Brown, John M a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Mayfield, N.Y., August 12, 1835. He removed to Steuben County, Indiana, about 1853; served as a soldier in the Federal army over three years; in 1870 began preaching, and at the close of that year entered the North Indiana Conference, wherein he labored with zeal … Continue reading “Brown, John M”
Brown, John Howe, D.D
Brown, John Howe, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Kentucky, and spent the greater part of his ministerial life there. He was a pastor in Richmond, and afterwards in Lexington. In 1854 he was stated supply at Jacksonville, Illinois; in 1855 he removed to Springfield, where he ministered to the First and Second Presbyterian … Continue reading “Brown, John Howe, D.D”
Brown, John, D.D., Vicar Of Newcastle (2)
Brown, John, D.D., Vicar Of Newcastle born in Northumberland 1715, and educated at Cambridge, was made rector of Great Horkeseley, Essex, 1715, and vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, 1758. He committed suicide, in a fit of insanity, 1766. He was an ingenious writer, of more talent than learning. He wrote An Estimate of the Manners … Continue reading “Brown, John, D.D., Vicar Of Newcastle (2)”
Brown, John, D.D. (4) (2)
Brown, John, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland, June 16, 1763. His father emigrated to South Carolina, and the son’s early education was limited. At 16 he entered the Revolutionary army as a volunteer. After the war he studied theology, and in 1783 was licensed to preach, and became pastor of … Continue reading “Brown, John, D.D. (4) (2)”
Brown, John D
Brown, John D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Kishacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1834, and was left dependent on his own resources very early in life by the decease of his father. After receiving a common-school education he studied at Tuscarora Academy and Jefferson College; and in 1859 entered the East Baltimore Conference. … Continue reading “Brown, John D”
Brown, John C
Brown, John C a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of New Jersey, was born in New York city in 1828. He was ordained deacon in 1846; became rector of Christ Church, Walton, from 1847 to 1860; of St. Paul’s, Trenton, from 1862 to 1877; and died in Trenton, March 28, 1877. See Prot. Episc. … Continue reading “Brown, John C”
Brown, John (12)
Brown, John (10) an English Congregational minister, was born at Denny, Stirling, April 24, 1811. He was early converted, and began to labor in the Christian cause. In 1833 he entered Blackburn Academy, and in 1837 he became the pastor of the churches of Wirksworth and Middleton, in Derbyshire, where he remained nineteen years. In … Continue reading “Brown, John (12)”
Brown, John (9)
Brown, John (1) an English martyr, was miserably treated because he rebuked the priest, and was burned at Ashford in 1517. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 4:181. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Brown, John (2) an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born at Laleham, Middlesex, June 1, 1639. He … Continue reading “Brown, John (9)”
Brown, Jesse
Brown, Jesse a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Amherst County, Virginia, July 17, 1782. He received a pious training; joined the Church in 1806; received license to preach in 1808; and in 1809 entered the North Carolina Conference, wherein he served until his death, November 8, 1812. Mr. Brown’s life was pious, zealous, and … Continue reading “Brown, Jesse”
Brown, James Willis
Brown, James Willis a Methodist Episcopal minister, son of Reverend Nathaniel Brown, was born in Fairview, Indiana, in 1850. He joined the Church in 1859; was converted at his father’s family altar a few years later; received license to exhort in 1869, to preach in 1870; and in the same year entered the North Indiana … Continue reading “Brown, James Willis”