a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Keskasbig, County Donegal, Ireland, May 5, 1842. He joined the Wesleyans early in life; received a good common English education, and studied two years in the Wesleyan Institute; taught school four years; emigrated to America in 1865, and in 1866 entered the Central Ohio Conference, wherein he served the Church until his death, early in 1870. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870, page 196.