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terial labors with regularity until 1833, when he was superannuated 

 for one year; continued effective from 1834 to 1838, when he was 

 forced by ill health to ask again for a superannuated relation. He 

 departed this life June 27, 1838, in Anson county in North Carolina, 

 in full assurance of a blissful immortality. So sweet and easy was 

 his death that the smile remained on his countenance after the spirit 

 was gone, a, beautiful token of its peaceful departure and of its tri- 

 umphant entrance into eternal rest. 



Brown, Absalom was a native of North Carolina; admitted on 

 trial in 1828, and traveled successively the Lincoln, Quincy (Florida), 

 Sugar Creek, Rocky River, and Montgomery circuits ; was afflicted 

 with derangement several months, and died of paralysis in the cir- 

 cuit he last traveled, in 1838— a humble-minded, godly man, and 

 an able preacher. 



Bozeman, Samuel was received on trial as a traveling preacher 

 in 1830, and appointed in succession to the Lincoln, Pedee, Mont- 

 gomery, and Cooper River circuits ; located on account of ill health 

 in 1834, but was granted a superannuated relation by the Conference 

 in 1835, about the time of his death; a man of sincere piety, and 

 zealous for the salvation of souls, of moderate preaching ability, 

 yet highly useful in the several appointments which he filled. He 

 died in Richmond county, in North Carolina, in full prospect of 

 eternal glory. 



Boyd, Robert J. was born in Chester District, in South Caro- 

 lina, November 24, 1805, and died at Marion September 3, 1869, 

 being nearly sixty-four years old. He was converted in early youth, 

 licensed to preach January 4, 1830, received on trial in the Confer- 

 ence in 1834, and for thirty-five years was in active service in the 

 mission field, on circuits, stations, and districts, ceasing at once to 

 work and live. He held at different times many positions of honor 

 or trust in the gift of his Conference, and in every position bore 

 himself with that simplicity and dignity which most adorn the 

 Christian character. Whether as a missionary to the negroes, or 

 pastor, or presiding elder, or delegate to the General Conference, he 

 always met the responsibilities of the occasion with calmness and 

 courage, and always proved himself equal to his work. He met his 

 appointments as long as he could ride, and then, after a few weeks of 

 intense suffering, passed away in a moment to his eternal reward. 



Boone, William English was born in Fayette ville, North 

 Carolina, January 11, 1830 ; converted in 1846, educated at Cokes- 

 bury School, and entered the Conference on trial in 1850, and was 



