Wallace, Robert (1), D.D a Scotch divine, was born in Perthshire in 1697; was educated at the University of Edinburgh; became minister of Moffat in 1723; also of Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, in 1733, and died in 1771. He published, A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in Ancient and Modern Times (1753): Characteristics of the … Continue reading “Wallace, Robert (1), D.D”
Wallace, Robert (2)
Wallace, Robert a Scotch prelate, was minister at Barnwell, Ayrshire, and was consecrated bishop of the Isles, at St. Andrews, in January 1661. He died in 1675. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 310. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Wallace, Robert (2) a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, was born in the … Continue reading “Wallace, Robert (2)”
Wallace, Marcus Jediah
Wallace, Marcus Jediah a Presbyterian minister, was born June 19, 1819, in Cabarrus County, N. C. He received his preparatory education at Mount Carmel Academy, Tipton County, Tenn., under the tuition of the Rev. James Holmes, D.D., and graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1849. He made. a profession of religion in the … Continue reading “Wallace, Marcus Jediah”
Wallace, Jonathan, M.D
Wallace, Jonathan, M.D a Universalist minister, was of Scotch descent, born at Peterborough, N. H., March 20, 1784. He removed with his father to Berlin, Vt., in 1795, where he received a good common-school education, and taught school for several years; studied medicine in his young manhood and for some time followed the medical profession, … Continue reading “Wallace, Jonathan, M.D”
Wallace, John (2)
Wallace, John (1) a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in North Carolina in 1766. He spent the early part of his life in ignorance and wickedness; was converted at the age of twenty-six; received license as a local preacher two years later; labored with acceptance in that capacity about twenty-four years; and in 1818 joined … Continue reading “Wallace, John (2)”
Wallace, James
Wallace, James embarked in November, 1845, as a Wesleyan missionary for the island of Ceylon, which he reached in safety. In June, 1846, he was driven out to sea while on his way from Jaffna to Batticaloa, and for six days suffered great privations and dangers in a small craft in the Bay of Bengal. … Continue reading “Wallace, James”
Wallace, Henry C
Wallace, Henry C a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Winchester, Ill., Nov. 5, 1832. He was converted in his nineteenth year, and in 1858 joined the Illinois Conference and was appointed to Butlerville. The next year he was discontinued. In 1863 he was again received and filled the following charges: Petersburgh and Athens, Sangamon, … Continue reading “Wallace, Henry C”
Wallace, George W
Wallace, George W a minister of the Baptist denomination, was born at Berkeley, Mass., Feb. 19, 1814. At the age of sixteen he professed his faith in Christ, and united with the Free Baptist Church in Pawtucket, R.I. In 1836 he was licensed to preach by the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. For several years, such … Continue reading “Wallace, George W”
Wallace, Cranmore
Wallace, Cranmore a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born in Ackworth, N.H., Feb. 27, 1802. Mr. W. was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1824, and engaged for a short, time in teaching at Boston and other towns in Massachusetts. As early as 1830 he removed to South Carolina, where for the first … Continue reading “Wallace, Cranmore”
Wallace, Benjamin John, D.D
Wallace, Benjamin John, D.D an eminent Presbyterian divine, was born at Erie, Pa., June 10, 1810. He made a profession of religion when in his twelfth year; received an appointment of a cadetship to the West Point Military Academy, N.Y., in 1827; graduated at the Princeton (N.J.) Theological Seminary in 1832; was licensed by the … Continue reading “Wallace, Benjamin John, D.D”