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Abbee, Rev. Benjamin T., soil of
Daniel and Esther (Nunn) Abbee, was
born in 1828, in Kent Co., Ont., and
married Eliza Hillard ill 1852. He was
converted in 1838 ; received license in
1880, and was ordained in 1883. He
has charge of three churches, Canboro,
Pigeon River, and Berne, all in the Sani-
lae Q. M., Mich.
Abbey, Rev. Mason H., soil of Heze-
kiah and Anna (Goodell) Abbey, was
(drawing on Rev. Abbey)
born in Westminster, Vt., Aug. 9, 1821.
Five years later the family settled in
Lewis Co., N. Y., and here, in the Black
River woods, strength came to his frail
body. When eleven years of age, he
was converted and received into the
Presbyterian church with his parents ;
but six years later, being revived under
the preaching of Rev. Wm. Nutting,
and studying independently the subject
of baptism, he united with the Free
Communion Baptist church of Norway.
He was educated at Clinton Seminary,
and, after serving as a licentiate about
three years, was ordained in September,
1843, Revs. H. Whitcher, S. Hart, S. B.
Padden and R. Way serving on the coun-
cil. A month later he married Maryetta
C. Scood, and their two daughters grad-
uated, one at Whitestown Seminary and
the other at Hillsdale College.
Bro. Abbey was pastor of the churches
at Harrisburg, Attica, Varysburgh, War-
saw, Boston, Depauville, Three Mile Bay,
Philadelphia, and Lowville, all in New
York, some of the time caring for two
of them, and organizing the two last
named. He also preached for short
periods at several other places. In 1864
he served six months in Norfolk, Va.,
and vicinity, as missionary among the
Freedmen ; and thereafter, for fifteen
years, lie devoted his time to evangelis-
tic work. In this, as in pastoral work,
his labors were blessed, and the conver-
sions during his ministry aggregate five,
thousand. He refused to baptize in
churches with pastors, so that compara-
tively few, only about one thousand, were
baptized by himself In 1884, he be-
came pastor of the church at Port Alle-
gheny, Pa., and after so long experience,.
ABBEY
with " eye not dim, nor natural Strength
abated," he reaffirms the word that "He
who desireth the office of a bishop,
sireth a good work."
Abbot, Rev. George J., was born in
Jackson, Me. 183o, and died in Oak-
land, Me., of heart diseas!, Nov. 3, 1883,
aged 53 years. His fattier was a suc-
cessful teacher. This afforded the son
an opportunity for mental training, of
which he made good use. He was fitted
to teach when quite. young, and was like-
wise successful in this calling. He was
baptized by Rev. D. Waterman, under
whose labors he was converted about
1852, and joined the church in South
Jackson. In June 1856, he was licensed
by the Unity Q. M, Soon after this he
went to the Theological School at New
Hampton, N. H., where he was highly
esteemed by his teachers and fellow stu-
dents. He was ordained in June, 1858,
during a session of the Q. M. at Unity.
His pastorates were in South Montville,
Wayne, Dover, Me., Gonic, Bristol,
Hampton, N. H., and.Apponaug, R. I.
He had been pastor but a few months at
Oakland, Me., when his sudden death
occurred, yet he had greatly endeared
himself to the church and people. Rev.
E. Knowlton, who knew him in his first
pastorate at South Montville, said of him
that he was one of the best spirited men
he had ever known, and for a young man
his sermons were both spiritual and in-
structive.
Abbott, Rev. A. G., a native of Penn
sylvania, died at German, N. V., Feb.
12, 1877. He entered the ministry with
the Methodists at an early age, but later
moved to Chenango Co., N. V., and
spent the last twenty years of his minis-
try with the Free Baptists of the McDon-
ough Q. M. His faith in God survived
many afflictions. He was an earnest,
thoughtful preacher, and his wise coun-
sels had a wide influence among his
brethren by whom he was venerated.
Abbott, Rev. William, died in Skow-
hegan, Me., July 16, 1877, aged about 8
years. He became a Christian when
about 26, was baptized by Rev. S. Hutch-
ins and united with the church in New
Portland. He was a faithful minister for
over fifty years and instrumental in bring-
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ing many to Christ. He was a strong
advocate of education and reforms. He
won the affection of his brethren.
Adams, Rev. David H., was born in
Tunbridge, Vt., Aug. 25, 1835. His
parents were George W. and Eliza M.
(Haskell) Adams. He was converted
when 16 years of age under the labors of
Rev. G. Sanborn, by whom he was bap-
tized at Tunbridge, July 4, 1852. He
prepared for college, mainly, at Royalton
Academy, from which he graduated in
1856. He also graduated from Middle-
bury College, Vermont, in 186o. After
teaching two years, he entered the New
Hampton Biblical School, New Hamp-
shire, graduating in 1864, and received
license to preach the same year, Sept. 3,
He was ordained March 12, i865, by the
Huntington Q. M., at Huntington, Vt.
Revs. E. B. Fuller, R. M. Minard, D. S.
Frost, and S. W. Cowell were the coun-
cil. His first pastorate was at Underhill
Centre, Vt., where he remained six years,
and received thirty-seven into the church.
After a year at Waterbury Centre, he was
pastor for three years of the church at
Lyndon Centre, where lie received seven-
teen members, ten by baptism. Jan. i,
i875, he settled at Farmington, N. H.,
for four years; and, after two years at New
Market, returned to Farmington for three
years, and forty-severi were added to the
church during that time. He was then
pastor at St. Johnsbury, VT., nearly three
years, and received over thirty into the
church. Since Jan. 18, 1887, he has been
pastor of the church at Franklin Falls,
N. H. He was a trustee, and, for a time,
treasurer, of the Green Mountain Semi-
nary, Vermont. He also taught at Lyn-
don Centre. Aug. 17, 1865, he married
Miss Harriet S. Morey.
Adams, Rev. John Quincy, son of
John and Henirietta Adams, was born in
Bowdoinham, Me., Jan. 19, 1848. He
remained on the farm where he was born,
till 22 years of age. After two terms at
other schools, lie entered Nichols Latin
School, Lewiston, Me., in 187i, and fitted
for college. He graduated from Bates
College in 1878, and from the Divinity
School in 1881. He was converted April
28, 1867, when 19 years old, and June 9
was baptized by Rev. Elisha Purington,
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his pastor. A year before his conversion
an impression came to him in a definite
form, calling him to the ministry. It
followed him six months and then so
completely left him that he could not
recall the impression. Nine months
after the same call came with redoubled
power and as if spoken : " Woe unto you
if you preach not the gospel. " In April
before his graduation, he accepted a call
to South Parsonfield, Me. Upon gradu-
ation he was married, Aug. 10, 1881, to
Miss Minnie L. Jones, of Lewiston, Me.,
and entered upon his pastorate. During
his three years there, the church was
harmonized and the meeting house re-
paired at an expense Of $700. He then
accepted a call to Dover, Me., but the
ill-health of his wife prevented him from
settling there. He resided at Lewiston
and supplied the Kennebunk and Ken-
nebunk Port church for one year. After
a sickness of eight months, he entered
upon his present pastorate of the West
Buxton church, Me., October, 1885. He
has there baptized eight and received
nine into the church. In 1883, he was
a delegate to the General Conference from
the Maine Western Y.M. In 1885 and 1886
he was corresponding secretary of the
Maine Missionary Society, and has de-
livered addresses at its annual meetings.
Advocates of Christian Fidelity,
The, is an organization for work and
consecration among the young Christians
of our denomination. For many years
various organizations have existed in
the more progressive of our churches,
but with a diversity of names, and with
no co-operation or intercommunication.
Miss S. A. Perkins, editor of the Little
Star, in 1887, by permission of the Cor-
porators of the Printing Establishment,
set apart one column in the Little Star
for the young people's societies. Even
before this the need of co-operation
among the various societies had been
felt. The societies connected with the
three churches in Lowell, Mass., had
met in council in June, 1886. They de-
cided to unite their common interests,
and appointed a committee to draft a
constitution and by-laws. Accordingly,
the constitution of the Advocates of
Christian Fidelity was reported by the
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committee in July, at the Massachusetts
Association. Rev. E. N. Farnald pre-
sented the merits of the new organiza-
tion in October, to General Conference.
The voice which the young people's
societies found in the Little Star led to
increased interest. New societies were
everywhere springing up. A call was
issued for a general convention of the
young people to meet at Ocean Park,
August I3, 1888, and on that day sixty
societies were reported. The organiza-
tion of the United Society was completed.
The name and constitution of the Low-
ell Society was adopted. Rev. J. B.
Jordon was elected President; Miss S.
A. Perkins, Gen. Sec. and Treas.; Dea-
con. H. Caverly, Rec. Sec., and one
person for each state as Vice-president.
Rev. E. B. Stiles and wife were adopted
as missionaries to India, to be supported
by the societies. In January, 1889, the
Printing Establishment issued Our Day-
spring (q. v.) as the organ of the A. C. F.
This periodical for May 25, 1889, en-
rolled 106 societies in fourteen states
and Nova Scotia.
Ainsworth, Rev, Ephraim, was or-
dained in 1802, and labored in Vermont.
Alabama.-About the year 1834, Rev.
Ellis Gore, who held views not in har-
mony with those of the Baptist denomi-
nation, was, with the Mt. Moriah church
of which he was pastor, disowned by that
people. He organized also the Macedo-
nia church after a time, and the bullet
holes in its pulpit evince the fierceness
of the opposition encountered. From
this source sprang the Mt. Moriah Asso-
ciation and other associations in north-
western Alabama and northeastern Mis-
sissippi.
THE MT. MORIAH AssoCIATION was
organized in 1851, and now contains
twelve churches, viz.: Mt. Moriah,
Shiloh, Holly Springs, and Friendship,
in Pickens County; Macedonia, Mt. Pleas-
ant, Mt. Harmony, Shady Grove, Mt.
Zion, and Unity, in Lamar County; Taber-
nacle, in Tuscaloosa County, and Antioch,
in Fayette County. The total member-
ship, in 1888, is 675. The ministers are
Rev's W. H. McGee, J. R. Robertson, W.
Springfield, J. H. Jordan, D. G. W. Hol-
lis, E. M. Vail, W. R. Latham, J. H.
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Hinton, I. T. Neighbors, and J. E. Me-
Gee. The reports show that the churches
of this association are receiving many
additions yearly.
While visiting friends in northeastern
Mississippi, Eld. Gore organized churches
which became the UNION GROVE Asso-
CIATION. This is now comprised in the
Tupelo AssocIATION, which sprung up
later from a similar source and was or-
ganized in 1884. It is located in the
vicinity of Tupelo, Miss. (the north-
eastern part of the state), and has a
membership of about five hundred.
About 1865, Rev's T. Maloy and T. W.
Springfield joined with Bro. Gore in the
work in Alabama, and churches were
multiplied in Pickens, Lamar, Marion,
and other counties, until it became nec-
essary to divide the Mt. Moriah Asso-
ciation.
THE VERNoN AssoCIATION, situated
north of the Mt. Moriah, was thus formed
in 188o. In 1888 it contained twenty
churches, viz.: Vernon, Center Point,
Springfield, Union Chapel, Liberty, Pil-
grim's Rest Piney Grove, New Hope,
New Center Point, Barnesville, New
Pleasant Ridge, New Pleasant Grove,
Mt. Willing, Poplar Springs, Free Water,
Macedonia, Fairview, Gavel Hill, Shady
Grove, and Pleasant Grove. The pastors
are, Rev's T. W. Springfield, T. C. Reese,
D. G. W. Hollis, J. A. Brown, J. J. Wes-
ley, J. W. Taylor, J. R. Holladay, G. C.
Elliott, L. L. Nickols, and R. C. Flipo.
The total membership is 682.
The Vernon Association increased so
rapidly that in 1887 the JASPER Asso-
CIATIoN was organized from the north-
eastern portion of its churches. The
churches in I887 were ten in number,
viz.: Mt. Olive, Beech Grove, Blue
Springs, Bethlehem, Mt. Pleasant, Cedar
Grove, Pleasant Hill, Oak Grove, Mt.
joy, and Bethel. The pastors were, R.
H. Tomlin, G. C. Elliott, T. R. Hulsey
and W. A. Nelson. The total member-
ship was 390; now (1888) it is 459.
These four Associations have a vigor-
ons growth; and, though without a cen-
tral organization, they are bound together
by their common faith and interests.
Although independent in their origin,
they agree substantially with other Free-
will Baptists in their doctrine and polity.
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THE FLINT RiVER AssoclATION, in
the extreme northwest part of the state,
and others associated with it, arose from
influences started in Tennessee. See
Tennessee.
THE, SOUTHEASTERN Association and
the STATE LINE AssocIATION had their
origin in the Chattahoochee Association,
Georgia. See Georgia.
Albee, Rev. Isaac, died in Anson,
Me., Feb. 27, 1861, aged 94 years, 5
months. He was born in Wiscasset,
Me., Sept. 20, 1766, and was converted
in Alison in June, 1795, and baptized by
Rev. Edward Locke. In August follow-
ing, he and others were organized by
Locke into the Alison church. Here,
Oct. 19, 1812, he was ordained deacon,
with authority to administer the ordi-
nances. He was a father in Israel, and
a friend to all benevolent enterprises.
His house was the ministers' home. His
wife, a year younger than himself, stir-
vived him.
Albee, Rev. Samuel, of Wiscasset,
Me., died Dec. 17, 1833, in his 64th
year. He is represented as a faithful
minister. He enjoyed great consolation
in his death.
Alden, Rev. Simeon, was ordained in
1829, and labored in Canada East.
Aldrich, Rev. Abel, was converted
in Rhode Island, his native state, under
the labors of Elder Colby, and later was
connected with the Spafford Q. M.
(N. Y.), where lie was ordained. He
soon moved to the West, and united with
the Methodists, reuniting with the Free
Baptists about 1856. He was a good
man, emotional in his preaching. He
died in Hadley, Mich., Nov. 24, 1865,
aged 67 years.
Aldrich, Rev. Adon, was a minister
in the Ontario Q. M., N. Y. In I827
he went into Chenango Count),-, where
he preached, and soon established the
Norwich and New Berlin churches.
Aldrich, Rev. 0. E., son of Adol-
phus, was born in Orleans County,
N V., in 1827. He studied at Brooklyn
Academy, and four years at Geauga
Seminary, O., where lie was a classmate
of President Garfield. Granville Col-
lege, O., conferred upon him the degree
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of Master of Arts. He commenced the
Christian life in 1843; received license in
1848, and the year following was or-
dained. He has ministered to the
churches at Spencer, LaGrange, Troy,
and Pittsfield, O., and at Clay, Pleasant
Hill, Central City, Delhi, Olin, and
Welton, la.; and, for the sake of a mild
climate, is at present residing in Pied-
mont, Kas., devoting a part of his time
to ministerial work. He has baptized
about 400 converts during his ministry ;
has assisted in building four houses of
worship, and served seven years as Su-
perilitendent of Public Instruction, in
Jones County, Ia. He was married to
Emma A. Post in 1850, and has two
children, three having died.
Aldrich, Rev. Schuyler, son of
George, was born in Ontario, Can., April
26, 1822. He was brought to Christ in
1839, and studied at Oberlin College, O.,
receiving ordination May 23, 1847. His
ministry was with the Mecca, Henrietta,
Pittsfield, and Macedonia churches, O.,
and with the Buffalo, Bethany, Phoenix,
Elmira, and Poland churches, N. Y.
Several revivals resulted from his labors,
and about 200 converts were baptized by
him. About 188o, he made his home in
Buffalo, N. Y. His devotion to the
cause of education is evinced by a gift of
$10,000 to Hillsdale College, to-be used
in endowing a theological professor-
ship.
Alger, Rev. Horace B., a native of
Genesee County, N. Y., consecrated his
heart to God in early youth. When
about 23 years of age, he felt called to
mission work in the West, and took up
his abode with the Switzerland Q. M.,
Ind., where he was ordained March 1,
1845, and continued to labor, with great
success, until 1857, when he moved to
Illinois, within the bounds of the Walnut
Creek Q. M. He was active for God
until strength and life failed. He died
in Wethersfield, Ill., Jan. 13, 1864, aged
43 years. He baptized 215 persons, and
filled his years full of devoted service.
Allen, Rev. Ebenezer, died in Dix-
mont, Me., May 14, 1881, aged 86 years.
He was born in Gilmanton, N. H., Dec.
30, 1794. He was converted at the age
Of 12. He wanted to tell his father and
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ask him if he was willing that he should
be a Christian. It was a great cross.
He went to the barnyard and prayed for
strength. When he arose, he saw his
parents standing at the corner of the
house ; they had been listening to his
prayer. lie went in with his parents,
when his mother said, " Eben, you need
not go out to pray, you can pray in the
house. Your father and I are willing."
Much relieved, he immediately knelt
down by his father's side and began to
pray for his parents. He said, " 0 Lord,
there are none too old, none too young
to serve thee." His father immediately
began to weep and to pray for mercy.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
During this time he felt called to the
ministry. In 1814, he left the army, and
till 1816 he was in great distress of mind
about his call to the ministry. Then he
was baptized by Elder John Buzzell, and
soon began to hold meetings in Ossipee,
N. H. A goodly number were con-
verted. In 1817 he was married, and
soon after, a church was organized with
which they united. In i822, they re-
moved to Tamworth and were members
of the First church there four years. He
preached in Tamworth and Albany, and
saw many converted. In 1826, he re-
ceived license to preach. Soon after, he
moved to Belfast. There his labors re-
sulted in conversions. A church was
organized. In 1828 he was ordained,
and became pastor of the Belfast church.
He helped organize the Prospect Q. M.,
and was its clerk several years. In 1832,
he moved to East Dixmont. He here
started a Sunday-school which resulted
in an extensive revival. He was pastor
of the church in that place till his death.
He helped to organize the Penobscot
Y. M., and was seven years its clerk. He
was three times elected delegate to Gen-
eral Conference. He was a good man
and loved by his people. His wife and
daughters passed on before him, leaving
him entirely alone, but God raised up
friends who tenderly cared for him in
his last days.
Allen, Rev. Ira, son of William and
C. A. (Rockwood) Allen, was born in
Ohio in i822. He was married to Ro-
sannah Lewis in 1846, and has five
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children. He was converted in I840;
moved to Michigan in 1852 ; received
license in 1862 and ordination three
years later. He has served the Du Plain
church as pastor the last twenty-four
years ; and, in the same time, he has
organized four churches elsewhere, to
one of which he ministered eight years.
He has assisted in numerous revival
meetings and baptized about one hun-
dred converts.
Allen, Rev. John, was one of the
early Free Communion Baptists, a mem-
ber of the old Black River church in
Stephentown, N. Y., and its pastor
about three years. About ninety were
received to this church by baptism dur-
ing this pastorate, among them the late
Rev. I. B. Coleman. His early death,
Dec. 21, 1829, at the age Of 40 years,
was a great loss to the cause and brought
sadness to many hearts.
Allen, Rev, John J., son of Rev.
John Allen, was born in Stephentown,
N. Y., April 20, i822. He was married
(photo of J. J. Allen.
to Alma J. Wheeler of Clinton, N. Y.,
July 13, 1853. He gave his heart to
God in 1831, and was educated at
Whitestown Seminary and Biblical
School. He began to preach in I849
and was ordained in September, 1853.
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After two years at German Flats, he
engaged in evangelistic work one year,
and was then at Addison two years, and
Scriba four years, holding -meeting.;,
meanwhile, at Mine Creek, Beach's Is-
land and Cheever's Mills, where lie saw
many conversions. In 1859 lie went to
Depauville, where, with the exception of
two years (1875-77,) at Byron, lie has
since resided, and served as pastor when
health would permit. During his min-
istry he has baptized about three hun-
dred converts. The past twenty years
he has served as Clerk and Treasurer of
the Jefferson Q. M. ; and he has been a
delegate to the General Conference.
Allen, Rev. Jonas, of Madison, O.,
died Sept. 29, 1864, aged 86 years. He
was born in Royalton, Mass., and was
baptized by Elder A. Buzzell, in 1809.
At the close of the War of 1812 he began
to preach, having his first revival in
Charleston, Vt., where a church was or-
ganized, and he was ordained in 1824.
Soon after, churches were organized at
East Charleston and at Brighton as a
result of his labors. About 1837 he
moved to Madison, O., where he con-
tinued to preach until more than three-
score and tell. He was devoted to every
good work-, enjoying the work of the
ministry and awaiting in confidence for
the rest prepared.
Allen, Rev. Reuben, son of James
Allen, was born in Gilmanton, N. H.,
Sept. 4, 1795. After a boyhood of more
than usual thoughtfulness, having en-
joyed religious privileges, in October,
1811, while apprenticed to a blacksmith,
he experienced a radical change of heart.
At the age of 19 he began holding meet-
ings. After a severe struggle back from
death's door, he yielded to the Lord his
life and began revival meetings at North-
field, where tbirty-five were converted.
In 1818 he went to Vermont, where he
preached alternately at Wheelock and
Cabot. His labors were blessed ; he
was ordained ; fifty persons were bap-
tized and two churches organized. Early
in 1820 he traveled more, preaching in
Burlington, St. Albans, and other towns
about the lake. In 1821 he visited
Rhode Island, reaching Burrillville on
horseback, Oct. 13, " the very day of
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the organization of the Rhode Island
Q. M. The next day he preached the
sermon at the ordination of Daniel
Green, the first Free Baptist ordination
which took place in the state. He spent
that winter visiting among Vermont
churches. Early in i822 he returned to
Rhode Island and formed a circuit of
about eighty miles, embracing for Sab-
bath appointments, Pawtucket, Reho-
both, Taunton, Blackstone, and Chepa-
chet. He passed over this circuit once
in five weeks, sometimes attending
meetings daily in intermediate places.
Revivals everywhere attended his labors
and churches were organized in the last
three places. May 5, 1824, Ile married
Phebe Leonard, of Taunton, and the next
December became settled pastor of the
Pawtucket church, keeping the care of
other churches as well. Without mate-
rially changing the sphere of his work, he
located at Taunton, in January, 1826.
Ill 1829 he moved to Greenville, to take
charge of the church there, and on alter-
nate Sabbaths at Chepachet. He re-
signed the latter charge a year later and
gave the time to North Scituate, where
a church was soon organized. And for
twelve years he divided his time thus
between Greenville and North Scituate.
Eighty were added to the Greenville
church ; the church gathered at North
Scituate increased to 300. In the fall of
1841 he resigned his charge at Green-
ville, and moving to North Scituate gave
all his energies to that church for four
years. The Smithville Seminary there
was in successful operation and the
church increased to over 400 members,
nearly 100 being baptized in one day.
In 1845, he resigned the pulpit, and
though residing there, labored exten-
sively in other places. He gathered and
organized a church in Coventry. In
1852 he had a short pastorate at North
Scituate. For five years before his
death feeble health and failing powers
confined him largely to his home. He
died with scarcely any premonition,
May 30, 1872, aged nearly 78 years.
He did excellent pioneer work among
our early churches in Rhode Island. He
baptized 1400 converts, attended over
1600 funerals, solemnized about 650
marriages. As a preacher, he was bold,
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earnest, scriptural. With a constitution
by nature robust, whatever he did he did
with his might. He represented Rhode
Island in the Second General Conference
at Sandwich, N. H., in October, i828.
The Fourth General Conference was en-
tertained in October, 183o, by the church
of which he was pastor at Greenville.
His first wife, Alice A. G. Sanborn, of
Northfield, N. H., lived but a short
time. His second wife, the mother of
his family, died in 1864. His funeral
was attended by 500 from all the neigh-
boring towns and Providence. His com-
panions in the work spoke on the occa-
sion. Rev. Mowry Phillips preached
the sermon.
Allensworth, F., is a licensed preacher
of the Mound City, Q. M., Ill., 35 years
of age and connected with the Grand
Chain church.
Alsbury, Rev. W. B., son of John
Alsbury, was born in Quincy, Ill., Feb.
14, 186o. He turned to God in 1883,
received license to preach in 1886 and
was ordained two years later. His min-
istry has resulted in the organization of
a church and the baptism of twenty-five
converts.
Altman, Rev. L. C., son of John and
Martha (Stone) Altman, was born in
1826 and resides at Prospect, Williams-
burg County, S. C. He was married in
1848 and has six children. After serving
for a time as a deacon, he has recently
taken up ministerial work.
Ames, Rev. Moses, died in South
Dover, Me., Sept. 30, 186o, in his 48th
year. He was born in Sullivan, Hancock
County, Me., Dec. 8, 1 8 I 2. At the age
Of 4, the family moved to Bradford, where
after twelve years his parents were re-
claimed, and he had the conviction
strongly forced home upon his heart that
he was a sinner. In the spring of 1834,
through a protracted meeting, he and
others were converted, and in July fol-
lowing he began preaching. He had been
baptized by Rev. Nathaniel Harvey,
uniting with the church in Bradford.
The destitute churches in the Sebec Q.
M. were objects of his labor. He was
licensed by the Quarterly Meeting Sep-
tember, 1838, and labored in Garland and
Danville. Sept. 22, 1839, he was or-
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dained. In May 1838, He began his min-
istry at Corinth. In 1840 Ile saw from His
preaching a great revival at Garland, and
in a short time baptized over twenty.
His work in Bradford was blessed. In
1841 he saw revivals both in the Well-
ington and in the Springfield Q.
In October he was present at the eleventh
General Conference at Topsham. He
moved his family to Corinth in December,
where for some months he had preached
half the time. In January 1842, in a re-
vival at Hunting's Mills, in Corinth,
twenty-three were added to the church.
A revival attended him in Garland, where
lie preached part of the time. During
the summer lie baptized there forty-six,
and in 1845 moved there. He attended
the thirteenth General Conference, in
Sutton, VT, in October 1847, as a delegate
from the Penobscot V. M. The next
year he moved to Veazie for a pastorate
of two years. Here a church was orpan-
ized. In November 185o, lie began his
labors with the Dover and Foxcroft
church, where his strength failed him.
During the last year of his ministry
seventy were added to the church. He
was a mail highly in natural talent
he possessed good business ability. His
devotion to the ministry cost him his
health. He was a gifted speaker and
drew multitudes after him. When his
health failed through consumption, he
retired to his quiet home at South Dover.
Anders on, Mrs. Anna Stone, was
born in Burlington, Otsego County, N.
Y., Aug. 26, 1813. Her parents were
John D. and Philura (Williams) Matte-
son, her mother being a descendant of
Roger Williams. She was married to
Joshua B. Stolle, Feb. 5, 1840, and, sev-
eral years after his death, on Dec. 22,
1869, to Lewis B. Anderson. She re-
ceived a good education and in early life
engaged in reaching. She was converted
when eighteen years of age, and, after a
few years with the Baptists, united
with the Free Baptists in Columbus, N.
Y. She received license to preach about
1839, and for years engaged actively in
ministerial work. While pastor, she ex-
changed with other ministers for the ad
-ministration of the ordinances. Though
.successful as a pastor, her chief labors
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were as an evangelist. Her work was
mostly in Madison, Chenango and Cort-
land counties, N. Y., though extending
also as far as Pennsylvailia and Rhode
Mrs. Anna Stone Anderson.
Island. Sometimes alone, sometimes
with other ministers, she called sinners to
repentance, the conversions under her la-
bors numbering several buildreds. Her
voice was clear and full, not boisterous ;
her manner in the pulpit was deliberate
and dignified ; her style hortatory yet
with method, and her appeals often thirill-
ing. In advanced age, with her four
living children occupying honorable posi-
tions ill society and in the church, she
awaits her calf to the heaven1y rest.
Anderson, Rev. Dexter B., soil of
Chas. and P. (Morrell) Anderson, was
born at Pierpont, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1827.
Aug. 18, 1853, he married Harriet E.
Clark of Potsdam, N. Y. She was a
native of Vermont and died in November
1883, in the full assurance of faith. Bro.
Anderson studied at Canton and Pots-
dam, N.. Y., and at Beloit, Wis., and
practiced medicine twenty years, less
three years in the army. He was con-
verted in 1845, and ordained in 1859.
Since about I877 lie has given himself
fully to the work of the ministry in
Minnesota and Iowa, where he has gath-
ered churches and been devoted in the
work.
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Anderson, Rev. R. E., son of Elijah
and Susannah (Williams) Anderson, was
born in Norwich, Mass., in 1809. In
the year 1831 he married Rachel Hunt.
The common school and " sober contact
with the world ill Christian service "
formed the basis of his education. In 1848
he was ordained by the Wesleyan Metho-
dists and afterwards joined the Free Bap-
tists. Among his later pastorates were
Wellsburgh, Pa., and Conneaut, and
Chester, Ohio. In his fifty years of serv-
ice he has baptized 2, 000 persons. He
has been president of the Wesleyan
Methodist Conference and delegate to
the General Conference. He was dele-
--ate tothe National Free-soil Convention
in 1852. In the contest against ilitem-
peralice and slavery lie has been a per-
sistent worker. His residence now is at
Utica, Veliango County, Pa.
Andrew, Rev. Ralza E., son of B.
F. and Abbie A. (Sanborn) Andrew, was
born in Orange, N. H., Aug. 10, 1861,
and graduated from the New Hampton
Institution in the class of 1883. He was
converted at the age Of 14 ; and, while
studying law, he gave heed to the divine
call and commenced preaching at Sher-
burne, N. Y., in August, 1884. He was
soon ordained, and in November was mar-
ried to Miss Clara A. Fernald of his na-
tive state. The pastorate at Sherburne
was a pleasant and prosperous one, as
has been also his pastorate at Dale, en-
tered upon in April, 1886, the blessing
of the Lord attending his labors.
Andrews, Rev. Otis, soil of Lucius
and Olive (Gilmore) Andrews, was born
at Livermore, Me., March 14, 1817. He
studied in the common schools, and was
converted Jan. 1, 1836. Licensed in
1838, lie was ordained by the Bowdoin
Q. M., in 1843. He has held the pas-
torates at Hartford, seven years ; Sum-
ner five years ; Canton, Bath, Lisbon,
Monmouth, New Sharon and Abbot, en-
joying much revival interest. He has
seen many hundreds converted ; has mar-
ried over 100 couples and attended 200
funerals. He married Nov. 26, 1840,
Sarah C. Lincoln, and has five children
living.
Andrews, Rev. Winthrop, soil of
Charles and Dolly (Bradsweet) Andrews,
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was born at Essex, Mass., in 1819. He
studied at Pleasant Ridge, Me., where
his father had moved. Early impressed
by a Christian mother, he was converted
in 1842. Licensed in 1853, be was or-
dained in 1856 by the Unity Q. M. He
has had charge of two churches and as-
sisted in organizing three churches. He
is the pastor of the Dix Mountain church,
Me. He married in 1846 E. W. An-
drews, and has five children living.
Andrus, Rev. Amos C. was born in
Barkhamsted, Conn., in 18O2. He re-
ceived ordination in New York in 1825
and represented the Holland Purchase
Y. M. in the General Conference Of 1832.
Subsequently he went to the West, under
the auspices of the Home Mission So-
ciety; and, ill 1842, had organized the
church at Newberry, 111. Two years
later he was in the Fox River Q. M., 111.
Andrus, Rev. L. L., son of Ruel and
______ (Brown) Andrus, was born in Ver-
mont, Oct. 12, i822. He was married to
Miss Hannah White Feb. 22, 1844, and
has four children. His life was conse-
crated to God in 1842. License top reach
was granted in 1853, and he was or-
dained in June 1858 by a council of the
Norfolk County Q. M., Ontario, Cali. He
ministered to the Black Creek church
two years, to the Oak Grove church two
years, to the Round Plains church.three
years, and, moving to Michigan, to the
Birch Run church, 1864-68, to the Reese
church, organized by himself, 1868-74,
to the Gilford church 1874-84, and then
resunied the work at Reese. He has en-
gaged in evangelistic work, organizing
five churches and baptizing in all about
200 converts.
Angell, Prof. Thomas L., of Bates
College, Lewiston, Me., was born at
Greenville, R. I., Nov. IO, 1837. His
parents were Pardon and Mary Ann
(Angell) Angell. When 3 years old he
began to attend the common school of
Greenville, and continued in this school
several years with the loss of only one
term. December 1855, he went to Thet-
ford, Vt., and remained two terms. The
next two years he was at the Wesleyan
Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., fitting for
college. He entered Brown University
in 1858, and graduated in 1862. The fol-
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lowing winter he taught the school in
Greenville. In November, 1863, Ile en-
tered the Theological School at E. Wind-
sor, Conn. The next spring lie taught
school in Greenville again, and in the
fall of 1864, became an assistant of Rev.
B. F. Hayes in Lapham Institute. He
was for three years Principal of that
Prof. Thomas L. Angell.
school, until the Summer of 1868 In
January 1869, he entered upon the Pro-
fessorship of Modern Languages in Bates
College. After the close of the college
year, he spent a year in Europe in study.
In early years he had marked religious
impressions through parental instruction
and the powerful influence of the devout
teacher of the Greenville school. He
was baptized by Rev. James McKenzie.
He preaches more or less along with his
work in the college. His first sermon
was preached in the F. B. Church of
Harrison, Me., Jan. 5, 1873. July 31,
1862, he married Miss Emily Brown of
Providence, R. I. His only daughter,
Miss F. Angell, entered Bates College in
1886, at the age of 18.
Anniversaries, The, are held in
October of each year for presenting re-
ports from all the Benevolent Societies.
The Foreign Mission Society was organ-
ized in 1833, the Home Mission Society
in 1834, and the Sunday-school Union
i8 ANTHONY
in 1836. On the organization of the
Education Society in 1840, the annual
reports of these benevolent enterprises
had assumed deep interest. In 1841 the
reports were given in connection with
the eleventh General Conference con-
vened at Topsham, Me.. The session of
General Conference now became trien-
nial. The next year anniversary services
were held at Buxton, Me., for listening
to the reports from the societies. In
1843 the anniversaries were held at Great
Falls, N. H. It was a meeting of deep
interest and the Anti-Slavery Society
was organized. In 1844 the anniver-
saries were again held in connection with
General Conference.
The anniversaries have thus been held
triennially in connection with General
Conference, and the intervening two years
somewhere in New England. The act
of formal organization of the convention
took place at Lawrence, Mass., Oct, 13,
1858.
The anniversaries have been held at
the following times and places:
184I, Topsham, Me.; 1842, Buxton,
Me.; 1843, Great Falls, N. H.; 1844,
Plainfield, N. Y.; 1845, Lowell, Mass.;
1846, Buxton, Me.; 1847, Sutton, Vt.;
1848, Gilford, N. H.; 1849, Great Falls,
N. H.; 1850, Providence, R. I.; 1851,
West Lebanon, Me.; 1852, Portland,
Me.; 1853, Fairport, N. Y.; 1854, Saco,
Me.; 1855, Dover, N. H.; 1856, Maine-
ville, O.; 1857, Providence, R. L; 1858,
Lawrence, Mass.; 1859, Lowell, Mass.;
186o, Saco, Me.; 1861, Sutton, Vt.;
1862, Hillsdale, Mich.; 1863, Lowell,
Mass.; 1864, Providence, R. I.: 1865,
Lewiston, Me.; 1866, Lawrence, Mass.;
1867, Dover, N. H.; 1868, Buffalo,
N. Y.; 1869, Lowell, Mass.; 187o,
Augusta, Me.; 1871, Hillsdale, Mich.;
1872,Haverhill, Mass.; 1873, Farming-
ton, N. H.; 1874, Providence, R. L;
1875, Manchester, N. H.; 1876, Saco,
Me.; 1877, Fairport, N. Y.; 1878, Lyn-
don, Vt.; 1879, Olneyville, R. I.; 188o,
Boston, Mass.; 1881, Lawrence, Mass.;
1882, Great Falls, N. H.; 1883, Minne-
apolis, Minn.; 1884, Lewiston, Me.; 1885,
Providence, R. I.; 1886, Marion, O.;
1887, Portland, Me.; 1888, Laconia, N.H.
Anthony, Rev. Abram, was ordained
in 182- and labored in Maine.
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Anthony, Rev. Alfred Williams,
soil of Dea. Lewis W. and Britannia F.
(Waterman) Anthony, was born in Prov-
idence, R. I., Jan. 13, 1860. He became
a Christian at the age of 14. He prepared
for college at Mowry and Goff's School,
Providence, and graduated from Brown
University, in 1883. He also graduated
from Bates Theological School, Lewis-
ton, Me., in 1885 ; was ordained Aug.
30, and settled at Bangor, Sept. 27. UP
to January, 1887, he had baptized forty-
three persons. He was recording secre-
tary of the Foreign Mission Society,
1886-87, and was a member of General
Conference in i886. He was elected
trustee of Me. Cent. Institute this same
year. In i887 he was elected to a pro-
fessorship in Bates Theological School.
He was married, Sept. 15, 1885, to Miss
Harriet W. Angell.
Anthony, Dea. Lewis Williams, of
Providence, R. I., was born in North
Providence, Sept. 19, 1825. His parents
were James and Sarah P. (Williams)
Dea. L. W. Anthony.
Anthony. When he was 10 years old his
father died ; his mother died when he
was 19. He was educated at Fruit Hill
Classical School. In 1841, when in
his sixteenth year, he was converted,
and in September of that year joined the
church at Centerdale. In April, 1858,
he joined the Roger Williams church in
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Providence, R. I., and in November,
i 8 65, was chosen a deacon of that church.
He became a member of the Executive
Committee of the Home Mission Society
in October, 1871 , and has been president
of the society since 1879. He was chosen
a corporator of the printing establish-
ment in 1873. At the Centennial Gen-
eral Conference at Weirs, N. H., he was
assistant moderator. He has been a
liberal benefactor of the benevolent en-
terprises of the denomination. He is a
trustee of Storer College, and Anthony
I-Tall, of that institution, toward which he
gave $5,ooo, is named for him. He was
a member of the Providence City Gov-
ernment in 1872-73. He is a member of
the firm of Greene, Anthony & Co.,
Providence, dealers in boots and shoes,
and is a director of the Traders' National
Bank, and of the Nicholson File Co., of
the same city. He is also a director of
the Kansas Investment Co., Topeka,
Kan., of the Smith & Anthony Stove
Co., and the Suffolk Manufacturing Co.,
Boston, Mass. He was married Sept.
I5, 1847, to Britannia Franklin Water-
man. Of eight children three are living.
Rev. A. W. Anthony, professor-elect of
Bates College, Lewiston, Me., is his son.
His daughter, Miss Kate Anthony, has
shown fine taste in her contributions to
periodicals.
Anti-Slavery Society, The Free-
will Baptist, was organized at Sugar Hill,
Lisbon, N. H., June 8, 1843. This
formal organization had been preceded
by ten years of healthy discussion and
unequivocal action. In 183o Garrison
had uttered his clarion call : " Immediate
emancipation is the right of the slave
and the duty of the master," and in De-
cember, 1833, the American Anti-slavery
Society was organized. For once only,
did the Morning Star speak in doubtful
tones. It soon took a bold and unflinch-
ing position on the side of freedom. In
June, 1834, the N. H. Y. M. indorsed
its position. The same year Rev. John
Chaney gave notice that he would intro-
duce antislavery resolutions at the next
session of the Farmington Q. M., and
Rev Silas Curtis went forty miles to de-
fetid them. The resolutions were adopted
with only one or two dissenting votes.
ANTI-SLAVERY 20
In March, I 835, a resolution was adopted
by the Rockingham Q. M., and in June
the speeches before the New Hampshire
Anti-slavery Society were reported in
the Morning Star. Ten days later at
the meeting of the V. M. in Lisbon,
while the first missionary-elect was or-
dained to bear the gospel to our darker-
hued brothers in the jungles of India,
those in the cotton and rice fields of our
own country were not forgotten. A
strong resolution was introduced with
outspoken words by David Marks and
seconded by Jonathan Woodman. Sim -
ilar resolutions, recommending the duty
of immediate emancipation, were also
adopted by the denomination in Maine,
Vermont, Rhode Island and New York,
and the denomination was fully coin-
mitted at the General Conference in
Byron, N. V., the following October.
Surprised and thankful at the unanimity
of the denomination on this important
question, the General Conference adopted
the following: " Resolved, That we have
abundant cause for gratitude to God, that
as a denomination, we are so generally
united in our views on this distracting
subject of slavery . " At this time there
followed those awful scenes of violence
and bloodshed throughout. the nation.
Garrison was mobbed in the streets of
Boston. From presidential chair to the
office of every secular paper, all the strong
voices of the nation were upholding the
accursed institution. In 1836 the Print-
ing Establishment had been twice refused
an act of incorporation because the Star
was out-spoken on the subject of abolition.
Fifteen thousand dollars were due for our
publications and many refused payment
unless a different policy was adopted.
For two years the subscription list of the
Star was constantly decreasing. A crisis
had come and aspecial meeting of the
trustees was called. For a day and
night beyconsidered the question with
an interest equaled only by the conse-
quences that hung upon its decision.
At daybreak the vote was unanimous
with but one exception for the Star to
continue its unequivocal utterance for
the abolition of slavery. Not till 1846
bad the political position of the state
changed, largely through Free Baptist
influence, so that a charter was granted.
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20 ANTISLAVERY
For several years the act of incorporation
was refused the Home Mission Society,
lest, as was then said, it would sent forth
- missionaries to preach abolition." In
i 837 General Conference "Resolved, That
slavery, as it exists in this country, is a
system of tyranny ; of tyranily more cruel
and wicked than the oppression and
wrong practiced by any other civilized
nation in the known world." At the
General Conference at Conneaut, Ohio,
ill 1839, four clergymen and as many
churches from New Hampshire sent a
communication complaining of the anti-
slavery action of the Rockingham Q. M.
and the political character of the Morn-
ing Star. But the conference was unani-
mous in its position on the subject. Dr.
Wm. M. Howsley's request for ordina-
tion they refused because of his slavery
sentiments, though lie gave the assur-
ance that by his acceptance at least
20,000 members would be secured to the
denomination from Free Communion Bap-
tists in the South. The Free Communion
Baptists of North and South Carolina,
already in fellowship, were stricken from
the list and for the future not counted in
the statistics of the denomination. It
was a bold step at that early day for a
denomination to thus cut itself off from
all connection with slavery. Conference
in 1841 stigmatized the attempts to sup-
port slavery from the Bible as " moral
treason against God's word, " and in i 843
declared that the Christian's duty was
at the ballot-box. At the anniversaries
in I842 a committee was appointed to
draft a constitution, and in June, 1843, at
the New Hampshire yearly meeting, the
Freewill Baptist Anti-slavery Society
was organized with Jonathan Woodman
as president. For twenty-five years this
society did valiant service in keeping
the slavery question fresh before the
people. The reports of the secretary, and
the addresses at the anniversaries usuallv
awakened a thrilling interest. At Gen-
eral Conference in Providence, in 185o,
they " deliberately and calmly " defied
the enactment of the highest leisla-
tive authority in the nations Confer-
ence resolved that in spite of fines
alid imprisonments imposed by Con-
gress in connection with the Fugi-
tive Slave law; " We will do all that
ANTI-SLAVERY 21
we can, consistently with the claims of
the Bible, to prevent the recapture of
the fugitive, and to aid him in his efforts
to escape from his rapacious claimants. "
This report was discussed for nearly four
hours by men from eight or ten different
states and unainimoously adopted. "When
the war broke out and during its prog-
ress fifty-eight of our able-bodied minis-
ters and 210 Of our ministers' sons volun-
teered in their country's defense. Ninety-
nine hundredths of all others, by patriotic
preaching, praying and sympathy with
the soldiers in the field and their discon-
solate families at home, did good service
in the Union cause." In 1863 Emancipa-
tion came, and the Home Mission Board
at once established mission schools
among the freedmen. In 1868 the so-
ciety dissolved, as slavery was no more.
The untold benefit to the great cause of
freedom by the early attitude of the de-
nomination only the great judgment-day
will determine. Oliver Johnson, in his
life of William Lloyd Garrison, says
(p. 81), "It gives me great pleasure to
mention one Christian denomination,
somewhat numerous in parts of New
England, as well as in other states, that
deserves to be excepted from the cen-
sures I have been compelled so bestow
upon the rest. I allude to the Freewill
Baptists, who, from the beginning, re-
fused to receive slave-holders into com-
munion, and most of whom were prompt
to espouse the doctrine of immediate
emancipation. The Morning Star, the
organ of the denomination, did much to
inform public sentiment on the subject of
slavery, especially in New Hampshire,
where it had a large circulation. The
constituency of this church was mainly
among the common people, where its
influence was chiefly felt. Its leaders,
refused to follow the example of other
churches in countenancing slavery, and
for this reason incurred much censure
and some persecution. It is not too
much to say that it was more through
the influence of the Morning Star than
from any other cause that the power of
the pro-slavery Democracy in New
Hampshire was first broken, and John P.
Hale elected to the Senate of the United
States. That the Freewill Baptists were
in all respects consistent and as earnest
21 APPERSON
as they should have been in their testi-
mony against slavery, it would be too
much to affirm ; but compared with the
churches around them, they were as
light in the midst of darkness. If all
other Christian denominations had come
tip to their level, the chains of the slaves
might have been broken by moral
power. The antislavery record of
the Freewill Baptists," says Theodore
Weld, "is a trail of light."
The officers of the society have been
Yrs. President. Cor. Sec.
1843 J. Woodman. 1. C. Dame.
'44 D. Waterman. E. Noyes.
'45 R. Dunn. J. Fullonton,
'46 J. Chaney. A. K. Moulton.
'47
' 48 E. Fisk.
'49 S. Curtis. J. Fullonton.
' 50 " 1. D. Stewart.
1851 "
" 52 " D. S. Frost.
'53 M.W. Burlingame. J J. Butler.
'54 D. P. Harriman.
'55
'56 "
7 C. 0. Libby. G. H. Ball.
58 W. H. Littlefield. D. P. Cilley.
'59 J. L. Sinclair. D. W. C. Durgin.
'60
'6i
'62 G. T. Day. P. S. Burbank.
'63 0. B. Cheney. W. H. Bowen.
'64 0. T. Moulton.
'65 "
'66 "
'67 S. P. Morrill. A. D. Smith.
The Recording Secretaries have been:
G. P. Ramsey, 1843-44; D. P. Cilley,
1845-58 ; and D. W. C. Durgin in 1859
one year, when the office was abolished.
The Treasurers have been: Wm. Burr,
1843-66, and A. D. Smith, 1867.
Apperson, Rev. David J., was born
Jan. 11, 1810, in Clark County, Ga.
His parents, James and Elizabeth, were
from Mecklenburgh County, Va. Both
grandfathers were soldiers in the Revo-
lutionary army. Bro. A. united with
the Baptist church in 1827, and was
a participant in the early efforts
to promote liberal views in Georgia.
In 1841 he received license to preach,
and three years later, was ordained. He
ministered to the Corinth and New
Prospect churches thirty years, and
served the Friendship, Shiloh, Bluff
APPERSON 22
Spring, Bethany, Galilee and Silver Run
churches for briefer periods. He also
traveled as a home missionary. In 185o
he was elected moderator of the Chatta-
hoochee Association, and was continued
in that position until 1881, a sufficient
evidence of the esteem of the brethren.
He has baptized 1007 converts. Now
he is in feeble health, passing an hon-
ored old age with his family at Poin-
dexter, Ga.
Appleby, Rev. Samuel, of York,
Me., was ordained at the Elders' Con-
ference in Somersworth, N. H., Aug. 23,
1805. He had been preaching for some
time with good success. He was bap-
tized by Rev. Abijah Watson, and
united with the denomination. After-
wards they repaired to a beautiful field
where the ordination services were per-
formed. After a ministry in Maine and
New Hampshire, his connection with the
denomination was severed.
Aray, Rev. Harvey, of Ypsilanti,
Mich., was a promising young colored
preacher, who began preaching in 1831,
and was ordained (just before his death,)
NOV. 21, 1835.
Arkansas. There are eight organiza-
tions in this state, but full reports of
their work are not available.
THE OLD MT. ZION AssociATION was
reported early in the, present decade,
when it contained 202 members in seven
churches, Viz.: Big Fork, Fellowship,
Mt. Zion, Oak Grove, Pleasant Grove,
Sugar Creek, and Willow Spring. It is
located in the northwest part of the
state, in Washington, Benton, and Madi-
son counties. The Highland church
was added as early as 1885, and the
Jerusalem church in September, i886.
In 1883, the Oak Grove and Pleasant
Hill churches were dismissed to form the
Western Mt. Zion Q. M. The present
membership is 258.
THE WESTERN MT. ZION Q. M. was
organized in October, 1883, with the
Oak Grove church in Benton Count)-,
and the Pleasant Hill church in Mc-
Donald County, Mo. The churches
added to these, in the report for i887,
are Golden Hollow, Honey Creek, Pleas-
alit Grove, Semple, Sulphur Springs,
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and Wire Springs. The present mem-
bership is about 300.
THE UNioN AssociATION was reported
as early as 1883, when it had a member-
Ship Of 507, in ten churches, viz.: Big
Spring, Center Point, King's River, Lib-
erty, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Zion, Mulberry
Ha11, New Bethel, Union, and Walnut
Grove. It now reports 874 members.
This Association is located in Carroll,
Boone, Newton and Madison counties,
east of the Old Mt. Zion Association,
with which it keeps up a friendly cor-
respondence by letter.
THE NEw HOPE, Q. M., located in the
vicinity of White County, was reported
in 188o, with four churches and seventy
members. It is said now to have seven
churches and two hundred members.
THE POLK BAYOU AssocIATION is
also reported as having 422 members;
the HAMBURG AssOCIATION with 12I
members; and the MULBERRY AssocIA-
TION with about 400 members. The
NEw MT. ZION AssOCIATION is also
mentioned. These imperfect statements
are all that present information permits
us to give.
Arminian, or " General Baptists,"
in the United States, flourished long be-
fore the days of Benjamin Randall. Ill
the English Reformation in the days of
Henry VIII. Anabaptists became nu-
merous in England. They suffered se-
vere persecution. They were divided
into " General and Particular" says
Benedict (Ed. 1813, Vol. I, P. 189) " since
soon after the Reformation. It will be
difficult and indeed unnecessary, to pay
a strict regard to these distinctions
throughout the following sketch. Both
parties have had their share of sufferings,
and among them both we find a number
of very worthy and distinguished char-
acters." The first Baptist church that
was formed in the British empire was
organized in London in 1633 (Knowles'
Memoir of Roger Williams, P. 166). The
first in America and second in the Brit-
ish empire was formed at Providence,
R. I., in March, 1639. Benedict says,
"The candidates for communion nom-
inated and appointed Ezekiel Holliman,
a man of gifts and piety, to baptize Roger
Williams, who, in return, baptized Mr.
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Holliman and the other ten. This church
was soon joined by twelve other persons,
who came to this new settlement and
abode in harnony and peace. Mr. Hol-
liman was chosen assistant to Mr. Wil-
liams. This church, according to Chand-
ler, held particular redemption, but
soon after deviated lo general redemption.
* * * and so continued for the most part
more than a hundred years. From the
commencement of Dr. Manning's min-
istry [in I771] they have been verging
back to their first principles, and now
very little of the Arminian leaven is
found among them." (Benedict, vol. i,
PP. 475, 486.) It is certain that the
church founded of the old members in
Johnston by Rev. Samuel Winsor, Jr., on
the rupture with Dr. Manning, was of
the Six Principle Baptist order. The
Johnston church was still fellowshiped
by the General Meeting or Association.
The first Baptist church in Newport,
R. I., which was the second organized in
America, contained members who be-
lieved in a general atonement. Eigh-
teen of these withdrew and formed a
church of the Six Principle order. " In
I729 the yearly meeting of General or
Six Principle Baptist churches consisted
of the union of twelve churches and about
eighteen ordained ministers, there being
at the time but four Calvinistic Baptist
churches in New England, viz. : one in
Boston, Mass., one in Swansea, Mass.,
one in Newport, R. I., one in Westerly,
R. I. " (Freewill Baptist Quarterly,
vol. 3, P. 424.) Of the fifty-eight
Baptist churches in the United States in
175o Benedict significantly says, " Some
were of the Arminian cast." (Vol. i,
P. 273.) According to him the first
church founded in New York city amid
persecutions was of the General Baptist
order. Rev. Wm. Wickenden, of Prov-
idence, R. L, preached there before i 669,
and was imprisoned for four months. In
1712 Rev. Valentine Wightman of Groton,
Conn., accepted an invitation to preach
in New York City at the home of Nich-
olas Eyres, and after two years baptized
seven men and five women, by night, to
avoid a mob that had been troublesome.
In September, 1724, he formed them into
a church and ordained Mr. Eyres as their
preacher. A house of worship on Golden
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Hill was built in 1728. Eight years
later, having lost their house on account
of debt incurred in building, the church
become extinct. In I762 the first Cal-
vinistic Baptist church was organized,
and soon became a large and flourish-
ing body. From independent English
sources and from churches already men-
tioned a long line of Arminian Baptist
churches early sprang up from New York
to South Carolina. The Cohansey
church in New Jersey was constituted in
169o. Its original members were from
Ireland. Three years before its organiza-
tion Rev. Timothy Brooks, with a few
brethren, moved from Swansea, Mass.,
but they did not unite on account of the
Calvinistic predestination of their Cohan-
sey brethren. Rev. Valentine Wight-
man, founder of the General Baptist
church in New York City, effected a
union in 1710 on " terms of bearance and
forbearance. " In Maryland the first
Baptist church was the General Baptist
church at Chestnut Ridge, organized by
Rev. Henry Loveall, from Newport,
R. I., of fifty-seven converts in 1742.
The Roman Catholics in power in the
commonwealth granted them legal pro-
tection. In I794 John Healey and oth-
ers of the General Baptist church of
Friar Lane, Leicester, England, mi-
grated to America and in February,
1795 the company of nineteen persons
settled in Baltimore. In June, 1797, a
church was formed and the same year a
brick meeting-house was built. The
church, after many reverses, united with
the Baltimore Calvinistic Baptist Associa-
tion in 18O7. Letters received from
Virginia induced the Baptists in London,
Eng., to ordain Robert Nordin in May,
1714. He soon sailed for Virginia and
gathered a church in Burley, Isle of
Wight County. He continued the pastor
of this church untill his death,in 1725. In
1727 Richard Jones, a preacher from
England, settled with this church and
became its pastor. In 1829 the church
had forty members. The same year
there was reported a church in Surry
County of thirty members, which was
organized according to Knight in 1725.
Both churches sent a letter to the Phila-
delphia Calvinistic Baptist Association
in December, 1756. In 1743 members of
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the Chestnut Ridge church, Maryland,
settled at Opeckon Creek. Their min-
ister, Rev. Henry Loveall, soon follow-
ing them, baptized fifteen persons and
organized a church on the General Bap-
tist plan. In 1751 the church applied to
the Philadelphia Association for help.
Three brethren went to them and re-
organized them on the Calvinistic plan.
The name was changed to Mill Creek.
In North Carolina there were individ-
ual Baptists as early as 1695. The first
church was planted in the northeastern
part of the state in 1727 at Perquimans
(now Shiloh) on the Chowan river, by
Rev. Paul Palmer, of Maryland ; Joseph
Parker, probably one of his disciples, be-
gan to preach in the same region. The
Kehukee church in Halifax County was
organized in I742 by emigrants from
Berkley, Va., with Rev. Wm. Sojourner
as pastor. Burkitt and Read say that it
was constituted by persons " received
and baptized on the Freewill plan. "
The Tosniot church in Edgecomb Coun-
ty, was one of the oldest General Bap-
tist churches in the country. Asplund's
Register gives the organization of the
Camden County church as late as 1757.
The Meherrin church in Hertford Coun-
ty was organized early. The Reedy
Creek church, in Warren County, was
organized from converts gathered by Dr.
Josiah Hart, who began his ministry
there "about the year 175O." A few
years before this several families from
the Burley church, Virginia, had mi-
grated there and had made many
proselytes. By 1752, sixteen church-
es, all of General Baptist sentiments,
were flourishing in the state. In the
summer of I754 Rev. John Gano was
sent out by the Philadelphia Associa-
tion "with general and indefinite in-
structions to travel in the Southern
States," etc. Under these instructions
he visited these General Baptist churches.
In the fall Of I 75 5 a committee from the
same association visited the Freewill
Baptist churches in North Carolina and
waged there proselyting war upon their
weaker brethren, their superior organiza-
tion, wealth, refinement and culture,
making the scattered churches of the
Arminian type no match for them. Mr.
Edwards, quoted by Dr. Benedict, thus
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describes the visit of Mr. Gano : "On
his arrival, he sent to the ministers, re
questing an interview with them, which
they declined and appointed a meeting
among themselves to consult what to do.
Mr. Gallo, hearing of it, went to their
meeting and addressed them ill words to
this effect : I have desired a visit from
you, which, as a brother and stranger, I
had a right to expect ; but as ye have
refused, I give up my claim, and am
come to pay you a visit,' with that lie
ascended into the pulpit and read for
his text the following words : 'Jesus I
know, and Paul I know ; but who are
ye ? , This text he managed in such a
mariner as to make some afraid of him,
and others ashamed of their shyness. "
(VOL 2, p. 99.) The Kehukee church
was gained in 1755, and Reedy Creek
church was found to have tell who ac-
cepted Calvinism and was accordingly
reorganized; in 1758 the Tosniot church
with its three preachers accepted the
Calvinistic creed. The church in Cam-
den County also yielded. But the Per-
quimans and Meherrin churches guarded
by Elders Joseph and William Parker
and Elder Winfield held out resolutelv.
What was left unfinished by these Phila-
delphian visitors was "carried on with
a very laudable zeal, by the ministers
among themselves. insomuch
that before the year 1765, all the minister
and churches " with the few excep-
tions mentioned "embraced the princi-
ple of the reformation," (VOL 2, P. IOO)
and the same year the Kehukee Associa-
tion was organized and admitted to the
fellowship of the Charleston Association.
Gradually Perquimans church, to which
Joseph Parker ministered, was weak-
ened ; in 1848 this Church bore the name
Shiloh of the Chowan Association. When
it yielded its Arminian views is not
known. The Meherrin church was up-
rooted with greater difficulty. In 1773
Wm. Parker became its pastor and bap-
tized many persons. The erection of a
Calvinistic Baptist meeting-house in its
vicinity and the organization there of a
church of that faith, soon much reduced
its numbers. After Elder Parker's slid-
den death in I 784, the remaining mem-
bers applied to Elder Burkitt to supply
them. Through his influence the de-
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clining church came II under re-exami-
nation, " and the result was the forma-
tion of a small Calvinistic church which
joined the Kehukee Association in 1794.
Thus were the Arminian churches assim-
ilated, by their Calvinistic brethren, from
New England to North Carolina. Be-
tween these points, the work was com-
plete. With no means of intercommuni-
cation, with no religious press or corre-
spondence by delegation, both in Rhode
Island and North Carolina with some
measure of organization the Six Princi-
ple or General Baptist interests have sur-
vived. In North Carolina the process
of assimilation by the Calvinistic body
was not thorough. We are soon con-
fronted with a growing association of
General Baptists. Their Luzen Swamp
and Grinsley churches possess records
reaching back to I793. In i827 Rev.
Jesse Heath, of Cox Bridge, representing
twenty ministers, as many churches with
845 members, addressed a letter of in-
quiry to John Buzzell of Parsonfield, Me.,
editor of the Morning Star. The reply
was published in that paper, April 23.
In 1828 the North Carolina brethren
adopted the name Freewill Baptists.
In a communication sent to the General
Conference in November, 1829, the body
reported thirty-three ministers, twenty-
six churches and 2, ooo, members. From
this time the Rev. Elias Hutchins began
his visits among them and was cordially
received by their churches. They re-
ported for some years with the denomi-
nation, were counted in the Register in
the annual statistics, and though they
never formally united with the General
Conference yet they sent delegates to
that body. Many of them, however,
were slave-holders, and the outspoken
resolutions passed in General Confer-
ences caused them to withdraw their
fellowship. Their last report in 1835
showed some forty-four churches, thirty-
six elders, eight licentiates and 2,900
members. The Liberty Association in
Kentucky, numbering in 1830, eight
churches and 214 members, and the
United Baptists in Georgia numbering
in 1831, sixteen churches, fourteen min-
isters, and 861 members opened a corre-
spondence looking toward union. Those
in Kentucky agreed in 1835 to hold
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Quarterly Meetings, but the vexing
question of slavery severed the corre-
spondence. A formal vote was passed
in General Conference to this effect in
1839. Since this question has ceased
forever to vex God's people our relation
with these Southern Arminian Baptists
has been renewed; in some cases union
with the denomination has been consum-
mated, in others the relation is becoming
daily more and more friendly.
The Rhode Island Six Principle Bap-
tists still exist as a distinct organization.
Their conference consisting of a dozen
ministers, as many churches, with about
1,000 members, met, in 1886, with the
Free Baptist Association of Rhode is-
land and the Christian Connection of that
state in an Annual Convention known as
the Narragansett Convocation of Baptist
churches. The old General Baptists of
Rhode Island contributed in two ways to
the growth of our denomination. First,
many of their ancient churches became
Free Baptist. Among these are the Tiv-
erton, organized in 1684, Johnston organ-
ized by Samuel Winsor, Jr., in 1771,
Block Island 1772, Rehoboth 1777. The
Roger Williams church was organized
in 183o, as Six Principle Baptist. The
Cranston church, at Knightville, which
joined the Q. M. in 1828, was from the
same body. A second method by which
the General Baptist element in Rhode
Island has contributed to our growth is
through the accession of the Free Com-
munion Baptists of New York. They
were of General Baptist origin. Previ-
ous to 1783, emigrants from a church in
Westerly, R. L, connected with the
somewhat celebrated " Groton Union
Conference," which was composed large-
ly, if not wholly, of churches which
sprung up as a result of the labors of
Whitefield, settled in Stephentown,
Rensselaer County, N. Y. They carried
with them their ideas of religious doctrine
and polity, and soon organized a church of
which Benajah Corpe was the first pas-
tor. Members of this first church re-
moved to villages and towns farther
through their instrumentality
west, and
other churches were established, holding
to general atonement and open commun-
ion. In 1841, when they united formally
I with the denomination, they had a mem-
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bership of more than 2, Soo, embraced in
fifty-five churches extending into Penn-
sylvania and Canada West. They have
given to the denomination such men as
William Hunt, Levi G. Gardner and
Jeremiah Phillips.
Armstrong, Rev. Albert A., son of
Wilson and Mary (Ashton) Armstrong,
was born in Cuba, N. V., Dec. 11, 1848.
He was educated at Pike Seminary and
at Tenbroeck Academy, N. V. He re-
ceived license to preach in 1869, the year
after his conversion, and was ordained
by the Cattaraugus Q. M., June 11,
1878. His ministry has continued in
Western New York. Nov. 9, 1870, he
was married to Elizabeth H. Guthrie,
and has four children.
Arthur, Rev. James Thornton, was
born in Bloom Township, Scioto County,
Ohio, April 22, 1853. His parents are
Joel and Malinda (Mault) Arthur. June
i5, 1873, he was married to Eliza Jane
Monroe. Receiving ordination Aug. 20,
1887, he spent several months in evan-
gelistic work in the Little Scioto Q. M.
of the Ohio and Kentucky Y. M. Re-
siding in Scioto he holds the pastorate
of the Harrison church.
Ashby, Rev. David Wesley, of
Thompsonville, Ill., was born to Jonathan
and Eliza J. (Cottingham) Ashby, Jan.
7, 1851, in Hopkins County, Ky. He
married Susan Hamilton, Feb.1, 1875,
and has three children. He experienced
religion in January, 1869, received license
in 1871, and was ordained April 4, 1875,
his connection being with the General
Baptists. About 1885 he united with
the Freewill Baptists, and has since min-
istered to churches in the Makanda
Q. M., Ill. During his ministry he has
baptized more than 100 converts.
Ashcraft, Rev. Richard, was born
in Hardin County, Ky., in i8O3. In
T826 he moved to Vigo County, Ind.,
where he was converted three years later
and joined the Free Baptists. Later in
Illinois he was et colleague of Rev's Shaw
and Fast in laying the foundation of the
denomination in the state. He traveled
quite extensively as an evangelist, aiding
the brethren in revivals, laboring as a
Free Baptist twenty-six years.
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Ashley, Rev. James, a native of
Canada, moved with the family to Hu-
ron County Ohio, in 1824. Here he
was converted when 15 years of age, and
was married in I838 to Miss Polly L.
Magee, whose untiring industry and care
was a great help to him in his work.
His labors as a preacher began in I84I,
in the Huron Q. M.; but most of his
pastoral and evangelistic work for four-
teen years was in new fields where
churches were gathered and the Seneca
Q. M. was organized. Here much good
was accomplished and a hallowed influ-
ence left for years to come. In 1855 he
removed to Cass County, Mich., where,
mostly in the St. Joseph Valley V. M., he
spent the remainder of his useful life.
Brother Ashley was characterized by
frankness, the entire absence of all cun-
ning, and loyalty to his convictions. But
his sincerity, unselfishness, wonderful
good nature and grace, rendered his bold-
est and most positive speeches, expressions
of friendship, compelling men to love and
honor him. His death occurred March
23, i882, in his 67th year. An immense
audience, employing over 18o teams,
attended his funeral, attesting the uni-
versal esteem in which he was held.
Atwood, Rev. Hezekiah, son of
Hezekiah and Nancy (Coffin) Atwood,
was born at Livermore, Me. He studied
at Farmington Academy, and served his
denomination for many years in the state
of Maine. He organized the church at
Barker's Island, Booth Bay, Me. He
has recently died. He married Mary
A. Baker, and has two children, one the
Rev. C. B. Atwood, of Cape Sable Isl-
and, N. S.
Atwood, Rev. Mark, son of James and
Betsey (McCollister) Atwood, was born
at Rochester, Vt., in November, 1820.
He studied a short time at Parsonfield,
Me. Converted at the age of seventeen,
he was baptized by Rev. Joshua Tucker,
joining the church at Warren, and was
licensed two years later. He was or-
dained at the September session of the
Enosburg Q. M. in 1840, at Franklin,
Vt., and the same year baptized six.
The ordaining council consisted of Rev's
A. Kilborn, S. Hazeltine, M. S. Moody,
Amos Davis and Raymond Austin. For
ATWOOD 2
four years he traveled ill Vermont, Call-
ada and elsewhere, and saw great revi-
vals. He frequently went with Rev.
Isaac G. Davis. His pastorates are Can-
dia, N. H.; Northwood; Salem, Mass.;
Underhill, Vt.; Starksborough ; Hopkin-
ton, N. Y.; Parishville; Strafford, Vt.;
Sutton ; Sheffield; and North Danville,
where he settled in 1884. He was em-
ployed by the Home Mission Board in
Nova Scotia ill 1842-43, and assisted in
Rev. Mark Atwuood.
the organization of a Quarterly Meet-
ing. During a continuous ministry
of forty-six years he has helped or-
ganize several churches, baptized hun-
dreds, and seen 3,000 hopeful conver-
sions in the meetings he has con-
ducted. He baptized Rev. E. W. Porter,
and preached the ordination sermon of
Rev. N. L. Rowell. He was delegate to
the General Conference at Maineville,
O., in 1856, and at Lewiston, Me., in
1865. Ill 1846 he married Lovina Davis,
and six children gladden their hearts a-id
hearth.
Atwood, Dea. Nehemiah, and Pa-
melia, his wife, were married in 1819
and spent all their subsequent lives in
RaccoonTownship-now Rio Grande-
Gallia County, 0. They were converted
under the labors of Rev. L Z. Haning,
and baptized Jan. 26, 1851. With the
27 AUGIR
blessing -of God, they accumulated a
large property, and from it they gave lib-
erally to the church at Rio Grande, to
Atwood Institute (q. v.) and to West
Virginia College. Late in life they
planned to establish a college at their
home, leaving to it all their property.
Dea. Atwood died in December 1869.
His widow carried out their plans, found-
ing Rio Grande College (q. v.). She lived
to see the school established (having
married Mr. H. Wood), and died in 1885.
Their lives were useful, and their influ-
ence still remains.
Atwood Institute was opened a,
Athens, Ohio, in 1866. The buildings
and grounds were the gift of Dea. Nehe-
miah Atwood. Rev's J. M. Kayser and
L. C. Chase were at first associated in the
management of the school. The former
remained two years, the latter three.
They were succeeded by Prof. H. B.
Dodge as principal. After some years
Rev. L. C. Chase was principal again
two years and was followed by Prof C.
0. Clark. But the school was sold soon
after to private parties. In the early
years of the school, the attendance for a
term reached 120, and 210 pupils were
present during the year. The lack of
interest in the school on the part of citi-
zens of Albany, caused Dea. Atwood to
found Rio Grande College, and the pat-
ronage of Freewill Baptists was trans-
ferred to that institution.
Augir, Rev. Franklin Page, son of
Robert and Abigail (Hough) Augir, was
born in Schuyler, N. V., Oct. 14, 1818.
He was educated at Western Reserve
Seminary, O., Whitestown Seminary, N.
Y., and Hillsdale College, Mich. He
devoted his life to God in March 1834;
was licensed by the Honey Creek Q. M.,
Wis., in 1843, and ordained by a coun-
cil from the same body in April 1847.
His forty years of active ministry have
been spent in pastoral work in Rhode
Island, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan,
Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas, where he
is now serving the Pleasant Valley church.
He has engaged in numerous revivals,
preached 3,575 sermons and baptized
two hundred and twenty-four converts.
He has been active in temperance and
Sunday-school work ; has served as trus-
AUGIR 28
tee of the Western Association, and is
now chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee of the Southern Kansas V. M. Sept.
19, 1847, he was married to Lavinia L.
Rev. F. P. Augir.
Bixby, and, of their seven children (five
now living) four have graduated from
Hillsdale College.
Augir, Rev. Orlando D., brother of
Rev. F. P. Augir, was born at Spring-
ville, N. Y., Feb. I 7, 1828. He accepted
Christ in 1846; studied at Waukesha
Academy, Wis., 1848-49, and at Hillsdale
College three years ; received license to
preach in 1857, and ordination, Feb. 4,
1859. He has been pastor of the Butler,
Quincy, and Cooks Prairie churches of
the St. Joseph's Valley Y. M., Mich.,
and of the Merrimack, Scott and Marcel-
lon, Burnett, New Berlin, Rochester,
Wheatland, and Raymond churches of
the Wisconsin Y. M. He is at present re-
siding in Florida, and is pastor of the Crys-
tal Lake church. In 185o he was mar-
ried to Lucy M. Munger, who died in
1879, and in I884 to Miss Julia Holt.
His four children have been students at
Hillsdale College.
Augir, Ozro G., son of Rev. 0. D.
Augir, was born near Portage City, Wis.,
in 1852. His grandfathers were Free Bap-
tist deacons. He was converted in 1866,
and after a preparatory course at Rochester
Seminary, was graduated from Hillsdale
28 AVERY
College in 1877. He has been Principal
of Wilton Collegiate Institute, and of
West Virginia College, and has taught
also elsewhere. He is Clerk of the West
Virginia Association. In 1881 he mar-
ried Zana M., daughter of Rev. D. Pow-
ell, and two children cheer their home.
Austin Academy. See Strafford
Academy.
Avery, Rev. Austin W., died in
Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 7, 1865, in his
27th year. He was born in Campton,
N. H., Nov. i8, 1838. Brought up at
the knee of a Christian mother, he was
converted in childhood, and finally made
a public stand for Christ during a revi-
val, on his sixteenth birthday. After
hesitation that resulted in a loss of
peace, he entered New Hampton Insti-
tution to prepare for the ministry, in 1856.
Two years later he was licensed to
preach. Being unable to study, through
ill-health, he went to Paducah, Ky.,
early in 1859 to visit a brother, and
then made a tour through nine of the
Southern States, and saw slavery as it
was. He came to Dover, N. H., to sup-
ply for three months a vacant pulpit,
and fifty-one requested interest in pray-
ers. As agent of the New York City
church, he went to Parishville, N. Y.,
to collect funds. A revival began,
from which sixty were added to the
church during the year. He resigned
his agency, and settled at Parishville,
where he was ordained at the age Of 2 I,
March 24, 1860. In January, 1861 he
went to Boston to study with Rev. R.
Dunn, and March 13 he became pastor
of the Boston church. Through his
four years' pastorate there, a great inter-
est continued, till 186 were added to the
church, 156 of them by baptism. His
constitution began to give way. He
entered upon a pastorate of a few months
in Haverhill. In June, it was evident
that his health was declining. In Sep-
tember, after a brief vacation which af-
forded no relief, he returned to seek to
rid the church of a cumbersome debt.
The last Sabbath he preached, the sub-
ject was presented, and $950 was quick--
ly raised. Within a ministry of six
years he baptized 175. During the sick-
ness that followed, the debt on the Hav-
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erhill church and the pastorless Boston
church weighed heavily upon his heart.
During his last hours he uttered fre-
quently, " Home ... .. Rest," " Glory."
He was buried in his native State. Rev.
I. D. Stewart preached a sermon to his
memory. He married Nov. 4, 1861,
Sara S., daughter of Rev. N. K. George,
who survived him but a few months.
Avery, Rev. Fernald, died of con-
sumption, in Cornith, Vt., Oct. 13, 1866,
aged 31 years. He was converted in
1855, and feeling a call to the ministry,
entered New Hampton in 1859; but ill-
health soon compelled him to leave
school. In October, 1860, he was licensed
by the Cornith Q. M., and became pas-
tor of the Williamstown Church. The
next year he was ordained there. In
August, 1864, he again commenced
study at New Hampton, but after a year
his disease - became so seated in his
lungs that be was obliged to leave his
wife and friends, and 'go to his home
above.
Avery, Rev. Newell Augustus, son
of Edward and Hannah F. (Harding)
Avery, was born in Prospect, Me., June
30, 1847. He studied at the Methodist
29
Seminary at Bucksport, Me., and gradu-
ated from Bates Theological School in
188o. He was converted in 187o, re-
ceived license to preach in 1874, and was
ordained July 4, 1875, at Islesboro, Me.,
by Rev. A. Clark and others of the Mont-
ville Q. M. He held one pastorate before
taking the theological course, and one at
Sabattusville, during the course. After
graduating he settled in Epsom, N. H.
He next became pastor of the Water
Village and Second Ossipee churches.
From this field he was called to the Man-
chester church in 1888. Besides special
revivals, he has had continued interest
in his churches, and has baptized eighty-
four persons and given the hand of fel-
lowship to over one hundred. He has
been a member of the State and Quarterly
Meeting Mission Boards for three years.
He was married May 19, 1881, to Sarah
C. Goodwin. They have one child.
Ayres, Rev. Alexander, died in Cal-
edonia, Ill., Nov. 13, 1854, aged 40
years. He united with the Free Com-
munion Baptist church in Virgil, N. Y.,
in 183o, and was ordained in 1838. He
was a faithful pastor. His labors were
chiefly with the churches in Chenango
County, N. Y.
(c) 1998
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