-dresser/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423174846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76334883/rev-amos-dresser/ |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |via=[[newspapers.com]]}}</ref> From 1852 to 1865 Dresser was pastor of churches in [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] and [[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula]] Counties, Ohio, in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve|Western Reserve]], [[Underground Railroad]] center and the most anti-slavery region of the country.{{cn|date=January 2022}} From 1865 to 1869 he was pastor of three churches in [[Oceana County, Michigan]]. In 1869 he went to [[Butler County, Nebraska]], where he had the “whole county for a parish.” In 1879 he went to [[Red Willow County, Nebraska]]. At some point towards the end of his life Dresser and his wife went to live in [[Lawrence, Kansas]], with one of their children, and both Amos and Ann Jane died there.<ref name=Oberlin/>
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