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Ainsworth, Charles W.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Petersham, Mass., in January, 1817. He experienced religion in 1834, and in 1841 entered the New England Conference. Between 1845 and 1848 he held a superannuated relation. He died at his post in Milford, Mass., Sept. 23,1851. Mr. Ainsworth possessed a deep, ardent, and cheerful piety; was an able speaker, and a man of prayer. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1852, p. 37.