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a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Pike County, O., Dec. 14, 1817. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1825; was licensed to preach July 10, 1841, and served for fourteen years as a local preacher. In 1865 he entered the regular ministry of the Christian Union Church, afterwards in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He died at his residence near Clay City, Clay Co., Ill., April 1, 1868. See Min. of Conf of the M.E. Ch., South, 1868, p. 293.