Born in Wheeling county, Virginia, November 9, 1799. He removed thence to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1832, where he remained until 1853 when he became a resident of Iowa and lived in the State twenty-two years during which time he was three times elected a member of the Legislature. In 1875 he came to California and has since made Gridley his home. Ordained a the age of twenty-five he was a circuit rider in the interest of Methodism.

Born in Wheeling county, Virginia, November 9, 1799. He removed thence to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1832, where he remained until 1853 when he became a resident of Iowa and lived in the State twenty-two years during which time he was three times elected a member of the Legislature. In 1875 he came to California and has since made Gridley his home. Ordained a the age of twenty-five he was a circuit rider in the interest of Methodism.

Born in Wheeling county, Virginia, November 9, 1799. He removed thence to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1832, where he remained until 1853 when he became a resident of Iowa and lived in the State twenty-two years during which time he was three times elected a member of the Legislature. In 1875 he came to California and has since made Gridley his home. Ordained a the age of twenty-five he was a circuit rider in the interest of Methodism.