BIO: Almus D. Alexander, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 147-148.
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  ALEXANDER, ALMUS D., was born in Hale's Eddy, Delaware County, N.Y., 
on December 15, 1839, and died in Binghamton, N.Y., on May 18, 1899.
  He was the son of a local preacher of wonderful gifts in exhortation 
and prayer.  His mother was from an excellent family and a beautiful 
Christian character.  After her husband's death she moved to Kingston, 
Pa., for the purpose of educating her two sons in Wyoming Seminary.  
While attending the seminary such was his zeal in the Master's work 
that he became the spiritual leader of a large class of young men.  His 
first license to preach was from the Kingston Quarterly Conference.
  On September 27, 1883, he married Miss Mattie Knight, a woman of many 
gifts, who suddenly died on May 3, 1884.  This affliction saddened all 
the rest of his life.
  His ministry was followed by revivals.  It is said that his prayers 
and exhortations were cyclonic.  "At Montrose, commencing meetings in a 
country schoolhouse, the revival swept into the town, and the whole 
country was moved like a forest shaken by the wind, and five hundred 
converts were gathered into the churches."
  Impaired health and the loss of hearing prompted him to superannuate 
in 1891, after which time he resided in Binghamton.  During the last 
year of his life Bright's disease began its destructive work, 
terminating his life very soon.  He was buried in Hale's Eddy, N.Y., 
the place of his birth.
  He joined Wyoming Conference in 1867 after serving as supply under 
presiding elders three years.
  His appointments were as follows: 1864, Lacawaxen, supply; 1865-66, 
Spencer, supply; 1867, Newton; 1868-69, Hendricksburg; 1870, North 
Danby; 1871-72, Montrose; 1873-75, Main Street, Binghamton; 1876-78, 
Owego; 1879-81, High Street, Binghamton; 1882-84, Chenango Street, 
Binghamton; 1885-87, Whitney's Point; 1888, Greene; 1889-90, Smyrna; 
1891-99, sd.