MORGAN'S HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE Page 229
Was born in Caroline county, Maryland, September, 1821. He was brought up on the farm of his father, who put him to plowing when he was a little boy. His father had to saw the handles off the plow so he could manage it. With this outfit he went to the field. He was once asked by some one, after he had grown to be a man, what made him grow so large. His answer was: "My father put me to ploughing when I was young and made my muscles expand, and therefore I grew large." He was taught his letters by his father, and after he began to spell and read it was not long before he got the idea in his head that he must write. The sands in the roads and the sides of the old frame house were his copy books. Soon he was writing letters for his young friends to their young friends. In August, 1835, he obtained hope in Christ. In 1837 he joined the M. E. Church; in 1840 he united with the A. M. E. Church; in 1843 he was admitted into the Philadelphia Conference, after filling stations in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and in 1864 he was elected Bishop. He was secretary of the general conference for three sessions. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Harvard University.
Was born in Delaware about 1815. When he was quite small his father gave a gentleman a mortgage upon him and then went away, and when the money was due the mortgage was foreclosed and an attempt was made to sell him, but he got wind of it and left the State of Delaware for Philadelphia, where his mother resided. He soon became an active member of the A. M. E. Church. After he was licensed to preach he was appointed by Bishop Morris Brown to supply a vacancy on the Bucks County Circuit, Pa. From there he was sent as missionary to the New
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