Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Brown, Clark, A.M a Congregational minister, was ordained pastor of the Church in Machias, Maine, October 7, 1795; dismissed November 3, 1797; installed pastor in Brimfield, Massachusetts, June 20, 1798; dismissed November 2, 1803; and died several years after. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 2:485. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brown, Charles Smith a Universalist minister, was born in Oneida County, N.Y., March 20, 1804. He joined the Methodists at the age of fourteen; received a private theological training for the Universalist ministry, and in 1832 was ordained, and entered upon his work at South Oxford. He afterwards removed to Upper Lisle; then spent a … Continue reading “Brown, Charles Smith”

Brown, Charles S a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Plattekill, Ulster County, N.Y., February 7, 1825. He inherited admirable natural qualities from exemplary Christian parents. His intention was to become a lawyer, and he determined to obtain a liberal education, which he began in New Paltz Academy, afterwards attending Amenia Seminary. Here he was … Continue reading “Brown, Charles S”

Brown, Charles II a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Campbell County, Virginia. He experienced conversion in 1868; was licensed to exhort and to preach in due time, and about 1872 entered the Missouri Conference, in which he labored faithfully two years, when sickness prostrated him, and after months of suffering he died, in 1874 … Continue reading “Brown, Charles II”

Brown, Charles Eden a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1815. He was converted while a boy, and entered the Baltimore Conference in 1837, in which he toiled faithfully until his death, July 13, 1846. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1846, page 9. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brown, Charles a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in England in 1817. He early yielded himself to the Holy Spirit and his future work. It was not, however, until he was about forty years old that he ventured to address his friends in public. This long delay was owing to his high … Continue reading “Brown, Charles”

Brown, Chad a Baptist minister, the ancestor of the well-known family which bears his name in Providence, R.I., was born in England about 1610. He came to America, it is supposed, in July 1638. Sympathizing with Roger Williams in his views on civil and religious liberty, he fled from the colony of Massachusetts, and took … Continue reading “Brown, Chad”

Brown, Caleb a Baptist minister, was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, December 4, 1791. In early manhood he removed to Rockingham, Vermont, where he united with that Church. He spent about two years at the theological institution in Hamilton, N.Y.; in 1829 became pastor of the Church in Wilton, N.H., and subsequently preached in Townsend, Winchester, … Continue reading “Brown, Caleb”

Brown, Benjamin Newton a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Martinsburg, Virginia, December 19, 1808. He experienced conversion in 1824, soon after was licensed to exhort, then to preach, and in 1833 united with the Baltimore Conference. He died in Washington, D.C., January 17, I869. Mr. Brown’s endowments were of a high order. He was … Continue reading “Brown, Benjamin Newton”

Brown, B. F a Methodist Episcopal minister, was a member of the Black River Conference, and died in 1867 or 1868. As to his personal character he was remarkable, and physically powerful and well-formed. The fires of love and zeal were far too fierce for the control of his will. He lived and died in … Continue reading “Brown, B. F”