Stephen Mason Merrill
Stephen Mason Merrill (September 16, 1825 – November 12, 1905) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872.
Early life[]
Stephen Mason Merrill was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio on September 16, 1825.[1]
Ordained ministry[]
Merrill was the grandson of a Minute-Man of the American Revolution. He served with distinction as a pastor and in the Ohio Annual Conference. He was the Editor of the Western Christian Advocate (an official publication of his denomination) when elected Bishop.
Episcopal ministry[]
Merill was elected to the episcopacy the same year as another Ohio-born M.E. Bishop, Randolph Sinks Foster. Bishop Merrill became an acknowledged authority on Methodist law.
Death[]
Merrill died in Keyport, New Jersey on November 12, 1905.[1] He is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.[2]
See also[]
- List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bishop Stephen Mason Merrill". New-York Tribune. November 14, 1905. p. 7. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-rose_hill-chicago.htm
- Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).
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