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D. G. VAN OSTRAND, M. D., was born November 11, 1860, in the town of Ithaca. He attended the Ithaca high school and university of New York city (homeopathic), graduating from the latter in- stitution in 1895. He went to Suffern, Rockland county, and July
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4, 1895, came to Tioga county, locating at Willseyville, removing to Candor village in the beginning of the present year. Dr. Van Nostrand married, February 25, 1891, Stella M. Crance, of West Danby, Tompkins county. They have one child, Lloyd G., born January 3, 1894.
RICHARD HEWITT was born in Connecticut about the middle of the eighteenth century, and served as a soldier in the revolution. He married Dorcas Winney, and, in 1819, he came to Candor, located on Anderson Hill, where he purchased a small farm, made its first clearing and built a log house. Rev. Thomas Hewitt, one of the six children of Richard, was born in Albany county, N. Y. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and had quite a reputation as a revivalist. He organized the first Metho- dist class (of fifteen members) in Candor. He died in 1879. Of his twelve children six are living. Three of his sons were also ministers, Alfred, LeRoy S., and Jasper W. Rev. Jasper W. Hewitt was born May 20, 1816, in Bethlehem, N. Y., was self-educated, a great reader, and an original thinker. In 1844 he preached his first sermon in Spencer, and in 1848 joined the Oneida conference, and was later connected with the Wyoming conference. From 1884 to 1886 he was in charge of Spencer circuit. He was married in 1838 with Clarissa J., daughter of Charles W. and Mary N. (Stow) Wright. Of their nine children four are living. Rev. Mr. Hewitt is now passing the evening of a most useful life in Candor, where he is calmly waiting for the Master's summons.
ORANGE BOOTH, son of Orange F. and Lucy (Hart) Booth, was born in the town of Candor, October 16, 1816, and has passed all of his life in the town, excepting some months in 1863, when he was engaged in the lumber business in Michigan. He married No- vember 10, 1844, Mary Woodford, daughter of Ira Woodford. They had two children, John W., who is now in Wyoming, Minn., and Nathan, who died when one year old. Mrs. Booth died in February, 1885, and Mr. Booth married March 31, 1887, Mrs. Sarah M. Bliven, then matron of the Ladies Home at Ithaca. Mr. Booth has been a member of Candor lodge, F. & A. M., for twenty-five
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years. He is a democrat, and was for fifteen years town commis- sioner. Mr. Booth is a member of the Congregational church.
LESTER Z. Ross, son of Harry Ross and Phebe Ann Eastman, his wife, was born at Willseyville, April 1, 1855. He married Della Hoose, daughter of Charles and Lucinda (Griffin) Hoose, on Jan- uary 1, 1879. They have two children, Elva, born March 3, 1881, and Phebe Dell, born November 16, 1883. Mr. Ross lived at Will- seyville until five years ago (1892), when he moved to Candor village. He is still interested in farming, but also conducts a livery business and deals in coal. Harry Ross was born in Connec- ticut and came to Tioga county when but four years old. The journey was made with an ox team. The family settled at what is now called West Candor. They were among the first to settle in the county, and still later, when they moved to Willseyville only three acres had been cleared there. Harry Ross died in 1895, aged eighty-three years. Mrs. Ross's father and mother were born in Caroline, Tompkins county.
FRANK E. DEWEY, was born in the town of Candor, December 30, 1860, and is a son of Daniel and Rebecca (Hammond) Dewey, both of whom are now living in the town of Candor. Mr. Dewey married, March 7, 1882, Eva L., daughter of Daniel and Philanda (Tuttle) Lounsbury. They have two children, Homer L., born July 5, 1884, and Lena May, born March 22, 1889. Mr. Dewey has passed his entire life in Candor engaged in farming, but more re- cently in handling agricultural implements. Mrs. Dewey's grand- father was one of the first settlers in the county, coming here from Connecticut.
S. E. GRIDLEY, son of William Cadwell and Eliza (Woodbridge) Gridley, was born on November 17, 1842, in the town of Candor. He married on December 1, 1875, Dell E., daughter of Newton S. Gridley and Mary Dean, his wife. They have three daughters and two sons, Cora M., born August 28, 1876 ; Dorothy K., born Jan- uary 27, 1879 ; Bessie, born February 8, 1883 ; William N., born March 25, 1885, and Egbert B. Gridley, born June 16, 1887. Mr.
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Gridley lived at the old homestead at West Candor till about 1881 when he moved to Candor for school advantages for his children. He operates a planing mill.
CHARLES FRANCIS GRIDLEY, son of William Cadwell and Eliza (Woodbridge) Gridley, was born at his present home at West Can- dor, December 16, 1848. The Gridley family is one of the oldest in the town of Candor, as the great-grandfather of Charles Francis, Seeler Gridley, sent his son Russell from Connecticut in 1802 to in- vestigate the country here, and the next year brought his family hither and took possession of 1,700 acres of land at West Candor, on account of the timber. Russell Gridley was a captain of militia in the war of 1812, and Seeler was a soldier in the revolutionary army. Russell Gridley married Miss Sarah Kelsey, and his son, William Cadwell Gridley, father of Russell W., William Cadwell, S. E., Eben C., and Charles Francis, married Eliza Woodbridge, who now lives with Charles, her hushand having died June 9, 1875. Howell Woodbridge, grandfather of Mrs. Gridley, was a colonel in the revolutionary army. Charles F. Gridley was ap- pointed postmaster at West Candor by President Hayes, and has held the office since. He is one of Candor's representative men.
JOHN THOMAS GRIDLEY, a descendant of one of the pioneer fam- ilies of Tioga county, was born at West Candor, December 2, 1867. His father was William E. Gridley, a son of William C. Gridley, one of the early settlers of the county. Mr. Gridley's mother was Augusta Keeler, daughter of Ira Keeler. Mr. Gridley attended school at West Candor, Candor academy, Cornell university and in June, 1892, was graduated from the Columbia college law-school. He was admitted to the New York city bar the same month and stayed for a short time in the office of ex-Judge Warren Highley, removing thence to Candor, where he has since resided and prac- ticed law. In February 1895 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he still holds. He is a member of Veritas lodge I. O. O. F. Mr. Gridley married June 13, 1893, Sadie N., daughter of Charles Newton Gridley of Spencer.
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Gridley lived at the old homestead at West Candor till about 1881 when he moved to Candor for school advantages for his children. He operates a planing mill.
CHARLES FRANCIS GRIDLEY, son of William Cadwell and Eliza (Woodbridge) Gridley, was born at his present home at West Can- dor, December 16, 1848. The Gridley family is one of the oldest in the town of Candor, as the great-grandfather of Charles Francis, Sceler Gridley, sent his son Russell from Connecticut in 1802 to in- vestigate the country here, and the next year brought his family hither and took possession of 1,700 acres of land at West Candor, on account of the timber. Russell Gridley was a captain of militia in the war of 1812, and Seeler was a soldier in the revolutionary army. Russell Gridley married Miss Sarah Kelsey, and his son, William Cadwell Gridley, father of Russell W., William Cadwell, S. E., Eben C., and Charles Francis, married Eliza Woodbridge, who now lives with Charles, her hushand having died June 9, 1875. Howell Woodbridge, grandfather of Mrs. Gridley, was a colonel in the revolutionary army. Charles F. Gridley was ap- pointed postmaster at West Candor by President Hayes, and has held the office since. He is one of Candor's representative men.
JOHN THOMAS GRIDLEY, a descendant of one of the pioneer fam- ilies of Tioga county, was born at West Candor, December 2, 1867. His father was William E. Gridley, a son of William C. Gridley, one of the carly settlers of the county. Mr. Gridley's mother was Augusta Keeler, daughter of Ira Keeler. Mr. Gridley attended school at West Candor, Candor academy, Cornell university and in June, 1892, was graduated from the Columbia college law-school. He was admitted to the New York city bar the same month and stayed for a short time in the office of ex-Judge Warren Highley, removing thence to Candor, where he has since resided and prac- ticed law. In February 1895 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he still holds. He is a member of Veritas lodge I. O. O. F. Mr. Gridley married June 13, 1893, Sadie N., daughter of Charles Newton Gridley of Spencer.
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NELSON T. STILSON, son of Dyman Stilson and his wife who was formerly Mrs. Diana (Sager) Fletcher, was born in Spencer on December 12, 1850. After an education in the common schools, Mr. Stilson became a teacher for one term in Barton and for one in Spencer, and since then has made agriculture his vocation, in connection therewith at various times selling nursery stock and agricultural implements. He married on October 5, 1873, Miss Florence Augusta Kirk, daughter of Henry and Mary J. (Crossen) Kirk, who was born on March 18, 1852. Their children are Dru- silla, Cora U., Robert L., Charles H., Barney J. and George B. Mr. Stilson has been a resident of Spencer all his life previous to 1890 when he made his home on Cass or Irish Hill in Candor, where he now owns over 200 acres of land, and is one of the rep- resentative farmers of that section of the town.
GEORGE FRED ROE, son of George W. and Sarah A. (McPherson) Roe, was born in the town of Candor November 26, 1863. His father died June 27, 1864, from sickness contracted while in the army, he being a member of Company A, 109 N. Y. Volunteers. George W. Roe was the youngest son of Philips and Mary (Jones) Roe ; and Philips Roe was the oldest son of Gamaliel Roe, one of the first settlers in Mottville, now Brookton, Tompkins county. The Roe family is of Irish descent, and Gamaliel, grandfather of the present Gamaliel Roe, secured a grant of the Brookton prop- erty as payment for debt, and held by right of possession though the courts decided against him. William Roe, father of Gamaliel was a soldier in the revolutionary army. Mr. Roe's mother was a daughter of Hugh and Sarah (Van Etten) McPherson. Hugh was the youngest son of Daniel and Amy (Finehout) McPherson. Daniel was one of the early settlers of Danby, Tompkins county, emigrating from Inverness, Scotland. George Fred Roe married, December 26, 1891, Abbie M., daughter of Clark W. and Alice (Talcott) Beebe, of Candor. They have three children : Hugh B., born September 26, 1892 ; Homer C., born March 1, 1894 ; Alice T., born July 7, 1896. Mr. Roe joined Candor lodge 411 F. & A. M. in February, 1885, and at present is senior master of ceremo- nies ; he is senior sagamore of Candor lodge I. O. R. M., and past
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captain of Wilderness Camp, No. 95 S. O. V. (disbanded). He was elected tax collector of the town on the republican ticket in 1896. Mr. Roe came to Candor seventeen years ago and in 1891 pur- chased the nieat market of William J. Milks and three years ago purchased and remodeled his present home and place of business.
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, son of John and Julia (Dykeman) Wright, was born in Danby, N. Y., August 22, 1834, and in 1865 he was married with Helen, daughter of Sterling Barber. He is a farmer in Candor where he made his home after marriage. He is a mem- ber and active worker in the Baptist church. Mr. Wright, during the rebellion enlisted in Co. C., 42d Mass. Regt. and served one year, and is a representative and law-abiding citizen of the town. Sterling Barber was born in Hartford, Conn., prior to 1810. He was married in 1833 with Polly Plumer, and came to Candor where he resided until his death. He had five children.
ALBERT PERKINS, son of Oscar R. and Jane (Salisbury) Perkins, was born September 19, 1874, in Chenango county, N. Y. His first active business in this county was in 1889, when he was em- ployed at the milk station at Owego. He remained there four years, until 1893, when he came to Catatonk and took charge of the Taylor milk station, was soon appointed postmaster, and took possession of the office on July 1, 1897. On March 3, 1897, he was married with Jennie, daughter of S. T. Kyle.
HENRY QUICK, son of Philip and Eliza (Myers) Quick, was born November 25, 1830. He was educated in the common schools and on February 9, 1854, was married with Clara Smith. They settled in Caroline where Mr. Quick engaged in farming and held the offices of assessor and superintendent of the poor. In 1880 he changed his residence to Candor, and has also served as assessor here. He has two children, Philip E. (who married Clara M. Her- rick, and has one son, Vernon H.), and Carrie V. (Mrs. L. W. Smith), of Owego.
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ARCHIBALD W. BENEDICT, son of Horace and Nancy (Bonney) Benedict, was born August 20, 1846, in Cortland county and came to Tioga county in 1876. He married, February 11, 1874, Maria A., daughter of William W. and Harriet (Howland) Willsey. Mrs. Willsey has one sister, Sarah A., who lives with Mr. Benedict at Willseyville. They have one child, J. W., born December 20, 1882. The settlement at Willseyville takes its name from Jacob Willsey, grandfather of Mr. Benedict. He was one of the first settlers in the county, coming from Connecticut. He was justice of the peace for many years, and at one time kept a hotel where Mr. Benedict now resides. He was an early stage proprietor and was one of the owners of the stage line front Ithaca to Owego in the days when all traveling in Tioga connty was done by stage. Mr. Benedict was, before he moved to Tioga county, a keeper in Auburn prison and also was an assistant keeper at the Cortland county alms- house. Mr. Benedict's family moved from Massachusetts to Cort- land county in 1809.
JAMES HENRY HEATH was born in Dryden, Tompkins county, April 16, 1830, and moved to Tioga county thirty-four years ago, locating at Willseyville, where he has since resided. He married, January 26, 1853, Mary Jane Roosa, of Dryden. They have one son, Charles, born September 6, 1858. Charles married Mary Law- rence, of Willseyville, and resides in the town of Caroline, Tomp- kins county. They have six children : Lena, Floyd, Ruth, Nellie, Toa Kate and Doris. Mr. Heath is a veterinary surgeon of long standing and has been for many years a notary public. Mr. Heath joined the Slaterville lodge of free and accepted Masons when he was twenty-two years old and there still holds his membership.
EMMET R. BRUNDAGE was born in Newfield, Tompkins county, and came to Candor thirty-two years ago to become station agent for the D., L. & W. railroad, in which position he continued until his death, July 30, 1883. He married Lydia A. Harvey, of Enfield, Tompkins county, December 25, 1864. Mr. Brundage enlisted at the outbreak of the civil war in the 137th New York Volunteers and served eighteen months, nntil he was wounded at
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Gettysburg. His health was greatly impaired and he was obliged to return home. Mrs. Brundage is still a resident of Candor and is highly respected.
JESSE W. HENDERSON, son of George and Wealthy (Whittaker) Henderson, was born in Starrucca, Pa., on February 22, 1834. When about seventeen he became a resident of Delaware county, N. Y., and engaged in various occupations until about 1862, when he went to Iowa, and for four years was an engineer. In 1866 he came to Candor and took the position of foreman of the Humboldt tannery, employing twenty-five men. From that time Mr. Hen- derson has been a resident of Candor, and for a quarter of a cen- tury was the valued foreman and agent of the tannery interests. He is a republican in politics, belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and is a quiet and law-abiding citizen. In 1862 Mr. Hen- derson married Caroline Baker, of Candor, a daughter of the well- remembered Isaac Baker. Two children blessed their beautiful home, Nettie E. (Mrs. Henry-H. Booth), and Fred D. Henderson. Mrs. Booth died in June, 1894, at her home in Flandreau, South Dakota, where Mr. Booth is cashier of the Moody county bank, leaving an infant child, Anson H. Booth. Fred D. Henderson is an employee of the above named bank.
EMERY C. MIX, son of Miles C. and Mary Ann (Soule) Mix, was born April 22, 1855, at Willseyville. When twenty-one years of age he established a blacksmith shop, having before that time worked with his father at the same trade. He is still engaged in that business and in farming. Mr. Mix, on March 12, 1876, mar- ried (1) Agnes B. McKewin, of Tompkins county, who died in March, 1880. They had two daughters, Elva J., born November 18, 1876, and Lillian D., born January 21, 1878 .. He married (2) Ella G., daughter of George W. and Helen (Liddington) Strong, of Willseyville, on October 25, 1882. They have one child, Harry G., born May 26, 1884. Mr. Mix was a prominent democrat until 1896, when he joined the republican party. He served as justice of the peace from 1891 to 1895, and was postmaster at Wilseyville during President Cleveland's first administration.
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CAPTAIN SAMUEL RANSOM, of English descent, came to Canaan, Litchfield county, Conn., about 1755, where he married May 6, 1756, Esther, daughter of Daniel and Rachel (Kingsbury) Laur- ence, who was fourth in descent from John Laurence, of Wisset, England, the emigrant, who came in 1630, and died in Groton, Mass., in 1669. His son, Enoch, was in King Philip's war and badly wounded in the Indian fight July 29, 1694. He was also in King William's war, 1702, and a prisoner. He married Ruth, daughter of John Whitney, who came over in the ship Elizabeth and Ann in 1635. He was a member of Captain John Mason's company in King Philip's war. Esther Laurence's mother, Rachel Kingsbury, was third in descent from Henry Kingsbury, born in England in 1615. Samuel Ransom after his marriage bought much land in Canaan, Conn., became prominent and held offices of trust, but a restless spirit soon moved him to sell everything and move his family to the new land of promise in the Wyoming valley in August, 1773, settling in Plymouth township. In August, 1776, congress authorized the raising of two companies in the Wyoming valley, and Robert Durhee and Samuel Ransom were commissioned captains. Captain Ransom enlisted west of the Susquehanna the Second Independent Co., attached to the Connecticut line. On December 12, 1766, the companies were ordered to join Washing- ton. With Captain Ransom marched his son, George Palmer Ran- son, aged fourteen, (who served during the war, and was once taken a prisoner to Canada, where he escaped) and his son-in-law, Timothy Hopkins. The company was in the battles of Brandy- wine, Millstone, Germantown. Roundbrook, and lesser engage- ments, and wintered at Morristown. In 1778, Captain Ran- som resigned to help defend his home against the British and Indians. He reached Forty Fort the morning of the Wyoming massacre, and reported as volunteer aid to Gen. Butler, He fell
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in the thickest of the fight. His body had a musket shot through the thigh, was covered with gashes, and his head was cut off. He is buried with the other victims (among them his brother-in-law, Rufus Laurence) near the granite monument which marks the battle field. His name heads the list of the slain. His family fled with the refugees, but returned, only to become involved in the disputes between the Connecticut settlers and the state authori- ties. His children, all but one born in Canaan, were Saralı (Mrs. Timothy Hopkins), who died young ; Sibil, married Ira Stephens, captain in the revolution ; Lois, married Stephen Bidlock ; Louisa, married Arthur Frink ; Mary, married Samuel Franklin, a brother to Col. John Franklin ; George Palmer Ransom ; Samuel, married Mary Neobett, settled on a farm of 400 acres two miles below Tioga Centre, built on his land the first school house and the first tavern of the town, he was drowned crossing the river in 1807 ; William, who came to Tioga county in 1784, bought one thousand acres of land on Pipe creek and accumulated a large fortune. On his land was set out the first apple orchard of the county. He was a lum- berman and furnished many masts for the government in the war of 1812. He died in 1822, aged 56. He married Rachel, daughter of James Brooks and Mary Johnson. His eldest son, Ira, married Sarah, daughter of Miles Forman, of Nichols. Two sons, Miles Forman Ranson, of Webster, and David, of Vancouver, B. C., with their sons, are the only descendants of this worthy couple bearing the name. Miles Forman Ransom married Adelaide Lent, of Dutch descent, her ancestors were among the first settlers of New York. Her great-great-grandfather and great-grandfather were killed at the taking of Montgomery, L. I., in the revolution. Her grandfather, John Lent, enlisted when fourteen in the patriot army at Peekskill, N. Y. Another son of Ira Ransom, Col. Hyatt C. Ransom, was a graduate of West Point and died in Jefferson- ville, 1874. Ira Ransom's daughters are Mrs. Patterson, of Flint, Mich .; Mrs. John Nicol, of Tioga Centre ; Mrs. Tower, of Bridge- port, Conn., and Mrs. J. C. Latimer, of Tioga Centre. William Ransom's son, Benjamin, married Lucy Frost ; Charles, married Hope M. Talcott ; Sybil, married Henry Light ; Rachel, married David Wallis ; Mary J., married Gilbert Strang ; Printice, mar-
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ried Fannie Thurston ; Harriet, married Asa G. Jackson. "Wil- liam, married Angeline Martin, lived at Tioga Center, and was long one of the best known, most prominent, and most highly respected citizens of the county." He died February 7, 1883.
DR. JOHN NICOL, son of John and Margaret (Mann) Nicol, was born July 4, 1830, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and was educated at the celebrated university of Edinburgh, where he was graduated in 1852. He has passed many years of his life in lecturing on practical pharmacy, chemistry and physiology, and his lectures have a world-wide reputation. The doctor has also made pho- tography a special study, is a contributor to many photographic journals, and is an expert in aerial photography, and draws plans for taking these photographs. He was married, first, with Eliza- beth Urquhart in 1860. They have five sons, John D., Robert (of the L. V. R. R.), at Sayre, James (an exporter in Liverpool), Frank, of Edinburgh, and William, of Queensland. Dr. Nicol married F. Elizabeth, daughter of Ira and Sally (Forman) Ransom, of this county, in Scotland, in 1877. In 1885 they came to America and made their home in Chicago, Ill. In 1890 they changed their resi- dence to Tioga Center, the birthplace of Mrs. Nicol, and they have since resided there. Before his second marriage Dr. Nicol passed twelve years of his life in the West Indies, returning to Scotland about 1870.
LEWIS LOUNSBURY, son of Timothy and Hannah (French) Louns- bury, was born February 21, 1794, in Bethany, Conn. He was married with Charry, daughter of Amos and -- ( Wheeler) Clark. in 1816. Children : Clark, born August 4, 1818, married Mary J. Howland, (their children are Cornelia (Mrs. Dr. Newell), and Harriet A.); Lewis, Jr., born December 18, 1820, married Mary E. Casterline ; children : Anson B., John L. and Amy); Esther (de- ceased) born May 19, 1823, married Joshua Grimes; Frank ; Moses L .; Charry (Mrs. Orrin T. Smith); Rev. Harvey ; Mary born Feb- ruary 28, 1828, and married Andrew Stettler, (their children are Alice (Mrs. George Signor), and Ella (Mrs. George Best); Allen, born June 7, 1830, married Cornelia Hill ; children : Wales and
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Anna (Mrs. George Taylor); George, (born August 30, 1834, who by his first wife, Julia Tanner, had two children, Fred and Newell); Sheldon, born November 6, 1838, married Sarah Moe and had three children, Clarence, Emma and Ralph. Cornelia Lounsbury, elder daughter of Clark and Mary Jane Lounsbury, born Oct. 4, 1860, married Dr. Albert Arthur Newell of Penfield, Pa., born Feb. 3, 1854. One child, William Howland Newell, born June 7, 1893, died May 28, 1894. Harriet Agnes Lounsbury, sister of Cornelia, was born June 6, 1863.
DANIEL LOUNSBURY, brother of Lewis, born February 17, 1796, married Sarah Wooden. Their children were Laura (Mrs. Lester Hall) (deceased); David, (deceased); Lucy (first Mrs. George Barker, second Mrs. David Campbell).
REV. HARVEY LOUNSBURY, son of Lewis and Charry (Clark) Lounsbury, was born November 25, 1825, in this town, and mar- ried Rachel, daughter of Abram and Rachel (Doremus) Worten- dyke, on April 27, 1857. Their children are Newton A., born October 18, 1858, (whose children are Harvey, Bertha M., Ira B., Daniel P. and Isla B.); Lewis H., born November 7, 1860 ; Allen D., born July 2. 1864 ; Mary E., born January 28, 1865, died No- vember 11, 1880. Mr. Lounsbury was educated principally at Tioga Center, and in 1843 was ordained as minister of the Wes- leyan Methodist church and has been a diligent and faithful worker in the Master's vineyard.
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