Born: Edgar County, Illinois, 1856.
Died:
His grandmother, Mary Holland, came out of the Presbyterian Church with Barton W. Stone at Caneridge, Kentucky, and his mother was baptized by Maurice R. Trimble in southern Illinois. He grew up on the farm, attended the public schools and was five years at Eureka. He has been in the ministry thirty-eight years, an energetic pastor and successful evangelist in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, having added near ten thousand members to the churches. His single purpose has been to preach the pure gospel and follow the Master.
"If I had my life to live over again, I would do just what I have done, barring a few mistakes."