"William Monroe Calfee, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Franklin Co., IN, April 16, 1825, of pious Baptist parents(William was the son of William Calfee (1777-1848)of Virginia and Indiana).He was converted in his eighteenth year, but afterwards relapsed into sin. In 1845, he was reclaimed; in 1848 removed to Marion County, Indiana, and was licensed to exhort. In 1852, he received license to preach; moved to Iowa in 1859, and in 1861 entered Western Iowa, now Des Moines Conference, wherein he labored zealously and successfully until his death, January 7, 1868. Mr. Calfee was a warm-hearted Christian; a ready debater, remarkable for pungent wit and scathing sarcasm; an extraordinary temperance lecturer; but, as a preacher, unrefined, and sometimes even coarse."
Source: "Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature." 1889, by John McClintock
Contributed by : Judy Llamas
Source: "Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature." 1889, by John McClintock
Contributed by : Judy Llamas
"William Monroe Calfee, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Franklin Co., IN, April 16, 1825, of pious Baptist parents(William was the son of William Calfee (1777-1848)of Virginia and Indiana).He was converted in his eighteenth year, but afterwards relapsed into sin. In 1845, he was reclaimed; in 1848 removed to Marion County, Indiana, and was licensed to exhort. In 1852, he received license to preach; moved to Iowa in 1859, and in 1861 entered Western Iowa, now Des Moines Conference, wherein he labored zealously and successfully until his death, January 7, 1868. Mr. Calfee was a warm-hearted Christian; a ready debater, remarkable for pungent wit and scathing sarcasm; an extraordinary temperance lecturer; but, as a preacher, unrefined, and sometimes even coarse."
Source: "Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature." 1889, by John McClintock
Contributed by : Judy Llamas
Source: "Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature." 1889, by John McClintock
Contributed by : Judy Llamas
Bio by: Jerry Calfee
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