a Presbyterian minister, was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1776. After graduating from Princeton College, in 1796, he studied theology with Reverend James Snodgrass, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle in 1801. In 1803 he was ordained by the same presbytery pastor of Middle Spring, where he remained: until-his death, in 1857. During the latter years of his life he was unable to perform his ministerial work. He was a laborious, faithful, and successful pastor, See Alexander, Prince Col. 18th Cent.