FREE BAPTIST CYCLOPAEDIA 1889 by Rev G A Burgess & Rev J T Ward, printed in Chicago, IL CALDER Calder, Rev. James, D. D., fifth and youngest child of William and Mary (Kirkwood) Calder, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 16, 1826. He was married, Dec. 25, 1850, to Ellen C. Wine brenner, eldest daughter of Rev. John Winebrenner, founder of the " Church of God. " She died in 1858 ; and, subsequently, he married Mrs. Eliza D. Murphy, of Harrisburg. His fifth son, the first by the latter marriage, Rev. Wm.Carey Calder, is a missionary of the Baptist Board at Rangoon, Burmah. The only daughter is wife of Prof. J. W. Heston, of Pennsylvania State College. Brother Calder pursued his preparatory studies at Harrisburg and Bristol, Pa., and Norwich, Vt., and was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., Aug. 1, 1849. He was converted Feb. 11, 1837, and united with the M. E. church, receiving license ill 1847 and entering the Philadelphia Conference. In October, 1850, he was appointed a missionary to China ; and, receiving ordination in December, he sailed for Foo-Chow in March, 1851 In November,1853, because of a change of behef as to baptism and church polity, he was baptized at Hong-Kong, withdrew from the M. E. Church, returned to America in 1854 and united with the "Church of God. " He served as pastor of the church in Harrisburg until 1859, when he and a majority of the members organized the First Free Baptist church, of which he continued pastor until 1869, when he became president of Hillsdale College, Mich., and pastor of the church at that place. In 1871 he accepted the presidency of Pennsylvania State College, where he remained until 1880. He is now again pastor of the church at Harrisburg. He was editor of the Church Advocate, 1856-58, principal of Shippensburg Collegiate Institute 1857-58, professor of Belles-lettres in Pennsylvania Female College 1858-60, and has been a trustee of Storer College from its organization, thus filling many and responsible positions. CALDWELL Caldwell, Rev. Asa, died in Locke,N. Y., June 26, 1859, aged 63 years.He had been a successful pastor of Calvinistic Baptist churches in Oswego,Tompkins, Herkimer and Cortland counties, was a devoted preacher, with a warm, catholic spirit, and late in life finding that the views of Free Baptists accorded with his own, became connected with them. CALIFORNIA No effort was made to establish Free Baptist churches in this state during its palmy days. A church was organized Oct. 31, 1876, known as the Union Square Baptist church, of San Francisco. Springing from the Baptist denomination, it yet held to and practiced open communion. In 1881 Rev. N. L. Rowell became its pastor, and two years later it adopted the Treatise and became formally connected with the denomination. In 1888, Brother Rowell's health failing, Rev. F. M. Washburn succeeded to the pastorate. On March 16, 1884, a mission was organized in Oakland with Prof.S.P.Meads, formerly, of Bates Theological School, as superintendent,In1886 a chapel was erected. In the spring of 1887 a church of fifteen members was organized; and in October Rev. C. F. Penney became its pastor. The church now has a membership of sixty and owns its property unencumbered. THE GOLDEN GATE Association was organized in March, 1889, and is composed of the two churches mentioned above. CALKINS Calkins, Rev. Cyrus R., son of Absalom and Phebe (Hunt) Calkins, was born in Alford, Mass., Jan. 14, 1836. He was converted in1869, and ordained Dec.1,1878. Soon after ordination,he gathered a church at Pilot Mound, Minn., where he labored four years.Then, after two years at Wykoff, he organized the Spring Valley church, remaining with it until he entered upon his present pastorate with the Horton and Tripoli churches, Iowa. Calkins, Rev. Mrs. Mary S., daughter of J. B. Rhodes, was born in Orleans, Jefferson County, N. Y., July 28, 1836. Her conversion took place in 1851, and license to preach was granted her in 1881. She served as city missionary in Buffalo, N. V., four years, and for some time engaged with success in revival work, in Wyoming, Cattaraugus and Monroe Counties, N. V. She is enjoying her first pastorate with the Lyndon church (Catt. Q. M., N. Y.), having entered upon the work there in May preceding her ordination, June 14, 1886. CALLEY Calley, Rev. David, of Bristol, N.H., was born in Ashland, N. H., Nov.8, 1815. He was converted at the age of twenty-three, received license to preach in 1839, the year following, and was ordained by the Sandwich Q. M., in 1842. He was pastor at North Tunbridge, Vt., five years, at Bristol, N. H., two years, and after living in Ashland without a pastorate four years, returned to Bristol for sevell N-ears more. After he had preached at North Tunbridge, Vt., again three years, he labored in Bristol another seven years. He preached at Alexandria two years, at Sandwich eight years, again at Alexandria two years, then at North Sandwich five years, till 1887. Prosperity attended his work, but he has kept no record of baptisms. Sept. 14, 1845 he married Miss Dorcas D. Shepherd (deceased). He again married, March 23, 1848, Miss Mary M. Smith.They have three sons, and three daughters living. One son is a very successful physician in Bristol, and a member of the Legislature for 1887. CAMPBELL Campbell, Rev. Cyrus, was born at Bowdoin, Me., Sept. 29, 1817. He was converted when twenty-five years of age. He was a student at Whitestown, N. Y.Oct. 7, 1846, at the age of twenty-nine, he received license to preach, and was ordained the following year in September. He has been pastor at Bowdoinham, Phippsburgh, Edgecomb, New Sharon, East Wilton, Temple, and Weld. He was married, Dec. 8, 1846, to Miss Adaline Lenpest. He has three children living. Campbell, Rev. P. F., son of Rev. W. M. Campbell, was born in Birmingham, Ky., April 19, 1863. He has recently been converted and entered upon the work of the ministry in his native place. Campbell, R., son of Samuel and L. (Wilson) Campbell, was born in Mississippi, Nov. 19, 1847. He married Mariah Sanders, and is serving as a licensed preacher in connection with the First St. Louis church, Missouri. Campbell, Rev. W. M., son of Silas and Sarah (Baker), was born in Trigg County, Ky., in 1827 and was married to Harriet Holland. Two of their three living children are ministers of the Gospel. He was ordained in 1868. He has been engaged in many revivals, baptizing 180 converts, has organized six churches, and now resides at Birmingham, Ky. CANAAN Canaan, Rev, John,O., died in Camden, Nov. 24, 1848, aged 59 years. He entered the ministry with the Independents of England, labored with the Calvinistic Baptists as city missionary in Boston, was also in Vermont, New York, and Ohio, and joined the Freewill Baptists in 1844. " It was the concurrent testimony of all his acquaintances that in him the Christian graces shone with unwonted splendor. " CAPRON Capron, Rev. J., ordained in 181-, labored in Vermont. CARLEY Carley, Rev. H. G., was born in Hancock, N. H., Nov. 27, 1797, and died at his residence in Prospect, Me., Oct. 6,1885, aged 87 years. He went to Main, at the age of twenty. When about twenty-seven years of age he was converted, but, refusing to be baptized, he became a backslider for thirteen years. Then he was baptized and united with the Christian church. He was clerk of their Yearly Conference eight years. He was ordained in 1843. The Christian and Free Baptist churches blended and united with the Prospect M. It was called the Belfast and Swanville church. He was pastol of this church until his health failed. He was a faithful minister, a good counselor, and a strong advocate of temperance and antislavery. CARLTON Carlton, Rev. F. C., was ordained in New York soon after 1820 and labored in that state and Ohio. CARR Carr, Rev. Elbert E., son of Erastus and Mary A. (Kittell) Carr, was born Sept. 30, 1855, in Stephentown Centre, N. Y. Nov. 12, 1884, he married Amelia F. Flint. He turned to God in the spring Of 1878, and received license ill June, 1883. He is taking a regular course of study at Hillsdale College, also the Theological course, preparatory to entering upon his life work. Carr, Rev. H. J., son of Holton and Polly (Harrison) Carr, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1810. In early life his parents removed to Ohio, and in that new country his educational advantages were very limited. He was converted in 1840 and ordained a few years after ; and from that time until his death in 1887 he was a successful and highly respected minister of the truth.He was pastor of several churches in the Ohio River Y. M. The first two years of his ministry he baptized over 200 persons. The whole number of his baptisms is not known, but it was very large. He organized tell churches and aided in the ordination. of several ministers. He was one of the trustees and an earnest supporter of Rio Grande College. In 1831 he was married to Rebecca Conoway, and had six children. One of the sons was captain of a cavalry company in the late war. After a long life of faithful service,Elder Carr entered into rest April 8, 1887. Carr, Rev. Joseph W., was born in Montville, Me., Sept. 29, 1821. His parents were Joseph and Mary (McAllister) Carr. He was converted at the age of twenty-one. In 1861 he received license to preach and the same year was ordained by Stephen Russell, and others.He has been pastor of the following churches :Cornville,Skowhegan, Athens,Harmony, Madison, Pishon's Ferry, Danforth, Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield, Mapleston, New Portland, and Stark. He is now (1887) pastor of the First Madison and the Pishon's Ferry churches, and resides at Madison. He has spent a large part of his time in missionary work, among weak churches. He was a state missionary four years in Aroostook County. He has baptized between four and five hundred converts, and organized churches in Harmony, Skowhegan, Danforth, Easton, Mapleston, and Castle Hill. He married Miss Elzadah Dodge in 1853. Carter, Rev. J. S., ordained in 181-, labored in Vermont. CARTER Carter, Rev. Wm W., son of Melville H. and Phebe C. (Drake) Carver, was born in Dixfield, Me., in 1856. He became a Christian at the age of twenty-six. He received license to preach in September, 1883. He graduated from Bates Theological School in 1886, was ordained by Prof. J. A. Howe and others, and settled with the church on Orr's Island, where he was blessed with a revival and six were baptized. He was married in 1881, to Miss Lizzie A. Bibber, and has three children. CARTWRIGHT Cartwright, Rev. E. E., son of Rev.C. J. and Philena (Rockwell) Cartwright was born in China, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1850, and married Eleanor Parks in 1870. He began the Christian life in 1869 ; studied at Pike Seminary, N. V., received license in 1879, and was ordained Sept. 21, 1880. He has served the Potter church as pastor five years, the Fabius church two years, and now ministers to the Dayton, Cottage and Hamlet churches. He has baptized forty. CARY Cary, Rev. Richard M., was born in Williamsburg, Mass., Dec. 10, 1794. His father, Richard Cary, was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. In1806 he moved from Madison County, N. Y., into Holland Purchase County, and settled in the present town of Boston, south of Buffalo. No road, but only blazed trees, guided the way to the home of this family. The Indian wigwam was the only dwelling for forty miles south and west of the log cabin which he built. The first years in the wilderness were years of great privation. In the absence of any clergyman the father was often called to conduct funeral services. Richard M., was present at the burning of Buffalo in the War of 1812, and barely escaped with his life. His oldest brother, Calvin, while on guard duty was attacked by three Indians. " He was a man of giant frame, weighing 300 pounds, fine in proportions, herculean in strength, and a swift runner." Defending himself with courage, two were slain ; but he was shot by the third. He had been greatly loved by all, and his death bore heavily upon the family and upon the whole community.Brother Cary was converted in 1816 and began preaching October 3, of that year. Although without the advantages of an education, and always in feeble health, his strong intellect, with untiring industry and great devotion, made him an efficient pioneer in the religious life of western New York. He was ordained in 1820. The next year he went to Ellicottsville, then a small place where no sermon had been preached, and every house became a house of prayer.In1826 he held meetings in Little Valley,and soon assisted in organizing a church there. After the death of Elder Folsom, in1823, the care of the Erie Q. M. devolved to a large extent upon Elder Cary. He was unceasing in his labors and soon organized six churches. He assisted in organizing the Holland Purchase Y. M.,ill 1821 and was prominent for years among the ministers of western N. Y. His great love for the work was evinced by his continuing to preach for years, when too ill to stand. Seated before the congregation, he declared the Word of life. In 1842 He moved to Johnstown, Wis., where he soon organized a church.He also took a leading part in planting other churches and in organizing the Wisconsin Y. M., remaining active and successful in the work until his death, Oct. 16, 1868. (cRAY dEN tRUMAN) ny, and became a deacon of the Boston church as early as 1818. He served as a member of the State Legislature and as a member of the General Conference. In the community he exerted a strong influence for good; and in common with other members of the Cary family, he did much to sustain the church of his choice. After a long and useful service of God on earth, he joined the church above, Sept. 6, 1879. Cary, V. R., of Patchin, Erie County, N. Y., is a son of Luther H. Cary, and nephew of Rev. R. M. Cary. He owns and occupies what was "the old home in the wilderness." For fifty years he has been connected with the Free Baptists, and since 1868 has been clerk of the Erie Q. M. ReV. Cary. Elder Cary was a man of unbiased judgment and earnest convictions; with more of dignity than is usual, and prematurely gray from ill health. His preaching was Biblical and impressive. He was married March 12, 1815, to Miss Susannah Rice, his companion of more than half a century. Their son Roswell, educated at Hillsdale College, and a prominent member of the Nashville Tenn., bar, died in February, 1868. of their seven children who survived at his death, Benjamin, who died a few years ago, had served as a member of the Winconsin Legislature, and, for six years ,as Treasurer of Rock County ; and Ephraim, Abram, and Richard are useful members of the Johnstown church. Cary, Dea. Truman, son of Asa Cary and cousin of Rev. R. M. Cary,was born in Williamsburgh, Mass., in 1791. He was married to Fanny Algar in 1813 and had six children, four of whom are yet living. He was converted in the revival of 1816, in Erie County. CASE Case, Rev. C. H., deprived of a father's counsels at an early age, was led to the Saviour by his pious mother, and when about twenty years of age attended Geauga Seminary, Ohio, He began to preach with the church at Macedonia, where he was converted, and after some two years went to Illinois. He was ordained by the Walnut Creek, Q. M. in1855, and his principal labors were within its bounds. A man of studious habits and philosophic mind, he was an instruct- Case, Rev. John, of Arlington, Mo.,was born to W. M. and Hannah (Barnett) Case, in Pulaski County, Mo., March 28, 1845. He was led to Christ in 1864: received license in 1873, and was ordained Aug 25th of the following year. His ministry has been with the Big Creek Q. M., Mo., where he has held many revivals and organized two churches, baptizing more than one hundred converts. CASS Cass, Rev. Wm. D., was ordained in1820, labored in New Hampshire, and left the denomination. CASWELL Caswell, Rev. William D., was born in Wendell, Mass., Sept. 20, 1819. After secretly entertaining a hope in Christ about five years, he was baptized by Rev. B. McKoon in 1845, at Lyndon, N.Y. In 1853 he was licensed to preach, and in 1864 ordained. Both before and after his ordination he labored with great zeal. His principal fields of labor were Yorkshire, N. Y., and Bone Gap and Jeffersonville, Ill. He lived a consistent, kind and humble life, and died April 30, 188?, greatly lamented. CATE Cate, Rev. Carter Eastman, was born at Loudon, N. H., Aug. 26, 1852. He was converted when about ten years old. He fitted for college at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary (M. E.),Tilton, graduating in 1871. After a year in teaching, and on the home farm, he entered Wesleyan University. At the end of the second year he entered Dartmouth College, and graduated in 1876. He then went to the Boston University School of Theology. At the end of this course he was ordained at Loudon, N. H., June 20, 1879. In September he began his first pastorate at Lake Village,N. H., where he spent three years in fruitful labor. He was then called to the Mt. Vernon church, Lowell, Mass., and after two years to the Main Street church, Lewiston, Me. During his three years' labor there, the church building was remodeled, and the church greatly prospered. His resignation in 1877, was accepted with universal regret. He then accepted a call to Haverhill, Mass. He married Electra A. Dunavan, of Lake Village, N. H., May 1, 1883. CATES Cates, Rev. W. N., son of B. and Isabel Cates, was born in Lincoln County,Tenn., Sept. 23, 1849. He was married to D. A. Woodard, in 1871. Having accepted Christ in 1869, he was licensed in 1887, and ordained by the Freewill Baptists. He is connected with the Mt.Carmel church. CAVEL Cavel, Rev. Thornton, was born in Lynchburg, Va., in antebellum days. After residing in Harrisburg, Pa., some years, he was ordained bv Rev. J. Calder and others, and became pastor of the Calvary church, in that city. CAVERLY Caverly, Rev. John, died in Strafford, N. H., of heart disease, March 23, 1863, in his 74th year. He was the eldest son of heutenant John Caverly and his mother was a sister of Rev. Joseph Boody, all of Strafford. He was converted in the famous revival Of 1824 and July 2d was baptized and joined the Third Strafford church. In about a year, he began to preach and at a request from his church a council from the New Durham Q. M. met at his church and ordained him, Sept. 6, 1 8 2 7, as an evangelist in the presence of 1000 persons. He soon entered upon a life-long pastorate with the Fourth Strafford church. He had a revival gift. He loved his denomination and was true to her benevolent interests. He was trustee of Strafford Academy nearly twenty years at an expense to himself of over $3oo besides his time. He was an agent for a large manufacturing company for many years, bearing large and responsible interests. The house of worship at Bow Lake was erected by his means and influence. His wife, Miss Nancy Frencb,of New Durham, died in 1855, leaving four children. For several N-ears he bore tip with patience and trust under the disease which caused his death. He selected Rev. Enoch Place to preach is funeral sermon. His second wife survived him. Caverly, Dea. John H., son of Ira and Sarah (Colcord) Caverly, was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1844. He studied in the public schools and in the Commercial College of his native place. He is paymaster of the Merrimac Mailufacturing Company. Converted in 1869, he has been prominent in the work of the Paige Street church. He was one of the originators of the young people's society of the Advocates of Christian Fidelity (q. v.), and is the recording secretary of the United Society. He married in 1865 Mary S. Severance, and has four children living. CAVERNO Caverno, Rev. Arthur, died in Dover, N. H., July 15, 1876, aged 75 years. He was the son of Jeremiah and Mary Brewster Caverno, and great-grandson of Arthur Caverno (or Cavano), of Scotch-Irish nationality, who came to this country soon after 1735. He was born in Strafford (then Barrington), N. H., April 6, 1801. He was in a twofold sense one of the fathers of the denomination. He had been more than fifty-four years in its ministry, and, at a formative period of its history, he exerted a controlling influence. When seventeen years of age he became a Christian, after a severe struggle with unbehef occasioned by deep conviction of sin. He was baptized by Rev. Enoch Place, Oct. 11, 1818. He attended Gilmanton Academy six months, and afterwards studied in the academy at Newfield's village in New Market. He obtained what was, in those days, an excellent academic educa tion and taught school successfully in various places. He yielded more cheerfully than many to the call to preach, and began at the age of nineteen. Aug.23, 1822, at the age of twenty-one he was licensed by the New Durham Q. M. He was ordained June 17, 1823, in an oak grove on his father's homestead by a council consisting of Rev's Samuel B. Dyer, Moses Bean, David Harriman, Enoch Place and William Buzzell. David Harriman preached the sermon.He was married December 23d to Mrs. Olive H. Foss of Strafford. The next year he taught school in Epsom.Through his ministry there a church was gathered of which he was pastor till the autumn of 1827. The revival, the first year, was extensive. He also preached and baptized in Nottingham and Raymond. Rev. D. P. Cilley and two other ministers were converted during this time. His second pastorate was at Contoocook. His first sermon there was published in the Morning Star. Text," The powers of heaven shall be shaken. " The first year, 1830, a rrival of remarkable power and extent was witnessed.People were converted at their homes, in their shops, on their farms, going to and returning from meetings. The church more than doubled its membership and the good influence of the work lasted many years. He continued there five years. For three years, ending in 1836,he was pastor at Great Falls ; the next two years financial agent of Strafford Academy ; pastor of Roger Williams church, Providence, R. I., one year, ending in the fall of 1839 ; assistant pastor in Lowell, Mass., six months; pastor in Charleston, Mass., two and a half years; pastor in Bangor, Me,, three years, ending in the fall of I 845 ; stated supply in Portsmouth, N. H., at the Old South, Until the spring of 1847 ; pastor in Candia two years; pastor in Dover three years, when the house of worship was changed to its present locality on Charles Street ; stated supply in Concord several months in 1852, and several months in South Berwick, Me.; then pastor two years in Biddeford, Me. His wife, who had helped him thirty-one years, died in Dover, N. H., Jan. 30, 1854. The next year he married Mrs. Isabel J. Sule, of Bath, Me. He preached for the First church, Dover, a year, then in New Market a year. For two years, ending in 1860, he was pastor in Gardiner, Me.He then preached in Strafford Centre,Laconia, and Alton Corner, a few months in each place. For two years, ending in1866, he was pastor at South Parsonsfield, Me. He next lived in Great Falls, N. H., and preached for the Baptist church at Little River Falls in Lebanon, Me., and in Berwick at Cranberry Meadow.Then he was pastor in North Berwick two years, and lastly in Candia again two years. In some places there were revivals, in others he trained the forces.He was a preacher fifty-six years, an ordained minister fifty-three years. He preached 6,000 sermons, baptized 480 persons, married 320 Couples, and attended 500 funerals. As a preacher, he was systematic in his presentation of truth, apt and forcible in his illustrations. He was a diligent student of the Bible and a careful observer of men and things about him. His usual method was to preach from a well-prepared skeleton, and many of his sermons were afterwards written out in full. He possessed a voice of more than ordinary sweetness and power. He was affable and courteous in manner, social in disposition, and a general favorite in all the famihes where he was known. He helped forward every denominational enterprise. He began to write for the Morning Star the first year of its existence, and contributed more or less every year during his life. His last article appeared in the number issued during the week, of his death. He early published a series on the "Support of the Ministry," which helped to introduce the practice of stipulated salaries, He was himself the first minister in the denomination who received a stipulated salary. He had great influence in removing the practice of feet washing which prevailed in some measure. He was a member of the first General Conference, and assisted in organizing the Home and Foreign Mission Societies. He was greatly interested in all the educational movements. Other good causes received his earnest support. He lectured often in many places on temperance, and helped in the organization of some of the earhest Total Abstinence Societies in New Hampshire. He labored much for the abolition of capital punishment. His last years were spent in Dover. The Sunday before his death he preached in Alton. His funeral services were conducted by Rev. Joseph Fullonton, who was one of his earhest converts. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION The Central Association was organized at Attica, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1870.A preliminary convention had been held at Fairport the year previous. The charter was obtained from the state in 1873.The constituency of the Association includes the churches in New York and Pennsylvania (except those of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Y. M.), and the delegates are elected by the Q. M's.The Pennsylvania Mission Society, organized in April, 1867, and chartered by the Dauphin County Court, was merged into this Association. The design of the Association was to unite the churches in missionary and educational work. In carrying out this purpose, the Association has supported a missionary family in India, for a time Rev. A. J. Marshall and wife, and now Rev. Z. F. Griffin and family. A large amount has been contributed for Storer College and Hillsdale College, and now the establishing of Keuka College is undertaken; and several important churches have been aided from the Home Mission funds.The Association, between its annual sessions, is represented by its ExecutiveCommittee, which conducts the business of the Association. This committee iscomposed of the officers of the Association, which are (1887-88) the president, Rev. G. H. Ball, D. D. (which position he has held from the first); recording secretary, Rev. C. E. Brockway; corresponding secretary, Rev. J. H. Durkee; treasurer, Rev. F. 0. Dickey, and wom-an's missionary secretary, Mrs. N. C. McKoon. The amount raised for the general and special object of the Association has averaged about $4,500 yearly. Besides this a permanent fund of several thousand dollars has been accumulated. Central Freewill Baptist, The, a monthly paper, having four pages, with five columns each, was first published at Rio Grande, O., as the Rio Grande Freewill Baptist. The first number appeared in January, 1884. Rev. T. E. Peden was editor and publisher. Its location was changed with his residence to Harris, and Cheshire, O., and in March, 1887, to Flemington, W. Va., where it completed its fifth volume. It was useful in its declaration of the distinctive doctrines of the denomination, and also as a means of communication among the Freewill Baptists of that vicinity. CHABOT Chabot, Rev. Uriah, of Powellsville,O., son of Peter and Rachel (Davis) Chabot, was born in Green, O., Feb. 6, 1816. He married Levina Hudson, Sept. 12,184I, and has six children ; among them J. A. Chabot, of Powellsville, and Dr. G. W. Chabot. He was converted the year of his marriage ; received license to preach in 1854, and was ordained in 1874, since which he has ministered to churches in the Little Scioto, and later, Pine Creek Q. M's. CHADBOURNE Chadbourne, Rev. Joseph, died in Bradford, Me., Nov. 20, aged 70 years.He was born in Greene, Me., June 30,1807. At the age of nineteen, while a student in the seminary at Kent's Hill,he became a Christian, and ten years afterwards he became a member of the church in Bradford. He was for a time the efficient deacon of the church. In 1858 he took a letter and joined theChristian denomination, by which he was ordained March, 1859. He was highly esteemed among them. Four years before his death, he again became a member of the church in Bradford. He was much interested in education and a successful teacher. He was frequelitly elected to offices of trust and responsibility. CHADDOCK Chaddock, Rev. Emory G., son of Aziel and Nancy (Melvin) Chaddock, was born in Bennington, N.Y.,Aug.27,1839. He was educated at Hillsdale College and studied theology at Andover, Mass., and Bangor, Me. He was ordained in 186i and served as pastor of the church in Lawrence, Mass., four years, the church prospering under his care. He then became connected with the Congregationalists and now resides at Fresno, Cal. Dec. 17, 1868, he was married to Matilda Le Valley, who has already gone to her final rest. Of their three children, one is a student at OlivetCollege, Michigan. CHADWICK Chadwick, Rev. Edward R., son of Abner D. and Drucilla (Newcomb) Chadwick, was born June 27, 1861, at China, Me. He was converted in 1878. He graduated at Maine Central Institute, in1880, and from Bates College in 1884. He was of the class of 1888 of Cobb Divinity School. In July, 1888, he settled at Milton, N. H. On August 23 he was ordained by the New Durham Q. M. Chadwick, Dea. William, of Philadelphia, N. Y., was born Feb. 24, 1807,and died Jan. 26, 1874. He was converted in 1832, under the labors of Elder Overocker, and received license to preach. Care of parents prevented his entering upon the work, and his life was given to the cause in the vicinity of his home. He served the church as deacon and took an active part in the work of the Q. M. and Y. M., attending the sessions faithfully and caring for the general interests of the denomination. In 1831 he was married to Irene Gibbs, who still lives with the Philadelphia church. Three of their children yet remain, while two have passed on to heaven. CHAFFEE Chaffee, Rev. Chester, a native of Grafton, Vt., died at Arcade, N. Y.,Sept. 5, 1876, aged 85 years. In 1816 he moved to Boston, N. Y., where he served the church as deacon. After fourteen years he moved to Arcade, receiving ordination in 1832, and was connected with the China, Hume and Elton churches. He was a reliable mail, faithful to the trusts committed to him. CHAMBERLAIN Chamberlain, Rev. John, soil of John A. and Polly (Clough) Chamberlain, was born in Loudon, N. H., Nov. 27,1821. He was educated at Pembroke, Concord, and other places. In 1842 he was converted, and July 4, 1858, was ordained to the ministry by Rev's J. S. M. Harper, Jas. Clough, John Harriman,J. B. Davis, and J. A. Knowles. He has preached as pastor at Northfield, Groton, Fisherville, Canterbury, Meredith Centre, Oak Hill (Meredith), Lisbon, Stark and Milan, Ossipee, Lower Gilmanton, and West Salisbury. He has been chaplain of the Merrimack County Almshouse the last two years, and also preaches part of the time atNorthfield and Canterbury Centre. In 1859 he traveled nearly 5,000 miles, about one-fourth of the distance on foot, and preached three times each Sunday and three or four times during the week. He had much revival interest under his preaching, and baptized several hundreds of converts. In 1857 or '58, while living near Franklin Falls, he visited a man who had delirium tremens, and had threatened the lives of his wife and children.He found the man (who was sixty-two years old, and in the last forty- four years had drank over sixty-three hogsheads of rum) in a hog-pen. He won his favor, got him out to a meeting, and saw him soundly converted. so that he lived and died a Christian.' On one occasion he was on his knees in a schoolhouse with fifty-five penitent seekers, who, he thinks, were all converted. In 1859 he organized a church in Fisherville, but nearly all the male members accompanied him to the war of the Rebellion, and the church became extinct. During the war he was an army commissioner to look after sick and wounded New Hampshire soldiers in the army of the Potoniac around Washington. He has seen much hardship in his labors, and has been eight times picked up for dead. He is the author of quite a number of hymns, including the railroad hymn, " Gospel Train. " May 9, I 848, he married Amanda M. Johnson. Their three children are all living. Their only son, Judson, has held several offices in his town and state. One daughter is the wife of Mr. Darrah, Esq., a prosperous market gardener and dairyman of Bedford, N. H. CHAMPLIN Champlin, Rev. David E., died at Waterloo, la., Feb. 20, 1871, aged 46 years. He was converted when sixteen years of age, and baptized by Rev. 1. Eaton. He was licensed to preach while connected with the Fox River Q. M. (111.), about 1856, and ordained a year later. He remained a few years with the Ohio Grove church, which was much increased during his connection with it. About 1860 he moved to the Waterloo Q. M., la., and was connected with the Oxley Grove, Pleasant Valley, Spring Creek, and Waterloo churches. He was a zealous, faithful laborer, an advocat of all moral reform, and active in the work, until a brief illness carried him away from earth. Champlin, Rev. Edwin, died Dec.30, 1870, aged 40 years. He was a licensed minister in the Waterloo Q. M., la., as early as 1859, and was ordained about two years later. He continued to minister to the churches of this Q. M.until his death, being pastor several years of the Spring Creek church, and, later, of the Union church. He pos-sessed a gentle spirit, and had many friends. CHANDLER Chandler, Rev. Hubbard, was born in Wilton, Me., Jan. 11, 1798. When three years old his father died, and at the age of fifteen, his mother. His religious impressions he attributed entirely to her fidelity. He was converted before his twentieth year, and baptized by Rev.Jeremy Beau, his mother's brother. When he began to preach, he connected himself with the Second Wilton church, preparatory to a preaching tour to Piscataqua. In 1820 fifty were converted through his labors at Kingfield. He was ordained in Phillips, June 9, 1822, by Rev's Samuel Hutchins and John Foster, in the midst of a revival under his labors. They at once proceeded to the water, and before ail audielice of 800 the new minister baptized nine converts. The cries and sobs of the convicted mingled with the preacher's prayer as he knelt by the river's side.The next year a revival attended him at Wilton. His travels as an evangelist in Maine extended to I20 towns and plantations.He preached some outside his state. Even visible-success almost universally attended his labors in the earher and middle portions of his ministry. In later life he was not without encouragement. In the main, he supported himself, for a long time not receiving over $50 a year for his exhausting labors. Though not favored with an extensive education, he was yet gifted by nature. He was very conversant with Scripture. As a speaker, he was dramatic and was mighty to move the will in persuading sinners to Christ. His own soul drank deeply of the salvation which he preached. His earnestness and consecration enabled him to accomplish a great work. He raised up quite a number of churches in the new settlements he visited. Aug. 12, 1866, three months before his death, he was attacked by his last sickness while preaching. He died in West Poland, Me., Nov. 5, 1866, in his 69th year. His first wife, after a married life of eighteen years, died in July,1844. In 1846 he married Ann Noyes, of Falmouth, who survived him. CHANEY Chaney, Rev. John, was born at Farmington, Me., Oct. 15, 1793, and lived till nearly ninety years of age. He began his Christian life when sixteen years of age, but put off baptism on account of his Baptist views which were not held by his family. At the age of twelity-four, he was baptized and joined the church in Wilton, Me. Before this time he had begun to feel that he might yet he called to preach, but it was not until twelve years afterwards, that he yielded to all imperative call and pubicly entered the ministry. He taught school in the town of Brunswick, passed two years in Nova Scotia, then returned to Maine and bought a farm. He worked on this summers, and taught school winters. The unwelcome impressions of duty increased, -until one day, while at work on his farm suddendly 'as if spoken by the human voice, the wordscame to him: " Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me." Great fear came upon him, followed by sweet calmness of soul when, sometime afterward, he retired to the barn and gave up himself and family to the will of God. His first sermon was preached in New Sharon, Me., in April,1829, and so favorably impressed thehearers that he received a call not long afterward to become their pastor. At a Q. M. in June following, he received license to preach. He was ordained at Chesterville, Me., Feb. 2, 1831, by Rev's John Foster and Silas Curtis. He served churches in New Sharon, Farmington, Chesterville, South Berwick, Limerick, and Brunswick, Me.; in Unadilla Forks and Plainfield, N. Y.; in Danielsonville and East Killingly, Conn., and in North Scituate, R. 1. In some of these churches great revivals occurred under his labors, some of which were of remarkable power, leading hundreds of persons to surrender themselves to Christ. His active ministry continue more than thirty years. It was in his study at Farmington, Me., that he and three other ministers started the call for the convention which resulted in the organization of the Education Society. He was for some time financial agent of Whitestown Seminary,N. V. He was a pioneer champion of the causes of temperance and abolition. " He organized probably the first temperance society in Maine, and presented the first antislavery resolution in the same state." He was loyal to his denomination, yet broad in his sympthies. When superannuated, he identified himself with the church in Auburn, Me., where he was a regular attendant, and much beloved by the pastors and all who knew him. He died while on a visit to his daughters in Somerville, Mass., March 30, 1883. His funeral was at Auburn. President Cheney of Bates College, sat with the mourners, and Doctors Howe and Hayes assisted in the services. Chaney, Rev. S. Freeman, son of Rev. John Chaney, died in Plainfield,N- Y., Oct. 13, 1843, aged 24 years. He was a young man of much promise, having early shown marked talent and interest in religious things. He spent several terms at the BiblicalSchool, at Parsonfield, Me., and was ordained June 2, 1842. He immediately became pastor of the church at Buxton, Me., where he saw more than one hundred conversions; but he was soon compelled to leave the work, and from his father's home was called to the home above. He was buried near his church at Buxton, Me. CHANDLER Chandler, Rev. E. M., son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Harris) Chandler, was born Feb. 16, 1850, in St. Genevieve County, Mo. He was converted in 1868, and ordained in 1886. His work has been that of an evangelist. He was married March 14, 1877, to Nancy A. Tunsford. CHAPPLE Chappel, Rev. Daniel, ordained in180-, labored in Vermont. Chappell, Rev. G. H., a native of Westerly, R. I., after studying at Lapham Institute, ]Z. I., and Hillsdale College, Mich., was ordained by the Spafford, Q. M., N. Y., in February, 1870, when twenty-two years of age. He minister- ed to the churches at New Lyme, O.,Brokenstraw,N. Y., and Taunton, Mass., and became pastor of the Congregational church at Brownton, Minn. CHARLTON Charlton, Rev. T. C., was born in Wathington, England, July 11, 1826. His parents were members of the Weslevan Methodist church. The son was converted at the age of fourteen years, appointed class leader a few years after, and, in 1847, was given work as a local preacher. In 1857 he was married, and with his wife came to America and settled in Ohio, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church. On account of a change in doctrinal views, in April, 1882, he united with the Hinckley Free Baptist church. He was ordained the same year and assumed charge of the Hinckley church, ministering to that church one year; since which he has labored in the vicinity. CHASE Chase, Rev. Albert H., was born in Killingly, Conn., Juhe 4, 1823. His ancestors were of Puritan stock, and Oliver, his father, was a Revolutionary (rEV c h cASE)and philosophic mind, he was an instructive preacher. His earthly labors closed Sept. 1, 1864, in the 40th year of his age. Rev. A. H. Chase.soldier. Thirst for knowledge led him for a time to Smithville Seminary, R. 1.He married in 1844, and nine years later, yielding to his convictions of duty, and deciding to enter the ministry, attended the New Hampton Institution. In 1855 he became pastor of the church at Cherry Valley, O., where he remained two years and then entered upon a seven years pastorate at New Lyme, 0. During the next three years he was employed in raising money for the Freedmen's Mission. In January, 1867, he became publishing agent and business manager of the Christian Freeman (q. v.), a position which he held about two years. He then labored in Cleveland, O., and in Harrisburg, Pa., remaining with the latter church until elected corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Society. During his labors in this position he made Hillsdale, Mich., his home, publishing for a time the Evangelist, (q. v.), and later he preached for various churches in the vicinity. On account of delicate health he visited Tennessee, yet gained but little. Called to his old home in New Lyme to attend a wedding, he was attacked while there with hemorrhage of the lungs, from which he had suffered before, and in a few days his earthly life closed, June 19, 1883. His was an active, energetic life, devoted to whatever work he undertook. He was emphatically a man of positive convictions, was never found on neutral ground and disliked compromises. He had many warm friends, and his influence was widely felt in the denomination. His children, Roscoe A., and Mary E., graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., and have been successful educators. Chase, Rev. Daniel, began his ministry about 18oo, Elder Randall assisting in his ordination. He labored in New Hampsbire and Vermont, and in 1816 removed to Jackson, PA., being, it is thought, the first minister of the denomination to settle in that state. He rendered faithful service in Susquehannaand Wayne Counties, Pa., and in Broome County, N. Y., and represented the Gibson Q. M. (Pa.) at the organization of the Susquehanna Y. M. He died at Mount Pleasant, March 2, 1850, aged 79 years. Chase, Rev. Ebenezer, was born in I785, and ordained in 1810. He was moderator at the organization of the Weare Q. M. at Newbury, N. H., Aug.19, 1812. He resided at Andover. In1819 he began the publication of the Religious Informer, a small semimonthly pamphlet, devoted to the interests of the denomination. It was accepted by the Elders' Conference of his Q. M. and " under the influence of its order-loving editor rendered invaluable service." At his ordination objections had been made to his written plans of sermons. For eleven years he refrained from written plans in preaching. Then he regarded it his duty to write plans, and afterwards even whole sermons. After his Informer had been superseded by the MorningStar, for three years he attended the Association of the Congregationalists as well as his own Q. M's. He was dismissed by the Weare Q. M., Oct, 28, 1828, and united with a people who would encourage him in writing and reading his sermons. More than thirty years after this, when reviewing his life, he said, " The Freewill Baptists are a people whom I early loved, and I love them still, and could I have foreseen that they would arrive at the place they now occupy, I probably should have remained with them. Still oil the whole I think it is well that I joined the Congregationalists when I did." Chase, Rev. Frank K., son of Stephen J. and Caroline E. (Kimball) Chase, was born at Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 3,1848. He studied at New Hampton four years and at Andover, Mass., three years. He was converted in 1864. Licensed in 1875, he was ordained in 1877 at West Buxton, Me. He was pastor at West Buxton three years, and since 1880 of the Washington Street church at Dover, N. H. He is a member of the Foreign Mission Board. He marriedClara E. Morse, Oct. 26, 1872, and has one child. Chase, George Colby Dyer, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in Bates College, Lewiston, Me., was born in Unity, Me., March I5, 1844. He prepared for college at the Maine State Seminary (afterwards Bates College), and immediately, entered Bates College, where he graduated in 1868. The next two years he was teacher of Greek, Latin and Mental Philosophy, at New Hampton Institution, N. H. He then spent a year in Bates Theological School, and was at the same time a tutor of Greek in the college. He was at this time elected a professor in the college, and after taking a post-graduate course of one year at Harvard College, entered upon the workof the professorship. He has been a member of the Lewiston School Board continuously since I 874, and twice chosen president of the same, in 1883, and 1887. He was for several years a contributor to the Morning Star. He married June 12, 1872, Miss Emma F. Millett. They have one son and four daughters. Chase, James E., son of Lothario G. and Mary L. (Montgomery) Chase, was born Sept.10, 1858, in China, Wyoming County, N. Y. He studied in the common schools. He lived in Michigan, where he was converted in February, 1870. He was licensed by the Hennepin Q. M. at Minneapolis, Minn., June 8,1889, and is doing evangelistic work in and around Elk River. Chase, Rev. L. C., son of Charles and Mary (Holt) Chase, was born in Rutland, O., Oct. 2, 1839. He began the new life in 1857, received license in 1859, and ordination in 1868, having graduated from Hillsdale College in 1866. He became principal of Atwood Institute the year of his graduation, and was there five years.He has also served as editor of the Huntingtoll, W. Va., Indepecndent, and as superintendent of the city schools. His pastorates have been at Conneaut, Sheffield and Madison, O., Fairview, Ill., and Mt Pleasant, Kan. He is now superintendent of the work in the northern Kansas and southern Nebraska Y. M., and also in connection with his ministerial duties is preparing a book entitled, " Contending for the Faith. " He was married in March, 1882, to Hattie Lawson. Chase, Prof. Melville W., was born in Minot, Me., in 1842, and is the son of T. Warren and Marv A. (Bumpus) Chase. In 1867 he married Olive C. Poland. His education was received at Maine State Seminary and Hebron Academy. He studied music in Maine and later in Boston. In September, 1869, be was called to take charge of the music department in Hillsdale College, a position he has since filled with credit both to himself and the College. Under his efficient management the College is ableto do her share in supplying the demand for competent singers and teachers. In 1885 he became a member of the Freewill Baptist church of Hillsdale. As his second wife, he married Mrs. Ellen Hill in 1877. Chase, Rev. Uriah, son of Levi and Sarah (Page) Chase, was born in Canterbury, N.H., Sept. 28, 1820. He was converted in April, 1837, and from 1840-42 studied in Gilmanton Academy. The next year he was licensed, and March 13, 1850, was ordained at East Parsonfield, Me., with Clement Phinney on the council. For the next twenty-four years he was located in seventeen places, as follows: South Limington, Me., one year, revival ; First Raymond, one year, revival; Second Buxton, two years; First Alton, N. H., two years, revival ; Second Belmont, four years, two revivals ; Andover, two years, some revival interest ; First Wolfborough, one year; Nottingham, one year, revival ; Third Strafford, one year ; Barrington, two years, revival; Epsom, one year; Shapleigh, Me., one year, revival; First Raymond, four years, two revivals; Brownfield, eighteen months, some revival interest ; First Madison, N. H., four years, two revivals ; First Raymond, Me., two years; Hollis, one year, where he retired an invalid in May, 1884. He was married October 25, 1855, to Miss Harriette A. Kimball, three children. He died at Waterborough, Me., Aug. 1, 1888, in his 68th year. Chase, Rev. William Plummer,was born in Canterbury, N. H., May 31,1812,and died in S. Vineland, N.J.,Feb. 5, 1874. He was ordained in Canterbury in October, 1834, and for five years labored in northern New York. Here he saw many revivals and gathered the Rutland Q. M., which united with the Vermont Y. M. He next saw a powerful revival at E. Weare, N; H., and organized a church. In 1841 he went to Limerick, Me., where also his work was blessed, but two years later he returned to New Hampshire with broken health. He was a ready and interesting speaker and an advocate of the benevolent and progressive movements of the denomination. CHATTERTON Chatterton, Rev. Benjamin, of Middleton, Vt., died June 17, 1855, after along, painful illness, aged 77 years. He was born in Acworth, N. H., where he lived till 1798, when he removed to Middleton. Converted in 1805, he soon began to preach. joining the Methodists with his wife, he was baptized in June. When the body in that place became extinct in 1823, he joined the Free Baptist church there. In January, 1827, his church gave him a recommendation to preach, and at their request he was ordained Feb. 3, 1828, by the, Huntington Q. M. Though the support of a large family devolved upon him, he found time to do much acceptable service in and around his native place. His wife's death in 1852 was a heavy grief to him, in feeble health.He was truly a good man. CHENEY Cheney, Rev. Martin, son of Joseph and Susannah Cheney, was born in Dover, Mass., Aug. 29, 1792. He was the fourth of six children. His parents were Congregationalists and his chief textbook aside from the Bible was the " Assembly's Catechism." He prized the meager privilege for an education which his village afforded, and early possessed a great fondness for books. He earnestly coveted a collegiate course of study, but slender means forbade. For a short time he was in the grocery of his brother in Boston, and was frequently required to furnish liquors to customers. For a year he was employed as a servant in a, merchant's fami1y in the same city. But love of freedom and equality made service obnoxious to him, and, much against his father's wishes, he sought his liberty. He about this time listened to a complaint of the chronic type. His last words were, " I have a hope that endureth to the end." He died Jan. 4, 1852, aged 59 years. His biography was prepared by Rev. Geo. T. Day, D. D. His second wife died Dec. 23, 1831. March 4, 1833, he married Miss Lydia Sheldon, who survived him. He left several children. Cheney, Rev. Moses, was ordained in 1809, in New Hampshire. He was pastor at New Durham, and two years after the death of Randall we find the church, May 9, 1809, through a committee, engaging for him a tenement "for twelve months at twenty-four dollars in produce at the current price," and recommending "the members to contribute toward the support of Elder Cheney and family, as they feel in their own minds, and deliver it to him themselves." He was elected secretary of the New Hampshire Charitable Society, at its organization, June 1i, 1813. He preached at the Y. M., at Weare, in 1814. Sept. 23, 1816, with Lamb and White he reached Burrillville, R. L, and preached a sermon next day at the Q. M. In 1821 he went into his pulpit in Meredith, N.H., avowed his behef in Calvinism, and, after a trial in the Q. M., which lasted from March till December, he was, at his request, dismissed. Cheney, Rev. Oren B. (D. D., 1863, by Wesleyan University), son Of Deacon Moses and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney, was born in Holderness (now Ashland), N. H., Dec. 10, 1816. He fitted at Parsonfield Seminary and New Hampton Institution, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1839. He was converted in the spring Of 1836, and, walking from Dartmouth to his native place, he was baptized by Rev. Simeon Dana, uniting with the Ashland church. After his graduation he became principal of the Farmington, Me., Academy, in the autumn of 1839. In 1841 he accepted the position as principal of the Strafford Academy. He then taught the Greenland, N. H., Academy, near Portsmouth, and was licensed by the Portsmouth church. He next became principal of Parsonfield Seminary, where his son was born in 1844. He went to Whitestown, N. 'V., and studied theology in the Biblical School, at the same time teaching Latin in the Seminary. His wife was taken ill and was borne home on a bed to Stratham, N. H., where she died June 13, 1846. While teaching at Parsonfield he had preached one-half the time at Effingham Hill, N. H., where he was ordained in the autumn of 1844 by Rev. John Buzzell, Rev. Benj. S. Manson and others. But this pastorate was laid down on account of opposition to his anti-slavery sentiments. After the death of his wife he settled at West Lebanon, Me. He taught six months of the year, and founded there the West Lebanon Academy. In 1851-52 he was sent to the Legisla ture by the Whigs and Free-soilers, and voted for the original Maine Temperance Law. In 1852 he went to Augusta for five years as pastor of the church. Sept. 22,1854, he received a letter from Rev. J. A. Lowell, principal of Parsonfield Seminary, announcing that the Seminar building had been burned the day before.From that day Dr. Cheney consecrated himself to build for the Free Baptists an efficient literary institution in a more central place. How effectively he has done his work, let the institution that has grown up around him speak. A charterhad been received from the state March 16, 1855. He was chosen principal and treasurer. The state had given $15,000, on condition that $I5,000 more be raised.The sum was raised in Lewiston on condition that the Seminary be located there. After twice resigning he was released from the Augusta church in 1857, and in September the State Seminary opened. But financial embarrassment among some of the donors soon occasioned difficulty. By earnest work the school was reheved. In 1863 the institution became a college by vote of its trustees, receiving a college' charter from the state of Maine in January, 1864.President Cheney has held many important positions of confidence and trust in his denomination. He has been twice moderator of General Conference, and has occupied an important position on the Conference Board. He has represented his denomination as delegate to the General Baptists of England. He has been recording secretary of the Foreign Mission and Home Mission Societies, and president of the Education and Anti-Slavery Societies, and is now president of the Foreign Mission Society. He married Miss Caroline A. Rundlett, of Stratham, N. H., Jan. 30, 1840.Their son, Horace, died after graduating from college and taking a creditable position in the practice of law. He married in August, 1847, Nancy S., daughter of Rev. Thomas Perkins, and has two daughters. Cheney, Mrs. Oren B. (Nancy S.Perkins), the eldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Perkins, was born in New Hampton, N. H., Nov. 6, 18I2. She inherited many of her father's characteristics a strong and active mind, a sunny and devout disposition, and an earnest love of truth and righteousness. To this goodly heritage she added most careful culture and earnest personal faith, andshowed a character strong, independent, refined, and fully rounded to the measure of true womanliness. After many years of teaching around New Hampton and in Ashland, she married Rev. 0. B.Cheney, in Aug 1847. She was the recording secretary of the Female Mission Society in 1847-1850 and 1852, its president in 1858, and afterward had an important place on the Executive Board. She was a true helpmeet to her husband in all the manifold work of his life for the building up of education and religion.For several years delicate health hindered her activities. After illness of a week, with paralysis, she died Feb. 21, 1886. Cheney, Rev. Rufus, was born in Antrim, N. H., May 4, 1780. He began to preach when about twenty-three yearsof age, and was ordained in 1810. After residing for a time in Vermont, near St. Johnsbury, he moved to Attica, N. Y., where, with the assistance of Rev. N.Brown, he was instrumental in gathering a church. During his three years at that place it increased to 120 members. In 1817 he settled in Porter, O., and organized a small church, which soon numbered more than 100. In his labors the Little Scioto Q. M. had its origin. Returning to New York, he ministered to the Attica church several years, and built there a house of worship. In 1837, he settled in Wisconsin, where he organized the New Berlin church in1840, and the Honey Creek church in 1841, the first churches gathered in the state.He was the father of the Honey Creek Q. M., and, with Cary and others, took an important part in building up the Wisconsin V. M. He enjoyed the confidence of all who knew him. The remembrance of him is blessed. Aug. 30, 1869, he departed this life to dwell with the redeemed in heaven. In early life he was married to Prudy Piper, also of New Hampshire. Of their ten children, six yet live, having attained an average age of seventy-five. CHESHIRE ACADEMY Cheshire Academy arose from a High School which was opened in Cheshire, O., in 1858, by Rev. P. W. Perry.Through his influence the citizens erected a building in 1860, and the Academy was opened, with Mr. Perry as principal.During his connection with the school the attendance ranged from thirtyfive to eighty-five. In 1868 Prof. J. W. Van Sickle was principal. The Academy continued about tell years. CHESLEY Chesley, Rev. Plummer, was born in Barrington, N. H., Sept. 10, 1818, and died in East Rochester April 4,1883.He was converted in Dover in 1835.He began preaching in January,1850, and was ordained at Lake Village, Jan. 28, 1852. His pastorates were in Weare, Canterbury, Candia, Portsmouth, Barrington, East Rochester, and Walnut Grove (Rochester), N. H., and in Kittery, Newfield, , and Parsonfield, Me. A large number were converted in a great revival while he was at Kittery.He was in the ministry more than thirty years. He was remarkably conscientious. It was his habit for many years to devote a tenth of all he received to benevolent purposes. CHICK Chick, Rev. John, died in Ossipee, N. H., Jan. 9, 1874, aged sixty-eight years. He was born in Berwick, Me., Dec. 29, 1806. While a child, his family moved to Ossipee. His early religious training was not very thorough, and his educational advantages were quite limited. His early manhood was spent in farming and various mechanical employments. When twenty-three years of age he became a Christian, was baptized by Rev. Daniel Jackson, and united with the First Ossipee church. Soon after, he joined the Second church, just organized, and remained there a member till his death. At once he became an earnest worker. In 1833 he was licensed to preach by the Wolfboro Q. M. He was ordained at East Wolfboro at a session of the Q. M., May 25, 1835. From 1833 to 1873, he was most of the time the minister of the church which he had joined. In 1840 and 184I be ministered with the First Wolfboro church, and afterward spent two years with the Effingham Falls church ; also about three years with the Ossipee and Wakefield church, though he resided on his farm in Ossipee during this last pastorate. As he had opportunity he visited most of the churches in his Q.M.He was clerk of the Wolfboro several years, and was very efficient in its business matters. He never missed a session but once, then because he had a dislocated limb. He was seldom absent from the Y. M., and was twice a member of General Conference, in1839 and 1865. His ministry of forty years, his benevolence and interest in the affairs of the churches, made him known as the father of the Wolfboro Q. M. An unsuccessful manufacturing venture started by him,rather for the public good than for gain, brought loss upon himself and others. He was much grieved because of the loss to others. As a preacher, he was able, and at times eloquent. He was an exemplary Christian and highly esteemed as a citizen. A year or two before his death his anxieties and excessive labor began to tell on his vigorous constitution, and his health gradually failed, yet he kept actively about his Master's business until a short time before his death. CHILD Child, Rev. Geo. H., son of John G. and Mary A. (Ham) Child, was born in Providence, R. I., in 1827. In 1849 he married Emily A. Haskell, of Westborough, Mass. His grandfather was one of the founders of the Central Baptist church, Providence ; his wife's grand father was one of the founders of the Baptist church in her native place. Converted in 184I, he was ordained in ProvIdence in 1864, for the freedman's work, by the American Millennial Association. He received badge and commission in 1864, Of Geo. Stewart of Philadelphia, and served in the Christian Commission work in the hospitals in Kentucky and Tennessee. Later, he preached and taught among the freedmen in Edgefield, Tenn., opposite Nashville. While thus engaged, his school house was fired and burnt to the ground. He was forced to leave the work through a sickness which brought him to death's door. Recovering, through answer to prayer, he labored in Vermont and Maine. He was pastor at Tiverton, R. I., four years, and at East Killingly, Conn., five years. Christian Freeman, The, had its origin in a Western convention, held in Chicago, Dec. 7, 1866, by which it was resolved to establish a paper soon. The first number was issued April 4, 1867. Rev. A. H. Chase was the publisher, and he was later succeeded by Rev. D. G. Holmes. Rev. D. M. Graham, D. D., was the first editor. He was soon succeeded by Wayland Dunn, who had been assistant editor, and, from the first, bad borne the responsibility of conducting the paper. When his health failed he was succeeded by Rev. A. H. Huling. In 1868 the paper was enlarged. It continued four years, exerting a helpful influence among the churches; afterwhich, as it failed to meet the expense of publication, the subscription list was transferred to the Babtist Union {q. v.} CHRISTIAN PROGRESS Christian Progress, The, an eight page monthly, was published at Dowelltown, Tenn., by Rev. M. Curtis. It was indorsed by the New Union Association, and was devoted to its interests. The first issue appeared in July, 1883, and the subscriptions increased to above 600, the price being 50 cents per annum. In 1885 its publication was suspended. CHRISTIAN Christian, Rev. Peter, was born at Plattsburgh, -N. Y., Dec. 23, 1817. His parents were Joseph and Frances (Stant- hill) Christian. He went to Illinois in 1836, was married to Marv A. Johnson, June 26, 1841, and now has two children.The year of his marriage he was converted tender the labors of Rev. J. B. Fast. he soon felt called to preach, and was licensed in April, 185o, receiving ordination June 24, 1854, at the hands of Rev's S. Shaw and L. Driscoll of the Walnut Creek Q. M. He has continued a faithful laborer in that and the Prairie City Q. M. to the present time, engaging in revival work at many places and baptizing many converts. He took quite an active part in the antislavery agitation. In his advanced years he retains the esteem of the brethren, with whom he has many years toiled for the Master. CHURCH Church, Rev. Samuel D., son of Seth G. and Eleanor M. (Dudley) Church, was born at Salem, Warren County, O., Dec. 28, 1832. He studied at Maineville, O.; Whitestown, N. Y.; Brunswick, Me.; and at Bangor Theological Seminary. He was converted in 1848. Licensed in 1851, he was ordained in 1855, by Geo. T. Day, J. A. McKenzie, A. D. Williams, John Pratt and Joseph Whittemore. He has held pastorates at Providence, R. I.; Taunton, Mass.; Lake Village, N. H.; Pawtucket, R. I.; Brunswick, Me., Bangor; Blackstone, Mass.,Taunton;, Waterbury, Vt., North Lebanon, Me., and Deerfield Centre, N. H. He has had revivals in nearly all of these churches. He is now located at Deerfield, N. H. He married Eliza M. Arnold, Jan. 29, 1855, and has four children living. CHURCH OF GOD Church of God, The, arose from revivals enjoyed in and around Harrisburg, Pa., soon after the settlement of Rev. John Winebrenner, D. D., in that city in 1820. Dr. Winebrenner was formerly of the German Reformed church. In 1825 more extensive revivals prevailed. June 29, 1829, the first church was organized at Shingletown, Pa., and in October, 1830, the first eldership was constituted at Harrisburg. In doctrine, free-will is accepted, particular election is denounced, behevers' baptism by immersion is adopted, and open communion practiced. The churches are independent and congregational. The elders of each church unite with those of other churches to form an association called the Eldership, which meets annually.The preachers and one elder from each church compose this annual meeting. This meeting selects a stationing committee, which appoints each minister to his field for the year, subject to the approval of the Eldership. Some Elderships limit the term of service in any one church to three years. In 1883 twelve Eldersbips were reported,East Pennsylvania, West Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and Arkansas. The estimated membership was 40,000. The annual Elderships are associated in a General Eldership which meets tri-annually. Recently a lively interest has been awakened on the subject of education, and a fine college building has been erected at Findlay, O., as a training school for the ministry, and for literary culture for all, both male and female. CHURCHILL Churchill, Rev. Hartwell, son of Asa and Mary (Holden) Churchill, was born at Moose River, Me., Feb. 2, 1845. Jan. 13, 1870, he was married to Lydia Eaton Pratt. For several years he served as a licensed preacher, and was ordained by the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Q. M., Aug. 20, 1882. He has been pastor of the Casnovia, Crystal, and Bushnell churches in Michigan, and is now pastor of the Fairfield church in the same state. He has been a teacher, and has held the office of superintendent of schools and school inspector in different towns. Churchill, Rev. Roger W., son of Nathaniel and Abbie W. (Stevens) Churchill, was born at Shapleigh, Me., Aug. 30, 1848. He first studied for the law.He studied theology at Bates Theological School, and was converted in 1869. Licensed in 1881, he was ordained in 1883, at Richmond, Me., and labored successfully there five years ; he had two revivals; sixty-four were added to the church. He is settled at present at Belmont, N. H., where in one year twelve have been added. He married Maggie A. Archibald, Dec. 13, 1883, and has one daughter. CHILLY Cilley, Rev. Daniel Plumer, grandson of General Joseph Cilley, of the Revolution, and son of Colonel Daniel and Hannah Plumer (sister of Governor Plumer) Cilley, was born at Epsom, N. H., May 31,1806. He studied at Loudon HighSchool and Pembroke Academy, and when about to study medicine he felt Christ's call to the ministry. He was ordained at his native place in January,1833. For twenty-eight years of active ministry he served the churches efficiently in New Market, Northwood, Pittsfield, Manchester, Great Falls, and Farmington, N. H. ; North Scituate, R. I., andBoston, Mass. During nineteen years of this ministry the record kept shows 699 baptisms at his hands ; 584 marriages are recorded. Inheriting a martial spirit and true patriotism, he accepted a chaplaincy in the late Rebellion and served till its close, following his regiment faithfully into every engagement. At the close of the war he was appointed by the American Board a missionary to Alabama, but failing health compelled his return. In 1868 he with his family went to North Carolina, returning to Farmington, N. H., in 1873. He was early identified with the great benevolent institutions and enterprises of the denomination. He was corresponding secretary and recording secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society ; recording secretary for over ten years of the Anti-Slavery Society, president of the S. S. Union; member of publishing committee, a trustee and corporator of the Printing Establishment. He frequently represented his denomination in General Conference. He died peacefully at his home in Farmington Nov. 14, 1888. In 1836 he married Miss Adelaide A. Haines, of Canterbury ; she with ability and sweetness has shared her husband's toils and enhanced his effectiveness as well as soothed his sufferings. Of their four children, Capt. Joseph B.Cilley has gone before ; three remain, Col. Clinton A. Cilley, of North Carolina, Dr. Daniel P. Cilley, of Westborough, Mass., and Mrs. Adelaide Cilley Waldron, whose easy pen has made sweet poetry for the public press. Cilley, Daniel P. (2nd), was a native of British India, who became connected with the boarding-school at Jellasore, and was baptized Aug. 29, 1847. He ever afterwards maintained a consistent Christian character, and in 1854 was received on probation as a preacher of the Gospel to his countrymen, the Santals. While on a tour with the missionaries, he died suddenly of cholera, Jan. 9,1856, and was in sadness carried to Jellasore for burial. Cilley, Rev. Elbridge Gerry, was born in Danbury, N. H., Jan. 7, 1819.He commenced a religious life when nineteen years of age, and began holding meetings four years later. Sept. 6, 1845,he was licensed to preach, and Jan. 8,1848, he was ordained in Michigan, being then connected with the Boston church of the Grand River, and later of the Grand Rapids Q. M. He was pastor of that church twenty years, serving that and other churches in the Q. M. until the organization of the Holton and White River Q. M., which he assisted in gathering. He conducted many revivals, organized ten churches and baptized about four hundred converts. At present he is pastor of the Holton church. In 1844 he was married to Ruth Hunt, who was a help meet indeed, sharing the joys, sorrows and burdens of a pioneer minister's life, and being especially active in Sabbath-school work. She passed to her rest in August, 1878. They had five children, four now living, the oldest being Mrs. Z. F. Griffin, of India. Cilley, Rev. Joseph L., died in Camden, Me., May 15, 1871, aged 67 years.He was born in Buckfield, June I3, 1804. His parents moved to Brooks when he was a boy. He improved his limited advantages so well that he became a good English scholar. He became a Christian at the age of seventeen. He was licensed to preach when about thirty-seven years of age, and was ordained in 1842. His work in the ministry was confined to the towns of Jackson and Brooks and those adjoining them in the Prospect Q. M. In 1853 he moved to Rockland. While there he was confined at home by the feeble health of his wife, who died in 1857, but he preached occasionally and was a great help to the pastor. While at Camden, he preached part of the time for the church, and at other times was a Q. M. missionary, in which work he was very successful. His sermons were plain and practical. He was decided and firm in regard to principles, but gentle and cheerful ; a true peacemaker, yet a manly warrior against sin. He was held in very high esteem. CLARK Clark, Rev. Aaron, died in Hermon, Me., Dec. 11, 1880, aged 66 years. He was converted at the age of thirteen.When seventeen years of age, he was licensed by the Methodists as an exhorter. He afterwards united with the Free Baptists, by whom he was ordained about1840. He preached in several places within the limits of the Montville Q. M.His name appears in the Register in connection with the Washington church from 1848 to 1869 ; then as pastor of the Second Montville church till 1872 ; then as pastor of the Washington church till appointment to travel in the Huntington Q. M. He then settled at Strafford,where he has since lived. In 1875 he was chosen to represent his town for two years in the Vermont Legislature. He has married nearly three hundred couples, and attended over six hundred funerals. Clark, Rev. Frederick, ordained in 181-, labored in Vermont. Clark, Rev. Hannibal, son of George and Harriet (Thomas) Clark, was born in Henry County,Tenn., March 8, 1849.He was converted in 1882, and received license to preach two years later. Nov. 7, 1886, he was ordained by the Mound City Q. M., ILL., and entered upon the work of a pastor. Clark, Hollis K., son of Nathaniel S. and Lucy M. (Knowlton) Clark, was born in Auburn, Mass., April 20, 1832. Nov. 27, 1852, he married Esther L.Pierce, and has five children living. He has been many years a member of the Roger Williams church, Providence, and has long served it as Sunday-school superintendent. For several summers he has served the Assembly at Ocean Park, Me., as musical director. He has been chairman of the Rhode Island Sunday-school Union, and prominent in providing for the Union the program of its excellent Autumn Gatherings. Clarke, Rev. James M., son of George W. and Lovina (Meyers) Clark,was born in White County, Ind., April 22, 1854. Oct. 6, 1875, he was married to Sarah E. Hudson, and was ordained March 12, 1882, since which time he has been the pastor of six churches, and has organized one Q, M., preaching yearly I41 sermons and traveling over 1,400 miles. At present he has charge of the Corry, Glade Springs, Olive Branch and Prairie Valle), churches of the Eldorado Springs Q. M., Mo. Clark, Rev. John, died in Prospect, Me., Aug. 8, 1871, aged 78 years. He was born in Newcastle. He married and moved to Monroe in early, manhood, and in 1824, during a great revival in that section, he was converted and united with the church. He was licensed in 1832 and ordained as an evangelist in 1838. He worked hard to support ??????(left side)1875 ; then as pastor of the South Montville church one year. He remained a member of the latter church till his death. He was very successful in winning souls, and was loved and respected by all who knew him.?????? Clark, Rev. Avery, a native Of Springfield, Mass., settled in Iowa in 1846. He experienced a change of heart three years later, and was ordained in May,1856, at a session of the Delaware and Clayton Q. M.He was a strong man, positive in his convictions, and when President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation he said, " Now I can go." While with his regiment, he was active as a minister. He fell in battleSept. 3, 1863. Clark, Rev. Dudley E., was born July 19, 1855, at Conneaut, Ohio, and died at Arlington, R. I., NOV. 24, 1884, aged 29 years. He was the fifth child of Rev. Ruftis Clark. In the thirteenth year of his age he was baptized by his father and became a member of the church in Warren, 111. Without much help from his father's small salary, he obtained an education through his own persistent efforts. He was graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., in 1879, and from theTheological Department of this college in 1881. He was ordained in 1880, and preached while in school, at Woodstock, Mich., where he witnessed a revival and a score of conversions. After his graduation he preached and taught school at Davison Station, Mich., where his labors were highly esteemed. In 1883, he was called to Arlington, R. I., where he endeared himself to many in the short time before his early death. Clark, Rev. Ely, son of Jeremiah and Polly (joy) Clark, was born in Strafford, Vt.,- Jan. 8, 1808. He was married March 14, 1837, to Sophronia Tyler and Dec. 12, 1843, to Mary Hackett: and has four children, one of whom is Rev. L. G. Clark. Converted at the age of tell, he was licensed by the church in August, 1829, and ordained Jan. 23,1836, at Tunbridge, by Rev's S. H. Goodale, N. Bowles, N. King, and 0.Shipman, and for three years was pastor of the Stowe and Waterbury church; for the next three years he accepted the ap- ??????(right bottom) with the church. He was licensed in 1832, and ordained as in evangelist in 1838. He worked hard to support his family, and preached Sabbaths. He was in the ministry about forty years, and traveled in that time about forty thousand miles, at least one-half of the distance on foot. He baptized 125, attended 100 funerals, and married sixty couples. He preached till within a few days of his death. Though born of poor parents and with limited education, his willing mind enabled him to do a good work.?????? Clark, Rev. Lucian G., son of Eli and Sophronia (Tyler) Clark, was born in Thetford, Vt., January, i 84 I. He became a Christian at the age of sixteen. He was in the war of the Rebellion, in which service he- lost the hearing of one ear. He attended the Green Mountain Seminary for a time, but, unable to bear the instruction at the recitations, he was advised by the principal to leave school and enter the field. He received license to preach in 1874, and was ordained at Norristown, Vt., in June, 1876. He was pastor there three years, one year at South Wheelock, three years and nine months at Washington, one year and three months at Middlesex, and about three years at South Parsonfield, Me. He settled in Hollis, in the spring of 1887. He was a member of the General Conference of 1880. He was married in1865 to Miss. Eunice G. Wells, who died in 1873. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Swift. He has one child. Clark, Rev. Mayhew, died at Hookset, N. H., Dec. 15, 1858, in his 71st year. Funeral services were attended at Manchester, N. H., by the Rev. A. D. Smith. Brother Clark was born at Wakefield, N. H., in May, 1788. In 1814 the hostile British hovered about Portsmouth harbor. Mayhew Clark, of Ossipee, was drafted for the militia. He was a licensed preacher and had been in the practice of holding meetings for four or five years. "One morning early," he says, "I left my bunk and walked through the barracks singing a spiritual hymn, to call out the soldiers of Christ, if any were in camp. Three came out the first time, and an early prayer-meeting was appointed at the cook house at daybreak. The third day I was summoned to the officers' quarters, expecting to be reproved and ordered to hold no more meetings. Great and joyful was my surprise when they asked me to sing and pray with them, and invited me to come every evening, with the assurance that no other duty would be asked of me than the one I had undertaken in the cause of religion." In the meetings that followed sinners were converted and backsliders reclaimed, about sixty in number. He was ordained in 1818. In1826 he, with Roger Copp and Enoch Place, occasionally preached to a little band of the Free Baptist sentiment in Dover, N. H. A revival followed and a church of twenty-five members was organized. In 1829 Clark commenced his labors with this church, and after a few months left the vestry for another place. Others accompanying him, the academy was hired, a general meeting of all Free Baptists was called, and the church organization of sixty-three members was revived, new officers were chosen and a revival followed. He was for many years connected with the New Durham Q. M., dwelling at Meredith. In1840 he went to reside at Upper Gilmanton. Clark, Rev. 0. T., son of Thompson F. and Philana (Miller) Clark, was born in Essex, Vt., in 1832, and married to Miss Caroline A. Fielding in 1854. He made a profession of religion in 1850 (the family having moved to Illinois in 1836) and studied zealously as opportunity presented, but resisted the call to the ministry. He served three years in the army, and there decided to obey the call. Returning to his home, now in Iowa, he Joined the Freewill Baptist church, and served as a laymen until, at the close of a revival in 1870, he was licensed. The following year he was ordained. His ministry has been in Iowa, with theTama Q. M. ; in Kansas eight years, with the Norton County Q. M., which he was largely instrumental in gathering, and now in Illinois, with the Burns and Liberty- churches of the Walnut Creek Q. M. During his ministry he has organized six churches, baptized sixty persons, and, with his wife, has taken much interest in the benevolent work of the denomination. Clark, Rev. Peter, was born in Upper Gilnianton, N. H., Oct. 8, 1781, and