EV. J. BENNETT AUSLEY was born and reared in Wake county, North Carolina. He died January 1, 1890, and was buried at Wake chapel, of which he was a member. He was a member of the Deep River Conference. He left a wife and five children.

      Rev. J. B. Ausley was licensed by the North Carolina and Virginia Conference. He had been co-operating with a minister who had been expelled from the Conference, and at Oak Level in 1865, his case was referred to a special committee composed of Revs. H. B. Hayes and J. N. Farrell, which committee was instructed to report to the Executive committee. In 1866, he was restored to fellowship in the Conference at O'Kelly's chapel in Chatham county, and at Salem chapel in Forsyth county, in 1868, he was advised to continue his studies. The committee on ordination speaks of him as a "pious and devout Christian." He had charge of Pine Grove and Moore Union. In 1869, his name was dropped from the [353] list of licentiates of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference, he having united with the Deep River Valley Conference. It seems that he must have been received and made an Elder by the Deep River Valley Conference in 1869.

      At the Conference at Oldham's Grove in Moore county, in 1870, he was pastor of Oldham's Grove, and at the Conference served on the committee on religious exercises. From 1870 to 1879, he resided at Jonesboro. He attended the Conference at Parks' Cross Roads in 1879. He reported, "Have had two regular appointments since July. Am encouraged." This seems to have been the last Conference that he attended. With 1889 his name drops out; his age was between fifty and sixty. In his latter years he seems to have resided at Bellentine's Mills and at Enno, North Carolina.

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