a Presbyterian minister, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., March 14, 1836., He graduated from Maryville College, Maryville, in' 1858; and studied theology in the Union Theological Seminary, New York city. In 1861 he was licensed by the Newark Presbytery, and stationed at Fayetteville, Tenn. His health, which was rapidly declining when he entered the ministry, soon rendered him unable to perform pastoral duties. He removed to North Carolina in 1864, but returned to Tennessee in 1867. He died at Union City, May 16,1867. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1868, p. 318.