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here," then bid all present farewell ; closed his own eyes, folded his 

 hands, and his happy spirit, without a sigh or groan, took its flight. 

 He was an exemplary and devoted Christian, and although his 

 talents were not extraordinary, he was extensively useful. 



Dix, John was born in Kobison county in North Carolina, August 

 14, 1767; converted in 1790; licensed as a local preacher in Brims, 

 wick Circuit about 1S10; admitted into the traveling connection in 

 1818, and sent to Bladen; in 1819, to Little Pedee ; in 1820, to Black 

 Rivers ; in 1821, to Lynch's Creek; and in 1822, to Deep River, where 

 he finished his course January 14, 1823, by a stroke of apoplexy, in 

 the fifty-sixth year of his age. He had a presentiment that he should 

 die on the Deep River Circuit, and his remains were interred at the 

 spot selected by himself. 



Daxnelly^James w as born in Columbia county, Georgia, Feb- 

 ruary 4, 1786; converted on his thirteenth year, June 17, 1816; 

 licensed to preach August 18, 1818, and in the following December 

 admitted on trial in the Conference, and sent to Bush River Circuit; 

 in 1820, to Deep River, North Carolina; in 1821, to Saluda Circuit; 

 South Carolina ; in 1822, to Keowee Circuit ; the two following years 

 to Abbeville Circuit; in 1825, to Fayetteville, North Carolina; in 

 1826, again to Abbeville ; in 1827, to Sandy River; in 1828, to Little 

 River, Georgia ; in 1829, missionary to the colored people on Savan- 

 nah and Broad rivers ; in 1830, missionary to the colored people on 

 Savannah River; the three following years held a superannuated re- 

 lation; in 1834, to Union ; in 1835, superannuated; in 1836, to Green- 

 ville Circuit ; in 1837, to Cokesbury, after which he was superannuated 

 until his death, which took place near Lowndesville, South Carolina, 

 April 28, 1855, in the seventieth year of his age, and in the thirty- 

 sixth of his ministry. He rose to eminence as a preacher and be- 

 came, everywhere he went, a terror to evil-doers. He was a good 

 man and warm-hearted friend. His life was one of constant bodily 

 affliction, and his death serene and peaceful. 



Davis, John N. was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, 

 November 11, 1804; converted August 11, 1832; admitted on trial in 

 the South Carolina Conference in 1834, and sent to Bladen ; in 1835, 

 to Brunswick; in 1836, to Columbia Circuit; in 1837, to Charleston; 

 in 1838 and two following years, to Pocotaligo Mission ; in 1841, re- 

 ceived a superannuated relation, which he sustained till his redeemed 

 spirit took its departure from earth to its heavenly reward in June, 

 1844. He died like a Christian victor, and his remains, at his own 

 request, were interred at Columbia, South Carolina. 



