Born: St. Andrews, New Brunswick, prior to 1822?
Died: Lincoln, Illinois, 1871.
Charles J. came to Boston when in his teens, and for a period was a member of the Tremont Temple Free Will Baptist Church. His moral convictions were strong, and his opposition to slavery and all secret societies became so radical that, as his pastor, Nathaniel Colver, put it,
"Charles compelled the church to disfellowship him."
Meanwhile, by the aid of the Millennial Harbinger, he came to a knowledge of the Restoration movement. Whereupon, he helped his brother Thomas in the formation of a church of Christ and instituted worship on the Lord's Days after the apostolic example. In 1855 he succeeded James Darsie as pastor of the church at Connersville, Pennsylvania. He came to Illinois in 1859, and resided at Princeton, Abingdon and Lincoln, at which places, or in the surrounding sections, he labored assiduously in the gospel till his death, which came by tuberculosis.
These brothers were the sons of Methodist parents. The home was one of regular prayer and practical piety. They were men of a high spiritual type and gave their time to genuine service.