Born: 1816.
Died: Vermont, Illinois, 1898.
Became a Christian in Sangamon County. Like his Master, he was a carpenter before he became a preacher. His home was at Vermont for many years. With that town as a center, he preached throughout the Military Tract. He baptized about four thousand persons. The strength of his life was given to his generation. It was a time of sacrifices. Preachers' salaries were small, and ofttimes a part was never paid. But his heart was in his work. He went afoot or on horseback to his appointments. He preached in homes, barns, groves, courthouses and schoolhouses. For more than fifty years he held steadily on in his ministry till the disability of age laid its hand upon him. In his prime he was a power in the pulpit.