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school teacher in Brownsville, receiving his certificate in December, 1859. He taught school until 1867 - ten months of that time he taught in Washington city. He was an active member of Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League, which had control of the educational and political interests of the race. He was a member of the National Convention at Syracuse, New York, 1864. He was secretary of the National Convention of colored men in Washington, D. C., 1867. He was licensed to preach in Washington city March 30, 1865, and was stationed at Walnut Hills, Ohio, 1867 to 1870. He remained there three years, and taught the common school at that place, after which he was stationed in Toledo, Ohio, for three years, from 1870-'73. He was then returned to Cincinnati, where he remained three years. From there he went to Urbana June 1, 1876, and remained there until September, 1878. He was appointed to the Columbus (Ohio) station. He was appointed vice-president of the State Sunday-school Union in 1878, and has been connected with it for three years. He was the vice-president of the Republican State Convention of Ohio June 18, 1878, and delivered one of the ratification addresses at night in Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was appointed one of the delegates to attend the Robert Raikes Centennial in London by the State Convention of the Sunday-school Union. He was appointed by the State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association to bear the friendly greeting to the Young Men's Christian Association of London, England. He was appointed the grand orator of the Grand Lodge of Masons for the State of Ohio, 1879. He was elected grand orator for the Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Good Samaritans, and Daughters of Samaria, for the States of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, 1873. He was the originator of the Joint Stock Company, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania; he wrote the charter, and it passed the Legislature without amendments, or exchanges, 1866. He was the chaplain of the Ohio Republican State Convention April 30, 1880. This was the first colored chaplain there. He was a member of the General Conference of A. M. E. Church in 1872; he was elected assistant secretary. He was elected the secretary-in-chief of the General Conference which met in Atlanta, Georgia, 1876. The General Conference met in St. Louis, March 3, 1880, and he was elected
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