Hamilton, Samuel
Hamilton, Samuel
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Monongahela Co., Va., Dec. 17, 1791 and removed to Ohio in 1806; was converted in 1812; entered the Ohio Conference in 1815; and died May 4, 1853. He was a pioneer of Western Methodism, and a widely known and excellent minister. As a preacher, presiding elder; and delegate to General Conference, he was in all respects a workman that needed not to be ashamed. He was shrewd, sarcastic, and eloquent, and his labors were abundantly successful among all classes of society. Min. of Conferences, 5, 268; Wakeley, Heroes of Methodism, p. 337. (G. L. T.)