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Ayre, Rishworth J.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Standish, Me., Nov. i5, 1803. He embraced religion in his fourteenth year, and in 1826 entered the Maine Conference. During the following forty-eight years of his itinerancy, eighteen were effective, nine supernumerary, and twenty-one superannuated. He died Jan. 17, 1874. Mr. Ayre was characterized by sound judgment, fluency, energy, and deep piety. Overwork disabled him. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1874, p. 76.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ayre, Rishworth J.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/ayre-rishworth-j.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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