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at the age of twenty-five years, he was ad- mitted to the South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the fol- lowing year was appointed to the Natchez circuit, and thus became the pioneer Meth- odist preacher in Mississippi Territory and the first of that denomination to labor among the Cherokee and Creek Indians; in 1820 he was made presiding elder of the Mississippi circuit, and the ministry was his chosen field of labor, but he also engaged in busi- ness, in which he achieved a certain degree of success, and in addition served as judge of the private court of Warren county; his prominence in affairs led to his appointment as president of the board of trustees of Cen- tenary College, Johnson, Louisiana, in which capacity he served for several years, and he was also president of the Conference Mis- sionary Society; he married a daughter of the Rev. Newit Vick, and in 1820 settled in Mississippi on Mr. Vick's estate, and there founded Vicksburg, which he named in honoi'of his father-in-law. Rev. Mr. Vick; his death occurred in Vicksburg, Missis- sippi, October 10, 1855.

Jones, Roger, born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1789, son of Major Catesby and Lettice Corbin (Turberville) Jones ; in young manhood he was appointed to the military service of the United States a? second lieutenant of marines, January 29, 1809, and was promoted captain and assign- ed to the artillery, July 12, 1812; he was actively engaged at Chippewa, Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie, and for meritorious conduct at the first named places was brevetted major, and lieutenant-colonel for a suc- cessful sortie at the last named place: was promoted major, August 16, 1818,

and made adjutant-general, and brevetted colonel, September 17, 1824; was promoted lieutenant-colonel, March 7, 1825, and ap- pointed adjutant-general of the army, and received brevets as brigadier-general, June, 1832, and major-general. May, 1848; mar- ried Mary Anne Mason Page, born about 1796, died at Washington, D. C, in Decem- ber, 1873 ; he also died in Washington, D. C, July 15, 1852.

Aulick, Jc^in H., was born at Winchester, Virginia, in 1789, and joined the United States navy as midshipman in 1809. He was assigned to serv^'ce on the Enterprise and in 18 1 2 he was present at the capture of the British privateers Mars and Fly, and the ship Boxer. He was subsequently in service on the Saranac, the BrandyiiHne, the Constitution and other well known vessels, and in 1843 was appointed commander of the navy-yard in Washington, holding the position for three years. In 1847 ^^ ^^^ placed in command of the Vincennes, and later of the East India squadron. He was retired in 1861, and in the following year was placed on the retired list with the rank of commodore. He died April 27, 1873.

Sparrow, Patrick J., born in Lincoln county. North Carolina, in 1802. He was educated by the Rev. Samuel Williamson, in upper South Carolina. He was engaged in preaching in Salisbury, North Carolina, and assisted in raising funds for the estab- lishment of Davidson (North Carolina) Col- lege, and at its organization was made pro- fessor of ancient languages. In 1841 he be- came pastor of the Hampden-Sidney Col- lege Church, and in 1844 succeeded Dr. Maxwell in the presidency. After occupy-

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