Born: Ewel, England, 1818.
Died: Albion, Ill., 1901.
Was brought by his parents to America in 1821, and later into Edwards County. At the Little Prairie Church there he became a Christian and a minister. He worked with his hands to support himself and family while he preached, and was successful both in his secular business and his public ministry. He was a lover of good books and had a large library. He was firm in his faith, a man of sweet and gracious spirit, and, with his increasing means, liberal to a fault. For about sixty-one years he continued his public service in southern Illinois, but particularly in Edwards County. A short time before his death he said:
"It is the last step that a man makes that takes him into heaven."