a Methodist minister, was born in New Jersey in 1797, and moved when quite young to the neighborhood of Cayuga Lake, N.Y. His connection with the traveling ministry began in the Pittsburgh Conference, 1829, and continued up to the time of the Erie Annual Conference, July, 1845. when he was placed in a superannuated relation, which continued until his death, March 25, 1855. In point of zeal, integrity, and fidelity to duty and principles, he had few equals. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1855.