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lar ministry, and was ordained an elder by
Bishop Asbury three years later. In 1823
he removed to Sangamon county, Illinois.
He attended all the various conferences and
camp meetings, and in the latter was a most
powerful and successful worker. He was
opposed to slavery, and was greatly re-
joiced when the Methodist Episcopal church
of the North placed its seal of condemna-
tion upon it. He was an earnest Democrat,
was elected to the Illinois legislature, and
in 1846 was a congressional candidate
against Abraham Lincoln, who defeated
him. He was a presiding elder of his church
for upwards of fifty years. He was an un-
polished but logical and forceful speaker,
and wielded a powerful influence in relig-
ious meetings. He published several pam-
phlets, of which the most famous is his
"Controversy with the Devil" (1853), His
"Autobiography," edited by William P.
Strickland, abounds in humorous incidents
relating to the experiences of Mr. Cart-
wright at his many camp meetings. He
died in Sangamon county, Illinois, Septem-
ber 25, 1872,
Crane, William, born in Newark, New Jersey, May 6, 1790. He was a resident of Richmond. Virginia, from 181 1 to 1834, and was distinguished for his zeal in promoting the religious welfare of the colored people. He was teacher of the first school for blacks ii) that city, and was founder of the Rich- mond African Baptist Missionary Society, which sent Lott Gary out to Liberia. He was one of the founders of Richmond Col- lege, to which he gave one thousand dollars, and he made large benefactions to other educational and religious objects. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, September 28,
1866. His son, William Carey Crane, born
in Richmond, Virginia, March 17, 1816, was
a Baptist minister, and at various times pas-
tor of churches and president of colleges in
Mississippi and Texas.
Fendall, Philip Ricard, born in Alexan- dria. Virginia, in 1794. He was educated at Princeton College, graduating in 1815, and was admitted to the bar at Alexandria in 1820. soon afterwards removing to Wash- ington City, where he served as district attorney. 1841-45. and 1849-53. ^^^ many years he ranked as the leading advocate of the capital city. He was a brilliant writer and frequently contributed to the press on political and literary topics. He died in Washington City. February 16, 1868.
Finlcy, John, born at Brownsburg, Rock- bridge county. Virginia, January 11, 1797. He was educated at his neighborhood schools, and in 1818 removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and thence to Richmond, Indiana. From 1 83 1 to 1834 he was one of the editors and proprietors of the Richmond (Indi- ana) "Palladium." For three years he was a member of the legislature, and enrolling clerk of the state senate for another three years. From 1838 to 1845 ^^ was clerk of the Wayne county courts, and mayor of Richmond (Indiana) from 1852 until his death, in that city, December 23, 1866. He was a graceful writer of verse, and his poems were collected in a volume entitled "The Hoosier's Nest, and Other Poems," published the year before his death. The best poem in the work is the well known "Bachelors' Hall."
Stuart^ Ferdinand Campbell, was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, August 10, 1815.
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