a Baptist minister, was born in Virginia, Nov. 13, 1789. He was ordained in 1810, and spent seventeen years as a preacher in Kentucky. In 1827 he removed to Missouri. He is said to have been "a man of high order of talent, well educated, energetic, and an impressive preacher, and he stood in the front rank as a defender of the faith." His connection, through his ministerial life, was with the "Old-school Baptists," who held anti-mission principles. He died Sept. 21, 1867. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. p. 120. (J. C. S.)