Obituaries
Reverend John Mercer
He was born in NC, November 30, 1785. Went thence to GA; thence to TN, and thence to IN; and between thirty and forty years since settled in Monroe Co, IN. He staid there a few years,and then came to Putnam Co. where he lived till the day of his death; January 15, 1856. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1805; but did not embrace religion until 1810. His first license to preach was signed by Rev. Moses Crume, presiding elder, in 1815. he was ordained deacon by Bishop Roberts, September 20,1822; and was ordained by the same in 1830. From the time of his conversion he was zealous in the cause of religion. He was a man for his day and country.
William Meginniss
Western Christian Advocate, page 60, April 9 1856, Vol. XXIII, No. 15.
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