. Journal of the ... Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. elve years of age, his father died, andwithin a year thereafter his mother also passed a sister and her husband, a minister of the gos-pel, he came to Danville, Illinois. Less than a yearafter their arrival there, in 1848, the sister died, and his brother-in-law wentotherwhere, leaving young Webster among strangers. He supported him-self by odd jobs of various sorts, with small remuneration, until in 1853,when less than eighteen years of age, he began his career as a schoolteacher. He was instructor in
. Journal of the ... Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. elve years of age, his father died, andwithin a year thereafter his mother also passed a sister and her husband, a minister of the gos-pel, he came to Danville, Illinois. Less than a yearafter their arrival there, in 1848, the sister died, and his brother-in-law wentotherwhere, leaving young Webster among strangers. He supported him-self by odd jobs of various sorts, with small remuneration, until in 1853,when less than eighteen years of age, he began his career as a schoolteacher. He was instructor in the Seminaries of Danville and Shelbyville,and at the latter place was given his first license to preach the gospel. Witha view of preparing himself more fully for the ministry, he entered theOhio Wesleyan University at Delaware, graduating therefrom in 1859, andthe same year he entered the Illinois Annual Conference of the MethodistEpiscopal Church. He was appointed to Virginia, where, as his first yearssalary, he received the sum of $ His subsequent charges were Chand-. 1922 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 119 lerville, Island Grove, Champaign, Urbana, Vermont Street Quincy, Uni-versity Charge Bloomington, Delavan, Normal, First Church Springfield,Jacksonville District, Springfield District, Grace Church Jacksonville,Stapps Chapel Decatur, Danville District, Superintendent of the DomesticMissionary and Church Aid Society, and Financial Secretary of the Super-annuate Fund. He retired in 1905, and has made his home in Danville untilhis death, which occurred at Lake View Hospital May 19, 1922, less thanaix weeks after his wifes spirit had ascended from the same place. Hisdecease was indirectly caused by being run down by an automobile abouttwo weeks prior to his passing. The injury was not considered fatal, oreven very serious at first, but the shock, coupled with his advanced age,doubtless hastened the end. While in the hospital he expressed a wish notto recover, but to go he
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