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a Protestant Episcopal minister, was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1814. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1833, and from the General Theological Seminary, N.Y., in 1836; was ordained deacon in 1837, became rector of Trinity Church, Georgetown, D.C., in 1838, of Christ Church, Millwood, Virginia, in 1847, of Trinity Church, Towsonton, Maryland, in 1858, and died in Baltimore, December 18, 1881. He served twelve years on the standing committee of his diocese.