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 Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 CLEVELAND, OHIO, MAY, 1896. 
 
 WITH PORTRAITS OF DELEGATES, AND SKETCHES FROM NORTHWESTERN 
 
 CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 Authorized by Committee on Entertainment. 
 
 J. R. CREIGHTON, D. D., 
 M. A. HEAD. D. D., . . . 
 
 ^ Editors. 
 
 CINCINNATI: CRANSTON & CURTS. 
 NEW YORK : HUNT & EATON. 
 1896. 
 
COPYRIGHT BY 
 
 J. R. CREIGHTON, 
 
 Publishing Committee. 
 M. A. HEAD, \ * 
 
 1896. 
 
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 DELEGATED GENERAL CONFERENCES. 
 
 NO. 
 
 YEAR. 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 i. 
 
 .... 1812. 
 
 .John Street, New York. 
 
 .... 90 
 
 2. 
 
 
 
 
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 .1820. 
 
 .Baltimore. 
 
 .... 89 
 
 4 . 
 
 .1824. 
 
 .Baltimore. 
 
 .... 125 
 
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 .1828. 
 
 .Pittsburg. 
 
 
 6. 
 
 .1832. 
 
 
 
 7. 
 
 .1836. 
 
 .Cincinnati New Ratio). 
 
 .... 151 
 
 8 . 
 
 
 
 .... 143 
 
 9 . 
 
 .1844. 
 
 
 .... 180 
 
 io. 
 
 .1848. 
 
 .Pittsburg.. 
 
 .... 151 
 
 ii. 
 
 .1852. 
 
 .Boston. 
 
 .... 178 
 
 12. 
 
 .1856. 
 
 .Indianapolis. 
 
 .... 220 
 
 13 . 
 
 
 
 .... 221 
 
 14 . 
 
 .1864. 
 
 
 
 15 . 
 
 .1868. 
 
 
 .... 243 
 
 l6. 
 
 
 
 . ... 421 
 
 17 . 
 
 .1876. 
 
 .Baltimore. 
 
 •••• 355 
 
 18. 
 
 ...... 1880. 
 
 . . . . Cincinnati. 
 
 .... 399 
 
 19 . 
 
 .1884. 
 
 .Philadelphia. 
 
 . ... 417 
 
 20. 
 
 .1888. 
 
 .New York. 
 
 .... 463 
 
 21. 
 
 .1892. 
 
 .Omaha. 
 
 .... 504 
 
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NEW YORK HOUSE. 
 
 ©ook ©ommittee. 
 
 DISTRICT. NAME. CONFERENCE. 
 
 1. A. F. CHASE,.Maine. 
 
 2. A. J. PALMER,.New York. 
 
 3. L. C. QUEAL,.Central New York. 
 
 4. E. J. GRAY, Secretary ,.Central Pennsylvania. 
 
 5. W. F. WHITLOCK, Chairman ,.North Ohio. 
 
 6. J. E. WILSON,.South Carolina. 
 
 7. CLEMENT STUDEBAKER.Northwest Indiana. 
 
 8. M. A. HEAD,.Central Illinois. 
 
 9. J. R. CREIGHTON,.Wisconsin. 
 
 10. N. A. CHAMBERLAIN,.Colorado. 
 
 11. T. B. SWEET,.Kansas. 
 
 12. W. R. DUNCAN,.Little Rock. 
 
 13. H. A. SALZER,.Northwest German. 
 
 14. JUSTUS GREELY,.California. 
 
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CINCINNATI HOUSE. 
 
 SUBDIVISIONS BOOK COMMITTEE. 
 
 Eastern Section —Chairman, E. L. FANCHER; Secretary, A. J. PARMER. 
 Western Section —Chairman, CLEM. STUDEBAKER; Secretary, M. A. HEAD. 
 
 LOCAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 WILLIAM HOYT. 
 
 E. B. TUTTLE. 
 
 E. L. FANCHER. 
 
 CINCINNATI. 
 
 J. N. GAMBLE. 
 RICHARD DYMOND. 
 R. T. MILLER. 
 
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 DIAGRAM. SEATING OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 
 
GENERAL CONFERENCE, 1896. 
 
 location ai^ Entertainment. 
 
 HE authority to select the place of meeting and provide for the entertainment 
 of the General Conference having been intrusted to the Book Committee, 
 that body appointed a sub-committee from its own membership to visit each 
 place inviting, and examine into their ability to meet the conditions neces¬ 
 sary for the ample and successful entertainment of so large an assemblage. In the per¬ 
 formance of this duty, Saratoga, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Detroit, and Chicago were in 
 turn visited, and a full report made at the meeting of the Book Committee in 1894. 
 After a careful consideration of the advantages offered by each place, Cleveland, receiv¬ 
 ing a majority of the votes, was duly selected, and the sub-committee appointed a perma¬ 
 nent committee, with authority to make and carry out complete arrangements for the 
 comfort, convenience, and entertainment of the General Conference of 1896. 
 
 The committee thus appointed, duly organized, is as follows : 
 
 A. J. PALMER, Chairman, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
 
 W. F. WHITLOCK, Secretary, Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 RICHARD DYMONI), Treasurer, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 A. F. CHASE, Rockport, Maine. M. A. HEAD, Grant Park, Ill. 
 
 E. J. GRAY, Williamsport, Pa. L. C. QUEAL, Moravia, New York. 
 
 J. R. CREIGHTON, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
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GENERAL CONFERENCE CITY 
 
 CLEVELAND, OHIO, has shown great enthusiasm in the location of the General 
 Conference from the beginning, and its citizens hailed the choice of their lovely city 
 with delight. A large and influential Committee of Arrangements was selected, and 
 in the face of great difficulties arising from a necessarily iucompleted building, every 
 requirement of the Entertainment Committee has been satisfactorily met. 
 
 CLEVELAND COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 President.HORACE BENTON, . 
 
 Vice President,.WILSON M. DAY, . . 
 
 Recording Secretary,.A. H. VAN GORDER, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary, .... Rev. F. A. GOULD, . 
 Treasurer,.W. E. WALWORTH, . 
 
 m-113 Water St. 
 
 27 Vincent St. 
 m-113 Water St. 
 164 Kenilworth Ave. 
 56 Public Square. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 The above Officers and the following Chairmen of Committees: 
 
 Finance,.F. A. ARTER,.230 Euclid Ave. 
 
 Auditorium,.W. M. BAYNE,.69 Frankfort St. 
 
 Hotels and Boarding Houses, . . J S. ORAM,.160 Coe St. 
 
 Railroads and Excursions, . . . O. L. DOTY,.65 Atwater Building. 
 
 Committee Rooms,.C. S. McKIM,.24 Seneca St. 
 
 Post-office, Telegraph & Tel’ne, . H. C. BRAINERD, M. D..89 Euclid Ave. 
 
 Public Worship,. Rev. JOHN F. FISHER, .... 44 Chestnut St. 
 
 Lectures and Music,.B. E. HELMAN,.23 Euclid Ave. 
 
 Reception,. Rev. JOHN MITCHELL, .... 206 Franklin Ave. 
 
 Press,. Rev. LEVI GILBERT.504 Prospect St. 
 
 Printing.J. L. GOBEILLE, .Cor. Leonard and Winter. 
 
 Auditing,.A. I. TRUESDELL.The Arcade. 
 
 O. M. STAFFORD. 
 S. R. BADGLEY. 
 
 J. W. SCOTT. 
 
 R. A. FIELD. 
 
 O. C. CLARK. 
 
 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. 
 
 REV. W. H. RIDER. 
 REV. A. VAN CAMP. 
 
 S. ROSSITER, Jr. 
 
 S. SPENCER. 
 
 Rev. E. S. LEWIS, 
 PRES. CADY STALEY. 
 
 Rev. R. M. FRESHWATER. 
 Rev. J. S. REAGER. 
 
 Rev. D. H. MULLER. 
 
 JAY D. STAY. 
 
 J. D. JONES, M. D. 
 
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 LEVELAND, called from its numerous trees the “Forest City,” was founded 
 in 1796 by Moses Cleaveland, and named in his honor. On his return to 
 Windham, Connecticut, he spoke of having laid out a town at the mouth of 
 the Cuyahoga River, which had been named for him, and said: “I should not be sur- 
 
 SOLD1ERS’ MONUMENT. 
 
 prised if it is some day as big as Windham.” It is now the tenth city in size in the 
 United States, having a population of 333,000. Elaborate preparations are being made 
 to celebrate its centennial this summer. 
 
 CITY GOVERNMENT. The form of government is known as the “Federal.” The 
 legislative body consists of twenty-two members, known as the Common Council. The 
 
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Executive Department consists of the mayor, and the heads of the six departments of 
 Public Works, Daw, Accounts, Fire, Police, and Charities and Corrections, who are 
 nominated by the mayor, and confirmed by the Council, and who are responsible 
 for appointments in their several departments. These six “ Directors,” with the mayor, 
 constitute the “ Board of Control.” The mayor, police judge, treasurer, and Council 
 are elected b>^ the people. 
 
 SHIPPING AND MANUFACTURES. Cleveland is the first city in the United 
 States in tonnage of vessels built, only one port in the world, the Clyde, exceeding 
 it. More than $20,000,000 worth of vessels are owned here. It is the largest iron- 
 ore market in the world In over 2,000 factories 52,000 wage - earners produced 
 $104,000,000 worth of goods in 1895. Twenty thousand articles made here are ex¬ 
 ported. Cleveland is the first city in the United States in the manufacture of steel 
 ships, heavy machinery, heavy forgings, bolts and nuts, malleable castings, carriage 
 hardware, shoddy and blankets, electric dynamos, electric carbons, vapor stoves, wire 
 and wire nails, and in the last four articles ranks first in the world. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL. The schools are unexcelled. The first high school in the United 
 States was established here. There is $4,142,320 invested in school property; $1,149,069 
 was expended on education in 1895, an d 48,069 pupils were taught by 1,002 teachers 
 in 85 buildings. There are three high schools, a normal school, a manual training 
 school, and a system of night schools. In addition to numerous private and parochial 
 schools, there are three medical colleges, five business colleges, a woman’s college, two 
 schools of music, au art school, Adelbert University, and Case School of Applied 
 Science. Cleveland has a free public library, with branches in different parts of the 
 city. There are also the Case, Law, and Historical libraries. 
 
 A CITY OF HOMES. Cleveland is a city of homes, having 45,000 dwelling 
 houses, more workingmen owning their homes, in proportion to population, than any 
 other large American city. 
 
 PHILANTHROPIC AND BENEVOLENT. Cleveland’s charities are extensive, and 
 thoroughly organized through an organization known as ‘‘The Bethel Associated Char¬ 
 ities.” The city has thirteen hospitals, several private sanitariums, five orphan asy¬ 
 lums, six children’s homes, four homes for aged men and women, three invalid homes, 
 two rescue homes for fallen women, three homes for women and girls, a men’s home, 
 a maternity home, and two deaconess homes. There are nine day nurseries, ten free 
 kindergartens, eight free dispensaries, nineteen benevolent aid societies, and several 
 missions combining religious and relief work. 
 
 Its Young Woman’s Christian Association is very successful. 
 
 The Young Men’s Christian Association has a costly central building, with every 
 facility known to the modern Young Men’s Christian Association, and three branch 
 buildings. It has a membership of 2,468 in the central association, and 3,500 in all. 
 It conducts an evening college, with 700 students, has a fine lecture course, thorough 
 
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 courses in the English Bible, an employment bureau, and in every way is one of the 
 most valuable of Cleveland’s institutions. 
 
 OBJECTS OF INTEREST. Euclid 
 
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 Avenue, Wade and Gordon Parks, Eake 
 View and Riverside Cemeteries, the Gar¬ 
 field and Soldiers’ Monuments, the via¬ 
 ducts, the ore docks, the Arcade Society 
 for Savings, New England and other build¬ 
 ings, the Work-house, Northern Ohio Asy¬ 
 lum for the Insane, Sheriff Street Market, 
 Lakeside Hospital, the Young Men's Chris¬ 
 tian Association, Public, Case, and His¬ 
 torical Libraries, Adelbert University, and 
 Case School of Applied Science, the rolling 
 mills, shipyards, Standard Oil Company, 
 National Carbon Works, and other great 
 factories. The best view of the city is 
 from the New England Building, on Euclid 
 Avenue. 
 
 CHURCHES. Cleveland’s churches are numerous and aggressive. All the leading 
 denominations are well represented. There are many costl) r and beautiful buildings. 
 Institutional features are common. Philan¬ 
 thropic and benevolent effort is conducted 
 on a large scale, and the Churches are 
 growing faster than the population. 
 
 GARFIELD MONUMENT. 
 
 CLEVELAND ^BTHODJSA- 
 
 The Conference Minutes of 1895 give thirty Churches, with a membership (in¬ 
 cluding probationers) of 7,665, more than 1,000 in advance of any Protestant denom¬ 
 ination. The present membership is about 8,000. The twenty-nine church-buildings 
 are valued at $751,000, the eleven parsonages at $39,500. There is preaching in 
 English, German, Bohemian, and Swedish. In 1895 there was paid for pastoral sup¬ 
 port, $38,260; current expenses, $16,311; Sunday-schools, $8,207; building and im¬ 
 proving, and paying indebtedness of churches and parsonages, $60,586; benevolences, 
 $15,433; a total of $138,797. There are 8,112 Sunday-school scholars, and 877 officers 
 and teachers. 
 
 EPWORTH LEAGUE. A well-officered city League holds quarterly meetings of 
 great value, attended by large and enthusiastic audiences. There are twenty-nine 
 Senior Leagues, with 2,700 members, and eighteen Junior Leagues, with i,?oo 
 members. 
 
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 THE METHODIST SOCIAL UNION is an organization of Methodist ministers and 
 laymen, having as its object the advancement of all Methodist interests, and the cul¬ 
 tivation of denominational unity and social life among the Churches. 
 
 THE CHURCH EXTENSION AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY was organized in 
 April, 1886. It has assisted in building eight churches and chapels, and contributes 
 to the support of others. It originated and carried to success the $50,000 movement 
 by which the debts of all Methodist Churches in the city were paid in 1890. The 
 Society expended about $8,000 in 1895. 
 
 THE WOMAN’S FOREIGN AND WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETIES 
 
 are both active and efficient. Each has a City Union. The Woman’s Foreign Mis¬ 
 sionary Society has 1,260 members, and the Woman’s Home Missionary Society 557 
 members in the city. 
 
 THE DEACONESS HOME. The Board was organized in October, 1889. For five 
 years, from April 1, 1890, the Home was at 1058 East Madison Avenue, the lease of 
 which was generously given by Rev. and Mrs. Dillon Prosser. In February, 1895, 
 the present building, 268 Woodland Avenue, with a lot, 44 by 200, was purchased for 
 $6,000, of which Mr. W. F. Walworth generously gave $3,000. The Cleveland 
 Churches furnished it, and it is well adapted in every way to its purpose. There are 
 now eleven deaconesses, four nurse and seven visiting, in the Home. The expendi¬ 
 tures in 1895 were $2,805.65. Mr. Walworth has since given twenty feet at the rear 
 of the lot, an outlet, three feet wide, on Orange Street, and a building which will be 
 used for mothers’ meetings, night school, sewing school, kindergarten, etc., valued at 
 $1,100, which, with amounts expended for improvements and furnishings, makes the 
 Deaconess property worth $8,500. 
 
 THE METHODIST TIMES is the organ of Cleveland and North Ohio Methodism. 
 It is owned by a stock company. It began publication as a weekly, January 11, 1895. 
 Its circulation is 2,100, and increasing steadily. Jay P. Stay is editor and manager. 
 
COVENANT M. E. CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
 
 CHRIST M. E. CHURCH, PITTSBURG, PA. 
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WlMT MOT QOB WKOyQIHTo 
 
 The FIRST Methodist Society in the New World organized in 1766 with five mem¬ 
 bers, in Philip Embury’s house, New York. 
 
 The FIRST church, “an edifice of most primitive character,” dedicated in 1768. 
 The FIRST itinerant preachers, Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmoor, sent 
 from the Eeeds Conference in 1769. 
 
 THE FIRST Annual Conference organized in Philadelphia, 1773, with ten preach¬ 
 
 ers, there being a membership in 
 
 THE FIRST General Con- 
 the “Christmas Conference” 
 held in Baltimore, Decem- 
 5, 1785, sixty preachers 
 Thos. Coke presiding, 
 tion, they organized the 
 Church,” elected and 
 Asbury as superin ten- 
 band of heroic laborers, 
 
 Church. “Sowing in 
 nite toil, what a won- 
 this year of grace 
 
 1. A General 
 ing about 540 del- 
 meeting in this its 
 quadrennial ses- 
 gated Conference 
 
 2. One hun- 
 nual organizations, 
 visitation, classi- 
 (1) 120 Annual 
 Mission Conferences 
 
 the societies of 1,160. 
 
 ference, if what is known as 
 is accepted as such, was 
 ber 24, 1784, to January 
 being in attendance, 
 After careful delibera- 
 “ Methodist Episcopal 
 consecrated Francis 
 dent, and went forth, a 
 to build up the new 
 tears,” and with infi- 
 derful fruitage ! for in 
 1896 there are: 
 Conference, hav- 
 egated members, 
 twenty - second 
 sion, the first dele- 
 being in 1812. 
 dred and forty an- 
 requiring episcopal 
 fied as follows: 
 Conferences; (2) 8 
 
 (3) 12 Missions. A total of 17,026 itinerant ministers and 14,896 
 
 local preachers. 
 
 3. A lay membership of 2,700,000, besides 320,000 probationers; 30,000 Sunday- 
 schools, with 3,000,000 scholars and teachers; 1,100,000 Epworth Leaguers; 25,393 
 church-buildings, valued at $107,960,374, and 9,813 parsonages, valued at $16,649,392. 
 
 4. Contributions for various official benevolences, $2,105,020; for ministerial sup¬ 
 port, $10,600,000; besides current expenses, improvements, and debts canceled, 
 $9,000,000 more. 
 
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 fjlif^HE GENERAL CONFERENCE has always paid special attention to fraternal 
 
 greetings and reports. A Committee on Reception is duly appointed, suitable 
 
 evenings set apart, and the occasion made one of inspiration and good cheer, 
 as the fraternal union between the toilers in the Master’s field of whatever name and 
 organization can not be too close and cordial. 
 
 WM. L. WATKINSON. 
 
 ENGLISH WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. 
 
 The Rev. Wm. L- Watkinson is the delegate from the English Wesleyan Con¬ 
 ference. He is the editor of the English Wesleyan Magazine. He is the equal of any 
 preacher for popular and instructive power in the English Conference. Mr. Hughes, 
 in a late number of his paper called the Methodist Times, stamps Mr. Watkinson as 
 “ Our unique and brilliant preacher.” 
 
 Mr. Watkinson is the author of several volumes which have a great sale in Eng¬ 
 land, and a good sale in Canada, and are worthy of a wide circulation among the Meth¬ 
 odist public anywhere. The volumes are as follows: “Mistaken Signs, and Other 
 Papers on Christian Life and experience;” “Noonday Addresses;” “The Beginning of 
 the Christian Life;” “The Influence of Skepticism on Character;” “The Lessons of 
 Prosperity;” “The Program of Life;” “ Transfigured Sackcloth.” 
 
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METHODIST CHURCH OF CANADA. 
 
 Rev. John Lathern, D. D., representative of the General Conference of the Meth¬ 
 odist Church of Canada to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 1896, was born at Newshield House, Cumberland, England, 1831, and was accepted for 
 the ministry by the British Wesleyan Conference of 1855. He was sent out to the Con¬ 
 ference of Eastern British America; ordained in 1859, and stationed in St. John, N. B. 
 He was president of the Nova Scotia Conference in 1882, ..and the following year 
 received the degree of D. D. from Mount Allison University. He was elected editor of 
 
 JOHN LATHERN, D. D. 
 
 the Wesleyan , the Eastern Church paper, in 1886, and remained in that office until 1895. 
 He has been a member of every General Conference since the first union of Canadian 
 Methodism. Since 1890 he has been president of the Mount Allison Board of Regents. 
 Amongst books published by Dr. Lathern are, “ Eectures on Literary Subjects,” “Life 
 of Governor Wilmot,” “ Baptisma,” and “The Macedonian Cry.” 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. 
 
 Rev. James C. Morris, D. D., fraternal delegate from Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 South, was born July 7, 1838, in Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1855, removed to Jack¬ 
 sonville, Illinois, where he attended Illinois College, and graduated in 1856. Returning 
 to Kentucky, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Lexington in i860. In 
 
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 September, 1865, he was admitted to Kentucky Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 South, on trial. Ordained deacon by Bishop D. S. Doggett in 1866; elder by Bishop 
 
 George F. Pierce in 1867. Was trans¬ 
 ferred to Louisville Conference in 1874, 
 and stationed at Walnut Street charge. 
 After nine years in that city, he was 
 transferred, in 1883, to Denver Confer¬ 
 ence, and stationed in Denver. In 1885, 
 he was transferred to Southwest Mis¬ 
 souri Conference, and stationed at Wal¬ 
 nut Street, St. Louis. After three years, 
 he was appointed to Centenary in that 
 city, and during that pastorate he was 
 elected by the General Conference of 
 1890, at St. Louis, Missouri, assistant 
 secretary of the Board of Church Ex¬ 
 tension, and removed to Louisville, Ken¬ 
 tucky. In 1891, he was transferred to 
 the North Alabama Conference, and sta¬ 
 tioned at Birmingham. I11 1895, he was 
 transferred to the Tennessee Confer¬ 
 ence, and stationed at McKendree 
 jas. c. morris, d. d. Church, Nashville. 
 
 IRISH METHODIST CONFERENCE. 
 
 Rev. R. Crawford Johnson is the delegate from the Irish Conference. He is 
 the superintendent of the Belfast Central Mission, and is to Irish Methodism, in this 
 mission work, what Hugh Price Hughes is to 
 English Methodism. Antrim, Ireland, is the birth¬ 
 place of Dr. Johnson. He was born June 15, 1841, 
 and was educated by private tutors in his native 
 city. Having filled the office of class-leader and 
 local preacher, he was accepted by the Conference 
 of 1863 as a candidate for the itinerancy. 
 
 Dr. Johnson has received many marks of esteem 
 from his ministerial associates. In 1879 he was 
 elected junior representative of the British Con¬ 
 ference, in 1883 assistant secretary of the Confer¬ 
 ence, in 1858 chairman of the Enniskillen District, 
 in 1890 a representative of the Ecumenical Confer¬ 
 ence, in 1892 ministerial treasurer of the Home 
 Mission Fund, and in 1893 he was appointed secre¬ 
 tary of the Irish Conference. 
 
 Dr. Johnson has been in charge of the Belfast 
 City Mission since 1889, where he has shown great organizing skill. He is booked for a 
 series of lectures in different Eastern cities before returning to his native country. 
 
 R. CRAWFORD JOHNSON, D. D. 
 
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 THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 Rev. John Albert Johnson, B. A., the fraternal delegate from the African Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church, was born and educated in Canada. He is a regular graduate in 
 Arts and Theology, and is regarded by his brethren as eloquent in the pulpit, excellent 
 in spirit, a thorough Methodist, and an experienced missionary. 
 
 JOHN A. JOHNSON, B. A. 
 
 No doubt there will be other evangelical bodies represented. In other years we 
 have received delegates from African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, tfie Methodist 
 Protestant Church, United Brethren Church, and the Presbyterian General Assembly. 
 We regret failure to secure names or sketches of any, except those already presented. 
 The fraternal greetings brought by these brethren, will be received with heartiness and 
 pleasure; not that the dividing lines should be any the less distinct, but that brotherhood 
 in race and brotherhood in Christ should be kept paramount in the great work of win¬ 
 ning the world for God. 
 
ST. PAUL’S M. E. CHURCH, NEW YORK. 
 
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GENERAL CONFERENCE, 1896. 
 
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 BISHOPS — (i) Thomas Bowman, (2) Randolph S. Foster, (3) S. M. Merrill, (4) E. G. 
 Andrews, (5) H. W. Warren, (6) C. D. Foss, (7) J. F. Hurst, (8) W. X. Ninde, (9) J. M. Walden, 
 (10) W. F. Mallalieu, (ii) C. H. Fowler, (12) J. H. Vincent, (13) J. N. FitzGerald, (14) I. W. 
 Joyce, (15) J. P. Newman, (16) D. A. Goodsell. 
 
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 THE MISSIONARY BISHOPS. 
 
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 general Conference Anniversaries. 
 
 /V SIDE from the regular business sessions, the committee has arranged for recep- 
 -TpL tions, anniversaries, and other public gatherings, in order that the varied interests 
 of the Church may be presented, their representatives fully recognized, and the 
 work that Methodism is doing for the salvation of the world more thoroughly 
 understood. 
 
 We set forth, in brief, telling paragraphs, the history of these various Societies 
 and the work accomplished, hoping thereby to enhance the value and usefulness of 
 our Souvenir. 
 
 THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 This Society is the oldest denominational benevolence, having been organized April 
 5, 1819. 
 
 At this time there 
 were but twenty - one 
 States, the population 
 being not quite ten 
 millions. 
 
 The total receipts 
 in 1820 were $823.04; 
 for the year ending 
 October 31, 1895, 
 
 $1,242,650.73, fifty-five 
 per cent being appro¬ 
 priated to foreign mis¬ 
 sions, and to home mis¬ 
 sions forty-five per 
 cent. Foreign missions 
 are maintained in the 
 Protestant countries of 
 Germany, Switzerland, 
 
 Sweden, Norway, and 
 Denmark; not by send¬ 
 ing missionaries to 
 them, but by support¬ 
 ing native preachers 
 and erecting houses of 
 worship. 
 
 The earliest mis¬ 
 sion was commenced in 1849. The aggregate results up to the present are 594 preach¬ 
 ers, traveling and local, and 44,216 members and probationers. 
 
 The missions in Greek Church countries are in Finland, St. Petersburg, and Bul¬ 
 garia, begun in 1844, and having now 26 preachers and 1,072 members and probationers. 
 
 The missions in Roman Catholic countries are in Italy, South America, and Mexico. 
 The earliest mission, that of South America, began in 1836. The aggregate results are, 
 members 9,387, with 202 preachers. 
 
 The missions in heathen countries are in Africa, China, India, Japan, Malaj^sia, and 
 
 THE FIRST JOHN STREET CHURCH. 
 
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 Korea. The first missionary to Africa was the Rev. Melville B. Cox, who arrived 
 in 1833. 
 
 In 1888, William Taylor was elected and ordained Missionary Bishop for Africa, 
 and has been indefatigable in his labors. There are now nearly 5,000 preachers, mem¬ 
 bers, and probationers. 
 
 The first convert in China was baptized in 1857, the mission having been planted 
 ten years previously. There are now two Conferences and two missions, with 912 
 preachers and 16,431 members and probationers. 
 
 Since beginning the work in India, in 1856, great prosperity has attended the labors 
 of our missionaries, under the careful oversight of J. M. Thoburn, who was elected and 
 ordained Missionary Bishop to India in 1888. The Mission has developed into five 
 Conferences, with 622 preachers and 67,526 members and probationers. 
 
 Missions began in Japan, 1873; in Korea, 1885; in Malaysia, 1886. These three 
 
 mission fields report 
 at present 182 
 preachers and 4,500 
 members. 
 
 Total member¬ 
 ship in all foreign 
 missions, 147,654, 
 with 807 churches 
 and chapels; 3,430 
 Sunday-schools, with 
 156,831 scholars; and 
 1,482 d'ay - schools, 
 with 39,628 scholars. 
 
 The home mis- 
 
 % 
 
 sions are among the 
 poor and destitute 
 portions and the col¬ 
 ored people of the 
 South, the Indians 
 and unreached 
 
 classes of the West, the foreign-speaking populations, and the unevangelized masses of 
 our larger towns and great cities. 
 
 There are at present 11 organized domestic missions; 17 American Indian missions; 
 foreign-speaking missions in 72 Conferences, and English-speaking missions numbering 
 3,062, in 59 different Conferences. 
 
 McKendree, mighty in missionary labors, was the first president, and all through 
 the years the Church has been careful to select, for secretaries and official management, 
 from among the noblest of her representative men. 
 
 The vast interests of the Society are under the control of a Board of Managers, 
 sixty-four in number, elected quadrennially by the General Conference—the bishops be¬ 
 ing members ex-officio —and meeting monthly; and a General Missionary Committee, 
 consisting of bishops, secretaries, and treasurer, fourteen managers, yearly appointed, 
 and fourteen members, quadrennially elected by the General Conference upon the nom¬ 
 ination of the districts to be represented, and meeting in annual session. 
 
 LINDELL AVENUE M. E. CHURCH, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
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 PUBLISHING AGENTS. 
 
 SANDFORD HUNT. EARL CRANSTON. HOMER EATON. LEWIS CURTS. 
 
 Since the preparation of this cut, the Senior Agent, Dr. Hunt, has died. God gave him a happy 
 hour to make the crossing. On his arrival at the place of meeting, where he was to render an 
 account of work well done, in a moment he was called to the higher accounting and the more 
 glorious reward. 
 
 THE BOOK CONCERN. 
 
 The founder of Methodism was remarkable for the number and variety of his publi¬ 
 cations, covering as they did the whole field of religious thought and morals. 
 
 The people everywhere were urged to purchase and carefully read his literature, 
 and he devoted all the profits to the benefit of his societies. 
 
 Wesleyan publications were scattered through the American Colonies; but a pub¬ 
 lishing-house in this country was soon a necessity, and in 1789 it became an accom¬ 
 plished fact. 
 
 It was, however, purely a work of faith; the first agent, John Dickins, loaning the 
 Concern $600 of his own money, and courageously entering upon the work committed 
 to him. 
 
 Beginning in a little hired room, we have to-day the great Book Concern of the 
 Church, with headquarters in New York and Cincinnati, housed in magnificent build¬ 
 ings, and with seven depositories in as many of the larger cities. 
 
 The Western Book Concern began as a branch house in 1820. Since then the 
 growth has been rapid, having now a regular publishing establishment with its own 
 depositories, supplying the demand for Methodist literature throughout the entire West, 
 and issuing all the German book and periodical literature both East and West. 
 
 Capital of the New York house, $2,045,133; of the Cincinnati house, $1,447,730. 
 Total capital, $3,492,863. 
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. 
 
 This is the second oldest official benevolence of the Church. Previous organiza¬ 
 tions were all merged in the present Union by the General Conference of 1840. 
 
 From widely-scattered fields expressions of gratitude are being continually received 
 for much needed gifts of books and literature, and the great good that is being 
 accomplished. 
 
 Total number of schools under the care of the Union, 30,259; of these 907 are 
 
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 in Europe; 2,448 in Asia; 49 in Africa; 132 in Mexico and South America; and 1,275 
 among the immigrants. Total number officers, teachers, and scholars is nearly 3,000,000, 
 with conversions reported this year of 132,697. The receipts from Conferences are 
 $23,888 for this year. The number of schools aided during this year, has been 3,773. 
 More than 36,000,000 English and 2,000,000 German periodicals have been circulated. 
 
 THE TRACT SOCIETY. 
 
 This Society was organized in 1854, operating in foreign fields, and helping every 
 mission of the Church to circulate religious literature in its own spoken language. In 
 
 foreign fields funds have been fur¬ 
 nished for the printing of religious 
 literature, and it has been sent to 
 every home field, distributed among 
 immigrants, in hospitals, prisons, asy¬ 
 lums, to soldiers, sailors, and to pas¬ 
 tors in their regular work, aggregat¬ 
 ing 13,840,225 pages. There have been 
 printed this year in New York and 
 Cincinnati 1,522,100 tracts. The re¬ 
 ceipts for the year have been $20,653. 
 
 These Societies — Sunday-school 
 and Tract—are under the control of 
 a Board of Managers, appointed quad¬ 
 rennially by the General Conference, 
 with power to fill vacancies. The 
 senior bishop is president, and his 
 colleagues vice-presidents ex-officio. 
 
 CHURCH EXTENSION 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 This work was organized by 
 order of the General Conference of 
 1864, in pursuance of resolutions pre¬ 
 pared by Rev. Dr. A. J. Kynett, then 
 junior delegate from Upper Iowa Con¬ 
 ference, and under a form of constitution, prepared by him, following that of the Mis¬ 
 sionary Society. He afterward became the corresponding secretary, entering upon the 
 duties of the office July 14, 1867. 
 
 The first corresponding secretary was Rev. S. Y. Monroe, D. D. At that time (1867), 
 the appropriations, authorized by the General Committee, had exceeded the cash receipts 
 by $300,000, and drafts drawn on the treasury by the bishops, under the system then 
 prevailing, had been returned without payment, for lack of funds, to the amount 
 
 of $60,000. 
 
 Constrained by necessity, the plans of work were modified by the new management, 
 and concurred in by the General Conference of 1868. Later, on the recommendation of 
 the corresponding secretary, a more radical change was made by the General Conference 
 of 1872, transforming the organization from a Society to a Board, elected by, and directly 
 responsible to, the General Conference. A corresponding change in the charter was 
 
 WESLEY M. E. CHURCH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
 
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 made by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, February 26, 1873. This plan of organizing 
 Church benevolences was so manifestly right and wise that it was adopted also, at the 
 same General Conference, for the Missionary Society, the Tract Society, and the Sunday- 
 school Union. 
 
 The first receipts of the Church Extension treasury were October 19, 1865, and the 
 first appropriation to a Church in Greeneville, Tennessee, the home of President Andrew 
 Johnson, March 5, 1866. 
 
 The plan for a Loan Fund was first proposed b}^ Dr. Kynett, and adopted for Church 
 Extension in Upper Iowa, as a part of the centennial celebration for that year. The 
 same plan was proposed, and adopted for the General Society, July 22, 1867. The first 
 considerable subscription to the Upper 
 Iowa Loan Fund was by Hon. Hiram 
 Price, now of Washington, $1,000. 
 
 The first subscription to the Loan 
 Fund of the Parent Society was by 
 Thomas A. Morris, then our senior 
 bishop. Referring to it at a meeting of 
 the bishops and their friends in Phila¬ 
 delphia, November 20, 1868, Bishop 
 Morris said : “ I regard the Church 
 
 Extension Society as second in im¬ 
 portance only to the Missionary So¬ 
 ciety, if, indeed, second to that; and 
 I regard the Loan Fund as the best 
 strike that has yet been made for the 
 Society. 
 
 The report of the General Com¬ 
 mittee and Board of Church Exten¬ 
 sion to the General Conference will 
 give in detail the results of this work 
 to the close of the last fiscal year, 
 
 October 31, 1895. Adding receipts 
 and disbursements to February 29, 
 
 1896, and estimates for the months of March and April, the results of this work to May 1, 
 1896, when the General Conference will convene, are, in round figures, as follows: 
 
 Total receipts,.$5,600,000 
 
 Of this amount, received in General Fund, available for donations, etc., $3,600,000 
 
 Capital in Loan Fund, available only for loans,.$970,000 
 
 Loans returned by Churches borrowing,.1,030,000 
 
 On account of Loan Fund, total,.2,000,000 
 
 $5,600,000 
 
 The total number of Churches aided, including loans to a few parsonage properties, 
 is 9,900, estimated to be worth $30,000,000. 
 
 The general statistics indicate that the total number of our Methodist Episcopal 
 churches is, in round numbers, 25,000, and their total value, $110,000,000. It will be 
 seen, therefore, that more than one-third of the entire number of our Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Churches, the valuation of which exceeds one-fourth of the totals, have been aided 
 by this organization within a little more than thirty years. It is estimated that about 
 twenty per cent of all contributions for the support of the gospel and the benevolent in¬ 
 stitutions of our Church comes from the Churches thus aided by this Board of Church 
 Extension. 
 
 FIRST M. E. CHURCH, GALESBURG, ILL. 
 
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 THE EREED/AEN’S AID AND SOUTHERN EDUCATION 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 Its work is “the establishment and maintaining or aiding of institutions of Chris¬ 
 tian learning among both white and colored people in the Southern States, and in such 
 other territory as the General Conference may from time to time designate.” 
 
 The division of the schools as to race is made upon the basis of mutual preference, 
 and, as a result, there is but little commingling of colored and white students in the same 
 schools. 
 
 Among the colored people there are one theological, ten institutions of collegiate 
 grade, and eleven academies, in which are 304 teachers and 4,845 students; Meharry 
 Medical College is a department in Central Tennessee College, Nashville. 
 
 Among the white people are two institutions of collegiate grade, including schools 
 of Theology and Medicine at Chattanooga, and twenty institutions of academic grade, 
 with 169 teachers and 3,880 students. 
 
 GAMMON HALL GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 
 
 This makes a total of forty-four institutions of learning, with 473 teachers and 8,725 
 students. 
 
 Since the organization of the Society in 1866, $4,149,693.90 have been received 
 from all sources, and expended. 
 
 The permanent property, consisting of lands, buildings, furniture, libraries, etc., is 
 estimated to be worth about $2,000,000, all of which has been secured since 1866, in ter¬ 
 ritory where the Methodist Episcopal Church had neither a school nor a congregation. 
 The results of thirty years’ work in the education of Christian ministers, physicians, 
 teachers, and tradesmen are beyond human words to express. Many thousands of young 
 men and women are now in intelligent and comfortable Christian homes, and many 
 scores are standing in the pulpits and leading educational positions, or practicing medi¬ 
 cine, who have been prepared for their work in these institutions. 
 
 The schools of the Society made a fine exhibit in the Negro Building at the Atlanta 
 International Exposition. The fact is worthy of remark that the Negro exhibit at that 
 Exposition was chiefly made up of the practical results of education in the schools 
 founded by this Society and kindred organizations of other Churches. 
 
 The sentiments of prominent Southern white men in Church and State have under- 
 
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 gone a marvelous change concerning the Negro, and his capabilities, largely as the out¬ 
 come of educational results secured by the schools of this and similar organizations. 
 
 During the quadrennium, ending June 30, 1895, the Society received from Confer¬ 
 ence collections $445,151.57, being an increase of $63,718.57 over the collections of the pre¬ 
 ceding quadrennium. 
 
 During the same quadrennium the receipts of this Society from all sources, includ¬ 
 ing Conference collections, amounted to $1,240,560.22, being an increase from all sources 
 of $259,363.14. over the preceding quadrennium. 
 
 Up to this time the work of the Society has been foundation-laying, and the results 
 have been glorious. The Church, during the next generation, will build magnificently 
 on these foundations, if she can but more fully understand the relation of this great 
 educational movement to the Nation as a whole; to the profound racial questions in¬ 
 volved in the freedom and elevation of the Negro, as well as the elevation of the white 
 people of the South, made poor in purse and social advantages by slavery; and also rises 
 to the full appreciation of her responsibility for the redemption of America as a whole. 
 
 GRAY CHAPEL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, DELAWARE, O. 
 
 BOARD Or EDUCATION. 
 
 This Board was instituted by the General Conference of 1868. It is the central 
 agency for promoting higher education in the Church. It administers the Sunday- 
 school Children’s Fund in aid of worthy students, and, by the authority of the General 
 Conference, has a limited supervisory care of all the colleges of Methodism. Children’s- 
 day, under the auspices of the Board, is being almost universally observed throughout 
 the Church. Appropriate exercises for the day are regularly prepared by the Board, 
 nearly 800,000 being in use last year. 
 
 The assistance granted is always in the form of a loan to members of the Church 
 
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 and to young men and women who are in every way worthy, about 7,000 students hav¬ 
 ing thus been aided since the beginning. The sacrifices cheerfully made and hardships 
 endured to secure an advanced education and prepare for a nobler sphere of useful¬ 
 ness should “stir the heart of the Church’’ to increased liberality. 
 
 The total amount loaned has been, including last year, $603,580, an average amount 
 to each beneficiary of over $91. Cast year the total amount of loans was $70,547, 
 
 and the receipts for the same 
 time were $89,061. 
 
 The educational institu¬ 
 tions of the Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church can be classified 
 as follows: Colleges and uni¬ 
 versities, 54, with 24,159 stu¬ 
 dents, and endowments and 
 property valued at over $20,- 
 000,000. Female colleges and 
 seminaries, 7, with 1,0 j 2 stu¬ 
 dents, and endowments and 
 property valued at $450,000. 
 Classical seminaries, 60, with 
 10,000 students, and endow¬ 
 ments, and property valued 
 at $3,200,000. Foreign mis¬ 
 sion schools,- 76, with 7,922 
 students, endowments, and 
 property valued at over $1,- 
 000,000. Missionary institutes, 4, with 267 students, and property valued at $240,000. 
 Theological institutions, 19, with 892 students, and property valued at over $2,000,000. 
 
 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, dreamed of in the years that are gone, suggested 
 by Bishops Simpson and Ames, talked of among our educators and prominent men, is 
 now making rapid progress, and is soon to take its place among the great educational 
 institutions of the land. In 1890, a suitable and valuable site was secured in Washing¬ 
 ton, D. C.; the first installment of $20,000 paid; the first subscription towards the 
 Methodist Preachers’ $100,000 secured; letters and resolutions of commendation and 
 approval received from representative men and the bishops; and mass-meetings held. 
 In 1891, organization was completed, trustees elected, and Bishop Hurst’s appeal sent 
 forth for ten millions of dollars. In 1892, adoption and approval of trustees by the Gen¬ 
 eral Conference. In 1895, the Building Committee was authorized to erect the Hall of 
 History and the De Peyster Hall of Languages. Undoubtedly, this is the greatest educa¬ 
 tional enterprise that has been undertaken in this countrjL The success thus far vouch¬ 
 safed is both gratifying to every lover of the Church, and indicative of future prosperity 
 and development. It is indeed fortunate that Bishop John F. Hurst has taken such a 
 deep interest in the promotion of this the crowning work of our educational system. 
 
 WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 This Society was established in Boston in 1869, approved by the General Confer¬ 
 ence in 1872, and incorporated in 1884. 
 
 There are eleven co-ordinate branches. Delegates from these branches and the 
 corresponding secretaries constitute the General Executive Committee, holding an 
 annual meeting, the one this year being called to meet in Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 HARRIS HALL, 
 
 The new building of the Chicago Missionary Training School. 
 
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 Gwem! Souvenir* 
 
 At the last report there was, of Auxiliaries, Young Women’s Societies, and Chil¬ 
 dren’s Bauds, a total of 6,225, having a membership of 157,163. Since the meeting of 
 1894, twenty missionaries have been sent to the foreign field. Six of them are medical 
 graduates, one of them being the only Chinese woman with a Western World degree in 
 the Empire of China. 
 
 One hundred and fifty-two missionaries are supported by the Society, of whom 14 
 are medical; 750 Bible-readers ; 400 day-schools ; 49 boarding-schools; 11 orphanages; 
 
 TREMONT STREET M. E. CHURCH, BOSTON. 
 
 The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society was organized in this building, March 23, 1869. The 
 eight women who met and completed the organization—namely, Mrs. Rev. Dr. Butler, Mrs. Eewis 
 Flanders, Mrs. Thos. A. Rich, Mrs. Wm. B. Merrill, Mrs. Thomas Kingsbury, Mrs. O. T. Taylor, 
 Mrs. H. J. Stoddard, Mrs. Rev. E. W. Parker —have their names engraved in a beautiful memorial 
 window in the above church. 
 
 10 training-schools; 13 hospitals and dispensaries; 3 homes for homeless women ; while 
 14,000 pupils are cared for, and 60,000 patients receive medical attention annually. 
 
 The Wesleyan Home for Children and Missionaries is beautifully located at Newton, 
 Mass., and during the past year has been well filled. 
 
 The report for last j^ear showed the total receipts to be $18,000 by bequest, and 
 $271,227 by collections of “two cents a week.” Total value of real estate and buildings, 
 $500,000. There are about 25,000 subscribers to Heathen Woman's Friend. 
 
 India was the first field occupied by this Society, commencing in 1869. The growth 
 of the work has been indeed marvelous. Schools and Bible women are now supported 
 in ri2 stations. A Woman’s College was founded in Lucknow in 1887, a widow, a ten- 
 year old convert from Hinduism, being the first contributor, offering 500 rupees. The 
 first orphanage was founded in 1858. Over 300 girls have been received since the begin¬ 
 ning, furnishing continually fresh recruits for the ranks of Christian workers. 
 
 The Society commenced work in China in 1871; in Japan in 1872; in Korea in 
 1885; and in Bulgaria the woman’s work was organized in 1884. Sunday-schools, day- 
 schools, high-grade seminaries, homes for homeless widows and deaconesses, medical 
 missions, are some of the results attending the labors of these consecrated women. 
 
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 In Italy, woman’s work commenced in 1877; in Mexico and South America, in 1874; 
 and in Africa, in 1833. In all these different countries the regular organized work was 
 preceded sometimes by individual effort on the part of missionaries’ wives, sometimes by 
 local societies; but in all of them there has been a revelation of “administrative skill, 
 business enterprise, literary ability, and far-reaching plans,” worthy of the highest com¬ 
 mendation, evidencing God’s acceptance and blessing, and making the Society a wonder¬ 
 ful instrumentality for the spread of the gospel in every mission-field. 
 
 ELIZABETH L. RUST INDUSTRIAL OR MODEL HOME, HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS. 
 
 WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 Missionary work by women had been successfully inaugurated in several places 
 in the South in association with the Freedmen’s Aid Society, and much interest awak¬ 
 ened in behalf of the neglected people of our own country. On the 8th of June, after 
 the close of the General Conference of 1880, a meeting to consider the propriety of 
 organizing a “ Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church ” 
 was called. The object was approved, a constitution adopted, and officers were elected 
 July 14th. The first public meeting was held on Saturday, during the session of the Cin¬ 
 cinnati Conference, September, 1880, when Bishop Wiley and the corresponding secretary 
 made addresses, and Mrs. Alex. Meharry contributed $50 to the treasury of the Society. 
 
 During that year five missionaries were employed in the South and two in Utah. 
 A debt was accumulated, but a widespread interest was awakened, and the third report 
 of the Society shows twenty-one missionaries in the field, forty-two Conferences organ- 
 
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 ized, the debt entirely met, and the Society had received a total of $50,122.79. A build¬ 
 ing for home and boarding departments for the seminary in Salt Lake City had been 
 erected and furnished at a cost of $7,000, and mission-work had been established in sev¬ 
 eral places in the West and South, with model homes or industrial schools at Little Rock, 
 Ark., Holly Springs, Miss., and Savannah, Ga. 
 
 The Society secures its funds and conducts 
 its missions under the limitations of the Dis¬ 
 cipline. In the South the work is associated 
 with the schools of the Church, the Society 
 providing industrial and moral training. In the 
 West it is under the supervision of the mission¬ 
 ary authorities of the district. Its city mis¬ 
 sions, when practicable, are conducted in asso¬ 
 ciation with the local Church Extension Society, 
 which furnishes ecclesiastical relation to the 
 Conference, and its deaconess work is placed 
 under “ the general control of the Conference 
 Board of Nine,” as provided by Discipline. 
 
 These conditions fulfill its constitutional obliga¬ 
 tions, “ to co-operate with the other benevolent 
 agencies of the Church in educational and mis¬ 
 sionary work.” The obligation, ‘‘to enlist and 
 organize the women of Methodism in behalf of 
 the neglected of all races and all sections in this 
 country,” the Society is endeavoring faithfully to 
 meet. A fuller appreciation on the 
 part of our pastors and members of 
 the value of a thorough organiza¬ 
 tion of the women of the Church 
 for Christian purposes, and of the 
 fact that this Society is available 
 for local as well as 
 general work, will 
 greatly promote or¬ 
 ganization, and ad¬ 
 vance the interests 
 of the Redeemer’s 
 cause. 
 
 The Society has 
 been guided in select¬ 
 ing fields and adopt¬ 
 ing agencies by prov¬ 
 idential indications and the advice of those best acquainted with the missionary needs of 
 this country. The Home Missionary field naturally divides itself into two sections the 
 frontiers South and West, and cities. The work of this Society was commenced in’qhe 
 frontiers, cities receiving careful consideration. The first appropriation made to^cities 
 was $417, in 1885. In 1888, $20,000, one-fifth of the amount for the year, was appro¬ 
 priated to city work. The interest has increased rapidly, as shown by the fact that, in 
 1895, $90,688 were designated for city missions and deaconess work, while $58,300 went 
 to the South and West. 
 
 CALVARY M. E. CHURCH, ALLEGHENY, PA. 
 
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 The Society supports more than sixty distinct missions. Of these, sixteen are 
 Model Homes or Industrial Schools in the South. More than five hundred girls are an¬ 
 nually furnished instruction in all the methods of good housekeeping. These are located 
 at Holly Springs, Miss, Little Rock, Ark., New Orleans, and Clarkson, Miss., Marshall, 
 Texas, Morristown and Athens, Tenu., Asheville and Greensboro, N. C., Camden and 
 Orangeburg, S. C., Atlanta, Savannah, and Speedwell, Ga., Jacksonville and Ocala, Fla. 
 
 The Society supports thirteen missionaries in Utah, of whom seven are deaconesses. 
 It has missions for the Spanish Americans at Las Vegas, Las Cruces, and Albuquerque; 
 for the Chinese and Japanese at San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, Cal. Its 
 Indian missions are in behalf of the Apaches, Navajoes, Arapahoes, the Digger Indians 
 
 in California, and the 
 Aleuts and others in 
 Alaska. 
 
 There are twenty 
 Deaconess Homes asso¬ 
 ciated with the Society, 
 and eight city missions, 
 in which similar work is 
 done by missionaries 
 who do not wear the 
 deaconess garb. 
 
 The Society has 
 eighty-seven mission¬ 
 aries in the South and 
 West, and altogether, in¬ 
 cluding deaconesses and 
 city missionaries, more 
 than two hundred and 
 fifty, besides the hun¬ 
 dreds of young women, 
 who, after a course of 
 training in our Indus¬ 
 trial Homes, are doing efficient missionary service among their people. 
 
 Four years ago the Society reported $225,000 in property ; now it has $450,000 in¬ 
 vested in mission-buildings for the accommodation of its work. Much of this has been 
 
 received in small sums. More recently, a few larger donations, as that of Col. - 
 
 Bennett, for the Deaconess Home in Philadelphia, $20,000 ; the Deaconess Home and 
 Orphanage, at Urbana, Ill., Judge and Mrs. Cunningham, $15,000; the Industrial Home 
 and School, at Tivoli, N. Y., General Watts de Peyster, $60,000; Lucy Webb Hayes 
 National Training-school, at Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Nash, $10,000 ; the 
 hospital associated with it, Mr. Win. Sibley, $10,000. 
 
 The growth of the Society has been steady from the beginning. The receipts, in¬ 
 cluding supplies, make a total of $1,697,943.48. 
 
 During the quadrennium the Society has sent to our needy ministers on the fron¬ 
 tiers supplies valued at $298,746.67, in 12,000 packages, bringing happiness and blessing 
 to as many families. 
 
 Two monthlies have been published, the Womci7i's Home Missions, with 18,000 circu¬ 
 lation, and Children's Home Missions, issued first in January, 1896, with 4,000 sub¬ 
 scribers. During the last quadrennium 12,000,000 pages of leaflet and periodical Home 
 Missionary 7 literature have been distributed. 
 
 HENNEPIN AVENUE M. E. CHURCH. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
 
I his Home was opened in 1888. This property, valued now at $100,000, was purchased and presented by the sous and daughters of Mr. and 
 Mrs. James Gamble, as a fitting monument to the memory of their parents, to become a home and training-school for deaconesses. It has a 
 grand record of work already accomplished, having cared for over 400 patients in the hospital during the past year, with calls and visits readi¬ 
 ng up into the thousands, a kindergarten successfully carried on, and 81 conversions during the year as occurring directly under deaconess 
 influence. All this is but an illustration of the work being done by the different Homes. 
 
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 DEACONESS WORE. 
 
 The Deaconess Movement, growing out of the need of woman’s work on a large 
 scale in the solution of the social and religious problems of our great cities, is becom¬ 
 ing a world-wide instrumentality for good. 
 
 The Home in Chicago was opened in 1887, the General Conference recognizing 
 the work a year later. The Deaconess Conference was organized in 1888, and the 
 Deaconess Convention of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society in 1894. Regulations 
 for the conduct of the work are as follows : 
 
 1. Deaconesses are disciplined. The movement had its birth in a training-school, and recognized 
 that, if untaught missionaries do well, trained missionaries must do better. 
 
 2. Deaconesses are entirely unsalaried, though those who have need of it are supported in the 
 work, and all are promised support in case of sickness or old age. 
 
 3. Deaconesses are costumed for recognition, economy, and protection. 
 
 4. Deaconesses live in communities called Homes (usually). 
 
 5. Deaconesses are, by the regulations of the Discipline, immediately under the care of the 
 Annual Conference, and thus of the Church. 
 
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 Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer furnishes a complete and accurate view of the movement 
 up to the present. 
 
 I. As to Number ok Deaconess Institutions. (Including Homes, Hospitals, Orphanages, etc.> 
 under the care of Deaconesses.) 
 
 Number of Institutions in the United States, organized under Annual 
 
 Conference Boards,. 22 
 
 Number of Institutions in the United States organized under the 
 
 Woman’s Home Missionary Society and Annual Conference Boards, 14 1 
 
 Total in the United States,. 36 
 
 Number of Homes in German}',. 6 
 
 Number of Homes in India,. 8 
 
 Number of Homes in China,. 1 
 
 Total numbers of Deaconess Institutions in M. E. Church, . 51 
 
 Centers of work in which only one Deaconess is employed,. 20 
 
 II. As to Number of Deaconesses. 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in Institutions under Annual Conference in 
 
 United States,.253 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in Institutions under Woman’s Home Mis¬ 
 sionary Society in United States,.116 
 
 Number of Deaconesses, isolated or parish,. 20 
 
 Total in United States,. 389 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in Germany,. 145 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in India,. 33 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in China,. 7 
 
 Number of Deaconesses in Africa. 5 
 
 Total number of Deaconesses in Methodist Episcopal Church, . 579 
 
 Number of these still in training,.130 
 
 Number also of these trained nurses, about.100 
 
 III. As to Value of Property Owned. 
 
 Value of property above debt owned by Institutions in the 
 
 United States under the Annual Conference,.$410,700 
 
 Value of property above debt owned by Institutions under the 
 
 Woman’s Home Missionary Society in United States, • . 133,200 
 
 Total in the United States,. $543,900 
 
 Value of property above debt in Germany,. 88,950 
 
 Value of property above debt in India (estimated),. 20,000 
 
 Value of property above debt in China,. 4,000 
 
 Total value of property,. $656,850 
 
 IV. As to Work Done by Deaconesses. (Very incomplete report.) 
 
 Number of calls made by Deaconesses in the United States dur¬ 
 ing the past year,. 262,416 
 
 Number of patients cared for during past year in hospitals in 
 
 United States,. !'" .1,977 
 
 Number of patients cared for during past year in hospitals in 
 
 Germany,.1,031 
 
 Total number of patients in hospital. 3.009 
 
 Number of patients cared for in their own homes in United States, 3,200 
 
 Religious meetings conducted or assisted in in the United States, 11,000 
 
 Note 1. These Woman’s Home Missionary Society Statistics correspond with those of the 1S96 Year-book, save 
 that centers of work where only one deaconess is employed, are not reckoned as Homes, in order to harmonize phrase¬ 
 ology with that of other reports. But the Cunningham Home and Orphanage at Urbana, Ill., is counted as a Home, be¬ 
 cause of the fine property there. 
 
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 Ocujeml C©of<tF<gir?e<g Soyvtulr 
 
 EPWORTH MEMORIAL M. E. CHURCH, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
 
 (see original on opposite page.) 
 
 EPWORTH LEAGUE. 
 
 From time to time different Societies were formed for the development and enter¬ 
 tainment of the young people of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 The first movement towards unifying these organizations was made in 1872; but 
 did not accomplish the desired result. 
 
 In May, 1889, representatives from the five societies then in existence held a con¬ 
 ference at Cleveland, lasting for several days, and on the 15th of that month a formal 
 union was effected, and the Epwortli League entered upon its grand mission of useful¬ 
 ness and success. 
 
 It became a department of Church-work, and received the formal indorsement of 
 the General Conference in 1892. 
 
 At the first anniversary, in 1890, there were 1820 Chapters. 
 
 In this “sacred year of the Epworth League” there are over 16,000 Chapters; 
 1,110,000 members, with 250,000 Juniors. 
 
 There are 500 German, 300 Scandinavian and Danish, 150 India, 36 China and 
 Japan, and 30 Mexico Chapters. 
 
 The first International Conference was held in Cleveland in 1893, 5,000 being in 
 attendance; and the second in Chattanooga, with an attendance of 15,000. 
 
 The Epworth Herald was ordered published by the Book Committee at its annual 
 meeting, in February, 1890, and the first number was issued June 1st of that j'ear. The 
 
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 OYUGWAU-Y CtHTR/U. HUTCH. 
 VfHERE.PN f\AV \yR\tt9- 
 \ TOtWwtn imam was orcanvxv 
 
 first year a subscription list was secured of 42,000; it is now in excess of 100,000, and is 
 steadily increasing. 
 
 In size, price, and quality it is a marvel of modern journalism, and the “second 
 Sabbatic year” should find a list of 200,000 subscribers. 
 
 The Reading 
 has now, in this 
 6,000 sets, or 
 400,000 Topic 
 League Bible 
 There are 112 
 
 Course, beginning the first year with a sale of 165 sets, 
 
 fourth year, a circulation of 
 24,000 volumes. There are 
 Cards in use, and 20,000 
 Studies. 
 
 companies of Hpworth 
 enant containing a 
 obscene stories, and 
 principles of purity 
 sion Bureau; a School 
 at-work Series; 
 and Badges; 
 Circles; Ep- 
 the enter- 
 Board of 
 interest that 
 Methodism. 
 May 15th, spe- 
 event that evening at 
 Epworth Memorial Church 
 
 Guards, the muster cov- 
 pledge against tobacco and 
 the boys are trained in the 
 and temperance. An Exten- 
 of League Methods; a League- 
 Hand-books ; League Leaflets \ 
 
 Junior Reading Course and N 
 worth Wheel, are all indicative of 
 prise and push that marks the 
 Control and Management, and the 
 is being awakened in all parts of 
 
 The seventh anniversary coming on 
 cial arrangements have been made for a grand 
 the Armory, to be followed by a mass-meeting in 
 on the afternoon of Sunday, May 17th. It was on the spot where this Memorial Church 
 now stands that the movement which, under God, was to be of such tremendous import 
 to the Church, was inaugurated. The pictures herewith presented will prove interest¬ 
 ing as connected with the history of the progress and wonderful development of the 
 Epworth League. 
 
 NATIONAL CITY EVANGELIZATION UNION. 
 
 A preliminary meeting was held in Cleveland in 1891. The Union was organized 
 in Pittsburg, March, 1892. Its object is “ To bring into fraternally intimate and mu¬ 
 tually helpful relations all local organizations in the cities of the United States, working 
 for cit)' evangelization under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” It was 
 approved by the General Conference of 1892 in § 364 of the Discipline. Its Annual Con¬ 
 ventions have been held in New York, Cincinnati, Buffalo, and Baltimore. Its sixth 
 Convention is to meet in Chicago in November, 1896. The following local organizations 
 send representatives to these Conventions : “ City Church Extension and Missionary 
 Society, Church and Sunday-school Alliance, Church Society, City Church Extension 
 Society, Methodist Episcopal Union, City Evangelization Union.” The detailed reports 
 of these local societies, the discussions, addresses, and papers published in the reports of 
 the National Conventions, and the greater emphasis given to city evangelization in all our 
 Church papers, are giving the Church a clearer knowledge of these “ City Home Mis¬ 
 sionary Societies,” and of their value and work. 
 
 Existing local organizations have been stimulated by being brought into touch with 
 each other, and decadent societies have been reorganized and quickened into newness of 
 life. The original twenty organizations in affiliation with the National Union have now 
 
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 increased to about fifty. All cities of over 100,000 have now organized, and many 
 lesser cities. 
 
 On “ City Home Mission Day ” each Society asks for a collection from every chy 
 Church. The amount raised by thirty Unions the past year was $175,000, being an ad¬ 
 vance of $31,000 over the preceding year. 
 
 Several Unions publish a monthly in aid of their work, and about one-fourth employ 
 a city mission superintendent to supervise and push the work. On another page we pre¬ 
 sent a cut of a most effective instrumentality in the hands of a live mission superinten¬ 
 dent for city evangelization—The “ Gospel Wagon ”—now in successful use in Cincin¬ 
 nati under the auspices of the Methodist City Society. 
 
 For a fuller statement of the work being accomplished, see the report of the corre¬ 
 sponding secretary of the National City Evangelization Union to this General Conference. 
 
 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 This Society is regularly indorsed by the General Conference as its accredited 
 agent for the circulation of the Bible. 
 
 The issues of the Society during seventy-nine years amount to 59,955,558 copies. 
 
 There has been circulated in foreign lands, during the past year, nearly seven hun¬ 
 dred thousand copies, while the total amount expended was $184,538. 
 
 In the United States the work is done chiefly through Auxiliary Societies, and the 
 discounts made, and the appropriations, both of funds and the Scriptures, are large and 
 gratefully appreciated. 
 
 THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE AND 
 
 PROHIBITION. 
 
 The position of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the temperance question is 
 well known. For many years, by its strong utterances, it has borne the banner of tem¬ 
 perance reform in the van of the temperance legions of this country. It has concen¬ 
 trated attention more and more upon the great evils of the traffic in intoxicating 
 drinks; that it can never be legalized without sin; and that license, high or low, is 
 vicious in principle and powerless as a remedy. 
 
 “ We declare, before all the world, that the Church of God ought to be known al¬ 
 ways and everywhere as the relentless and uncompromising foe to this ungodly busi¬ 
 ness, and that it is the duty of every Christian to wage ceaseless warfare against it.” 
 
 Until 1892 there had been no organization authorized to speak or act for the Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church in the intervals of her General Conferences. It had become 
 more and more manifest that the weakness of the temperance cause was due to the 
 lack of unity of the temperance forces, and all efforts to unite them had proved of 
 little avail. 
 
 In Pennsylvania, during the campaign for constitutional prohibition, Dr. A. J. 
 Kynett led the way to the organization, September 26, 1889, of the Union Prohibitory 
 League of that State. It was an effort to bring together friends of temperance without 
 distinction of political party or religious sect. 
 
 The attention of the General Conference of 1892 was invited to this plan of action. 
 It was known that for many years the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 
 had been represented, in the intervals of its sessions, by a Permanent Committee on 
 Temperance. On report of this committee, the General Assembly had declared that 
 
THE GOSPEL WAGON, CINCINNATI (CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY. 
 
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 “ The pronounced and stupendous need of the hour to meet this enemy of everything 
 American and Christian is an aroused Church, consecrated to the extermination of the 
 liquor-traffic.” The Committee of the General Conference of 1892 incorporated in its 
 report a recommendation : 
 
 “ 1. That a permanent committee of fifteen, to be called the Permanent Committee 
 on Temperance and Prohibition, so located that a majority may conveniently assemble 
 for conference, be appointed by this General Conference, with power to act, within the 
 authorized declarations of our Church, to promote the following ends : 
 
 “First. The organization in every Church, under the direction of the pastor and 
 Quarterly Conference, of a Christian Temperance Teague, to include all members of the 
 congregation willing to unite, for practical effort, in suppressing the liquor-traffic. 
 
 “ Second . The alliance of such leagues with one another and with similar leagues of 
 other religious bodies for such particular measures in this behalf as their combined wis¬ 
 dom and Christian conscience may approve. 
 
 “2. That said committee be authorized to correspond with similar committees of 
 other Churches with a view to an alliance of all Christian people, to strive together for 
 the suppression of this great evil throughout the country and the world.” 
 
 The report of this committee will be looked for with interest, and its recommenda¬ 
 tions will claim the attention of the General Conference. 
 
 THE EIETH COLLECTION, 
 
 Other organizations and 
 . Methodist block, san DiEoo. California. institutions there are—philan¬ 
 
 thropic, charitable, intellect¬ 
 ual, spiritual—all betokening the activity of the Church in the accomplishment of her 
 mission. Still, what vast numbers are yet unreached ! How rapidly the fields are ripen¬ 
 ing, awaiting the thrusting in of the sickle! How dark the gloom yet to be dispersed ! 
 
 Though mentioned last, is far from least in the estimation and interest of the Church. 
 The Book Concern will this year give to the Conferences $125,000 for the benefit of the 
 
 Superannuates. Plans have 
 been under careful considera¬ 
 tion looking to uniformity of 
 action, individual Conferences 
 having organizations of differ¬ 
 ent kinds; our best men are 
 giving the whole subject ear¬ 
 nest thought, and erelong, if 
 not at this General Confer¬ 
 ence, some method will be de¬ 
 vised whereby the “ wornout 
 preachers” of our Church will 
 receive alike adequate and 
 honorable support as they 
 wait for the change and the 
 ‘‘home over there.” 
 
 “ The restless millions wait 
 
 That light whose dawning maketh all things new 
 Christ also waits ; but men are slow and late. 
 
 Have we done what we could ? Have I ? Have you ?” 
 
ENERAL fSoNEERENCE 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
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 I. PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES. 
 
ail things are pours; 
 
 SnD pe are Christ's; 
 anD Christ is ©oD’s. 
 
 —Paul. 
 
 ffatne with men, 
 
 JBeing but ampler means to serve manktnD, 
 Sboulh have small rest or pleasure in itself, 
 
 JBut work as vassal to the larger love 
 Chat Dwarfs the pettp love of one to one. 
 
 —Tennyson 
 
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 Xove thpsclf last: cherish those hearts that bate thee; 
 Corruption wins not more than bonestp. 
 
 Still in tbp right banD carrp gentle peace, 
 
 flo silence envious tongues. J8e just anD fear not; 
 
 Hot all the enDs thou airn'st at he tbp eountrp’s, 
 fTbp ©oD’s, anD truth's. 
 
 — Shakespeare. 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
 
 HEN it was arranged by the Entertainment Committee to have 
 prepared a General Conference Souvenir, the editors selected 
 decided at once that, if possible, the portraits and sketches 
 of delegates elect, running through current issues of the 
 Northwestern Christian Advocate , should be secured. There¬ 
 with the hearty approval of the publishers, Cranston & Curts, 
 letter was addressed to Dr. Arthur Edwards, the editor, recpiesting 
 favor of the use of the plates and electrotype pages, assuring him 
 >ur appreciation of the enterprise of the Northwestern in making 
 valuable matter available, and expressing beforehand our grate¬ 
 ful acknowledgments should our request be granted, in that thereby 
 the usefulness of the forthcoming book would be greatly enhanced. A most courteous 
 reply was received, expressing entire willingness to have the materials used in the way 
 proposed—although plans had been made to issue them from his office with the com¬ 
 pliments of the Northwestern to the members of the General Conference—and kindly 
 offering aid in every possible way, with the understanding that the paper be duly 
 credited for the matter thus furnished. 
 
 It is with pleasure, therefore, that we present to our readers these portraits and 
 sketches, thankful that, for their benefit, we have' been enabled to make such satis¬ 
 factory arrangements. Editors. 
 
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PLATE I 
 
 Jason Nelson FradeDburgh, ministerial delegate 
 Erie conference; born Gouverneur, N. Y., March 4, 
 1844; pastor First church, Greenville, Pa.; teacher 
 and author of works on ancient religious; joined the 
 church Governeur, N. Y., 1860; entered ministry Gen¬ 
 esee conference, 1866; member ecumenical conferen¬ 
 ces London, 1881, and Washington 1891. 
 
 John Cook Scofield, ministerial delegate Erie con¬ 
 ference; born Tomkins county, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1828; 
 presiding-elder New Castle district; joined the 
 church Blockville, N. Y., 1841; entered ministry Erie 
 conference 1857. 
 
 William Koeneke, ministerial delegate St. Louis 
 German conference; born Marietta, Ohio, March 13, 
 1838; resides Belleville, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Quincy, Ill., 1849; entered ministry South¬ 
 ern Illinois conference 1857; member of General con¬ 
 ference 1872,1876, 1888, 1892; reserve 1880. 
 
 William Howard Hickman, ministerial delegate 
 Northwest Indiana conference; born Oct. 15, 1844, 
 Crab Orchard Springs, Ky.; joined the church How 
 Creek, Ind., July 26, 1866; joined Northwest Indiana 
 conference 1873; pastor First church, Terre Haute; 
 member of General conference 1888, alternate 1892. 
 
 Charles W. Bennett, lay delegate Cincinnati con¬ 
 ference; born PIqua, Ohio, where he has been super¬ 
 intendent city schools for twenty-two years; joined 
 the church Delaware, Ohio, 1863; local preacher. 
 
 Bartholomew Lampert, ministerial delegate Chi¬ 
 cago German conference; born near West Bend, Wis., 
 Aug. 3, 1846; resides Chicago, Ill.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church West Bend, Wis., Aug. 10, 1856; 
 entered ministry Northwest German conference 1871. 
 
 Camden McCormick Cobern, ministerial delegate 
 Detroit conference; born Uniontown, Pa., April 19, 
 1855; pastor Ann Arbor, Mlcb.; joined the church 
 Uniontown, Pa., 1872; entered ministry Erie confer* 
 ence 1876. 
 
 Franz Ludwig Nagler, ministerial delegate North¬ 
 ern German conference; born Muehldrof, Saxony, 
 Germany Dec. 20, 1849; resides Cincinnati, Ohio; edi¬ 
 tor of Haus und Herd and German Sunday-school 
 literature; joined the church Grand Rapids, Mich., 
 1868; entered ministry Central German conference 
 1870. 
 
 Leonidas Worthy Thrall, ministerial delegate 
 Southern Illinois conference; born Bone Gap, Ill., 
 Feb. 21, 1850; resides Salem, Ill.; presiding-elder 
 Vandalia district; joined the church Bone Gap, Ill., 
 1861; entered ministry Southern Illinois conference 
 1872. 
 
 Allen Lewis, ministerial delegate Northwest In¬ 
 diana conference; born Parke county, Ind., April 15, 
 1847; pastor First church, Valparaiso, Ind.; joined 
 
 the church Parke county, Ind., 1866; entered minis¬ 
 try Northwest Indiana conference 1873. 
 
 Frank Milton Bristol, ministerial delegate Rock 
 River conference; born Orleans county, N. Y , Jan, 
 4,1851; pastor First church, Evanston, Ill.; joined the 
 church Kankakee, Ill., 1868; entered the ministry 
 Rock River conference, 1877; member General con¬ 
 ference 1888, 1892. 
 
 James Henry Potts, ministerial delegate Michigan 
 conference; born Canada, June 12, 1848; editor 
 Michigan Christian Advocate, Detroit; entered ministry 
 1869; member General conference 1888, 1892; frater¬ 
 nal delegate Canada General conference 1894. 
 
 Chas. Christian Harms, ministerial delegate West 
 German conference; born Red Bud, Ill., Dec. 27,1845; 
 pastor St. Joseph, Mo.; joined the church, Kingston, 
 Ill.; June, 1858; entered ministry Southwest German 
 conference 1868. 
 
 Wm. Henry Wilder, ministerial delegate Illinois 
 conference; born near Greenfield, Ill., July 7,1849; 
 president Illinois Wesleyan university, Bloomington, 
 Ill.; joined the church Rubicon church near Green¬ 
 field, Ill., 1863; entered ministry Illinois conference 
 1873; member General conference 1888. 
 
 N. G. Van Sant, lay delegate Rock River confer¬ 
 ence; born Rock Island, Ill., 1847; lumber merchant, 
 Rock Falls; active In church, league, Young Men’s 
 Christian association and Sunday school work. 
 
 Marius J. Pihl, lay delegate Norwegian-Danish 
 conference; born Bornholm, Denmark, Dec. 8, 1847; 
 banker Wells, Minn.; joined the church Chicago 1876; 
 local elder. 
 
 Herbert G. Whitlock, lay delegate Illinois confer¬ 
 ence; born near Jacksonville, Ill., Nov. 24, 1835; at¬ 
 torney-at-law, Jacksonville, Ill.; joined the church 
 near Jacksonville, May 7,1854; trustee. 
 
 George O. Robinson, lay delegate Detroit confer¬ 
 ence; born South Reading, Vt., June 14, 1832; resides 
 Detroit, Mich.; retired lawyer and dealer in pine 
 timber lands ; joined the church Burlington, Vt, 
 1856; president board trustees Central church, 
 Detroit; president board trustees Detroit Deaconess 
 home, and board directors Methodist Publishing 
 company. 
 
 John Richard Lindgren, lay delegate Central 
 Swedish conference; born Chicago, Feb. 20, 1855; re¬ 
 sides at Evanston, Ill.; cashier State bank of Cal- 
 cago; joined the church 1871; trustee; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1888, 1892. 
 
 James I. Buell, ministerial delegate Michigan con¬ 
 ference; born New Haven, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1831; pre¬ 
 siding-elder Ionia district; joined the church New 
 Haven, N. Y., 1850; entered ministry Michigan con¬ 
 ference 1856. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October g, 1S95. 
 
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PLATE I.— 1. J. N. Fradenburgh. 2. J. C. Scotield. 3. Wm. Koeneke. -4. W. H. Hickman. 5. C. W. BejmetrtT 
 6. B. Lampert. 7. C. M. Cobern. 8. F. L. Nagler. 9. L. W. Thrall. 10 Allen Lewis. 11. Frank M Bristol. 12. J. II. 
 Potts. 13. Charles Harms. 14, W. H. Wilder. 15. N. G. Van Sant. 16. M. J. Pihl. 17. H. G. Whitlock. 18. Geo. O. 
 Robinson. 19 John R. Lindgrea. 20. J. J. Buell. 
 
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 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October g, iSgs. 
 
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PLATE II, 
 
 Isaac P. Teter, ministerial delegate Iowa confer¬ 
 ence; born Lewis county, Va., May 1, 1830; pastor 
 Ottumwa, Iowa; joined the church 1813; entered the 
 ministry 1853; served as state senator. 
 
 Newell Simpson Albright, ministerial delegate 
 North Ohio conference; born Columbus Grove, Ohio, 
 June 9, 1849; pastor Bucyrus, Ohio; joined the church 
 Jeromesvllle, Ohio, 1861; entered ministry St. Louis 
 conference 1876; transferred to North Ohio, 1876; re¬ 
 serve delegate 1892. 
 
 Isaac Crook, ministerial delegate Nebraska confer¬ 
 ence; born Crossanville, Ohio; resides University 
 Place, Neb.; president Nebraska Wesleyan universi¬ 
 ty; joined the church Delaware, Ohio, 1853; entered 
 ministry Ohio 1859. 
 
 James W. Haney, ministerial delegate Central Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 24, 
 1840; resides Normal, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Bushnell, Ill , in 1862; entered ministry 
 Central Illinois conference 1863; reserve delegate 
 1888. 
 
 William Riley Halstead, ministerial delegate In¬ 
 diana conference; born Riley, Ind., March 19,1848; 
 resides Evansville, Ind.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Riley, Ind., January, 1870; entered ministry 
 1872; member General conference 1S88, 1892. 
 
 Charles Henry Long, B.S , M.D., lay delegate Cen¬ 
 tral Illinois conference; born La Salle, Ill., May 14, 
 1850; resides Pontiac, III ; engaged in practice of 
 medicine and surgery; joined the church La Salle, 
 Ill , 1866; now and for seventeen years Sunday-school 
 superintendent and steward. 
 
 Samuel Dickie, lay delegate Michigan conference; 
 born Oxford county, Canada, June 6, 1851; resides 
 Albion, Mich.; lecturer and chairman of national 
 committee, Prohibition party; joined the church Al¬ 
 bion, Mich., 1869; church trustee; member General 
 conference 1892. 
 
 Zachariah Xenophon Snyder, lay delegate Colorado 
 conference; born Reagantown Aug. 31, 1850; resides 
 Greeley, Col.; president state normal school, Colo¬ 
 rado; joined the church 1866; steward. 
 
 William H. Logan, lay delegate Central Illinois con¬ 
 ference; born Newtown, Ind., Feb. 19,1843; resides 
 Seaton, Mercer county, Ill.; farmer and stock-raiser; 
 joined the church Belmont February, 1872; Sunday- 
 school suoerintendent, steward, trustee; reserve 
 delegate 1892. 
 
 Darius H. Muller, ministerial delegate East Ohio 
 conference; born Baltimore, Md.; resides Cleve¬ 
 land, Ohio; presiding-elder; entered ministry 1861 in 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Adna B. Leonard, ministerial delegate Cincinnati 
 conference; born Berlin, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1837; resides 
 New York city; corresponding secretary Missionary 
 society; joined the church Lexington, Ohio, 1856; 
 
 entered ministry Pittsburg conference 1S60; member 
 General conference 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 James Bartlett Hobbs, lay delegate Rock River 
 conference; born Sabattis, Maine, Jan. 10, 1830; re¬ 
 sides Chicago, Ill.; retired from active business; 
 joined the church Chicago 1885; trustee Grace church 
 and active worker in all denominational movements. 
 
 Henry Bendixen, lay delegate Northern German 
 conference; born Germany, Sept. 29, 1854; merchant, 
 Springfield, Minn.; joined the church Albert Lea, 
 Minn., 1875; Sunday-school superintendent and local 
 preacher. 
 
 William Schutz, ministerial delegate St. Louis Ger¬ 
 man conference; born Willsdorf, Westphalia, Prus¬ 
 sia, Feb. 22, 1847; came to this country 1852; resides 
 Quincy, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined the church Peru, 
 Ill , 1865; entered ministry 1870; joined St. Louis 
 German conference 1871. 
 
 Jacob Tanner, ministerial delegate West German 
 conference; born Bargen, Canton Schaffhausen, 
 Switzerland, April 5, 1839; resides Lincoln, Neb.; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church Highland, Ill., 
 1859; entered ministry Southern Illinois conference 
 1862; member General conference 1888. 
 
 Emil Karpowsky, lay delegate Chicago German 
 conference; born Germany, Sept. 15, 1854; resides 
 Chicago, Ill.; newspaper writer and advertising 
 agent; joined the church Cleveland, Ohio, 1881; local 
 preacher, steward, class-leader. 
 
 Martin E. Cady, ministerial delegate Rock River 
 conference; born Mlddlebury, Vt , May 12,1846; re¬ 
 sides Aurora, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Middlebury, Vt., in 1866; entered ministry Troy con¬ 
 ference 1875. 
 
 Jervice Gaylord Evans, ministerial delegate Cen¬ 
 tral Illinois conference; born Marsha’l county, III., 
 Dec. 19, 1833; president Hedding college, Abingdon, 
 III.; joined the church Cherry Point, Marshall coun¬ 
 ty, Ill., Dec. 6, 1849; entered ministry Rock River 
 conference 1854; member General conference 1876, 
 1884, 1892; delegate Centennial conference 1884. 
 
 Elvin Swarthout, lay delegate Michigan confer¬ 
 ence; born Ovid, Clinton county, Mich., Oct. 5, 1864; 
 attorney-at-law Grand Rapids, Mich.; joined the 
 church Ovid, Mich., 1875; steward; Sunday-school 
 superintendent, a teacher Sunday-school, secretary 
 Epworth league training-assembly (Ludington), sec¬ 
 retary board trustees of Grand Rapids Deaconess 
 home; alternate delegate General conference 1892, 
 
 Fredrich H A. Koch, lay delegate St. Louis Ger¬ 
 man conference; born Llppe - Detmold, Germany, 
 Sept. 26, 1845; resides Burlington, Iowa; secretary 
 and manager German American Mutual Life associa¬ 
 tion; jo'ned the church Pittsfield, Ill., September, 
 1867; steward, local deacon, Sunday-school superin¬ 
 tendent. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 16 , 1895 . 
 
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PLATE II.—1. Isaac P. Teter. 2. N. P. Albright. Isaac Crook. 4 James W. Haney. 5. William Riley Hal¬ 
 stead. 6 . C. H. Long. 7. Samuel Dickie. 8 . Z. X. Snyder. 9. W. H. Logan. 10. D. H. Muller. 11. A* B. Leonard. 
 12. James B. Hobbs. 13. H. Bendixen. 14. William Schutz. 15. Jacob Tanner. 16. Emil Karpowsky. 17. M. E. Cady. 
 38 J. G. Evans. 19. Elvin Swarthout. 20. F. H. A. Koch. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 16 , 2 S 95 . 
 
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PLATE III 
 
 James M. Kittleman, lay delegate Des Moines con¬ 
 ference, born Bloomfield, Iowa, Aug. 28, 1857; mer¬ 
 chant; Indianola, Iowa; joined the church Bloom¬ 
 field, Iowa, February, 1877; steward, class-leader, 
 and president of conference Epworth league. 
 
 Joseph Kern, ministerial delegate Central German 
 conference, born Roseville, Mich. Sept. 15, 1847; 
 pastor Grand Rapids, Mich.; joined the church 
 Roseville, Mich., July, 1870; entered ministry Cen¬ 
 tral German conference 1872. 
 
 John Schlagenhauf, ministerial delegate St. Louis 
 German conference, born Germany, Jan. 19, 1884; 
 pastor Belleville, Ill.; joined the church Mount 
 Healthy, Ohio, 1854; entered ministry Illinois con¬ 
 ference 1857; member General conference 1872, 1880, 
 1884. 
 
 Abram Reginald Colburn, lay delegate Northwest 
 Indiana conference, born Canada, Dec. 9,1846; whole¬ 
 sale lumber merchant, Michigan City, Ind.; joined the 
 church Michigan City, Ind., 1872; trustee, class- 
 leader, superintendent Sabbath-'school; member 
 General conference 1888. 
 
 Morris Sharp, lay delegate Ohio conference, born 
 Aberdeen, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1838; banker, farmer, and 
 stockman, Washington Court House, Ohio; joined the 
 church Jamestown, Ohio, 1858; recording steward 
 and trustee; candidate for governor of Ohio on Pro¬ 
 hibition ticket 1887. 
 
 Andrew Jackson Merchant, ministerial delegate 
 Erie conference, born Napoli, N. Y., Dec, 23,1831; 
 pastor First church, Punxsutawney, Pa.; joined the 
 church Napoli Hill, N. Y., 1840; entered ministry 
 Erie conference 1857. 
 
 Amos Montraville Gould,ministerial delegate Michi¬ 
 gan conference, born Moscow, Mich., Dec. 29, 1845; 
 pastor at Coldwater, Mich.; joined the church Jack- 
 son, Mich., 1869; entered ministry Michigan confer¬ 
 ence 1875; member of Washington ecumenical con¬ 
 ference. 
 
 Warren F. Walworth, lay delegate East Ohio con¬ 
 ference, born Jefferson county, N Y., Aug. 21, 1838; 
 manufacturer Cleveland, Ohio; joined the church 
 Cleveland, Ohio, 1867; steward. 
 
 Wm. H. Lewis, ministerial delegate from confer¬ 
 ence, born Madison county, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1848; re¬ 
 sides Lancaster, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Lower Glade, March 10, 1870; entered min¬ 
 istry Ohio conference 1877. 
 
 James Whitford Bashford, ministerial delegate 
 Cincinnati conference, born Fayette, Wis., May 25, 
 1849; president Ohio Wesleyan university, Delaware, 
 Ohio; joined the church Fayette, Wis., 1867; entered 
 ministry New England conference 1879. 
 
 David Hastings Moore, ministerial delegate Ohio 
 conference, born Athens, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1838; editor 
 
 TFestem Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio; joined 
 the church Athens, Ohio, 1855; entered ministry 
 Ohio conference 1860; member General conference 
 
 1888, 1892. 
 
 Oscar J. Swan, ministerial delegate Western Swed¬ 
 ish conference, born Linkoping, Sweden, Sept. 7,1848; 
 came to America 1868; resides Des Moines, Iowa; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church Swedona, Ill., 
 Sept. 4,1870; entered ministry Central Illinios con¬ 
 ference 1875; united with Northwest Swedish confer¬ 
 ence in 1877. 
 
 John C. Arbuckle, ministerial delegate Ohio confer¬ 
 ence, born Glasgow, Scotland, July 27, 1847; pastor 
 Second street church, Zanesville, Ohio; joined the 
 church Delaware, Ohio, May, 1869; entered ministry 
 Ohio conference 1874; member General conference 
 1892. 
 
 Hillary Asbury Gobin, ministerial delegate North¬ 
 west Indiana conference, born Terre Haute, Ind., 
 March 25, 1842; acting-president De Pauw univers¬ 
 ity, Greencastle, Ind.; joined the church Terre Hante, 
 Ind., Jan. 15, 1859; entered ministry 1869; member 
 General conference 1892. 
 
 David Young Murdoch, ministerial delegate Ohio 
 conference, born Duncan’s Falls, Ohio, June 5,1848; 
 pastor Athens, Ohio; joined the church Zanesville, 
 Ohio, 1866; entered ministry Ohio conference 1872; 
 secretary conference. 
 
 John I. Wilson, ministerial delegate East Ohio 
 conference, born Freeport, Ohio, June 14, 1840; re¬ 
 sides Cambridge, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Freeport 1858; entered ministry Pittsburg 
 conference 1871; member General conference 1892. 
 
 James T. Wigren, ministerial delegate Central 
 Swedish conference, born Attica, Ind., Jan. 13,1854; 
 resides Galva, Ill.; preslding-elder; joined the church 
 Swedona, Ill., 1868; entered ministry Central Illinois 
 conference 1876. 
 
 Silas Hancox Prather, ministerial delegate Erie 
 conference, born near Titusville, Pa., April 17, 1846; 
 resides Meadville, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Epworth, Iowa, 1868; entered ministry Erie 
 conference 1883. 
 
 William T. Smith, ministerial delegate Des Moines 
 conference, born Sangamon county, Ill., July 21,1841; 
 resides Creston, Iowa; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Doylestown, Pa., 1863; entered ministry Des 
 Moines conference 1865; member General confer¬ 
 ence 1888. 
 
 George M. Booth, ministerial delegate Columbia 
 River conference, born, Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 2, 
 1852; resides Spokane, Wash.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church, Wilbur, Oregon, 1868; entered ministry 
 Columbia River conference 1882; member General 
 conference 1892. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 23 , 1895 . 
 
 52 
 
PLATE III.—1. James M. Kittleman. 2. Joseph Kern. 3. John Schlagenhauf. 4. A. R. Colborn. 5. Morris Sharp. 
 5. A. J. Merchant. 7. A. M. Gould. 8. W. F. Walworth. 9. W. H. Lewis. 10. J. W. Bashford. 11. David H. Moore. 
 12. O. J. Swan. 13. J. C. Arbuckle. 14. H. A. Gobin. 15. D. Y. Murdoch. 16. J. I. Wilson. 17. James T. Wigren. 
 18. S. H. Prather. 19. W. T. Smith. 20. George M. Booth. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 23 , 1895 . 
 
 53 
 
PLATE IV, 
 
 J. B. Wolfe, ministerial delegate from Illinois con¬ 
 ference; born in Bond county, Ill., May 14, 1843; re¬ 
 sides at Bloomington, Ill.; presiding-elder; entered 
 the ministry in Illinois conference in 1867. 
 
 Marion Victor Crumbaker, ministerial delegate 
 from Central Illinois conference; born at Adamsville, 
 Ohio, Feb. 20,1847; resides at Rock Island, Ill.; pre¬ 
 siding-elder; joined the church at Lawndale, Feb. 2, 
 1868; entered the ministry in Central Illinois confer¬ 
 ence in 1874. 
 
 Charles A. Hale, ministerial delegate from West 
 Nebraska conference; born at Clyde, N. Y., March 9, 
 1845; resides at Orleans, Neb.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church at Morris Chapel, Mo., in 1867; entered 
 the ministry in West Nebraska Mission conference 
 in 1882. 
 
 Christie Galeener, ministerial delegate from Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born at Lebanon, Ohio, Feb. 24, 
 1854; resides at Decatur, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church at Vermillion, Ill., in 1870; entered the 
 ministry in Illinois conference in 1878; member of 
 General conference in 1892 
 
 DeWitt Clinton Huntington, ministerial delegate 
 from Nebraska conference; born at Townsend, Vt., 
 April 27, 1830; pastor Lincoln, Neb ; joined the 
 church at Townsend, Vt., October, 1849; entered the 
 ministry in June, 1851; member of General confer¬ 
 ence in 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888. 
 
 John T. McFarland, ministerial delegate from Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born at Mt. Vernon, Ind., Jan. 2, 
 1851; pastor at Jacksonville, Ill.; joined the church 
 at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in September, 1871; entered 
 the ministry in Iowa conference in September, 1873; 
 member of previous General conference in 1888. 
 
 L. Orville Jones, lay delegate from Nebraska con¬ 
 ference; born near .Berlin, Wis., Nov. 25, 1858; re¬ 
 sides at Lincoln, Neb.; merchant; joined the church 
 at Berlin, Wis., in 1876; Sunday-school superintend¬ 
 ent, president Nebraska conference Epworth league. 
 
 Benjamin F. Adams, lay delegate from Indiana con¬ 
 ference; born near Stanford, Monroe county, Ind., 
 Jan. 2, 1827; resides at Bloomington, Ind.; engaged 
 In quarrying stone; joined the church at Stanford, 
 Ind., in 1850; steward. 
 
 Horace Reed, ministerial delegate from Illinois 
 conference; born in Geauga county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 
 1841; resides at Jacksonville, Ill.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at Carmel, Ohio, in 1856; entered 
 the ministry in Cincinnati conference in 1864; mem¬ 
 ber of General conference in 1888. 
 
 William H. Stevens, lay delegate from Wisconsin 
 conference; born at Bethlehem, N. H., Jan. 22, 1843; 
 resides at Milwaukee, Wis.; merchant; joined the 
 church at Milwaukee in 1868; steward and trustee. 
 
 William Nelson McElroy, ministerial delegate Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born near Cadiz, Harrison county, 
 
 Ohio, June 10, 1832; resides Springfield, 111.; presld- 
 ing-elder; joined the church Griggsville, III., Oct. 
 1859; entered ministry Illinois conference 1862; mem¬ 
 ber General conference 1876,18S4, 1888, 1892, and Ecu¬ 
 menical conference 1S81. 
 
 Robert Forbes, ministerial delegate Minnesota 
 Northern conference; born Quebec, Ontario, Nov. 13, 
 1844; pastor Duluth, Minn.; joined the church Bay- 
 field, Ontario, 1863; entered ministry Minnesota con¬ 
 ference 1870; member General conference 1888. 
 
 Williaip Wallis, ministerial delegate Southern Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born Parsonstown, Ireland, June 5, 
 1836; resides Olney, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church McLeansboro, Ill . Aug., 1851; entered minis¬ 
 try Southern Illinois conference Oct. 2,1865. 
 
 John Lockwood Romer, lay delegate Genesee con¬ 
 ference; born Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 16,1845; lawyer, 
 Buffalo, N. Y.; joined the church 1870; superintend¬ 
 ent Sunday-school and president Methodist union. 
 
 John B. Maxfield, ministerial delegate North 
 Nebraska conference; born Syracuse, N. Y., Feb 24, 
 1833; resides Omaha, Neb.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Waymansville, Ind., 1856; entered minis¬ 
 try Nebraska conference 1861; member General con¬ 
 ference 1872, 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 James Franklin Chaffee, ministerial delegate from 
 Minnesota Northern conference; born at Middle- 
 bury, N. Y , Nov. 25, 1827; resides at Minneapolis, 
 Minn.; presiding-elder; joined the Freewill Baptist 
 church December, 1840, and the M. E. church at 
 Hebron, Ill., 1846; entered the ministry in Rock 
 River conference in 1848; member of General con¬ 
 ference In 1868, 1880, 1884, 1892. 
 
 William T. Jennings, lay delegate from West Wis¬ 
 consin conference; born at Cliff Mine, Mich., May 81, 
 1858; resides at Platteville, Wis.; merchant; joined 
 the church at Hazel Green, Wis., in 1869; steward 
 and Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Ebenezer Herman Latimer, ministerial delegate 
 from Genesee conference; born at Pike, N. Y., April 
 10, 1842; resides at Oiean, N. Y.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at Junius, N. Y., in 1859; entered 
 the ministry in Western New York conference in 1873. 
 
 Thomas J. Myers, ministerial delegate from Iowa 
 conference; born near Lafayette, Ind., in 1840; re¬ 
 sides at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church in 1857; entered the ministry in Iowa con¬ 
 ference in 1869; member of General conference In 
 1892 and reserve delegate in 1888. 
 
 Milton Spenser Terry, ministerial delegate from 
 Wisconsin conference; born at Coeymans, N. Y., Feb. 
 22, 1840; professor of Christian doctrine in Garrett 
 Biblical institute, Evanston, Ill.; joined the church 
 at Coeymans in 1858; entered the ministry In New 
 York conference In 1863; member of General confer¬ 
 ence in 1880. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 30 , 1 S 95 . 
 
 54 
 
PLATE IV. —1. J. B. Wolfe. 2. M. V. Crumbaker. 3. Charles A. Hale. 4. Christie Galeener. 5. D. W. C. Hunt¬ 
 ington. 6. J. T. McFarland. 7. L. Orville Jones. 8. Benjamin F. Adams. 9. Horace Reed. 10. W. H. Stevens. 11. 
 W. N. McElroy. 12. Robert Forbes. 13 William Wallis. 14. John L. Romer. 15. John B. Maxfield. 16. J. F. Chaffee. 
 17. W. T. Jennings. 18. E. H. Latimer. 19. T. J. Myers. 20. M. S. Terry. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, October 30 , iSgs. 
 
 55 
 
PLATE V. 
 
 Theodore Bland Noss, lay delegate Pittsburg con¬ 
 ference; born Waterloo, Pa., May 10, 1852; principal 
 state normal school, California, Pa.; joined the church 
 at Nossville, Pa., 1862; local preacher and trustee. 
 
 John A. Kost, lay delegate West German confer¬ 
 ence; born at Lexington, Mo., Feb. 26, 1856; manager 
 shipping department wholesale dry goods house, St. 
 Joseph, Mo.; joined the church at St. Joseph, Mo., 
 1869; steward and trustee. 
 
 John W. Lothian, ministerial delegate Northwest 
 Iowa conference; born in Scotland April 14, 1843; re¬ 
 sides at Ida Grove, Iowa; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church at Medford 1865; entered the ministry 1870; 
 joined Northwest Iowa conference 1873. 
 
 Henry James Talbott, ministerial delegate Indiana 
 conference; born at Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 8,1847; 
 resides at Indianapolis, Ind.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church at Rockport, Ind., 1868; entered the min¬ 
 istry Indiana conference 1873; member General con¬ 
 ference 1888, ecumenical conference of 1890. 
 
 Joseph William Van Cleve, ministerial delegate 
 Southern Illinois conference; born Macoupin county, 
 Ill., Feb. 18, 1859; pastor Mt. Vernon, Ill.; joined the 
 church Spring Garden, Ill., 1871; entered the minis¬ 
 try Southern Illinois conference 1880. 
 
 Frederick Gamer, lay delegate Montana confer¬ 
 ence; born at Baden, Germany, Dec. 28, 1844; mer¬ 
 chant, Helena, Mont.; joined the church Chicago, 
 1862; trustee. 
 
 John Dempster King, lay delegate North Ne¬ 
 braska conference; born Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Nov. 17, 
 1839; lawyer and real estate agent, Wayne, Neb.; 
 joined the church Morrison, Ill., November, 1853; 
 steward. 
 
 Henry P. Sullivan, lay delegate Erie conference; 
 born Erie county, Pa., Oct. 1, 1836; manager of Na¬ 
 tional Snath company, Erie, Pa.; joined the church 
 Geneva, Ohio, 1858; trustee. 
 
 Wm E. Hamilton, ministerial delegate Des Moines 
 conference; born at New Richmond, Ohio, Oct. 9, 
 1845; professor of mental and moral science Simpson 
 college, Indianola, Iowa; joined the churcn at Mt. 
 Carmel, Ohio, January, 1855; entered the ministry 
 Des Moines conference 1867. 
 
 Robert Talbott Miller, lay delegate Kentucky con¬ 
 ference; born Neville, Ohio, May 4, 1834; resides at 
 Covington, Ky ; joined the church Shelbyville, Ky., 
 Feb. 21, 1851; trustee. 
 
 William Francis Whitlock, ministerial delegate 
 North Ohio conference; born near Dayton, Ohio; 
 professor Latin language and literature Ohio Wes¬ 
 leyan university, Delaware, Ohio; joined the church 
 
 Delaware, Ohio, 1854; entered the ministry General 
 Ohio conference 1864, transferred to North Ohio con¬ 
 ference in 1873. Member General conference 1884, 
 1888, and 1892; member of Book Committee since 
 1884; since February, 1893, chairman. 
 
 George Burr Johnson, lay delegate Cincinnati con¬ 
 ference; born at Amelia, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1836; cashier 
 Western Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, Ohio; 
 joined the church Bethel, Ohio, 1847; steward. 
 
 Joseph Oscar Cunningham, lay delegate Illinois 
 conference; born at Lancaster, N. Y., Dec. 12,1830; 
 lawyer at Urbana, Ill.; joined the church Urbana, 
 Ill., Feb. 4, 1866; trustee. 
 
 Carlton Cyrenus Wilbor, ministerial delegate Cen¬ 
 tral New York conference; born at Town Line, N. Y., 
 Sept. 10, 1842; resides Elmira, N. Y.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Elma, Erie county, N. Y., 1857; en¬ 
 tered the ministry Genesee conference 1868; member 
 of General conference 1888. 
 
 Eugene P. Edmonds, ministerial delegate East 
 Ohio conference; born at Somerton, Ohio, Sept. 12, 
 1855; pastor of First church, Canton, Ohio; joined 
 the church Dayton, Pa., in 1870; entered the minis¬ 
 try East Ohio conference 1877. 
 
 Lewis C. Laylin, lay delegate North Ohio confer¬ 
 ence; born at Norwalk, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1848; lawyer; 
 was member of state legislature from 1888 to 1894; 
 speaker of house of representatives two years; joined 
 the church Norwalk, Ohio, April 24,1870; steward 
 and trustee; reserve delegate in 1880. 
 
 John Mitchell, ministerial delegate North Ohio 
 conference; born Bloominggrove, Ohio; resides in 
 Cleveland, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Crestline, Ohio, 1856; entered the ministry North 
 Ohio conference in 1869; member General conference 
 1892, reserve in 1888. 
 
 James A. Sargent, ministerial delegate Indiana con¬ 
 ference; born near Lebanon, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1843; pas¬ 
 tor Hall Place church, Indianapolis, Ind; joined the 
 church near Lawrenceburg, Ind., March 20, 1860; 
 entered the ministry Southeast Indiana conference 
 1869; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Alfred Hodgetts, ministerial delegate North Ne¬ 
 braska conference; born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 10, 
 1852; resides In Norfolk, Neb.; presiding-elder Nor¬ 
 folk district; joined the church at Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 1870; entered the ministry in Brooklyn 1872; joined 
 the Nebraska conference in 1878. 
 
 Stephen Norris Fellows, ministerial delegate Up¬ 
 per Iowa conference; born at North Sandwich, N. H., 
 May 30, 1830; pastor Fayette, Iowa; joined the 
 church near Dixon, Ill , Feb. 13, 1846; entered the 
 ministry Upper Iowa conference 1856. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 6, iSgs. 
 
 56 
 
PLATE V.— 1. Theo. B. Noss. 2. J. A. Kost. 3. J. W. Lothian. 4. H. J. Talbott. 5. J. W. Van Cleve, 6. J. D- 
 King. 7. Fred. Gamer. 8. H. P. Sullivan. 9. W. E. Hamilton. 10. R. T. Miller. 11. W. F. Whitlock. 12. George B. 
 Johnson. 13. J. O. Cunningham. 14. C. C. Wilbor. 15. Eugene P. Edmonds. 16. L. C. Laylin. 17. John Mitchell. 
 18. J. A. Sargent. 19. Alfred Hodgetts. 20. S. N. Fellows. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 6 , 1 S 95 . 
 
 57 
 
PLATE VI 
 
 Charles Lewis Stafford, ministerial delegate from 
 Iowa conference; born in Miami county, Ohio, Sept. 
 26, 1844; president Iowa Wesleyan university, Mount 
 Pleasant, Iowa; joined the church at West Point, 
 Iowa, in 1861; entered the ministry in Iowa confer¬ 
 ence in 1870; is secretary Iowa conference; member 
 general conference in 1892. 
 
 William J. McKay, ministerial delegate from West 
 Wisconsin conference; born at Belfast, Ireland, May 
 29,1847; resides at Madison, Wis.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at De Soto, Wis., March, 1869; en¬ 
 tered the ministry in West Wisconsin conference, 
 October, 1870; member of General conference in 
 1884, 1888. 
 
 Henry Clay Woods, ministerial delegate from Gen¬ 
 esee conference; born at Rushford, N. Y., Aug. 9, 
 1844; pastor at Corning, N. Y.; joined the church at 
 Rushford, N. Y., in 1858; entered the ministry in 
 East Genesee conference in 1868; secretary of his 
 conference and president of Silver Lake assembly. 
 
 John Purrer, lay delegate from German California 
 conference; born at Wyla, canton Zurich, Switzer¬ 
 land, Dec. 8, 1853; merchant tailor, Los Angeles, 
 Cal.; joined the church at Waco, Texas, Aug. 5, 1881; 
 trustee, steward, and exhorter. 
 
 John H. Mickey, lay delegate from Nebraska con¬ 
 ference; born near Burlington, Iowa, Sept. 30, 1845; 
 president Osceola bank, Osceola, Neb.; joined the 
 church at Pairview, Iowa, in 1859; class-leader, stew¬ 
 ard, and trustee. 
 
 Jesse P. Core, ministerial delegate from Pittsburg 
 conference; born at Hillsboro, Pa., Sept. 15, 1846; re¬ 
 sides at Washington, Pa.; presiding-elder; was 
 licensed to preach in 1867 in the M. E. Church South; 
 joined Pittsburg conference in 1868; member General 
 conference in 1888. 
 
 Robert Smylie, ministerial delegate from North¬ 
 west Iowa conference; born at Camborne, Ontario, 
 April 29, 1849; pastor First church, Pt. Dodge, Iowa; 
 joined the church at Camborne, Jan. 2, 1868; entered 
 the ministry In the Methodist church of Canada in 
 June, 1870; joined Northwest Iowa conference in 
 1881; steward, class-leader. 
 
 Oscar P. Miller, lay delegate from Northwest Iowa 
 conference; born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., May 
 15, 1850; banker, Rock Rapids, Iowa; joined the 
 church at Elgin, Iowa; superintendent of Sunday- 
 school, trustee and steward; alternate delegate to 
 General conference in 1888, 1892. 
 
 John Alexander Mansfield, lay delegate from East 
 Ohio conference; born near Bloomfield, Ohio, Sept. 
 20, 1854; resides at Steubenville, Ohio; is judge of 
 court of common pleas; joined the church at Hope- 
 dale, Ohio, in 1874; steward. 
 
 Charles H. Payne, ministerial delegate from Cin¬ 
 cinnati conference; born at Taunton, Mass., Oct. 24, 
 1830; resides at New York city; i3 general secretary 
 of Educational society; entered the ministry in New 
 England Southern conference in 1857; was president 
 of Ohio Wesleyan university from 1876 to 1888; mem¬ 
 ber of General conference in 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 S. Abishai Morse, ministerial delegate from Genesee 
 
 conierence; born at Smithville, Ontario, May 4, 
 1850; pastor LInwood-avenue church, Buffalo, N. Y.; 
 joined the church at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1872; entered 
 the ministry in Genesee conference in 1874. 
 
 Emory Miller, ministerial delegate from Des Moines 
 conference; born at Mount Pleasant, Pa., Dec. 23, 
 1834; resides at Des Moines, Iowa; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at Mount Pleasant, Pa., Jan. 7, 
 1847; licensed to preach in 1855; entered Iowa con¬ 
 ference in 1858; member of General conference in 
 1876, 1880, 1892. 
 
 Leroy A. Belt, ministerial delegate from Central 
 Ohio conference; born at Delaware, Ohio, Jan. 13, 
 1837; resides at Kenton, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church at Delaware, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1857; entered 
 the ministry in Central Ohio conference in 1861; mem¬ 
 ber of General conference in 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 
 1892; member of Book Committee from 1880 to 1884; 
 member of Ecumenical conference in 1891. 
 
 William Ammon Knighten, ministerial delegate 
 from Southern California conference; born at Bloom¬ 
 ington, Ind., Peb. 28, 1844; crossed the plains in 1849 
 to California; is pastor of Grace church, Los An¬ 
 geles, Cal.; joined the church at Ukiah, Cal., Sept. 
 28, 1865; entered the ministry in the California con¬ 
 ference in 1873. 
 
 William Henry Whitmore Rees, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate from Des Moines conference; born at Rock 
 Island, Ill., March 19, 1849; resides at Cincinnati, 
 Ohio; is recording secretary Preedmen’s Aid and 
 Southern Educational society; joined the church at 
 Covington, Ky., in November, 1865; entered the min¬ 
 istry in Des Moines conference in 1869; was an as¬ 
 sistant editor of Daily Christian Advocate in 1892. 
 
 James Washington Whiting, lay delegate from Cali¬ 
 fornia conference; born at Buenos Ayres, South 
 America, in 1830; insurance agent at San Francisco, 
 Cal.; joined the church at Buenos Ayres in March, 
 1848; steward, Sunday-school superintendent and 
 trustee. 
 
 Alexander M. Holden, lay delegate from Genesee 
 conference; born at Mendon, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1848; 
 banker at Honeoye Falls, N. Y.; joined the church 
 at Honeoye Falls In 1876; trustee and Sunday-school 
 superintendent. 
 
 John Wesley Richards, ministerial delegate from 
 Rock River conference; born at Alexander, N. Y.; 
 Aug. 3, 1846; pastor at De Kalb, Ill.; joined the 
 church at Attica, N. Y., June, 1862; entered the 
 ministry in Rock River conference in 1876. 
 
 John Holt, ministerial delegate from West Wiscon¬ 
 sin conference; born at Nottingham, England, Sept. 
 30, 1827; pastor at Mondovi, Wis.; joined the church 
 in England in 1845, and the Methodist Episcopal 
 church in 1849; entered the ministry in 1857. 
 
 Joseph McKendree Carter, ministerial delegate 
 from Central Tennessee conference; born In Carroll 
 county, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1851; resides at Huntingdon, 
 Tenn.; presiding-elder; joined the church at Carter’s 
 chapel in September, 1865; entered the ministry in 
 Tennessee conference in 1870; member of General 
 conference in 1892 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 13 , 1 # 55 . 
 
 58 
 
PLATE VI.—1. C. L. Stafford. 2. W. J. McKay. 3. H. C. Woods. 4. John Furrer. 5. John H. Mickey. 6. F.J. 
 Core. 7. Robert Smylie. 8. O. P. Miller. 9. J A. Mansfield. 10. Charles H. Payne. 11. Emory Miller. 12. L. A. Belt. 
 13. Wm. A. Knighten. 14. W. H. W. Rees. 15. J. W. Whiting. 16. A. M. Holden. 17. J. W. Richards. 18. John Holt. 
 19. S. A. Morse. 20 J M. Carter. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 13 , 1895 . 
 
 59 
 
PLATE VII 
 
 Henry Lemcke, ministerial delegate Chicago Ger¬ 
 man conference; born Golsbe, Germany, Oct. 4, 1847, 
 resides Watertown, Wis.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Madison, Wis., 1872; entered the ministry 
 Chicago German conference, 1877 
 
 Henry P. Magill, lay delegate West Wisconsin con¬ 
 ference ; born Clarksburg, Ohio, Sept. 11,1857; banker 
 La Crosse, Wis.; joined the church North La Crosse, 
 Wis., 1887; Sunday-school superintendent, trustee, 
 steward. 
 
 Clarence P. Kilborne, lay delegate Northwest Iowa 
 conference; born Winfield, Ontario, June 29, 1859; 
 traveling salesman, Sioux City, Iowa; joined the 
 church Smithland, Iowa, 1880; trustee, chorister. 
 
 Elias M. Collett, ministerial delegate North Caro¬ 
 lina conference; born on John’s river, Caldwell 
 county, N. C., Oct. 14, 1852; resides Charlotte, N. C ; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church in Hey wood coun¬ 
 ty, N. C , September, 1866; entered the ministry in 
 1880; reserve delegate 1888, 1892. 
 
 Thomas Perry Jacobs, lay delegate West Virginia 
 conference; born in Maryland Jan. 27, 1852; resides 
 New Martinsville, W. Va.; judge fourth judicial cir¬ 
 cuit; joined the church at Morgantown, W. Va., 
 1869; Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Joseph W. Gilluly, lay delegate Colorado confer¬ 
 ence; born Shrewsbury, N. J., Feb. 13, 1851; treas¬ 
 urer Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company, Den¬ 
 ver, Col.; joined the church Brooklyn, N. Y., 1865; 
 trustee. 
 
 Reuben De Witt Munger, ministerial delegate from 
 Central New York conference, was born at Ithaca, 
 N. Y., Aug. 26, 1837; resides at Auburn, N. Y.; pre¬ 
 siding-elder of Auburn district; joined the church at 
 Lima, N. Y., March 15, 1856; entered the ministry in 
 East Genesee, afterward Central New York confer¬ 
 ence, in 1861. 
 
 Thomas Burgess Ford, ministerial delegate Puget 
 Sound conference, born in Tennessee June 21, 1848; 
 resides Seattle, Wash.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church at Polk Bayou, Ark., 1867; entered ministry 
 Missouri and Arkansas conference March, 1868; mem¬ 
 ber of General conference in 1880, 1884, 1888; reserve, 
 1876, 1892. 
 
 Lewis Curts, ministerial delegate Rock River con¬ 
 ference; born at Logan, Ohio, March 24, 1847; re¬ 
 sides Evanston, Ill.; publishing agent of Western 
 Methodist Book Concern; joined the church Lisbon, 
 Iowa, February, 1864; entered ministry in Rock 
 River conference 1870; member of General conference 
 1888-1892, and Ecumenical conference 1891. 
 
 Earl Cranston, ministerial delegate Colorado con¬ 
 ference; born Athens, Ohio, June 27, 1840; resides 
 Cincinnati, Ohio; publishing agent of Western Meth¬ 
 odist Book Concern; joined the church Piketon, Ohio, 
 
 1851; entered ministry Ohio conference 1867; member 
 of General conference 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 Sandford Hunt, ministerial delegate Genesee con¬ 
 ference; born Western New York 1S27; publishing 
 agent of Methodist Book Concern, New York city; 
 joined the church 1830; entered ministry Genesee 
 conference 1847; member of six General conferences. 
 
 Edmund M. Mills, ministerial delegate Central New 
 York conference; born Byetown, July 17, 1848; pas¬ 
 tor First church, Elmira, N. Y.; joined the church 
 Middletown, Conn., Nov. 5, 1871; entered ministry 
 Central New York 1872; member of General confer¬ 
 ence 1888, 1892. 
 
 Charles Otto Lobeck, lay delegate Western Swedish 
 conference; born Andover, Ill., April*6, 1852; hard¬ 
 ware merchant, Omaha, Neb.; joined the church at 
 Berea, Ohio, 1866; ex-member state senate. 
 
 George Guth, ministerial delegate California Ger¬ 
 man conference; born Cincinnati, Ohio, July 5, 1845; 
 resides San Francisco, Cal.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Santa Claus, Ind., Feb. 7, 1857; entered 
 ministry Central German conference, 1865. 
 
 Leslie M. Shaw, lay delegate Des Moines confer¬ 
 ence; born Morristown, Vt., Nov. 2, 1848; lawyer, 
 Denison, Iowa; joined church Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 
 1872; Sunday-school superintendent, trustee, stew¬ 
 ard ; member of General conference 1888, 1892. 
 
 Henry A. Salzer, lay delegate Northwest German 
 conference; born Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 9, 1855; 
 seed merchant, La Crosse, Wis.; joined the church 
 La Crosse, 1866; trustee, steward; member of Gen¬ 
 eral conference, 1892; member of Book Committee. 
 
 Marshall M. Callen, ministerial delegate Michigan 
 conference; born Knox county, Tenn., May 16, 1849; 
 pastor Hillsdale, Mich.; joined the church Thorn 
 Grove, Tenn., at twelve years of age; entered the 
 ministry In Michigan conference 1876; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1892. 
 
 Albert C. Ross, lay delegate Upper Iowa confer¬ 
 ence; born near Buckstown, Pa., June 27,1847; editor 
 New k, Osage, Iowa; converted Jan. 12,1861; joined the 
 church 1871 at South Bend, Ind.; teacher and super¬ 
 intendent of schools for twenty-one years; trustee. 
 
 Hascal R. Brill, lay delegate from Minnesota con¬ 
 ference; born at Phillipsburg, Quebec, Aug. 10, 1846; 
 resides at St. Paul, Minn.; presiding judge district 
 court; joined the church at Red Wing, Minn., 1866; 
 trustee First church; was a member of General con¬ 
 ference in 1892 
 
 Richard Joseph Cooke, ministerial delegate Holston 
 conference; born New York city, Jan. 30, 1853; re¬ 
 sides Athens, Tenn.; professor and vice-chancellor 
 Grant university; editor Methodist Advocate-Journal , 
 Chattanooga, Tenn.; joined the church Moore’s 
 chapel 1872; entered ministry Central Tennessee con¬ 
 ference 1874. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 20 , 1895 . 
 
 60 
 
PLATE VII.—1. Henry Lemcke. 2. Henry P. Magill. 3. C. P. Kilborne. 4. E. M. Collett. 5. Thos. P. Jacobs 
 6. J. W. Gilluly. 7. R. D. Munger. 8. T. B. Ford. 9. E. M. Mills. 10. Lewis Curts. 11. Earl Cranston. 12. Sandford 
 Hunt. 13. C. O. Lobeck. 14. George Guih. 15. L. M. Shaw. 16. Henry A. Salzer. 17. M. M. Callen. 18. Albert C. 
 Ross. 19. H. R. Brill. 20. R. J. Cooke 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, November 20 , iSgs. 
 
 6l 
 
PLATE Vffl 
 
 Joseph Addison Williams, lay delegate from South¬ 
 ern California confeience; was born at Ypsilanti, 
 Mich., Oct. 2, 1847; is a merchant at Los Angeles, 
 Cal.; joined the church Ypsilanti, Mich., December, 
 1868; is Sunday-school superintendent and trustee. 
 
 W. F. T. Bushnell, lay delegate from South Dakota 
 conference; born at Peru, III., Dec. 3, 1857; editor and 
 publisher of Dakota Farmer, Aberdeen, S. D.; joined 
 the church at Evanston, Ill., in 1876; is Sabbath- 
 school superintendent. 
 
 Hilary Washington Key, ministerial delegate from 
 Tennessee conference; born at Gallatin, Tenn., on 
 Dec. 22, 1833; resides at Mason, Tenn.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church at Gallatin, Tenn., in 1865; 
 entered the ministry in 1866; member of General con¬ 
 ference in 1880 and 1884. 
 
 Samuel Whitney Trousdale, ministerial delegate 
 from West Wisconsin conference; born at Fayette, 
 Wis., Nov. 12, 1853; pastor First church, La Crosse, 
 Wis.; joined the church at Fayette, Wis., in 1868; 
 entered the ministry in West Wisconsin conference 
 in 1882. 
 
 William Fletcher King, ministerial delegate Upper 
 Iowa conference; born near Zanesville, Ohio, Dec. 
 20,1830; has been president Cornell college thirty-two 
 years; joined the church Asbury, Ohio, 1840; en¬ 
 tered the ministry in Upper Iowa conference in 1862; 
 member of General conference 1876, 1888. 
 
 Charles Crowther Lasby, ministerial delegate from 
 Nebraska conference; born in Canada in February, 
 1854; pastor St. Paul’s church, Lincoln, Neb.; joined 
 the church Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1873; entered the min¬ 
 istry in New York East conference in 1879. 
 
 JohnD. Walsh, ministerial delegate from Kentucky 
 conference; born at Battenville, N. Y., March 24,1839; 
 resides at Lexington, Ky.; presiding elder; joined the 
 church at Battenville, N. Y., in 1860; entered the 
 ministry at Danville, Ky., as supply in 1868; joined 
 Kentucky conference in 1869; member of General 
 conference in 1880, 1888, reserve in 1S92. 
 
 George Wesley Gue, ministerial delegate Oregon 
 conference; born Neville, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1840; resides 
 Mt. Tabor, Ore.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Princeville, Ill., January, 1857; entered ministry Cen¬ 
 tral Illinois conference; member of General confer¬ 
 ence 1884-1888 
 
 DeWitt C. Franklin, ministerial delegate from Des 
 Moines conference; was born at Wyoming, Wis., Dec. 
 18, 1848; resides at Atlantic, Iowa; is presiding-elder 
 Atlantic district; joined the church at Wyoming, 
 Wis., Dec. 25, 1869; entered the ministry in Des 
 Moines conference in 1878. 
 
 J B. Albrook, ministerial delegate from Upper Iowa 
 conference; born at Monroeville, Pa., on July 18, 
 1844; resides at Mount Vernon, Iowa; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church at Edenburg, Pa., in Sep¬ 
 tember, 1856; entered the ministry in Upper Iowa 
 conference in 1870. 
 
 Wesley G. Waters, ministerial delegate Central 
 Ohio conference; born Otsego, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1835; 
 pastor Fremont, Ohio; joined the church at Irville, 
 Ohio, 1851; entered ministry Central Ohio confer¬ 
 ence, 1858; member of General conference 1876, 1884. 
 
 Thomas Blaine Taylor, lay delegate from Upper 
 Iowa conference, was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, 
 Jan. 1, 1853; attorney at law at Hampton, Iowa; 
 joined the church at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in January, 
 1868; Is steward, trustee, and class-leader. 
 
 Joseph Beaumont Hingeley, ministerial delegate 
 from Minnesota Northern conference; born at Car¬ 
 michaels, Pa., Jan. 26,1856; pastor Foss church, Min¬ 
 neapolis, Minn.; joined the church Massillon, Ohio, 
 April, 1870; entered the ministry New England 
 Southern (then Providence) conference in 1881. 
 
 Francis John Cheney, lay delegate Central New 
 York conference; born Warren, Pa., June 5, 1848; 
 principal State Normal and Training-school, Cort¬ 
 land, N. Y.; joined the church Delevan, N. Y., July, 
 1869. 
 
 Nels Edward Simonsen, ministerial delegate from 
 Norwegian-Danish conference; born at Oconomowoc, 
 Wis., May 17, 1855; president Norwegian-Danish 
 Theological seminary, Evanston, Ill.; joined the 
 church at Alderley, Wis., in 1871; entered the minis¬ 
 try in Norway conference in 1885, and was trans¬ 
 ferred to Norwegian-Danish conference the same 
 year. 
 
 Levi Master, ministerial delegate from Michigan 
 conference; born at Wilmot, Ontario, Feb. 8, 1841; 
 resides at Kalamazoo, Mich.; presiding-elder; en¬ 
 tered the ministry in Michigan conference in 1870; 
 member of General conference in 1892. 
 
 Polemus Hamilton Swift, ministerial delegate from 
 Rock river conference, was born at Palmyra, Wis., 
 Oct. 24, 1853; pastor of First church, Englewood, 
 Chicago; joined the church at Beaver Falls, Minn., 
 Sept. 5, 1870; entered the ministry in Rock River 
 conference in 1884. 
 
 Charles E. Mueller, lay delegate from Chicago Ger¬ 
 man conference, born Milwaukee, Wis., March 15, 
 1858; resides Milwaukee, Wis.; hardware merchant; 
 joined the church Milwaukee Feb. 17, 1878; steward, 
 president of Epworth league, and Sunday-school 
 superintendent. 
 
 Herbert Churchill Clark, lay delegate from Colum¬ 
 bia River conference; born at Kinderhook, Ill., May 
 7, 1854; farmer Bickleton, Wash ; joined the church 
 at Kinderhook, Ill., Feb. 28, 1868; steward, class- 
 leader, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Tilghman H. Willis, ministerial delegate from Indi¬ 
 ana conference; was born in Carlisle, Ind., Oct. 15, 
 1846; resides at Bloomington, Ind.; is presiding-elder 
 Bloomington district; joined the church at Mt. Cal¬ 
 vary, Ind., Jan. 19, 1866; entered the ministry ip In¬ 
 diana conference in 1871. 
 
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 62 
 
PLATE VIII.— 1. J. A. Williams. 2. W. F. T. Bushnell. 3 H. W. Key. 4. S. W. Trousdale. 5. Wm. F. King. 
 6 . C. C. Lasby. 7. J. D. Walsh. 8 . G. W. Gue. 9. D. W. C. Franklin. 10. J. B Albrook. 11. W. G. Waters. 12. T. B. 
 Taylor. V \13. J. B. Hingeley. 14. F. J. Cheney 15. N. E. Simonsen, 16. Levi Master. 17. P. H. Swift. 18. Chas. E. 
 Mueller. 19. H. C. Clark. 20. T. H. Willis. 
 
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 63 
 
PLATE IX, 
 
 W. F. Muenzenmayer, lay delegate from West Ger¬ 
 man conference; was born in Franklin county, Mo., 
 Nov. 26, 1856; resides at Junction City, Kas.; mer¬ 
 chant; joined the church at Kansas City, Kas., 1868; 
 is a steward and local preacher. 
 
 Herman C. Grawe, lay delegate from St. Louis 
 German conference; was born in Germany Aug. 
 21, 1846; resides at St. Louis, Mo.; merchant; joined 
 the church St. Louis, Mo., 1S67; steward. 
 
 John M. Naylor, lay delegate from North Ohio con¬ 
 ference; was born at Wooster, Ohio, Dec. 9,1822; re¬ 
 sides at Tiffin, Ohio; merchant; joined the church at 
 St. Paul’s, Tiffin, Ohio, March, 1866; trustee. 
 
 Allen Robinson Julian, ministerial delegate from 
 Northwest Nebraska conference; was born at New 
 Harmony, Ind., May 4,1848; resides at Chadron, Neb.; 
 presiding-elder Chadron district; joined the church 
 at Greencastle, Ind., in 1866; entered the ministry in 
 Indiana conference in 1877. 
 
 William H. Jordan, ministerial delegate from South 
 Dakota conference; born at Leicester, Mass., Oct. 
 16,1857; is pastor at Sioux Falls, S. D.; joined the 
 church at McHenry, Ills., in 1872; entered the min¬ 
 istry in Dakota conference in 1885; reserve delegate 
 in 1892; state regent of education, South Dakota. 
 
 William Forney Barclay, ministerial delegate from 
 Upper Iowa conference; was born at Medina, Ohio, 
 Jan. 22, 1848; is pastor at Mason City, Iowa; joined 
 the church at Tipton, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1864; entered 
 the ministry in Upper Iowa conference in 1874; 
 official relation to the church is that of pastor. 
 
 Patrick J. Maveety, ministerial delegate from 
 Michigan conference; was born in county Longford, 
 Ireland, Feb. 8, 1855; is pastor at Jackson, Mich.; 
 was reared a Roman Catholic; joined the church at 
 Orleans county, N. Y,, in March, 1873; entered the 
 ministry in Michigan conference in 1878; is secretary 
 of conference. 
 
 Elias D. Whitlock, ministerial delegate from the 
 Central Ohio conference; was born near Dayton, 
 Ohio; resides at Bellefontaine, Ohio; is presiding 
 elder of Bellefontaine district; joined the church at 
 Delaware, Ohio, in February, 1866; entered the min¬ 
 istry in Central Ohio conference in 1873; was a mem¬ 
 ber of general conference in 1888 and 1892. 
 
 Frank G. Mitchell, ministerial delegate from Cin¬ 
 cinnati conference; born at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 
 28, 1845; is pastor of Greene-street church, Pequa, 
 Ohio; joined the church at Wesley chapel, Cincin¬ 
 nati, in 1860; entered the ministry in Cincinnati con¬ 
 ference in 1867. 
 
 Alpha J. Kynett, ministerial delegate from Upper 
 Iowa conference; was born in Adams county, Pa., 
 Aug. 12, 1829; resides at Philadelphia, Pa.; is corre¬ 
 sponding secretary of Church Extension society; en¬ 
 tered the ministry in Iowa conference In 1851; was a 
 member of General conference nine times, from 1864 
 to 1896. 
 
 Lewis Ransom Fiske, ministerial delegate from De¬ 
 troit conference; was born at Penfield, N. Y., Dec. 
 24, 1825; is president of Albion college, Albion, Mich.; 
 Joined the church at Coldwater, Mich., in 1842; en¬ 
 
 tered the ministry in Michigan conference In 1863; 
 transferred to Detroit conference in 1866; was editor 
 of Michigan Advocate from 1875 to 1877; was a member 
 of General conference in 1872, 1876,1884,1888,1892; 
 was a delegate to Ecumenical conference at Wash¬ 
 ington in 1891. 
 
 William Anson Spencer, ministerial delegate from 
 Rock River conference; was born at Rock Island, Ill., 
 Sept. 6, 1840; resides at Philadelphia, Pa ; is corre¬ 
 sponding secretary of Board of Church Extension; 
 joined the church at Rock Island, Ill., in 1847; en¬ 
 tered the ministry in Central Illinois conference Sep¬ 
 tember, 1867; joined the Rock River conference in 
 1875; was a member of General conference in 1884 
 and 1888. 
 
 John Edwin RIgg, lay delegate from Pittsburg con¬ 
 ference, was born in Washington county, Pa., Oct. 
 13, 1855; resides at Wilkinsburg, Pa.; is a physician ; 
 joined the church at Scenery Hill, Pa., in August, 
 1870; is a trustee. 
 
 William J. Crusen, lay delegate from West Ne¬ 
 braska conference; born at Newark, Licking county, 
 Ohio, March 19, 1842; resides at North Platte, Neb.; 
 locomotive engineer on Union Pacific railroad; joined 
 the church at North Platte, Feb. 2, 1889; class-leader 
 and exhorter. 
 
 John Coyle, ministerial delegate from California 
 conference, was born in England, June 6,1839; re¬ 
 sides in San Francisco, Cal.; is presiding-elder San 
 Francisco district; joined the church at Greenpoint, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., in December, 1857; entered the min¬ 
 istry Newark conference in 1863; reserve delegate in 
 1892. 
 
 Jacob Mills, ministerial delegate from Montana 
 conference, was born at Topsham, Vt., Nov. 18, 1842; 
 resides at Bozeman, Mont.; is agent of Montana Wes¬ 
 leyan university; joined the church at Island Pond, 
 Vt., In 1876; entered the ministry in Montana confer 
 ence in 1885. 
 
 Arnold Thcmas Needham, ministerial delegate 
 from California conference; was born at Island of 
 Guernsey, Aug. 14, 1838; resides at Oakland, Cal.; 
 presiding-elder of Sacramento district; joined the 
 Clark-street church, Chicago, III., winter of 1854-55; 
 entered the ministry in Rock River conference 
 in 1864. 
 
 John Stafford, ministerial delegate from Minnesota 
 conference; was born at Nottingham, England, Dec. 
 6, 1843; resides at Mankato, Minn.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at Union Village, N. Y., January, 
 1859; entered the ministry in Minnesota conference 
 in 1869. 
 
 Trevanyon L. Mathews, lay delegate from North 
 Nebraska conference; was born at Florence, Pa., 
 March 1, 1859; resides at Fremont, Neb.; is engagfd 
 in real estate and loans; joined the church at Beards- 
 town, Ill.; 1872; district steward. 
 
 Victor Wilker, lay delegate from Central German 
 conference; was born at Hanover, Germany, Sept. 18, 
 1842; professor of modern languages in German Wal¬ 
 lace college, Berea, Ohio; Joined the church at Bates- 
 ville, Ind., in 1862; a local preacher. 
 
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 64 
 
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 PLATE IX.—1. W. F. Muenzenmayer. 2. Herman C. Grawe. 3. John M. Naylor. 4. A. R. Julian. 5. W. H. Jor¬ 
 dan. 6. W. F. Barclay. 7. P. J. Maveety. 8. E. D. Whitlock. 9. Frank G. Mitchell. 10. A. J. Kynett. 11. L- R- 
 Fiske. 12. W. A. Spencer. 13. John E. Rigg. 14 . Wm. J. Crusen. 15. John Coyle. 16 . Jacob Mills. 17. A. T. Neea- 
 ham. 18. John Stafford. 19. T. L. Mathews. 20. Victor Wilker. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, December 4 , 1 S 95 • 
 
 5 
 
 65 
 
PLATE X 
 
 Jacob H. Haeussler, lay delegate Central German 
 conference; born Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 29, 
 1851; resides Cincinnati; manager Home Life In¬ 
 surance Co.; joined the church 1865; Sunday-school 
 superintendent, class-leader, exhorter, steward. 
 
 James Alexander Fowler, lay delegate Holston con¬ 
 ference; born Knox county, Tenn., Feb. 22, 1868; 
 lawyer, Clinton, Tenn.; joined the church Heiskell’s 
 Station, Tenn., 1880; steward. 
 
 Merrimon Straughn Heavenridge, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate Indiana conference; born Henry county, Ind., 
 Nov. 10, 1841; resides Vincennes, Ind.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church Stilesville, Ind., January, 
 1859; entered ministry Indiana conference, 1865. 
 
 Roy S. Copeland, lay delegate Detroit conference; 
 born Dexter, Mich., Nov. 7,1868; physician and pro¬ 
 fessor of ophthalmology and otology, University of 
 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; joined the church Dex¬ 
 ter, Mich., 1886; steward. 
 
 William Trafton Randall, lay delegate from South¬ 
 ern California conference; born at Wayne, Maine, in 
 1857; dean of Chaffey college, University of South¬ 
 ern California, Ontario, Cal.; joined the church at 
 Middletown Conn., 1884; steward and district 
 steward. 
 
 George Henry Bridgman, ministerial delegate from 
 Minnesota conference; born in Ontario; resides at 
 Hamline; president of Hamline university; joined 
 church at Cobourg, Ont., 1863; entered ministry in 
 Ontario, 1864; member of General conference in 1888 
 and 1892. 
 
 Henry C. Jennings, ministerial delegate Minnesota 
 conference; born Fremont, Lake county, Ill., Dec. 21, 
 1850; resides Mankato, Minn.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church at Fillmore, Minn., 1867; entered 
 ministry 1871; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Judson S. Hill, ministerial delegate East Tennessee 
 conference; born Trenton, N. J., June 8, 1854; presi¬ 
 dent Morristown Normal academy, Morristown, 
 Tenn.; joined the church Trenton, N. J., 1863; en¬ 
 tered ministry Holston conference, 1879; reserve 
 delegate, 1888-1892. 
 
 Ephraim L. Eaton, ministerial delegate Wisconsin 
 conference; born Hebron, Wis., March 27, 1846; pas¬ 
 tor First church, Racine, Wis.; joined the church 
 Hebron, Wis., September, 1870; entered ministry 1871; 
 member General conference 1888; reserve 1892. 
 
 Jacob Rothweiler, ministerial delegate Central 
 German conference; born Bergbausen, Baden, Ger¬ 
 many, Dec. 3,1824; resides New Albany, Ind.; pre¬ 
 siding-elder; joined the church at New York city, 
 Jan. 1, 1842; entered ministry in Ohio conference, 
 1846; member of General conference 1864, 186S, 1872, 
 1876, 1888, 1892. 
 
 Charles W. Smith, ministerial delegate from Pitts¬ 
 burg conference; was born in Fayette county, Pa., 
 on Jan 30, 1840; resides at Pittsburg, Pa.; is editor of 
 
 Pittsburg Christian Advocate; joined the church at 
 Hammonds'?ille, Ohio, in 1858; entered the ministry 
 in Pittsburg conference in 1859; was a member of 
 General conference 1876, 1884, 1888,1892. 
 
 Winfield Scott Matthew, ministerial delegate 
 Southern California conference; born near Spring- 
 field, Ill., May 6,1848; editor California Christian Advo¬ 
 cate, San Francisco, Cal.; joined the church at Zion 
 chapel, Pawnee charge, Ill., February, 1865; entered 
 ministry Illinois conference, 1876; member General 
 conference, 1892. 
 
 Galen A. Merrill, lay delegate Minnesota confer¬ 
 ence; born Augusta, Mich., Dec. 27, 1859; superin¬ 
 tendent of Minnesota state public schools; resides at 
 Owatonna, Minn.; joined the church at Augusta, 
 Mich., in 1877; district steward, trustee. 
 
 William Newkirk, lay delegate from Indiana con¬ 
 ference; was born at Philadelphia, Penn., in May, 
 1828; is a manufacturer at Connersville, Ind.; joined 
 the church at Connersville, Ind., Aug. 1862; is trus¬ 
 tee and steward; was a member of General confer¬ 
 ence in 1884. 
 
 John H. Hess, ministerial delegate West Virginia 
 conference; born Taneytown, Md., Jan. 5,1851; re¬ 
 sides Buckhannon, W. Va.; presiding-elder; joined 
 Lutheran church at Taneytown, Md., 1868; M E. 
 church at Williamstown, Dec , 1874; entered ministry 
 West Virginia conference, 1875. 
 
 Dr. Jacob F. Force, lay delegate Northern Mirne- 
 sota conference; born Stillwater, N. Y., March 2, 
 1843; manager life-insurance company, Minneapolis, 
 Minn.; joined the church Newark, N. J., 1861; trus¬ 
 tee, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Josiah L. Albritton, ministerial delegate from Cen¬ 
 tral Ohio conference, was born at Mayfield, Ky., 
 Sept. 13, 1847; resides at Toledo, Ohio; is presiding- 
 elder of Toledo district; joined church at Mayfield, 
 Ky., in 1866; entered the ministry in Kentucky con¬ 
 ference, in February, 1868. 
 
 Samuel Van Pelt, ministerial delegate Central Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born Cynthiana, Ky., March 30, 
 1854; president of conference seminary, Onarga, Ill.; 
 joined church at Normal, Ill., Jan. 24,1869; entered 
 ministry Central Illinois conference, September, 
 1876. 
 
 Erastus Smith, ministerial delegate West Nebraska 
 conference; born Brooklyn, Pa., July 9, 1842; resides 
 Kearney, Neb.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Beach Pond, Pa., 1856; entered ministry in Rocky 
 Mountain conference, 1872. 
 
 Wilmot W. Van Dusen, ministerial delegate Colum 
 bia River conference; born Harpersfield, N. Y. 
 April 1, 1854; resides Spokane, Wash.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church FergU'onville, N. Y., 1870; 
 entered ministry Northern New York conference, 
 1880. 
 
 From Northw estern Christian Advocate, December iS, 1 S 95 . 
 
PLATE X.—1. Jacob H. Haeussler. 2. J. A. Fowler. 3. M. S. Heavenridge. 4. R. S. Copeland. 5. W. T. Ranaan. 
 6. George H. Bridgman. 7. H. C. Jennings. 8. Judson S. Hill. 9. E. L. Eaton. 10. Jacob Rothweiler. 11. Charles W. 
 Smith. 12. W S. Matthew. 13. Galen A. Merrill. 14. William Newkirk. 15. John H. Hess. 16. J. F. Force. 17. J. L. 
 Albritton. 18. Samuel Van Pelt, 19. Erastus Smith. 20. W. W. Van Dusen. 
 
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 67 
 
PLATE XI 
 
 Elbridge R. Willis, ministerial delegate California 
 conference; born Delaware, Ohio; resides Napa, 
 California; presiding-elder; joined the church in 
 Ohio, at age of fourteen; entered ministry Nevada 
 conference,1880. 
 
 Adolphus Graybeal, ministerial delegate Blue 
 Ridge conference; born Jefferson, N. C., Dec. 21, 
 1860; resides Montezuma, N. C.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Lansing, N. C., 1878; entered min¬ 
 istry 1880. 
 
 Christopher Haw, lay delegate Iowa conference; 
 born Grant county, Wis., March 29,1848; wholesale 
 merchant, Ottumwa, Iowa; joined the church 1868; 
 served all official relations open to laymen; delegate 
 from Iowa 1891 to International Good Templars, 
 Edinburgh, Scotland. 
 
 George Henry Trever, ministerial delegate Wiscon¬ 
 sin conference; born Newcastle-under-Lyme, Eng¬ 
 land, Oct. 13, 1856; pastor Milwaukee, Wis.; joined 
 the church Brant, Wis., 1875; entered ministry Wis¬ 
 consin conference, 1883. 
 
 David L. Ash, ministerial delegate West Virginia 
 conference; born Harrison county, W. Va., Oct. 20, 
 1855; resides Grafton, W. Va. ; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church at Wilsonburg, 1875; entered ministry 
 West Virginia conference, 1878. 
 
 Robert Stuart Borland, ministerial delegate Erie 
 conference; born Rockland, Pa., June 17,1836; pastor 
 Forestville, N. Y.; joined the church Rockland, Pa., 
 1854; entered ministry Erie conference, 1867; member 
 General conference, 1888. 
 
 Leander Ferguson, lay delegate Wisconsin confer¬ 
 ence; horn Middletown, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1841; mer¬ 
 chant, Brandon, Wis.; joined the church Brandon, 
 Wis., June, 1856; steward, superintendent Sunday- 
 school. 
 
 Harvey J. Gidley, lay delegate Erie conference; 
 born Sliver Creek, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1846; resides Dun¬ 
 kirk, N. Y.; special agent Northwestern Mutual Life 
 Insurance Co. of Milwaukee; joined the church For¬ 
 estville, N. Y., June, 1872; steward, trustee. 
 
 John C. Nichols, ministerial delegate Central New 
 York conference; born in Minisink, N. Y., Nov. 10, 
 1848; pastor Syracuse, N. Y.; joined the church Ches¬ 
 ter, N. Y., 1863; entered ministry 1875. 
 
 William Douglass Cherington, ministerial delegate 
 Ohio conference; born McArthur, Ohio, June 6, 1852; 
 resides Delaware, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Delaware, Ohio, 1867; entered ministry Ohio 
 conference, 1873. 
 
 Henry Godden Jackson, ministerial delegate Rock 
 River conference; born Manchester, Ind., Jan. 1, 
 
 1838; resides Chicago, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Manchester, Ind., 1858; entered ministry 
 Northwest Indiana conference, 1862; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1884. 
 
 Reuben N. Kratz, lay delegate South Dakota con¬ 
 ference; born Milton, Onio, July 2, 1845; resides 
 Mitchell, S. D.; acting pastor, Mt. Vernon, S. D.; 
 joined the church Woodland, Mich., 1871; local 
 preacher. 
 
 C. B. Clark, ministerial delegate South Dakota con¬ 
 ference; born Sauquoit, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1839; pastor 
 Huron, S. D.; entered ministry Iowa conference, 
 1864; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Asbury Mick, ministerial delegate West Virginia 
 conference; born Buckhannon, W. Va., Jan. 13, 1849; 
 pastor Buckhannon, W. Va.; joined church Oaking- 
 ton, W. Va., 1863; entered ministry West Virginia 
 conference, 1872. 
 
 David Wellington Byrd, lay delegate Tennessee 
 conference; born Ashland, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1865; in¬ 
 structor of Greek, Central Tennessee college, Nash¬ 
 ville, Tenn.; joined the church Berea, Ohio, 1888; 
 acting paster college church. 
 
 Wade Hampton Thomas, lay delegate North Caro¬ 
 lina conference; born Clio, S. C., June 27,1862; re¬ 
 sides Hamlet, N. C ; United States railway postal 
 clerk; joined the church Greensboro, N. C , April 19, 
 1886; Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Thomas Henry Woodring, ministerial delegate 
 Pittsburg conference; born Saegerstown, Pa , Jan. 22, 
 1852; resides Wilkinsburg, Pa.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Meadville, Pa., 1866; entered min¬ 
 istry Pittsburg conference 1877; member General 
 conference 1892. 
 
 Theron R. Green, ministerial delegate Central New 
 York conference; born South Sodas, N. Y., April 24, 
 1845; resides Syracuse, N. Y ; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church South Sodus, N. Y , August, 1860; en¬ 
 tered ministry East Genesee conference, 1869. 
 
 John Wesley Walker,ministerial delegate Northwest 
 Iowa conference; born Brampton,Ontario, Feb. 2,1844; 
 pastor First church, Rock Rapids, Iowa; joined the 
 church Brampton, Ontario, May 25, 1858; entered 
 ministry of Primitive Methodist Church of Canada 
 1865; joined New Hampshire conference 1876, and 
 transferred to Northwest Iowa conference 1882. 
 
 Rufus Willard, lay delegate Puget Sound confer¬ 
 ence; born Hitesville, Ill., April 27, 1836; surgeon 
 and physician at Seattle, Wash.; joined the church 
 Olympia, Wash., 1855; trustee, Sunday-school super¬ 
 intendent; member of General conference 1876. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, December 25 , iS 95 . 
 
PLATE XI.—1. E. R. Willis. 2. A. Graybeal. 3. Christopher Haw. 4. George H. Trever. 5. D. L. Ash. 6. R. S. 
 Borland. 7. Leander Ferguson. 8. H. J. Gidley. 9. John C. Nichols. 10. W. D. Cherington. 11. H. G. Jackson. 
 12. R. N. Kratz. 13. C. B. Ciark. 14. Asbury Mick. 15. D. W. Byrd. 16. W. H. Thomas. 17. T. H. Woodring. 18. T. R. 
 Green. 19. J. W. Walker. 20. Rufus Willard. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, December 25 , 1895 . 
 
 69 
 
PLATE Xn 
 
 James Arthur Ruble, ministerial delegate Holston 
 conference; born in Bradley county, Tenn., Nov. 4, 
 1844; resides Maryville, Tenn.; presiding-eF'er; 
 joined the church near Cleveland, Tenn., in 1854; en¬ 
 tered ministry 1862. 
 
 Charles F. Blumberg, lay delegate Southern Ger¬ 
 man conference; born near Seguin, Texas, Jan. 31, 
 1S64; merchant at Seguin, Texas; joined the church 
 Guadalupe Valley, Texas, 1878; trustee, Sunday- 
 school superintendent, local preacher. 
 
 Daniel Stevenson, ministerial delegate from Ken¬ 
 tucky conference; was born at Versailles, Ky. ; presi¬ 
 dent of Union college, Barbourville, Ky.; joined the 
 church at Versailles in boyhood; entered the ministry 
 in 1851; was member of General conference in 1872. 
 At the close of the war, 1865, was one of the eighteen 
 ministers who withdrew from the Kentucky confer¬ 
 ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and 
 united with the Methodist Episcopal church; was 
 superintendent of public instruction of Kentucky 
 from 1863 to 1867. 
 
 Edwin Nottingham, lay delegate Central New York 
 conference; born in DeWitt, N. Y., Dec. 3,1850; law¬ 
 yer, Syracuse, N. Y.; joined the church Syracuse, 
 N. Y., Sept. 30, 1866; steward. 
 
 Henry Dietz, ministerial delegate Southern Ger¬ 
 man conference; born Grossensee (Saxon Weimar) 
 Germany, April 17, 1845; resides Seguin, Texas; pre- 
 sidlng elder; joined the church Milwaukee, Wis., in 
 1866; entered ministry Northwest German confer¬ 
 ence, 1870; member General conference, 1888. 
 
 David C. Osborne, ministerial delegate from East 
 Ohio conference; born Ripley, N. Y., Aug. 3,1831; re¬ 
 sides Barnesville, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Sherman, N. Y , January, 1850; entered min¬ 
 istry Erie conference, 1853. 
 
 John Wesley Adams, lay delegate from Holston 
 conference; born in Ridgeville, Ohio, July 29, 1843; 
 dealer in real estate, Chattanooga, Tenn.; joined the 
 church at Elyria, Ohio, April 10, 1858; Sunday-school 
 superintendent and trustee. 
 
 Leonidas Merritt, lay delegate Northern Minnesota 
 conference; born Fredonia, Chautauqua county, N. 
 Y., Feb. 20, 1844; mineral explorer, Duluth, Minn.; 
 joined the church Oneonta, Minn., 1870; steward. 
 
 Thomas Amazlah Fortson, lay delegate Texas con¬ 
 ference; horn Elberton, Ga., Jan. 1, 1854; teacher in 
 Prairie View State Normal school, prairie View, 
 Texas; joined the church, Hampton, Ga., August, 
 1873; trustee; member of General conference 1888 
 and 1892. 
 
 Miss Lydia A. Trimble, lay delegate Foochow con¬ 
 ference; born near Ottawa, Canada; teacher in Wom¬ 
 an’s school, Hok-chiang, China; at home on furlough; 
 address Essex, Ontario, Canada; converted and 
 joined the church at twelve years of age; engaged in 
 teaching in Iowa in 1882; went to Foochow as a mis¬ 
 
 sionary in 18S9 frcm Des Moines branch Woman’s 
 Foreign Missionary society. %. 
 
 Yoitsu Honda, ministerial delegate Japan confer¬ 
 ence; born in Hirosaki, Japan, Dec. 15, 1848; presi¬ 
 dent of Aoyama gakuin (college) Aoyama, Tokio; 
 joined the first Protestant church organized in 
 Yokohama, Japan, in May, 1872; entered the min¬ 
 istry Newark conference, 1879. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Field Bashford, lay delegate Ohio con¬ 
 ference; was born at Fennimore, Wis., March 1, 
 1853; resides at Delaware, Ohio, her husband being 
 president of Ohio Wesleyan university; is a “home¬ 
 maker ”; joined the church at Boscobel, Wis., March 
 1, 1868; is a steward of St. Paul's church. 
 
 Daniel Luper Rader, ministerial delegate Colorado 
 conference; born at Rose Hill, Mo., Aug. 27, 1850; re¬ 
 sides at Pueblo, Col ; presiding-elder; joined Presby¬ 
 terian church in 1864; entered ministry Southwest 
 Missouri conference M. E. Church, South, in 1871; 
 joined Colorado conference M. E. church in 1885. 
 
 Earl Douglas Holtz, ministerial delegate East Ohio 
 conference; born at Morristown, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1844; 
 resides at Alliance, Ohio; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church at Flushing, Ohio, in February, 1867; entered 
 ministry Pittsburg conference in 1870. 
 
 John Sweet, ministerial delegate from Detroit con¬ 
 ference; born Biddeford, England, June 4, 1844; re¬ 
 sides Calumet, Mich.; presiding elder; joined the 
 church Algonac, Mich., September, 1873; entered 
 ministry, Detroit conference, 1874. 
 
 Thomas Joy Massey, ministerial delegate Puget 
 Sound conference; born Chester, Ill.; May 10, 1856; 
 resides Fairhaven, Wash.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Clay City, Ill , March, 1876; entered min¬ 
 istry Southern Illinois conference, 1876; member 
 General conference, 1892. 
 
 Edward W. Ryan, ministerial delegate Detroit con¬ 
 ference; born Mountain Cove, Va., Oct. 28, 1837; 
 pastor Ypsilanti, Mich.; joined the church Cross 
 Lanes, Va., 1857; entered ministry West Virginia 
 conference, 1864; alternate delegate to General con¬ 
 ference, 1892, from West Virginia conference. 
 
 JohD Kirby, ministerial delegate California confer¬ 
 ence; born Yorkshire, England, May 2, 1837; resides 
 Alameda, Cal ; presiding-elder; joined the Wesleyan 
 church in England, 1855; entered the ministry South 
 Kansas conference, 1874. 
 
 D. S. Hammond, ministerial delegate West Vir¬ 
 ginia conference; born Moundsville, W. Va.; pastor 
 Seventh-avenue church, Huntington, W. Va.; joined 
 the church Moundsville, 1874; entered ministry West 
 Virginia conference, 1877. 
 
 John A. Kumler, ministerial delegate Illinois an¬ 
 nual conference; born Butler county, Ohio, April 20, 
 1838; pastor Springfield, Ill.; joined the church Dan¬ 
 ville, Ill., December, 1864; entered ministry Septem¬ 
 ber, 1868. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, January S, iSg6. 
 
 70 
 
PLATE XII.—1. J. A. Ruble. 2. Charles F. Blumberg. 3. D. Stevenson, 4. Edwin Nottingham. 5. Henry Dietz. 
 6. David C. Osborne. 7. J. W. Adams. 8. Leonidas Merritt. 9. Thos. A. Fortson. 10. Miss Lydia A. Trimble. 
 11. Yoitsu Honda. 12. Mrs. Jane Bashford, 13. D. L. Rader. 14. E. D. Holtz. 15. John Sweet. 16. T. J. Massey. 
 17. E. W. Ryan. 18. John Kirby. 19. D. S. Hammond. 20. J. A. Kumler. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, January 8, iSg6. 
 
 7i 
 
PLATE Xm 
 
 Samuel Archibald Thomson, ministerial delegate 
 from Southern California conference; born near Dun¬ 
 gannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, May 12,1844; pas¬ 
 tor of Vincent church, Los Angeles, Cal.; joined the 
 M. E. church in Canada, May, 1862, and entered the 
 Ontario conference of said church, April, 1864; joined 
 North Ohio conference 1869. 
 
 John Edwin Williams, ministerial delegate Gene¬ 
 see conference; born Kempville, Canada, Oct. 1,1844; 
 resides Buffalo, N. Y.; presiding elder; joined the 
 church London, Ontario, Canada, 1858; entered the 
 ministry Central New York conference, 1872; mem¬ 
 ber of General conferences 1888,1892 
 
 McKendree Hypes Chamberlin, lay delegate South¬ 
 ern Illinois conference; born at Lebanon, 111,1838; 
 united with church at nineteen; educated at McKen¬ 
 dree college; LL.B. at Harvard law school, 1861; 
 practiced law in Illinois and Kansas; secretary of 
 state railroad and warehouse commission of Illinois; 
 president of McKendree college, Lebanon, Ill. 
 
 □ Jacob Thimoleus Jacobson; lay delegate Sweden 
 conference; born the insel Gotland, May 6, 1840; 
 wholesale merchant and manufacturer, Stockholm; 
 joined the church, Kalmar, 1872; local deacon; author 
 of many of the S wedish-Methcdist psalms and hymns; 
 member General conference 1892. 
 
 Ephraim H. McKissack, lay delegate Upper Missis¬ 
 sippi conference; born Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1859, 
 and engaged as principal of the commercial depart¬ 
 ment Rust university, Holly Springs, Miss.; joined 
 the church at Holly Springs, Miss., Oct. 23, 1889; 
 local preacher, superintendent Sabbath-school. 
 
 Johannes (John) Ulrich Wuhrmann, ministerial 
 delegate Switzerland conference; born Winterthur, 
 Canton of Zirich, March 9, 1855; resides Berne, 
 Switzerland; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Winterthur, 1871; entered ministry Germany and 
 Switzerland conference, 1879. 
 
 Luigi Mando, lay delegate Italy conference; born 
 Narnl, Italy, May 1, 1861; engaged in government de¬ 
 partment of post and telegraph; joined church Rome, 
 1883; steward; member of General conference, 1892. 
 
 Johan Edward Edman, ministerial delegate Swe¬ 
 den conference; born Karlskrona, Sweden; president 
 of the theological school at Upsala, Sweden; joined 
 the church Stockholm, Jan. 1878; entered ministry in 
 Sweden conference 1880. 
 
 Harvey H. Croz’er, lay delegate Southern Illinois 
 conference; born Preston, Ill., May 16, 1854; mer¬ 
 chant, Carmi, Ill.; joined the church Carmi, Ill., 
 1885; trustee, district Epworth league president. 
 
 William Burt, ministerial delegate Italy confer¬ 
 ence; born Padstow, England, Oct. 23, 1852; resides 
 Rome, Italy; superintendent Italy mission; joined 
 church Warren, Mass., July, 1870; entered ministry 
 New York East conference 1881; member general 
 conference,1892. 
 
 Albert Julius Nast, ministerial delegate Central 
 German conference; born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 4, 
 1846; resides Cincinnati, Ohio; editor Der Christliche 
 Apologete, in which position he succeeded, in 1892, his 
 father, William Nast, D.D., who had been editor for 
 more than half a century; joined the church Lima, 
 N. Y., Oct. 1862; entered ministry North Ohio confer¬ 
 ence, 1869 
 
 James Harlan, lay delegate Iowa annual confer¬ 
 ence; born Lamotte Prairie, Ill., Aug. 26, 1820; resides 
 Mount Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa; out-of door 
 business man, lawyer by profession; United States 
 senator from Iowa, 1855-1865; secretary of interior, 
 1865; joined the church, Park county, Ind., 1837; 
 trustee ; member general conference, 1872. 
 
 Chas. Thompson Allen, ministerial delegate De¬ 
 troit conference; born Manchester, Mich., Sept. 8, 
 1841; resides Detroit, Mich ; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Manchester, Mich., 1858; entered minis¬ 
 try Detroit conference 1870; member general confer¬ 
 ence, 1884. 
 
 Isaiah Benj. Scott, ministerial delegate Texas con¬ 
 ference; born Midway, Ky., Sept. 30, 1854, and en-' 
 gaged as president of Wiley university, Marshall, 
 Texas; member of General Missionary committee; 
 joined the church Austin, Texas, 1874; entered minis¬ 
 try Tennessee conference, 1880; member General 
 conference 1888,1892. 
 
 Wade Hampton Logan, ministerial delegate Texas 
 conference; born Paris, Texas, Oct. 20,1857; resides 
 Marshall, Texas; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Paris, Texas, Aug. 16, 1880; entered ministry Texas 
 conference, 1881; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Milton D. Buck, ministerial delegate California 
 conference; born Lyons, N. Y., March 29,1852; pastor 
 Sixth-street church, Sacramento, Cal.; joined the 
 church Penn Yan, N. Y , March, 1865; entered min¬ 
 istry California conference, 1875. 
 
 Charles Robert Kellerman, ministerial delegate 
 Idaho conference; born Prussia, Jan. 16,1850; resi¬ 
 dent Boise City, Idaho; presiding - elder; joined 
 the church Ypsilanti, Mich, 1868; entered ministry 
 Detroit conference 1873. 
 
 James Russell Johnson, lay delegate East Tennessee 
 conference; born Wythe county, Oct. 15,1845; mer¬ 
 chant and real-estate dealer, Pulaski City, Tenn.; 
 joined the church Pine Run, 1869; trustee. 
 
 Henry F. Ketron, lay delegate Blue Ridge confer¬ 
 ence; bo r n Bloomingdale, Tenn., April 16, 1847; prin¬ 
 cipal Wesleyan academy, Chucky City, Tenn.; joined 
 the church Oak Grove 1866; member General confer¬ 
 ence 1888. 
 
 James Hamilton, ministerial delegate Michigan 
 conference; born Trafalgar, Canada, Feb. 17, 1843; 
 pastor Grand Rapids, Mich ; j Dined the church 
 Burlington Plains, Canada, 1857; entered ministry 
 Michigan conference, 1863; alternate delegate 1888. 
 
 From Northwestern Christina Advocate, Fehiuary 12 , iSg6. 
 
 72 
 
PLATE XIII.—1. S. A. Thomson. 2. J. E. Williams. 3. M. H. Chamberlin. 4. J. T. Jacobson. 5. E. H. McKissack. 
 6. J. U. Wuhrmann. 7. Luigi Mando. 8. J. E. Edman. 9. Harvey H. Crozier. 10. William Burt. 11. Albert J. Nast. 
 12. James Harlan. 13. C. T. Allen. 14. I. B. Scott. 15. W. H. Logan. 16. M. D. Buck. 17. C. R. Kellerman. 18. J. R- 
 Johnson. 19. H F. Ketron. 20 James Hamilton. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, February 12, 18)6. 
 
 73 
 
PLATE XIV, 
 
 Peter Jakob Maximilian Erikson, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate, Sweden conference; born Gotland, Sweden, 
 May 16,1848; resides at Stockholm, Sweden ; presid¬ 
 ing-elder, member parliament of Sweden; joined the 
 church Wisby, Sweden, Sept. 5, 1871; entered minis¬ 
 try 1871. 
 
 Julian Franklin Marshall, ministerial delegate 
 Louisiana cC^ference; born near Richmond, Va., 
 April 16, 1847; resides at New Orleans, La.; presid¬ 
 ing-elder; joined the church New Orleans, May, 
 1869; entered ministry 1877; member General confer¬ 
 ence 1888 
 
 James Monroe Cox, lay delegate Little Rock con¬ 
 ference; born Chambers county, Ala., Feb. 26, 1860; 
 educated Clark university and Gammon Theological 
 seminary; in 1886 accepted and still holds chair of 
 Greek and Latin in Philander Smith college, Little 
 Rock, Ark.; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Calvin S. Barlow, lay delegate Puget Sound con¬ 
 ference; born Cowlitz county, Wash.; merchant and 
 lumberman, Tacoma, Wash.; joined church Tacoma, 
 1885; trustee, treasurer, Puget Sound university. 
 
 George Washington Stith, lay delegate Mississippi 
 conference; born near Vicksburg, Miss., Nov. 8, 1846; 
 resides Vicksburg, Miss.; teacher In public schools of 
 Mississippi for twenty-five years; joined the church 
 Center Chester, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1865; local preacher, 
 Sunday-school superintendent, class leader, and 
 steward; reserve delegate 1892. 
 
 James M. Shumpert, ministerial delegate Missis¬ 
 sippi conference; born Itawamba county, Miss., 
 March 23, 1853; resides Columbus, Miss.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church Itawamba county, 1868; en¬ 
 tered the ministry 1872; member of General confer¬ 
 ence 1880, 1884, 1888, and 1892. 
 
 Frank Gary, ministerial delegate from Texas con¬ 
 ference; born South Carolina, Jan. 14, 1862; pastor 
 Galveston, Texas; joined the church Palestine, 
 Texas, July 12, 1881; entered the Texas conference 
 1885. 
 
 Perry Oliver Jamison, ministerial delegate Upper 
 Mississippi conference; born Columbus, Miss., 1848; 
 resides Yazoo City, Miss.; presiding-eider; joined 
 the church Columbus, Miss., July, 1867; entered 
 ministry 1871. 
 
 Jotn H. Martin, ministerial delegate Indiana con¬ 
 ference; born Pennsylvania, Oct. 11,1838; president 
 of Moores Hill college, Moores Hill, Ind.; joined the 
 church Dunbar, Pa., 1851; entered ministry South¬ 
 east Indiana conference, 1866. 
 
 Joseph C. Hartzell, ministerial delegate Louisiana 
 conference; born 1842, near Moline, Ill.; began pre¬ 
 paring for ministry when fifteen years of age; joined 
 Central Illinois conference 1868; pastor Ames M. E. 
 church, New Orleans, 1870; elected assistant corre¬ 
 sponding secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid and South¬ 
 ern Education society 1882; corresponding secretary 
 in 1888 to present; in 1870 founded the Southwestern 
 Christian Advocate in New Orleans, and its editor until 
 
 1882; member school board New Orleans for several 
 years; member General conference 1876, 1880, 1884, 
 
 1888, and 1892. 
 
 Henry Clarence Weakley, ministerial delegate Cin¬ 
 cinnati conference; born Lebanon, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1846; 
 corresponding secretary of Elizabeth Gamble Dea¬ 
 coness Home association, Cincinnati, Ohio; joined 
 the church Lebanon, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1864; entered min¬ 
 istry Cincinnati conference 1877. 
 
 George Everett Ackerman, ministerial delegate 
 Alabama conference; born Bath, N. Y., Nov. 16, 
 1850; professor of systematic theology in Grant uni¬ 
 versity, Chattanooga, Tenn.; joined the church Bath, 
 N. Y., 1862; entered ministry Genesee conference 
 1878; was two years president Blue Mountain uni¬ 
 versity; member of the General conference 1892. 
 
 Isaac Chase Libby, lay delegate Columbia River 
 conference; born Cornish, Maine, March 1,1852; far¬ 
 mer and local preacher, Spokane, Wash.; joined the 
 church Standish, Me., 1863. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Witherspoon, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate South Carolina conference; born Lancaster, 
 S. C., Oct. 27,1856; resides Orangeburg, S. C.; presid- 
 ing-elder; joined the church Columbia, S. C , 1874; 
 entered ministry South Carolina conference, 1880; 
 reserve delegate General conference 1892. 
 
 Andrew J. Taylor, ministerial delegate Arkansas 
 conference; born Conway county, Ark., April 20,1852; 
 presiding-elder Fort Smith district; joined the 
 church August, 1867; entered ministry in Arkansas 
 conference,1877. 
 
 W. O. Emory, ministerial delegate Little Rock con¬ 
 ference; born Springfield, Mo., 1852; presiding-elder 
 Little Rock district; joined the church, 1870; entered 
 ministry Little Rock conference, 1878; chief commis¬ 
 sioner negro exhibit of Arkansas, Atlanta Cotton 
 States and International Exposition. 
 
 Samuel Allen Cowan, ministerial delegate Missis¬ 
 sippi conference; born Abbeville, S. C , Sept. 15,1854; 
 resides Vicksburg, Miss.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Ripley, Miss., August, 1865; entered the min¬ 
 istry, 1879; member General conference 1888; reserve 
 delegate 1892. 
 
 Joseph Harrison Phillips, lay delegate Upper Mis¬ 
 sissippi conference; born Newburn, N. C., Dec. 17, 
 i856; contractor and builder and undertaker, Gren¬ 
 ada, Miss.; joined the church Holly Springs, April, 
 1871; trustee, superintendent Sunday-school, district 
 league president. 
 
 Charles Clinton Morse, lay delegate Louisiana con¬ 
 ference; born Hyde Park, Vt., Oct. 29, 1841; business 
 manager Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, 
 La.; joined the church Hyde Park, Vt., 1874; trustee, 
 steward, and class-leader. 
 
 PhyloEzo D. Carr, lay delegate Central Tennessee 
 conference; born Marlboro, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1850; 
 manager D. H. Baldwin & Co., music business, Nash¬ 
 ville, Tenn.; joined the church Alliance, Ohio, 1S66; 
 trustee and steward. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, Fetiruary ig, iSg6. 
 
 74 
 
PLATE XIV.—1. Peter J. M. Erikson. 2. J. F. Marshall. 3. J. M. Cox. 4. C. S. Barlow. 5. George W. Stith. 6. 
 J. M. Shumpert. 7. F. Gary. 8. P. O. Jamison. 9. John H. Martin 10. J. C. Hartzell. 11. H. C. Weakley. 12. Geo. E. 
 Ackerman. 13. I. C. Libby. 14. B. F. Witherspoon. 15 A. J. Taylor. 16. W. O. Emory. 17. S. A. Cowan. 18. J. H. 
 Phillips. 19. Charles C. Morse. 20. P. D. Carr. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, February ig, iSg6. 
 
PLATE XV, 
 
 Richard Sewell, ministerial delegate Upper Missis¬ 
 sippi conference; born Starkville, Miss , March, 1854; 
 pastor, Granada, Miss.; joined the church, Stark¬ 
 ville, March, 1S69; entered ministry, 1S82. 
 
 Robert Bunyan Ayer, lay delegate Florida confer¬ 
 ence; born Barnwell, S. C , Sept. 17,1862; tonsorlal 
 artist, Gainesville, Fla ; joined the church Barnwell 
 county, April 12,1S75; local preacher and trustee. 
 
 Ascph Harmon Gibbs, lay delegate Alabama con¬ 
 ference; born Wedowee, Ala., Aug. 18, 1864; mer¬ 
 chant Wedowee; joined the church Antioch, Ala., 
 1875; Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Philjp Percy Wright, lay delegate Central Alabama 
 conference; born Lafayette, Ala., August, 1863; 
 principal high school, Roanoke, Ala ; joined the 
 church Lafayette, Ala., 1883; Sunday-school superin¬ 
 tendent, class-leader. 
 
 Luther Stahl Rader, ministerial delegate St. 
 John's River conference; born Tuscarawas county, 
 Ohio, Jan. 19,1860; pastor Trinity church, Jackson¬ 
 ville, Fla.; joined the church Tippecanoe, Ohio, Jan¬ 
 uary, 1871; entered ministry East Ohio conference. 
 
 George Franklin Huntly, lay delegate Louisiana 
 conference; born Brandon, Miss., Feb. 15,1853; fore¬ 
 man, Shreveport, La.; joined the church Shreveport, 
 March 20, 1888; local preacher, steward, trustee, 
 class-leader. 
 
 Guy Hartwell Bowen, lay delegate Savannah con¬ 
 ference; born Reidsville, Ga., June 20,1867; resides 
 Way cross, Ga., and engaged as railway postal clerk; 
 joined the church Clark university, Atlanta, Ga., 
 Oct 1888; trustee, superintendent Sunday-school. 
 
 Jasper L. McBrien, lay delegate West Nebraska 
 conference: born Newtonia, Mo., March 19, 1867; 
 dean of Orleans college, Orleans, Neb.; joined the 
 church Sterling, Neb., February, 1889. 
 
 Carl J. Larsen, ministerial delegate Western Nor¬ 
 wegian Danish conference; born Bergen, Norway, 
 May 29, 1849 ; resides San Francisco, Cal.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church Chicago, Ill., 1869; entered 
 ministry California conference 1879. 
 
 John Wesley Butler, ministerial delegate Mexico 
 conference; born Shelburne Falls, Mass., Oct 13,1851; 
 resides Mexico City,Mexico; preslding-elder; mission¬ 
 ary; joined the church Chelsea, Mass., 1866; entered 
 ministry p New England conference, 1874; member 
 General conference 1888. £ 
 
 Joseph F. Berry, ministerial delegate Detroit con¬ 
 ference; born Aylmer, Canada, May 13, 1856; editor 
 Epworth Herald, Chicago; joined the church Port 
 Huron, Mich., 1871; entered the ministry Detroit 
 
 conference, 1874; associate editor Michigan Christian 
 Advocate, 1886 to 1890; member General conference 
 
 1892. 
 
 Julian Fremont Scott, lay delegate North China 
 conference; born near Steubenville, Ohio, July 28, 
 1856; resides at Pasadena, Cal.; lay medical mission¬ 
 ary, home on health leave; joined the church Ekey’s 
 charge, East Ohio conference, June, 1876. 
 
 Joshua E. Wilson, ministerial delegate South Caro¬ 
 lina conference; born Charleston, S. C.,Oct. 5, 1845; 
 resides Florence, S. C.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church* Charleston, S. C., May 3,1869; entered min¬ 
 istry South Carolina conference, 1870; member of 
 Book committee; member General conference 1880, 
 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 Robert Thompson Miller, ministerial delegate 
 Pittsburg conference; born Finleyville, Pa., Jan. 11, 
 1835; resides, Indiana, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Finleyville, Pa., 1854; entered the minis¬ 
 try Pittsburg conference March, 1861. 
 
 Edward M. Jones, ministerial delegate Central 
 Alabama conference; born Hamburg, Ala., Dec. 14, 
 1861; resides Montgomery, Ala.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Marion, Ala., 1883; entered minis¬ 
 try 1883; joined Central Alabama conference 1889. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson Clarke, ministerial delegate South 
 Carolina conference; born Edgefield, Sept. 15,1862; 
 pastor Charleston, S. C.; joined the church Edge- 
 field, August, 1876; entered ministry South Carolina 
 conference, 1S83. 
 
 Wm. Lewis Bulkley, lay delegate South Carolina 
 conference; born Greenville, S. C., March 23, 1861; 
 professor Latin and Greek Claflin university, Orange¬ 
 burg, S. C.; joined the church Greenville, 1874; 
 steward. 
 
 Edward S. McChesney, ministerial delegate Wis¬ 
 consin conference; born Latrobe, Pa., Feb. 29, 1840; 
 resides Appleton, Wis.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Latrobe, Pa., 1858; entered ministry Wisconsin 
 conference,1867. 
 
 John F. Caples, lay delegate Oregon conference 
 bom Jeromeville, Wayne county, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1832; 
 attorney-at-law Portland, Ore , member legislature 
 1872-74, presidential elector 1892; joined the church 
 Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1853; trustee. 
 
 James F. Holden, lay delegate Oklahoma confer¬ 
 ence; born Prince Albert, Ontario, Dec. 22, 1861; 
 auditor and traffic manager C. O. & G. R. R , S. Mc- 
 Alester, I. T.; joined the church Whitby, Oat , 1874; 
 steward, class-leader, Sunday-school superintendent 
 and trustee. 
 
 From Nyrthwestern Christian Advocate, March 4, iSgO. 
 
 76 
 
PLATE XV.—1. R. Sewell. 2. R. B. Ayer. 3. A. H. Gibbs. 4. Philip P. Wright. 5. L. S. Rader. 6. George F. 
 
 Huntly. 7. Guy H. Bowen. 8. J. L. McBrien. 9. Carl J Larsen. 10. J W. Butler. 11. Joseph F. Berry. 12. J F. 
 
 Scott. 13. J. E. Wilson. 14. Robert F. Miller. 15. Edward M. Jones. 16. T F. Clarke. 17. W. L. Bulkley. 18. Ed¬ 
 
 ward S. McChesney. 19. John F. Caples. 20. James F. Holden. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, March 4 , 1 S 96 . 
 
PLATE XVI, 
 
 Edward W. Henke, ministerial delegate Northwest 
 German conference; born Chicago, Ill., Aug. 5, 1848; 
 pastor Storm Lake, l'owa; joined the church Blue Isl¬ 
 and, Ill., January, 1865; entered ministry Northwest 
 German conference 1871. 
 
 ,,, G. Reid Townsend, lay delegate West Texas con¬ 
 ference; born Robeson county, N. C,, April 26, 1856; 
 practicing physician, Victoria, Texas; joined the 
 church Lumberton, N. C., 1875; trustee, steward; 
 member General conference 1888. 
 
 Stephen A. Huger, ministerial delegate Florida 
 conference; born Sumter, S. C., Sept. 4, 1860; re¬ 
 sides Jacksonville, Fla ; preslding-elder; joined the 
 church Lone Star, 1876; entered ministry Florida 
 conference, 1885. 
 
 Aristides E. P. Albert, ministerial delegate Louisi¬ 
 ana conference; born St. Charles parish, La., Dec. 
 10, 1853; resides Baldwin, La.; presiding-elder and 
 acting president Gilbert academy, Baldwin, La.; 
 joined the church New Orleans, La., Feb. 1866; en¬ 
 tered ministry Louisiana conference 1878; assistant 
 editor Southwest Christian Advocate 1881-84, editor 
 1887-92; member of General conference 1884, 1888, 
 1892, and 1896. 
 
 John F. Palmer, ministerial delegate from Okla¬ 
 homa conference; born Daviess county, Ind., June 
 28, 1844; resides Guthrie, O. T.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church in Daviess county, January, 1860; 
 entered ministry Indiana conference 1872 
 
 Lemuel Harvey Stewart, ministerial delegate East 
 Ohio conference; born near Bloomingdale, July 22, 
 1847; resides Steubenville, Ohio; preslding-elder; 
 joined the church Kilgore, Ohio, 1866; entered min¬ 
 istry Pittsburg conference 1874. 
 
 William Henry Shier, ministerial delegate Detroit 
 conference; born Paterson, N. J., June 25, 1832; pas¬ 
 tor Detroit, Mich.; joined the church Ypsilanti, 
 Mich , 1852; entered ministry 1861; member General 
 conference 1880, 1884, 1892. 
 
 Owen H. Clark, ministerial delegate Southern Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born Liverpool, England, May 8, 
 1838; resides Belleville, Ill.; preslding-elder; 
 joined the church Calhoun, Ill., 1857; entered 
 ministry Southern Illinois conference 1859; member 
 General conference 1884, 1892. 
 
 Edward Thomson Nelson, lay delegate Central 
 Ohio conference; born Worthington, Ohio, Oct. 14, 
 1845; professor of geology and physiology Ohio Wes¬ 
 leyan university, Delaware, Ohio; joined the church 
 Delaware, Ohio, 1864; steward. 
 
 Mrs. Lois S. Parker, lay delegate North India con¬ 
 ference; born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., July 9, 1834; re- 
 sipes Lucknow, India; missionary, editor Star of 
 India-, joined the church Concord, N. H., in 1856. 
 
 Edwin W. Parker, ministerial delegate North In¬ 
 dia conference; born St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 21, 
 
 1833; presiding - elder and agent publishing house, 
 Lucknow, India; joined the church St. Johnsbury, 
 
 Vt., 1853; entered ministry Vermont conference, 
 
 1857; member General conference 1884, 1892. 
 
 Mrs. Ada Cythera Butcher, lay delegate North 
 India conference; born near Roscoe, Ill., Aug. 31, 
 
 1861; for over eight years a missionary in India; wife 
 of Rev. J. C Butcher, M.D., North India conference; 
 joined the church Fairdale, Ill , when about sixteen. _ 
 
 Thomas J. Scott, ministerial delegate North iDdia 
 conference; born New Alexandria, Ohio, Oct. 4,1835; 
 resides at Delaware, Ohio; missionary in India, home 
 on furlough since 1862; joined the church New Alex¬ 
 andria, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1853; entered ministry Pitts¬ 
 burg conference, 1860; reserve delegate 1874 and 
 1884 
 
 James Morris, lay delegate Bombay conference; 
 born Chelmsford, Essex, England, July 1, 1842; archi¬ 
 tect; resides Bombay, India; joined the church Bom¬ 
 bay on the same day (in February, 1872) that the 
 church was organized by Bishop William Taylor; ap¬ 
 pointed a local preacher and class-leader and a stew¬ 
 ard in 1872, and has retained these offices ever since. 
 
 Ahlert Gerhard Bruns, ministerial delegate South 
 Germany conference; born Oldenburg, Sept 20,1833; 
 resides Stuttgart, Wurtemherg; pastor Stuttgart 
 circuit; joined the church Brake, grand duchy of 
 O'denburg, 1855; entered ministry Germany and 
 Switzsrland conference 1861. 
 
 Daniel Ormsby Fcx, ministerial delegate to Bom¬ 
 bay conference; born Sprout Brook, N. Y , Jan. 10, 
 
 1835; resides Poona, India; pastor Poona Marathi 
 circuit; joined the church Sprout Brook, Oct., 1851; 
 entered ministry Michigan conference 1860, went to 
 India in 1872; reserve delegate 1884. 
 
 Madison C. B. Mason, ministerial delegate Savan- —» 
 nah conference; born Houma, La., March 27, 1859; / 
 resides South Atlanta, Ga.; assistant corresponding 
 secretary Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education 
 society; joined the church Houma, La., April6, 1878; 
 entered ministry Louisiana conference, 1883 
 
 Oscar Louis Fisher, ministerial delegate Austin 
 conference; born near Freeport, Ill., Aug. 12 1844; 
 president of Fort Worth university, Fort Worth,Tex.; 
 joined the church Mt. Morris, III., Dac. 1868; entered 
 ministry Upper Iowa conference 1871. 
 
 William Kepler, ministerial delegate North Ohio 
 conference; born Akron, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1841; pastor 
 New London, Ohio; joined the church Delaware, 
 
 Ohio, April, 1859; entered ministry North Ohio con¬ 
 ference 1868; reserve delegate 1892. 
 
 Matthew M. Alston, ministerial delegate Savannah 
 conference; born Franklinton, N. C., April 10, 1853; 
 pastor Rome, Ga ; joined the church Greensboro, 
 
 N. C., 1876; entered ministry Savannah conference, 
 
 1882; member General conference 1880. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, March ii, iS<j6 . 
 
 78 
 
PLATE XVI.—1. Edward W. Henke. 2. G. R. Townsend. 3 S. A. Huger. 4. A E P. Albert. 5. J. F. Palmer. 
 <5. L. H. Stewart. 7. W. H. Shier. 8, O. H. Clark. 9. E. T. Nelson. 10. Mrs. L. S. Parker. 11. E W. Parker. 12. 
 Mrs. A. C. Butcher. 13. T. J. Scott. 14. James Morris. 15. A. G. Bruns. 16 D. O Fox. 17. M. C. B. Mason. 18. O. L. 
 Fisher. 19. Wm Kepler. 20. M. M. Alston. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, March ii, iSg6. 
 
 79 
 
PLATE XVU 
 
 Hyre D. Clark, ministerial delegate Central Illi¬ 
 nois conference; born West Virginia, 1847; resides 
 Galesburg, Ill.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 West Virginia, 1872; entered ministry Central Illi¬ 
 nois conference,18S0. 
 
 James Earl Bills, ministerial delegate Genesee con¬ 
 ference; born Perry, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1832; resides 
 Rochester, N Y.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Wyoming, N. Y., 1857; entered ministry Genesee con¬ 
 ference 185S; member General conference 1884, 1892. 
 
 William Henry Brooks, ministerial delegate Wash¬ 
 ington conference; born Port Republic, Md., Sept. 6, 
 1859; resides Wasbirgton, D. C.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Port Republic, Md., October, 1871; 
 entered ministry Washington conference, 1880. 
 
 Anders Olsen, ministerial delegate Norway confer¬ 
 ence; born parish of Berg, Aug. 30, 1837; pastor of 
 Fifth church, Christiania, and editor of Kristeleg 
 Tideiide and Borr.e Vemsen; joined the church Fred- 
 erikshold 1S59; entered ministry 1865; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1884,1892. 
 
 H. Duerlng, lay delegate North Germany confer¬ 
 ence; born New Ruppln, Germany, July 12, 1859; 
 superintendent of second largest printing concern in 
 Berlin, Germany; joined the church New Ruppln, 
 Geruany, when fourteen; class leader, steward, 
 trustee, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Gideon Glessler, lay d.legate Switzerland confer¬ 
 ence; born St. Gallen Switzeriacd, 1869; physician, 
 Basel, Switzerland; joined the church Basel, Switz¬ 
 erland, 1887; exhorter, class-leader, steward. 
 
 Carl Schell, ministerial delegate North Germany 
 conference; born Lahr, Baden, Germany, May 7, 
 1S52; resides Berlin, Germany; presiding-elder 
 Berlin district; joined the church Lahr, Germany, 
 when seventeen; entered ministry Germany and 
 Switzerland conference, 1874. 
 
 Friedrich Gutekunst, lay delegate from South Ger¬ 
 many conference; born Germany, Feb. 17,1849; re¬ 
 sides Bietigheim, Germany; local preacher (supply); 
 joined the church Wahlheim, Wuerttemberg, when 
 sixteen. 
 
 Henry French, lay delegate California conference; 
 born Camelford, Cornwall, England, Sept. 18, 1851; 
 merchant San Jose, Cal.; joined the church Cleve¬ 
 land, Ohio, 1875; steward; candidate for governor 
 California Prohibition ticket 1894. 
 
 Robert A. Booth, lay delegate Oregon conference; 
 born Yamhill county, Ore., May 13, 1S58; resides 
 Grant’s Pass, Ore.; bank cashier and manager; 
 joined the church Drain, Ore , 1885; superintendent 
 Sunday-school, president Epworth league, trustee, 
 steward. 
 
 Myron C. Wilccx, ministerial delegate Foochow 
 
 conference; born Gardner, Grundy county, Ill., on 
 Feb. 16,1851; resides Kucheng, near Foocho w, China; 
 presiding-elder Kucheng district; joined the church 
 Onarga, Ill., 1869; entered ministry Rock River con¬ 
 ference, 1889; home on furlough 
 
 Johannes U. Wuhrmann, ministerial delegate 
 Switzerland conference; born W 7 inthertur, Switzer¬ 
 land, 1855; resides Berne, Switzerland; presiding- 
 elder Berne district; joined the church Winthertur, 
 Switzerland, when seventeen; entered ministry 
 Germany and Switzerland conference, 1879. 
 
 Jefferson Ellsworth Scott, ministerial delegate 
 Northwest India conference; born Steubenville, 
 Ohio, May 21, 1851; resides Muttra, N. W. R , India; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church Wintersville, 
 Ohio, in 1868; entered the ministry Nevada, 1873; 
 vacation only once in twenty-three years’ service in 
 India; home, 1885; has averaeed 1,000 converts a 
 year on Agon district; founded mission at Muttra, a 
 great Hindu shrine. 
 
 Christopher Ludlow, lay delegate Mexico confer¬ 
 ence; born Cornwall, England; resides Pachuca, 
 Hidalgo, Mexico; joined the church Cornwall, In 
 youth; local preacher. 
 
 Harry Swann, ministerial delegate West Texas con¬ 
 ference; born in Arkansas March 9, 1854; resides 
 Waco, Texas; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Luling, Texas, 1873; entered ministry West Texas con¬ 
 ference 1875; member General conference 1888, 1892 
 
 James H. Clendening, lay delegate Arkansas con¬ 
 ference; born Ogdensburg, N. Y , March 17, 1834; 
 attorney-at-law, Fort Smith, Arkansas; joined the 
 church Covington, Ky, 1850; trustee and steward. 
 
 J. B. Trimble, ministerial delegate from Northwest 
 Iowa conference; born near Ottawa, Canada, Jan. 30, 
 1850; resides at Sheldon, Iowa; presiding - elder; 
 joined Wesleyan Methodist church at North Gower, 
 Canada, 1863; entered ministry Montreal conference 
 1877; transferred to Northwest Iowa 1881. 
 
 Luther Judson Price, lay delegate Savannah con¬ 
 ference; born Sunnyside, Ga., April 24, 1S56; mer¬ 
 chant at South Atlanta, Ga ; joined the church at 
 Shady Grove, Ga., Aug. 13, 1881; Sunday-school 
 superintendent, steward. 
 
 Thomas Isaac Keys, lay delegate Mississippi con¬ 
 ference; born Brookhaven, Miss., July 3, 1861; real 
 estate agent at Ocean Springs, Miss.; joined the 
 church Ocean Springs, Miss., March 10,1884; trustee, 
 steward, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Witherspoon, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate South Carolina conference; born Lancaster, 
 S. C., Oct. 27, 1856; resides Orangeburg, S C ; pre¬ 
 siding-elder; joined the church Columbia, S C , 1874; 
 entered ministry South Carolina conference 1880; re¬ 
 serve delegate 1892. 
 
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 80 
 
PLATE XVII— 1. H D. Clark. 2. J. E. Bills. 3. W. H. Brooks. 4. A. Olsen. 5 H, Duering. 6 G. Giessler. 
 7. C. Schell. 8 . F. Gutkunst. 9. Henry French. 10. R. A. Booth. 11. M. C. Wilcox. 12, J. U. Wuhrmann. 13 J. E. 
 Scott. 14. C. Ludlow. 15. H. Swann. 16 J. H. Clendening. 17. J. B. Trimble. 18. L. J. Price. 19. T. I, Keys. 20. 
 J. B. Witherspoon 
 
 6 
 
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 81 
 
PLATE XVIII 
 
 Morris Bamford, ministerial delegate Iowa confer¬ 
 ence; born near Muscatine, Iowa, September, 1848; 
 Dastor, Oskaloosa. Iowa; entered ministry Iowa con¬ 
 ference 1871. 
 
 Ebenezer Burdett Ailing, lay delegate Austin con¬ 
 ference; born Holly Springs, Miss , Dec. 26, 1852; 
 merchant, San Antonio, Texas; joined the church 
 Anoka, Minn., 1866; trustee, steward, Sunday-school 
 superintendent, district steward; reserve delegate 
 1892. 
 
 Luther Barton Wilson, ministerial delegate Balti¬ 
 more conference; born Baltimore, Md., November 14, 
 1856; resides Washington, D. C.; presiding-elder; 
 joined church Baltimore 1866; entered ministry 1878. 
 
 William M. Swindells, ministerial delegate Phila¬ 
 delphia conference; born Marple, England, Nov. 29, 
 1842; resides Philadelphia; editor Philadelphia Meth¬ 
 odist ., Book agent, corresponding secretary Phila¬ 
 delphia Conference Tract society; joined the church 
 Norristown, Pa., 1858; entered ministry Philadelphia 
 conference, 1862; member General conference 1880, 
 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 John Wesley Edward Bowen, ministerial delegats 
 Washington conference; born New Orleans, La , Dec. 
 3,1855; professor of historical theology in Gammon 
 Theological seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; joined the 
 church New Orleans, La, Dec, 1872; entered min¬ 
 istry Tennessee conference in 1881 and immediately 
 transferred to New England conference; professor 
 Latin and Greek Central Tennessee college, Nash¬ 
 ville; professor historical theology Morgan college, 
 Baltimore, Md.; professor Hebrew in Howard univer¬ 
 sity, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Samuel Willson Gehrett, ministerial delegate Phila¬ 
 delphia conference; born Cassville, Pa., Sept. 12, 
 1844; resides Philadelphia; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Cassville, Pa., August, 1868; entered 
 ministry Philadelphia conference, 1872; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1892. 
 
 Samuel W. Thomas, ministerial delegate Phila¬ 
 delphia conference; born Wilmington, Del., Jan. 22, 
 1830; resides Philadelphia; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Wilmington, Del., Dec. 19, 1839; entered 
 ministry Philadelphia conference 1851; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1868, 1872, 1888, 1892; agent Phila¬ 
 delphia Book-room and Tract society seven years. 
 
 James Monroe Miller, lay delegate Kansas confer¬ 
 ence; born Three Springs, Pa., May 6, 1852; lawyer, 
 Council Grove, Kan.; joined the church Warrior’s 
 Mark, Pa., 1870; steward. 
 
 Hiram Harrison Lowry, ministerial delegate North 
 China conference; born Zanesville, Ohio, May 29, 
 1843; president Peking university, Peking, China; 
 joined the church Zanesville, Ohio, 1857; entered 
 ministry Erie conference 1867. 
 
 Jesse Bowman Young, ministerial delegate St. 
 Louis conference; born Berwick, Pa, July 5, 1844; 
 
 editor Central Christian Advocate, St. Louis, Mo.; 
 joined the church, Berwick, Pa., 1855; entered min¬ 
 istry East Baltimore conference, 1868; author of 
 “What a Boy Saw In the Army;” reserve delegate 
 
 1892. 
 
 John Lanahan, ministerial delegate Baltimore con¬ 
 ference; born Harrisonburg, Va.; in charge of book 
 depository, Baltimore, Md.; joined thechurch Harri¬ 
 sonburg, Va., when a boy; entered the ministry Bal¬ 
 timore conference, 1838; agent Methodist Book Con¬ 
 cern, New York, 1868 to 1872; member of General con¬ 
 ference from 1856 to 1896. 
 
 C. C. Gaver, lay delegate Virginia conference; born 
 Middletown, Md., July 4,1841; justice, notary, and 
 fiduciary, Hillsboro, Va.; joined the church Arnold 
 Grove, Hillsboro, Oct. 15, 1856; class-leader, record¬ 
 ing steward; member General conference 1888. 
 
 John Field, lay delegate Philadelphia conference; 
 born Tralee Hill, County Londonderry, Ireland, Oct. 
 8,1834; merchant and banker, Philadelphia; joined 
 church, Philadelphia, in 1850; superintendent of one 
 Sunday-school for twenty-five years; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference, 1892; postmaster Philadelphia under 
 President Harrison. 
 
 Wililam Sommerville Edwards, ministerial dele¬ 
 gate Baltimore conference; born Martinsburg, W. 
 Va., April 23, 1834; resides Baltimore, Md.; presid¬ 
 ing elder; joined the church Washington, D C., July 
 1851; entered ministry Baltimore conference, 1856; 
 member General conference 1880-92, member ecumen¬ 
 ical conference in London 1881. 
 
 William Fryhofer, lay delegate Kansas conference; 
 born Seymour, Ind., Aug. 9,1846; farmer, Randolph, 
 RUey county, Kan.; joined the church Santa Claus, 
 Ind., 1857; recording steward, class-leader, Sunday- 
 school superintendent, trustee. 
 
 Isaac Lemuel Thomas, ministerial delegate Wash¬ 
 ington conference; born Owenville, Md., Dec. 4,1860; 
 pastor of Asbury church, Washington, D. C.; joined 
 the church Baltimore, Md., 1877; entered ministry 
 Washington conference, 1882. 
 
 John Asbury Motter, ministerial delegate Kansas 
 conference; born Monticello, Ind., May 13, 1850; re¬ 
 sides Baldwin, Kan; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Bloomington, Ill., 1864; entered ministry 
 Kansas conference 1878. 
 
 Alaric S. Embree, ministerial delegate Kansas con¬ 
 ference; born Lafayette, Ind., July 9, 1843; pastor, 
 Topeka, Kan.; joined the church Lafayette, Ind., 
 1869; entered the ministry 1878; presiding-elder. 
 
 Irvine Garland Penn, lay delegate Washington an¬ 
 nual conference; born at New Glasgow, Va., Oct. 7, 
 1866; manager publishing house, Lynchburg, Va., 
 joined the church, Lynchburg, Va., 1885; trustee, 
 steward; author of “The Af ro-American Press and 
 its Editors;” chief commissioner negro building and 
 exhibit Atlanta exposition, 1895; member General 
 conference 1892. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April i, iSg6. 
 
PLATE XVIII.—1. M. Bamford. 2. E. B. Ailing. 3. L. B. Wil30n. 5. Wm. M. Swindells. 6. 
 
 J. W. E. Bowen. 7. S. W. Gehrett. 8. S. W. Thomas. 9. J. M. Miller. 10. H. H. Lowry. 11. Jesse Bowman Young. 
 12. John Lanahan. 13. C. C. Gaver. 14. Joh.n Field. 15. W. S. Edwards. 16. Wm. Fryhofer. 17. I. L. Thomas. 18. 
 J. A. Motter. 19. A. S. Embree. 20. I. G. Penn, 
 
 From}Northwestern Christian Advocate, April t, iSg6. 
 
 83 
 
PLATE XIX 
 
 Charles T. Allen, ministerial delegate Detroit con¬ 
 ference; born Washtenaw county, Mich., 1S41; re¬ 
 sides Detroit; presiding-elder; entered ministry De¬ 
 troit conference 1868; member General conference 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 George Reed, ministerial delegate New Jersey con¬ 
 ference; born Millville, N. J., June 26, 1842; resides 
 Island Heights, N. J.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Millville, N. J , February, 1859; entered min¬ 
 istry, New Jersey conference, 1865. 
 
 George Bates Wight, ministerial delegate New 
 Jersey conference; born Randolph, Mass., Oct. 14, 
 1841; resides Millville, N. J.; presiding-elder; joined 
 church Milltown, N. J., 1864; entered ministry 
 New Jersey conference, 1866; member General con¬ 
 ference, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 Joseph L. Roe, ministerial delegate New Jersey 
 conference; born Trenton, N. J., Aug. 80, 1838; pastor 
 Bridgeton, N J.; joined the church Trenton, 1856; 
 entered ministry 1S63 
 
 Jacob B. Graw, ministerial delegate New Jersey 
 conference; born Rahway, N. J., Oct. 24, 1834; pastor 
 Trenton, N. J.; joined the church Newark, N. J., 
 1847; entered ministry 1855; member every General 
 conference from 1872 to 1896. 
 
 Henry A. Buchtel, ministerial delegate Indiana 
 conference; born Summit county, Ohio, Sept. 30, 
 1847; pastor Indianapolis, Ind.; joined the church 
 South Bend, Ind., February, 1866; entered ministry 
 Northwest Indiana conference 1872. 
 
 James Redfern Mace, ministerial delegate New 
 Jersey conference; born St. John, province of New 
 Brunswick, June 25, 1857; pastor Camden, N. J.; 
 joined the church Carleton, St. John, New Bruns¬ 
 wick, 1868; entered ministry New Jersey conference, 
 
 1882. 
 
 Clement W. Shoemaker, lay delegate New Jersey 
 conference; born Salem, N. J., April 23, 1848; resides 
 Bridgeton, N. J.; glass manufacturer; joined the 
 church Salem, N. J,, 1865; trustee, class-leader, and 
 Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 William Wirt Kendall, lay delegate St. Louis con¬ 
 ference; born West Granby, Conn, Nov. 13, 1838; 
 merchant, Kansas City, Mo.; joined the church Kan¬ 
 sas City, Mo., 1883; trustee. 
 
 Thomas Holt Murray, lay delegate Central Penn¬ 
 sylvania conference; born Clearfield county, Pa., 
 April 5, 1845; lawyer, Clearfield, Pa.; joined the 
 church Williamsport, 1865; trustee; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1888, 1892. 
 
 David S. Monroe, ministerial delegate Central 
 Pennsylvania conference; born Leesburg, Lou¬ 
 don county, Va., April 15, 1833- resides Altoona, Pa. 
 presiding-elder; joined the church Baltimore City 
 November, 1848; entered ministry Baltimore confer¬ 
 ence 1854; member General conference 1876, 1880, 
 
 1884,1S88, 1892; assistant secretary General confer¬ 
 ences 1876 and 18S0; secretary 1884, 1888 and 1S92. 
 
 James F. Rusling, brevet brigadier-general United 
 States volunteers; lay delegate New Jersey confer¬ 
 ence; born Washington, N. J., April 14, 1834; lawyer, 
 Trenton, N. J.; joined the church Trenton, N. J., 
 1846; local preacher, trustee, Sunday-school teacher, 
 manager General Missionary society. 
 
 Edward Waters Savage Hammond, ministerial 
 delegate Lexington conference; born Baltimore, Md., 
 Feb. 14, 1842; editor Southwestern Christian Advocate , 
 New Orleans, La.; joined the church Baltimore when 
 a youth; entered ministry 1864; member General 
 conference 1880, 1888,1892; reserve 1S76,1884; elected 
 editor Southwestern Christian Advocate by the General 
 conference 1892. 
 
 Isaac Nelson McCullough, lay delegate Lexington 
 conference; born Hampshire county, West Virginia, 
 Oct. 25, 1859; employing plasterer and music teacher, 
 Steubsnville, Ohio. 
 
 Richard Edward Gillum, ministerial delegate Cen¬ 
 tral Missouri conference; born a slave near Ashley, 
 Mo., Oct. 3, 1848; enlisted in Eighteenth United 
 States cavalry in 1864; resides Lawrence, Kan.; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church near Clarksville, 
 Mo., 1876; entered ministry Missouri conference 
 1880; member General conference 1S92. 
 
 Joseph Courtney, ministerial delegate Lexington 
 conference; born Shelbyville, Ky., April 17, 1845; re¬ 
 sides Lexington, Ky.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Louisville, Ky., 1S88; entered ministry Lex¬ 
 ington conference, 1873; member General conference 
 
 1884. 
 
 Silas C. Swallow, ministerial delegate Central 
 Pennsylvania conference; born Piainsville, Pa., 
 March 5,1839; editor Pennsylvania Methodist and super¬ 
 intendent Methodist Book rooms, Harrisburg, Pa ; 
 joined the church Wyoming, Pa., 1S52; entered minis¬ 
 try East Baltimore conference, 1863; member General 
 conference 1S80. 
 
 Samuel S. Murphy, ministerial delegate South 
 Kansas conference; born Brownstown, Ind., Oct. 22, 
 1843; pastor Columbus, Kan.; joined the church 
 Marengo, Iowa, 1857; entered ministry Iowa confer¬ 
 ence, 1S68. 
 
 John E. James, lay delegate Philadelphia confer¬ 
 ence; born Philadelphia, Jan. 18,1844; professor of 
 surgical diseases of women, Hahnemann college, and 
 physician, Philadelphia; joined the church Phila¬ 
 delphia, 1857; steward and trustee; reserve delegate 
 
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 1892. 
 
 Jefferson Emery Brant, ministerial delegate South 
 Kansas conference; born Sandyville, Ohio, Feb. 27, 
 1837; resides Fort Scott, Kan.; presiding eldsr; 
 joined the church Patricksburg, Ind., Feb. 19,1857; 
 entered ministry Indiana conference, 1860; reserve 
 delegate 1892. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April S, iSg6. 
 
 34 
 
PLATE XIX.-l. C. T. Allen. 2. George Reed. 3. George B. Wight. 4. J. L. Roe. 5. J. B. McGraw. 6. H. A. 
 Buchtel. 7. J. R. Mace. 8. C. W. Shoemaker. 9. Wm. W Kendall, 10, Thomas H. Murray. 11. David S. Monroe. 
 12. James F. Rusling. 13. E. W. S, Hammond. 14. I. N. McCullough. 15. R. E. Gillum. 16. Joseph Courtney. 17. 
 S. C. Swallow. 18. S. S Murphy. 19. John E. James. 20. J. E. Brant. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April S, iSg6. 
 
 85 
 
PLATE XX 
 
 William Maslin Frysinger, ministerial delegate 
 Central Pennsylvania conference; born Hanover, 
 Pa., April 18, 1840; pastor Carlisle, Pa.; joined the 
 church Lewistown, Pa., 1857; entered ministry East 
 Baltimore conference, 1860. 
 
 Ezra H. Yocum, ministerial delegate Central Penn¬ 
 sylvania conference; born Catawissa, Pa., Sept. 20, 
 1843; resides Sunburg, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Northumberland, Pa., 1862; entered min¬ 
 istry Central Pennsylvania conference 1S69; member 
 General conference 1884. 
 
 W. E. Gooding, lay delegate Wilmington confer¬ 
 ence; born Galena, Md., Dec. 22, 1851; principal Con¬ 
 ference academy, Dover, Del.; joined the church 
 Carlisle, Pa , November, 1S71; steward. 
 
 Isaac Stewart Ware, ministerial delegate Missouri 
 conference; born near Savannah, Mo., June 5, 1849; 
 resides Cameron, Mo ; presiding-eider; joined the 
 church Clarinda, Iowa, 1868; entered ministry Mis¬ 
 souri conference, 1878. 
 
 John H. Poland, ministerial delegate Missouri 
 conference; born Morgan county, Ohio, Nov. 27,1S47; 
 sides Kirksville, Mo.; presidlng-elder; joined the 
 church New Plymouth, Ohio, March 1865; entered 
 ministry Missouri conference, 1872. 
 
 Wm. H. Jackson, lay delegate Wilmington confer¬ 
 ence; born Salisbury, Md., Oct. 13, 1839; manufac¬ 
 turer Salisbury, Md.; joined the church Salisbury, 
 Md.; steward, trustee. 
 
 Frank Gillespie Browne, ministerial delegate 
 North Indiana conference; born Westfield, Ind., 
 May 24, 1857; pastor Huntington, Ind.; joined the 
 church Westfield, Ind., April, 1874; entered ministry 
 
 1876. 
 
 John Parsons, ministerial delegate Oregon confer¬ 
 ence; born England Jan. 7,1855; resides Salem, Ore.; 
 presiding-elder; joined the church England 1872; en¬ 
 tered ministry Oregon conference 1877. 
 
 Louis E. Barrett, ministerial delegate Wilmington 
 conference; born Easton, Md., Aug. 16, 1846; resides 
 Wilmington, Del.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Easton, Md., 1865; entered ministry Wilmington con¬ 
 ference 1876. 
 
 Thomas B. Neely, ministerial delegate Philadelphia 
 conference; born Philadelphia, Pa, June 12, 1S41; 
 pastor Union chur'-h, Philadelphia; entered ministry 
 Philadelphia conference, 1865; member General con¬ 
 ference 1884 to 1896. 
 
 James M. Buckley, ministerial delegate New York 
 East conference; born Rahway, N. J.; editor Chris¬ 
 
 tian Advocate , New York; entered ministry New 
 Hampshire conference, 1858; member General confer¬ 
 ence 1872 to 1896. 
 
 Merritt Hulburd, ministerial delegate Wilmingtcn 
 conference; born Monkton, Vt., Oct. 15,1842; pastor 
 Wilmington, Del.; joined the church Vergennes, Vt., 
 1853; entered ministry Vermont conference 1862. 
 
 Enoch J. Hunt, ministerial delegate St. Louis con¬ 
 ference; born Saline county, Mo , Oit 19, 1856; re 
 sides Carthage, Mo.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Henry county, Mo., August, 1868; entered 
 ministry St. Louis conference, 1878 
 
 Wilbur F. Corkran, ministerial delegate Wilming¬ 
 ton conference; born Dorchester county, Md., Dec 12, 
 1853; resides Seaford, Del.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Hurlock, Md., 1866; entered ministry 
 Wilmington conference, 1876. 
 
 Alfred Smith, ministerial delegate Wilmington con¬ 
 ference; born Kent county, Del., July 28, 1852; re¬ 
 sides Oxford, Md.; presiding-elder; joined thechurc^ 
 1869; entered ministry, Wilmington conference, 1879; 
 member General conference 1892 
 
 Manley Sylvester Hard, ministerial delegate Wyo¬ 
 ming conference; born Penfield, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1842; 
 resides Kingston, Pa.; assistant corresponding secre¬ 
 tary Board Church Extension; joined the church 
 Hulberton, N. Y., when about eight years old; en¬ 
 tered ministry Oneida conference, 1865; member gen¬ 
 eral conference 1884, 1888, 1892; assistant secretary 
 last three General conferences. 
 
 Frank H. Tanner, lay delegate Central Ohio con¬ 
 ference; born Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 17,1858; vice-presi 
 dent and treasurer Northwestern Elevator and Mill 
 company, Toledo, Ohio; joined,the church Toledo, 
 Ohio, 1868; trustee, conference steward. 
 
 George Edward Gorton, lay delegate Northwest 
 Nebraska conference; born Ypsilanti, Mich., March 
 3, 1864; pharmacist Crawford, Neb.; joined the 
 church Niobrara, Neb., 1S85; steward. 
 
 Levi L Sprague, ministerial delegate Wyoming 
 conference; born Beakman, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1S44; 
 President Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; joined 
 the church LeRaysville, Pa , 1865; entered ministry 
 1874; member General conference 1892. 
 
 Jairus Jerome Bentley, ministerial delegate Mis¬ 
 souri conference; born near Ellington, N. Y., 
 Dec 28, 1839; resides Maryville, Mo.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church Ellington, N. Y., Feb. 15 
 1857; entered ministry Erie conference, 1S60; mem¬ 
 ber General conference 1884,1892; member Genera; 
 Missionary committee 1892, 1896 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 15 , iSg 6 . 
 
 S6 
 
PLATE XX.—1 Wm. M. Frysinger. 2. E. H. Yocum. 3. Wm. L. Gooding. 4 I. S Ware. 5. J. H. Poland. 6. 
 Wm H. Jackson. 7. Frank G. Browne. 8. Jokn Parsons. 9. L. E. Barrett. 10. T. B. Neely. 11. J. M. Bucklev. 12. 
 Merritt Hulburd. 13. E. J. Hunt. 14. W. F. Corkran. 15. Alfred Smith. 16. Manley S. Hard. 17. Frank H. Tanner. 
 18. Geo. E. Gorton. 19. L, L. Sprague. 20. J. J. Bentley, 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 15 , iSgO. 
 
PLATE XXI 
 
 Alexander Ashley, lay delegate Baltimore confer¬ 
 ence; born Pittsburg, Pa., May 81, 1831; clerk in 
 United States weather bureau, Washington, D. C.; 
 joined the church Homestead, Pa., Sept. 5, 1852; 
 steward and trustee; member of General conference 
 1888, reserve 18S0 and 1884. 
 
 Edward J. Gray, ministerial delegate Central Penn¬ 
 sylvania conference; born Centre county, Pa.; presi¬ 
 dent Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., since 
 1874; entered Ministry East Baltimore conference, 
 1859: member General conference 1884,1888,1892. 
 
 John Wesley Jamison, lay delegate Texas confer¬ 
 ence; born Columbus, Miss., April 15, 1859; school 
 teacher Jefferson, Texas; joined the church Jefferson, 
 Texas, 1880; steward. 
 
 Stephen P. Shipman, ministerial delegate Virginia 
 conference; born Waterford, Va., May 24, 1S53 ; re¬ 
 sides Falls Church, Va.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church at Waterford, 1872; entered ministry 1889. 
 
 William J. Martindale, ministerial delegate South¬ 
 west Kansas conference; born Chill, Ind., Oct. 18, 
 1841; resides Wichita, Kan.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Green Oak, Ind., 1851; entered ministry 
 North Indiana conference, 1863; member General con¬ 
 ference 1876. 
 
 William M. Ridgway, ministerial delegate Pnila- 
 delphia conference; born Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 
 1S34; pastor Middletown, Pa.; joined the church 
 Philadelphia, Jan. 19,1S50; entered the ministry Phila¬ 
 delphia conference March, 1856. 
 
 Granville Lowther, ministerial delegate Southwest 
 Kansas conference; born Oxford, W. Va., Jan. 19, 
 1S48; resides Winfield, Kan.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Harmony, W. Va , July, 1860; entered 
 ministry Illinois conference, 1875. 
 
 Charles C. Zoller, lay delegate Eastern German 
 conference; born Rochester, N. Y,, June 8, 1S54; 
 dealer in furniture, Rochester, N. Y.; joined the 
 church Rochester, N. Y.; Sunday-school superintend¬ 
 ent, steward, president German Young Men’s Chris¬ 
 tian association. 
 
 Christian B. Stemen, lay delegate North Indiana 
 conference; born near Bremen, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1836; 
 resides Ft. Wayne, Ind.; physician and surgeon, dean 
 Ft. Wayne college of medicine, editor Ft. Wayne 
 Journal of Medical Sciences; joined the church near Ft. 
 Jennings, Ohio, March, 1860; local elder. 
 
 Robert Remington Doherty, lay delegate Newark 
 conference; born in New York about 1S49; resides 
 Jersey City, N. J.; recording secretary Sunday- 
 school union, vice-president Epworth league; editor 
 ounday-school lesson notes and questions, Methodist 
 Book Concern; joined the church New York city, 
 January, 1863; member General conference 1884,1888. 
 
 John Franklin Goucher, ministerial delegate Balti¬ 
 more conference; born Waynesboro, Pa., June 7, 
 1845; president of Woman’s college, Baltimore, 
 
 Ml ; joined the church Monongahela City, Pa., 
 Dec. 4, 1859; entered ministry Baltimore conference 
 1S69; member of General conference 1888, 1892. 
 
 Stephen Livingston Baldwin, ministerial delegate 
 Newark conference; born Somerville, N. J., Jan. 
 11, 1835; resides Brooklyn, N. Y.; recording secre¬ 
 tary Missionary society; joined the Reformed church, 
 Somerville, N. J.. June, 1847; M, E. church, Newark, 
 N. J., April, 1855; entered ministry Newark confer¬ 
 ence, 1858; member General conference 1880, from 
 Foochow conference; missionary in China 1859 1880; 
 superintendent Foochow mission, 1873 1877; editor of 
 Chinese Recorder several years; assisted in translating 
 scriptures, Discipline of M. E. church, etc., into the 
 Foochow colloquial dialect. 
 
 Henry Augustus Monroe, ministerial delegate Dela¬ 
 ware conference; born New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 3, 
 1847; resides Philadelphia, Pa.; presiding - elder; 
 joined the church New Bedford, Mass., February, 
 1867; entered ministry Delaware conference 1878; 
 reserve delegate 1884; member Centennial confer¬ 
 ence, Baltimore, 1S84. , 
 
 James Allison, lay delegate Southwest Kansas con¬ 
 ference; born East Palestine, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1838; 
 secretary-treasurer Cold Storage Co., Wichita, Kan.; 
 joined the church Chesterville, Ohio, 1858; steward 
 and trustee. 
 
 William Andrews Leitch, lay delegate Baltimore 
 conference; born in Missouri, February, 1846; bank 
 teller Baltimore, Md.; joined the church Baltimore, 
 Md., 1863; recording steward. 
 
 William Alfred Quayle, ministerial delegate St. 
 Louis conference; born Parkville, Mo., June 25,1860; 
 pastor Kansas City, Mo.; joined the church Auburn, 
 Kan.,lS7S; entered ministryKansas conference 1886. 
 
 T. M. Hutto, lay delegate Southwest Kansas con¬ 
 ference; born near Kokomo, Ind., June 21, 1854; 
 jeweler, Kingman, Kan.; joined the church Pleasant 
 Grove, Ind., November, 1861; steward, trustee, and 
 Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Vincent Boreing, lay delegate Kentucky confer¬ 
 ence; born Washington county, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1839; 
 banker and merchant, London, Ky.; joined the church 
 Boreing, Ky , 1859; local preacher; member General 
 conference 1SS0. 
 
 George W. Bowen, lay delegate South Kansas con¬ 
 ference; born Jackson, Ohio, Feb. 21,1831; in milling 
 business, Independence, Kan,; joined the church Ot¬ 
 tumwa, Iowa, Feb. 22, 1852; trustee, steward, class- 
 leader, and Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 William H. Sweet, ministerial delegate Northwest 
 Kansas conference; born Brown county, Ohio, July 
 14, 1S43; resides Salina, Kan.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Five Mile, Ohio, Feb., 1853; entered min¬ 
 istry Kansas conference 1S73; member General con¬ 
 ference 1892; was pastor at Holton, Kan., from 1877 
 to 1879; president Baker university from 1879 to 1886 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 15 , iSg 6 . 
 
 SS 
 
PLATE XXI.—1. Alex. Ashley. 2. Edw. J. Gray 3. J. W. Jamison. 4. S. P. Shipman. 5. Wm. J. Martindale. 
 <5. Wm. M. Ridgway. 7. Granville Lowther. 8. C. C Zoller. 9. C. B. Stemen. 10 R. R. Doherty. 11. John F. Goucher. 
 12. S. L. Baldwin 13. H. A Monroe. 14. James Allison. 15, Wm. A, Leitch. 16. W. A. Quayle. 17, T. M. Hutto. 18. 
 Vincent Boreing. 19. Geo. W. Bowen. 20. W. H. Sweet. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 15 , iSg 6 . 
 
 39 
 
PLATE XXII 
 
 George W. Smith, ministerial delegate Newark 
 conference; born Washington, N. J., Sept. 1, 1S45; 
 resides Paterson, N. J.; presiding-elder Elizabeth 
 district; joined the church Washington, N. J., Octo¬ 
 ber, 1861; entered ministry Newark conference, 1873. 
 
 John William Jackson, ministerial delegate Central 
 Missouri conference; born Zanesville, Ohio, April 15, 
 1853; resides Sedalia, Mo.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Ironton, Mo., 1881; entered ministry St. 
 Louis conference 1S82. 
 
 J. S. Hughes, ministerial delegate Philadelphia 
 conference; born Springfield, Pa., Dec. 25,1840; re¬ 
 sides Philadelphia, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Springfield, Pa., 1859; entered ministry Phila¬ 
 delphia conference, 1864. 
 
 Albert D. Peake, lay delegate New York confer¬ 
 ence; born Hamden, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1S46; resides 
 Walton, N. Y.; lawyer; joined the church Hamden, 
 N. Y., 1859; trustee, steward, Sunday-school super¬ 
 intendent, president district Ep worth league. 
 
 Horace Nelson Herrick, ministerial delegate North 
 Indiana conference; born Ft. Wayne, Ind., June 17, 
 1846; resides Muncie, Ind.; preslding-elder; joined 
 the church Bowers Chapel, Allen county, Ind , Jan. 
 1,1866; entered ministry North Indiana conference, 
 1868. 
 
 James M. King, ministerial delegate New York 
 conference; born Girard, Pa., March, 18, 1839; pastor 
 New York City; entered ministry Troy conference, 
 1868; member General conference 18S4. 
 
 Abraham J. Palmer, ministerial delegate New 
 York conference; born Frenchtown, N. J , Jan. 18, 
 1847; pastor St. Paul’s church, New York city; 
 joined the church Woodrad, Staten Island, N. Y., 
 1860; entered ministry Newark conference, 1871; 
 member General conference 1892; secretary enter¬ 
 tainment committee at General conference 1888; 
 chairman same committee 1892,1896. 
 
 Elias Slllick Osbon, ministerial delegate New York 
 conference; born Middlebury, Vt.; resides Kingston, 
 N. Y ; presiding-elder; joined the church New York 
 city 1858; entered ministry 1863; member original 
 board of control Epworth league. 
 
 Charles C. McCabe, ministerial delegate New York 
 conference; born Athens, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1836; corre¬ 
 sponding secretary Missionary society, N. Y.; entered 
 ministry Ohio conference, 1860; chaplain U. S. army; 
 captured Winchester, Va., June, 1863; four months 
 in Libby prison; assistant secretary Board Church 
 Extension, 1868 to 18S4, when elected Missionary sec- 
 recary; member General conference several times. 
 
 William V. Kelley, ministerial delegate New York 
 East conference; born Plainfield, N. J., 1845; editor 
 
 of the Methodist Review, New York; joined the church 
 Pennington, N. J.,1859; entered ministry New Jersey 
 conference, 1869. 
 
 Henry A. Buttz, ministerial delegate Newark con¬ 
 ference ; president Drew Taeological seminary, Madi¬ 
 son, N. J ; entered ministry Newark conference, 1858; 
 member General conference several times. 
 
 James Roscoe Day, ministerial delegate New York 
 conference; born Whitneyville, Maine, Oct. 17, 1845; 
 chancellor of Syracuse university, Syracuse, N. Y.; 
 joined the church Monmouth, Maine, 1866; entered 
 ministry Maine conference, 1872; member General 
 conference In 1888, reserve 1892, member General 
 Missionary committee. 
 
 John Wesley Stewart, ministerial delegate South 
 Kansas conference; born Washington, Ohio, Jan. 13, 
 1851; pastor Ottawa, Kan.; joined the church Bethel, 
 Ind., Feb. 16,1860; entered ministry South Kansas 
 conference, 1S76. 
 
 John B. Morrison, lay delegate Northwest Kan¬ 
 sas conference; born Brookfield, Ohio, July 30, 1S39; 
 merchant Colby, Kansas; joined the church Union- 
 ville, Iowa, 1873; steward. 
 
 William Hazael Rose, ministerial delegate South¬ 
 west Kansas conference; born South Bethany, Ind., 
 Dec. 24, 1852; resides Dodge City, Kan.; presiding- 
 elder; joined the church South Bethany, Ind., Feb. 
 1863; entered ministry South Kansas conference, 
 1877. 
 
 Moses Smith, ministerial delegate West Texas con¬ 
 ference; born Alleyton, Texas, Jan. 1,1857; resides 
 Austin, Texas; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Columbus, Texas, Aug. 4,1875; entered ministry West 
 Texas conference 1882. 
 
 George H. Hill, ministerial delegate North Indiana 
 conference; born Lunenburg, Vt., Dec. 30,1839; pas¬ 
 tor Muncie, Ind.; joined the church Bethel, Vt., 1853; 
 entered ministry North Indiana conference, 1870. 
 
 William D. Parr, ministerial delegate North In¬ 
 diana conference; born Big Springs, Ind., Nov. 10, 
 1854; pastor Kokomo, Ind.; joined the church Big 
 Springs, Ind., 1868; entered ministry North Indiana 
 conference, 1878. 
 
 George Cookman Sturgis, lay delegate West Vir¬ 
 ginia conference; born Poland, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1842; 
 attorney-at-law Morgantown, W. Va.; joined the 
 church Poland, Ohio, 1S56; steward, trustee, and 
 Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 William Wilson Evans, ministerial delegate Central 
 Pennsylvania conference; born Lewistown, Sept.24, 
 1840; resides Harrisburg, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Lewistown, Pa., Nov. 22,1857; entered 
 ministry East Baltimore conference 1861; member 
 General conference 1S80. 
 
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 90 
 
PLATE XXII.—1. George W. Smith. 2. J. W Jackson. 3. J. S. Hughes. 4. A. D. Peake. 5. H. N. Herrick. 
 6. James M. King. 7. A. J Palmer. 8. E S. Osbon 9. C. C. McCabe. 10. Wm. V. Kelley. 11. Henry A Buttz. 12. 
 J. R. Day. 13. J W. Stewart. 14. J. B. Morrison. 15. W. H. Rose. 16. Moses Smith. 17. Geo. H. Hill. 18. Wm. D- 
 Parr. 19. Geo. C Sturgis. 20. Wm. W. Evans. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 15 , 1896 . 
 
 91 
 
PLATE XXIII 
 
 Wm. H. Underwood, ministerial delegate Kansas 
 conference; born Seneca Palis, N. Y., April 13, 1841; 
 resides Clay Center, Kan.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Woodstock, Ill , January, 1857; entered 
 ministry Rock River conference in 1869. 
 
 Alexander W. Biddle, lay delegate St. John’s River 
 conference; born near Jonesborough, Tenn., April 1, 
 1S83; fruit raiser, Lawtey, Florida; joined the church 
 Macon, Ill., 1865; steward. 
 
 Henry L. Billups, lay delegate Central Missouri 
 conference; born Goliad, Texas, Jan. 10,1865; teacher 
 in George R. Smith college, Sedalia, Mo.; joined the 
 church Goliad, 1881; trustee. 
 
 Edward James Sawyer, lay delegate South Caro¬ 
 lina conference; born Fayetteville, N. C , Oct. 16, 
 1854; editor and lawyer, Bennettsville, S. C ; joined 
 the church Bennettsville, S. C., August, 18S3; stew¬ 
 ard and Sunday-school superintendent; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1892. 
 
 Edward Wesley Allen, ministerial delegate North¬ 
 west Kansas conference; born Warren county, Ind., 
 Sept. 17, 1839; pastor Mankato, Kan ; joined the 
 church at Juda, Wis., 1858; entered ministry West 
 Wisconsin conference in 1866; reserve in 1892. 
 
 Micah J. Talbot, ministerial delegate New England 
 Southern conference; born East Machias, Maine, 
 Feb. 25,1821; resides Providence, R. I.; supernumer¬ 
 ary, joined the church East Machias, Me., 1841; 
 entered ministry New England Southern conference, 
 1845; member General conference 1S6S, 1S72,1880,1884. 
 
 David Gordon, lay delegate New England Southern 
 conference; born Glasgow, Scotland, June 11, 1840; 
 merchant Hazardvilie, Conn.; joined the church Haz- 
 ardville, 1856. 
 
 Charles Fremont Vodery, lay delegate Washington 
 conference; born Baltimore, Md., Aug. 4, 1861; mer¬ 
 chant, Baltimore, Md ; joined the church Baltimore, 
 February, 1889; trustee. 
 
 Joseph Ellis Coffee Farnham, lay delegate New 
 England Southern conference; born Nantucket, 
 Mass., Jan. 18, 1849; employing printer, East Provi¬ 
 dence, R. I.; joined the church Providence, 1866; 
 trustee. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson Everett, ministerial delegate 
 New England Southern conference; born Polk 
 county, Iowa, May 30, 1854; resides New Bedford, 
 Mass.; presiding-elder; joined the church Indianola, 
 Iowa, 1869; entered ministry New England Southern 
 conference 1878. 
 
 George Edward Reed, ministerial delegate New 
 York East conference; born Brownville, Maine, 
 March 28, 1846; president Dickinson college, Carlisle, 
 
 Penn.; joined the church Lowell, Mass., 1864; entered 
 ministry Providence conference (now New England 
 Southern) 1870. 
 
 Samuel Foster Upham, ministerial delegate New 
 England conference; born Duxbury, Mass., May 19, 
 1834; professor Drew Theological seminary, Madison, 
 N J.; joined the church Bourne, Mass., Oct. 4,1S46; 
 entered ministry New England Southern conference, 
 1856; member General conference 1880,1888, 1892. 
 
 Charles J. Little, ministerial delegate Northern 
 New York conference; born Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 
 21, 1840; president Garrett Biblical institute, Evans¬ 
 ton, Ill.; entered ministry Philadelphia conference, 
 1862; member General conference 1888,1892. 
 
 John S. Patterson, lay delegate North Indiana con¬ 
 ference; born Buckhannon, Va., July 22, 1846; mer¬ 
 chant, Knightstown, Ind.; joined the church, 
 Charleston, Va., 1856; president Richmond District 
 Epworth league. 
 
 Stephen Olin Benton, ministerial delegate New 
 England Southern conference; born Middletown, 
 Conn., April 30, 1S49; pastor Fall River, Mass.; 
 joined the church Providence, R. I., 1864; entered 
 ministry Providence conference 1870; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1888, 1892. 
 
 Rev. E. Asada, reserve, will sit as lay delegate 
 from Japan. He is one of the brightest Japanese 
 young men coming from a foreign land. He reads 
 English, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Arabic, and is a 
 scholar and teacher in native Japanese. After 
 graduating from Northwestern university he took 
 post-graduate studies at Chicago university. He is a 
 teacher in pro-Anglo Japanese college, Tokyo. 
 
 John E. Andrus, lay delegate New York confer¬ 
 ence ; born Pleasantville, N. Y., Feb. 16,1841; manu¬ 
 facturer Yonkers, N. Y ; joined the church 1860; 
 president trustees American university, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 George Hubert Bates, ministerial delegate New 
 England Southern conference; born Topsfield, Mass., 
 May 3, 1839; resides Norwich, Conn.; presiding elder; 
 joined the church Scituate, Mass, 1S57; entered 
 ministry Providence conference, 1S70. 
 
 Edward S. Chenoweth, lay delegate Northwest 
 Kansas conference; born Warren county, Ind., Sept. 
 7, 1852; banker, McCracken, Kan.; joined the church 
 McCracken; trustee, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Andrew Schriver, ministerial delegate New York 
 conference; born La Grange, N. Y., D~c. 16, 1S40; 
 resides Newburgh, N. Y ; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Hancock, N. Y.,1859; entered ministry 
 1S67. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 22 , 1 S 96 . 
 
 92 
 
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 PLATE XXIII.—1. VVm. H. Underwood. 2. A. W. Biddle. 3. H. L. Billups. 4 E. J. Sawyer. 5. E. W. Allen. 
 6. M. J Talbot. 7. David Gordon 8. C F. Vodery. 9. J. E. C. Farnham. 10. T. J. Everett. 11. George E. Reed. 12. 
 . F. Upham. 13. Charles J. Little. 14. J. S. Patterson. 15. S. O. Benton. 16. E. Asada 17. John E Andrus. 18. 
 . H. Bates. 19. E. S. Chenoweth. 20. Andrew Schriver. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 22 , iSg6. 
 
 93 
 
PLATE XXIV. 
 
 Edward Robert Thorndike, ministerial delegate 
 NTew England conference; born Dixmont, Me., Sept. 
 22, 1841; resides Springfield, Mass.; presiding elder; 
 joined the church Dixmont, Me., May 28, 1866; en¬ 
 tered ministry East Maine conference, 1867. 
 
 Augustus E. Mahin, ministerial delegate North 
 Indiana conference; born White county, Indiana, 
 Oct. 19, 1843; resides at Richmond, Ind.; presiding 
 elder; joined the church Geneseo camp-meeting, 
 Ind., 1859; entered ministry North Indiana, 1869; 
 member of General conference 1892. 
 
 Thomas J. Langston, lay delfgate St. Louis confer¬ 
 ence; born at Green county, Mo., Jan. 12, 1854; mer¬ 
 chant West Plains, Mo.; joined the church West 
 Plains, Mo , 1881; trustee, steward, exhorter. 
 
 Josiah Cook Darling, ministerial delegate North¬ 
 ern New York conference; born Utica, N. Y., April 
 24, 1842; resides Ogdensburg, N Y.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Utica, N. Y., 1859; entered minis¬ 
 try Central New York conference 1870. 
 
 Oliver Sherman Baketel, ministerial delegate New 
 Hampshire conference; born Greentown, Ohio, Oct. 
 18,1849; resides Manchester, N. H.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Canton, Ohio, Feb. 1,1861; entered 
 ministry Pittsburg conference, 1870; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1892. 
 
 Abram I. Decker, lay delegate Wyoming confer¬ 
 ence; born Summitville, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1850; tan¬ 
 ner, Waverly, N. Y.; joined the church Elmira, 
 N. Y , 1863; superintendent Sunday-school, trustee. 
 
 John G. Eckman, ministerial delegate Wyoming 
 conference; born Sunbury, Pa , Oct. 7,1836; resides 
 Scranton, Pa.; presiding-elder; joined the church 
 Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 13, 1850; entered ministry 
 Wyoming conference, 1860; member of General con¬ 
 ference 1876, 1880, 18S4, 1888, 1S96; member Centen¬ 
 nial conference, Baltimore, 1884. 
 
 Asa Jessup Van Cleft, ministerial delegate Wyo¬ 
 ming conference; born Middletown, N. Y., March 3, 
 1840; resides Oneonta, N Y ; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Waverly, N. Y, 1854; entered ministry 
 Wyoming conference, 1860; member General confer¬ 
 ence, 1884,1892. 
 
 Austin Grifiin, ministerial delegate Wyoming con¬ 
 ference, born Westford, N. Y., Feb. 1,1836; resides 
 Binghamton, N. Y ; corresponding secretary of the 
 Preachers’Aid society, Wyoming conference; joined 
 the church East Worcester, N. Y., 1S58; entered min¬ 
 istry One’da conference 1860; member General con¬ 
 ference 1884, 1892. 
 
 William Nast Brodbeck, ministerial delegate New 
 England conference; born Marietta, Ohio, June 25, 
 1847; pastor, Boston, Mass.; joined the church 
 Pqua, Ohio, March 3, 1866; entered ministry Cin¬ 
 cinnati conference 1872; member General conference 
 1891.. 
 
 Charles Raisbeck Magee, lay delegate New Eng¬ 
 
 land conference; born New York City, Aug 25,1851; 
 resides Malden, Mass.; agent Methodist Book Con¬ 
 cern, Boston, Mass., joined the church Malden, 1888; 
 connected with Book Concern twenty-six years. 
 
 H. Eugene Waugh, ministerial delegate Northern 
 New York conference; born Scriba, N. Y., July 11, 
 1844; resides Utica, N. Y.; presiding-elder; joined 
 the church Scriba, N Y., October, 1866; entered 
 ministry Northern New York conference 1871. 
 
 James Sheriden Chadwick, ministerial delegate 
 New Yoik East conference; born New York, April 
 12,1841; pastor Sumner-avenue church, Brooklyn, 
 N. Y.; joined the church Paterson, N J , 1854; en¬ 
 tered ministry Rock River conference, 1861; member 
 General conference 1876. 
 
 John French, lay delegate New York East confer¬ 
 ence ; born Sussex county, near Lewes, England, Nov. 
 18, 1814; resides Brooklyn, N. Y.; retired builder; 
 erected a number of churches and largest public 
 buildings in Brooklyn; joined the church Brooklyn, 
 September, 1833; class-leader fifty-four years, trus¬ 
 tee over fifty years, associate and superintendent of 
 Sunday-school Hanson-place from its beginning, 
 member of Missionary board thirty-six years, treas¬ 
 urer of Methodist Episcopal hospital from its organ¬ 
 ization ; alternate 1872 and 1892. 
 
 George Preston Mains, ministerial delegate New 
 York East conference; born Newport, N. Y., Aug. 7, 
 1844; pastor Mount Vernon, N. Y.; entered ministry 
 New York East conference, 1870; member General 
 conference 1888 and 1892, 
 
 John Humphrey Sessions, lay delegate New York 
 East conference; born Burlington, Conn., March 17, 
 1828; resides Bristol, Conn.; manufacturing, hard 
 ware, general iron foundry, president of Bristol 
 National Bank, Bristol Water company, Electric 
 Light company; joined the church Bristol, Conn., 
 1858; steward, trustee. 
 
 Ira Colby, lay delegate New Hampshire conference; 
 born Claremont, N. H., Jan. 11,1831: lawyer Clare¬ 
 mont, N. H.; joined the church Claremont, 1849; 
 trustee. 
 
 Albert B. F. Kinney, lay delegate New England 
 conference; born Canada, Sept. 25, 1S40; merchant, 
 Worcester, Mass.; joined the church Worcester, 
 March 14, 1882. 
 
 John C. Deininger, ministerial delegate East 
 German conference; born Wtirttemberg, Germany, 
 1836; resides Brooklyn, N. Y.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church New York at fourteen; entered 
 ministry New York conference, 1855. 
 
 John Patton, lay delegate Central Pennsylvania 
 conference; born Covington, Pa., Jan. 6, 1823; 
 
 banker Curwensville, Pa ; joined the church Cur- 
 wensville, Pa., September, 1839; steward; member 
 General conference 1872; member Ecumenical con¬ 
 ference at Washington 1891. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 22 , i8g6. 
 
 94 
 
PLATE XXIV.-1. E. R. Thorndike. 2. A. E. Mahin. 3. T. J. Langston. 4. J. C. Darling. 5. O. S. Baketel. 6. 
 A. I. Decker. 7. J. G. Eckman. 8. A. J. Van Cleft. 9. A. Griffin. 10. W. N. Brodbeek. 11. Cbas. R. Magee. 12. H. E. 
 Waugh. 13. J. S. Chadwick. 14. John French. 15. Geo. P. Mains. 16. John H. Sessions. 17. Ira Colby. 18. A. B. F. 
 Kinney. 19. J. C. Deininger. 20. John Patton. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 22 , iSg6. 
 
 95 
 
PLATE XXV. 
 
 S. Mortimer Coon, lay delegate Northern New York 
 conference; born Hastings, N Y., April 18, 1845; 
 lawyer, Oswego, N. Y.; joined the church Eist 
 Palermo, N. Y., 1866; Sunday-school superintendent, 
 trustee, ex-member New York legislature. 
 
 William Dixon Marsh, ministerial delegate North¬ 
 ern New York conference; born Potsdam, N. Y., 
 Aug. 2, 1854; pastor State-street church Watertown, 
 N. Y.; joined the church Potsdam, N. Y., 1872; en¬ 
 tered ministry Northern New York conference 1883. 
 
 James H. Brown, ministerial delegate Troy confer¬ 
 ence; born Johnstown, N. Y.; resides Round Lake, 
 N. Y.; presiding-elder; joined the church Amsterdam, 
 1853; entered ministry Newark conference, 1859 
 
 Harvey E. Dingley, lay delegate Northern New 
 York conference; born Providence, R. I, April 6, 
 1848; wholesale grocer Utica, N. Y ; joined the 
 church Utica, N. Y., April, 1880; trustee, class- 
 leader, Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 Francis Wesley Warne, ministerial delegate Ben¬ 
 gal Burmah conference; born Erin, Ontario, Canada, 
 Dec. 30, 1854; pastor of Dharamtala-street church, 
 Calcutta, India, and presidlng-elder Calcutta dis¬ 
 trict; joined the church Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1868; 
 entered ministry Ontario conference M. E. church, 
 Canada, May, 1874; general secretary of the Ep- 
 worth league for India and Malaysia; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1892; nine years a missionary In In¬ 
 dia, three years a missionary of M. E. church. 
 
 Silas Everard Q nimby, ministerial delegate New 
 Hampshire conference; born Haverhill, N. H., Oct. 
 19,1837; pastor Penacook, N. H.; joined the church 
 West Unity June, 1852; entered ministry Vermont 
 conference 1882; conference secretary twenty years; 
 member General conference 1880. 
 
 Edward Franklin Childs, lay delegate New Hamp¬ 
 shire conference; born Weston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1834; 
 manufacturer Lawrence, Mass.; joined the church 
 Weston, Mass., 1849; trustee, steward, class-leader. 
 
 Charles Dudley Hills, ministerial delegate New 
 Hampshire conference; born East Hartford, Conn.; 
 pastor Haverhill, Mass.; joined the church East 
 Hartford, Conn., 1855; entered ministry New England 
 conference 1865. 
 
 William Fairfield Warren, ministerial delegate 
 New England conference; born Williamsburgh, Mass., 
 March 13, 1833; resides Cambridge, Mass.; president 
 Boston university; joined the church Middletown, 
 Conn., 1850; entered ministry New Eigland confer¬ 
 ence, 1853; member General conference 1872,1876,1S80, 
 1884, 1892. 
 
 John William Hamilton, ministerial delegate New 
 England conference; born Weston, Va., March 18, 
 1845; resides Cincinnati, Ohio; corresponding secre¬ 
 tary Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education so¬ 
 ciety; joined the church St. Clairsville, Onio, Febru¬ 
 ary, 1S54; entered ministry Pittsburg conference, 
 
 1866; transferred to New England 1868; member 
 General conference 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 Homer Eaton, ministerial delegate Troy confer¬ 
 ence; born Enosburg, Vt., Nov. 16,1836; publishing 
 agent Methodist Book Concern, New York- oined 
 the church Enosburg, 1850; entered ministry 
 Troy conference 1857; member General conference, 
 1872, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892. 
 
 James E. C. Sawyer, ministerial delegate Troy 
 conference; born Boston, Mass , Aug. 12, 1842; edi¬ 
 tor Northern Christian Advocate , Syracuse, N. Y.; 
 joined the church Belfast, Maine, July, 1862; entered 
 ministry East Maine conference 1863; member Gen¬ 
 eral conference 1884; member Centennial conference, 
 Baltimore, 1884 
 
 Moses Parmelee Perley, lay delegate Vermont con¬ 
 ference; born at Enosburg, Vt., June 25, 1844; mer¬ 
 chant and medicine manufacturer, Enosburg Falls, 
 Vt.; joined the church Sheldon, Vt., 1871; steward; 
 reserve 1892. 
 
 Joel O. Sherburn, ministerial delegate Vermont 
 conference; born Plainfield, Vt., Nov. 21, 1845; pas¬ 
 tor Williamstown, near Brookfield; joined the 
 church Plainfield, Oct, 1863; entered ministry Ver 
 mont conference, 1874; member General conference 
 1892 
 
 Zophar M. Mansur, lay delegate Vermont confer-- 
 ence; born Morgan, Vt., 1846; lawyer Island Pond, 
 Vt.; lieutenant-governor; joined the church Island 
 Pond, 1876; steward. 
 
 Alfred J. Hough, ministerial delegate Vermont 
 conference; born Hampshire, England, Sept. 23,1S48; 
 pastor Brattleboro, Vt.; entered ministry Vermont 
 conference, 1875 
 
 Justo Cubilo, lay delegate South America confer¬ 
 ence; born Montevideo, Uruguay, 1865; graduate 
 Montevidean university; lawyer; local preacher; 
 Sunday-school superintendent. 
 
 William Haven Daniels, lay delegate Northwest 
 India conference; born in Franklin, Mass , May 18, 
 1836; joined church Worcester, Mass., 1849; entered 
 ministry Rock River conference, 1869; pastor 
 Clark-street church, Chicago, at time of great 
 fire; transferred New England conference, 1883; 
 located 1S85; author “Illustrated History of Meth¬ 
 odism,” etc.; missionary evangelist in India and Ja¬ 
 pan ; lay delegate North India to General conference 
 1892; member of Cawnpore Methodist church, India. 
 
 Charles William Drees, ministerial delegate South 
 America conference; born Xenia, Ohio, Sept. 13, 
 1851; superintendent South America mission; re¬ 
 sides Buenos Ayres, Argentina; joined the church 
 Xenia, 0,1862; entered ministry Providence (now 
 New England Southern) conference 1874; missionary 
 to Mexico 1874 to 1886; superintendent from 1879. 
 
 Robert Felix Broadus, lay delegate Lexington con¬ 
 ference; born of slave parents in Madison, Ky., Aug. 
 10,1861; resides Cleveland, Ky.; local preacher. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 29 , 1896 . 
 
 96 
 
PLATE XXV.—1 S. M. Coon. 2. W. D. Marsh. 3 J. H. Brown. 4. H. E. Dingley. 5. F. W. Warne 6 S. E. 
 Quimby. 7. E. F. Childs. 8. C. D. Hills. 9. W F. Warren. 10. J. W. Hamilton. 11. Homer Eaton 12. J. E. C. Saw¬ 
 yer. 13 M. P. Perley. 14, J. O. Sherburn. 15 Z. M. Mansur 16 A. J. Hough. 17. Justo Cubilo. 18. W. H. Daniels. 
 19. Charles W. Drees. 20. R F. Broadus 
 
 7 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 2g, iSg6. 
 
 97 
 
PLATE XXVI 
 
 George A. Barrett, ministerial delegate Troy con¬ 
 ference; born Fairfax, Vt.; resides Plattsburg, 
 N. Y.; presiding-elder; joined the church Johnson, 
 Vt , 1871; entered ministry Troy conference, 1876; 
 member General conference, 1892. 
 
 Crandall J. North, ministerial delegate New York 
 East conference; born Elbridge, N. Y., March 2,1S47; 
 resides New Haven, Conn; presiding-elder; con¬ 
 verted in the army, almost on the present site of the 
 American university; joined the church Auburn, 
 N. Y., August, 1865; entered ministry New York East 
 conference 1877; member board of control Epworth 
 league 1890 92. 
 
 John D. McCully, lay delegate Idaho conference; 
 born Harrisburg, Ore., Feb. 2, 1846; merchant, Jo¬ 
 seph, Ore.; joined the church Salem, Ore., 1870; 
 trustee, steward. 
 
 James L. Fowler, ministerial delegate Georgia con¬ 
 ference; born DeKaib county, Ga,, Dec. 20, 1836; re¬ 
 sides Lawrenceville, Ga.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church DeKaib county, Ga., 1853; entered ministry 
 1860. 
 
 William J. Gibson, lay delegate Missouri confer¬ 
 ence; born Hendricks county, Ind., Feb. 14, 1843; 
 lawyer, Grant City, Mo.; joined the church La Fay¬ 
 ette, Ind., 1866; trustee, teacher Bible-class for 
 thirty years; delegate to World’s Sunday-school con¬ 
 vention. 
 
 George Slocum Bennett, lay delegate Wyoming 
 conference; born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 17, 1842; 
 banker, Wilkesbarre; joined the church Wilkesbarre, 
 1856; trustee, superintendent Sunday-school. 
 
 Henry Spsllmeyer, ministerial delegate Newark 
 conference; born New York city, November 25, 1847; 
 pastor Central church, Newark, N. J.; joined the 
 church West Farms, New York city, 1859; entered 
 the ministry Newark conference, 1869. 
 
 James E. Hair, lay delegate South Kansas confer¬ 
 ence; born Five Mile, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1861; cashier 
 bank, Baldwin, Kan.; joined the church Baldwin, 
 1889; Sunday school superintendent. 
 
 James H. Scott, ministerial delegate Delaware con¬ 
 ference; born Baltimore, Md , Oct. 21, 1860; pastor, 
 Newark, N. J.; joined the church Port Deposit, Md., 
 1884; entered ministry Delaware conference, 1886. 
 
 Edward M. Taylor, ministerial delegate New Eng¬ 
 land conference; born Washington, Pa., Feb. 25, 
 1852; pastor Winthrop-street church Boston, Mass.; 
 joined the church Washington, Pa., 1870; entered 
 ministry, Pittsburg, 1874; president first general dis¬ 
 trict Epworth league. 
 
 David Charles Plannette, ministerial delegate 
 North Dakota conference; born Allegheny City, Pa , 
 Dec. 15, 1850; resides Fargo, N. D.; presiding-elder; 
 joined the church Allegheny City, 1867; entered min¬ 
 istry Erie conference 1872; member General confer¬ 
 ence 1888. 
 
 David F. Pierce, ministerial delegate Northern 
 New York conference; born Osurgatchie, N. Y., 
 April 26,1847; pastor Rome, N. Y.; joined the church 
 Norfolk, N. Y., June, 1867; entered ministry North¬ 
 ern New York conference 1876; member General con¬ 
 ference 1892. 
 
 William H. Hughes, ministerial delegate Troy con¬ 
 ference; born Albany, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1839; pastor 
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; joined the church Green- 
 bush 1856; entered ministry 1863; member General 
 conference 1880,1892. 
 
 Rev. S. Van Benschoten, ministerial delegate New¬ 
 ark conference; born May 28,1832, Dutchess county, 
 N. Y ; entered ministry East Genesee conference, 
 1858; presiding-elder; member General conference 
 
 1888. 
 
 Charles S. Wing, ministerial delegate New York 
 East conference; born Goshen, Conn., Jan. 18, 1845; 
 resides Brooklyn, N. Y; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Goshen, 1855; entered ministry New York 
 Eist conference, 1867; member General conference 
 1892. 
 
 William W. Merrill, lay delegate Maine conference; 
 born .at Westbrook, Me., (now Deering), June 10, 
 1849; resides Deering, Me.; joined the church Port¬ 
 land, 1883; steward, superintendent Sunday-school. 
 
 Stanford L. Parker, lay delegate Delaware confer¬ 
 ence; born Delmar, Del.; merchant Laurel, Del.; 
 joined church 1882; steward, superintendent, trustee. 
 
 George Dickson Lindsay, ministerial delegate 
 Maine conference; born County Armagh, Ireland, 
 May 9, 1845; pastor Congress-streetchurch, Portland 
 Maine; joined the church Ireland 1869; entered min¬ 
 istry Maine conference 1875; at head of Chautauqua 
 work in Maine for -ten years; president and superin¬ 
 tendent of instruction Northern New England as¬ 
 sembly. 
 
 William H. Miles, lay delegate Maine conference; 
 born Limerick, Maine, Dec. 2, 1836; cotton manu¬ 
 facturer, Lisbon, Maine; joined the church Bidde- 
 ford, 1855; trustee, steward, class-leader. 
 
 Wm. H. Murphy, lay delegate Newark conference; 
 born Newark, N. J., April 15, 1821; retired manufac¬ 
 turer, Newark; joined the church Jerspy City 1841; 
 trustee; member General conference 1892. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 29, 1S96. 
 
 9 S 
 
PLATE XXVI.— 1 Geo A. Barrett. 2. C. J. North. 3. John D. McCully. 4. J. L. Fowler. 5. Wm. J. Gibson, 
 6. Geo. S. Bennett. 7. Henry Spellmeyer. 8. J. E. Hair. 9. J. H. Scott. 10. Edward M. Taylor. 11. D. C. Plannette. 
 12. D. F. Pierce. 13, W. H. Hughes. 14, S. Van Benschoten, 15. Charles S. Wing. 16. Wm. M. Merrill. 17. S. L. 
 Parker. 18, G. D. Lindsay. 19, V/. H, Miles. 20. Wm. H. Murphy. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 29, 1S96. 
 
 99 
 
PLATE XXVII 
 
 Bonjamln O Bird, lay delegate Delaware confer¬ 
 ence; born Lovettsville, Va., Aug. 11, 1853; teacher 
 Princess Anne, Md.; joined the church Gettysburg, 
 Pa., September, 1879; trustee; member General con¬ 
 ference 1888. 
 
 G. J. Starnes, M.D., lay delegate West Texas con¬ 
 ference; born Williamson county,Tenn., June22, 1854; 
 graduated from Meharry Medical college, Nashville, 
 Tenn., 1884; surgeon-in-chief “thecollege Infirmary,” 
 San Antonio, Texas. 
 
 J. Frank Haley, ministerial delegate East Maine 
 conference; born Kennebunk, Maine, July 26, 1851; 
 pastor Dexter, Maine; joined the church Kennebunk, 
 1866; entered ministry East Maine conference, 1879. 
 
 John Donald Wallace, lay delegate North Dakota 
 conference; born Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 24, 
 1845; farmer, Drayton, North Dakota; joined the 
 church 1S56. 
 
 William L. Brown, ministerial delegate East Maine 
 conference; born Union, Maine, Oct. 11, 1835; pastor 
 Newport, Me.; joined the church 1852; united with 
 East Maine conference of 1858. 
 
 Abram W. Harris, lay delegate East Maine confer¬ 
 ence; born Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1858; president 
 Maine State college, Orono, Maine; joined the church 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 1872; trustee, steward. 
 
 Wilbur F. Berry, ministerial delegate Maine con¬ 
 ference; born Camden, Maine, Nov. 24,1851; pastor 
 Waterville, Maine; joined the church BaDgor, 1873; 
 entered ministry Maine conference, 1S79; member 
 General conference, 1892. 
 
 Albert Hamilton Baker, ministerial delegate South 
 India conference; born Portland, Maine, April 26, 
 1856; presiding-elder Madras district, India; address, 
 Newton, Mass.; joined the church Ashland, Mass., 
 1871; entered ministry South India conference 1881. 
 
 Daniel Hays, lay delegate Troy conference; born 
 Gloversvllle, N. Y., June 14, 1833; manufacturer, 
 Gloversville, N. Y ; joined the church Gloversvllle, 
 N. Y., October, 1855; trustee. 
 
 Jas. H. Diggs, lay delegate Central Missouri con¬ 
 ference; born Howard county, Mo., July 8,1855; por¬ 
 ter In bank, Fayette, Mo.; joined the church Fayette, 
 Mo , in 1872; steward, trustee, and class-leader. 
 
 Richard S. Tennant, lay delegate Northwest Indi¬ 
 ana conference; born Putnam county, Ind., May, 
 1844; lawyer, Terre Haute, Ind.; eminent as Sunday- 
 school superintendent. 
 
 John Fred Hall, lay delegate East Maine confer¬ 
 ence, born Rockland, Maine, Sept. 21,1840; carriage 
 manufacturer Rockland, Maine; joined the church 
 Rockland, 1877; trustee. 
 
 Charles Wesley Winchester, reserve ministerial 
 delegate Genesee conference, in place of Sanford 
 Hunt, deceased; born Westminster, Vt.,July 2, 1843; 
 resides Corning, N. Y ; presiding-elder; joined 
 church Claremont, N. H., at fourteen; entered 
 ministry East Genesee conference 1870; member 
 Ecumenical conference 1891. 
 
 Charles Darius Hammond, lay delegate Troy con¬ 
 ference; born Rushford, N. Y., March 1,1844; rail¬ 
 road superintendent Slingerland, N. Y.; joined the 
 church Susquehanna, Pa., 1867; Sunday-school 
 superintendent; member General conference 1884, 
 1888, 1892. 
 
 John Hamline Coleman, ministerial .delegate Troy 
 conference; born Northampton, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1847; 
 resides Albany, N. Y.; presiding-elder; joined the 
 church Northampton 1860; entered ministry Troy 
 conference 1873; member General conference 1888 
 and 1892. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 2g, iSgs. 
 
 IOO 
 
PLATE XXVII.—1. Benj O. Bird. 2 G. J. Starnes. 3. J. F, Haley. 4. J. D, Wallace. 5. W. L. Brown. 6 . A. W. 
 Harris. 7 W. F. Berry. 8 . A. H. Baker. 9. Daniel Hays. 10. J. H Diggs. 11. R. S. Tennant. 12. J. F. Hall. 13. 
 C W. Winchester. 14. C. D. Hammond. 15. J. H. Coleman. 
 
 From Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 29 , i8q6. 
 
 ioi 
 
II. DELEGATES-ELECT BY CONFERENCES 
 
 Alabama.— Cl: ieal: GeorgeE. Ackerman Chat- 
 tanooga. Term. La} : Adapts H. Gibbs. We- 
 dowee. 
 
 Arkansas.— Clerical: A. T. Taylor Rogers. Lay: 
 
 J. H. Clennening. Fort Smith. 
 
 Austin.— Clerical: Oscar L. Fisher. Fort Wor.h. 
 La} : E -nezer B. Ailing. San Antonio. 
 
 Baltimore.— CL ■ ical: John LanaTmn. Baltimore : 
 John F. Goncher. Baltimore: Luther B. Wil¬ 
 son. Washington D. C.: William S Edwards. 
 Baltimore. La} : William A. Leitch. Balti¬ 
 more : Ales. Ashley. Washington. D. C. 
 BengaPBurmah.— Clerical: F. W. Wame Cal¬ 
 cutta. India. Lay: C.J. A.Pritchard. Calcutta. 
 India 
 
 Blue Ridge.— Cleric.: l . Adolphns Gray heal. Mon¬ 
 tezuma Lav: Henry F. Ketron. Chuckey 
 City. Tenn. 
 
 Bombay .— Clerical D. O. Fox. Poona Lay 
 fames Morris no P. O. given . 
 
 California.— Clerical: Arnold T. Needham. Oak¬ 
 land: Milton D. Buck. Sacramento: Elbridge 
 R. W illis. Napa: John Coyle San Francisco; 
 John Kirby. Alameda Lay : Tames W. Whit¬ 
 ing San Francisco Henry French San Jose. 
 California German. — Clerical: George Guth. 
 San Francisco. Lay : John Furrer. Los An¬ 
 geles. 
 
 Central Alabama.— Clerical: Edward M. Jone~. 
 Montgomery. Lay: Philip P. Wright. Ro¬ 
 anoke. 
 
 Central German.— Clerical: Albert J. Nast. Cin¬ 
 cinnati: Jacob Rottweiler. New Albany. Ind.; 
 Joseph Kern, Grand Rapids, Mich. Lay: 
 Jacob Haenssler. Cincinnati: Victor Wilker. 
 Berea. O. 
 
 Central Illinois.— Clerical: Hyre D. Clark Gales- 
 bnrg: Jervice D. Evans. Abingdon: Samuel 
 Van Pelt. Onarga: James W. Haney. Normal: 
 Marion V. Cram baker. Rock Island. Lay: 
 Charles H. Long. Pontiac : William H. Logan. 
 Seaton. 
 
 Central .Missouri.— Cleri al James W. Jackson, 
 St Louis : Richard E. Gillum. Topeka. Lay : 
 H. L. Billups. Sedalia; James H. Diggs. 
 Fayette. 
 
 Central New Y ork.— Clerical .- CarltonC-Wilbor. 
 Elmira : John C. Nicholls. Syracuse : Edmund 
 M. 31 ills Elmira; R. DeWitt Munger. Auburn: 
 
 Theron R. Green. Syracuse. La} : Francis J. 
 Cheney. Cortland ; Edwin Nottingham. Syra¬ 
 cuse. 
 
 Central Ohio. — Clerical: Elias D. Whitlock. 
 
 Beliefontaine: Josiah L. Albritton. Toledo: 
 Leroy A. Belt Kenton: Wesley G. Waters. 
 Fremont Lay: Edwin T. Nelson. Delaware; 
 Frank H. Tanner. Toledo. 
 
 Central Pennsylvania.— Clerical: William W. 
 
 Evans. Harrisburg: Edward J. Gray. Will¬ 
 iamsport: Silas C. Swallow. Harrisburg: 
 
 David S. Monroe. Altoona; Ezra H. Yocum. 
 Sunburv; William M. Frysinger. Carlisle. 
 La} : Thomas H. Murray. Clearfield; John 
 Patton. Curwensville. 
 
 Central Swedish.— Clerical: James T. Wigrer 
 Galva. Ill. Lay: John R. Lindgren. Evans¬ 
 ton. Ill. 
 
 Central Tennessee.— Clerical: Joseph M. Carter. 
 Huntingdon. Lay: Phylazo D. Carr. Nash¬ 
 ville. 
 
 Chicago German.—Bartholomew Lampert Chi¬ 
 cago ; Henry Lemcke. Watertown. Wis. Lay : 
 Charles E. Mueller. Milwaukee. Wis.; Emil 
 Karpowsky. Chicago. Ill. 
 
 Cincinnati.— Clerical: Adna B. Leonard, New 
 
 York: Charles H. Payne. New York: James 
 W. Bashford. Delaware; Frank G. Mitchell. 
 Piqua; Henry C. Weakley. Cincinnati. Lay: 
 George B. Johnson. Cincinnati ; Charles W. 
 
 Bennett Piqua. 
 
 Colorado.— Clerical: Earl Cranston. Cincinnati; 
 Daniel L. Rader. Pneblo. Lay : Zechariah X. 
 Snyder Greeley; Joseph W. Giliuly. Denver. 
 
 Columbia River.— Clerical: George M. Booth. 
 Spokane; Wilmot W. Van Dusen. Spokane. 
 Lay: Isaac C. Libby, Spokane; Herbert C. 
 Clark. Brinkleton. 
 
 Delaware.— Clerical: Henry A. Monroe, Phila¬ 
 delphia. Pa.: Tames H. Scott, Newark. X. J. 
 Lay : Benjamin O. Bird. Princess Anne. Md.; 
 Stanford L. Parker. Laurel. DeL 
 
 Des .Moines. — Clerical: Emory Miller, De~ 
 Moines : William H. W. Rees. Cincinnati. O.; 
 William E. Hamilton. Indianola; DeWitt C. 
 Franklin. Atlantic; WilliamT. Smith. Creston. 
 Lay : James M. Kittleman, Indianola; Leslie 
 M. Shaw. Dennison. 
 
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Detroit. — Clerical: Joseph F. Berry, Chicago, Ill.; (®) 
 Camden M. Cobern, Ann Arbor; William H. j 
 Shier, Detroit; John Sweet, Calumet; Charles 
 T. Allen, Detroit; Edward W. Ryan, Ypsilanti; 
 Lewis R. Fiske, Albion. Lay: George O. 
 Robinson, Detroit; Dr. Roy S. Copeland, Ann 
 Arbor. 
 
 East German. — Clerical: John C. Deininger, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. Lay: Charles E. Zoller, 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 East Maine. — Clerical: J. F. Haley, Dexter. 
 W. L. Brown, Newport. Lay: A. W. Harris, 
 
 J. F. Hall. 
 
 East Ohio. — Clerical: Darius H. Muller, Cleve¬ 
 land ; Lemuel H. Stewart, Steubenville ; Earl 
 D. Holtz, Alliance; Eugene P. Edmonds, 
 Canton ; John I. Wilson, Cambridge ; David C. 
 Osborne, Barnesville. Lay: John A. Mans¬ 
 field, Steubenville; Warren F. Walworth, 
 Cleveland. 
 
 East Tennessee. — Clerical: Judson S. Hill, 
 Morristown. Lay: James R. Johnson, Pu¬ 
 laski, Va. 
 
 Erie. — Clerical: Jasou N. Fradenburgh, Green¬ 
 ville; Silas H. Prather, Meadville; Andrew J. 
 Merchant, Punxsutawney; John C. Schofield, 
 New Castle; Robert S. Borland, Forrestville, 
 N. Y. Lay: Harvey J. Gidley, Dunkirk, N. Y.; 
 Henry P. Sullivan, Erie. 
 
 Florida. — Clerical: Stephen A. Huger, Jackson¬ 
 ville. Lay : Robert Ayers, Gainesville. 
 
 Foochow .— Clerical: Myron C. Wilcox, Foochow. 
 Lay: Lydia A. Trimble, Foochow. 
 
 Genesee. — Clerical: C. W. Winchester (in place 
 of Sandford Hunt, deceased), Corning, New 
 York; John E. Williams, Buffalo; James E. 
 Bills, Rochester ; S. A. Abishai Morse, Buffalo ; 
 Henry C. Woods, Corning; Ebenezer H. Lat¬ 
 imer, Olean. Lay : John L. Romer, Buffalo ; 
 Alexander M. Holden, Honeyoye Falls. 
 Georgia. — Clerical: James L. Fowler, Lawrence- 
 ville. Lay : William T. Morris, Mt. Zion. 
 
 Holston. — Clerical: Richard J. Cooke, Chatta¬ 
 nooga; James A. Ruble, Maryville. Lay: 
 John W. Adams, Chattanooga; James A. 
 Fowler, Clinton. 
 
 Idaho. — Clerical: Charles R. Kellerman, Boise 
 City. Lay: John D. McCulley, Enterprise. 
 
 Illinois. — Clerical: William N. McElroy, Spring- 
 field; William H. Wilder, Bloomington; 
 Christopher Galeener, Decatur; John T. 
 McFarland, Jacksonville ; John A. Kumler, 
 Springfield; John B. Wolfe, Bloomington; 
 Horace Reed, Jacksonville. Lay: Joseph O. 
 Cunningham, Urbana; Herbert G. Whitlock, 
 Jacksonville. 
 
 Indiana.— Clerical: William R. Halstead, Evans¬ 
 ville; Henry J. Talbott, Indianapolis; John 
 H. Martin, Moores Hill; Merrimon S. Heaven- 
 ridge, Vincennes; Tilghman H. Willis, Bloom¬ 
 ington; Henry A. Buchtel, Indianapolis; 
 Janies A. Sargent, Indianapolis. Lay: Ben¬ 
 jamin F. Adams, Bloomington ; William New¬ 
 kirk, Counersville. 
 
 Iowa.— Clerical: Charles L. Stafford, Mt. Pleas¬ 
 ant; Thomas J. Myers, Mt. Pleasant; Morris 
 Bamford, Oskaloosa; Isaac P. Teter, Ottumwa. 
 Lay: Chris. Haw, Ottumwa; James Harland, 
 Mt. Pleasant. 
 
 Italy. — Clerical: William Burt, Rome. Lay : 
 Luigi Mando, Rome. 
 
 Japan.— Clerical: Yoitsu Honda, Tokyo. Lay : 
 Taro Ando, Tokyo. 
 
 Kansas.— Clerical: Aleric S. Embree, Topeka ; 
 John A. Motter, Baldwin; William H. Under¬ 
 wood, Clay Center. Lay: James M. Miller, 
 Council Grove; William P. Fryhoffer, Ran¬ 
 dolph. 
 
 Kentucky.— Clerical: Daniel Stevenson, Barbour- 
 ville; John D. Walsh, Lexington. Lay: Rob¬ 
 ert T. Miller, Covington; Vincent Boreing, 
 London. 
 
 Lexington. — Clerical: Edward W. S. Hammond, 
 New Orleans, La. ; Joseph Courtney, Lexing¬ 
 ton, Ky. Lay: R. F. Broaddus (no P. O. 
 given) ; Isaac N. McCullough (no P. O. given). 
 (Secretary failed to send post-offices.) 
 
 Liberia.— Clerical: James H. Deputie (deceased). 
 Lay: Ashford L. Sims, Monrovia. 
 
 Little Rock.— Clerical: William O. Emory, Little 
 Rock. Lay: James M. Cox, Little Rock. 
 
 Louisiana.— Clerical: Joseph C. Hartzell, Cin¬ 
 cinnati, O.; Aristides E. P. Albert, New Or¬ 
 leans ; Julian F. Marshall, New Orleans. Lay: 
 Charles C. Morse, New Orleans; George F. 
 Huntley, .Shreveport. 
 
 Maine.— Clerical: G. D. Lindsay, Portland; W. F. 
 Berry, Waterville. Lay: W. W. Merrill, 
 Woodsford; W. H. Miles, Lisbon. 
 
 Mexico. — Clerical: John W. Butler, Mexico. 
 
 Lay : Christobal Ludlow, Pachuca. 
 
 Michigan. — Clerical: Amos M. Gould, Cold- 
 water ; James H. Potts, Detroit; James I. 
 Buell, Iona; Patrick J. Maveety, Jackson; 
 Levi Master, Kalamazoo; Marshall M. Calleu, 
 Hillsdale; James Hamilton, Grand Rapids. 
 Lay : Samuel Dickie, Albion ; Elvin Swarth- 
 out, Grand Rapids. 
 
 Minnesota.— Clerical: Henry C. Jennings, Man¬ 
 kato; George H. Bridgman, St. Paul; John 
 Stafford, Mankato. Lay: Hascal R. Brill, St. 
 (4 Paul; Galen A. Merrill, Owatonua. 
 
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 Mississippi. — Clerical: James M. Shumpert, ®) 
 Columbus; Samuel A. Cowan, Vicksburg. 
 Lay: George W. Stith, Vicksburg; Thomas I. 
 Keys, Ocean Springs. 
 
 Missouri — Clerical: John H. Poland, Kirks- 
 ville; Isaac Ware, St. Joseph ; James J. Bent¬ 
 ley, Maryville. Lay: Charles D. Morris, 
 Trenton; Wm. J. Gibson, Grant City. 
 
 Montana. — Clerical: Jacob Mills, Bozeman. Lay: 
 
 Frederick Gamer, Helena. 
 
 Nebraska. — Clerical: Charles C. Lasby, Lincoln ; 
 DeWitt C. Huntington, Lincoln ; Isaac Crook, 
 University Place. Lay: John H. Mickey, 
 Osceola; Lucius O. Jones, Lincoln. 
 
 Newark. — Clerical: Henry A. Buttz, Madison ; 
 Sandford Van Benscoten, Passaic ; Stephen L. 
 Baldwin, New York City; Henry Spellmeyer, 
 Newark ; George W. Smith, Elizabeth. Lay : 
 William H. Murphy, Newark; Robert R. 
 Doherty, New York City. 
 
 New England. — Clerical: J. W. Hamilton, Cin¬ 
 cinnati, O.; S. F. Upham, Madison, N. J.; 
 
 E. R. Thorndike, Springfield; W. N. Brod- 
 beck, Boston ; E. M. Taylor, Boston ; W. F. 
 Warren, Boston. Lay: C. R. McGee, Boston; 
 
 A. B. Kinney, Worcester. 
 
 New England Southern. — Clerical: S. O. Ben¬ 
 ton, Fall River, Mass.; G. H. Bates, Norwich, 
 Conn. ; T. J. Everett, New Bedford, Mass.; 
 
 M. J. Talbot, Providence, R. I. Lay: David 
 Gordon, Hazardville, Conn. ; Joseph E. C. 
 Farnham, Providence, R. I. 
 
 New Hampshire. — Clerical: Silas E. Quimby, 
 Penacook, N. H.; Charles D. Hills, Haverhill, 
 Mass.; Oliver S. Baketel, Manchester. Lay: 
 Ira Colby, Claremont; Edward F. Childs, 
 Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 New Jersey. — Clerical: JacobB. Graw, Trenton; 
 James R. Mace, Camden; George B. Wight, 
 Millville ; Joseph L. Roe, Bridgeton ; George 
 Reed, Island Heights. Lay: Clement W. 
 Shoemaker, Bridgeton; James F. Rusling, 
 Trenton. 
 
 New York .—Clerical: J. R. Day, Syracuse; 
 
 C. C. McCabe, New York ; E. S. Osbon, New 
 York; J. M. King, New York; A. J. Palmer, 
 New York; Andrew Schriver, Newburg. Lay: 
 
 J. E. Andrus, Yonkers ; A. D. Peake, Walden. 
 
 New York East. — Clerical: James M. Buckley, 
 New York; William V. Kelley, New York; 
 George P. Mains, Mount Vernon; George E. 
 Reed, Carlisle, Pa.; Charles S. Wing, Brook¬ 
 lyn; James S. Chadwick, Brooklyn; Crandall 
 J. North, New Haven, Conn. Lay: John H. 
 Sessions, Bristol, Con. ; John French, Brook¬ 
 lyn. 
 
 North Carolina. — Clerical: Elias M. Collett, 
 Charlotte. Lay: Wade H. Thomas, Hamlet. @ 
 
 North China.— Clerical : Hiram H. Lowery, Pe¬ 
 king, China. Lay : Julian F. Scott, Pasa¬ 
 dena, Cal. 
 
 North Dakota. — Clerical : D. C. Plannette, Fargo. 
 Lay : J. D. Wallace. 
 
 Northern German. — Clerical : Franz L. Nagler, 
 Cincinnati. Lay : Henry Bendixen, Spring- 
 field, Minn. 
 
 North Germany. — Clerical : Carl Schell, Berlin. 
 Lay : Peter Rasmusen, Oldenburg. 
 
 North India. — Clerical : Edwin W. Parker, Luck¬ 
 now ; Thomas J. Scott, Delaware, O. Lay : 
 Lois S. Parker, Lucknow ; Ada C. Butcher, 
 Bareilly, India. 
 
 North Indiana.— Clerical: Horace N. Herrick, 
 Muncie; Frank G. Browne, Huntingdon; 
 Augustus E. Mahin, Richmond ; William D. 
 Parr, Muncie. Lay: John S. Patterson, 
 Knightstown; Christian B. Stemen, Ft. Wayne. 
 North Nebraska. — Clerical: Alfred Hodgetts, 
 Norfolk; John B. Maxfield, Omaha. Lay: 
 John D. King, Wayne ; Trevanyon L. Mathews, 
 Fremont. 
 
 North Ohio. — Clerical: Newell S. Albright, Bu- 
 cyrus; William Kepler, New London; Will¬ 
 iam F. Whitlock, Delaware; John Mitchell, 
 Cleveland. Lay : Lewis C. Laylin, Norwalk ; 
 John M. Naylor, Tiffin. 
 
 Northern Minnesota. — Clerical : Robert Forbes, 
 Duluth; James F. Chaffee, Minneapolis; Joseph 
 B. Hingeley,Minneapolis. Lay: LeonidasMer- 
 ritt, Duluth ; Jacob F. Force, Minneapolis. 
 Northern New York .—Clerical : H. E. Waugh, 
 Utica ; W. D. Marsh, Watertown ; D. F. Pierce, 
 Rome ; C. J. Little, Evanston, Ill. ; J. C. Dar¬ 
 ling, Potsdam. Lay: S. M. Coon, Oswego; 
 H. F. Dingley, Utica. 
 
 Northwest India.— Clerical: Jefferson E. Scott, 
 Muttra. Lay: W. H. Daniels, Cawnpore, India. 
 Northwest Kansas. — Clerical : William H. 
 Sweet, Salina; Edward W. Allen, Concordia. 
 Lay: Edworth S. Chenoweth, McCracken; 
 John B. Morrison, Colby. 
 
 Northwest German. — Clerical: Edward W. 
 Henke, Storm Lake, la. Lay: Henry A. 
 Salzer, LaCrosse, Wis. 
 
 Northwest Indiana. — Clerical : William H. Hick¬ 
 man, Terre Haute; Hilary H. Gobin, Green- 
 castle ; Allen Lewis, Valparaiso. Lay : Rich¬ 
 ard S. Tennant, Terre Haute; Abraham R. 
 Colborn, Michigan City. 
 
 Northwest Iowa. — Clerical: John W. Walker, 
 Rock Rapids; John B. Trimble, Sheldon; 
 Robert Smylie, Fort Dodge; John W. Lothian, 
 Ida Grove. Lay : Clarence P. Kilbourne 
 Sioux City ; Oscar P. Miller, Rock Rapids. 
 
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 105 
 
 Northwest Nebraska. —Clerical: Allen R. Julian, South Carolina. 
 
 Cliadron. Lay : George E. Gorton, Crawford. 
 
 Norway.— Clerical: Anders Olsen, Christiania. 
 
 Lay: Toger Pedersen, Frederickshald. 
 Norwegian and Danish. — Clerical: Nels F. 
 Simonseu, Evanston, Ill. Lay: Marion S. 
 Pihl, Forest City, la. 
 
 Ohio.— Clerical: David H. Moore, Cincinnati; 
 David Y. Murdoch, Athens ; William H. Eewis, 
 Lancaster; William D. Cherington, Delaware ; 
 John C. Arbuckle, Zanesville. Lay: Morris 
 Sharp, Washington C. H.; Mrs Jane F. Bash- 
 ford, Delaware. 
 
 Oklahoma.— Clerical: John F. Palmer, Guthrie. 
 Lay: James F. Holden, McAlester, Indian 
 Territory. 
 
 Oregon.— Clerical : John Parsons, Salem ; George 
 W. Gue, Mt. Tabor. Lay : John F. Caples, 
 Portland ; Robert A. Booth, Grant’s Pass. 
 Philadelphia. — Clerical : Thomas B. Neely, Phila¬ 
 delphia ; Samuel W. Gehrett, Philadelphia; 
 William M. Swindells, Philadelphia; Samuel 
 W. Thomas, Philadelphia; William M. Ridg. 
 way, Middletown ; Jacob S. Hughes, Phila¬ 
 delphia. Lay : Dr. John E. James, Phila¬ 
 delphia ; John Field, Philadelphia. 
 Pittsburg. — Clerical: Charles W. Smith, Pitts¬ 
 burg ; Robert T. Miller, Indiana; Thomas H. 
 Woodring, Wilkinsburg ; Jesse F. Core, Wash¬ 
 ington. Lay : Dr. John E. Rigg, Wilkins¬ 
 burg; Theodore B. Noss, California. 
 
 Puget Sound.— Clerical: Thomas B. Ford, Seat¬ 
 tle ; Thomas J. Massey, Fairhaven. Lay: 
 Calvin S. Barlow, Tacoma; Dr. Rufus S. Wil¬ 
 lard, Seattle. 
 
 Rock River.— Clerical: Frank M. Bristol, Evans¬ 
 ton ; Lewis Curts, Chicago, Ill.; Henry G. 
 Jackson, Chicago; Martin F. Cady, Aurora; 
 Polemus H. SwLt, Englewood; William A. 
 Spencer, Philadelphia; John W. Richards, 
 Dekalb. Lay: James B. Hobbes, Chicago; 
 Nicholas G. VanSant, Rock Falls. 
 
 St. John’s River.— Clerical: Luther S. Rader, 
 Jacksonville, Fla. Lay: Alexander W. Biddle, 
 Lawtey, Fla. 
 
 St. Louis German.— Clerical: William Koeneke, 
 Belleville, Ill.; William Schutz, Quincy, Ill. ; 
 John Slaugenhauf, Belleville. Lay : Herman 
 C. Grawe, St. Louis, Mo.; Friedrich H. A. 
 Koch, Burlington, la. 
 
 Savannah. -Clerical: Madison C.B. Mason, South 
 Atlanta; Matthew M. Alston, Rome. Lay: 
 Luther J. Price, South Atlanta; John H. 
 Bowen, Way Cross. 
 
 South America.— Clerical: Charles W. Drees, 
 Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. Lay: 
 Justo Cubilo, Montevideo, Uruguay. 
 
 Clerical : Benjamin F. Wither¬ 
 spoon, Orangeburg; Joshua E. Wilson, Flor¬ 
 ence; Thomas J. Clarke, Charleston. Lay: 
 William M. Bulkley, Orangeburg; Edward J. 
 Sawyer, Burnettsville. 
 
 South Dakota. — Clerical : William H. Jordan, 
 Sioux Falls; Charles B. Clarke, Huron. Lay: 
 Reuben N. Kratz, Mitchell; William F. T. 
 Bushnell, Aberdeen, 
 
 Southern California.— Clerical: Samuel A. 
 Thomson, Los Angeles ; Winfield S. Matthew, 
 San Francisco; William A. Knighten, Los 
 Angeles. Lay : William T. Randall, Ontario ; 
 Joseph A. Williams, Los Angeles. 
 
 Southern German. — Clerical: Henry Dietz, 
 Seguin, Tex. Lay : Charles F. Blumberg, 
 Seguin, Tex. 
 
 Southern Illinois.— Clerical: Joseph W. Van 
 Cleve, Mt. Vernon ; William Wallis, Olney ; 
 Owen H. Clark, Belleville; Leonidas W. 
 Thrall, Salem. Lay : McKendree H. Cham¬ 
 berlain, Lebanon ; Harvey H. Crozier, Carmi. 
 
 South Germany.— Clerical : A. Gerhard Bruns, 
 Stuttgart. Lay : Friedrich Gutekunst, Wur- 
 temburg. 
 
 South India. — Clerical : Albert H. Baker, Vepery, 
 Madras. Lay : John H. Stevens, Egmore, 
 Madras. 
 
 South Kansas. — Clerical : John W. Stewart, 
 Ottawa ; Samuel S. Murphy, Columbus ; Jef¬ 
 ferson F. Brant, Fort Scott. Lay : George 
 B. Bowen, Independence; James E. Hair, 
 Baldwin. 
 
 Southwest Kansas.— Clerical : William J. Mar- 
 tindale, Wichita ; Granvi Lowther, Winfield ; 
 William H. Rose, Dodge City. Lay : Janies 
 Allison, Wichita; Tom M. Hutto, Kingman. 
 
 St. Louis. — Clerical : Jesse B. Young, St. Louis; 
 Enoch J. Hunt, Carthage; William A. Quayle, 
 Kansas City. Lay: Thomas J. Langston, 
 West Plains; William W. Kendall, Kansas 
 City. 
 
 Sweden.— Clerical: Jacob M. Erickson, Stock¬ 
 holm; John F. Fdman, Upsala. Lay : John 
 A. Anderson, Gothenburg; Jacob T. Jacobe- 
 son, Stockholm. 
 
 Switzerland. — Clerical: Johannes Wuhrman, 
 Berne. Lay : Dr. Gideon Gisler, Basel. 
 
 Tennessee. — Clerical: Hillery W. Key, Mason. 
 Lay : David W. Byrd, Nashville. 
 
 Texas. — Clerical: Isaiah B. Scott, Marshall; 
 Wade H. Logan, Marshall ; Frank Gary, Gal¬ 
 veston. Lay : Thomas A. Fortson, Prairie 
 View ; John W. Jamison, Jefferson. 
 
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 Troy .—Clerical : J. H. Column, Albany, N. Y. ; 
 Homer Eaton, New York; J. H. Brown, Lans- 
 ingburg, N. Y.; G. A. Barrett, Plattsburg; 
 
 J. E. C. Sawyer, Syracuse ; W. H. Hughes, 
 Saratoga. Lay : Daniel Hays, Gloversville; 
 
 C. D. Hammond, Slinglerlands, N. Y. 
 
 Upper^Iowa.— Clerical : Alpha J. Kynett, Phila¬ 
 delphia ; J. Burleigh Albrook, Mt. Vernon; 
 William F. Barclay, Mason City; William F. 
 King, Mt. Vernon ; Stephen N. Fellows, Fay¬ 
 ette. Lay : Albert G. Ross, Osage ; Thomas 
 B. Taylor, Hampton. 
 
 Upper Mississippi.— Clerical: Richard Sewell, 
 Grenada; Perry O. Jamison, Tupelo. Lay : 
 Ephraim H. McKissack, Holly Springs; 
 Joseph H. Phillips, Grenada. 
 
 Vermont.— Clerical: A. J. Hough, Brattleboro ; 
 
 J. O. Sherburne, Williamstown. Lay : Z. M. 
 Mansur, Island Pond; Moses P. Perley, Enos- 
 burg Falls. 
 
 Virginia.— Clerical : Stephen P. Shipman, Falls 
 Church. Lay : Chester C. Gaver, Hillsboro. 
 
 Washington.— Clerical : John W. E. Bowen, At¬ 
 lanta, Ga.; William H. Brooks, Deanwood, 
 
 D. C. ; Isaac E. Thomas, Washington, D. C. 
 Lay : Charles F. Vodery, Baltimore, Md. ; 
 Irvin G. Penn, Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 Western Swedish.— Clerical : Oscar J. Swau, 
 Des Moines, la. Lay : Charles O. Lobeck, 
 Omaha, Neb. 
 
 West German.— Clerical : Charles Harms, St. 
 Joseph, Mo.; Jacob Tanner, Lincoln, Neb. 
 Lay : John A. Kost, St. Joseph, Mo.; William 
 P\ Muenzenmeyer, Junction City, Kan. 
 
 West Nebraska. — Clerical : Erastus Smith, 
 Kearney; Charles A. Hale, Orleans. Imv : ^ 
 
 Jasper L. McBrien, Orleans; William J. 
 Crusen, North Platte. 
 
 West NorwegianJand Danish.— Clerical: Carl 
 J. Larsen, San Francisco. (No Lay.) 
 
 West Texas.— Clerical: Henry Swann, Waco; 
 Moses Smith, Austin. Lay: Dr. Greene J. 
 Starnes, San Antonio; G. Reid Townsend, 
 Victoria. 
 
 West Virginia .— Clerical: Asbury Mick, Buck- 
 hannon ; David L. Ash, Grafton ; John H. 
 Hess, Buckhannon; David S. Hammond, 
 Huntington. Lay: Thomas P. Jacobs, New 
 Martinsville; George C. Sturgess, Morgan¬ 
 town. 
 
 West Wisconsin.— Clerical: Samuel W. Trous¬ 
 dale, LaCrosse ; John Holt, Mondovi; William 
 J. McKay, Madison. Lay: William T. Jen¬ 
 nings, Platteville ; Henry P. Magill, LaCrosse. 
 
 Wilmington.— Clerical: Merritt Hulburd, Wil¬ 
 mington ; Alfred Smith, Oxford, Md. ; Lewis 
 
 E. Barrett, Wilmington ; William F. Corkran, 
 Seaford, Del. Lay: William L. Gooding, 
 Dover; William H. Jackson, Salisbury, Md. 
 
 Wisconsin.— Clerical-. Milton S. Terry, Evans¬ 
 ton, Ill.; George H. Trever, Milwaukee; 
 Ephraim L. Eaton, Racine; Edward S. 
 McChesney (Reserve in place of Dr. Stowe), 
 Appleton. Lay: William H. Stevens, Mil¬ 
 waukee ; Leander Ferguson, Brandon. 
 
 Wyoming.— Clerical: John G. Eckman, Scran¬ 
 ton ; Manley S. Hard, Kingston; Austin Griffin, 
 Binghamton, N. Y.; Levi L. Sprague, King¬ 
 ston ; Asa J. Van Cleft, Oneonta, N. Y. Lay: 
 George S. Bennett, Wilkes Barre ; Abram I. 
 Decker, Waverly, N. Y. 
 
III. ALPHABETICAL LIST DELEGATES-ELECT, 
 
 WITH INDEX. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 r 
 
 > 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 *0 
 
 > 
 
 0 
 
 w 
 
 WHERE 
 
 BORN. 
 
 NAME 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 H 3 
 
 r 
 
 > 
 
 H 
 
 W 
 
 "0 
 
 > 
 
 pj 
 
 WHERE 
 
 BORN. 
 
 Ackerman, George E., . 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 New York. 
 
 Cady, Martin E-, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 2 
 
 5 1 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Adams, Benjamin F., . 
 
 Stone Quarry, 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Calleu, Marshall M., . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Adams, John W., . . . 
 
 Albert, Aristides E. P., 
 
 Real Estate, . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Caples, John F\, .... 
 
 Att’y-at law, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Carr, Phylonzo D., . . . 
 
 Music Bus., . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Albright, Newell S., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Carter, Joseph McK., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Albritton, Josiah L., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Chadwick, James S., . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Albrook, J. B.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Chaffee, James F., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Allen, Chas. Th. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Chamberlin, McK. H., 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Allen, Edward W., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 83 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Cheney, Francis J., . . 
 
 Normal Princ., 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Ailing, Ebenezer B., 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 IS 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Clienoweth, Edw. S., . 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Allison, James. 
 
 'fieas. Cold 
 Stor. Co., ‘ ‘ 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Cheriugton, Wm. D., . 
 Childs, Edward F., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Lumber, . . . 
 
 II 
 
 25 
 
 69 j 
 97 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Alston, Matthew M., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 Manager, . . 
 
 l6 
 
 79 
 
 • 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 
 Clark, C. B. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 New York. 
 
 Anderson, John A., . . 
 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Clark, Herbert Ch., . . 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 8 
 
 63 ! 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Andrus, J. E. 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 New York. 
 
 Clark, Hyre D., .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 W. Virginia. 
 
 Arbuckle, John C., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Clark, Owen H. 
 
 Clarke, Thomas J., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 England. 
 
 Asada, Rev. E., .... 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Ash, David L.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 W. Virginia. 
 
 Clendening, James H., 
 
 Att’y-at-law, . 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ashley, Alex.,. 
 
 Clerk, .... 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Pennsylv'a. 
 
 Cobern, Camden McC., 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Ayer, Robert Bunyan, . 
 
 Tonsorial Art., 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Florida. 
 
 Colborn, Abram R., . . 
 
 Lumber Mcht., 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Canada. 
 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 
 
 
 Colby, Ira,. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New Hamp. 
 
 Baker, Albert H., . . . 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Coleman, J. H., .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 27 
 
 IOI 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Baketel, Oliver S., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Collett, Elias M., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 
 Baldwin, Stephen E., . 
 
 Rec. Secretary 
 Miss’ry Soc., 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Cooke, Richard J., . . 
 
 Coon, S. M.,. 
 
 Copeland, Roy S. 
 
 Editor. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 7 
 
 25 
 
 61 
 
 97 
 
 New York. 
 New Y'ork. 
 
 Bamford, Morris, . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 18 
 
 S .3 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Barclay, William F., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 9 
 
 £>5 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Core, Jesse F. 
 
 Corkran, Wilbur F., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Eennsylv’a. 
 
 Barlow, Calvin S., . . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Washing’11. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Barrett, Geo. A. 
 
 Barrett, Eouis E. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Courtney, Joseph,. . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 «7 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Cowan, Samuel A., . . 
 
 Pres. Pllder, . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Bashford, James W., . 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Cox, James Monroe, . . 
 
 Coll. Prof., . . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Alabama. 
 
 Bashford, Mrs. Jane F., 
 
 Home-maker, 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Coyle, John,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 England. 
 
 Bates Geo. H.,. 
 
 Belt, Leroy A. 
 
 Bendixen, Henry, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 93 
 
 59 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Cranston, Earl, .... 
 
 Agent Book 
 Concern, 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Crook, Isaac,. 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Bennett, Charles W., . 
 
 Supt. City 
 Schools, ‘ ‘ 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Ohi^ 
 
 Crozier, Harvey IL, . . 
 Crumbaker, Marion V., 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 73 
 
 55 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Bennett, George S., . . 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Crusen, William J., . . 
 
 Engineer, . . 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Bentley, James J., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 «7 
 
 New York. 
 
 Cubilo, Justo,. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 23 
 
 97 
 
 S. America. 
 
 Benton, Stephen O., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Editor. 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Connec’cut. 
 
 Cunningham, Jos. O., . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 New York. 
 
 Berry, Joseph F., . . . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Curts, Lewis,. 
 
 Agent Book 
 
 n 
 
 61 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Berrv, Wilbur F., . . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Fruit Raiser, . 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Concern, 
 
 
 Biddle, Alex W., . . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bills, James Earl, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 New York. 
 
 Daniels, William H., . 
 
 Lay Mission’y, 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Billups, H. L.,. 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Texas. 
 
 Darling, J. C. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Bird, Benjamin O., . . 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 27 
 
 IOI 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Day, J. R. 
 
 Chancellor,. . 
 
 22 
 
 91 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Blumberg, Charles F., 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 Texas. 
 
 Decker, Abram I., . . . 
 
 Tanner, . . . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Boreing, Vincent, . . . 
 Borland, Robert S., . . 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Deininger, John C.. . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Deputie, James H., . . 
 
 (Deceased), . . 
 
 
 
 
 Booth, George M., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Dickie, Samuel. 
 
 Lecturer, . . . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Booth, Robert A., . . . 
 
 Bank Cashier, 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 Oregon. 
 
 Diggs, James H., ... 
 
 Bank Porter, . 
 
 27 
 
 IOI 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Bowen, George W., . . 
 
 Miller, .... 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Dietz, Henry,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Bowen, Guy Hartwell, 
 Bowen, John W. E., • ■ 
 
 Postal Clerk, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 Dingley, H. E., .... 
 
 W’sale Grocer, 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 R. Island. 
 
 Coll. Prof., . . 
 
 iS 
 
 83 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Asst. Secret’y 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Brant, Jefferson E-, • • 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Doherty, Robert R., . . 
 
 S. S. Union., 
 
 Bridgeman, George H., 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 Drees, Charles W., . . . 
 
 Supt. Miss., . 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Brill, Hascal R., .... 
 
 Judge, . . . . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Quebec. 
 
 Duering, H.,. 
 
 Printer, . . . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Bristol, Frank M., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 New-York. 
 
 
 
 
 Broadus, R. F., .... 
 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Eaton, Ephraim L , . • 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Agent Book 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Brodbeck, Wm. N., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Brooks, William H., . 
 
 Brown, J. H.,. 
 
 Brown, Wm. L., . . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Eaton, Homer, .... 
 
 Concern, 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 New York. 
 
 Eckman, John G. 
 
 Kdman, John Edw., . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Pennsylv’a 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 27 
 
 IOI 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Browne, Frank G., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Edmonds, Eugene P., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Bruns, Ahlert G., . . . 
 
 Pastor, . . . . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Edwards, Wm. S., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 W. Virginia 
 
 Buchtel, Henry A., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Embree, Alaric S., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Buck, Milton D., . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Emory, W. O.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 )4 
 
 75 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Buckley, James M., . . 
 
 Editor, . . . . 
 
 20 
 
 «7 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Erikson, Peter J. M., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Buell, James I., . . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Evans, Jervice G., . . . 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Bulkley, Wm. Lewis, . 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Evans, William W., . . 
 
 Pres. Pllder, . 
 
 22 
 
 91 
 
 Pennsylv’a 
 
 Burt, William. 
 
 Supt. Italy 
 Mission, ‘ ’ 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 England. 
 
 1 Everett, Thos. J., ... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Bushnell, W. F. T., . . 
 
 Editor, . . . . 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 J Farnham, J. E. C., . . 
 
 Printer, . . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Butcher, Mrs. Ada C., . 
 
 (Missionary, . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 j Fellows, Stephen N., . 
 
 Pastor, . . . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 New Hamp 
 
 Butler, John Wesley, . 
 
 (Pres. Elder, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Mass. 
 
 ! Ferguson, Leander, . . 
 
 j Merchant, . . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Buttz, Henry A . 
 
 Pres. Drew 
 Semin’y, ' ' 
 
 22 
 
 91 
 
 
 Field, John,. 
 
 ! Fisher, Oscar Louis, . . 
 Fiske, Lewis Ransom, 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 |Univ. Pres., . 
 
 18 
 
 l6 
 
 83 
 
 79 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Byrd, David W., .... 
 
 j Teacher, . . . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 |Col 1. Pres., . . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 107 
 
io8 
 
 ©yvffiiF 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Forbes, Robert, . . . . 
 Force, Dr. Jacob F., . . 
 Ford, Thomas B., . . . 
 Fortson, Thomas A., . 
 Fowler, James Alex., . 
 Fowler, Jas. L., . . . . 
 Fox, Daniel Ormsby, . 
 Fradenburgh, Jason N., 
 Franklin, De Witt C., . 
 
 French, Henry. 
 
 French, John,. 
 
 Fryhoffer, William, . . 
 Frysinger, Wm. M., . . 
 Ftirier, John,. 
 
 Galeener, Christie, . . 
 Gamer, Frederick, . . 
 
 Gary, Frank,. 
 
 Gaver, C. C.,. 
 
 Gelirett, Samuel W., . . 
 Gibbs, Asaph H., . . . 
 
 Gibson, Wm. 
 
 Gidley, Harvey J., . . . 
 Giessler, Gideon, . . . 
 
 Gilluly, Joseph W., . . 
 
 Gillum, Richard E., . . 
 Gobiu, Hillary A., . . . 
 
 Gooding, William L., . 
 
 Gordon, David, .... 
 Gorton, Geo E. 
 
 Goucher, John F. 
 
 Gould, Amos M., . . . 
 
 Graw, Jacob B., . . . . 
 Grawe, Herman C., . . 
 
 Gray, Edward J., . . ; 
 
 Graybeal, Adolphus, . 
 Green, Theron R. 
 
 Griffin, Austin, .... 
 
 Gue, George W., . . . . 
 Gutekunst,Friedrich, . 
 Guth, George. 
 
 Haeussler, Jacob H., . 
 
 Hair, James E-, . . . . 
 Hale, Charles A., . . . 
 
 Haley, J. F.,. 
 
 Hall, J. F.,. 
 
 Halstead, Wm. R., . . . 
 Hamilton, James, . . . 
 
 Hamilton, J. W., . . . . 
 
 Hamilton, Wm. E., . . 
 Hammond, Chas. D., . 
 Hammond, D. S., ... 
 Hammond, Edw. W. S., 
 Haney, James W., . . . 
 
 Hard, Manley S., ... 
 
 Harlan, James. 
 
 Harms, Chas. Ch., . . . 
 Harris, A. W.,. 
 
 Hartzell, Joseph C., . . 
 
 Haw, Christopher, . . . 
 Hays, Daniel, . ... 
 
 Heavenridge, M. S., . 
 Henke, Edward W., . . 
 Herrick, Horace N., . . 
 
 Hess, John H.. 
 
 Hickman. Wm. H., . . 
 Hill, George H., .... 
 Hill, Judson S., . . . . 
 Hills, Charles D., . . . 
 Hingeley, Joseph B., . 
 
 Hobbs, James B., . . . 
 Hodgetts, Alfred, . . . 
 Holden, Alex. M., . . . 
 Holden, James F., . . . 
 
 Holt, John,. 
 
 Holtz, Earl Douglas, . 
 
 Honda Yoitsu. 
 
 Hough, Alfred J. 
 
 Huger, Stephen A., . . 
 Hughes, Jacob S., . . . 
 Hughes, W. H., .... 
 Hulburd, Merritt, . . . 
 Hunt, Enoch J., . . . . 
 Hunt, Sandford, . . . . 
 Huntington, De W. C., 
 Huntly, George F., . . 
 Hutto, Tom'M., . . . . 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 r 
 
 ;> 
 
 0 
 
 WHERE 
 
 NAME. 
 
 w 
 
 H 
 
 BORN. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 ] Jackson, Henry G., . . 
 
 I.ife Ins., . . . 
 
 10 
 
 (57 
 
 New York. 
 
 Jackson, Janies W., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Jackson, William H., . 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 (Jacobs, Thomas P., . . 
 
 [ Jacobson, Jacob, Th., . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 J allies, John E. 
 
 Pastor, . . . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 New York. 
 
 Jamison, John W. 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 New York. 
 
 Jamison, Perry O., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 8 
 
 t >3 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Jennings, Henry C., . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 England. 
 
 Jennings, William T., . 
 
 Ret'd Builder, 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 England. 
 
 Jones, Edward M., . . . 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 18 
 
 8.3 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Jones, L. Orville, . . . 
 
 Pastor, . . . 
 
 20 
 
 s 7 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 I Johnson, George B., . . 
 
 Mcht. Tailor, 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Switzerl’d. 
 
 Johnson, James R., . . 
 j Jordan, William H., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Julian, Allen R., . . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 Justice, etc., . 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Karpowsky, Emil, . . 
 
 18 
 
 »3 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Kern,Joseph. 
 
 l 8 
 
 «3 
 
 Pennsylv ’ a. 
 
 Kellerman, Charles R., 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 i.S 
 
 77 
 
 Alabama. 
 
 Kellev, William V., . . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Kendall, William W., . 
 
 Ins. Agent, . . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 New York. 
 
 Kepler, William, . . . 
 
 Physician, . . 
 
 17 
 
 bi 
 
 Switzerl’d. 
 
 Ketron, Henry F. 
 
 Treasurer R. 
 
 R. Co., 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Key, Hilary W. 
 
 Keys, Thomas I. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 §5 
 
 Missoifri. 
 
 Kilborne, Clarence P., 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 Princip. Conf. 
 Seminary, 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 King, J. M. 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 King, John Dempster, . 
 King, William F., . . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Kinney, A. B. F., ... 
 
 Kirby, John,. 
 
 Pharmacist, . 
 
 20 
 
 »7 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Pres. Woman’s 
 
 
 89 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Kiitleman, James M., . 
 
 College, 
 
 
 Knighten, William A., 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Koeneke, William, . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Koch, Fred. H. A., . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Kost, John A. 
 
 Pres. Dickin¬ 
 son Sem’ry, 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Kratz, Reuben N., . . . 
 Kumler, John A., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 11 
 
 69 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 11 
 
 69 
 
 New York. 
 
 Kyuett, Alpha J., . . . j 
 
 Cor. Secretary 
 Preach. Aid S., 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 8 
 
 95 
 
 6.3 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Lauahan,John. 
 
 Local Preach., 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Langston, Thomas J., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Latnpert, Barthol., . . 
 Larsen, Carl J., .... 
 
 Insurance, . . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Lasby, Charles C., . . . 
 
 Banker, . . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Latimer, Ebenezer H., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New York. | 
 
 Laylin, Lewis C., . . . 1 
 Leitch, William A , 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 27 
 
 JOI 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Lemcke, Henry, . . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 2 
 
 13 
 
 51 
 
 73 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Leonard, Adna B., . . . 
 
 Cor. Secretary 
 Freedm’s Aid 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Lewis, Allen,. 
 
 Lewis, William H., . . 
 
 Coll. Prof., . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Libby, Isaac Chase, . . 
 
 Ry. Superint., 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 New York. 
 
 Lindsay, G D., .... 
 Lindgreu, John R., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 W.Virginia. | 
 
 Editor, .... 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 2 
 
 «5 
 
 5 i 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Little, Charles J., . . . 
 
 Asst. Cor. Sec. 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 New York. [ 
 
 Lobeck, Charles Otto, . 
 
 Church Ext., 
 
 Logan, Wade H., . . . 
 
 Logan, William H., . . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Long, Charles H., . . . 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Pennsylv'a. 
 
 Lothian, John W. 
 
 Cor. Secretary 
 Freedm. Aid, 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Lowry, Hiram H., . . . 
 Lowtiier, Granville, . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 11 
 
 69 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Ludlow, Christopher, . 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 27 
 
 IOI 
 
 New York. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Mace, James R., . . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Magee, Charles R., . . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Magill, Henry P., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Mahin, Augustus E., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 Kentucky. | 
 
 Mains, George P., . . . 1 
 
 Pastor, ... 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Mando, Luigi. 
 
 Normal Pres., 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Mansfield, John A., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Conuec’cut. j 
 
 Mansur, Z. M., . . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 8 
 
 83 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Marsh, W. D.,. 
 
 Retired, . . . 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Marshall, Julian F., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 New York. 
 
 Martin, John H., ... 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 New York. 
 
 Martindale, Wm. T., . . 
 
 K. R. Man’r., 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 77 
 
 59 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 England. 
 
 Mason, Madison C. B., 
 
 Pres. Elder. . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Massey, Thomas Joy, . 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Master, Levi,. 1 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 23 
 
 97 
 
 England. 
 
 Mathews, Trevan. L-, • 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Matthew, Winfield S., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Maxfield, John B., . . . 
 
 Pastor, . . . • 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 New York. 
 
 Maveety, Patrick J., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 McBrien, Jasper L., • . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 McCabe, C. C.,. 
 
 (Deceased),. . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 New York. 
 
 McCliesney, Edw. S., . 
 
 j Pastor. 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 McCullough, Isaac N., 
 
 Foreman, . . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 McCully, John D., . . . 
 McElroy, William N., . 
 
 (Jeweler, . . . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 
 1 * 
 
 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 ;» 
 
 > 
 
 0 
 
 WHERE 
 
 H 
 
 M 
 
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 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 iPres. Elder, . 
 
 22 
 
 91 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 1 Manufacturer, 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Judge. 
 
 7 
 
 6l 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Physician, . . 
 
 19 
 
 8.5 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Pres. Elder. . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 97 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Pres. FOlder, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Alabama. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 .Cashier, . . . 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Writer. 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Prussia. 
 
 Editor. 
 
 Merchant, 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 New Jersey. 
 Connec’cut. 
 
 19 
 
 «5 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Acad’y Princ., 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 8 
 
 8.3 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Real Est. Agt., 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Traveler, . . . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Pennsvlv’a. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 8 
 
 83 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 England. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 b 
 
 59 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Insurance, . . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Mgr. Dry G’ds. 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 11 
 
 89 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Cor. Secretary 
 Church Ext.S., 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Pennsylv'a. 
 
 Supt. Baltim’e 
 Book Room, 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 24 
 
 94 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Pres. Elder. . 
 
 15 
 
 76 
 
 Norway. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 8 
 
 62 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New York. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Bank Teller, . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Cor. Secretary 
 
 
 5 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mission Soc., 
 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Cashier, . . . 
 Pres. Garrett 
 
 I 
 
 23 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pennsylv a. 
 
 Institute, 
 
 93 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Texas. 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Physician, . . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 W.Virginia. 
 
 Local Preach., 
 
 J 7 
 
 8 l 
 
 England. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 N. Brunsw. 
 
 Agt. Boston), 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Gov. Clerk, . . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Italy, 
 
 Judge, .... 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 New York. 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Freedmen's 
 Aid Soc., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Real Estate., . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New York. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 9 
 
 6 5 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Coll. Dean, . . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Miss. Sec’y, . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Music Teach., 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 W. Virginia. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Oregon. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Ohio. 
 
109 
 
 NAME. 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 PLATE... 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 WHERE 
 
 BORN. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 PLATE... 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 WHERE 
 
 BORN. 
 
 McFarland. John T , . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Richards, John W., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 McKay, Wm. J., . . . . 
 McKissack, Eph. H., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Ridgway, William M., 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Rigg, John Edwin, . . 
 Robinson, George O., . 
 
 Physician, . . 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Merchant, Andrew J., . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Superintend’t 
 Pub. Schools, 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 New York. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Merrill, Galen A. 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Roe, Joseph L-, .... 
 Romer, John .. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 Lawyer, . . 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 85 
 
 55 
 
 New Jersey. 
 New York. 
 
 Merrill, W. W.. 
 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Rose, Wm. H.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 22 
 
 91 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Merritt, Leonidas, 
 
 Miner’l Expl., 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Ross, Albert C., . . . . 
 Rothweiler, Jacob, . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 Pennsylv’ a. 
 
 Mick, Asbury. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 W.Virginia. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Mickey, John H., . . . 
 
 Bank Pres., . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Ruble, James A. 
 
 Rusling, James F., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Miles, Wm. H., .... 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Miller, Emory. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Ryan, Edward W., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 12 
 
 71 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Miller, James M., . . . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 18 
 
 »3 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miller, Oscar P., .... 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 New York. 
 
 Salzer, Henry A. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Miller, Robert T. . . . 
 
 Inland Oil Co., 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Sargent, lames A., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 5 
 
 51 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Miller, Robert Th., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Pennsvlv ’a. 
 
 Sawyer, Edward J., . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 
 Mills, Edmund M., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 7 
 
 6 l 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Sawyer, J. E- C.. 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Mills, Jacob,. 
 
 Univ. Agent, . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Schell, Carl,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 1 7 
 
 8 l 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Mitchell, Frank G., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 9 
 
 95 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Sehlagenhauf, John, . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Mitchell, John, .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Schutz, William, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Prussia. 
 
 Moore, David H. 
 
 Editor. 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Scofield, John C., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 New York. 
 
 Monroe, David S., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 «5 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Scott, Isaiah B., .... 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Monroe, Henry A., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 21 
 
 S9 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Scott, James H., . . . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Morse, Charles C., . . . 
 
 Manager of 
 Newspaper, ' 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Scott, Jefferson E., • • 
 Scott, Julian F., .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Missionary, . 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 8 l 
 
 77 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Morris, Chas. D., . . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 Scott, Thomas J., . . . 
 
 Missionary, . 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Morris, James,. 
 
 Architect, . . 
 
 79 
 
 England. 
 
 Session, John H., . . . 
 
 Bank Pres. . . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Conn ticut. 
 
 Morris, Wm. T., . . . . 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 
 
 
 Sewell, Richard. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Morrison, John B., . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Sharp, Morris,. 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Morse, S. Abishai, . . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 Shaw, Leslie M., .... 
 Sherburne, Joel O., . . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 Y’ermont. 
 
 Motter, John A., . . . . 
 Mueller, Charles E-, • • 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 is 
 
 «3 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 8 
 
 &3 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Shier, William H., . . . 
 Shipman, Stephen P., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 l 6 
 
 79 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Muenzenmayer, W. F., 
 
 Merchant, 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Muller, Darius H., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 2 
 
 5 ^ 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Shoemaker, Clem. W., 
 
 Glass. 
 
 19 
 
 «5 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Munger, R De Witt, . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 7 
 
 bi 
 
 New York. 
 
 Shriver, A.,. 
 
 Shumpert, James M., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Murdoch, David Y., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Murphy, Samuel S., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 «5 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Simonsen, Nels Edw., . 
 Sims, Ashford L-, • ■ • 
 
 Sem’y Pres., . 
 
 8 
 
 t >3 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Murphy, William H., . 
 
 Manuf. (retj, . 
 
 20 
 
 99 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 
 
 
 Murray, Thomas H., . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Pennsylv'a. 
 
 Smith, Alfred. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Delaware. 
 
 Myers, Thomas J., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Indiana. Y 
 
 Smith, Charles W., . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 IO 
 
 67 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Smith, Erastus, .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Nagler, Franz L-, . • • 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Smith, George W., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 blast, Albert J., . . . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Smith, Moses. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Texas. 
 
 Naylor, John M. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 9 
 
 6 5 
 
 Ohio, 
 
 Smith, William T., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Needham, Arnold, Th., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 9 
 
 &5 
 
 I. Guernsey. 
 
 Smylie, Robert, .... 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 Neely, Thomas B., . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Snyder, ZachariahX., . 
 
 Normal Pres., 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Nelson, Edward Th., . 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Spellmeyer, Henry, . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Newkirk, William, . . 
 Nicholls, John C., . . . 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 f >7 
 
 69 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 New York. 
 
 Spencer, William A., . 
 
 Cor. Sec. Board 
 Church Ext., 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 North, Crandall, J., . . 
 Noss, Theodore Bland, 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Normal Princ , 
 
 26 
 
 5 
 
 99 
 
 57 
 
 New York. 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Sprague, Levi L-, . • . 
 
 Princ. Wyom’g 
 Seminary, 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 New Y’ork. 
 
 Nottingham, Edwin, . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 New York. 
 
 Stafford, Charles L., . . 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stafford, John,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 9 
 
 85 
 
 England. 
 
 Olsen, Anders, .... 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 Norway. 
 
 Starnes, C. J.,. 
 
 Chief Surgeon, 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Osbon, E- S.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Stemen, Christian B , . 
 
 Pres. Elder. . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Osborne, David C., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder. . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 New York. 
 
 Stevens, J. H. 
 
 Government 
 Publ.Works, ' 
 
 
 
 
 Palmer, A. J.,. 
 
 Palmer, John F., . . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Stevens, William H., . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New Hamp. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Stevenson, Daniel . . 
 
 Coll. Pres., . . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Parker, Edwin W., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Stewart, John W. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Parker, Mrs. Lois S., . 
 
 Missionary, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Stewart, Lemuel H., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 16 
 
 79 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Parker, Stanford L-, • • 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Delaware. 
 
 Stith, George W., . . . 
 
 Teacher, . . . 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Parr, Wiliam D., .... 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Indiana, 
 
 Stowe, Wm. P., . . . . 
 
 (Deceased), . . 
 
 
 
 Parsons, John, .... 
 Patterson, John S., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 England. 
 
 Sturgis, Geo. C. 
 
 Attorney, . . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 .Sullivan, Henry P., . . 
 
 Manager, . . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Patton, John,. 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Swallow, Silas C., . . . 
 
 Editor. 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Payne, Charles H., . . 
 
 Genl Secretary 
 Educat. Soc’y, 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Massachus. 
 
 Swan, Oscar J. 
 
 Swann, Harry, .... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 53 
 
 81 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Arkansas. 
 
 Peake, A. D.,. 
 
 Pedersen, Toger, . . . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 22 
 
 9 i 
 
 New York. 
 
 Swarthout, Elvin, . . . 
 
 Att’y-at-law, . 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Sea Captain, . 
 
 18 
 
 
 Norway. 
 
 Sweet. John,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 England. 
 
 Penn, Irvine G.. 
 
 Publisher, . . 
 
 83 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Sweet, William H., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Perley, Moses P. 
 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Swift, Polemus H., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 s 
 
 63 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Phillips, Joseph H , 
 
 Contractor, 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 
 Swindells, Wm. M., . . 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 England. 
 
 Pierce, David F.. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 New York. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pihl, Marius J., . . . . 
 
 Banker, . . . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Denmark. 
 
 Talbot, Micha J. 
 
 Supern’rary, . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Plannette, D. C., ... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Pennsylv ’a. 
 
 Talbott, Henry J. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Poland, John H , ... 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Tanner Frank H., . . . 
 
 V. P. Elev Co. 
 
 20 
 
 8 / 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Potts, James Henry, . 
 Prather, Silas H., . . . 
 
 Editor. 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Tanner, Jacob. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 2 
 
 5 i 
 
 Switzerl’d. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Taylor, Andrew J., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 14 
 
 73 
 
 Arkansas. 
 
 Price, Luther J. 
 
 Pritchard, C. J. A., . . . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 Taylor, Edward M., . . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Printer, . . . 
 
 
 
 India. 
 
 Taylor, Thomas B., . . 
 
 Att’y-at-law, . 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tennant, Richard S., . 
 
 Lawyer, . . . 
 
 27 
 
 lOI 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Quayle, William A., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Terry, Milton S., ... 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 New York. 
 
 Quimby, Silas E. 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 New Hamp. 
 
 Teter, Isaac P., .... 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 2 
 
 5 t 
 
 Y’irginia. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas, Isaac L. 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Rader, Daniel L-, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Thomas, Samuel W T ., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 l 8 
 
 S3 
 
 Delaware. 
 
 Rader, Luther Stahl, . 
 Randall, William T., . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Thomas, Wade H., . . 
 
 U. S. Ry. Clk., 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Dean of Coll., 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Thomson, Samuel A., . 
 
 Pastor. 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Rasmussen, Peter, . . 
 Reed, George. 
 
 
 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Thorndike, Edward R., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Thrall, Leonidas W., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Reed, George E., . . . 
 
 Pres. Dickin¬ 
 son Coll., 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Townsend, G. Keid, . . 
 Trever, George H., . . 
 
 Physician, . . 
 Pastor. 
 
 l 6 
 
 II 
 
 79 
 
 69 
 
 N. Carolina. 
 England. 
 
 Reed, Horace,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Trimble, J. B.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Rees, Wm. H. W. 
 
 Rec. Secretary 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Trimble, Miss L. A., . 
 
 Trousdale, Samuel W., 
 
 Missionary, . 
 
 12 
 
 7 i 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Freedm’s Aid., 
 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 8 
 
 83 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
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 OCCUPATION. 
 
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 OCCUPATION. 
 
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 BORN. 
 
 Underwood, Wra. H., . 
 
 Pies. Elder, . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 New York. 
 
 Wilbor, Carlton C., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 New York. 
 
 Upham, S. F.,. 
 
 Prof. Theol., . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Wilcox, Myron C. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 8 l 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 
 
 Wilder, Wm. Henry, . . 
 
 Univ. Pres., . 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Van Bensehoten, S. M., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 29 
 
 99 
 
 New York. 
 
 Wight, George B., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 19 
 
 85 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Van Cleft, Asa J., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Wigren, James T., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Van Cleve, Joseph W., . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Wilker, Victor. 
 
 Coll. Prof., . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Van Dusen, W. W., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 New York. 
 
 Williams, John E-, ■ • 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 13 
 
 73 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Van Pelt, Samuel, , . . 
 
 Sem’y Pres., . 
 
 10 
 
 67 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Williams, Joseph A., . 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Van Sant, N.G., .... 
 
 Lumb’r Mcht., 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Willard, Rufus. 
 
 Physician, . . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Vodery, Chas. F., ... 
 
 Merchant, . . 
 
 23 
 
 93 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Willis, Elbridge, R., . 
 
 Pres. p;ider, . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 
 
 
 Willis, Tilghman H., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 S 
 
 6^ 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Walker, John W., . . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 Wilson, John I., . . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Wallace, J. D. 
 
 Farmer, . . . 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Wilson, Joshua E., • • 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Wallis, William, . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Wilson, Luther B.. . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 18 
 
 S3 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Walsh, John I)., . . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 s 
 
 63 
 
 New York. 
 
 Winchester, Chas. W., . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 27 
 
 101 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 Walworth, Warren F., . 
 
 Man ufacturer, 
 
 3 
 
 53 
 
 New York. 
 
 Wing, Charles S., . . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 Counec’cut. 
 
 Ware, Isaac S.,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 »7 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Witherspoon, Beuj. F., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 S. Carolina. 
 
 Warne, Frances W., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Wolfe, f. B. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 4 
 
 55 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Warren, Wm. F. 
 
 Pres. Univ., . 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Woodring, Thomas H., 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 II 
 
 69 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Waters, Wesley G., . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 8 
 
 63 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Woods, Henry Clay, . . 
 
 Pastor, .... 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 New York. 
 
 Waugh, H. E-,. 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 24 
 
 95 
 
 New York. 
 
 Wright, Philip Percy, . 
 
 School Prine., 
 
 15 
 
 77 
 
 Alabama. 
 
 Weakley, Henry C., . . 
 
 Cor. Sec. Dea¬ 
 coness Ass’n., 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Wuhrmann, Joh. U , . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 17 
 
 81 
 
 Switzerl’d. 
 
 Whiting, James W., . . 
 
 Ins. Agent, . 
 
 6 
 
 59 
 
 S. America. 
 
 Yocum, Ezra, H. 
 
 Pres Elder, . 
 
 20 
 
 87 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Whitlock, Elias D., . . 
 
 Pres. Elder, . 
 
 9 
 
 65 
 
 Ohio, 
 
 Young, Jesse B., .... 
 
 Editor, .... 
 
 18 
 
 83 
 
 Pennsylv’a. 
 
 Whitlock, Herbert G., 
 
 Att’y-at-law, .' 
 
 I 
 
 49 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 
 
 
 Whitlock, William F., 
 
 Univ. Prof., . 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Zoller, Charles C. 
 
 Furniture, . . 
 
 21 
 
 89 
 
 New York. 
 
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM OF ANNIVERSARIES, 
 
 MAY 1 - 29 , 1 ' 896 . 
 
 May i. 
 
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 IN 
 
 IN 
 
 IN 
 
 IN 
 
 Reception. 
 
 Sermon, 3 P. M. 
 
 Reception to Fraternal Delegates, No. 1. 
 The Book Concern. 
 
 Lecture No. 1. “The Bright Side of 
 Life in Libby Prison.” Chaplain C. C. 
 McCabe. 
 
 Missions. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Sunday-school Union and Tract Society. 
 Sermon, 3 P. M. 
 
 Reception to Fraternal Delegates, No. 2. 
 Church Extension. 
 
 Lecture No. 2. 
 
 “ Company D, the Die-no-Mores.” 
 
 Dr. A. J. Palmer. 
 
 Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Educa¬ 
 tion Society. 
 
 Epworth Leagues. 
 
 May 16. Lecture No. 3. “Washington.” 
 
 Ex-Gov. Wm. McKinley. 
 
 “ 17 . Sermon, 3 P. M. 
 
 “ 18. Reception to Fraternal Delegates, No. 3. 
 
 “ 19. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. 
 
 “ 20. Lecture No. 4. “Lincoln.” Bishop 
 
 C. H. Fowler. 
 
 “ 21. Woman’s Home Missionary Society. 
 
 “ 22. Deaconesses. 
 
 “ 23. Lecture No. 5. “Grant.” Bishop J. P. 
 
 Newman. 
 
 “ 24 . Sermon, 3 P. M. 
 
 “ 25. Reception to Fraternal Delegates, No. 4. 
 
 “ 26. National City Evangelization Union. 
 
 “ 27. Temperance. 
 
 “ 28. American Sabbath Union, the Bible 
 
 Society, Y. M. C. A., Evangelical 
 Alliance. 
 
 “ 29. Philanthropy, Hospitals, Orphanages, 
 
 Homes for the Aged. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 ASSIGNMENTS. 
 
 FIRST CHURCH (Methodist Episcopal), Mondays, Wednesdaj’s, Fridays. 
 
 Episcopacy, .Audience Room. 
 
 Itinerancy, .Sunday-school Room. 
 
 Boundaries, .Lecture Room. 
 
 Y. M. C. A. BUILDING, .Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. 
 
 Revivals, .Lecture Room. 
 
 Temporal Economy, .Association Hall. 
 
 State of the Church, .Society Hall. 
 
 FIRST CHURCH, .Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. 
 
 Book Concern, .Sunday-school Room. 
 
 Missions, .Audience Room. 
 
 Education, .Lecture Room. 
 
 Y. M. C. A. BUILDING, .Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. 
 
 Church Extension, .Lecture Room. 
 
 Sunday-school and Tracts, .Association Hall. 
 
 Freedmen's Aid, .Society Hall. 
 
 Temperance Committee, .Y. M. C. A. Hall. 
 
POSTLGDE. 
 
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 UR WORK is done. It has been a labor of love, requir¬ 
 ing, however, great haste on account of the proximity 
 of the later Annual Conferences to the General Con¬ 
 ference. We are indebted to the “ Year Book,” Secre- 
 & taries and Society officers and their reports, Epworth 
 Herald, Christian Advocates, Book Concern, Corre¬ 
 ia sponding Secretary Cleveland Committee, and many kind friends 
 for assistance rendered. No expense or effort on the part of the 
 Northwestern has been spared to make the list of portraits and 
 sketches as complete as possible—so complete that only six are 
 wanting. 
 
 We trust it will meet your approval and be an increasingly 
 valuable Souvenir of a General Conference, noted in the annals of the Church 
 for its earnest consideration of every interest; its final settlement of vexing 
 questions; its wise legislation; and the impetus given to the whole Church 
 in spreading “Scriptural holiness over these lands.” 
 
 u If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, 
 
 Let my right hand forget her cunning. 
 
 If I do not remember thee, 
 
 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; 
 If I prefer not Jerusalem 
 Above my chief joy.” 
 
 “On thy Church, O Power Divine! 
 
 Cause thy glorious face to shine, 
 
 Till the nations, from afar, 
 
 Hail her as their guiding star; 
 
 Till her sons, from zone to zone, 
 
 Make thy great salvation known.” 
 
 J. R. CREIGHTON. 
 M. A. HEAD.