Elisha Streeter, Methodist minister

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From the History of Methodism in Maine 1793-1886
by Rev Stephen Allen & Rev W. H. Pilsbury
Augusta: Press of Charles E. Nash 1887
page 430-431                   


ELISHA STREETER.


Rev.  Elisha Streeter was born in Gilford, Vt., August 21, 1784.
He was converted at the age of eighteen, and joined the Methodist
church.  Believing himself called to the work of the ministry, he
immediately commenceded to  labor as an exhorter.

In 1805, he was admitted to the New England Conference on trial,
and received appointments in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
& Rhode Island, till 1821, when he was appointed Presiding Elder of Portland
District, Maine, in which office he continued four Years.  His Subse-
queut labors were in Maine, and he continued in the itinerant service
till 1845, serving seventeen years as Presiding Elder.

In 1845, he was entered upon the, list of superanauates, and retired
to his home in Mercer.

In 1847, under great mental depression, he withdrew from the
church, ,laid passed the remaining years of his life at his home.  He
subsequently rallied from his depression and returned to the church,
which he had so long faithfully served.  His health continued to
decline, and on the eighth of November, 1861, he died in peace, aged
seventy-seven years, highly esteemed by his neighbors and friends.

Father Streeter was stern in manner with a strong voice and commanding appearance.  
He was regarded as an able preacher and was especially thorough in  enforcing the rules 
of Discipline.    He had great  power of endurance,  seldom failing to meet his appointments,
however distant, in spite of cold and stormy weather.  He was twice a delegate to the 
General Conference, and for many years was one of the prominent ministers of 
Maine Conference.  He was married to Tacy Allen, July 30, 1806.  
They had eight children, several of are living and settled in life.