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Backus, Almond Luce

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Backus, Azel
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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y, Sept. 16, 1820. He was converted in 1838; was licensed to preach in 1843, and in 1856 entered the Genesee Conference. In 1.872 he was transferred to the North-west Indiana Conference, and in 1875 was granted a supernumerary relation, which he held till his death, at Stockwell, Ind., Jan. 10, 1876. Mr.-Backus was a man of rare endowments, stalwart in frame, and energetic; forcible in manner, sound in theology. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 367.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Backus, Almond Luce'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/backus-almond-luce.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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