Buckley, James (2)
Buckley, James (1)
an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Crampton, near Oldham, Lancashire, December 20, 1770. His parents were members of the Established Church. He united with the Methodist Church in 1785, commenced his ministry in 1791. took an active part in forming the first Wesleyan Missionary Auxiliary Society, was efected Secretary of Home Missions in 1814, became a supernumerary at Llanelly, Wales, in 1832, and died while attending the Centenary Conference at Liverpool, August 24, 1839. Buckley was much esteemed by his brethren. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1842; Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1842, page 265.
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Buckley, James (2)
an English Congregational minister, was born at Mossley, Lancashire, January 27, 1796. He was brought up in the Church of England. In 1819 he was converted at the Independent Chapel in Cricketslane, Ashton-under- Lyne, became a Sundayschool teacher, and began preaching at mission stations in the neighboring villages. In 1821 he entered Idle Academy, Yorkshire, and in 1825 was ordained pastor at Thirsk, in the North Riding. He accepted a. call to Peiniston, in the West Riding, in 1837, and in 1851 removed to Horbury, near Wakefield. Mr. Buckley’s last charge was at Stockport, which he accepted in 1854. Here he died, March 18, 1873. His character was marked by conscientiousness and intensity. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1874, page 315.