a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in London, England, and emigrated to western New York in his boyhood, He was converted in early life; graduated at Genesee College; taught school several years; entered business in Baltimore, MD; began preaching in 1868 on Sweet Spring Circuit; and in 1869 was admitted into the Virginia Conference, and appointed to Rockbridge Circuit. His subsequent stations were Highland, Pocahontas Herndon, Leesburg, Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Amherst. He died suddenly, Feb. 9, 1880. See Minutes of Annual Cotterowes, 1880, p. 18.