a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1809. He united with the Seceder Church in early manhood, about a year afterwards was converted, and soon joined the Methodists in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He entered the Erie Conference in 1836, and travelled with but slight intermission until his death at Volant, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1882. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1882, page 816.