a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Jackson County, O., Feb. 12, 1823. He joined the Church at the age of eighteen; emigrated to Missouri in 1846; and in 1851 united with the St. Louis Conference, which connection he held, with the exception of a short interval, until his death, June. 18, 1868. He was most noted for his piety, See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, 1868, p. 264.