His father moved from Schoharie county to Whitetown, New York in 1824, thence to Utica in 1825. HIs only brother and a sister died in infancy. He attended school in Utica till 1831, then moved to Richmondville, New York, where he attended school till 1836. In November, 1837, he moved to Michigan, where he taught from 1838 to 1840, and after two years of teaching in Rensselaerville, New York, returned to Michigan and continued in the same occupation till 1851.
May 8, 1842, he was commissioned captain of militia, and in 1846 he was elected town clerk.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1833, was licensed to preach in 1843, and was ordained elder Oct. 3, 1846. In 1849 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal conference, accepted the doctrines of the Seventh-day Baptists in 1853, and during twenty years preached in thirty-five counties of Michigan.∼Minister. He was licensed to preach for the Methodists in 1843 and was ordained in 1846. For years he was a bitter opponent of Adventist teachings, but in 1853, after he had been assigned by his bishop to debate the Sabbath question with Joseph Bates, he reversed his position and began to observe the Sabbath and to preach Adventist doctrines.
He built the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Battle Creek on his property, located at the corner of Cass and Van Buren streets, and served as pastor of that church during its early years.
Although for a period he became discouraged and left the ministry, he later returned to the work. He stopped preaching some time before his death because of ill health. He was a deep Bible student with an independent turn of mind. In several early articles he contributed to the development of the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of church organization, systematic benevolence, and to the doctrine of the millennium.
May 8, 1842, he was commissioned captain of militia, and in 1846 he was elected town clerk.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1833, was licensed to preach in 1843, and was ordained elder Oct. 3, 1846. In 1849 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal conference, accepted the doctrines of the Seventh-day Baptists in 1853, and during twenty years preached in thirty-five counties of Michigan.∼Minister. He was licensed to preach for the Methodists in 1843 and was ordained in 1846. For years he was a bitter opponent of Adventist teachings, but in 1853, after he had been assigned by his bishop to debate the Sabbath question with Joseph Bates, he reversed his position and began to observe the Sabbath and to preach Adventist doctrines.
He built the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Battle Creek on his property, located at the corner of Cass and Van Buren streets, and served as pastor of that church during its early years.
Although for a period he became discouraged and left the ministry, he later returned to the work. He stopped preaching some time before his death because of ill health. He was a deep Bible student with an independent turn of mind. In several early articles he contributed to the development of the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of church organization, systematic benevolence, and to the doctrine of the millennium.
His father moved from Schoharie county to Whitetown, New York in 1824, thence to Utica in 1825. HIs only brother and a sister died in infancy. He attended school in Utica till 1831, then moved to Richmondville, New York, where he attended school till 1836. In November, 1837, he moved to Michigan, where he taught from 1838 to 1840, and after two years of teaching in Rensselaerville, New York, returned to Michigan and continued in the same occupation till 1851.
May 8, 1842, he was commissioned captain of militia, and in 1846 he was elected town clerk.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1833, was licensed to preach in 1843, and was ordained elder Oct. 3, 1846. In 1849 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal conference, accepted the doctrines of the Seventh-day Baptists in 1853, and during twenty years preached in thirty-five counties of Michigan.∼Minister. He was licensed to preach for the Methodists in 1843 and was ordained in 1846. For years he was a bitter opponent of Adventist teachings, but in 1853, after he had been assigned by his bishop to debate the Sabbath question with Joseph Bates, he reversed his position and began to observe the Sabbath and to preach Adventist doctrines.
He built the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Battle Creek on his property, located at the corner of Cass and Van Buren streets, and served as pastor of that church during its early years.
Although for a period he became discouraged and left the ministry, he later returned to the work. He stopped preaching some time before his death because of ill health. He was a deep Bible student with an independent turn of mind. In several early articles he contributed to the development of the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of church organization, systematic benevolence, and to the doctrine of the millennium.
May 8, 1842, he was commissioned captain of militia, and in 1846 he was elected town clerk.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1833, was licensed to preach in 1843, and was ordained elder Oct. 3, 1846. In 1849 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal conference, accepted the doctrines of the Seventh-day Baptists in 1853, and during twenty years preached in thirty-five counties of Michigan.∼Minister. He was licensed to preach for the Methodists in 1843 and was ordained in 1846. For years he was a bitter opponent of Adventist teachings, but in 1853, after he had been assigned by his bishop to debate the Sabbath question with Joseph Bates, he reversed his position and began to observe the Sabbath and to preach Adventist doctrines.
He built the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Battle Creek on his property, located at the corner of Cass and Van Buren streets, and served as pastor of that church during its early years.
Although for a period he became discouraged and left the ministry, he later returned to the work. He stopped preaching some time before his death because of ill health. He was a deep Bible student with an independent turn of mind. In several early articles he contributed to the development of the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of church organization, systematic benevolence, and to the doctrine of the millennium.
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