a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Holderness, N.H., Feb. 2, 1812, and was converted March, 1830, joining the Church in 1832. He preached his first sermon as local preacher in 1838, and, after preparation, entered the regular work in 1843. In 1864 he became supernumerary, in 1865 effective, in 1867 superannuated, and died at the house of his son in Salem the next year. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 104.