Journal of the ..Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . 191U MEMOIRS 179. REV. JAMES SHAW, D. D. /QEV. JAMES SHAW. wasjSa born in the County Longford,Ireland, July 29, 1820. The familywas Scotch-Irish in descent. Raisedin the Established, or Episcopal,church, at 16 years of age he wasconverted during a revival conductedby Sergeant Wilson of the regulararmy. He then joined the Methodistchurch, as did his father, mother and•)ther members of the family. Hehad previously hoped to be a mis-sionary in the Episcopal church, butnow planned to be a Methodistpreacher. He at
Journal of the ..Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . 191U MEMOIRS 179. REV. JAMES SHAW, D. D. /QEV. JAMES SHAW. wasjSa born in the County Longford,Ireland, July 29, 1820. The familywas Scotch-Irish in descent. Raisedin the Established, or Episcopal,church, at 16 years of age he wasconverted during a revival conductedby Sergeant Wilson of the regulararmy. He then joined the Methodistchurch, as did his father, mother and•)ther members of the family. Hehad previously hoped to be a mis-sionary in the Episcopal church, butnow planned to be a Methodistpreacher. He attended college inDublin for some time and then wasassigned to a mission at Shan-non, where he both taught scliool andpreached. Here he had one of thelargest revivals of that day. At thistime the Irish famine came and hewas put in charge of the distributionof .food by the commission. His nextIrish charges were Lisburne, Lucon,and Newton Limavady. He thenfollowed his parents to Bloomington, Illinois. He arrived in America after the session of Conference, but took workunder Rev. Mr. B
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