a Baptist minister, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, January 15, 1811. He was converted in 1832, ordained in 1833, and preached in Kentucky about three years; in 1836 settled in Cass County, Illinois, and preached for the churches of Princeton. Richland, Sangamon Bottom, and other places; the place thence removed to Bath, Mason County, where he preached until his death; May 20, 1881. See Minutes of Ill. Anniversaries, 1881, page 25. (J.C.S.)